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167. That slaughter which is in accordance with the precepts of the Veda, and has been fixed for this world of movable and immovable creatures, should be considered as no slaughter at all; because it is from the Veda that law shines forth. 68. He who hurts animals that do not hurt any one, merely in order to afford pleasure to himself, will never obtain happiness, whether living or dead?. 69. He who gives no living creature intentionally the pain of confining or killing (or hurting) it, from benevolence towards all (creatures), will enjoy everlasting happiness. 70. Whatever he thinks of, whatever he strives for, and whatever he desires in his heart, all that is easily obtained by him who does not injure any created being. 71. Meat cannot be obtained without injuring an 66. ' Nand. interprets the term 4tmavan by samnyAsi, ‘an ascetic, or member of the fourth order,’ apparently because the first three orders are mentioned in this Sloka. I have followed Kullfka’s interpretation (on M.V, 43). 68. '‘ But it is no sin to kill tigers or other beasts of prey.’ (Nand.) LL, 78. PENANCES. 171 animal, and the murder of animals excludes the murderer from heaven, therefore must meat be avoided. 72. Reflecting upon the origin of flesh! and upon the (sin of) hurting or confining animated creatures, he must abstain from animal food of any kind. 73. He who transgresses not the law and eats not flesh like a Pisd#a, is beloved by men and remains free from disease. 74. He who gives his consent to the killing of an animal, he who cuts it up, he who kills it, the purchaser and the seller, he who prepares it, he who serves it up, and he who eats it, all these are denominated slaughterers of an animal. 75, There is no greater sinner than he who, without giving their share to the manes and to the gods, wants to increase his own flesh with the flesh of another creature. 76. Those two, he who performs a horse-sacrifice annually for a hundred years and he who does not eat meat, shall both obtain the same recompense for their virtue. 77. By eating (wild rice or other) sacred fruits or roots, and by living upon such grains as are the food of hermits, a man does not reap so high a reward as by avoiding meat. 78. (An eater of flesh must say within himself), ‘Me he (m4m sa) will eat in the next world, whose 42. 1The human soul is enveloped in six sheaths, three of which come from the father, and three from the mother. The three that come from the mother are skin, flesh, and blood. Now flesh is said in the Sruti to be derived from the menstrual discharge, and the latter is one of the species of forbidden food. (Nand.) 172 VISHNU. LI, r. flesh I am tasting here. This, say the learned, is the derivation of the word flesh (mAmsa). LII. 1. He who has stolen the gold (of a Brahmaza), must bring a club to the king, proclaiming his deed. 2. Whether the king kills him with it, or dismisses him unhurt, he is purified.
2LI, r. flesh I am tasting here. This, say the learned, is the derivation of the word flesh (mAmsa). LII. 1. He who has stolen the gold (of a Brahmaza), must bring a club to the king, proclaiming his deed. 2. Whether the king kills him with it, or dismisses him unhurt, he is purified. 3. Or (in case he committed the theft unawares), he must perform the Mah4vrata! for twelve years. 4. He who appropriates (knowingly) a deposit, (must perform the same penance.) 5. He who steals (knowingly) grain or valuable objects?, (or prepared food belonging to a Brahmaza,) (must perform) the Krzéé/ra? for a year. 6. For stealing male or female slaves (not belonging to a Brahmaza, and for seizing) a well or pool (actually containing water), or a field, the Kandrayaza (penance must be performed). 7. (For stealing) articles of small value (such as tin or lead, not exceeding twenty-five Pazas in value), the Santapana (penance must be performed). 8. (For stealing) sweetmeats, (rice or other) food, LII. 3, 2. M. VII, 314-316; XI, roo-ror; Y. III, 257; Apast. I, 9, 25, 4-5; Gaut. XII, 43, 44. — 3. M. XI, 102. — 5-13. M. XI, 163-169. 3. 1See L, 1-5. 5. 1} By dhana, ‘valuable objects,’ the objects mentioned below (in 10), copper and the rest, are meant. (Nand.) —? Nand. does not explain the meaning of Krikkhra, which is a general term for “a heavy penance.’ It probably denotes the Prégapatya penance here, as in a number of other law texts (e. g. below, LIV, 26), and in the corresponding text of Manu in particular. See Kullfika on M. XI, 163. 8-13. Nand. explains that these Sftras refer to a small amount of those articles which are mentioned in them. LIL, 17. PENANCES. 173 (milk or other) drinks, a bed, a seat, flowers, roots, or fruit, drinking Pafidagavya (is ordained as penance). 9. (For stealing) grass, firewood, trees, rice in the husk, sugar, clothes, skins, or flesh, the thief must fast for three days. 10. (For stealing knowingly) precious stones, pearls or coral, copper, silver, iron, or white copper, he must eat grain separated from the husk for twelve days. 11. For stealing (unawares) cotton, silk, wool or other (stuffs), he must subsist for three days upon milk. . 12. For stealing two-hoofed or one-hoofed animals, he must fast for three days. 13. For stealing birds, or perfumes, or medicinal herbs, or cords, or basket-work, he must fast for one day. 14. Though a thief may have restored to the owner the stolen property (either openly or) in some indirect manner}, he must still perform a penance, in order to purify himself from guilt. 15. Whatever a man takes from others, unchecked (by the dictates of religion), of that will he be bereft in every future birth. 16. Because life, religious merit, and pleasure depend upon wealth, therefore let a man take care not to injure the wealth (of others by robbing them) by any means.
315. Whatever a man takes from others, unchecked (by the dictates of religion), of that will he be bereft in every future birth. 16. Because life, religious merit, and pleasure depend upon wealth, therefore let a man take care not to injure the wealth (of others by robbing them) by any means. 17. Among those two, he who injures animal life, and he who injures wealth, the one who injures wealth shall incur the heavier penalty. 14. 7*As under pretext of handing over to him the dowry of a wife. (Nand.) 174 VISHNU. LUI, 1. LIII. 1. One who has (unawares) had illicit sexual intercourse !, must perform the Pragapatya penance for a year, according to the rule of the Mah4vrata, clad in a garment of bark, and living in a forest. 2. The same (penance is ordained) for sexual intercourse with the wife of another man (who belongs to his own caste, but is no Guru of his). 3. For intercourse with a cow, the Govrata (must be performed). 4. For intercourse with a man, for unnatural crimes with a woman, (for wasting his manhood) in the air, (for intercourse with a woman) in water, by day, or in a go-cart}, he must bathe dressed in his clothes. 5. By intercourse (knowingly) with a Kazdala woman !, he becomes her equal in caste. 6. For intercourse unawares with such, he must perform the Xandrdyawa twice. 7. For intercourse (knowingly) with cattle (other) than cows) or with a public prostitute, (he must perform) the Prag4patya penance. 8. A woman who has committed adultery once, LIII. 1-8. M. XI, 106, 171-177. — 4. Y. III, 291.— 9. M. XI, 179. 1. 1The crime intended here is explained by Nand. as being illicit intercourse with a step-mother, who belongs to the Sfdra caste. 3. See L, 16-24. 4. *‘Or in a cart drawn by asses or by other beasts of draught, as the particle 4a implies.’ (Nand.) 5. ?‘Or with a woman of an equally degraded caste, such as the Svapaka caste and others.’ (Nand.) 8. See Sfitra 2. LIV, 7. PENANCES. 175 must perform that penance which has been prescribed for an adulterer. 9. That guilt which a Brahmaza incurs by intercourse with a Kazdala woman one night, he can only remove by subsisting upon alms, and constantly repeating (the Gayatri) for three years. LIV. 1. If a man associates with one guilty of a crime, he must perform the same penance as he. 2. A Bréhmaza who has drunk water from a well in which a five-toed animal has perished, or which has been defiled in the highest degree, must fast for three days. 3. A Kshatriya (must fast) for two days (in the same case). 4. A Vaisya (must fast) for one day (and one night). . 5. A Sidra (must fast) for a night only. 6. And all (the former, but not a Sfdra) must drink PafiZagavya, when their penance has been completed. 7. If a SQdra drinks PajiZagavya, or if a Brahmaza drinks spirituous liquor, they both go to the hell called Mah4raurava ?.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
