Part 2.10 - Gobalivarda Nyaya

REFERENCE MS VII. 149. Passage - व्यंगत्वादेवग्रहणे सिध्दे गोबलीवर्द्धवत् व्यगस्य हस्तपादादि छेदने न मन्त्रनियमास्था कर्त्तव्या नायं कुत्रचित् गर्नु शक्नोति इहैवावरुद्ध आस्ते कथं मन्त्रान् भेत्स्यतीति । [vyaṃgatvādevagrahaṇe sidhde gobalīvarddhavat vyagasya hastapādādi chedane na mantraniyamāsthā karttavyā nāyaṃ kutracit garnu śaknoti ihaivāvaruddha āste kathaṃ mantrān bhetsyatīti | ] Ciedhatithi on ns VI -149) 94 Translation -
The 'idiot' and the rest being already included under the 'maimed',
the separate mention of all these is analogous to the expression 'gobali-
vada (where even though the bali varda, ox, is included under the 'go',
yet it is mentioned separately; and the 'maimed' have been mentioned
separately with a view to preclude the notion being entertained that 'the
maimed person, being without hands and feet, cannot go out, he must stay
locked up on, so that how could he di vulge our secret? ' ).
Explanation -
While pointing on the care to be taken by a king at the time of
1 consultation the MS VII.149 enumerates the list of items - "Idiot, Dumb
Blind, Deaf, Animals, Very aged men, Women, Barbarians, Sick and the
persons deficient in limbs should be removed from the consultation room."
1.
जडमू [jaḍamū] ‌कान्धबधिरांस्तैर्यग्योनान्वयोतिगान् ।
स्त्रीम्लेच्छ व्यधितव्यङ्गान्मन्त्रकाले ऽपसारयेत् [kāndhabadhirāṃstairyagyonānvayotigān |
strīmleccha vyadhitavyaṅgānmantrakāle 'pasārayet] " ७.३४९ [7.349] %
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