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114. The word iti used in the text is, according to Haradatta, again to be taken in the sense of ‘and so forth.’ The translation of parishkanda, ‘a temple,’ not parishkandha, as Professor Stenzler XX, 1. PENANCES. 277 15. Continence, speaking the truth, bathing morning, noon, and evening, standing in wet clothes, sleeping on the ground, and fasting (are the various kinds of) austerity. 16. Gold, a cow, a dress, a horse, land, sesamum, clarified butter, and food are the gifts (which destroy sin). 17. A year, six months, four (months), three (months), two (months), one (month), twenty-four days, twelve days, six days, three days, a day and a night are the periods (for penances). 18. These (acts) may be optionally performed when no (particular penance) has been prescribed, 19. (Viz.) for great sins difficult (penances), and for trivial faults easy ones. 20. The Krzkkhra and the Atikrzkkhra, (as well as) the AAndr4yaza, are penances for all (offences). CHAPTER XX. 1. Let him cast off a father who assassinates a king, who sacrifices for Sadras, who sacrifices for reads, is based on Haradatta’s explanation. Etymologically it seems to mean ‘a place for circumambulation,’ and to denote the platform on which the temples usually stand, and which is used for the Pradakshiza ceremony. 15. The word iti in the text is explained as in the preceding Sfitras, 18. These (acts), i.e. the recitation of the Veda and so forth, which have been enumerated above, Sfttras 11-16. 20. Regarding these penances, see chapters XXVI and XXVII. Haradatta again takes the word iti, which occurs in the text, to include other difficult penances. XX. 1. Haradatta remarks that the father is mentioned here, in order to indicate that other less venerable relatives must certainly 278 GAUTAMA. XX, 2. his own sake (accepting) money from Sddras, who divulges the Veda (to persons not authorised to study it), who kills a learned Brahmaza, who dwells with men of the lowest castes, or (cohabits) with a female of one of the lowest castes. 2. Having assembled the (sinner’s) spiritual Gurus and the relatives by marriage, (the sons and other kinsmen) shall perform (for him) all the funeral rites, the first of which is the libation of water, 3. And (afterwards) they shall overturn his watervessel (in the following manner) : 4. A slave or a hired servant shall fetch an impure vessel from a dust-heap, fill it (with water taken) from the pot of a female slave and, his face turned towards the south, upset it with his foot, pronouncing (the sinner’s) name (and saying): ‘I deprive N. N. of water.’ 5. All (the kinsmen) shall touch him (the slave) passing their sacrificial cords over the right shoulder and under the left arm, and untying the locks on their heads. 6. The spiritual Gurus and the relatives by marriage shall look on. 7. Having bathed, they (all shall) enter the village. 8. He who afterwards unintentionally speaks to
26. The spiritual Gurus and the relatives by marriage shall look on. 7. Having bathed, they (all shall) enter the village. 8. He who afterwards unintentionally speaks to also be abandoned. He also states that bhrfizahan, ‘he who slays a learned Braéhmaaa,’ includes sinners who have committed other mortal sins (mahapataka), see XXI, 1. 2. Manu XI, 183-185; YAg#avalkya III, 295. The spiritual Gurus, i.e. the teacher who initiated him (A4arya) and those who instructed him in the Veda (upadhy4ya). 8. Manu XI, 185. XX, 17. PENANCES. 279 the (outcast sinner) shall stand, during one night, reciting the Savitri. 9. If he intentionally (converses with the outcast, he must perform the same penance) for three nights. 10. But if an (outcast sinner) is purified by (performing) a penance, (his kinsmen) shall, after he has become pure, fill a golden vessel (with water) from a very holy lake or a river, and make him bathe in water (taken) from that (vessel). 11. Then they shall give him that vessel and he, after taking it, shall mutter (the following Mantras): ‘Cleansed is the sky, cleansed is the earth, cleansed and auspicious is the middle sphere; I here take that which is brilliant.’ 12. Let him offer clarified butter, (reciting) these Yagus formulas, the PAvamAnts, the Taratsamandis, and the Kdshmandas. 13. Let him present gold or a cow to a Brahmana, 14. And to his teacher. 15. But he, whose penance lasts for his (whole) lifetime, will be purified after death. 