167. That slaughter which is in accordance with the precepts of the Veda, and has been fixed for this world of movable and immovable creatures, should be considered as no slaughter at all; because it is from the Veda that law shines forth. 68. He who hurts animals that do not hurt any one, merely in order to afford pleasure to himself, will never obtain happiness, whether living or dead?. 69. He who gives no living creature intentionally the pain of confining or killing (or hurting) it, from benevolence towards all (creatures), will enjoy everlasting happiness. 70. Whatever he thinks of, whatever he strives for, and whatever he desires in his heart, all that is easily obtained by him who does not injure any created being. 71. Meat cannot be obtained without injuring an 66. ' Nand. interprets the term 4tmavan by samnyAsi, ‘an ascetic, or member of the fourth order,’ apparently because the first three orders are mentioned in this Sloka. I have followed Kullfka’s interpretation (on M.V, 43). 68. '‘ But it is no sin to kill tigers or other beasts of prey.’ (Nand.) LL, 78. PENANCES. 171 animal, and the murder of animals excludes the murderer from heaven, therefore must meat be avoided. 72. Reflecting upon the origin of flesh! and upon the (sin of) hurting or confining animated creatures, he must abstain from animal food of any kind. 73. He who transgresses not the law and eats not flesh like a Pisd#a, is beloved by men and remains free from disease. 74. He who gives his consent to the killing of an animal, he who cuts it up, he who kills it, the purchaser and the seller, he who prepares it, he who serves it up, and he who eats it, all these are denominated slaughterers of an animal. 75, There is no greater sinner than he who, without giving their share to the manes and to the gods, wants to increase his own flesh with the flesh of another creature. 76. Those two, he who performs a horse-sacrifice annually for a hundred years and he who does not eat meat, shall both obtain the same recompense for their virtue. 77. By eating (wild rice or other) sacred fruits or roots, and by living upon such grains as are the food of hermits, a man does not reap so high a reward as by avoiding meat. 78. (An eater of flesh must say within himself), ‘Me he (m4m sa) will eat in the next world, whose 42. 1The human soul is enveloped in six sheaths, three of which come from the father, and three from the mother. The three that come from the mother are skin, flesh, and blood. Now flesh is said in the Sruti to be derived from the menstrual discharge, and the latter is one of the species of forbidden food. (Nand.) 172 VISHNU. LI, r. flesh I am tasting here. This, say the learned, is the derivation of the word flesh (mAmsa). LII. 1. He who has stolen the gold (of a Brahmaza), must bring a club to the king, proclaiming his deed. 2. Whether the king kills him with it, or dismisses him unhurt, he is purified.
2LI, r. flesh I am tasting here. This, say the learned, is the derivation of the word flesh (mAmsa). LII. 1. He who has stolen the gold (of a Brahmaza), must bring a club to the king, proclaiming his deed. 2. Whether the king kills him with it, or dismisses him unhurt, he is purified. 3. Or (in case he committed the theft unawares), he must perform the Mah4vrata! for twelve years. 4. He who appropriates (knowingly) a deposit, (must perform the same penance.) 5. He who steals (knowingly) grain or valuable objects?, (or prepared food belonging to a Brahmaza,) (must perform) the Krzéé/ra? for a year. 6. For stealing male or female slaves (not belonging to a Brahmaza, and for seizing) a well or pool (actually containing water), or a field, the Kandrayaza (penance must be performed). 7. (For stealing) articles of small value (such as tin or lead, not exceeding twenty-five Pazas in value), the Santapana (penance must be performed). 8. (For stealing) sweetmeats, (rice or other) food, LII. 3, 2. M. VII, 314-316; XI, roo-ror; Y. III, 257; Apast. I, 9, 25, 4-5; Gaut. XII, 43, 44. — 3. M. XI, 102. — 5-13. M. XI, 163-169. 3. 1See L, 1-5. 5. 1} By dhana, ‘valuable objects,’ the objects mentioned below (in 10), copper and the rest, are meant. (Nand.) —? Nand. does not explain the meaning of Krikkhra, which is a general term for “a heavy penance.’ It probably denotes the Prégapatya penance here, as in a number of other law texts (e. g. below, LIV, 26), and in the corresponding text of Manu in particular. See Kullfika on M. XI, 163. 8-13. Nand. explains that these Sftras refer to a small amount of those articles which are mentioned in them. LIL, 17. PENANCES. 173 (milk or other) drinks, a bed, a seat, flowers, roots, or fruit, drinking Pafidagavya (is ordained as penance). 9. (For stealing) grass, firewood, trees, rice in the husk, sugar, clothes, skins, or flesh, the thief must fast for three days. 10. (For stealing knowingly) precious stones, pearls or coral, copper, silver, iron, or white copper, he must eat grain separated from the husk for twelve days. 11. For stealing (unawares) cotton, silk, wool or other (stuffs), he must subsist for three days upon milk. . 12. For stealing two-hoofed or one-hoofed animals, he must fast for three days. 13. For stealing birds, or perfumes, or medicinal herbs, or cords, or basket-work, he must fast for one day. 14. Though a thief may have restored to the owner the stolen property (either openly or) in some indirect manner}, he must still perform a penance, in order to purify himself from guilt. 15. Whatever a man takes from others, unchecked (by the dictates of religion), of that will he be bereft in every future birth. 16. Because life, religious merit, and pleasure depend upon wealth, therefore let a man take care not to injure the wealth (of others by robbing them) by any means.
315. Whatever a man takes from others, unchecked (by the dictates of religion), of that will he be bereft in every future birth. 16. Because life, religious merit, and pleasure depend upon wealth, therefore let a man take care not to injure the wealth (of others by robbing them) by any means. 17. Among those two, he who injures animal life, and he who injures wealth, the one who injures wealth shall incur the heavier penalty. 14. 7*As under pretext of handing over to him the dowry of a wife. (Nand.) 174 VISHNU. LUI, 1. LIII. 1. One who has (unawares) had illicit sexual intercourse !, must perform the Pragapatya penance for a year, according to the rule of the Mah4vrata, clad in a garment of bark, and living in a forest. 2. The same (penance is ordained) for sexual intercourse with the wife of another man (who belongs to his own caste, but is no Guru of his). 3. For intercourse with a cow, the Govrata (must be performed). 4. For intercourse with a man, for unnatural crimes with a woman, (for wasting his manhood) in the air, (for intercourse with a woman) in water, by day, or in a go-cart}, he must bathe dressed in his clothes. 5. By intercourse (knowingly) with a Kazdala woman !, he becomes her equal in caste. 6. For intercourse unawares with such, he must perform the Xandrdyawa twice. 7. For intercourse (knowingly) with cattle (other) than cows) or with a public prostitute, (he must perform) the Prag4patya penance. 8. A woman who has committed adultery once, LIII. 1-8. M. XI, 106, 171-177. — 4. Y. III, 291.— 9. M. XI, 179. 1. 1The crime intended here is explained by Nand. as being illicit intercourse with a step-mother, who belongs to the Sfdra caste. 3. See L, 16-24. 4. *‘Or in a cart drawn by asses or by other beasts of draught, as the particle 4a implies.’ (Nand.) 5. ?‘Or with a woman of an equally degraded caste, such as the Svapaka caste and others.’ (Nand.) 8. See Sfitra 2. LIV, 7. PENANCES. 175 must perform that penance which has been prescribed for an adulterer. 9. That guilt which a Brahmaza incurs by intercourse with a Kazdala woman one night, he can only remove by subsisting upon alms, and constantly repeating (the Gayatri) for three years. LIV. 1. If a man associates with one guilty of a crime, he must perform the same penance as he. 2. A Bréhmaza who has drunk water from a well in which a five-toed animal has perished, or which has been defiled in the highest degree, must fast for three days. 3. A Kshatriya (must fast) for two days (in the same case). 4. A Vaisya (must fast) for one day (and one night). . 5. A Sidra (must fast) for a night only. 6. And all (the former, but not a Sfdra) must drink PafiZagavya, when their penance has been completed. 7. If a SQdra drinks PajiZagavya, or if a Brahmaza drinks spirituous liquor, they both go to the hell called Mah4raurava ?.
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