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 9.200
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶い啷嵿く啷� 啶溹啶掂い啶� 啶 啶膏啶む啶班啶た啶班げ啶權啶曕ぞ啶班 啶о啶む 啶さ啷囙い啷� 啷�
啶� 啶む 啶啷囙ぐ啶ㄠ 啶︵ぞ啶ぞ啶︵ぞ 啶啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶い啶ㄠ啶むた 啶む 啷� 啷ㄠウ啷� 啷�patyau j墨vati ya岣� str墨bhirala峁卥膩ro dh峁泃o bhavet |
na ta峁� bhajeran d膩y膩d膩 bhajam膩n膩岣� patanti te || 200 ||The ornament worn by the woman during her husband鈥檚 life-time, her heirs shall not divide; if they divide it, they become outcasts.鈥�(200)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
(verses 9.182-201)
(No Bh膩峁a available.)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
Buhler mispresents Nandana, being misled by the wrong reading 鈥�产丑补谤迟峁沚丑腻惫别鈥� (while the husband lives) for 鈥�产丑补谤迟谤补产丑腻惫别鈥� (on the death of the husband). There could be no division of the property by the heirs while the husband was alive.
This verse is quoted in 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 686), which adds that 鈥�顿丑峁泃补尘鈥� means 鈥榩ossessed as her own private property, having been given to her as a loving present鈥�;鈥攁nd in 痴测补惫补丑腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 70), which explains 鈥�诲丑峁泃补尘鈥� as 鈥榩resented to her by her husband or other relatives and worn by her.鈥�
It is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (2.147) in support of the view that 鈥榠f a woman has been living apart from her husband, her property shall not be taken by her heirs鈥�;鈥攊n 痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (p. 509), which notes that the 笔谤补办腻艣补 has stated that Medh膩tithi has explained the meaning to be that 鈥榯he heirs shall not take even those ornaments that may have been worn by the woman with her husband鈥檚 consent, even though not actually given to her鈥�;鈥攊n 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 752), which adds that this refers to such ornaments as have been worn by the woman constantly;鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 II (p. 184), which also reproduces the aforesaid remark of Medh膩tithi, that an ornament worn by the woman with her husband鈥檚 consent becomes her property even though not actually given to her;鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈蝉腻谤辞诲诲丑腻谤补 (p. 332), which says that the phrase 鈥�dh峁泃o bhavet鈥� implies that what was not actually worn by her should be divided.
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (17.22).鈥斺�極rnaments worn by women during their husband鈥檚 life-time, the heirs shall not divide among themselves; if they divide them, they become outcasts.鈥�
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补 (痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补, p. 509)鈥斺�楾he ornaments belong to the wife.鈥�
艢补峁卥丑补-尝颈办丑颈迟补 (Do., p. 495).鈥斺�榃hen the property has been divided by the heirs, the ornaments and the nuptial presents of the mother shall be taken by her daughter.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (Do.).鈥斺�楾he mother鈥檚 ornaments, as also other formal presents made to the mother, the daughter shall take.鈥