16. Let (his kinsmen) perform for him all the funeral rites, the first of which is the libation of water. 17. This same (ceremony of bathing in) water to. Manu XI, 187-188 ; Yag#avalkya III, 296. 11. As appears from Gobhila Grzhya-sfitra III, 4, 16, the noun to be understood is apam afigaliZ, ‘a handful of water.’ 12. Haradatta refers the term Pavamants here to Taittirfyabrahmaza I, 4,8. The Taratsamandts are found Rig-veda IX, 58. 17. ‘“ Water (consecrated) for the sake of purification” means 280 GAUTAMA. XXI, 1. consecrated for the sake of purification (must be performed) in the case of all minor offences (upapétakas). CuarTer X XI. 1. The murderer of a Brahmaza, he who drinks spirituous liquor, the violator of a Guru’s bed, he who has connection with the female relatives of his mother and of his father (within six degrees) or with sisters and their female offspring, he who steals (the gold of a Brahmaza), an atheist, he who constantly repeats blamable acts, he who does not cast off persons guilty of a crime causing loss of caste, and he who forsakes blameless (relatives), become outcasts, 2. Likewise those who instigate others to acts causing loss of caste, 3. And he who for a (whole) year associates with outcasts. 4. To be an outcast means to be deprived of the right to follow the lawful occupations of twiceborn men, 5. And to be deprived after death of the rewards of meritorious deeds. water consecrated by the formulas, “ Cleansed is the earth,” &c.’— Haradatta.
34. To be an outcast means to be deprived of the right to follow the lawful occupations of twiceborn men, 5. And to be deprived after death of the rewards of meritorious deeds. water consecrated by the formulas, “ Cleansed is the earth,” &c.’— Haradatta. XXI. 1. Apastamba I, 7, 21, 7-9, 11; I, 9, 24, 6-9; Manu XI, 35; Yagd#avalkya III, 227. Guru, i.e.a father or spiritual teacher. The term yonisambandha, ‘sisters and their female offspring,’ seems to be used here in a sense different from that which it has III, 3; XIV, 20; and XIX, 20. It may possibly include also daughtersin-law. 2. Apastamba II, 11, 29, 1. 3. Manu IX, 181; Yag#avalkya III, 261. XXI, 11. PENANCES. 281 6. Some call (this condition) hell. 7. Manu (declares, that) the first three (crimes, named above) cannot be expiated. 8. Some (declare, that a man) does not become an outcast (by having connection) with female (relatives), except (when he violates) a Guru’s bed. 9. A woman becomes an outcast by procuring ‘abortion, by connection with a (man of) lower (caste) and (the like heinous crimes). 10. Giving false evidence, calumnies which will reach (the ears of) the king, an untrue accusation brought against a Guru (are acts) equal to mortal sins (mah4pataka). 11; (The guilt of a) minor offence (upap4taka) rests on those who (have been declared to) defile the company (at a funeral dinner and have been named above) before the bald man, on killers of kine, those who forget the Veda, those who pronounce Vedic texts for the (last-mentioned sinners), students 7 Apastamba I, 9, 24, 24-25; I, 9, 25, 1-35 Manu XI, 90-92, 104-105. The ‘penances’ prescribed are equal to a sentence of death. 8. Apastamba I, 4, 21, 10. 9. Yagfavalkya III, 298. ‘On account of the word “and,” by slaying a Bréhmana and similar crimes also. Another (commentator) says, “A woman who serves the slayer of a learned Brahmama or a man of lower caste, i.e. becomes his wife, loses her caste. On account of the word ‘and’ the same happens in case she kills a Brahmaza or commits a similarly heinous crime. The slayer of a Brahmana is mentioned in order to include (all) outcasts.” ’—Haradatta. 10. Manu XI, 56-57; YAgfavalkya III, 228-229. 11. Manu XI, 60-67; YAgaavalkya III, 234-242; Apastamba I, 7, 21, 12-17, 19. The persons who defile the company are enumerated above, XV, 16-18. 282 GAUTAMA. XXI, 12. who break the vow of chastity, and those who allow the time for the initiation to pass. 12. An officiating priest must be forsaken, if he is ignorant (of the rules of the sacrifice), a teacher, if he does not impart instruction, and (both) if they commit crimes causing loss of caste. 13. He who forsakes (them) under any other circumstances, becomes an outcast. 14. Some declare, that he, also, who receives (a person who has unjustly forsaken his priest or teacher, becomes an outcast). 15. The mother and the father must not be treated improperly under any circumstances,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
