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15. 'The term kshéra, ‘saline flavour,’ includes bad or spoiled water of any kind, according to Nand. LXIII, 12. DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER. 199 to Brahman (or with the Tirthas sacred to the gods and to Prag4pati respectively). 7. Let him wipe his lips twice (with the root of his thumb). 8. Let him touch the cavities (above his navel)}, his head, and his breast with water. 9. By water which reaches either their heart, or their throat, or their palate respectively, members of the three twice-born castes are purified each in his turn; a woman and a Sédra are purified by water which has once touched their palate. LXIII. 1. In order to obtain wealth and for the sake of security he shall apply to a lord. 2. He must not travel alone; 3. Nor with wicked companions; 4. Nor with Sfidras; 5. Nor with enemies; 6. Nor too early in the morning ; 7. Nor too late in the evening; 8. Nor in the twilight; [9. Nor at noon; ro. Nor near water ;] 11. Nor in too great a hurry; 12. Nor at night; 8. 1See XXIII, 51. LXIII. 1. M. IV, 33; Gaut. IX, 63.— 2-9. M. IV, 140, 55, 60. — 13-17, 19, 21. M. IV, 67, 131, 57.— 24, 25. M. IV, 78; Y.I, 139; Apast. II, 8, 20,11; Gaut. IX, 1g. — 26-28. Sankh. IV, 12, 15; M. IV, 39; Y. 1, 133; Gaut. IX, 66. — 40. M. IV, 130.— 41. M. IV, 132.— 42. M. IV, 38; Gaut. IX, 52.— 43. M. IV, 38; Gobh. III, 5, 11. — 46. Asv. III, 9, 6; M. IV, 77; Y.I, 139; Apast. I, 11, 32, 26; Gaut. IX, 32.— 47. Apast. I, 11, 32, 273 Gaut. IX, 33.— 49. Gobh. III, 5, 13; Par. II, 7,6; Sankh. IV, 12, 28. — 51. M. IV, 138, 1395, Y. I, 117; Apast. IL, 5,11, 5-73 Gaut. VI, 24, 25. 1. ‘A lord’ (isvara) means a king or another rich man, in his own country, or in another country. (Nand.) See also Dr. Bihler’s note on Gaut. IX, 63, where the same Siatra occurs. \ 9, 10. Sftras 9 and ro are wanting in Dr. Biihler’s MS. 200 VISHNU. LXIII, 13. 13. Nor (let him travel) without cessation with (horses or other) beasts of draught that are quite young, diseased, or (otherwise) afflicted ; 14. Nor with such as are deficient in limb; 15. Nor with weak ones; 16. Nor with young bulls; 17. Nor with untrained animals. 18. He must not appease his hunger and allay his thirst without having first given grass and water to the animals. 19. He must not stop at a place where four ways meet; 20. Nor at night at the root of a tree; 21. Nor in an empty house; 22. Nor upon a meadow; 23. Nor in a stable; 24. Nor (must he stand) on hair, on the husks of grain, on potsherds, on bones, on ashes, or coal ; 25. Nor on seeds of the cotton plant. 26. When he passes by a place where four ways meet, let him turn his right side towards it. 27. And let him do the same in passing by the image of a deity ; 28. And in passing by well-known large trees.
2Nor on seeds of the cotton plant. 26. When he passes by a place where four ways meet, let him turn his right side towards it. 27. And let him do the same in passing by the image of a deity ; 28. And in passing by well-known large trees. 29. After having seen a fire, or a Brahmavza (with his turban on), or a public prostitute, or a jar filled (with water), or a looking-glass, or an umbrella, or a flag, or a banner}, or a Bél tree, or a lid (or platter), or a palace built in the shape of a certain diagram (or in the form of a quadrangle without a western gate) ?; 29. 1‘More precisely the term pat&éka signifies “a staff, by which a piece of cloth torn in the middle is fastened.”’ (Nand.) — ?¢The particle 4a is added at the end of this enumeration in order to include in it perfumes, lamps, and other objects mentioned in a Smriti.’ (Nand.) LXITI, 35. DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER. 201 30. Or a fan, or a chowrie, or a horse, or an elephant, or a goat, or a cow (having a calf), or sour milk, or milk, or honey, or white mustard ; 31. Or a lute, or sandal-wood, or a weapon, or fresh cow-dung, or fruit, or a flower, or a fresh potherb, or Gorofané, or blades of Darva grass ; 32. Ora turban, or ornaments, or jewels, or gold, or silver, or clothes, or a seat, or a vehicle, or (raw) meat ; 33. Ora golden vase, or cultivated land which is being carried away (by a stream), or a single (bull or other) piece of cattle tied with a rope, or an unmarried damsel (clad in white), or a (boiled) fish, (let him turn his right side towards them and) go on. 34. Having seen one intoxicated, or insane, or deformed, he must turn back; 35- (Also, if he has seen) one who has vomited, or one who has been purged, or one who has had his head shorn, or one who wears all his hair tied in one knot, or a dwarf; 30. ‘ The particle 4a, which is added at the end of this Sitra, refers to a king, his ministers, his domestic priest, &c., as indicated in a Smrvti passage.’ (Nand.) 31. Nand. infers from another Smrvti passage that 4a here refers to a crow and to a Sidra or workman with his tools. 32. Nand. here refers 4a to shells and other objects mentioned in a Smriti. 33. Nand. here refers 4a to a dead body and other objects enumerated in a Smrtti. 34. The enumeration of auspicious objects in Sftras 29-33 is followed by an enumeration of inauspicious objects in Satras 34-38. (Nand.) : 35. The particle 4a refers to enemies, outcasts, and others mentioned in a Smrvti. (Nand.) 202 VISHNU. LXIII, 36. 36. Or (if he has seen) one wearing a dress (of a reddish-yellow colour) dyed with Kash4ya!, or an ascetic, or one smeared? (with ashes) *; 37. Or (if he has seen) oil, or sugar, or dry cowdung, or fire-wood, or grass (other than Kusa or Dfrva grass), or Palasa (and other leaves, other than betel leaves), ashes, or coal?;
3(with ashes) *; 37. Or (if he has seen) oil, or sugar, or dry cowdung, or fire-wood, or grass (other than Kusa or Dfrva grass), or Palasa (and other leaves, other than betel leaves), ashes, or coal?; 38. Or (if he has seen) salt, or a eunuch, or (the spirituous liquor called) Asava, or an impotent man, or cotton cloth, or a rope, or an iron chain for the feet, or a person with dishevelled hair. 39. (If he sees), while about to begin a journey, a lute, or sandal-wood, or fresh pot-herbs, or a turban, or an ornament, or an unmarried damsel, he must praise them}. 36. ' Nand. refers kashayin, ‘wearing a dress dyed with Kashaya,’ to ‘persons who wear the marks of an order to which they do not belong.’ But this interpretation is evidently wrong. Among the sects that wear a dress dyed with Kashaya, Buddhists are the most prominent, but it must not be overlooked that there are other important sects also, as e.g. the Svaminarayamts of the present day, who wear such dresses. —* The term malina, ‘smeared,’ no doubt refers to a Saiva sect. Nand. interprets it by ‘ Kapdlikas and the like ;’ but more probably the Pasupatas are meant. —* The particle 4a further refers to the humpbacked, deaf, and blind, to barren women, and to naked and hungry persons, as stated in a Smriti. (Nand.) 37. 1 Nand. refers the particle 4a in this Stra to hares, naked mendicants, snakes, iguanas, lizards, skins, and other inauspicious objects and persons enumerated in a Smriti. 38. Nand. argues from a passage of Narada (not found in his Institutes), that the particle 4a here refers to persons mounted upon an ass, camel, or buffalo, and others. 39. 1 Nand. mentions two explanations of this Sitra: 1. he must eulogise the above objects or persons if he sees them; 2. he must gladden persons, who have those objects or persons with them, with presents and the like. LXIII, 51. DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER. 203 40. He must not (knowingly) step on (or step over, or stand on) the shade of the image of a deity, of a (learned) Brahmaza, of a spiritual teacher, of a brown (bull or other animal), or of one by whom the initiatory ceremony at a Soma-sacrifice has been performed. 41. Nor (must he step) on anything spat out or vomited, nor on blood, nor on feces or urine, nor on water used for ablutions. 42. He must not step over a rope to which a calf (or a cow) is tied. . 43. He must not walk quickly in the rain. 44. He must not cross a river without need ; 45. Nor without having previously offered an oblation of water to the gods and to the manes; 46. Nor (swimming) with his arms; 47. Nor ina leaky vessel. 48. He must not stand on the bank (of a river). 49. He must not gaze into a pool. 50. He must not cross it (by swimming through it, or in any other way).
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.
15. 'The term kshéra, ‘saline flavour,’ includes bad or spoiled water of any kind, according to Nand. LXIII, 12. DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER. 199 to Brahman (or with the Tirthas sacred to the gods and to Prag4pati respectively). 7. Let him wipe his lips twice (with the root of his thumb). 8. Let him touch the cavities (above his navel)}, his head, and his breast with water. 9. By water which reaches either their heart, or their throat, or their palate respectively, members of the three twice-born castes are purified each in his turn; a woman and a Sédra are purified by water which has once touched their palate. LXIII. 1. In order to obtain wealth and for the sake of security he shall apply to a lord. 2. He must not travel alone; 3. Nor with wicked companions; 4. Nor with Sfidras; 5. Nor with enemies; 6. Nor too early in the morning ; 7. Nor too late in the evening; 8. Nor in the twilight; [9. Nor at noon; ro. Nor near water ;] 11. Nor in too great a hurry; 12. Nor at night; 8. 1See XXIII, 51. LXIII. 1. M. IV, 33; Gaut. IX, 63.— 2-9. M. IV, 140, 55, 60. — 13-17, 19, 21. M. IV, 67, 131, 57.— 24, 25. M. IV, 78; Y.I, 139; Apast. II, 8, 20,11; Gaut. IX, 1g. — 26-28. Sankh. IV, 12, 15; M. IV, 39; Y. 1, 133; Gaut. IX, 66. — 40. M. IV, 130.— 41. M. IV, 132.— 42. M. IV, 38; Gaut. IX, 52.— 43. M. IV, 38; Gobh. III, 5, 11. — 46. Asv. III, 9, 6; M. IV, 77; Y.I, 139; Apast. I, 11, 32, 26; Gaut. IX, 32.— 47. Apast. I, 11, 32, 273 Gaut. IX, 33.— 49. Gobh. III, 5, 13; Par. II, 7,6; Sankh. IV, 12, 28. — 51. M. IV, 138, 1395, Y. I, 117; Apast. IL, 5,11, 5-73 Gaut. VI, 24, 25. 1. ‘A lord’ (isvara) means a king or another rich man, in his own country, or in another country. (Nand.) See also Dr. Bihler’s note on Gaut. IX, 63, where the same Siatra occurs. \ 9, 10. Sftras 9 and ro are wanting in Dr. Biihler’s MS. 200 VISHNU. LXIII, 13. 13. Nor (let him travel) without cessation with (horses or other) beasts of draught that are quite young, diseased, or (otherwise) afflicted ; 14. Nor with such as are deficient in limb; 15. Nor with weak ones; 16. Nor with young bulls; 17. Nor with untrained animals. 18. He must not appease his hunger and allay his thirst without having first given grass and water to the animals. 19. He must not stop at a place where four ways meet; 20. Nor at night at the root of a tree; 21. Nor in an empty house; 22. Nor upon a meadow; 23. Nor in a stable; 24. Nor (must he stand) on hair, on the husks of grain, on potsherds, on bones, on ashes, or coal ; 25. Nor on seeds of the cotton plant. 26. When he passes by a place where four ways meet, let him turn his right side towards it. 27. And let him do the same in passing by the image of a deity ; 28. And in passing by well-known large trees.
2Nor on seeds of the cotton plant. 26. When he passes by a place where four ways meet, let him turn his right side towards it. 27. And let him do the same in passing by the image of a deity ; 28. And in passing by well-known large trees. 29. After having seen a fire, or a Brahmavza (with his turban on), or a public prostitute, or a jar filled (with water), or a looking-glass, or an umbrella, or a flag, or a banner}, or a Bél tree, or a lid (or platter), or a palace built in the shape of a certain diagram (or in the form of a quadrangle without a western gate) ?; 29. 1‘More precisely the term pat&éka signifies “a staff, by which a piece of cloth torn in the middle is fastened.”’ (Nand.) — ?¢The particle 4a is added at the end of this enumeration in order to include in it perfumes, lamps, and other objects mentioned in a Smriti.’ (Nand.) LXITI, 35. DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER. 201 30. Or a fan, or a chowrie, or a horse, or an elephant, or a goat, or a cow (having a calf), or sour milk, or milk, or honey, or white mustard ; 31. Or a lute, or sandal-wood, or a weapon, or fresh cow-dung, or fruit, or a flower, or a fresh potherb, or Gorofané, or blades of Darva grass ; 32. Ora turban, or ornaments, or jewels, or gold, or silver, or clothes, or a seat, or a vehicle, or (raw) meat ; 33. Ora golden vase, or cultivated land which is being carried away (by a stream), or a single (bull or other) piece of cattle tied with a rope, or an unmarried damsel (clad in white), or a (boiled) fish, (let him turn his right side towards them and) go on. 34. Having seen one intoxicated, or insane, or deformed, he must turn back; 35- (Also, if he has seen) one who has vomited, or one who has been purged, or one who has had his head shorn, or one who wears all his hair tied in one knot, or a dwarf; 30. ‘ The particle 4a, which is added at the end of this Sitra, refers to a king, his ministers, his domestic priest, &c., as indicated in a Smrvti passage.’ (Nand.) 31. Nand. infers from another Smrvti passage that 4a here refers to a crow and to a Sidra or workman with his tools. 32. Nand. here refers 4a to shells and other objects mentioned in a Smriti. 33. Nand. here refers 4a to a dead body and other objects enumerated in a Smrtti. 34. The enumeration of auspicious objects in Sftras 29-33 is followed by an enumeration of inauspicious objects in Satras 34-38. (Nand.) : 35. The particle 4a refers to enemies, outcasts, and others mentioned in a Smrvti. (Nand.) 202 VISHNU. LXIII, 36. 36. Or (if he has seen) one wearing a dress (of a reddish-yellow colour) dyed with Kash4ya!, or an ascetic, or one smeared? (with ashes) *; 37. Or (if he has seen) oil, or sugar, or dry cowdung, or fire-wood, or grass (other than Kusa or Dfrva grass), or Palasa (and other leaves, other than betel leaves), ashes, or coal?;
3(with ashes) *; 37. Or (if he has seen) oil, or sugar, or dry cowdung, or fire-wood, or grass (other than Kusa or Dfrva grass), or Palasa (and other leaves, other than betel leaves), ashes, or coal?; 38. Or (if he has seen) salt, or a eunuch, or (the spirituous liquor called) Asava, or an impotent man, or cotton cloth, or a rope, or an iron chain for the feet, or a person with dishevelled hair. 39. (If he sees), while about to begin a journey, a lute, or sandal-wood, or fresh pot-herbs, or a turban, or an ornament, or an unmarried damsel, he must praise them}. 36. ' Nand. refers kashayin, ‘wearing a dress dyed with Kashaya,’ to ‘persons who wear the marks of an order to which they do not belong.’ But this interpretation is evidently wrong. Among the sects that wear a dress dyed with Kashaya, Buddhists are the most prominent, but it must not be overlooked that there are other important sects also, as e.g. the Svaminarayamts of the present day, who wear such dresses. —* The term malina, ‘smeared,’ no doubt refers to a Saiva sect. Nand. interprets it by ‘ Kapdlikas and the like ;’ but more probably the Pasupatas are meant. —* The particle 4a further refers to the humpbacked, deaf, and blind, to barren women, and to naked and hungry persons, as stated in a Smriti. (Nand.) 37. 1 Nand. refers the particle 4a in this Stra to hares, naked mendicants, snakes, iguanas, lizards, skins, and other inauspicious objects and persons enumerated in a Smriti. 38. Nand. argues from a passage of Narada (not found in his Institutes), that the particle 4a here refers to persons mounted upon an ass, camel, or buffalo, and others. 39. 1 Nand. mentions two explanations of this Sitra: 1. he must eulogise the above objects or persons if he sees them; 2. he must gladden persons, who have those objects or persons with them, with presents and the like. LXIII, 51. DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER. 203 40. He must not (knowingly) step on (or step over, or stand on) the shade of the image of a deity, of a (learned) Brahmaza, of a spiritual teacher, of a brown (bull or other animal), or of one by whom the initiatory ceremony at a Soma-sacrifice has been performed. 41. Nor (must he step) on anything spat out or vomited, nor on blood, nor on feces or urine, nor on water used for ablutions. 42. He must not step over a rope to which a calf (or a cow) is tied. . 43. He must not walk quickly in the rain. 44. He must not cross a river without need ; 45. Nor without having previously offered an oblation of water to the gods and to the manes; 46. Nor (swimming) with his arms; 47. Nor ina leaky vessel. 48. He must not stand on the bank (of a river). 49. He must not gaze into a pool. 50. He must not cross it (by swimming through it, or in any other way).
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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