व्यवहारमयूख (नीलकण्ठ भट्ट - पश्चिमी भारत की हिन्दू न्याय-संहिता एवं व्यवहार कोष)

74 VYAVAHĀRAMAYŪKHA [ B. III. 4
[ M p 31 ll. 19-24
the deep-seated bones, eye disease, disease of the throat insanity headache
and fracture of the arm---these are the diseases of men which are ( to
be regarded as ) due to ( the wrath of ) God
Daivavisaṁvāde means in case of the death of a near relative and
the like By the words tasyaikasya ( when it befalls him alone ) are ex-
cluded epidemic diseases ( like cholera ) that affect a whole locality (at once)
In this passage as the word tasya refers to the word abhiyukta ( the per-
son charged ) that already occurs ( in the preceding verse ) disease and the
rest are an indication of defeat when they befall only the person charged and
not when they befall his son or the like That ( disease or the like indica-
tion ) again must be great ( serious or formidable ) and not slight. This has
been already said above With this very idea Vācaspatimiśra says the
meaning is that disease and the rest that are peculiar to the person charged
( and not common to all ) are indications of defeat It is therefore that
the text mentions only the death of a near relative and not the disease of a
near relative.