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Manava Dharmashastra 3.188

Manubhāṣya 3.188

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Sanskrit

3.188

havirbhuja eva haviṣmantaḥ | kavirbhṛguḥ | 'kāvyaṃ vadantyuśanasamiti' smaranti bhārgavam | yathaitā devatā ṛṣīṇāṃ putrā evaṃ tvadīyāścāpi pitaro devatārūpā eveti mā'vamaṃsthāḥ |

Somapas are the sons of Kavi; Haviṣmats are the sons of Aṅgiras; Ājyapās are the sons of Pulastya, and Sukālins, of Vaśiṣṭha.—(198)

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The Havirbhujs are here spoken of as ‘Haviṣmats.’

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

‘Kavi’ is Bhrgu. They say that ‘Uśanas is called Kāvya, as also Bhārgava.’

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

‘Just as these gods are the sons of sages, so your Pitṛs also are god-like in their nature; hence you should not disregard them,’—[such is the purport of these verses].—(198)

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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