Manubhashya 3.26.p2

3.26.p2

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Singly’—this is a inert re-iteration, each single form having been already prescribed in the foregoing verses. The ‘mixed’ form is what is prescribed here; where the ‘Gāndharva-Rākṣasa’ are prescribed independently of (apart from) the other forms. The notion derived from what has gone before being that each form stands apart by itself, just like the Vrīhi being used apart from the Yava,—the present verse lays down the combination (of two). When we have two such texts as ‘offer the Vrīhi’ and ‘offer the Yava? each of which prescribes a substance to be used at a sacrifice independently of the other,—we conclude that the two are meant to be optional alternatives, and they are not meant to be mixed tip; because, if the mixture of both were used, we would be obeying neither the injunction of Yava, nor that of Vrīhi. Similarly, in the present case, when only one girl is to be married, it being impossible to adopt any two forms of marriage, the present text proceeds to prescribe the combination of two of them.