The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 3.2.1
Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 3.2.1
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3.2.1
āpady api ca kaṣṭāyāṃ sadyaḥśaucaṃ vidhīyate (YDh 3.19) ity āpadi mukhyāśaucakalpānām anuṣṭhānāsaṃbhavena sadyaḥśaucādyanukalpam uktvedānīṃ tatprasaṅgād āpadi pratigraho 'dhiko vipre yājanādhyāpane tathā (YDh 1.118) ityādyuktayājanādimukhyavṛttyasaṃbhavena vṛttyantaram āha |
Having stated, in the verse: "Even in dire distress, immediate purification is prescribed" (YDh 3.19), the secondary alternatives such as immediate purification due to the impossibility of observing the primary rules of ritual defilement in times of distress, he now states, in that connection, an alternative livelihood due to the impossibility of the primary livelihoods such as sacrificing for others, stated in such passages as: "In distress, accepting gifts is greater for a Brahmin, as well as sacrificing for others and teaching" (YDh 1.118):
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Commentaries (4)
- Subodhinī — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Bālambhaṭṭī (Lakṣmīvyākhyāna) — Bālambhaṭṭa Pāyaguṇḍe, Sanskrit
- Lakṣmīvyākhyāna — Bālakṛṣṇa, Sanskrit
- Mitākṣarāṭīkā — Bālambhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
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- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit