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 10.11
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶曕啶粪い啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶距う啷� 啶掂た啶啶班啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶ぞ啶� 啶膏啶む 啶さ啶むた 啶溹ぞ啶むた啶む 啷�
啶掂啶多啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶ぞ啶椸ぇ啶掂啶︵啶灌 啶班ぞ啶溹さ啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啶距啷嵿啶ㄠぞ啶膏啶む 啷� 啷оェ 啷�k峁triy膩d viprakany膩y膩峁� s奴to bhavati j膩tita岣� |
vai艣y膩n m膩gadhavaidehau r膩javipr膩峁単an膩sutau || 11 ||One born from the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 on the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 maiden is 鈥�厂奴迟补鈥� in caste; and the sons born on the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 and the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 maiden from the vai艣ya are 鈥�惭腻驳补诲丑补鈥� and 鈥�Vaideha鈥� respectively.鈥�(10)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The foregoing rules apply to marriages in the 鈥榥atural order,鈥� those pertaining to the marriages of the 鈥榬everse order鈥� are now stated.
The significance of the terra 鈥�maiden鈥� has been already explained.
From the 痴补颈艣测补 are born the 鈥�惭腻驳补诲丑补鈥� and the Vaideha,鈥� respectively; i.e., that born from the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 girl is the 鈥�惭腻驳补诲丑补鈥� and that born of the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 girl, the 鈥�Vaideha.鈥欌赌�(11)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 (p. 540);鈥攁nd in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧ch膩ra, p. 513).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 10.6-41)
See Comparative notes for Verse 10.6.