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VASISHTHA.
VI, 9.
9. But a man who knows the sacred law shall perform in secret all acts connected with eating, the natural evacuations and dalliance with (his wife); business to be accomplished by speech or intellect, likewise austerities, wealth, and age, must be most carefully concealed.
10. And a man shall void both urine and fæces, facing the north, in the day-time, but at night he shall do it turning towards the south; for (if he acts) thus, his life will not be injured.
II. The intellect of that man perishes who voids urine against a fire, the sun, a cow, a Brâhmana, the moon, water, and the morning or evening twilights.
12. Let him not void urine in a river, nor on a path, nor on ashes, nor on cowdung, nor on a ploughed field, nor on one which has been sown, nor on a grass-plot, nor in the shade (of trees) that afford protection (to travellers).
13. Standing in the shade (of houses, clouds, and so forth), when it is quite dark, and when he fears for his life, a Brahmana may void urine, by day and by night, in any position he pleases.
14. (Afterwards) he shall perform the necessary (purification) with water fetched for the purpose (from a tank or river, and with earth).
15. For a bath water not fetched for the purpose (may also be used).
16. (For the purpose of purification) a Brâhmana
10. Vishnu LX, 2. I read with the majority of the Mss., na rishyati.
11. Identical with Mamu IV, 52. 12. Vishnu LX, 3-22. 13. Identical with Manu IV, 51. 14. Vishnu LX, 24. 15. I.e. one may bathe also in a tank or river.
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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 |