Manava Dharmashastra 3.232
Manubhāṣya 3.232
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- Sanskrit
3.232
preṣyo bhṛtakaḥ | apiśabdādanyopi yadṛcchayā saṃnihito bāndhavādirapaneyaḥ | tasmātpradeśādapasārayet| khaṃjo gativikalaḥ ajaṅgamādi | hīnātiriktagātraḥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ kuṇikhaṇḍīkaḥ ślīpadyādiḥ |
The cripple, or the one-eyed man, the man without a limb, or the man with a redundant limb,—even if he be the offerer’s servant—he should remove from there.—(242)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Servant’—a paid attendant.
The term ‘even’ indicates that a relation or any other person also, who may, by chance, happen to be there, should be removed.
‘Cripple’—one incapable of moving; not able to walk.
‘One who is without a limb, and one who has a redundant limb’—i.e., one who is maimed, one with a crippled arm, one suffering from elephantiasis, and so forth.—(242)
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