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IX, 11.
HERMIT.
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rules of the Veda, after death) never falls from Brahman's heaven.
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CHAPTER IX. 1. A hermit shall wear (his hair in) braids, and dress (in garments made of) bark and skins;
2. And he shall not enter a village. 3. He shall not step on ploughed (land).
4. He shall gather wild growing roots and fruit (only).
5. He shall remain chaste. 6. His heart shall be full of meekness.
7. He shall honour guests coming to his hermitage with alms (consisting of) roots and fruit.
8. He shall only give, not receive (presents). 9. He shall bathe at morn, noon, and eve.
10. Kindling a fire according to the (rule of the) Srâmanaka (Satra), he shall offer the Agnihotra.
11. After (living in this manner during) six months,
may also mean who always wears his upper in the manner required at a sacrifice,' i.e. passes it over the left and under the right arm.
IX. 1. Vishnu XCIV, 8-9; Gautama III, 34. Krishnapandita takes kîra, 'bark,' to mean '(made of) grass,' e.g. of Muhga or Balvaga.
2. Gautama III, 33. The particle and probably indicates that the hermit is not to enter any other inhabited place. 3. Gautama III, 32.
4. Vishnu XCV, 5. 5. Vishnu XCV, 7.
6. Manu VI, 8. 7. Gautama III, 30.
9. Vishnu XCV, 10. 10. Gautama III, 27. Krishnapandita and MSS. B. F. read srâvanakena, and the rest avarnakena. I read sramanakena, 'according to the rule of the Srâmanaka Sätra,' in accordance with Gautama's text. Baudhayana, too, uses the same word.
11. Manu VI, 25.
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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 |