Manava Dharmashastra 5.130
Manubhāṣya 5.130
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- Sanskrit
5.130
khaśabdo'yamindriyavacanaḥ | tena pādayorgrahaṇe karmendriyāṇi yānyadhastānyamedhyāni iti bahuvacanam | etadayuktam, ūrdhvaṃ nābherītyanena virodhāt | tatra nābherūrdhvaṃ medhyataratvamuktam, prakarṣaśca | yadyadhastānyedhyatvaṃ bhavati tata upapadyate | na hi bhavati śuklaḥ kṛṣṇātara iti | na cāyamindriyavacanaḥ | kiṃttvihaṃ chidrārtho'yam | taduktaṃ “saptaśīrṣaṇyāḥ prāṇāḥ”iti | adho dve chidre | strīpuṃsopasthabhedādbahuvacanam | evaṃ satyantarāsyasparśe'pi hastādeḥ śuddhatā, yadi tadgataśleṣmasambandho na bhavati | tathā dūṣikāduṣṭena punaścakṣuḥsaṃsparśanāya |
The flies &c. mentioned here, even though coming into contact with ordure and other unclean things, do net become sources of defilement.
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