Verse 11.3

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

एतेभ्यो हि द्विजाग्र्येभ्यो देयमन्नं सदक्षिणम् ।
इतरेभ्यो बहिर्वेदि कृतान्नं देयमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥

etebhyo hi dvijāgryebhyo deyamannaṃ sadakṣiṇam |
itarebhyo bahirvedi kṛtānnaṃ deyamucyate || 3 ||

For these best of twice-born men, the ‘gift’ shall consist of food accompanied by a present; for others, ‘gift’ has been declared to be the cooked food given outside the sacrificial enclosure.—(3)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

Though the term ‘dakṣiṇā’ primarily denotes the fee that is given to a man for doing some work, yet, here it stands for all those things that are given away, with the exception of cows, lands and golden vessels. Such too is the ordinary use of the term.

‘For others’—for supplicants other than those mentioned here.

‘Cooked food’—To such men cooked food shall be given for eating.

‘Outside the sacrificial enclosure’—his refers to the food that should be given by householders, apart from that which is given in connection with sacrificial performances.—(3)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

According to Kullūka, the meaning is that ‘to these most excellent Brāhmaṇas food together with presents must be given inside the sacrificial enclosure’;—according to Nārāyaṇa, ‘the nine mendicants mentioned in verses 1 and 2 shall always receive what they ask for, and other mendicants ordinary food only, but that if they beg at the performance of a sacrifice, other property also must be given to them’.

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(verses 11.1-3)

See Comparative notes for Verse 11.1-2.