The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.10.20
Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 1.10.20
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1.10.20
rogī mahārogopasṛṣṭaḥ | hīnam atiriktaṃ vāṅgaṃ yasyāsau hīnātiriktāṅgaḥ | ekenākṣṇā yaḥ paśyati sa kāṇaḥ | etasmād evāndhabadhiraviddhaprajananakhalatiduścarmaprabhṛtayo nirastāḥ | punarbhūr uktalakṣaṇā tasyāṃ jātaḥ paunarbhavaḥ | avakīrṇī brahmacarya eva skhalitabrahmacaryaḥ | kuṇḍagolau,
"A diseased man" is one afflicted by a major disease. One whose limb is deficient or redundant is "one with a deficient or redundant limb." One who sees with one eye is "a one-eyed man." By this very [exclusion], the blind, the deaf, one with pierced genitals, the bald, one with bad skin, and so forth are rejected. A "remarried woman" has the characteristics already stated; the son born of her is "the son of a remarried woman." A "vow-breaker" is one whose celibacy was breached during the very stage of celibacy. "A kuṇḍa and a golaka":
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- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit