Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 6, Khanda 13 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 6, KHA"N"D"A 13. 1. Sons begotten by a man who approaches in the proper season a woman of equal caste, who has 1 p. 131 not belonged to another man, and who has been married legally, have a right to (follow) the occupations (of their castes), 2. And to (inherit the) estate, 3...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 5, Khanda 10 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 5, KHA"N"D"A 10. 1. The reasons for (which) begging (is permissible are), (the desire to collect the fee for) the teacher, (the celebration of) a wedding, (or of) a "S"rauta-sacrifice, the desire to keep one's father and mother, and the (impending) interruption of ceremonies...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 5, Khanda 16 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 5, KHA"N"D"A 16. 1. He shall not drink water standing or bent forwards. 1 2. Sitting he shall sip water (for purification) thrice, the water penetrating to his heart. 2 p. 58 3. He shall wipe his lips three times. 4. Some (declare, that he shall do so) twice. 5. He shall then...
Gautama. Chapter Xix : CHAPTER XIX. 1. The law of castes and of orders has been declared. 1 2. Now, indeed, man (in) this (world) is polluted by a vile action, such as sacrificing for men unworthy to offer a sacrifice, eating forbidden food, speaking what ought not to be spoken, neglecting what is prescribed, practising...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 1, Khanda 3 : p. 10 PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 1, KHA"N"D"A 3 1. And that of a Kshatriya dyed with madder, 2. And that of a Vai"s"ya dyed with turmeric. 3. (The skin),worn by a Brhma"n"a shall be that of a common deer or of a black doe. 3 4. If he wears a black skin, let him not spread it (on the ground) to sit...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 10, Khanda 25 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 10, KHA"N"D"A 25. 1. The general and special duties of all castes have been explained. But we will now declare those of a king in particular. 2. He shall cause to be built a town and a palace, the gates of both of which (must look) towards the south. 3. The palace (shall...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 4, Khanda 9 : p. 122 PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 4, KHA"N"D"A 9. 1. And on the following day (he shall search for him), feast him to his heart's content, and accompany him (on his departure). 1 2. (If the guest) possesses a carriage, (he shall accompany him) as far as that. 3. Any other (guest he must accompany)...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 3, Khanda 10 : p. 36 PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 3, KHA"N"D"A 10. 1. (Nor shall he study) on the days of the full moons of those months in which the Kturmasya-sacrifice may be performed (nor on the days preceding them). 1 2. At the time of the Vedotsarga, on the death of Gurus, at the Ashlak-"S"rddha, and at the time...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 2, Khanda 5 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 2, KHA"N"D"A 5. 1. The word 'austerity' (must be understood to apply) to (the observance of) the rules (of studentship). 1 2. If they are transgressed, study drives out the knowledge of the Veda acquired already, from the (offender) and from his children. 2 p. 19 3. Besides he...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 6, Khanda 18 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 6, KHA"N"D"A 18. 1. Honey, uncooked (grain), venison, land, roots, fruits, (a promise of) safety, a pasture for cattle, a house, and fodder for a draught-ox may be accepted (even) from an Ugra. 1 2. Hrita declares, that even these (presents) are to be accepted only if they have...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 2, Khanda 8 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 2, KHA"N"D"A 8. 1. Just as by a student (actually living with his teacher). 1 2. He may wear garlands, anoint his face (with sandal), oil his hair and moustaches, smear his eyelids (with collyrium), and (his body) with oil, wear a turban, a cloth round his loins, a co...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 2, Khanda 5 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 2, KHA"N"D"A 5. 1. On the day on which, beginning the study of the whole sacred science, the Upanishads (and the rest, he performs the Upkarma in the morning) he shall not study (at night). 1 2. And he shall not leave his teacher at once after having studied (the Ved...
Gautama. Chapter Xxvi : CHAPTER XXVI. 1. Now, therefore, we will describe three K"ri"k"kh"ras (or difficult penances). 1 2. (During three days) he shall eat at the morning-meal food fit for offerings, and fast in the evening. 2 3. Next, he shall eat (food fit for offerings), during. another period of three days...
Gautama. Chapter Iv : CHAPTER IV. 1. A householder shall take a wife (of) equal (caste), who has not belonged to another man and is younger (than himself). 1 2. A marriage (may be contracted) between persons who have not the same Pravaras, 2 3. (And) who are not related within six degrees on the father's side, 3 4...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 3, Khanda 7 : p. 117 PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 3, KHA"N"D"A 7. 1. This reception of guests is an everlasting ("S"rauta)-sacrifice offered by the householder to Pra"g"pati. 1 2. The fire in the stomach of the guest (represents) the havanya, (the sacred fire) in the house of the host represents the Grhapaty...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 3, Khanda 6 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 3, KHA"N"D"A 6. 1. If he has any doubts regarding the caste and conduct of a person who has come to him in order to fulfil his duty (of learning the Veda), he shall kindle a fire (with the ceremonies prescribed for kindling the sacrificial fire) and ask him about his caste...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 2, Khanda 4 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 2, KHA"N"D"A 4. 1. Near the bed (a Bali must be offered) with (a Mantra) addressed to Kma (Cupid). 2. On the door-sill (a Bali must be placed) with (a Mantra) addressed to Antariksha (the air). 2 3. With (the Mantra) that follows (in the Upanishad, he offers a Bali) near...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 1, Khanda 2 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 1, KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. Or they shall remove the stains with earth or water, sip water, and sprinkle the body with water. 2. Men of all castes, if they fulfil their (assigned) duties, enjoy (in heaven) the highest, imperishable bliss. 3. Afterwards when (a man who has fulfilled his...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 6, Khanda 19 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 6, KHA"N"D"A 19. 1. A drunkard, a madman, a prisoner, he who learns the Veda from his son, a creditor who sits with his debtor (hindering the fulfilment of his duties), a debtor who thus sits (with his creditor, are persons whose food must not be eaten) as long as they are thus...
Gautama. Chapter Ii : CHAPTER II. 1. Before initiation (a child) may follow its inclinations in behaviour, speech, and eating. (It shall) not partake of offerings. (It shall remain) chaste. It may void urine and fces according to its convenience. 1 p. 186 2. No rule of (purification by) sipping water is prescribed...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 4, Khanda 8 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 4, KHA"N"D"A 8. 1. On the second and following days of the guest's stay, the host shall not rise or descend (from his couch) in order to salute his (guest), if he has been saluted before (on the first day). 2. He shall eat after his guests. 2 3. He shall not consume all...
Gautama. Chapter Iii : CHAPTER III. 1. Some (declare, that) he (who has studied the Veda) may make his choice (which) among the orders (he is going to enter). 1 2. (The four orders are, that of) the student, (that of) the householder, (that of) the ascetic (bhikshu), (and that of) the hermit in the woods (vaikhnasa). 2 p...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 1, Khanda 2 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 1, KHA"N"D"A 2. 1. For as many years as there are uninitiated persons, reckoning (one year) for each ancestor (and the person to be initiated himself), 2. (They should bathe daily reciting) the seven 2 p. 6 [paragraph continues] Pvamns, beginning with 'If near or far,'...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 5, Khanda 12 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 5, KHA"N"D"A 12. 1. If the suitor pays money (for his bride) according to his ability, and marries her (afterwards), that (marriage is called) the sura-rite. 1 2. If the (bridegroom and his friends) take away (the bride), after having overcome (by force) her father...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 7, Khanda 21 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 7, KHA"N"D"A 21. 1. With Mu"g"a-grass, Balba"g"a-grass (and articles made of them), roots, and fruits, 2. And with (other kinds of) grass and wood which have not been worked up (into objects of use). 2 3. He shall not be too eager (after such a livelihood). 4. If he obtains...
Gautama. Chapter Xii : CHAPTER XII. 1. A "S"dra who intentionally reviles twice-born men by criminal abuse, or criminally assaults them with blows, shall be deprived of the limb with which he offends. 1 p. 239 2. If he has criminal intercourse with an ryan woman, his organ shall be cut off, and all his property be...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 10, Khanda 29 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 10, KHA"N"D"A 29. 1. And he shall take the foot of a bed instead of a staff and, proclaiming the name of his deed, he shall go about (saying), 'Who (gives) alms to the murderer of a Bhr"n"a?' Obtaining thus his livelihood in the village, he shall dwell in an empty house...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 6, Khanda 15 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 6, KHA"N"D"A 15. 1. By this (discussion) the law of custom, which is observed in (particular) countries or families, has been disposed of. 1 2. On account of the blood relations of his mother and (on account of those) of his father within six degrees, or, as far...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 1, Khanda 4 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 1, KHA"N"D"A 4. 1. And (having done so) eat what is left. 2. For this (remnant of food) is certainly a remnant of sacrificial food. If he obtains other things (besides food, such as cattle or fuel, and gives them to his teacher) as he obtains them, then those (things hold...
