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 5.147
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶た啶む啶班ぞ 啶ぐ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶膏啶む啶班啶掂ぞ啶洁お啶� 啶ㄠ啶氞啶涏啶︵ 啶掂た啶班す啶ぞ啶む啶え啶� 啷�
啶忇し啶距 啶灌た 啶掂た啶班す啷囙ぃ 啶膏啶む啶班 啶椸ぐ啷嵿す啷嵿く啷� 啶曕啶班啶ぞ啶︵啶 啶曕啶侧 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�pitr膩 bhartr膩 sutairv膩'pi necched viraham膩tmana岣� |
e峁Ｄ佱箖 hi virahe峁嘺 str墨 garhye kury膩dubhe kule || 147 ||She should not seek separation from her father, husband or sons: by separating, the woman would render both families disreputable.鈥�(147).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The ground for 鈥榙isrepute鈥� would consist in the irregularity of her life; this is what is meant by the words 鈥�would render both families disreputable.鈥� This passage has to be explained as 鈥楤y living or going about in other villages, apart from the persons mentioned, &c., &c.鈥欌��(147).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(Verse 149 of others.)
This verse is quoted in 痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (p. 427);鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 192);鈥攊n 厂补峁僺办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 118);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 67a).
Comparative notes by various authors
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.86).鈥斺�極n being deprived of her husband, she shall never live separate from her father, mother, son, brother, father-in-law, mother-in-law or maternal uncle.鈥