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 10.14
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶啶む啶班ぞ 啶啶洁え啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶膏啶む啶班啶溹ぞ啶� 啶曕啶班ぎ啷囙ぃ啷嬥啷嵿い啶� 啶︵啶掂た啶溹え啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠぞ啶 啷�
啶むぞ啶ㄠえ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶ㄠぞ啶啶ㄠじ啷嵿い啷� 啶ぞ啶む啶︵啶粪ぞ啶む 啶啶班啶曕啶粪い啷� 啷� 啷оオ 啷�putr膩 ye'nantarastr墨j膩岣� krame峁噊kt膩 dvijanman膩m |
t膩nanantaran膩mnastu 尘腻迟峁沝辞峁Ｄ乼 pracak峁te || 14 ||The sons of twice-born men from women of the next lower caste, who have been enunciated in due order, are called by the name of the lower caste, on account of the taint attaching to their mothers.鈥�(14)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The child born of the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 on the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 or the 痴补颈艣测补 mother, as also one born of the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 father from the 痴补颈艣测补 or the 艢奴诲谤补 mother,鈥攖hey call by the name of the lower caste; i.e., their caste is the next lower in the natural order; which means that they are of their mother鈥檚 caste.
峁倁ch significance is not meant to attach to the term 鈥榥ext lower,鈥� hence it is added鈥斺�榦n account of the taint attaching to their mothers.鈥� That is they are not affected by the superior caste of their father. Hence, even though in reality they belong to 鈥榤ixed castes,鈥� yet they have been declared to be of their mother鈥檚 caste. And this means that the proper sacramental rites should be performed. Apart from the present text, there is nothing to indicate that for the persons concerned the sacramental rites proper for the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 and 痴补颈艣测补 should be performed. And the reason is that like the mule, their caste is a totally different one. But since the present text declares that they are of their mother鈥檚 caste, there can be nothing wrong in the performance of their sacramental rites.鈥�(14)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 厂尘峁泃颈办补耻尘耻诲墨 (p. 4), which adds the following notes:鈥斺��础苍补苍迟补谤补蝉迟谤墨箩腻岣�,鈥� born of wives of inferior castes;鈥斺��尘腻迟峁沝辞峁Ｄ乼,鈥� by reason of the inferiority of the mother鈥檚 caste,鈥斺��补苍补苍迟补谤补苍腻尘苍补岣�,鈥� named after the mother鈥檚 caste.
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 10.6-41)
See Comparative notes for Verse 10.6.