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CHAPTER XXIV, 4-14.
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the sacred beings, praises the luminaries and worldly creations improperly, and is antagonistic to them, because complete glorification is proper through complete recitation of the ritual; and the ceremonial of any one whatever is his own proper duty professionally, so long as it is possible to keep proceeding with very little sinfulness).
9. The fifth is to struggle prayerfully', day and night, with your own fiend ?, and all life long not to depart from steadfastness, nor allow your proper duty: to go out of your hands.
10. And the first of those ten admonitions is to proceed with good repute, for the sake of occasioning approving remarks as to 4 the good repute of your own guardian and teacher, high-priest and master 6.
11. The second is to become awfully refraining from evil repute, for the sake of evil repute not occurring to relations and guardians.
12. The third is not to beat your own teacher with a snatched-up stick, and not to bring scandal upon his name, for the sake of annoying him, by uttering that which was not heard from your own teacher.
13. The fourth is that whatever is taught liberally by your own teacher, you have to deliver back to the worthy, for the sake of not extorting a declaration of renown from the righteous 6.
14. The fifth is that the reward of doers of good
* Ind. vers. has : 'to remain in diligence intelligently.' 2 Ind. vers. has: opponent.'
8 Ind. vers. has: steadfastness in religion, and to be diligent in your proper duty.' But it omits the rest of the sentence.
4 Ind. vers. has: "for the sake of the appropriateness of. 5 Or father.' 6 T has : not extracting the purity of the righteous.'
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