Gautama. Chapter Vii : CHAPTER VII. 1. The rule for (times of) distress (is) that a Brhma"n"a may study under a teacher who is not a Brhma"n"a. 1 2. (A student is bound) to walk behind and to obey (his non-Brahmanical teacher). 2 3. (But), when (the course of study) has been finished, the Brhma"n"a (pupil is more)...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 8, Khanda 22 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 8, KHA"N"D"A 22. 1. He shall employ the means which tend to the acquisition of (the knowledge of) the tman, which are attended by the consequent (destruction of the passions, and) which prevent the wandering (of the mind from its object, and fix it on the contemplati...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 10, Khanda 26 : p. 163 PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 10, KHA"N"D"A 26. 1. A (king) who, without detriment to his servants, gives land and money to Brhma"n"as according to their deserts gains endless worlds. 1 2. They say (that) a king, who is slain in attempting to recover the property of Brhma"n"as, (performs)...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 8, Khanda 20 : p. 151 PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 8, KHA"N"D"A 20. 1. At every monthly "S"rddha he shall use, in whatever manner he may be able, one dro"n"a of sesamum. 1 2. And he shall feed Brhma"n"as endowed with all (good qualities), and they shall not give the fragments (of the food) to a person who does not...
Gautama. Chapter Xvi : CHAPTER XVI. 1. The annual (term for studying the Veda) begins on the full moon of the month Srva"n"a (July-August); or let him perform the Upkarman on 1 p. 260 (the full moon of) Bhdrapada (August-September) and study the Vedic texts, 2. During four months and a half, or during five months...
Gautama. Chapter V : CHAPTER V. 1. (A householder) shall approach (his wife) in the proper season, 1 2. Or (he may do so) at any time except on the forbidden (days). 2 p. 201 3. He shall worship gods, manes, men, goblins, (and) "Ri"shis. 3 4. Every day he shall recite privately (a portion of the Veda), 4 5...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 9, Khanda 26 : p. 84 PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 9, KHA"N"D"A 26. 1. (The same penance must be performed), if a milch-cow or a full-grown ox (has been slain), without a reason. 1 2. And for other animals (which have no bones), if an ox-load of them has been killed. 2 3. He who abuses a person who (on account of his...
Untitled : THE SACRED LAWS OF THE RYAS TRANSLATED BY GEORG BHLER PART I: PASTAMBA AND GUATAMA ("Sacred Books Of The East, Volume 2.") [1879] Title Page Table of Contents Introduction to pastamba Introduction to Gautama PASTAMBA Pra"s"n"a I, Pa"t"ala 1, Kha"n"d"a 1 Pra"s"na I, Pa"t"ala 1, Kha"n"d"a 2 Pra"s"n...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 9, Khanda 24 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 9, KHA"N"D"A 24. 1. Now the Veda declares also one's offspring to be immortality (in this verse): 'In thy offspring thou art born again, that, mortal, is thy immortality.' 2. Now it can also be perceived by the senses that the (father) has been reproduced separately...
Gautama. Chapter Xiii : p. 246 CHAPTER XIII. 1. In disputed cases the truth shall be established by means of witnesses. 1 2. The (latter) shall be many, faultless as regards the performance of their duties, worthy to be trusted by the king, and free from affection for, or hatred against either (party). 2 3. (They may be)...
Gautama. Chapter Xv : p. 255 CHAPTER XV. 1. Now (follow the rules regarding) funeral oblations ("S"rddha). 1 2. He shall offer (them) to the Manes on the day of the new moon, 2 3. Or in the dark half (of the month) after the fourth (lunar day), 3 4. Or on any day (of the dark half) according to (the results he may)...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 4, Khanda 14 : p. 51 PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 4, KHA"N"D"A 14. 1. (That is to say) the Agnihotra, hospitality, 1 2. And what else of this kind (is ordained). 3. He whom (a student) asks for instruction, shall certainly not refuse it; 3 4. Provided he does not see in him a fault, (which disqualifies him from being...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 9, Khanda 22 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 9, KHA"N"D"A 22. 1. A dress of materials procured in the woods (skins or bark) is ordained for him. 1 2. Then he shall wander about, sustaining his life by roots, fruits, leaves, and grass. 2 3. In the end (he shall live on) what has become detached spontaneously. 4. Next he...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 9, Khanda 24 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 9, KHA"N"D"A 24. 1. He who has killed a Kshatriya shall give a thousand cows (to Brhma"n"as) for the expiation of his sin. 1 p. 79 2. (He shall give) a hundred cows for a Vai"s"ya, 2 3. Ten for a "S"dra, 3 4. And in every one (of these cases) one bull (must be given) in excess...
Gautama. Chapter Xxv : CHAPTER XXV. p. 294 1. Now they say: 'How many (gods) does a student enter who violates the vow of chastity?' 1 2. (And they answer): 'His vital spirits (go to) the Maruts (winds), his strength to Indra, his eminence in sacred learning to B"ri"haspati, all the remaining parts to Agni.' 2 3. He...
Gautama. Chapter Xxii : CHAPTER XXII. 1. (Now follows the description of the) penances. 1 2. He who has (intentionally) slain a Brhma"n"a shall emaciate himself, and thrice throw himself into a fire, 2 3. Or he may become in battle a target for armed men, 3 4. Or, remaining chaste, he may, during twelve years, enter...
Gautama. Chapter Xx : CHAPTER XX. 1. Let him cast off a father who assassinates a king, who sacrifices for "S"dras, who sacrifices for 1 p. 278 his own sake (accepting) money from "S"dras, who divulges the Veda (to persons not authorised to study it), who kills a learned Brhma"n"a, who dwells with men of the lowest...
Gautama. Chapter Viii : CHAPTER VIII. 1. A king and a Brhma"n"a, deeply versed in the Vedas, these two, uphold the moral order in the world. 1 2. On them depends the existence of the fourfold human race, of internally conscious beings, of those which move on feet and on wings, and of those which creep, 2 p. 215 3...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 7, Khanda 17 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 7, KHA"N"D"A 17. 1. (If) rhinoceros' meat (is given to Brhma"n"as seated) on (seats covered with) the skin of a rhinoceros, (the Manes are satisfied) for a very long time. 1 2. (The same effect is obtained) by (offering the) flesh (of the fish called) "S"atabali, 2 3. And by...
Gautama. Chapter X : p. 227 CHAPTER X. 1. (The lawful occupations common) to (all) twice-born men are studying the (Veda), offering sacrifices (for their own sake), and giving (alms). 1 2. Teaching, performing sacrifices for others, and receiving alms (are) the additional (occupations) of a Brhma"n"a. 2 3. But...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 11, Khanda 28 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 11, KHA"N"D"A 28. 1. If a person who has taken (a lease of) land (for cultivation) does not exert himself, and hence (the land) bears no crop, he shall, if he is rich, be made to pay (to the owner of the land the value of the crop) that ought to have grown. 1 2. A servant...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 8, Khanda 18 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 8, KHA"N"D"A 18. 1. He shall avoid butter, butter-milk, oil-cake, honey, meat. 1 2. And black grain (Such as kulittha), food given by "S"dras, or by other persons, whose food is not considered fit to be eaten. 3. And food unfit for oblations, speaking an untruth, anger...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 4, Khanda 12 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 4, KHA"N"D"A 12. 1. A Brhma"n"a declares, 'The daily recitation (of the Veda) is austerity.' 1 2. In the same (sacred text) it is also declared, Whether he recites the daily portion of the Veda standing, or sitting, or lying down, he performs austerity thereby; for the daily...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 11, Khanda 31 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 11, KHA"N"D"A 31. 1. He shall eat facing the east, void fces facing, the south, discharge urine facing the north, and wash his feet turned towards the west. 2. He shall void excrements far from his house, having gone towards the south or south-west. 2 3. But after sunset he...
Gautama. Chapter Vi : CHAPTER VI. 1. (To salute) every day on meeting (by) an embrace of the feet, 1 2. And (particularly) on return from a journey, 3. (Is prescribed in the case) of parents, of their blood relations, of elder (brothers), of persons venerable 3 p. 208 on account, of their learning, and of the Gurus...
Gautama. Chapter Xvii : CHAPTER XVII. 1. A Brhma"n"a may eat the food given by twice-born men, who are praised for (the faithful performance of their) duties, 1 2. And he may accept (other gifts from them). 3. Fire-wood, water, grass, roots, fruits, honey, (a promise of) safety, food brought unsolicited, a couch, a se...
Gautama. Chapter Xxi : CHAPTER XXI. 1. The murderer of a Brhma"n"a, he who drinks spirituous liquor, the violator of a Guru's bed, he who has connection with the female relatives of his mother and of his father (within six degrees) or with sisters and their female offspring, he who steals (the gold of a Brhma"n"a)...
Gautama. Chapter Xxiii : CHAPTER XXIII. 1. They shall pour hot spirituous liquor into the mouth of a Brhma"n"a who has drunk such liquor; he will be purified after death. 1 2. If he has drunk it unintentionally, (he shall drink) for three days hot milk, clarified butter, and water, and (inhale hot) air. That (penance is...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 9, Khanda 25 : p. 82 PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 9, KHA"N"D"A 25. 1. He who has had connection with a Guru's wife shall cut off his organ together with the testicles, take them into his joined hands and walk towards the south without stopping, until he falls down dead. 1 2. Or he may die embracing a heated metal image...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 9, Khanda 23 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 9, KHA"N"D"A 23. 1. If he desires (to perform) very great austerities, he (shall not make a hoard of grain, but) collect food every day only, morning and evening, in his vessel. 1 2. Afterwards he shall wander about, sustaining his life with roots, fruits, leaves, and grass...
Gautama. Chapter Xxiv : CHAPTER XXIV. 1. A secret penance (must be performed) by him whose sin is not publicly known. 1 p. 292 2. He who desires to accept or has accepted (a gift) which ought not to be accepted, shall recite the four "Ri"k-verses (IX, 58, 1-4), (beginning) Tarat sa mand, (standing) in water. 2 3. He who...
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Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 11, Khanda 30 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 11, KHA"N"D"A 30. 1. Some declare, that a student shall bathe after (having acquired) the knowledge of the Veda, (however long or short the time of his studentship may have been). 1 2. (He may) also (bathe) after having kept the student's vow for forty-eight, (thirty-six...
Apastamba. Prasna 1, Patala 2, Khanda 6 : PRA"S"NA 1, PA"T"ALA 2, KHA"N"D"A 6. 1. Every day he shall put his teacher to bed after having washed his (teacher's) feet and after having rubbed him. 1 2. He shall retire to rest after having received (the teacher's permission). 2 3. And he shall not stretch out his feet towards him. 4. Some say...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 8, Khanda 19 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 8, KHA"N"D"A 19. p. 149 1. Shall cause to be prepared powder of white mustard-seeds, cause his hands, feet, ears, and mouth to be rubbed with that, and shall eat (the remainder). If the wind does not blow too violently, he shall eat sitting, silent and his face turned towards...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 4, Khanda 13 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 4, KHA"N"D"A 13. 1. The oblation to the gods accompanied by the exclamation Svh, which may consist even of a piece of wood only; the offering to the Manes accompanied by the exclamation Svadh, which may consist even of a vessel with water only; the daily recitation. 1 2...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 11, Khanda 29 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 11, KHA"N"D"A 29. 1. He who instigates to, he who assists in, and he who commits (an act, these three) share its rewards in heaven and its punishments in hell. 2. He amongst these who contributes most to the accomplishment (of the act obtains) a greater share of the result. 3...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 7, Khanda 16 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 7, KHA"N"D"A 16. 1. Formerly men and gods lived together in this world. Then the gods in reward of their sacrifices went to heaven, but men were left behind. Those men who perform sacrifices in the same manner as the gods did, dwell (after death) with the gods and Brahm...
Gautama. Chapter I : p. 175 GAUTAMA INSTITUTES OF THE SACRED LAW. CHAPTER I 1. THE Veda is the source of the sacred law, 1 2. And the tradition and practice of those who know the (Veda). 3. Transgression of the law and violence ate observed (in the case) of (those) great (men); but both are without force...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 9, Khanda 27 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 9, KHA"N"D"A 27. 1. After having eaten sesamum or having fasted on the full moon day of the month Srva"n"a July-August), he may on the following day bathe in the water of a great river and offer (a burnt-oblation of) one thousand pieces of sacred fuel, whilst. reciting...
Gautama. Chapter Xxvii : p. 300 CHAPTER XXVII. 1. Now, therefore, the "K"ndrya"n"a (or lunar penance will be described). 2. The (general) rules prescribed for a K"ri"k"kh"ra (are applicable) to that. 2 3. (The hair must be) shaved, in case it (is performed as) a penance. 3 4. He shall fast on the day preceding the full...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 9, Khanda 21 : p. 153 PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 9, KHA"N"D"A 21. 1. There are four orders, viz. the order of householders, the order of students, the order of ascetics, and the order of hermits in the woods. 1 2. If he lives in all these four according to the rules (of the law), without allowing himself to be...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 11, Khanda 32 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 11, KHA"N"D"A 32. 1. Let him who teaches, avoid connubial intercourse during the rainy season and in autumn. 1 2. And if he has had connection (with his wife), he shall not lie with her during the whole night 2 3. He shall not teach whilst he is lying on a bed. 4. Nor shall he...
Gautama. Chapter Xviii : CHAPTER XVIII. 1. A wife is not independent with respect to (the fulfilment of) the sacred law. 1 2. Let her not violate her duty towards her husband. 2 3. Let her restrain her tongue, eyes, and (organs of) action. 3 4. A woman whose husband is dead and who desires offspring (may bear a son) to her...
Gautama. Chapter Xi : CHAPTER XI. 1. The king is master of all, with the exception of Brhma"n"as. 1 2. (He shall be) holy in acts and speech, 2 3. Fully instructed in the threefold (sacred science) and in logic, 3 4. Pure, of subdued senses, surrounded by companions 4 p. 235 possessing excellent qualities and by...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 6, Khanda 14 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 6, KHA"N"D"A 14. 1. He should, during his lifetime, divide his wealth equally amongst his sons, excepting the eunuch, the mad man, and the outcast. 1 2. On failure of sons the nearest Sapi"n"d"a (takes the inheritance). 2 p. 134 3. On failure of them the spiritual teacher...
Gautama. Chapter Xiv : CHAPTER XIV. 1. The Sapi"n"d"as become impure by the death (of a relative) during ten (days and) nights, except those who officiate as priests, who have performed the Dksha"n"yesh"t"i (or initiatory ceremony of a "S"rauta sacrifice), and those who are students. 1 2. (The impurity) of a Kshatriy...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 3, Khanda 9 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 3, KHA"N"D"A 9. 1. After having performed the Upkarma for studying the Veda on the full moon of the month' Srva"n"a (July-August), he shall for one month not study in the evening. 1 p. 33 2. On the full moon of the month of Pausha (December-January), or under the constellati...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 10, Khanda 28 : p. 88 PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 10, KHA"N"D"A 28. 1. He who, under any conditions whatsoever, covets (and takes) another man's possessions is a thief; thus (teach) Kautsa and Hrita as well as Ka"n"va and Pushkarasdi. 2. Vrshyya"n"i declares, that there are exceptions to this law, in regard to some...
Introduction To Gautama : p. xlix INTRODUCTION TO GAUTAMA COMPARED with the information collected above regarding the origin and the history of pastamba's Dharma-stra, the facts which can be brought to bear on Gautama's Institutes are scanty and the conclusions deducible from them somewhat vague. There are only two points...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 5, Khanda 15 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 5, KHA"N"D"A 15. 1. When he shows his respect to Gurus or aged persons or guests, when he offers a burnt-oblation (or other sacrifice), when he murmurs prayers at dinner, when sipping water and during the (daily) recitation of the Veda, his garment (or his sacrificial thread)...
Gautama. Chapter Ix : CHAPTER IX. 1. Such (a man) shall bathe, after (having fulfilled) the, law (regarding studentship), take unto him a wife, and, fulfilling the duties of a householder which have been declared above, in addition obey the following ordinances 1 p. 219 2. (He shall be) always pure (and) sweet-smelling...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 7, Khanda 20 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 7, KHA"N"D"A 20. 1. He shall not fulfil his sacred duties merely in order to acquire these worldly objects (as fame, gain, and honour). 2. For when they ought to bring rewards, (duties thus fulfilled) become fruitless. 3. (Worldly benefits) are produced as accessories...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 1, Khanda 1 : p. 1 PASTAMBA APHORISMS ON THE SACRED LAW OF THE HINDUS. PRA"S"N"A I, PA"T"ALA 1, KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. Now, therefore, we will declare the acts productive of merit which form part of the customs of daily life, as they have been settled by the agreement (of those who know the law). 1 2. The authority...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 2, Khanda 3 : p. 104 PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 2, KHA"N"D"A 3. 1. Pure men of the first three castes shall prepare the food (of a householder which is used) at the Vai"s"vadeva ceremony. 1 2. The (cook) shall not speak, nor cough, nor sneeze, while his face is turned towards the food. 3. He shall purify himself by...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 2, Khanda 7 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 2, KHA"N"D"A 7. 1. Or he may rise silently. 2. Nor shall he (in going away) move around his teacher with his left hand turned towards him; he shall go away after having walked around him with his right side turned towards him. 3. He shall not look at a naked woman. 3 4. He...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 10, Khanda 27 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 10, KHA"N"D"A 27. 1. If (adulteresses) have performed (the prescribed penance), they are to be treated as before (their fault). For the connection (of husband and wife) takes place through the law. 2. (A husband) shall not make over his (wife), who occupies the positi...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 8, Khanda 23 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 8, KHA"N"D"A 23. 1. That Brhma"n"a, who is wise and recognises all creatures to be in the tman, who pondering (thereon) does not become bewildered, and who recognises the tman in every (created) thing, shines, indeed, in heaven. 2. He, who is intelligence itself and subtler...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 1, Khanda 1 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 1, KHA"N"D"A 1. 1. After marriage the rites prescribed for a householder and his wife (must be performed). 1 2. He shall eat at the two (appointed) times, (morning and evening) 2 p. 100 3. And he shall not eat to repletion. 4. And both (the householder and his wife) shall fast...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 3, Khanda 11 : p. 40 PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 3, KHA"N"D"A 11. 1. (The recitation of the Veda shall be interrupted for a day and evening if he has eaten), on beginning a fresh K"n"d"a (of his Veda), food given by a motherless person, 1 2. And also if he has eaten, on the day of the completion of a K"n"d"a, food...
Apastamba. Prasna I, Patala 5, Khanda 17 : PRA"S"NA I, PA"T"ALA 5, KHA"N"D"A 17. 1. A "S"dra touches him, (then he shall leave off eating). 1 2. Nor shall he eat sitting in the same row with unworthy people. 2 3. Nor shall he eat (sitting in the same row with persons) amongst whom one, whilst they eat, rises and gives his leavings to his...
Introduction To Apastamba : p. ix INTRODUCTION TO PASTAMBA. FOR all students of Sanskrit philology and Indian history pastamba's aphorisms on the sacred law of the Aryan Hindus possess a special interest beyond that attaching to other works of the same class. Their discovery enabled Professor Max Mller, forty-seven years ago...
Gautama. Chapter Xxviii : CHAPTER XXVIII. 1. After the father's death let the sons divide his estate, 1 p. 303 2. Or, during his lifetime, when the mother is past child-bearing, if he desires it, 2 3. Or the whole (estate may go) to the first-born; (and) he shall support (the rest) as a father. 3 4. But in partition there...
Apastamba. Prasna Ii, Patala 5, Khanda 11 : PRA"S"NA II, PA"T"ALA 5, KHA"N"D"A 11. 1. In the cases of (men of) other castes, the king, after having examined their actions, may punish them even by death. 2. And the king shall not punish on suspicion. 3. But having carefully investigated (the case) by means of questions (addressed...