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Manava Dharmashastra 5.84

Manubhāṣya 5.84

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5.84

divākīrtiścāṇḍālaḥ, atyantāśucisāhacaryādbhārate ca prayogadarśanānmārjāramūṣikasaṃvāde “tasminnapi ca kāle'bhūddivākīrtirbhayārditaḥ” iti | na nāpitaḥ, tasya pṛśyatvāt bhojyānnatvācca | yattu śmaśrukarmaṇi tasyedaṃ snānamityāhustadapi siddhatvādvācyam | avaśyaṃ śmaśrukarmāṇi kārayato romāṇi gātrāṇi spṛśanti, tāni śarīrāt cyutānyaśuddhānīti siddhaṃ snānam |
tatspṛṣṭinaṃ tasya spṛṣṭaṃ ‘tatspṛṣṭaṃ’, tadasyāstīti ‘tatspṛṣṭī’ | yenaite spṛṣṭāsteṣāmapi snānameva |
iha sarvasyāpratyāsatteḥ tatspṛṣṭinamityanena sambandhaḥ śavasyaiva kecidāhurna divākīrtyādīnām | anye tu ekavākyopanipātādante śrutatvātsarveṣāṃ buddhau sannidhānāt tacchabdena sarvanāmnā parāmarśa iti | atra hi śavaparyantānāṃ dvandvaṃ kṛtvā spṛṣṭītyanena sambandhaḥ | tanna tatspṛṣṭīti samāsārthasya buddhau sannihitatvāttacchabdenāvamarśaḥ | na hi kevalasya śavasya spṛṣṭipadena sambandho lakṣyate, patitādibhiritaretarayuktatvāt | kiṃtu kevalasya padāntarasambandhaḥ | dvandve hyekaikaḥ śabdaḥ sarvārthābhidhāyī | tataḥ sarve pratyāsannāḥ | athāpi śavaspṛṣṭiśabdasya tatspṛṣṭipadena sambandhaṃ kṛtvā tato'nyairabhisambandhaḥ, tathā sati patitādīnāṃ spṛṣṭipadena sambandho na syāt |
tasmātsamācārata eva nirṇayaḥ |

On seeing unclean things, the man, after having sipped water, shall always attentively recite the Solar Mantras according to his inclination, as also the Pāvamānī verses, according to his capacity.—(85).

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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