114. The word iti used in the text is, according to Haradatta, again to be taken in the sense of ‘and so forth.’ The translation of parishkanda, ‘a temple,’ not parishkandha, as Professor Stenzler XX, 1. PENANCES. 277 15. Continence, speaking the truth, bathing morning, noon, and evening, standing in wet clothes, sleeping on the ground, and fasting (are the various kinds of) austerity. 16. Gold, a cow, a dress, a horse, land, sesamum, clarified butter, and food are the gifts (which destroy sin). 17. A year, six months, four (months), three (months), two (months), one (month), twenty-four days, twelve days, six days, three days, a day and a night are the periods (for penances). 18. These (acts) may be optionally performed when no (particular penance) has been prescribed, 19. (Viz.) for great sins difficult (penances), and for trivial faults easy ones. 20. The Krzkkhra and the Atikrzkkhra, (as well as) the AAndr4yaza, are penances for all (offences). CHAPTER XX. 1. Let him cast off a father who assassinates a king, who sacrifices for Sadras, who sacrifices for reads, is based on Haradatta’s explanation. Etymologically it seems to mean ‘a place for circumambulation,’ and to denote the platform on which the temples usually stand, and which is used for the Pradakshiza ceremony. 15. The word iti in the text is explained as in the preceding Sfitras, 18. These (acts), i.e. the recitation of the Veda and so forth, which have been enumerated above, Sfttras 11-16. 20. Regarding these penances, see chapters XXVI and XXVII. Haradatta again takes the word iti, which occurs in the text, to include other difficult penances. XX. 1. Haradatta remarks that the father is mentioned here, in order to indicate that other less venerable relatives must certainly 278 GAUTAMA. XX, 2. his own sake (accepting) money from Sddras, who divulges the Veda (to persons not authorised to study it), who kills a learned Brahmaza, who dwells with men of the lowest castes, or (cohabits) with a female of one of the lowest castes. 2. Having assembled the (sinner’s) spiritual Gurus and the relatives by marriage, (the sons and other kinsmen) shall perform (for him) all the funeral rites, the first of which is the libation of water, 3. And (afterwards) they shall overturn his watervessel (in the following manner) : 4. A slave or a hired servant shall fetch an impure vessel from a dust-heap, fill it (with water taken) from the pot of a female slave and, his face turned towards the south, upset it with his foot, pronouncing (the sinner’s) name (and saying): ‘I deprive N. N. of water.’ 5. All (the kinsmen) shall touch him (the slave) passing their sacrificial cords over the right shoulder and under the left arm, and untying the locks on their heads. 6. The spiritual Gurus and the relatives by marriage shall look on. 7. Having bathed, they (all shall) enter the village. 8. He who afterwards unintentionally speaks to
26. The spiritual Gurus and the relatives by marriage shall look on. 7. Having bathed, they (all shall) enter the village. 8. He who afterwards unintentionally speaks to also be abandoned. He also states that bhrfizahan, ‘he who slays a learned Braéhmaaa,’ includes sinners who have committed other mortal sins (mahapataka), see XXI, 1. 2. Manu XI, 183-185; YAg#avalkya III, 295. The spiritual Gurus, i.e. the teacher who initiated him (A4arya) and those who instructed him in the Veda (upadhy4ya). 8. Manu XI, 185. XX, 17. PENANCES. 279 the (outcast sinner) shall stand, during one night, reciting the Savitri. 9. If he intentionally (converses with the outcast, he must perform the same penance) for three nights. 10. But if an (outcast sinner) is purified by (performing) a penance, (his kinsmen) shall, after he has become pure, fill a golden vessel (with water) from a very holy lake or a river, and make him bathe in water (taken) from that (vessel). 11. Then they shall give him that vessel and he, after taking it, shall mutter (the following Mantras): ‘Cleansed is the sky, cleansed is the earth, cleansed and auspicious is the middle sphere; I here take that which is brilliant.’ 12. Let him offer clarified butter, (reciting) these Yagus formulas, the PAvamAnts, the Taratsamandis, and the Kdshmandas. 13. Let him present gold or a cow to a Brahmana, 14. And to his teacher. 15. But he, whose penance lasts for his (whole) lifetime, will be purified after death. 16. Let (his kinsmen) perform for him all the funeral rites, the first of which is the libation of water. 