Manava Dharmashastra 6.16

Manubhāṣya 6.16

Language: Sanskrit

6.16

āraṇyasyāpi phālakṛṣṭasya pratiṣedhaḥ | grāmajātānyaphālakṛṣṭānyapi “saṃtyajya grāmyamāhāram” ityanena pratiṣedhaḥ puṣpaphalānāṃ kriyate nopayogaḥ | ājyādyarthaṃ devatābhyarcanādau puṣpaphalānāṃ niṣedhaḥ |
ārto'pi anyāsaṃbhave'pyavaśyakartavyatvāddevatādyarcanasya pratinidhirūce'pi nopādeyamityarthaḥ | apiśabdo bhinnakrame draṣṭavyaḥ—‘puṣpāṇyapi nopādeyāni kiṃ punardhānyāni’ |

‘Worn out clothes’.—There is no throwing away of such clothes as are not worn out.—(15).
Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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Translations (1)

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

Linked texts (1)

Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit