The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 3.2.43
Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 3.2.43
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3.2.43
sadyaḥ patati māṃsena lākṣayā lavaṇena ca |
tryaheṇa śūdro bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ kṣīravikrayāt ||
itareṣām apaṇyānāṃ vikrayād iha kāmataḥ |
brāhmaṇaḥ saptarātreṇa vaiśyabhāvaṃ ca gacchati ||
iti | (MDh 10.92–93) 3.40 ||
"He falls immediately by [selling] meat, lac, and salt; / a Brahmin becomes a Shudra in three days from the sale of milk. / From selling other non-vendible goods here willfully, / a Brahmin reaches the condition of a Vaishya in seven nights." (MDh 10.92–93) || 3.40
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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