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 10.32
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶啶班じ啶距ぇ啶ㄠ啶啶距ぐ啶溹啶炧ぎ啶︵ぞ啶膏 啶︵ぞ啶膏啷�啶掂え啶 啷�
啶膏啶班た啶ㄠ啶о啶班 啶掂ぞ啶椸啶班ぞ啶掂啶む啶むた啶� 啶膏啶む 啶︵じ啷嵿く啷佮ぐ啶啶椸さ啷� 啷� 啷┼エ 啷�pras膩dhanopac膩raj帽amad膩sa峁� d膩saj墨vanam |
sairindhra峁� v膩gur膩v峁泃ti峁� s奴te dasyurayogave || 32 ||The 鈥楧asyu鈥� begets on the 鈥樐�测辞驳补惫补,鈥� the 鈥楽airandhra,鈥� skilled in toilet and attendance, who, though not a slave, makes his living like a slave, and also lives by catching animals.鈥�(32)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
(a) 鈥�Toilet鈥欌赌攁诲辞谤苍颈苍驳.鈥�(b) 鈥�attendance鈥欌�攕ervice. That is (a) arranging the hair, painting the body with red powder, sandal-paste and such things; and (b) shampooing of the hand and feet.
The name here mentioned is applied to a man who knows the exact time when to act, and is capable of acting quickly,鈥攁ll with the motive of making money.
鈥�Though not a slave, makes his living like a slave鈥�;鈥�i.e., engaged by his master for a term of one year or six months. Or, it may mean that being skilled as above, he is ever, ready, like the slave, to do all he can.
鈥�Living by catching animals鈥�;鈥攖his is a second means of subsistence.
鈥�痴腻驳耻谤腻鈥� stands for the killing of wild animals. For the 膧ryas this is permitted only for the purpose of making offerings to gods and 笔颈迟峁泂, or of allaying hunger; and not for that of in making a living by selling flesh in the manner of fowlers.
It is under orders of the king that men take to the profession of killing wild animals.
鈥�Sairandhra鈥欌�� by name.
鈥�Begets鈥欌赌攑谤辞诲耻肠别蝉.
鈥�Dasyu鈥欌�攁 mixed caste going to be described below.
鈥�膧测辞驳补惫补鈥欌�攁 particular caste of that name. That a female is meant is implied by the sense of the passage.鈥�(32)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�Dasyu鈥欌�斺�極ne of the tribes described under verse 45鈥� (Medh膩tithi, Govindar膩ja and Kull奴ka);鈥斺�榦ne of this above-mentioned 15 Pratiloma races鈥� (N膩r膩ya峁嘺 and Nandana).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 10.6-41)
See Comparative notes for Verse 10.6.