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1speaks of a hell called Nadi, ‘the river’ The corresponding passage of Vishzu shows that the Dipanadf is meant. The editions read Samhata instead of Samghata, Salmali instead of Salmala, and ’ Lohadaraka, which RAgh. has also, instead of Lohafaraka. gz. Vas. XII, 47; Vi. LX, 1. Kull. and Ragh. say, ‘in the muhfrta, sacred to Brahmt,’ or Bharat!, the goddess of speech. But this explanation is wrong, as the expression prag4patya muhfirta, used in other Smritis, shows. 93. Vi. LXXI, 77. 94. I read with Gov., Nand., and K., avapnuvan, ‘ obtained,’ instead of avapnuyuh (Medh., Kull., Nar., Ragh.). * 95~97- Ap. I, 9, 1-3, 10, 2; Gaut. XVI, 1-2, 40; Vas. XIII, 1-5; Baudh. I, 12-16 ; Vi. XXX, 1-2, 24-25 ; Yagv. I, 142-144. The Up&karman is the solemn opening of the Braéhmanical school-term, and the Utsargana or Utsarga its closing. Their 144 LAWS OF MANU. IV, 96. a Brahmaza shall diligently study the Vedas during four months and a half. 96. When the Pushya-day (of the month Pausha), or the first day of the bright half of M4gha has come, a Br&hmaza shall perform in the forenoon the Utsargana of the Vedas. 97. Having performed the Utsarga outside (the village), as the Institutes (of the sacred law) prescribe, he shall stop reading during two days and the intervening night, or during that day (of the Utsarga) and (the following) night. 98. Afterwards he shall diligently recite the Vedas during the bright (halves of the months), and duly study all the Angas of the Vedas during the dark fortnights. 99. Let him not recite (the texts) indistinctly, nor in the presence of Sfidras; nor let him, if in the latter part of the night he is tired with reciting the Veda, go again to sleep. too. According to the rule declared above, let him recite the daily (portion of the) Mantras, and a zealous Brahmaza, (who is) not in distress, (shall study) the Brahmavza and the Mantrasazhita. | 101. Let him who studies always avoid (reading) on the following occasions when the Veda-study is description is found in the Grzhya-sftras, e.g. Sankh4yana IV, 5-6. The Pushya-day is the sixth lunar day of each month: Sravana, July-August; Bhadrapada, August-September; Pausha, December— January ; Magha, January-February. 97- But see pelow, verse 119. 98-129. Ap. I, 9, 4-11, 383; 32, 12-15; Gaut. I, 58-60; XVI, 5-49; Vas. XIII, 6-40; XVIII, 13; Baudh. I, 21, 4-22; Vi. XXX, 3-30; Yagi. I, 144-151. 100. ‘ The daily (portion of the) Mantras,’ i.e. ‘the Gayatri and other portions of the Rzkas, Yagus, and Saémans.’ IV, 106. VEDA-STUDY. 145 forbidden, and (let) him who teaches pupils according to the prescribed rule (do it likewise). 102. Those who know the (rules of) recitation declare that in the rainy season the Veda-study must be stopped on these two (occasions), when the wind is audible at night, and when it whirls up the dust in the day-time.
2102. Those who know the (rules of) recitation declare that in the rainy season the Veda-study must be stopped on these two (occasions), when the wind is audible at night, and when it whirls up the dust in the day-time. 103. Manu has stated, that when lightning, thunder, and rain (are observed together), or when large fiery meteors fall.on all sides, the recitation must be interrupted until the same hour (on the next day, counting from the occurrence of the event). 104. When one perceives these (phenomena) all together (in the twilight), after the sacred fires have been made to blaze (for the performance of the Agnihotra), then one must know the recitation of the Veda to be forbidden, and also when clouds appear out of season. 105. On (the occasion of) a preternatural sound from the sky, (of) an earthquake, and when the lights of heaven are surrounded by a halo, let him know that (the Veda-study must be) stopped until the same hour (on the next day), even if (these phenomena happen) in the (rainy) season. 106. But when lightning and the roar of thunder (are observed) after the sacred fires have been made to blaze, the stoppage shall last as long as the light (of the sun or of the stars is visible); if the remaining (above-named phenomenon, rain, occurs, the reading shall cease), both in the day-time and at night. 105. Medh. proposes as another explanation of gyotisham kopasargane, ‘when the heavenly lights trouble each other,’ i. e. obscure each other, and Nar., Kull., and Ragh. refer the phrase to eclipses. [25] L 146 LAWS OF MANU. IV, 107. 107. For those who wish to acquire exceedingly great merit, a continual interruption of the Vedastudy (is prescribed) in villages and in towns, and (the Veda-study must) always (cease) when any kind of foul smell (is perceptible). 108. In a village where a corpse lies, in the presence of a (man who lives as unrighteously as a) Sddra, while (the sound of) weeping (is heard), and in a crowd of men the (recitation of the Veda must be) stopped. 109. In water, during the middle part of the night, while he voids excrements, or is impure, and after he has partaken of a funeral dinner, a man must not even think in his heart (of the sacred texts). 110. A learned Brahmaza shall not recite the Veda during three days, when he has accepted an invitation to a (funeral rite) in honour of one ancestor (ekoddishéa), or when the king has become impure through a birth or death in his family (sftaka), or when R4hu by an eclipse makes the moon impure. 111. As long as the smell and the stains of the (food given) in honour of one ancestor remain on the body of a learned Brahmama, so long he, must not recite the Veda. 112. While lying on a bed, while his feet are raised (on a bench), while he sits on his hams with a cloth tied round his knees, let him not study, nor when he has eaten meat or food given by a person impure on account of a birth or a death,
3112. While lying on a bed, while his feet are raised (on a bench), while he sits on his hams with a cloth tied round his knees, let him not study, nor when he has eaten meat or food given by a person impure on account of a birth or a death, 107. With respect to this verse, see especially Baudh. II, 6, 33-34. 109. Medh. mentions a var. lect. udaye, ‘at sunrise,’ for udake, ‘in water.’ 110. Eclipses of the sun are of course included. IV, 118. VEDA-STUDY. 147 113. Nor during a fog, nor while the sound of arrows is audible, nor during both the twilights, nor on the new-moon day, nor on the fourteenth and the eighth (days of each half-month), nor on the fullmoon day. 114. The new-moon day destroys the teacher, the fourteenth (day) the pupil, the eighth and the fullmoon days (destroy all remembrance of) the Veda; let him therefore avoid (reading on) those (days). 115. A Brahmaza shall not recite (the Veda) during a dust-storm, nor while the sky is preternaturally red, nor while jackals howl, nor while the barking of dogs, the braying of donkeys, or the grunting of camels (is heard), nor while (he is seated) in a company. 116. Let him not study near a burial-ground, nor near a village, nor in a cow-pen, nor dressed in a garment which he wore during conjugal intercourse, nor after receiving a present at a funeral sacrifice. 117. Be it an animal or a thing inanimate, whatever be the (gift) at a SrAddha, let him not, having just accepted it, recite the Veda; for the hand ofa Brahmaza is his mouth. 118. When the village has been beset by robbers, and when an alarm has been raised by fire, let him know that (the Veda-study must be) interrupted until the same hour (on the next day), and on (the occurrence of) all portents. 113. Vasa, ‘arrows,’ may also mean ‘a large lute.’ 115. Panktau,‘in a company’ (Gov., Kull., Nar., ‘others’), means according to Medh., N4r., and Ragh.‘in the midst of dogs, donkeys, or camels.’ Nar. mentions a third explanation, ‘in the company of unworthy persons’ (apanktya). 117. I.e. it is as sinful to recite the Veda after accepting a present at a Sraddha, as to study after partaking of a funeral dinner. L 2 148 LAWS OF MANU. IV, 119. 119. On (the occasion of) the Upd4karman and (of) the Vedotsarga an omission (of the Veda-study) for three days has been prescribed, but on the Ashéak4s and on the last nights of the seasons for a day and a night. 120, Let him not recite the Veda on horseback, nor on a tree, nor on an elephant, nor in a boat (or ship), nor ona donkey, nor on a camel, nor standing on barren ground, nor riding in a carriage, 121. Nor during a verbal altercation, nor during a mutual assault, nor in a camp, nor during a battle, nor when he has just eaten, nor during an indigestion, nor after vomiting, nor with sour eructations, 122. Nor without receiving permission from a guest (who stays in his house), nor while the wind blows vehemently, nor while blood flows from his
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.
