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 ‘Dharma’, 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 1.92 [Superiority of the Brāhmaṇa]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
ऊर्ध्वं नाभेर्मेध्यतरः पुरुषः परिकीर्तितः ।
तस्मान् मेध्यतमं त्वस्य मुखमुक्तं स्वयम्भुवा ॥ ९२ ॥ūrdhvaṃ nābhermedhyataraḥ puruṣaḥ parikīrtitaḥ |
tasmān medhyatamaṃ tvasya mukhamuktaṃ svayambhuvā || 92 ||Man is described as purer above his naval; hence the Self-existent One has declared the mouth to be his purest part. (92)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
Down to the very sole of his feet, Man is pure; that part of his body which is ‘above the naval’ is extremely pure; and purer even than that is his mouth. This has been declared by that person himself who is the creator of the world. (92)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
See 5.132.