Manava Dharmashastra 3.6

3.6

vakṣyamāṇasya pratiṣedhasya nindārthavādo'yam | 'samṛddhiḥ' sampattiḥ | 'dhanaṃ' vibhavaḥ | mahāntyapi prakṛṣṭānyapi | dhanaviśeṣaṇārthamāha gojāvidhanadhānyataḥ | tṛtīyārthe tasiḥ | gojāvidhanena ca dhānyena ca | dhanagrahaṇaṃ gojādīnāṃ viśeṣaṇārtham | dhanarūpā ye gojādayaḥ | kūṭasaṃpannatā hi dhānyam | 'strīsambandho' vivāhaḥ | strīprāptyarthaṃ sambandhaḥ strīsambandhaḥ |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This verse is a deprecatory exhortation, supplementary to the Prohibition coming later.

‘Rich’ denotes prosperity.

‘Possession’—property.

‘Though great’—high.

The possessions are farther specified—‘in the possession of catlle, &c., &c.’ The affix ‘tas’ in ‘gojavidhanadhānyataḥ’ has the force of the Instrumental; the construction being—‘gojāvidhanena-dhānyena.’ The term ‘possession’ has been added for the purpose of qualifying ‘cattle’ etc., the sense being ‘cattle and the rest, which constitute possession.’

‘Grain’ stands for property in the shape of kūṭa (?)

‘Female-connection’—i.e., Marriage—the compound being construed as ‘the connection for the purpose of obtaining a female mate.’—(6)