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

啶呧え啶苦ぐ啷嵿う啶多ぞ啶灌ぞ啶� 啶椸ぞ啶� 啶膏�傕い啶距�� 啶掂�冟し啶距え啷� 啶︵�囙さ啶�啶多�傕�傕じ啷嵿い啶ムぞ 啷�
啶膏お啶距げ啶距え啷� 啶掂ぞ 啶掂た啶�啶距げ啶距え啷� 啶掂ぞ 啶� 啶︵ぃ啷嵿ぁ啷嵿く啶距え啷� 啶�啶ㄠ�佮ぐ啶�啷嵿ぐ啶掂��啶む�� 啷� 啷ㄠオ啷� 啷�

anirda艣膩h膩峁� g膩峁� s奴t膩峁� 惫峁涐梗腻苍 devapa艣奴峁僺tath膩 |
sap膩l膩n v膩 vip膩l膩n v膩 na da峁囜笉y膩n manurabrav墨t || 242 ||

But Manu has declared that no punishment shall be inflicted upon a cow within ten days of its calving, or bulls or dedicated cattle,鈥攚hether with or without keepers.鈥�(242)

 

Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁�ya):

The present verse lays down an exception to what has been said above.

Since the text speaks of the 鈥�cow,鈥� it follows that, in the case of other animals, such as the buffalo and the like, the wrong done is cognisable. The term 鈥�惫峁涐梗腻丑鈥� stands for bulls.

鈥�Dedicated cattle,鈥欌�攕uch cattle as have been selected by a sacrificer for being used at an impending sacrificial performance. Or the term 鈥�deva鈥� may stand for the images of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, 艢iva or other Gods installed within brick-structures; and such 鈥榗attle鈥� as may have been presented to these 鈥楪ods鈥� would be called 鈥�dedicated cattle鈥�; as in such cases there would be a relation of possession and possessed between the 鈥楪ods鈥� and the 鈥榗attle.鈥�

What is declared here pertains to such cattle as serve as ornaments of temples; and not to those that are only brought there for the purpose of their milk being offered to the temple. Because in the case of the latter, it is the keepers that offer the milk to the Gods, and hence are the 鈥榦wners鈥� of the cattle; so that these have to be regarded as on the same footing as other owners. On the other hand, those that serve as ornaments to the temple have been presented to the temple, and as such come to be regarded as being 鈥榙edicated cattle.鈥�

Some people hold that the term 鈥�惫峁涐梗腻丑鈥� stands for such bulls as have been let off, in connection with the ceremony of 痴峁涐梗辞迟蝉补谤驳补.

Such cattle鈥攚hether they be 鈥�with keepers,鈥� or not belonging to any one and hence 鈥�without keepers鈥欌�攁re not to be penalised.鈥�(242)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in 痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补' (p. 239), which explains 鈥�诲别惫补-辫补艣耻鈥� as 鈥榗attle dedicated to the gods鈥�;鈥攊n 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 771);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Vyavah膩ra, p. 268), which explains 鈥�惫峁涐梗补鈥� as (a) 鈥�尘补丑辞办峁�a,鈥� i.e., 鈥榣arge bull,鈥� or (b) 鈥榖ulls dedicated by the rite called 惫峁涐梗辞迟蝉补谤驳补鈥�;鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 (p. 530), which adds that the cattle mentioned here, if they do any damage, are simply to be driven away;鈥攁nd in 痴测补惫补丑腻谤补-叠腻濒补尘产丑补峁�峁�墨 (p. 811);鈥攁nd in 痴颈惫腻诲补肠颈苍迟腻尘补峁噄 (Calcutta p. 68), which explains 鈥�惫峁涐梗腻苍鈥� as 鈥榖reeding bulls.鈥�

 

Comparative notes by various authors

痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (5.150).鈥斺�業f the damage has been done by bulls that have been set at liberty, or by a cow shortly after her calving (there is no offence).鈥�

驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (2.163).鈥斺�楾he Big Bull, cattle consecrated and let loose, a cow newly calved, stray strange cattle, or those perturbed by visitations of the King or of Fate,鈥攖hese shall ho set at liberty (without punishment), even though they he accompanied by the keeper (at the time of grazing).鈥�

鲍艣补苍补蝉 (础辫补谤腻谤办补, p. 771).鈥斺�楨lephants and horses are not to he punished; as also a strange cow, or one newly calved; or one that has strayed from the herd, and all cows at the time of rejoicings or 艢r膩ddhas.鈥�

碍腻迟测腻测补苍补 (Do., p. 772).鈥斺�業n the matter of punishing the grazing of cattle, of the highest, lowest and middlemost kinds, the King shall inflict fines only in the event of the owner of the field complaining about it.鈥�

狈腻谤补诲补 (11.30, 32, 33).鈥斺�楢 cow within ten days of her calving, a big bull, a horse and an elephant shall he kept off carefully. The owner of any one of them is not liable to punishment for doing any damage. The owners of elephants and horses shall not pay any fine. Impunity is likewise granted to the owner of the strayed cow, of one that has recently calved, or of one that is uncontrollable;鈥攁s also the owner of one that has lost her way, or broken down, or stuck in the marsh, or a bull marked by the sign of consecration.鈥�

础谤迟丑补艣腻蝉迟谤补 (p. 60).鈥斺�楾he village-bull, the consecrated bull, the cow within ten days of calving, old hulls and breeding bulls shall not be punished.鈥