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 11.13
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶嗋す啶班啶む 啶む啶班啶｀た 啶掂ぞ 啶︵啶掂 啶掂ぞ 啶曕ぞ啶 啶多啶︵啶班じ啷嵿く 啶掂啶多啶え啶� 啷�
啶� 啶灌た 啶多啶︵啶班じ啷嵿く 啶啷嵿啷囙し啷� 啶曕ざ啷嵿啶苦う啶膏啶むた 啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶灌 啷� 啷оォ 啷�膩haret tr墨峁噄 v膩 dve v膩 k膩ma峁� 艣奴drasya ve艣mana岣� |
na hi 艣奴drasya yaj帽e峁 ka艣cidasti parigraha岣� || 13 ||Or, he may freely take away two or three things from the house of a 艢奴诲谤补; for the 艢奴诲谤补 has nothing to do with acrifices.鈥�(13)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
If the thing required is not available in the house of a Vai艣ya, it may be taken from that of a 艢奴诲谤补.
鈥�Two or three.鈥欌�擳hese must be taken as referring to sacrificial requisites, since it is these that the text is dealing with.
The text adds a declamatory statement鈥斺��The 艢奴诲谤补 has nothing to do with sacrifices
Though the appropriation has been spoken of above as to be done by several methods, vet in the ease of the 艢奴诲谤补, there should be no begging, since it is distinctly said that鈥斺�榯he Br膩hma峁嘺 shall not beg wealth, for the purpose of sacrifices, from a 艢奴诲谤补.鈥欌��(24)
鈥淚n another Sm峁泃i, the performance of sacrifices with wealth belonging to the 艢奴诲谤补 has been prohibited without any exceptions.鈥�
On the strength of the present text itself, it follows that one may accept gifts from the 艢奴诲谤补.
Others however explain that when the wealth has been appropriated by the Br膩hma峁嘺, it is no longer 鈥榳ealth belonging to the 艢奴诲谤补.鈥�
As a matter of fact, however, what the prohibition refers to is the doing of 鈥�艢腻苍迟颈鈥� and 鈥�笔补耻峁ａ弓颈办补鈥� rites for the 艢奴诲谤补. And a performance is actually called after that wealth which the 峁歵惫颈办 priest actually employs in the performance; and there is no doubt that in the case of the sacrifices in question, the performance would be styled as done with wealth belonging to the 艢奴诲谤补,鈥� in view of the fact that the wealth originally belonged to him, even though it may not do so at the time of the performance itself.鈥�(13)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 11.11-14)
See Comparative notes for Verse 11.11-12.