Manava Dharmashastra 2.86
Manubhāṣya 2.86
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- Sanskrit
2.86
mahāyajñāḥ pākayajñā ucyante, brahmayajñaṃ varjayitvā catvāro yajñā bhavanti | 'vidhiyajñā' uktāstaiḥ samanvitāḥ sahitāḥ | kalāmaṃśaṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ nārhanti | ṣoḍaśena bhāgena na samā bhavanti | athavā'rhatiḥ prāptyaṅge mūlyapattane vartate | arhaśabdāttvipaṃ kṛtvā arhantirūpam |
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The five ‘great sacrifices,’ leaving off the are what are meant by the ‘four cooked offerings.’
‘Enjoined sacrifices’—those already described (under the preceding verse); along with these latter, the former (four) ‘are not worth the sixteenth part’—i.e., are not equal to the sixteenth part.
Or, the root ‘arha’ may be taken in the sense of the price paid for the obtaining of a certain thing. The root ‘arha’ with the Present-Tense-ending ‘tip’ gives the form ‘arhanti.’—(86)
Translations (1)
- Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit