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11. After having fasted during the eleventh day of the bright half of the month Margasirsha, let a XLIX. 1. ‘He must worship Vasudeva either with sixteen acts, muttering one out of the sixteen verses of the Purushasfikta with each single act, the first act being the invocation of the gods, and 156 VISHNU. XLIX, 2: man worship, on the twelfth day, the venerable Vasudeva (Vishzu). 2. (He shall worship him) with flowers, incense, unguents, lamps, eatables (such as milk), and repasts given to Brahmazas. 3. By performing this rite (on the twelfth day of the bright half of every month, from the month Margasirsha to the month K4rttika) for one year, he is purified from every sin. | 4. By performing it till he dies, he attains Svetadvipa (‘the white island,’ the abode of Bhagavat). 5. By performing it for a year on each twelfth day of both halves of a month, he attains heaven. 6. By performing it (within the same intervals), till he dies, (he attains) the world of Vishzu. 7. The same (heavenly rewards are gained by him who performs this rite) on each fifteenth day (after having fasted during the fourteenth). 8. If he worships (according to the latter rite) Kesava (Vishzu) who has become one with Brahman, on the day of full moon, and Kesava absorbed in meditation, on the day of new moon, he will obtain a great reward. the last the dismissal of the assembled Brahmamas; or he must worship him with the “five offerings,” perfumes, and the rest, muttering at the same time the “ twelve syllables” (Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya, “Om, adoration to the venerable Vasudeva ”).’ (Nand.) 2. ‘He must worship him with those offerings and with burntoblations. The burnt-oblation, which must consist either of sesamum, or of barley, or of clarified butter, has to be accompanied, by the recitation of the Purushasfikta or of the “ twelve syllables.”’ (Nand.) 8. According to Nand., the two forms of Vishzu mentioned here must be considered as two separate deities, the one having to be invoked with the words ‘ Adoration to Brahmakesava,’ and the L, 7. PENANCES. 157 g. If in a year on a day of full moon the moon and the planet Jupiter are seen together in the sky, it is called a great full moon. 10. Gifts, fasts, and the like are declared to be imperishable on that day. The same is the case if a conjunction with the asterism Sravaz4 falls on the twelfth day of the bright half (of any month). L. 1, Let a man make a hut of leaves in a forest and dwell in it; 2. And let him bathe (and perform his prayers) three times a day; 3. And! let him collect alms, going from one village to another, and proclaiming his own deed ; 4. And? let him sleep upon grass: 5. This is called a Mahavrata (great observance). 6. He who has killed a Brahmama (unintentionally) must perform it for twelve years. 7. (He who has unintentionally killed) a Ksha- triya or a Vaisya engaged in a sacrifice, for the same period.
2And? let him sleep upon grass: 5. This is called a Mahavrata (great observance). 6. He who has killed a Brahmama (unintentionally) must perform it for twelve years. 7. (He who has unintentionally killed) a Ksha- triya or a Vaisya engaged in a sacrifice, for the same period. other with the words ‘ Adoration to Yogakesava.’ ‘A great reward’ he interprets by ‘a shape identical with that of Brahman,’ L. 1-6, 15. M. XI, 73; Y. III, 243; Apast. I, 9, 24, 11-20; Gaut. XXII, 4-6.— 7-10, 12-14. M. XI, 88, 89, 129-131; Y. III, 251, 266, 267; Gaut. XXII, 12-16. — 16-24. M. XI, rog- 116; Y. III, 263. — 25-41. M. XI, 132-138; Y. III, 270-274. — 30-33. Apast. I, 9, 25,13; Gaut. XXII, 19. — 34-36. Gaut. XXII, 23-25.— 46-50. M. XI, 141-145; Y. ILI, 275, 276.— 46. Apast. I, 9, 26, 2 ; Gaut. XXII, 20, 21. 3. } Nand., quoting Gautama XXII, 5, takes the particle ha, ‘and,’ to imply that he should also make way for any Arya whom he meets. 4. ) The particle 4a here means, according to Nand., that he ought to remain chaste, as ordained by Gautama, XXII, 4. 158 VISHNU. L, 8. 8. Likewise, he who has killed (unintentionally) a pregnant woman, or! a woman in her courses. g. Or! a woman who has bathed after temporary uncleanness ; 10. Or? a friend. 