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IV, 12.
IMPURITY.
7. Meat can never be obtained without injuring living beings, and to injure living beings does not procure heavenly bliss; therefore the (sages declare) the slaughter (of beasts) at a sacrifice not to be slaughter in the ordinary sense of the word).'
8. Now he may also cook a full-grown ox or a full-grown he-goat for a Brâhmana or Kshatriya guest; in this manner they offer hospitality to such (a man).'
9. Libations of water (must be poured out) for all (deceased relatives) who completed the second year and (their death causes) impurity.
10. Some declare that (this rule applies also to children) that died after teething.
11. After having burnt the body (of the deceased, the relatives) enter the water without looking at (the place of cremation),
12. Facing the south, they shall pour out water with both hands on (those days of the period of impurity) which are marked by odd numbers.
to the manes or to the gods,' which is also grammatically correct, recommends itself less, because the rites to the gods are already included by the word yagñe, at a sacrifice.' As to the Madhuparka, see Âpastamba II, 4, 8, 8-9, and below XI, 1.
7. Manu V, 48, and Vishnu LI, 71, where, however, the conclusion of the verse has been altered to suit the ahimsa-doctrines of the compilers of the metrical Smritis. The reason why slaughter at a sacrifice is not slaughter in the ordinary sense may be gathered from Vishnu LI, 61, 63.
8. Satapatha-brâhmana III, 4, 1, 2; Yagñavalkya I, 109.
9-10. Vishnu XIX, 7; Manu V, 58. Regarding the length of the period of impurity, see below, Satras 16, 26-29.
11. Vishnu XIX, 6.
12. Vishnu XIX, 7; Gautama XIV, 40. 'On those days of the period of impurity which are marked by odd numbers,' i. e. 'on the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth, as has been declared by Gautama.'-Krishnapandita.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |