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 5.135
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
एतत्शौचं गृहस्थानां द्विगुणं ब्रह्मचारिणाम् ।
त्रिगुणं स्याद् वनस्थानां यतीनां तु चतुर्गुणम् ॥ १३५ ॥etatśaucaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ dviguṇaṃ brahmacāriṇām |
triguṇaṃ syād vanasthānāṃ yatīnāṃ tu caturguṇam || 135 ||Such is the purification for householders; double of this for students, treble for hermits, and quadruple for renunciates.—(135).
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The rules regarding Purification vary with the stages of life. For those who do not belong to any of these stages, the only rule is that as much earth and water shall be used as may be necessary. The same holds good for the Śūdra also, who is entitled to observe the rules regarding the stage of the Householder; so that he also has to observe the same number of applications.—(135).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(Verse 137 of others.)
This verse is quoted in Aparārka (p. 36);—in Parāśaramādhava (Ācāra, p. 215);—in Madanapārijāta (p. 47);—in Vīramitrodaya (Āhnika, p. 52);—in Nityācārapradīpa (p. 257);—in Ācāramayūkha (p. 13);—in
Śuddhikaumudī (p. 336);—and in Yatidharmasaṅgraha (p. 53.)
Comparative notes by various authors
Vaśiṣṭha (6.19).—‘Such is the purification ordained for householders; it is double this for students, treble for hermits, but quadruple for ascetics.’
Viṣṇu (60.26).—‘Such is the purification ordained for householders; it is double for students, treble for hermits and quadruple for ascetics.’