Having dwelt with a teacher during the fourth part of (a man's) life, a Brāhmaṇa shall live during the second quarter (of his existence) in his house, after he has wedded a wife. *•. A Brāhmaṇa must seek a means of subsistence which either causes no, or at least little pain (to others), and live (by that) except in times of distress.
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For the purpose of gaining bare subsistence, let him accumulate property by (following those) irreproachable occupations (which are prescribed for) his (caste), without (unduly) fatiguing his body.
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He who maintains himself by picking up grains and ears of corn, must be always intent on (the performance of) the Agnihotra, and constantly offer those Ish^is only, which are prescribed for the days of the conjunction and opposition (of the moon), and for the solstices.
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He who desires happiness must strive after a perfectly contented disposition and control himself; for happiness has contentment for its root, the root of unhappiness is the contrary (disposition).
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ato 'anyatamayā vṛttyā jīvaṃs) tu snātako dvijaḥ | svarga.āyuṣya.yaśasyāni vratāṇi-imāni dhārayet) || [M.svargya.āyuṣya. ]
A Brāhmaṇa, who is a Snataka and subsists by one of the (above-mentioned) modes of life, must given unasked, begging, agriculture, trade, and teaching '
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Some men who know the ordinances for sacrificial rites, always offer these great sacrifices in their organs (of sensation), without any (external) effort.
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वाच्य् एके जुह्वति) प्राणं प्राणे वाचं च सर्वदा । वाचि प्राणे च पश्यन्तो) यज्ञनिर्वृत्तिम् अक्षयाम् ॥
vācy eke juhvati) prāṇaṃ prāṇe vācaṃ ca sarvadā | vāci prāṇe ca paśyanto) yajñanirvṛttim akṣayām ||
Knowing that the (performance of the) sacrifice in their speech and their breath yields imperishable (rewards), some always offer their breath in their speech, and their speech in their breath.
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Other Brahma;zas, seeing with the eye of knowledge that the performance of those rites has knowledge for its root, always perform them through knowledge alone.
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अग्निहोत्रं च जुहुयाद्) आदिअन्ते द्युनिशोः सदा । दर्शेन च-अर्धमासान्ते पौर्णामासेन च-एव हि ॥
agnihotraṃ ca juhuyād) ādi.ante dyu.niśoḥ sadā | darśena ca-ardhamāsānte paurṇāmāsena ca-eva hi ||
A Brāhmaṇa shall always offer the Agnihotra at the beginning or at the end of the day and of the night, and the Darca and Pauraamasa (Ish/is) at the end of each half-month,
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वेदविद्याव्रतस्नातान्-श्रोत्रियान् गृहमेधिनः । पूजयेद्द्) हव्यकव्येन विपरीतांश् च वर्जयेत्) ॥
vedavidyā.vrata.snātān-śrotriyān gṛhamedhinaḥ | pūjayedd) havya.kavyena viparītāṃś ca varjayet) ||
Those who have become Snatakas after studying the Veda, or after completing their vows, (and) householders, who are 6rotriyas, one must worship by (gifts of food) sacred to gods and manes, but one must avoid those who are different.
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A householder must give (as much food) as he is able (to spare) to those who do not cook for themselves, and to all beings one must distribute (food) without detriment (to one's own interest).
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Keeping his hair, nails, and beard clipped, subduing his passions by austerities, wearing white garments and (keeping himself) pure, he shall be always engaged in studying the Veda and (such acts as are) conducive to his welfare.
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न-अग्निं मुखेन-उपधमेन् नग्नां न-ईक्षेत च स्त्रियम् । न-अमेध्यं प्रक्षिपेद् अग्नौ न च पादौ प्रतापयेत् ॥
na-agniṃ mukhena-upadhamen nagnāṃ na-īkṣeta ca striyam | na-amedhyaṃ prakṣiped agnau na ca pādau pratāpayet ||
Let him not blow a fire with his mouth; let him not look at a naked woman; let him not throw any impure substance into the fire, and let him not warm his feet at it.
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अधस्तान् न-उपदध्याच्) च न च-एनम् अभिलङ्घयेत्) । न च-एनं पादतः कुर्यान्) न प्राणआबाधम् आचरेत्) ॥
adhastān na-upadadhyāc) ca na ca-enam abhilaṅghayet) | na ca-enaṃ pādataḥ kuryān) na prāṇa.ābādham ācaret) ||
Let him not place (fire) under (a bed or the like); nor step over it, nor place it (when he sleeps) at the foot-(end of his bed); let him not torment living creatures.
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Let him not throw urine or faeces into the water, nor saliva, nor (clothes) defiled by impure I substances, nor any other (impurity), nor blood, nor \ poisonous things. A
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Let him keep his right arm uncovered in a place where a sacred fire is kept, in a cow-pen, in the presence of Brāhmaṇas, during the private recitation of the Veda, and at meals.
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न वारयेद्) गां धयन्तीं) न च-आचक्षीत) कस्य चित् । न दिवि-इन्द्रायुधं दृष्ट्वा) कस्य चिद् दर्शयेद्) बुधः ॥
na vārayed) gāṃ dhayantīṃ) na ca-ācakṣīta) kasya cit | na divi-indrāyudhaṃ dṛṣṭvā) kasya cid darśayed) budhaḥ ||
Let him not interrupt a cow who is suckling (her calf)7nor tell anybody of it. A wise man, if he sees a rainbow in the sky, must not point it out to.£ anybody.
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न-अधर्मिके वसेद्) ग्रामे न व्याधिबहुले भृशम् । न-एकः प्रपद्येत)-अध्वानं न चिरं पर्वते वसेत्) ॥
na-adharmike vased) grāme na vyādhi.bahule bhṛśam | na-ekaḥ prapadyeta)-adhvānaṃ na ciraṃ parvate vaset) ||
Let him not dwell in a village where the sacred law is not obeyed, nor (stay) long where diseases are endemic; let him not go alone on a journey, nor reside long on a mountain.
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न शूद्रराज्ये निवसेन्) न-अधार्मिकजनावृते । न पाषण्डिगणाक्रान्ते न-उपस्षृटे) ऽअन्त्यजैर् नृभिः ॥
na śūdrarājye nivasen) na-adhārmikajanāvṛte | na pāṣaṇḍigaṇākrānte na-upasṣṛṭe) 'antyajair nṛbhiḥ ||
Let him not dwell in a country where the rulers are Śudras, nor in one which is surrounded by unrighteous men, nor in one which has become subject to heretics, nor in one swarming with men of the lowest castes.
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न भुञ्जीत)-उद्धृतस्नेहं न-अतिसौहित्यम् आचरेत्) ॥ न-अतिप्रगे न-अतिसायं न सायं प्रातराशितः ॥
na bhuñjīta)-uddhṛta.snehaṃ na-atisauhityam ācaret) || na-atiprage na-atisāyaṃ na sāyaṃ prātar.āśitaḥ ||
Let him not eat anything from which the oil has been extracted; let him not be a glutton; let him not eat very early (in the morning), nor very late (in the evening), nor (take any food) in the evening, if he has eaten (his fill) in the morning.
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न नृत्येद् अथ वा गायेन् न वादित्राणि वादयेत्]। [म्न नृत्येन्) न-एव गायेच्) च न वादित्राणि वादयेत्)] न-आस्फोटयेन्) न च क्ष्वेडेन्) न च रक्तो विरावयेत् ॥ [म्न च रक्तो विरोधयेत्]
na nṛtyed atha vā gāyen na vāditrāṇi vādayet]| [M.na nṛtyen) na-eva gāyec) ca na vāditrāṇi vādayet)] na-āsphoṭayen) na ca kṣveḍen) na ca rakto virāvayet || [M.na ca rakto virodhayet]
Let him not dance, nor sing, nor play musical instruments, nor slap (his limbs), nor grind his teeth, nor let him make uncouth noises, though he be in a passion.
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न पादौ धावयेत्) कांस्ये कदा चिद् अपि भाजने । न भिन्नभाण्डे भुञ्जीत) न भावप्रतिदूषिते ॥
na pādau dhāvayet) kāṃsye kadā cid api bhājane | na bhinnabhāṇḍe bhuñjīta) na bhāvapratidūṣite ||
Let him never wash his feet in a vessel of white brass; let him not eat out of a broken (earthen) dish, nor out of one that (to judge) from its appearance (is) defiled.
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उपानहौ च वासश् च धृतम् अन्यैर् न धारयेत्) । उपवीतम् अलङ्कारं स्रजं करकम् एव च ॥
upānahau ca vāsaś ca dhṛtam anyair na dhārayet) | upavītam alaṅkāraṃ srajaṃ karakam eva ca ||
Let him not use shoes, garments, a sacred string, ornaments, a garland, or a water-vessel which have been used by others. j. Let him not travel with untrained beasts of burden, nor with (animals) that are tormented by hunger or disease, or whose horns, eyes, and hoofs \ have been injured, or whose tails have been disfigured.
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Let him always travel with (beasts) which are well broken in, swift, endowed with lucky marks, and perfect in colour and form, without urging them much with the goad.
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The morning 'sun, the smoke rising from a (burning) corpse, and a broken seat must be avoided. Let him not clip his nails or hair, and not tear his nails with his teeth.
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न मृत्लोष्ठं च मृद्नीयान्) न छिन्द्यात्) करजैस् तृणम् ।[म्च्छिन्द्यात्] न कर्म निष्फलं कुर्यान्) न-आयत्याम् असुखौदयम् ॥
na mṛt.loṣṭhaṃ ca mṛdnīyān) na chindyāt) karajais tṛṇam |[M.cchindyāt] na karma niṣphalaṃ kuryān) na-āyatyām a.sukha.udayam ||
Let him not crush earth or clods, nor tear off grass with his nails; let him not do anything that is useless or will have disagreeable results in the future.
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लोष्ठमर्दी तृणच्छेदी नखखादी च यो नरः । स विनाशं व्रजत्य्) आशु सूचका-अशुचिर् एव च ॥ [म्सूचको ऽअशुचिर् एव च]
loṣṭhamardī tṛṇacchedī nakhakhādī ca yo naraḥ | sa vināśaṃ vrajaty) āśu sūcakā-aśucir eva ca || [M.sūcako 'aśucir eva ca]
A man who crushes clods, tears off grass, or bites his nails, goes soon to perdition, likewise an informer and he who neglects (the rules of) purification.
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ārdra.pādas tu bhuñjīta) na-ārdra.pādas tu saṃviśet) | ārdra.pādas tu bhuñjāno) dīrgham āyur avāpnuyāt) ||
Let him eat while his feet are (yet) wet (from the ablution), but let him not go to bed with wet feet. He who eats while his feet are (still) wet, will attain long life. "j J. Let him never enter a place, difficult of access, which is impervious to his eye; let him not look at urine or ordure, nor cross a river (swimming) with his arms. — ^
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न संवसेच्) च पतितैर् न चाण्डालैर् न पुल्कसैः । न मूर्खैर् न-अवलिप्तैश् च न-अन्त्यैर् न-अन्त्यावसायिभिः ॥
na saṃvasec) ca patitair na cāṇḍālair na pulkasaiḥ | na mūrkhair na-avaliptaiś ca na-antyair na-antyāvasāyibhiḥ ||
Let him not stay together with outcasts, nor with KdLtid&X&s, nor with Pukkasas, nor with fools, nor with overbearing men, nor with low-caste men, nor with Antyavasayins.
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न शूद्राय मतिं दद्यान्) न-उच्छिष्टं न हविष्कृतम् । न च-अस्य-उपदिशेद्) धर्मं न च-अस्य व्रतम् आदिशेत्) ॥
na śūdrāya matiṃ dadyān) na-ucchiṣṭaṃ na haviṣkṛtam | na ca-asya-upadiśed) dharmaṃ na ca-asya vratam ādiśet) ||
Let him not give to a Śudra advice, nor the remnants (of his meal), nor food offered to the gods; nor let him explain the sacred law (to such a man), nor impose (upon him) a penance. /
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केशग्रहान् प्रहारांश् च शिरस्य् एतान् विवर्जयेत्) । शिरःस्नातश् च तैलेन न-अङ्गं किं चिद् अपि स्पृशेत्) ॥
keśagrahān prahārāṃś ca śirasy etān vivarjayet) | śiraḥsnātaś ca tailena na-aṅgaṃ kiṃ cid api spṛśet) ||
Let him avoid (in anger) to lay hold of (his own or other men's) hair, or to strike (himself or others) on the head. When he has bathed (submerging) his head, he shall not touch any of his /limbs with oil.
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न राज्ञः प्रतिगृह्णीयाद्) अराजन्यप्रसूतितः । सूनाचक्रध्वजवतां वेशेन-एव च जीवताम्) ॥
na rājñaḥ pratigṛhṇīyād) arājanyaprasūtitaḥ | sūnā.cakra.dhvajavatāṃ veśena-eva ca jīvatām) ||
Let him not accept presents from a king who is not descended from the Kshatriya race, nor from butchers, oil-manufacturers, and publicans, nor from those who subsist by the gain of prostitutes.
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One oil-press is as (bad) as ten slaughterhouses, one tavern as (bad as) ten oil-presses, one brothel as (bad as) ten taverns, one king as (bad as) ten brothels.
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दश सूणासहस्राणि यो वाहयति) सौनिकः । तेन तुल्यः स्मृतो राजा घोरस् तस्य प्रतिग्रहः ॥
daśa sūṇāsahasrāṇi yo vāhayati) saunikaḥ | tena tulyaḥ smṛto rājā ghoras tasya pratigrahaḥ ||
A king is declared to be equal (in wickedness) to a butcher who keeps a hundred thousand slaughter-houses; to accept presents from him is a terrible (crime).
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यो राज्ञः प्रतिगृह्णाति) लुब्धस्य-उच्छास्त्रवर्तिनः । स पर्यायेण याति)-इमान् नरकान् एकविंशतिम् ॥
yo rājñaḥ pratigṛhṇāti) lubdhasya-ucchāstravartinaḥ | sa paryāyeṇa yāti)-imān narakān ekaviṃśatim ||
He who accepts presents from an avaricious king who acts contrary to the Institutes (of the sacred law), will go in succession to the following twenty-one hells:
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ब्राह्मे मुहूर्ते बुध्येत) धर्मअर्थौ च-अनुचिन्तयेत्) । कायक्लेशांश् च तन्मूलान् वेदतत्त्वार्थम् एव च ॥
brāhme muhūrte budhyeta) dharma.arthau ca-anucintayet) | kāyakleśāṃś ca tan.mūlān vedatattvārtham eva ca ||
Let him wake in the muhurta, sacred to Brahman, and think of (the acquisition of) spiritual merit and wealth, of the bodily fatigue arising therefrom, and of the true meaning of the Veda.
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When he has risen, has relieved the necessities of nature and carefully purified himself, let him stand during the morning twilight, muttering for a long time (the Giyatri), and at the proper time (he must similarly perform) the evening (devotion).
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When the Pushya-day (of the month Pausha), or the first day of the bright half of Magna has come, a Brāhmaṇa shall perform in the forenoon the Utsar^ana of the Vedas.
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yathāśāstraṃ tu kṛtvā)-evam utsargaṃ chandasāṃ bahiḥ | viramet) pakṣiṇīṃ rātriṃ tad eva-ekam ahar.niśam ||
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.
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ata ūrdhvaṃ tu chandāṃsi śukleṣu niyataḥ paṭhet) | vedāṅgāni ca sarvāṇi kṛṣṇapakṣeṣu saṃpaṭhet) ||
Afterwards he shall diligently recite the Vedas during the bright (halves of the months), and duly study all the Ahgas of the Vedas during the dark fortnights.
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न-अविस्पष्टम् अधीयीत) न शूद्रजनसन्निधौ । न निशान्ते परिश्रान्तो) ब्रह्म-अधीत्य) पुनः स्वपेत्) ॥
na-avispaṣṭam adhīyīta) na śūdrajanasannidhau | na niśānte pariśrānto) brahma-adhītya) punaḥ svapet) ||
Let him not recite (the texts) indistinctly, nor in the presence of Śudras; nor let him, if in the latter part of the night he is tired with reciting the Veda, go again to sleep.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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नित्यअनध्याय एव स्याद्) ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । धर्मनैपुण्यकामानां पूतिगन्धे च सर्वदा ॥ [म्सर्वशः ]
nitya.anadhyāya eva syād) grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca | dharmanaipuṇya.kāmānāṃ pūtigandhe ca sarvadā || [M.sarvaśaḥ ]
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).
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अन्तर्गतशवे ग्रामे वृषलस्य च सन्निधौ । अनध्यायो रुद्यमाने) समवाये जनस्य च ॥
antargata.śave grāme vṛṣalasya ca sannidhau | anadhyāyo rudyamāne) samavāye janasya ca ||
In a village where a corpse lies, in the presence of a (man who lives as unrighteously as a).Sudra, while (the sound of) weeping (is heard), and in a crowd of men the (recitation of the Veda must be) stopped.
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नीहारे बाणशब्दे च संध्ययोर् एव च-उभयोः । अमावास्याचतुर्दश्योः पौर्णमास्यष्टकासु च ॥
nīhāre bāṇaśabde ca saṃdhyayor eva ca-ubhayoḥ | amāvāsyā.caturdaśyoḥ paurṇamāsy.aṣṭakāsu ca ||
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.
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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).
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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.
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प्राणि वा यदि वा-अप्राणि यत् किं चित्-श्राद्धिकं भवेत्) । तद् आलभ्य)-अप्य् अनध्यायः पाण्यास्यो हि द्विजः स्मृतः) ॥
prāṇi vā yadi vā-aprāṇi yat kiṃ cit-śrāddhikaṃ bhavet) | tad ālabhya)-apy anadhyāyaḥ pāṇy.āsyo hi dvijaḥ smṛtaḥ) ||
Be it an animal or a thing inanimate, whatever be the (gift) at a 6raddha, let him not, having just accepted it, recite the Veda; for the hand of a Brāhmaṇa is his mouth.
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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.
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upākarmaṇi ca-utsarge trirātraṃ kṣepaṇaṃ smṛtam) | aṣṭakāsu tv ahorātram ṛtvantāsu ca rātriṣu ||
On (the occasion of) the Upakarman and (of) the Vedotsarga an omission (of the Veda-study) for three days has been prescribed, but on the Ash/akas and on the last nights of the seasons for a day and a night.. Let him not recite the Veda on horseback, nor on a tree, nor on an elephant, nor in a boat (or ship), nor on a 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 eructationsj {/Aj1 (IV[ W± $*&
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अतिथिं च-अननुज्ञाप्य) मारुते वाति) वा भृशम् । रुधिरे च स्रुते) गात्रात्- शस्त्रेण च परिक्षते) ॥
atithiṃ ca-an.anujñāpya) mārute vāti) vā bhṛśam | rudhire ca srute) gātrāt- śastreṇa ca parikṣate) ||
Nor without receiving permission from a guest (who stays in his house), nor while the wind blows vehemently, nor while blood flows from his body, nor when he is wounded by a weapon.
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The ifog-veda is declared to be sacred to the gods, the Yajur-veda sacred to men, and the Sama-veda sacred to the manes; hence the sound of the latter is impure (as it were).
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