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VASISHTHA.
VI, 41.
41. Let him not learn a language spoken by barbarians.
42. Now they quote also (the following verses): • The opinion of the Sishtas is, that a man shall not be uselessly active, neither with his hands and his feet, nor with his eyes, nor with his tongue and his body.'
43. “Those Brahmanas, in whose families the study of the Veda and of its supplements is hereditary, and who are able to adduce proofs perceptible by the senses from the revealed texts, must be known to be Sishtas.
44. He is a (true) Brahmana regarding whom no one knows if he be good or bad, if he be ignorant or deeply learned, if he be of good or of bad conduct.'
CHAPTER VII. 1. There are four orders,
2. Viz. (that of the student, (that of) the householder, (that of) the hermit, and (that of) the ascetic.
3. A man who has studied one, two, or three Vedas without violating the rules of studentship, may enter any of these (orders), whichsoever he pleases.
4. A (professed) student shall serve his teacher until death;
5. And in case the teacher dies, he shall serve the sacred fire.
42. Manu IV, 177; Gautama IX, 50-51. 43. Manu XII, 109. VII. 1-2. Gautama III, 2.
3. Gautama III, 1. 4. Vishnu XXVIII, 43.
5. Vishnu XXVIII, 46. I agree with Krishnapandita in thinking that the apparently purposeless particle 'and,' which is used in
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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 |