17. This same (ceremony of bathing in) water to. Manu XI, 187-188 ; Yag#avalkya III, 296. 11. As appears from Gobhila Grzhya-sfitra III, 4, 16, the noun to be understood is apam afigaliZ, ‘a handful of water.’ 12. Haradatta refers the term Pavamants here to Taittirfyabrahmaza I, 4,8. The Taratsamandts are found Rig-veda IX, 58. 17. ‘“ Water (consecrated) for the sake of purification” means 280 GAUTAMA. XXI, 1. consecrated for the sake of purification (must be performed) in the case of all minor offences (upapétakas). CuarTer X XI. 1. The murderer of a Brahmaza, he who drinks spirituous liquor, the violator of a Guru’s bed, he who has connection with the female relatives of his mother and of his father (within six degrees) or with sisters and their female offspring, he who steals (the gold of a Brahmaza), an atheist, he who constantly repeats blamable acts, he who does not cast off persons guilty of a crime causing loss of caste, and he who forsakes blameless (relatives), become outcasts, 2. Likewise those who instigate others to acts causing loss of caste, 3. And he who for a (whole) year associates with outcasts. 4. To be an outcast means to be deprived of the right to follow the lawful occupations of twiceborn men, 5. And to be deprived after death of the rewards of meritorious deeds. water consecrated by the formulas, “ Cleansed is the earth,” &c.’— Haradatta.
34. To be an outcast means to be deprived of the right to follow the lawful occupations of twiceborn men, 5. And to be deprived after death of the rewards of meritorious deeds. water consecrated by the formulas, “ Cleansed is the earth,” &c.’— Haradatta. XXI. 1. Apastamba I, 7, 21, 7-9, 11; I, 9, 24, 6-9; Manu XI, 35; Yagd#avalkya III, 227. Guru, i.e.a father or spiritual teacher. The term yonisambandha, ‘sisters and their female offspring,’ seems to be used here in a sense different from that which it has III, 3; XIV, 20; and XIX, 20. It may possibly include also daughtersin-law. 2. Apastamba II, 11, 29, 1. 3. Manu IX, 181; Yag#avalkya III, 261. XXI, 11. PENANCES. 281 6. Some call (this condition) hell. 7. Manu (declares, that) the first three (crimes, named above) cannot be expiated. 8. Some (declare, that a man) does not become an outcast (by having connection) with female (relatives), except (when he violates) a Guru’s bed. 9. A woman becomes an outcast by procuring ‘abortion, by connection with a (man of) lower (caste) and (the like heinous crimes). 10. Giving false evidence, calumnies which will reach (the ears of) the king, an untrue accusation brought against a Guru (are acts) equal to mortal sins (mah4pataka). 11; (The guilt of a) minor offence (upap4taka) rests on those who (have been declared to) defile the company (at a funeral dinner and have been named above) before the bald man, on killers of kine, those who forget the Veda, those who pronounce Vedic texts for the (last-mentioned sinners), students 7 Apastamba I, 9, 24, 24-25; I, 9, 25, 1-35 Manu XI, 90-92, 104-105. The ‘penances’ prescribed are equal to a sentence of death. 8. Apastamba I, 4, 21, 10. 9. Yagfavalkya III, 298. ‘On account of the word “and,” by slaying a Bréhmana and similar crimes also. Another (commentator) says, “A woman who serves the slayer of a learned Brahmama or a man of lower caste, i.e. becomes his wife, loses her caste. On account of the word ‘and’ the same happens in case she kills a Brahmaza or commits a similarly heinous crime. The slayer of a Brahmana is mentioned in order to include (all) outcasts.” ’—Haradatta. 10. Manu XI, 56-57; YAgfavalkya III, 228-229. 11. Manu XI, 60-67; YAgaavalkya III, 234-242; Apastamba I, 7, 21, 12-17, 19. The persons who defile the company are enumerated above, XV, 16-18. 282 GAUTAMA. XXI, 12. who break the vow of chastity, and those who allow the time for the initiation to pass. 12. An officiating priest must be forsaken, if he is ignorant (of the rules of the sacrifice), a teacher, if he does not impart instruction, and (both) if they commit crimes causing loss of caste. 13. He who forsakes (them) under any other circumstances, becomes an outcast. 14. Some declare, that he, also, who receives (a person who has unjustly forsaken his priest or teacher, becomes an outcast). 15. The mother and the father must not be treated improperly under any circumstances,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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