Verse 8.100

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

अप्सु भूमिवदित्याहुः स्त्रीणां भोगे च मैथुने ।
अब्जेषु चैव रत्नेषु सर्वेष्वश्ममयेषु च ॥ १०० ॥

apsu bhūmivadityāhuḥ strīṇāṃ bhoge ca maithune |
abjeṣu caiva ratneṣu sarveṣvaśmamayeṣu ca || 100 ||

‘That concerning water they declare to be similar to that concerning land; as also that relating to the sexual enjoyment of women, and to gems, water-born as well as granitic.’—(100)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

The sin accruing from false evidence relating to the water—much or little—contained in wells, tanks and other reservoirs—is similar to that in the ease of land.

‘Sexual enjoyment of women’;—i.e., in answer to the question—‘by whom has this woman been ravished sexually.’

‘Water-born gems,’—such as the pearl;—‘granitic gems’—the emerald and the like;—the term ‘gems’ being construed both ways. There are various kinds of gems, waterborn and granitic; hence all that was necessary was to mention the ‘gems’ only; and the mention of the qualifying epithet must he taken only as serving the purpose of filling up the metre.

‘Water-born’—produced in water.

‘Granitic’—formed from stones.—(100)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in Smṛticandrikā (Vyavahāra, p. 205),—and in Kṛtyakalpataru.

 

Comparative notes by various authors

Gautama (13.18-19).—‘By false evidence regarding water, one incurs the same guilt as in that regarding land; likewise by false evidence regarding criminal intercourse.’