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

啶夃う啷嵿ぇ啷冟い啷� 啶︵�曕�嵿し啶苦ぃ啷� 啶�啶距ぃ啶距さ啷佮お啶掂��啶む�嵿く啷屶�氞�嵿く啶む�� 啶︵�嵿さ啶苦�溹�� 啷�
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uddh峁泃e dak峁�i峁噀 p膩峁嚹乿upav墨tyaucyate dvija岣� |
savye pr膩c墨n膩v墨t墨 苍颈惫墨迟墨 ka峁囜弓hasajjane || 63 ||

When the right hand is held above (the sacred thread etc.), the twice-born person is described as 鈥楿pav墨tin鈥�; when the left hand is held above, 鈥楶r膩ch墨n膩v墨tin,鈥� and on its hanging by the neck, 鈥楴iv墨tin.鈥欌赌�(63)

 

Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁�y补):

An objection is raised鈥斺�淎s a matter of fact, in treatises dealing with Dharma, the meanings of words are accepted to be exactly as they are known in ordinary usage; and the works of Manu and others should not make it their business to explain the meanings of words, in the way in which it is done by grammatical and lexicographical works.鈥�

膧苍蝉飞别谤.鈥擶e have already answered this before; if treatises on Dharma should be found to supply the explanation of such words as are not ordinarily known, are they to be blamed for doing so? Then again, in the present instance, there is another purpose also in view. The term 鈥�耻辫补惫墨迟颈苍鈥� is explained in the course of the explanation of the act of 鈥榳ater-sipping,鈥� with a view to indicate that the method (of wearing the sacred thread, etc.) is auxiliary to that act. Though it is true that the wearing of the sacred thread,鈥攅ither as part of a religious observance, or as accomplishing certain desirable results for man,鈥攊s known as to be done at all times, yet if the 鈥榳ater-sipping鈥� were done without it, it would remain incomplete. So that, if we did not have the present text (as indicating the necessity of wearing the sacred thread during water-sipping), there would be some deficiency in the religious act, as also some defect in the agent. If the sipping were done without the sacred thread, it would be as good as not done, and there would be the additional wrong done, in the shape of sipping the water while unclean.

Question.鈥斺�淗ow is it that the 鲍辫补惫墨迟补-尘别迟丑辞诲 alone is regarded as auxiliary to the 鈥榳ater-sipping,鈥� when as a matter of fact, the present text has spoken of another method, the 鈥�笔谤腻肠丑墨苍腻惫墨迟补,鈥� also?鈥�

Our answer is as follows:鈥擜s for the 鈥�笔谤腻肠丑墨苍腻惫墨迟补鈥� method, this has been directly prescribed, in so many words, as pertaining to acts of offering to the 笔颈迟峁泂; so that when its use has been found in connection with these, it could not be taken as an alternative to the 鈥�鲍辫补惫墨迟补鈥� method, whose use has not yet been found. Similarly the 鈥�狈颈惫墨峁璦鈥� method also has its use in connection with acts of sorcery. Though the use of the 鈥�狈颈惫墨峁璦鈥� has not been laid down in the itself, yet since all 厂尘峁泃颈蝉 have the same end in view, the use prescribed in other 厂尘峁泃颈蝉 could be regarded as accepted in the present context also.

The term 鈥�hand鈥� stands here for the arm; it is only when the man raises his arm that he is called 鈥�鲍辫补惫墨峁璱鈥�; further, we are going to point out later on that the 鈥�鲍辫补惫墨峁璦鈥� is the method (of wearing the thread) to be employed at all times (not during religious acts only); and no one is called 鈥�鲍辫补惫墨峁璱n鈥� by merely lifting his hand.

鈥�When the left hand is held above,鈥� he is called 鈥�笔谤腻肠丑墨苍腻惫墨峁���鈥�; it is the compounded form (鈥�辫谤腻肠丑墨苍腻惫墨峁���鈥�) that constitutes the name; the text puts it iu the uncompounded form on account of the exigencies of metre.

鈥�On its hanging by the neck鈥�;鈥斺赌�Sajjana,鈥� 鈥�hanging鈥� means being worn, when the sacred thread, or the piece of cloth, is worn over the neck, and neither arm is held over it, then the man becomes 鈥�苍颈惫墨迟墨.鈥欌赌�(63)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in 厂补峁僺办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 39), which notes that the non-compounding (in 鈥�辫谤腻肠丑墨苍补-腻惫墨迟颈鈥� is a Vedic anomaly;鈥攁nd in 厂补峁僺办腻谤补谤补迟苍补尘腻濒腻 (p. 188).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补-顿丑补谤尘补蝉奴迟谤补, 5.1.5-8.鈥斺�楾he Sacred Thread worn at sacrifices to gods (耻辫补惫墨迟补) consists of the silk or the cotton thread folded three times three: it should reach down to the navel; the right arm being held above;鈥攖he reverse (辫谤腻肠丑墨苍腻惫颈迟补) at offerings to 笔颈迟峁泂; hanging by the neck, it is 苍颈惫墨迟补; hanging downwards it is 补诲丑辞惫墨迟补.鈥�

膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补-顿丑补谤尘补蝉奴迟谤补, 1.6.18-19.鈥斺�楬e who is wearing the Sacred Thread in the 耻辫补惫墨迟补 form is to be regarded as wearing two pieces of cloth;鈥攚hile he who is wearing it in the 础诲丑辞惫墨迟补 form, is to be regarded as wearing only one piece of cloth.鈥�

Gobhila-骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补, 1.2.2-3.鈥斺�楬olding aloft the right arm, passing over the head, resting the thread on the left shoulder, hanging down the right arm-pit,鈥攖hus does he become the wearer of the Yaj帽opav墨ta; lifting the left arm, passing over the head, resting the thread on the right shoulder, hanging down the left arm-pit,鈥攖hus does he become the wearer of the 笔谤腻肠丑墨苍腻惫墨迟补.鈥