Manava Dharmashastra 4.64

4.64

nartanaṃ gātravikṣepaviśeṣaḥ lokaprasiddha eva | gāyanaṃ ṣaḍjādisvarataḥ śabdasya karaṇam | laukikasya cāyaṃ pratiṣedho na vaidikasya, vihitatvāt | vāditrāṇi vīṇāvaṃśamṛdaṅgādīni teṣāṃ svayaṃ kartṛkaṃ vādanaṃ pratiṣidhyate | vādakaistu vādyamānānāmapratiṣedhaḥ | na hi ṇyantādayaṃ ṇijanta iti pramāṇamasti | āsphoṭanaṃ karamardāsphoṭanādi pāṇinā bhūmau bahunirghātaḥ saśabdaḥ | śveḍeti avyaktaṃ dantaiḥ śabdakaraṇaṃ—śveḍaniketi prasiddhā | valganaṃ anyat | rāgī parituṣṭe na virādhayet virodhaṃ na kuryāt | pīḍite na niṣedhaḥ | ghañantāṇṇic kartavyaḥ |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Dancing’—Throwing about of the limbs in a particular manner, as is well known among people.

‘Singing’—is the producing of sound in the ‘Ṣadja’ and other notes of music. What is forbidden here is ordinary temporal, not Vedic, singing; the latter being actually enjoined.

‘Musical instruments’—such as, the lute, the flute, the drum, and so forth. What is forbidden is the man himself playing upon these; and not making other people play upon them; as there is nothing to justify the construing of the verb ‘vādayet’ as containing a two-fold causal affix ‘ṇich’—which alone could afford the meaning of ‘making to play.’

‘Clapping’—the sound made by the clapping of the hands, or by striking the ground with the hand, and so forth.

‘Grinding o f teeth’—the indistinct sound made by the teeth is what is known by the name of ‘Kṣveḍanika.’

If the man happens to be satisfied with anpther person, he shall not create enmity with him. The prohibition does not apply to the case where the man is harassed by the other person. The term ‘virodhayet’ is to be explained as ‘virodham’ (this noun being found by the addition of the nominal affix ‘ghan (?)’) ‘kuryāt’ (this being the connotation of the ‘ṇich’ affix).—(64)