Manava Dharmashastra 5.42

Manubhāṣya 5.42

Language: Sanskrit

5.42

yāvatyaḥ kāścicchāstracoditahiṃsāstāḥ saṃkṣipya darśayati | madhuparko vyākhyātaḥ | tatra govadho vihitaḥ | yajño jyotiṣṭomādistatra saṃsthaikādaśinyādi | paśuvadho nirūḍhapaśubandhādiḥ svatantram |
evaṃ ca | pitṛdaivataṃ pitaro devatā yasminkarmaṇyaṣṭakādau, na tu śrāddham | taddhi siddhena māṃsena vihitam | na ca paśuvadhaścoditaḥ | na cedameva vidhāyakaṃ yuktam, utpattau śrāddhasya hiṃsāyā acoditatvāt| asya ca vispaṣṭavidhānādaṣṭakā paśuvadhenāpi netuṃ śakyatvādvidhitve cāsya mūlakalpanāprasaṅgādvidhyantaraśeṣatāyāśca vakṣyamāṇatvāt |
yeṣāṃ tu mataṃ pitṝṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca karma, mahāyajñādi |
brāhmayairvyā ‘bhṛtyānāṃ caiva vṛttyartham’āpadi paśuhiṃsanamprāptaṃ prāṇātyaye'bhyanujñāyate |

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit