History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.52

v5.c74.t2.52

83, viz. that this passage allows those who are suffering from an incurable disease to commit suicide at Prayāga instead of dying by falling from a precipice and the like or that this verse does not apply to brāhmaṇas but only to the other three varṇas.¹³⁸⁴