Manava Dharmashastra 6.21
Manubhāṣya 6.21
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- Sanskrit
6.21
kālapakvaiḥ | panasādīnāṃ agninā'pi pākaḥ kriyate tanniṣedhārtham | tadagnipakvaṃ gṛhasthasyāniṣiddham | vaikhānasaṃ nāma śāstram, yatra vānaprasthasya dharmā vihitāḥ teṣāṃ mate sthitaḥ| anyāmapi tacchāstroktāṃ caryāṃ śikṣeta |
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Ripened in their own season’.—The jack-fruit and some other fruits are ripened (artificially) by means of fire also; and it is with a view to exclude these that this epithet has been added. But fruits ripened by means of fire are not forbidden for the Householder.
‘Vaikhānasa’ is the name of a treatise where the duties of the Hermit are prescribed;—keeping firm on these rules;—i.e. he should seek to learn also the other details of life prescribed in that treatise.—(21).
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