Manava Dharmashastra 6.15

6.15

'ṣaṇmāsanicaya'—'samānicaya'pakṣayorāśvayuje tyāgaḥ | "nanu munyannaṃ tāvadeva saṃceyaṃ yatkarmaparyāptam | tanna naivādhikamasti | kasya tyāgaḥ ?” ucyate | na śakyā tulā grahītumarjanakāle | ato yatkiṃcidavaśiṣṭamasti tasyāśvayuje tyāgaḥ | jīrṇāni caiva vāsāṃsi | ajīrṇānāṃ nāsti tyāgaḥ |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This throwing away of the food during the month of Āśvina is applicable to cases where the man is either one who lays by provision for six months or for one who does it for a year.

“As a rule hermits’ food should be collected only in such quantities as may be actually needed for the rites to be performed; so that there can be no surplus; under the circumstances, what would be there to be thrown away?”

The answer to this is as follows At the time that the man is gathering food he cannot always keep a weighing balance in his hand; hence it is quite possible that some small quantities may be left over; and it is these that have to be thrown away during the month of Āśvina.

‘Worn out clothes’.—There is no throwing away of such clothes as are not worn out.—(15).