Manava Dharmashastra 4.51

4.51

mūtroccārasamutsargaṃ tyāgam |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Samutsarga’—passing.—(51)

Burnell is not right in saying that “Medhātithi omits this verse” (see Translation). He adds—“The verse occurs in the Mahābhārata 13.104.76, following the one that is equivalent to Manu 52, but with the var. lec. (a) ubhe mūtrapurīṣe tu (b) (in the second pāda) tathāhyāyurna ṛsyate.”

This verse is quoted in Vīramitrodaya (Āhnika, p. 27), which explains ‘yathādivā’ as ‘facing the North’;—and again on p. 30;—in Smṛtitattva (p. 328), which explains ‘uccāra’ as ‘excreta’;—in Vidhānapārijāta (p. 152);—in Smṛtisāroddhāra (p. 265), which notes that the freedom herein set forth is meant only for occasions when one is unable to determine the exact directions, and when there is danger to life;—in Kṛtyasārasamuccaya (p. 45), which explains ‘prāṇabādhābhayeṣu’ as ‘when there is danger to life from tigers and other things’;—in Nṛsiṃhaprasāda (Āhnika, p. 3b);—and in Nityācārapradīpa (p. 250).

Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 4.50-51)
See Comparative notes for Verse 3.50.