[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) › [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) › [Mitakshara (Rijumitakshara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara) › 1.10.20 # The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.10.20 Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 1.10.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.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": > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.19) - [Next: 1.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.21) - [Up: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara~en-mt.1.10.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.222) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.20) · Pramāṇa