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 4.75
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
सर्वं च तिलसम्बद्धं नाद्यादस्तमिते रवौ ।
न च नग्नः शयीतैह न चोच्छिष्टः क्व चिद् व्रजेत् ॥ ७५ ॥sarvaṃ ca tilasambaddhaṃ nādyādastamite ravau |
na ca nagnaḥ śayītaiha na cocchiṣṭaḥ kva cid vrajet || 75 ||Any food containing sesamum, he shall not eat after sunset; he shall never sleep naked; nor go anywhere with mouth unwashed after meals.—(75)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
On the sun having set; the accusative ending in ‘astam’ is in accordance with Pāṇini 1. 4. 90.
‘Nor go anywhere, etc.’—“This has already been forbidden in the section dealing with the duties of the Student; where it has been also explained that the prohibition pertains to the men in general, and is not restricted to the Student only.”
True; but the present injunction is for the purpose of pointing out the act as an ‘observance;’ and what is meant is that ‘One should make a life-long determination of not going about with mouth unwashed after meals.’—(75)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Saṃskāramayūkha (p. 72).
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (9.60).—‘He shall never sleep naked at night.’
Viṣṇu (69.29).—‘At night, he shall not eat anything mixed with sesamum.’
Viṣṇu (70.3).—‘Nor naked (shall he sleep).’
Āśvalāyana Gṛhyasūtra (3.9.6).—‘He shall not bathe during night; he shall not bathe naked; he shall not sleep naked; he shall not look at a naked woman, except......’