Manava Dharmashastra 4.68

4.68

dṛṣyamānā api keciddinaya na saṃgṛhṇanti tadarthamāha | vinītairiti | suśikṣitaiḥ | āśugaiḥ kṣipragāmibhiḥ | lakṣaṇānvitaiḥ praśastāvartādiyuktaiḥ, na śūnyamastakādibhiḥ | varṇarūpayuktaiḥ | śobhanena 'varṇena', rukmaśoṣādinā, 'rūpeṇa'saṃsthānaviśeṣeṇa | śobhanatvaṃ ca lakṣaṇavidyāto jñātavyam | bhṛśamakṣipan apīḍayan | punaḥ punaḥ pratodena aṅkuśādinā atyantaṃ udvedyamāṇā vighaṭayanti |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
Some people, in their audacity, do not make any attempt at training animals. It is with a view to this that the Author adds this verse.

‘Trained’—well-broken.

‘Fast’—swift going.

‘Equipped with signs’—w ith such signs as auspicious hair-whorls, and the like, and not with such unlucky marks as a bare forehead and the like.

‘Endowed with colour and form’—‘Colour’ stands for the brightness of the skin, etc., and ‘form’ for the shape of the limbs. The ‘goodness’ of these has to be ascertained with the help of treatises dealing with the characterestics of animals, etc.

‘Without striking much’—not causing them pain, again and again ,—‘ with the goad;’ as being struck again and again with the hook, etc., they become perturbed and cause injury. (68)