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160. But the Sapivda-relationship ceases with the seventh person (in the ascending and descending lines), the SamAnodaka-relationship when the (common) origin and the (existence of a common family)name are no (longer) known. 61. As this impurity on account of a death is prescribed for (all) Sapizdas, even so it shall be (held) on a birth by those who desire to be absolutely pure. 62. (Or while) the impurity on account of a death is common to all (Sapizdas), that caused by a birth (falls) on the parents alone; (or) it shall fall on the mother alone, and the father shall become pure by bathing ; Nar., Kull., and Ragh. think that on account of the second 4a, ‘or,’ the words ‘ of the initiation’ must be understood. . 59. The bones of a Brihmaza are collected on the fourth day ; see Vi. XIX, 10. The commentators are of opinion that the length of the period of impurity depends, in accordance with the express teaching of other Smritis, on the status of the mourner, and that a man who knows the Mantras only of one Sakha shall be impure during four days, one who knows a whole Sakha (or two Vedas) during three days, one who knows the Veda (or three Vedas) and keeps three or five sacred fires, during one day. Medh., however, mentions another interpretation, according to which the four periods correspond to the four ages of the deceased, which have been mentioned in the preceding verse. According to this view the Sapiadas shall mourn for an initiated person ten days, for one who had received the tonsure four days, &c. But see verse 67. 61-62. Mech. and Gov. have only one verse instead of the two: ganane ’py evam sy4n méatdpitros tu sfitakam | sfitakam matur eva sydd upasprisya pita sufi ‘Even thus it shall be (held) on a birth, or the impurity shall fall on the parents alone, V, 66. IMPURITY. 179 63. But a man, having spent his strength, is purified merely by bathing; after begetting a child (on a remarried female), he shall retain the impurity during three days. 64. Those who have touched a corpse are purified after one day and night (added to) three periods of three days; those who give libations of water, after three days. 65. A pupil who performs the Pityzmedha for his deceased teacher, becomes also pure after ten days, just like those who carry the corpse out (to the burial-ground). 66. (A woman) is purified on a miscarriage in as many (days and) nights as months (elapsed after conception), and a menstruating female becomes pure by bathing after the menstrual secretion has ceased (to flow). or it shall fall on the mother alone, and the father (shall become) pure by bathing.’ Nand. leaves out the first half of verse 61, and combines the second half of 61 with the first half of 62. He continues in this manner down to 65, the second half of which he takes by itself. Hence his interpretation of the following verses is perfectly useless. 63. The translation given above follows Gov., Kull., Nar., and Ragh. Medh. differs.
2He continues in this manner down to 65, the second half of which he takes by itself. Hence his interpretation of the following verses is perfectly useless. 63. The translation given above follows Gov., Kull., Nar., and Ragh. Medh. differs. 64. According to Gov. and Nar. the rule refers to such Braéhmanas who for money carry a dead body to the cemetery ; according to Kull. and Ragh. to Sapizdas who in any way touch a corpse out of affection. Medh. thinks that it applies to all who touch or carry out a dead body, be it for love or for money. Ragh. thinks that the text mentions three alternative periods of impurity, one day, three days, and ten days. 65. The Pitr:medha, i.e. the Antyeshfi (Medh., Gov., Kull. RAgh.), or ‘the whole of the obsequies’ (‘ others,’ Medh.). 66. Thus according to Kull.; Nar. and Ragh. think that this rule refers to miscarriages which happen during the first six months of pregnancy ; and that from the seventh month, whether the child N 2 180 LAWS OF MANU. V, 64. 67. (On the death) of children whose tonsure (K(dakarman) has not been performed, the (Sapixdas) are declared to become pure in one (day and) night; (on the death) of those who have received the tonsure (but not the initiation, the law) ordains (that) the purification (takes place) after three days. 68. A child that has died before the completion of its second year, the relatives shall carry out (of the village), decked (with flowers, and bury it) in pure ground, without collecting the bones (afterwards). 69. Such (a child) shall not be burnt with fire, and no libations of water shall be offered to it; leaving it like a (log of) wood in the forest, (the relatives) shall remain impure during three days only. 70. The relatives shall not offer libations to (a child) that has not reached the third year; but if it had teeth, or the ceremony of naming it (Namakarman) had been performed, (the offering of water is) optional. 71. If a fellow-student has died, the Smvzti prescribes an impurity of one day; on a birth the purification of the Samanodakas is declared (to take place) after three (days and) nights. 72, (On the death) of females (betrothed but) not married (the bridegroom and his) relatives are purified after three days, and the paternal relatives become pure according to the same rule. lives or not, the full period of impurity must be kept. Ndar., moreover, asserts that in the first and second months the impurity shall last three days. Sadhvi, ‘becomes pure,’ i.e.‘ fit to perform sacred rites’ (Gov.), Nar. takes the word in the sense of ‘ chaste.’ 67. Nand. inserts verse 78 immediately after verse 66. 472. ‘According to the same rule,’ i.e. ‘according to that given in verse 67’ (Medh., Gov., Nand.), or ‘just as the husband’s relatives, i.e. after three days’ (Kull., Nar., Ragh.). V, 80. IMPURITY. 181 73. Let (mourners) eat food without factitious salt, bathe during three days, abstain from meat, and sleep separate on the ground.
3‘according to that given in verse 67’ (Medh., Gov., Nand.), or ‘just as the husband’s relatives, i.e. after three days’ (Kull., Nar., Ragh.). V, 80. IMPURITY. 181 73. Let (mourners) eat food without factitious salt, bathe during three days, abstain from meat, and sleep separate on the ground. 74. The above rule regarding impurity on account of a death has been prescribed (for cases where the kinsmen live) near (the deceased) ; (Sapizda) kinsmen and (Sam4nodaka) relatives must know the following rule (to refer to cases where deceased lived) at a distance (from them). 75. He who may hear that (a relative) residing in a distant country has died, before ten (days after his death have elapsed), shall be impure for the remainder of the period of ten (days and) nights only. 76. If the ten days have passed, he shall be impure during three (days and) nights; but if a year has elapsed (since the occurrence of the death), he becomes pure merely by bathing. 77. A man who hears of a (Sapiada) relative’s death, or of the birth of a son after the ten days (of impurity have passed), becomes pure by bathing, dressed in his garments, 78. If an infant (that has not teethed), or a (grownup relative who is) not a Sapizda, die in a distant country, one becomes at once pure after bathing in one’s clothes. 79. If within the ten days (of impurity) another birth or death happens, a Brahmaza shall remain impure only until the (first) period of ten days has expired. 80. They declare that, when the teacher (4#4rya) has died, the impurity (lasts) three days; if the 73. Nand. reads anvaham, (bathe) ‘daily’ instead of ‘during three days.’ 182 LAWS OF MANU. V, 81. (teacher's) son or wife (is dead, it lasts) a day and a night; that is a settled (rule). 81. For a Srotriya who resides with (him out of affection), a man shall be impure for three days; for a maternal uncle, a pupil, an officiating priest, or a maternal relative, for one night together with the preceding and following days. 82. If the king in whose realm he resides is dead, (he shall be impure) as long as the light (of the sun or stars shines), but for (an intimate friend) who is not a Srotriya (the impurity lasts) for a whole day, likewise for a Guru who knows the Veda and the Angas. 83. A Brahmavza shall be pure after ten days, a Kshatriya after twelve, a Vaisya after fifteen, and a Sddra is purified after a month. 84. Let him not (unnecessarily) lengthen the period of impurity, nor interrupt the rites to be performed with the sacred fires; for he who performs that (Agnihotra) rite will not be impure, though (he be) a (Sapizda) relative. 81. Upasampanne, ‘who resides with (him out of affection),’ may according to Medh. also mean ‘who is virtuous.’ According to Nar. it means ‘who is a neighbour.’
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160. But the Sapivda-relationship ceases with the seventh person (in the ascending and descending lines), the SamAnodaka-relationship when the (common) origin and the (existence of a common family)name are no (longer) known. 61. As this impurity on account of a death is prescribed for (all) Sapizdas, even so it shall be (held) on a birth by those who desire to be absolutely pure. 62. (Or while) the impurity on account of a death is common to all (Sapizdas), that caused by a birth (falls) on the parents alone; (or) it shall fall on the mother alone, and the father shall become pure by bathing ; Nar., Kull., and Ragh. think that on account of the second 4a, ‘or,’ the words ‘ of the initiation’ must be understood. . 59. The bones of a Brihmaza are collected on the fourth day ; see Vi. XIX, 10. The commentators are of opinion that the length of the period of impurity depends, in accordance with the express teaching of other Smritis, on the status of the mourner, and that a man who knows the Mantras only of one Sakha shall be impure during four days, one who knows a whole Sakha (or two Vedas) during three days, one who knows the Veda (or three Vedas) and keeps three or five sacred fires, during one day. Medh., however, mentions another interpretation, according to which the four periods correspond to the four ages of the deceased, which have been mentioned in the preceding verse. According to this view the Sapiadas shall mourn for an initiated person ten days, for one who had received the tonsure four days, &c. But see verse 67. 61-62. Mech. and Gov. have only one verse instead of the two: ganane ’py evam sy4n méatdpitros tu sfitakam | sfitakam matur eva sydd upasprisya pita sufi ‘Even thus it shall be (held) on a birth, or the impurity shall fall on the parents alone, V, 66. IMPURITY. 179 63. But a man, having spent his strength, is purified merely by bathing; after begetting a child (on a remarried female), he shall retain the impurity during three days. 64. Those who have touched a corpse are purified after one day and night (added to) three periods of three days; those who give libations of water, after three days. 65. A pupil who performs the Pityzmedha for his deceased teacher, becomes also pure after ten days, just like those who carry the corpse out (to the burial-ground). 66. (A woman) is purified on a miscarriage in as many (days and) nights as months (elapsed after conception), and a menstruating female becomes pure by bathing after the menstrual secretion has ceased (to flow). or it shall fall on the mother alone, and the father (shall become) pure by bathing.’ Nand. leaves out the first half of verse 61, and combines the second half of 61 with the first half of 62. He continues in this manner down to 65, the second half of which he takes by itself. Hence his interpretation of the following verses is perfectly useless. 63. The translation given above follows Gov., Kull., Nar., and Ragh. Medh. differs.
2He continues in this manner down to 65, the second half of which he takes by itself. Hence his interpretation of the following verses is perfectly useless. 63. The translation given above follows Gov., Kull., Nar., and Ragh. Medh. differs. 64. According to Gov. and Nar. the rule refers to such Braéhmanas who for money carry a dead body to the cemetery ; according to Kull. and Ragh. to Sapizdas who in any way touch a corpse out of affection. Medh. thinks that it applies to all who touch or carry out a dead body, be it for love or for money. Ragh. thinks that the text mentions three alternative periods of impurity, one day, three days, and ten days. 65. The Pitr:medha, i.e. the Antyeshfi (Medh., Gov., Kull. RAgh.), or ‘the whole of the obsequies’ (‘ others,’ Medh.). 66. Thus according to Kull.; Nar. and Ragh. think that this rule refers to miscarriages which happen during the first six months of pregnancy ; and that from the seventh month, whether the child N 2 180 LAWS OF MANU. V, 64. 67. (On the death) of children whose tonsure (K(dakarman) has not been performed, the (Sapixdas) are declared to become pure in one (day and) night; (on the death) of those who have received the tonsure (but not the initiation, the law) ordains (that) the purification (takes place) after three days. 68. A child that has died before the completion of its second year, the relatives shall carry out (of the village), decked (with flowers, and bury it) in pure ground, without collecting the bones (afterwards). 