Manava Dharmashastra 6.11

6.11

yadā munyannairiti na pūrveṇa saṃbadhyate, tadā nāsti codyaṃ “vaitānikāni kathaṃ vrīhyādicoditāni kriyeran” | atra carupuroḍāśā vaikhānasaśāstroktā eva veditavyāḥ | vasante jāyante pacyante vā vāsantāni | evaṃ śāradairmaidhyairityanuvādaḥ | svayaṃmāhṛtaiḥ | pratigrahādīni vṛttikarmāṇi niṣidhyante | smārtānāmuktānāṃ karmaṇāmanuṣṭhānārthaṃ punarhṛtyādināpahastam |

With the pure grains fit for hermits, which grow in spring and in autumn, and which he has himself gathered, he shall severally prepare cakes and boiled messes, according to law—(11).

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
If the phrase ‘grains fit for hermits’ is not connected with what has gone before, then there is no room for the objection—“how can the sacrificial offerings be made, which are laid down as to consist of Vrīhi and other cultivated grains?”

The ‘boiled mess’ and ‘cake’ meant here are those that have been prescribed by the rules laid down for Hermits.

‘Vāsanta’—those that grow, or ripen, during spring; similarly ‘śārada’.

‘Sacred’—this is a mere re-iteration.

‘Which he has himself gathered’.—This forbids such means of livelihood as receiving gifts and the like. For the due fullilment of the aforesaid s mārta rites, grains have to be gathered by wandering hither and thither.

‘According to law’, ‘severally’.—Both these terms are added for filling up the metre.—(11).

This verse is quoted in Mitākṣarā (on 3.46), which notes that even though the ‘munyanna’ is by nature pure, yet the text has added the epithet ‘medhya’ with a view to indicate that the grains should be fit for being offered at a sacrifice;—and in Parāśaramādhava (Ācāra, p. 528), which explains ‘munyanna’ as ‘uncultivated grains,’ and ‘medhya’ as ‘fit for being offered at sacrifices.’

Comparative notes by various authors
Āpastamba (2.22.17-18).—‘He shall offer the burnt oblations, sustain his life... Rice must be used for those sacrifices for which cakes mixed with meat are offered by the Householder.’

Yājñavalkya (3.48).—‘The rites prescribed in the Smṛti and in the Śruti, as also all acts, he shall perform with oils extracted from fruits.’