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VASISHTHA.
XII, 9.
9. Let him not step over a stretched rope to which a calf (or cow) is tied.
10. Let him not look at the sun when he rises or sets.
11. Let him not void excrements or urine in water,
12. Nor spit into it.
13. Let him ease himself, after wrapping up his head and covering the ground with grass that is not fit to be used at a sacrifice, and turning towards the north in the day-time, turning towards the south at night, sitting with his face towards the north in the twilight.
14. Now they quote also (the following verses): ‘But Snâtakas shall always wear a lower garment and an upper one, two sacrificial threads, (shall carry) a staff and a vessel filled with water.
15. 'It is declared, that (a vessel becomes) pure (if cleaned) with water, or with the hand, or with a stick, or with fire. Therefore he shall clean (his) vessel with water and with his (right) hand.'
16. 'For Manu, the lord of created beings, calls (this mode of cleaning) encircling it with fire.'
17. He who is perfectly acquainted with (the rules of) purification shall sip water (out of this vessel), after he has relieved the necessities of nature.
18. Let him eat his food facing the east. explanation is given by Nârâyana on Sânkhâyana Grihya-sátra IV, I2, II, who takes it to mean, Let him not go from one house to the other.'
9. Gautama IX, 52; Vishnu LXIII, 42. 10. Vishnu LXXI, 17-18. II-12. Vishnu LXXI, 35. 13. Gautama IX, 37-38, 41-43; Vishnu LX, 2-3. 14. Vishnu LXXI, 13-15. 18. Vishnu LXVIII, 40.
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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 |