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Manava Dharmashastra 6.49

Manubhāṣya 6.49

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Sanskrit

6.49

ātmatattvapratividhānāpādānaparamekāgratvamadhyātmam | tadratistadarthacintāpara āsīta | nirapekṣa ityuktānuvāde| viṣayāndhebhyo dharmebhyo'nuṣṭhānārthaḥ | nirāmiṣo niḥspṛhaḥ | māṃsamāmiṣam, tena spṛhāṃ lakṣyitvā pratiṣedhastannātiśayavatī prāṇināṃ spṛhā | anyatprāguktameva |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Spirituality’— disposition to concentrate one’s attention upon the quest for the true nature of the self;—‘centered’— always thinking of it, he shall remain.

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

‘Disintrested;’—this re-iterates what has been already said before regarding his not caring for the due fulfilment of Dharma and other things.

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

‘Nirāmiṣaḥ’—free from longings. Flesh is ‘āmiṣa’, which indicates (figuratively) longing, by reason of the fact that living beings have a great liking for flesh; and this longing is forbidden.

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

All the rest has already been explained before.—(49).

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

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