Manava Dharmashastra 3.61

3.61

nityatvamatra vidhīyate | anyadanūdyate | viguṇā apyete yathāśakti kartavyāḥ | etadapi nityatvātprāptameva | tasmādyathāsambhavaṃ śaktita iti | ādyāditvāttasiḥ | hāpayatīti prakṛtyartha eva, ṇijarthasyāvivakṣitatvāt | athavā hananaṃ hā, saṃpadāditvātkip; tāmāpayatīti ṇyant, āpnoteḥ kartari kvip, tadantātprātipadikāddhātvarthe ṇic | na hāpayati na tyajedityarthaḥ | svagṛhe vasannavaśyaṃbhāvinīṣu sūnāsu na tatpāpena saṃbadhyata iti praśaṃsā |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The necessity of performing the ‘sacrifices’ every day is what is enjoined here; the rest is all mere reiteration.

The meaning is that these sacrifices should be performed, even though in an imperfect manner,—to the best of one’s ability; this also follows from the compulsory character of the acts; hence the text has added the phrase ‘to the best of his capacity;’—the ‘tasi’ affix being added to the term ‘śakti,’ which is included in the ‘ādyādī’ group.

‘Hāpayati’—This has the sense of the simple root (‘hā,’ to abandon), no significance being meant to be attached to the causal affix. Or, the word may be etymologically explained as derived from the nona ‘hā’ (omission)—formed by the root ‘hā’ with the ‘kvip’ affix; ‘hāpayati’ being explained as ‘hām apayati’ ‘brings about omission;’ āp + kvip, and then the nominal root formed by the addition of the affix ‘nich.’ The meaning, in any case, is ‘omits not.’

Living in his own house—where the ‘slaughter-houses’ cannot be avoided—he does not become tainted with the sin resulting from them. This is said in praise of the sacrifices.—(71)