1speaks of a hell called Nadi, ‘the river’ The corresponding passage of Vishzu shows that the Dipanadf is meant. The editions read Samhata instead of Samghata, Salmali instead of Salmala, and ’ Lohadaraka, which RAgh. has also, instead of Lohafaraka. gz. Vas. XII, 47; Vi. LX, 1. Kull. and Ragh. say, ‘in the muhfrta, sacred to Brahmt,’ or Bharat!, the goddess of speech. But this explanation is wrong, as the expression prag4patya muhfirta, used in other Smritis, shows. 93. Vi. LXXI, 77. 94. I read with Gov., Nand., and K., avapnuvan, ‘ obtained,’ instead of avapnuyuh (Medh., Kull., Nar., Ragh.). * 95~97- Ap. I, 9, 1-3, 10, 2; Gaut. XVI, 1-2, 40; Vas. XIII, 1-5; Baudh. I, 12-16 ; Vi. XXX, 1-2, 24-25 ; Yagv. I, 142-144. The Up&karman is the solemn opening of the Braéhmanical school-term, and the Utsargana or Utsarga its closing. Their 144 LAWS OF MANU. IV, 96. a Brahmaza shall diligently study the Vedas during four months and a half. 96. When the Pushya-day (of the month Pausha), or the first day of the bright half of M4gha has come, a Br&hmaza shall perform in the forenoon the Utsargana of the Vedas. 97. Having performed the Utsarga outside (the village), as the Institutes (of the sacred law) prescribe, he shall stop reading during two days and the intervening night, or during that day (of the Utsarga) and (the following) night. 98. Afterwards he shall diligently recite the Vedas during the bright (halves of the months), and duly study all the Angas of the Vedas during the dark fortnights. 99. Let him not recite (the texts) indistinctly, nor in the presence of Sfidras; nor let him, if in the latter part of the night he is tired with reciting the Veda, go again to sleep. too. According to the rule declared above, let him recite the daily (portion of the) Mantras, and a zealous Brahmaza, (who is) not in distress, (shall study) the Brahmavza and the Mantrasazhita. | 101. Let him who studies always avoid (reading) on the following occasions when the Veda-study is description is found in the Grzhya-sftras, e.g. Sankh4yana IV, 5-6. The Pushya-day is the sixth lunar day of each month: Sravana, July-August; Bhadrapada, August-September; Pausha, December— January ; Magha, January-February. 97- But see pelow, verse 119. 98-129. Ap. I, 9, 4-11, 383; 32, 12-15; Gaut. I, 58-60; XVI, 5-49; Vas. XIII, 6-40; XVIII, 13; Baudh. I, 21, 4-22; Vi. XXX, 3-30; Yagi. I, 144-151. 100. ‘ The daily (portion of the) Mantras,’ i.e. ‘the Gayatri and other portions of the Rzkas, Yagus, and Saémans.’ IV, 106. VEDA-STUDY. 145 forbidden, and (let) him who teaches pupils according to the prescribed rule (do it likewise). 102. Those who know the (rules of) recitation declare that in the rainy season the Veda-study must be stopped on these two (occasions), when the wind is audible at night, and when it whirls up the dust in the day-time.
2102. Those who know the (rules of) recitation declare that in the rainy season the Veda-study must be stopped on these two (occasions), when the wind is audible at night, and when it whirls up the dust in the day-time. 103. Manu has stated, that when lightning, thunder, and rain (are observed together), or when large fiery meteors fall.on all sides, the recitation must be interrupted until the same hour (on the next day, counting from the occurrence of the event). 104. When one perceives these (phenomena) all together (in the twilight), after the sacred fires have been made to blaze (for the performance of the Agnihotra), then one must know the recitation of the Veda to be forbidden, and also when clouds appear out of season. 105. On (the occasion of) a preternatural sound from the sky, (of) an earthquake, and when the lights of heaven are surrounded by a halo, let him know that (the Veda-study must be) stopped until the same hour (on the next day), even if (these phenomena happen) in the (rainy) season. 106. But when lightning and the roar of thunder (are observed) after the sacred fires have been made to blaze, the stoppage shall last as long as the light (of the sun or of the stars is visible); if the remaining (above-named phenomenon, rain, occurs, the reading shall cease), both in the day-time and at night. 105. Medh. proposes as another explanation of gyotisham kopasargane, ‘when the heavenly lights trouble each other,’ i. e. obscure each other, and Nar., Kull., and Ragh. refer the phrase to eclipses. [25] L 146 LAWS OF MANU. IV, 107. 107. For those who wish to acquire exceedingly great merit, a continual interruption of the Vedastudy (is prescribed) in villages and in towns, and (the Veda-study must) always (cease) when any kind of foul smell (is perceptible). 108. In a village where a corpse lies, in the presence of a (man who lives as unrighteously as a) Sddra, while (the sound of) weeping (is heard), and in a crowd of men the (recitation of the Veda must be) stopped. 109. In water, during the middle part of the night, while he voids excrements, or is impure, and after he has partaken of a funeral dinner, a man must not even think in his heart (of the sacred texts). 110. A learned Brahmaza shall not recite the Veda during three days, when he has accepted an invitation to a (funeral rite) in honour of one ancestor (ekoddishéa), or when the king has become impure through a birth or death in his family (sftaka), or when R4hu by an eclipse makes the moon impure. 111. As long as the smell and the stains of the (food given) in honour of one ancestor remain on the body of a learned Brahmama, so long he, must not recite the Veda. 112. While lying on a bed, while his feet are raised (on a bench), while he sits on his hams with a cloth tied round his knees, let him not study, nor when he has eaten meat or food given by a person impure on account of a birth or a death,
3112. While lying on a bed, while his feet are raised (on a bench), while he sits on his hams with a cloth tied round his knees, let him not study, nor when he has eaten meat or food given by a person impure on account of a birth or a death, 107. With respect to this verse, see especially Baudh. II, 6, 33-34. 109. Medh. mentions a var. lect. udaye, ‘at sunrise,’ for udake, ‘in water.’ 110. Eclipses of the sun are of course included. IV, 118. VEDA-STUDY. 147 113. Nor during a fog, nor while the sound of arrows is audible, nor during both the twilights, nor on the new-moon day, nor on the fourteenth and the eighth (days of each half-month), nor on the fullmoon day. 114. The new-moon day destroys the teacher, the fourteenth (day) the pupil, the eighth and the fullmoon days (destroy all remembrance of) the Veda; let him therefore avoid (reading on) those (days). 115. A Brahmaza shall not recite (the Veda) during a dust-storm, nor while the sky is preternaturally red, nor while jackals howl, nor while the barking of dogs, the braying of donkeys, or the grunting of camels (is heard), nor while (he is seated) in a company. 116. Let him not study near a burial-ground, nor near a village, nor in a cow-pen, nor dressed in a garment which he wore during conjugal intercourse, nor after receiving a present at a funeral sacrifice. 117. Be it an animal or a thing inanimate, whatever be the (gift) at a SrAddha, let him not, having just accepted it, recite the Veda; for the hand ofa Brahmaza is his mouth. 118. When the village has been beset by robbers, and when an alarm has been raised by fire, let him know that (the Veda-study must be) interrupted until the same hour (on the next day), and on (the occurrence of) all portents. 113. Vasa, ‘arrows,’ may also mean ‘a large lute.’ 115. Panktau,‘in a company’ (Gov., Kull., Nar., ‘others’), means according to Medh., N4r., and Ragh.‘in the midst of dogs, donkeys, or camels.’ Nar. mentions a third explanation, ‘in the company of unworthy persons’ (apanktya). 117. I.e. it is as sinful to recite the Veda after accepting a present at a Sraddha, as to study after partaking of a funeral dinner. L 2 148 LAWS OF MANU. IV, 119. 119. On (the occasion of) the Upd4karman and (of) the Vedotsarga an omission (of the Veda-study) for three days has been prescribed, but on the Ashéak4s and on the last nights of the seasons for a day and a night. 120, Let him not recite the Veda on horseback, nor on a tree, nor on an elephant, nor in a boat (or ship), nor ona donkey, nor on a camel, nor standing on barren ground, nor riding in a carriage, 121. Nor during a verbal altercation, nor during a mutual assault, nor in a camp, nor during a battle, nor when he has just eaten, nor during an indigestion, nor after vomiting, nor with sour eructations, 122. Nor without receiving permission from a guest (who stays in his house), nor while the wind blows vehemently, nor while blood flows from his
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