Manava Dharmashastra 5.85

5.85

aśucayaḥ saṃnidhānātpūrvoktā eva |
sūryadaivatyā mantrāḥ saurāḥ “udutyaṃ jātavedasam” ityādayaḥ |
pāvamānyaḥ dāśatayīṣu navame maṇḍale'dhītāḥ ‘svādiṣṭayetyādyāḥ’ |
yathotsāhaṃ bhaktita iti ca eka evārthaḥ | vṛttavaśācchabdadvayaṃ paṭhitam |
bahuvacananirdeśāttritvasaṃkhyā'vaśyaṃ kartavyā | paratastu yadi gurutarakāryātyayo na bhavati tadā kartavya eva japaḥ |
mantramahattvātpāvamānīriti ca ṛcāmupadānādasamāpte'pi sūkte tribhya ūrdhvaṃ bhavatyeva śuddhiḥ |
śvāpyatra prakṣepavyaḥ | so'pyaśucireva | paṭhitaṃ ca gautamīye'sminneva varge “śunaśca | yadupahanyādityeka iti” ( a0 14 sū0 26|30 ) |
prayataḥ ananyamanā mantradevatādidhyānaparaḥ | athavā ‘prayato’ devatādipūjāpravṛtto yadā paśyettadaiva kuryānnānyadeti |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Unclean things’.— Those just mentioned are to be understood as meant here, because of their proximity.

Those mantras that are addressed to the Sun are called ‘Solar’ and the mantras meant are ‘udutyam jātavedasam, &c. &c.’

The Pāvamānī verses.—The verses ‘svādiṣṭaye, &c. &c.’ occurring in the ninth maṇḍala of the Ṛgveda.

‘According to his inclination’ and ‘according to his capacity’ mean the same thing; two words have been used for the purposes of metre.

In as much as the ‘mantras’ and ‘verses’ are mentioned in the plural, at least three verses should be recited; and as regards more, they may be recited only if other and more important duties do not suffer thereby. Then again, since the text speaks of ‘mantras and the term ‘Pāramānī’ also refers to verses, purification is brought about as soon as one has gone beyond three verses, even though the hymn may not be completed.

The dog also has to be included among the ‘unclean things’; as it also is unclean. In the present context Gautama has declared—‘Of the dog also; whatever it might pollute, say some’ (14.29-30).

‘Attentively’;—without allowing his mind to wander about; he should fix it upon contemplating the deity. Or, ‘Prayataḥ’ may mean that ‘at a time when one is busy with worshipping deities, if he should happen to touch an unclean thing, he should do what is here laid down,—and not otherwise’.—(85).

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).