69. Such (a child) shall not be burnt with fire, and no libations of water shall be offered to it; leaving it like a (log of) wood in the forest, (the relatives) shall remain impure during three days only. 70. The relatives shall not offer libations to (a child) that has not reached the third year; but if it had teeth, or the ceremony of naming it (Namakarman) had been performed, (the offering of water is) optional. 71. If a fellow-student has died, the Smvzti prescribes an impurity of one day; on a birth the purification of the Samanodakas is declared (to take place) after three (days and) nights. 72, (On the death) of females (betrothed but) not married (the bridegroom and his) relatives are purified after three days, and the paternal relatives become pure according to the same rule. lives or not, the full period of impurity must be kept. Ndar., moreover, asserts that in the first and second months the impurity shall last three days. Sadhvi, ‘becomes pure,’ i.e.‘ fit to perform sacred rites’ (Gov.), Nar. takes the word in the sense of ‘ chaste.’ 67. Nand. inserts verse 78 immediately after verse 66. 472. ‘According to the same rule,’ i.e. ‘according to that given in verse 67’ (Medh., Gov., Nand.), or ‘just as the husband’s relatives, i.e. after three days’ (Kull., Nar., Ragh.). V, 80. IMPURITY. 181 73. Let (mourners) eat food without factitious salt, bathe during three days, abstain from meat, and sleep separate on the ground.
3‘according to that given in verse 67’ (Medh., Gov., Nand.), or ‘just as the husband’s relatives, i.e. after three days’ (Kull., Nar., Ragh.). V, 80. IMPURITY. 181 73. Let (mourners) eat food without factitious salt, bathe during three days, abstain from meat, and sleep separate on the ground. 74. The above rule regarding impurity on account of a death has been prescribed (for cases where the kinsmen live) near (the deceased) ; (Sapizda) kinsmen and (Sam4nodaka) relatives must know the following rule (to refer to cases where deceased lived) at a distance (from them). 75. He who may hear that (a relative) residing in a distant country has died, before ten (days after his death have elapsed), shall be impure for the remainder of the period of ten (days and) nights only. 76. If the ten days have passed, he shall be impure during three (days and) nights; but if a year has elapsed (since the occurrence of the death), he becomes pure merely by bathing. 77. A man who hears of a (Sapiada) relative’s death, or of the birth of a son after the ten days (of impurity have passed), becomes pure by bathing, dressed in his garments, 78. If an infant (that has not teethed), or a (grownup relative who is) not a Sapizda, die in a distant country, one becomes at once pure after bathing in one’s clothes. 79. If within the ten days (of impurity) another birth or death happens, a Brahmaza shall remain impure only until the (first) period of ten days has expired. 80. They declare that, when the teacher (4#4rya) has died, the impurity (lasts) three days; if the 73. Nand. reads anvaham, (bathe) ‘daily’ instead of ‘during three days.’ 182 LAWS OF MANU. V, 81. (teacher's) son or wife (is dead, it lasts) a day and a night; that is a settled (rule). 81. For a Srotriya who resides with (him out of affection), a man shall be impure for three days; for a maternal uncle, a pupil, an officiating priest, or a maternal relative, for one night together with the preceding and following days. 82. If the king in whose realm he resides is dead, (he shall be impure) as long as the light (of the sun or stars shines), but for (an intimate friend) who is not a Srotriya (the impurity lasts) for a whole day, likewise for a Guru who knows the Veda and the Angas. 83. A Brahmavza shall be pure after ten days, a Kshatriya after twelve, a Vaisya after fifteen, and a Sddra is purified after a month. 84. Let him not (unnecessarily) lengthen the period of impurity, nor interrupt the rites to be performed with the sacred fires; for he who performs that (Agnihotra) rite will not be impure, though (he be) a (Sapizda) relative. 81. Upasampanne, ‘who resides with (him out of affection),’ may according to Medh. also mean ‘who is virtuous.’ According to Nar. it means ‘who is a neighbour.’
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