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 5.122 (a)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
मद्यैर्मूत्रैः पुरीषैर्वा ष्ठीवनैः पूयशोणितैः ।
संस्पृष्टं नैव शुद्ध्येत पुनःपाकेन मृत्मयम् ॥ १२२ (१) ॥madyairmūtraiḥ purīṣairvā ṣṭhīvanaiḥ pūyaśoṇitaiḥ |
saṃspṛṣṭaṃ naiva śuddhyeta punaḥpākena mṛtmayam || 122 (1) ||An earthen vessel which has been defiled by spirituous liquor, urine, ordure, saliva, pus or blood cannot be purified by another burning.—(122) (1).
Note: Above is an alternate translation by George Bühler.
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
[madyairmūtraiḥ &c.—which forms verse 123 in Kullūka (and also in Buhler and Burnell)—is not treated as Manu’s text by
Medhātithi and Govindarāja,—both of them quoting it as from Vaśiṣṭha (3-59).—It is quoted, however, as ‘Manu’ in Aparārka (p. 263);—in Mitākṣarā (on 1.191);—in Madanapārijāta (p. 449) to the effect that, if an earthenware pot happen to be defiled by the contact of the things mentioned it should be thrown away;—in Śuddhikaumudī (p. 306);—and in Smṛtisāroddhāra (p. 244)].
Comparative notes by various authors
not treated as Manu’s Text, by Medhātithi.
Vaśiṣṭha (3.59).—(Same as Manu.)
Gautama (1.34).—‘Objects that have been very much defiled should be thrown away.’
Baudhāyana (1.8.49).—‘Non-metallic objects defiled by urine, ordure, blood, semen or a dead body must be thrown away.’
Baudhāyana (1.14.3).—‘Earthen vessels defiled by urine, ordure, blood, semen and the like must be thrown away.’
Viṣṇu (23.5).—‘Vessels made of wood or earthenware must be thrown away.’