[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) › [Manu-Smriti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhashya of Medhatithi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha) › 3.262 # Manubhashya 3.262: Verse 3.262 Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi 3.262 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [3.262.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p5) — 2 parts ### Verse 3.262 ### [3.262.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p1) The lawful wife, devoted to her husband and intent upon the worshipping of the Pitṛs, should, if desirous of a son, eat in the proper manner, the middlemost ball.—(262) ### [3.262.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p2) Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): The modes of disposal mentioned above apply to the first and the last balls; but the middlemost of the balls the lawful wife, desiring a son, should eat; i.e., the wife who has not been married merely for the sake of pleasure. ### [3.262.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p3) ‘Devoted to her husband;’—one who makes it her vow that—‘I shall serve my husband alone, even in my mind I shall never entertain even a thought of faithlessness to him.’ ### [3.262.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p4) ‘Intent upon’—with full faith in—‘the worshipping’—the śrāddha and other rites—‘of the Pitṛs.’ That is, she betakes herself with great care to the performance of these. ### [3.262.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p5) ‘Should eat in the proper manner—i.e., fully observing the rules regarding the rinsing of the mouth and sipping of.water etc., etc.—(262) ### [3.262.p5.n1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p5.n1) “There are many such magical ceremonies in the Sāmavidhāna and the Ṛgvidhāna”.—Burnell. ### [3.262.p5.n2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p5.n2) This verse is quoted in Parāśaramādhava (Ācāra, p. 759) without any comment;—in Aparārka (p. 550);—in Śrāddhakriyākaumudī (p. 215);—and in Gadādharapaddhati (Kāla, p. 563). ### [3.262.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p6) Comparative notes by various authors (verses 3.262-263) Viṣṇudharmottara (Parāśaramādhava, p. 760).—‘At Tīrthas the halls shall he thrown into the water.’ ### [3.262.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p7) Gobhila (4.3.27).—‘The wife, desiring a son, should eat the middlemost ball, pronouncing the mantra—ādhatta pitaro garbhan.’ ### [3.262.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p8) Laghu-Āśvalāyana (83.23).—‘One who desires a son should make his wife eat the middlemost hall, with the mantra ādhatta, etc., whereupon she hears a male child.’ ### [3.262.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p9) Bṛhaspati (Caturvargacintāmaṇi-Śrāddba, p. 1506).—\[Reproduces Manu, 262 and 263.) ### [3.262.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p10) Devala (Do.).—‘From among the balls, the wife desiring a son shall eat the middlemost; and through the favour of the Pitṛs, she obtains a son endowed with all good qualities.’ ### [3.262.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p11) Vāyupurāṇa (Parāśaramādhava, p. 758).—‘Desiring progeny, he shall give the middle hall to his wife.’ ### [3.262.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p12) Bṛhaspati (Do., p. 759).—‘If the wife happen to be elsewhere, or ill or with child, the hall may be eaten by an old bull or a goat.’ ### [3.262.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p13) Āpastamba (Do.)—‘If the wife is elsewhere,...the ball should be thrown into the sky.’ ### [3.262.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262.p14) Devala (Do.).—‘The rites being completed, the ball may be eaten by the Brāhmaṇa or the fire, the goat or the bull; or it may be thrown into water.’ ## Linked texts (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.252) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.262) · Pramāṇa