Verse 4.101 [Days unfit for Study]

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

इमान्नित्यमनध्यायानधीयानो विवर्जयेत् ।
अध्यापनं च कुर्वाणः शिष्याणां विधिपूर्वकम् ॥ १०१ ॥

imānnityamanadhyāyānadhīyāno vivarjayet |
adhyāpanaṃ ca kurvāṇaḥ śiṣyāṇāṃ vidhipūrvakam || 101 ||

One who is studying the Veda should always avoid these days, as unfit for study; so also the person who is doing the teaching of pupils according to rule.—(101)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

‘These’—i.e., those going to be described;—‘he shall avoid who is reading the Veda, as also the person who does the teaching.’ Inasmuch as the work of teaching is mentioned, the reading of the Veda for the purpose of repeating and getting up (the old lessons) is permitted (on the days specified).

‘Always;’—i.e., not only after the performance of the ‘Utsarga’-rite, but also during the four months and a half, following the ‘Upākarma’ rite.

‘Of pupils’— this is only an explanatory reiteration.—(101)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in Gadādharapaddhati (Kāla, p. 194);—in Puruṣārthacintāmaṇi (p. 444);—and in Hemādri (Kāla, p. 776).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

Purāṇa (quoted in Caturvargacintāmaṇi, p. 776).—‘The pupil, carrying on his study, should avoid the days unfit for study; and the teacher, carrying on the teaching should avoid the days unfit for study.’

Viṣṇu (30.31).—‘The Preceptor desiring the Brāhmic regions should sow knowledge in the fertile soil of the true pupil, except on the days unfit for study.’