11. He who has (unintentionally) killed a king, must perform the Mahavrata for twice the same number of years (or twenty-four years) ; 12. He who has (unintentionally) killed a Kshatriya (not engaged in a sacrifice, nor a king), for one quarter of that time less (or for nine years) ; 13. He who has (unintentionally) killed a Vaisya (not engaged in a sacrifice), for half of that time (or for six years). 14. He who has (unintentionally) killed a (virtuous) Sddra, for half of that time again (or for three years). 15. He who is performing any of those penances, must carry (on his stick) the skull of the person slain, like a flag. 16. Let a man serve cows for a month, his hair and beard having been shorn. 17. And let him sit down to rest when they rest ; 18. And? let him stand still when they stand still ; 8. ! Nand. infers from texts of Pragetas, Yama, and Pardsara, that the particle va, ‘or,’ here refers to pregnant cows, and to women whose confinement is close at hand, or who are married to one who has kindled his sacred fire, or for whom all the sacred rites have been duly performed from their birth. g. 1 Nand. refers the particle va, ‘or,’ to women of high rank and to a rival wife, or a mother, or a daughter, or a sister, or a daughterin-law, or a wife, who is of the same caste as her husband. 10. }‘ The particle va includes children here.’ (Nand.) 18. 1 According to Nand., the particle 4a here refers to the L, 29. PENANCES. 159 19. And? let him give assistance to a cow that has met with an accident (such as getting into a slough, or falling into a pit). 20. And let him preserve them from (the attacks of lions and tigers and other) dangers.
31 According to Nand., the particle 4a here refers to the L, 29. PENANCES. 159 19. And? let him give assistance to a cow that has met with an accident (such as getting into a slough, or falling into a pit). 20. And let him preserve them from (the attacks of lions and tigers and other) dangers. 21. Let him not seek shelter himself against cold (and hot winds) and similar dangers, without having previously protected the cows against them. 22. Let him wash himself with cow-urine (three times a day); 23. And? let him subsist upon the (five) productions of a cow: 24. This is the Govrata (cow rite), which must be performed by him who has (unintentionally) 1 killed a cow (belonging to a Kshatriya). 25. If a man has killed an elephant (intentionally), he must give five black (nila) bulls. 26. If he has killed (unintentionally) a horse, he must give a garment. 27. If he has (intentionally) killed an ass, he must give a bull one year old. 28. The same if he has (intentionally) killed a ram or a goat. 29. If he has (intentionally) killed a camel, he must give one Kvzshzala of gold. precept of Parasara, that he should drink water when the cows drink, and lie down when they lie down. 1g. ‘According to Nand., the particle 4a here implies another precept of Pardsara, that he should not take notice of a cow grazing or drinking water upon his own ground or that of another. 23. 1‘ The particle 4a implies that he should also mutter the Gomatt hymn, as S4tatapa says.’ (Nand.) 25. ‘ He is called a black bull whose colour is red, whose mouth and tail are of a yellowish-white colour, and whose hoofs and horns are white.’ (Yagfiaparsva, quoted by Nand.) 160 VISHNU. L, 30. 30. If he has (intentionally) killed a dog, he must fast for three days. 31. If he has (unintentionally) killed a mouse, or a cat, or an ichneumon, or a frog, or a Duzdubha snake, or a large serpent (a boa constrictor), he must fast one day, and on the next day he must give a dish of milk, sesamum, and rice mixed together to a Brahmaza, and give him an iron hoe as his ‘ fee.’ 32. If he has killed (unintentionally) an iguana, or an owl, or a crow, or a fish, he must fast for three days. 33. If he has killed (intentionally) a Hamsa, or a crane, or a heron, or a cormorant, or an ape, or a falcon, or the vulture called Bhdsa, or a Brahmazt duck, he must give a cow to a Brahmaza. 34. If he has killed a snake, (he must give) an iron spade. 35- If he has killed emasculated (cattle or birds), (he must give) a load of straw % 36. If he has killed (intentionally) a boar, (he must give) a Kumbha of clarified butter. 37. If he has (intentionally) killed a partridge, (he must give) a Droza of sesamum. 38. If he has (intentionally) killed a parrot, ‘(he must give) a calf two years old. 39. If he has (intentionally) killed a curlew, (he must give) a calf three years old. 40. If he has (unintentionally) killed a wild carnivorous animal, he must give a milch cow.
