Verse 2.197

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

पराङ्मुखस्याभिमुखो दूरस्थस्येत्य चान्तिकम् ।
प्रणम्य तु शयानस्य निदेशे चैव तिष्ठतः ॥ १९७ ॥

parāṅmukhasyābhimukho dūrasthasyetya cāntikam |
praṇamya tu śayānasya nideśe caiva tiṣṭhataḥ || 197 ||

Facing him, when the teacher has his pace averted; going near him, when the teacher is at a distance; bowing low, when the teacher is lying down, as also if he is standing close by.—(197)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

‘When the teacher has his face averted,’—the pupil should sit facing him; that is, if the Teacher happen to have his face turned the other way when he gives his directions, the pupil should go over to the side facing the teacher and then do the aforesaid (listening and conversing).

‘When the teacher is at a distance,’—the pupil should go near him, approach him.

When the teacher is seated, as also when he is lying down, the pupil should bow down— humbly bend his body low.

‘Nideśe’ means ‘close by’; when he is sitting close by, then the aforesaid acts should be done after bowing low.—(197)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

‘Nideśe tiṣṭhataḥ’.—‘Standing close by’ (Medhātithi, Govindarāja, Kullūka, and Rāghavānanda);—‘standing in a lower place’ (Nārāyaṇa and Nandana).

This verse is quoted in Madanapārijāta (p. 106), where the following explanation is added:—We have the form ‘osyetya’ (which is the reading adopted by the writer) and ṇot ‘syaitya’ because of the Sūtra ‘mānaśca’;—‘praṇamya’ is to be construed with ‘nirdeśe (the reading adopted by the writer) tiṣṭhataḥ’;—‘nirdeśe’ meaning in a lower place, or, according to others in a place close by;—and in Aparārka (p. 56).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

Viṣṇu (28.20, 21, 23).—‘Facing the teacher when he has his face turned away;—if he is far away, he should approach near him;—if he is lying down, he should be saluted.’