Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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VISHNU.
XCVI, 1o
10. He must live in an empty house. 11. Or (he must) live at the root of a tree.
12. He must not stay for more than one night in one village (except during the rainy season).
13. His only dress must be a small piece of cloth worn over the privities.
14. He must set down his feet purified by looking down.
15. He must drink water purified (by straining it) with a cloth.
16. He must utter speeches purified by truth. 17. He must perform acts purified by his mind.
18. He must neither wish for death nor for (a long) life.
19. He must bear abuse patiently. 20. He must treat no one with contempt. 21. He must not pronounce a benediction. 22. He must not salute any one reverentially.
10. Empty' means 'inhabited by no one else,' and implies that the house in question should be situated in a dark place, difficult of access. (Nand.)
11. The article vâ implies that he must live there alone.' (Nand.)
14, 15. Nand. assigns as the reason of both these rules, lest he should not kill some insect.' Kullaka (on M. VL 46) gives the same reason for the second rule, but the looking down, according to him, is ordained in order that he may not accidentally tread upon a hair or other impure substance.
17. The sense of this Satra is, that in doubtful cases he must act as his mind prompts him to do. (Nand.)
21. The meaning is, that he must not utter a benediction when he has been reverentially saluted by any one. He must confine himself to saying, “O Nârâyana." Others explain, that he must not utter a benediction in begging food.' (Nand.)
22. The sense is, that he must not salute any one reverentially who has reverentially saluted him, nor return his greeting other
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