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.
11. After having fasted during the eleventh day of the bright half of the month Margasirsha, let a XLIX. 1. ‘He must worship Vasudeva either with sixteen acts, muttering one out of the sixteen verses of the Purushasfikta with each single act, the first act being the invocation of the gods, and 156 VISHNU. XLIX, 2: man worship, on the twelfth day, the venerable Vasudeva (Vishzu). 2. (He shall worship him) with flowers, incense, unguents, lamps, eatables (such as milk), and repasts given to Brahmazas. 3. By performing this rite (on the twelfth day of the bright half of every month, from the month Margasirsha to the month K4rttika) for one year, he is purified from every sin. | 4. By performing it till he dies, he attains Svetadvipa (‘the white island,’ the abode of Bhagavat). 5. By performing it for a year on each twelfth day of both halves of a month, he attains heaven. 6. By performing it (within the same intervals), till he dies, (he attains) the world of Vishzu. 7. The same (heavenly rewards are gained by him who performs this rite) on each fifteenth day (after having fasted during the fourteenth). 8. If he worships (according to the latter rite) Kesava (Vishzu) who has become one with Brahman, on the day of full moon, and Kesava absorbed in meditation, on the day of new moon, he will obtain a great reward. the last the dismissal of the assembled Brahmamas; or he must worship him with the “five offerings,” perfumes, and the rest, muttering at the same time the “ twelve syllables” (Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya, “Om, adoration to the venerable Vasudeva ”).’ (Nand.) 2. ‘He must worship him with those offerings and with burntoblations. The burnt-oblation, which must consist either of sesamum, or of barley, or of clarified butter, has to be accompanied, by the recitation of the Purushasfikta or of the “ twelve syllables.”’ (Nand.) 8. According to Nand., the two forms of Vishzu mentioned here must be considered as two separate deities, the one having to be invoked with the words ‘ Adoration to Brahmakesava,’ and the L, 7. PENANCES. 157 g. If in a year on a day of full moon the moon and the planet Jupiter are seen together in the sky, it is called a great full moon. 10. Gifts, fasts, and the like are declared to be imperishable on that day. The same is the case if a conjunction with the asterism Sravaz4 falls on the twelfth day of the bright half (of any month). L. 1, Let a man make a hut of leaves in a forest and dwell in it; 2. And let him bathe (and perform his prayers) three times a day; 3. And! let him collect alms, going from one village to another, and proclaiming his own deed ; 4. And? let him sleep upon grass: 5. This is called a Mahavrata (great observance). 6. He who has killed a Brahmama (unintentionally) must perform it for twelve years. 7. (He who has unintentionally killed) a Ksha- triya or a Vaisya engaged in a sacrifice, for the same period.
2And? let him sleep upon grass: 5. This is called a Mahavrata (great observance). 6. He who has killed a Brahmama (unintentionally) must perform it for twelve years. 7. (He who has unintentionally killed) a Ksha- triya or a Vaisya engaged in a sacrifice, for the same period. other with the words ‘ Adoration to Yogakesava.’ ‘A great reward’ he interprets by ‘a shape identical with that of Brahman,’ L. 1-6, 15. M. XI, 73; Y. III, 243; Apast. I, 9, 24, 11-20; Gaut. XXII, 4-6.— 7-10, 12-14. M. XI, 88, 89, 129-131; Y. III, 251, 266, 267; Gaut. XXII, 12-16. — 16-24. M. XI, rog- 116; Y. III, 263. — 25-41. M. XI, 132-138; Y. III, 270-274. — 30-33. Apast. I, 9, 25,13; Gaut. XXII, 19. — 34-36. Gaut. XXII, 23-25.— 46-50. M. XI, 141-145; Y. ILI, 275, 276.— 46. Apast. I, 9, 26, 2 ; Gaut. XXII, 20, 21. 3. } Nand., quoting Gautama XXII, 5, takes the particle ha, ‘and,’ to imply that he should also make way for any Arya whom he meets. 4. ) The particle 4a here means, according to Nand., that he ought to remain chaste, as ordained by Gautama, XXII, 4. 158 VISHNU. L, 8. 8. Likewise, he who has killed (unintentionally) a pregnant woman, or! a woman in her courses. g. Or! a woman who has bathed after temporary uncleanness ; 10. Or? a friend. 11. He who has (unintentionally) killed a king, must perform the Mahavrata for twice the same number of years (or twenty-four years) ; 12. He who has (unintentionally) killed a Kshatriya (not engaged in a sacrifice, nor a king), for one quarter of that time less (or for nine years) ; 13. He who has (unintentionally) killed a Vaisya (not engaged in a sacrifice), for half of that time (or for six years). 