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 5.91
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啷囙え 啶啶む 啶多啶︵啶班 啶啶班う啷嵿さ啶距ぐ啷囙ぃ 啶ㄠた啶班啶灌ぐ啷囙い啷� 啷�
啶ざ啷嵿啶苦ぎ啷屶い啷嵿い啶班お啷傕ぐ啷嵿さ啷堗じ啷嵿い啷� 啶ぅ啶距く啷嬥啶� 啶︵啶掂た啶溹え啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ 啷� 啷ェ 啷�dak峁峁噀na m峁泃a峁� 艣奴dra峁� puradv膩re峁嘺 nirharet |
pa艣cimauttarap奴rvaistu yath膩yoga峁� dvijanmana岣� || 91 ||One should carry the dead 艣奴dra by the southern gate of the city; but the twice-born persons by the western, northern and eastern gates respectively鈥�(91).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The term 鈥�City鈥� stands for the village &c. also.
This rule applies to those places where there are several gates; the advice pertaining to such persons as may be capable of following it.
The 艢奴诲谤补 has been mentioned first, because it is an inauspicious subject. And this reversal of the order indicates that the term 鈥�respectively鈥� indicates that the 痴补颈艣测补 should be carried by the western, the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 by the northern and the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 by the Eastern gate.鈥�(91)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(Verse 92 of others.)
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 870), which adds that the word 鈥�狈颈谤丑补谤补峁嚹珁腻岣�鈥� is to be supplied after 鈥�诲惫颈箩腻迟补测补岣�鈥�;鈥攁nd that 鈥�驰补迟丑腻测辞驳补尘鈥� (for which it reads 鈥�驰补迟丑腻惫补谤峁嘺尘鈥�) means that the castes are to be taken in the reverse order; i.e., 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 through the eastern the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 through the northern and the 痴补颈艣测补 through the western gate,鈥攖his on the strength of a text quoted from the 础诲颈迟测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺.
It is quoted in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 634);鈥攊n 狈颈谤峁嘺测补蝉颈苍诲丑耻 (p. 414);鈥攊n 艢耻诲诲丑颈办补耻尘耻诲墨 (p. 111);鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈蝉腻谤辞诲诲丑腻谤补 (p. 216),鈥攁nd in 贬腻谤补濒补迟腻 (p. 119), which notes that the castes are mentioned in the reverse order because the subject spoken of is an extremely inauspicious one, and by adopting this order the writer avoids the use of the epithet 鈥榙ead鈥� directly in
connection with the higher castes;鈥攊t explains 鈥�驰补迟丑腻测辞驳补尘鈥� as 鈥榠n the inverse order, i.e., the 痴补颈艣测补, the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 and the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 respectively鈥�.
Comparative notes by various authors
贬腻谤墨迟补 (笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补, p. 634)鈥斺�楾he dead body should not he carried towards the village.鈥