Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi
by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 1,381,940 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553
This is the English translation of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of Sanskrit verses dealing with 鈥楧harma鈥�, a collective name for human purpose, their duties and the law. Various topics will be dealt with, but this volume of the series includes 12 discourses (adhyaya). The commentary on this text by Medhatithi elaborately explains various t...
Verse 4.116
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ㄠぞ啶о啶啶� 啶多啶ざ啶距え啶距え啷嵿い啷� 啶椸啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶椸啶掂啶班啷囙そ啶た 啶掂ぞ 啷�
啶掂じ啶苦い啷嵿さ啶� 啶啶ム啶ㄠ 啶掂ぞ啶膏 啶多啶班ぞ啶︵啶оた啶曕 啶啶班い啶苦啷冟す啷嵿く 啶� 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�n膩dh墨y墨ta 艣ma艣膩n膩nte gr膩m膩nte govraje'pi v膩 |
vasitv膩 maithuna峁� v膩sa岣� 艣r膩ddhika峁� pratig峁沨ya ca || 116 ||He shall not study near the cremation-ground, nor near the village, nor in the cow-pasture, nor while dressed in the garment worn during sexual intercourse, nor after receiving presents in connection with funeral rites.鈥�(116).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The term 鈥�anta鈥� means proximity. The meaning is that he shall not study in close proximity to the cremation-ground, or in close proximity to a village.
鈥�Cow-pasture鈥欌�攚here cows goto graze. Or, 鈥�govraja鈥� may mean the 鈥�cow-pen.鈥�
鈥楬e shall not read with the same cloth on him which he had on while having intercourse with his wife;鈥� the term 鈥�maithuna鈥� denoting, through association, the cloth worn during intercourse.
鈥�In connection with funeral rites;鈥欌�攈e shall not read after having accepted such presents as dry food, and the like.鈥�(116)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 534), which explains the third quarter to mean that 鈥榦ne should not read the Veda when wearing the cloth that he had worn at the time of sexual intercourse鈥�; and adds that this refers to cases where the cloth has not been washed after the act;鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (K膩la, p. 770), which explains 鈥�ante鈥� as 鈥榥ear鈥� and 鈥�maithunam v膩sa岣�鈥� as 鈥榯he cloth, clad in which he has had sexual intercourse鈥�; he should not wear this鈥攚ithout its being washed鈥攚hile reading;鈥攊n 厂补峁僺办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 56);鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 160), which reproduces the same remarks as those in 贬别尘腻诲谤颈;鈥攁nd in 骋补诲腻诲丑补谤补辫补诲诲丑补迟颈 (K膩la, p. 195).
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (1.66).鈥斺�楽imilarly in studying in the cremation-ground.鈥�
Gautama (16.18).鈥斺�業n the cremation-ground, in the outskirts of the village, on the public roads, and in unclean places.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (1.11.22).鈥斺�極n the full moon day, or the A峁ａ弓ak膩s, on the moonless day, when there are fire-portents, or earthquake, or near the cremation-ground, or on the death of the country鈥檚 king or a Vedic scholar, of one鈥檚 fellow-student,鈥攖he whole day and night shall be unfit for study.鈥�
膧pastamba Dharmas奴tra (1.9.6).鈥斺�業n the cremation-ground, entirely.鈥�
膧pastamba Dharmas奴tra (11.9).鈥斺�楢t the junction of the village and the forest.鈥�
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (13.5, 7).鈥擺See above.]
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (30-15).鈥斺�楴ot in a temple or in the cremation-ground or on road-crossings.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.148).鈥擺See above.]
笔腻谤补蝉办补谤补 (2.11.16).鈥擺See above.]