Verse 11.127

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

अकामतस्तु राजन्यं विनिपात्य द्विजोत्तमः ।
वृषभैकसहस्रा गा दद्यात् सुचरितव्रतः ॥ १२७ ॥

akāmatastu rājanyaṃ vinipātya dvijottamaḥ |
vṛṣabhaikasahasrā gā dadyāt sucaritavrataḥ || 127 ||

If the chief of twice-born men kills a Kṣatriya unintentionally, he should duly perform the penance and give away a thousand cows and a bull.—(127)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

This is another expiation in the form of gifts. It is going to be laid down (under 139) below that so long as one has wealth, he need not perform a penance.

‘Unintentionally.’— No stress is meant to be laid on this qualification; as is clear from the heaviness of the expiation. Or, it may be assumed that it refers to the unintentional killing of the Kṣatriya or the Vaiśya, engaged in a sacrificial performance.

‘Vṛṣabhaikasahasrāḥ gāḥ’—literally means ‘thousand cows who have one bull among them.’—(127)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in Mitākṣarā (3.266);—in Parāśaramādhava (Prāyaścitta, p. 73);—and in Prāyaścittaviveka (pp. 215 and 534).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(verses 11.126-130)

See Comparative notes for Verse 11.126.