Manava Dharmashastra 3.171
Manubhāṣya 3.171
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- Sanskrit
3.171
ayamapi pūrvavat vyākhyeyaḥ | vāṇijakasya bhojanaṃ niṣiddham | na taddeśasaṃnidhiḥ | na hi yathā pūrvatra vīkṣyeti dṛṣṭigocare deśe lajjāyā saṃnidhistadvadiha tādṛśaṃ kiṃcinnibandhanamasti | paunarbhave navame vakṣyate ( 6 | 155 ) |
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This also is to be explained as the preceding verse.
It is the feeding of the Trader that is prohibited, not his proximity to the place; because there is no ground for taking the words of the present verse as conveying this latter sense, as there was in the case of a previous verse (177), where the term, ‘by looking,’ was taken as indirectly indicating ‘visible place,’ and hence prohibiting the man’s proximity to the place.
The man ‘born of the a remarried woman’ shall be described later on, under discourse 9 (verse 175)—(181)
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