Manava Dharmashastra 4.111
Manubhāṣya 4.111
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4.111
ekamanuddiśya āmaśrāddhaṃ, tasya yāvacchrāddhakṛtau gandhalepau tiṣṭhatastāvadanadhyāyaḥ | pūrvasmādvidhau vidhyantaram | dvitīyasminnahani kṛtasnāno'panītatadgandho'dhyayanārhaḥ | upalakṣaṇaṃ caitadasato'pi gandhalepayoryāvadbhuktamannaṃ na jīrya tāvannādhīyīta | viduṣa iti tasyaiva śrāddhabhojanādhikāramanuvadati |
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘That which is not offered to his own ancestor;’—i.e., that at which uncooked food is offered;—while of such a rite the ‘odour and stain remain,’ so long he is unfit for study. This is a rule different from the forgoing rule. When on the next day, the man has bathed, and the odour has disappeared, he becomes fit for study.
What is said here is only by way of an iṇḍicatipn. Even while the ‘odour and stain’ are not actually there, the man shall hot study, until the food eaten has become digested.
The epithet ‘learned’ reiterates the rule that it is only the learned Brāhmaṇa that is entitled to eat at funeral rites.—(111).
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