14. He who has (unintentionally) killed a (virtuous) Sddra, for half of that time again (or for three years). 15. He who is performing any of those penances, must carry (on his stick) the skull of the person slain, like a flag. 16. Let a man serve cows for a month, his hair and beard having been shorn. 17. And let him sit down to rest when they rest ; 18. And? let him stand still when they stand still ; 8. ! Nand. infers from texts of Pragetas, Yama, and Pardsara, that the particle va, ‘or,’ here refers to pregnant cows, and to women whose confinement is close at hand, or who are married to one who has kindled his sacred fire, or for whom all the sacred rites have been duly performed from their birth. g. 1 Nand. refers the particle va, ‘or,’ to women of high rank and to a rival wife, or a mother, or a daughter, or a sister, or a daughterin-law, or a wife, who is of the same caste as her husband. 10. }‘ The particle va includes children here.’ (Nand.) 18. 1 According to Nand., the particle 4a here refers to the L, 29. PENANCES. 159 19. And? let him give assistance to a cow that has met with an accident (such as getting into a slough, or falling into a pit). 20. And let him preserve them from (the attacks of lions and tigers and other) dangers.
31 According to Nand., the particle 4a here refers to the L, 29. PENANCES. 159 19. And? let him give assistance to a cow that has met with an accident (such as getting into a slough, or falling into a pit). 20. And let him preserve them from (the attacks of lions and tigers and other) dangers. 21. Let him not seek shelter himself against cold (and hot winds) and similar dangers, without having previously protected the cows against them. 22. Let him wash himself with cow-urine (three times a day); 23. And? let him subsist upon the (five) productions of a cow: 24. This is the Govrata (cow rite), which must be performed by him who has (unintentionally) 1 killed a cow (belonging to a Kshatriya). 25. If a man has killed an elephant (intentionally), he must give five black (nila) bulls. 26. If he has killed (unintentionally) a horse, he must give a garment. 27. If he has (intentionally) killed an ass, he must give a bull one year old. 28. The same if he has (intentionally) killed a ram or a goat. 29. If he has (intentionally) killed a camel, he must give one Kvzshzala of gold. precept of Parasara, that he should drink water when the cows drink, and lie down when they lie down. 1g. ‘According to Nand., the particle 4a here implies another precept of Pardsara, that he should not take notice of a cow grazing or drinking water upon his own ground or that of another. 23. 1‘ The particle 4a implies that he should also mutter the Gomatt hymn, as S4tatapa says.’ (Nand.) 25. ‘ He is called a black bull whose colour is red, whose mouth and tail are of a yellowish-white colour, and whose hoofs and horns are white.’ (Yagfiaparsva, quoted by Nand.) 160 VISHNU. L, 30. 30. If he has (intentionally) killed a dog, he must fast for three days. 31. If he has (unintentionally) killed a mouse, or a cat, or an ichneumon, or a frog, or a Duzdubha snake, or a large serpent (a boa constrictor), he must fast one day, and on the next day he must give a dish of milk, sesamum, and rice mixed together to a Brahmaza, and give him an iron hoe as his ‘ fee.’ 32. If he has killed (unintentionally) an iguana, or an owl, or a crow, or a fish, he must fast for three days. 33. If he has killed (intentionally) a Hamsa, or a crane, or a heron, or a cormorant, or an ape, or a falcon, or the vulture called Bhdsa, or a Brahmazt duck, he must give a cow to a Brahmaza. 34. If he has killed a snake, (he must give) an iron spade. 35- If he has killed emasculated (cattle or birds), (he must give) a load of straw % 36. If he has killed (intentionally) a boar, (he must give) a Kumbha of clarified butter. 37. If he has (intentionally) killed a partridge, (he must give) a Droza of sesamum. 38. If he has (intentionally) killed a parrot, ‘(he must give) a calf two years old. 39. If he has (intentionally) killed a curlew, (he must give) a calf three years old. 40. If he has (unintentionally) killed a wild carnivorous animal, he must give a milch cow.
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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