Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
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

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VASISHTHA.
XII, 32.
32. Let him not point out (a rainbow calling it) by (its proper) name, ' Indra's bow.'
33. Let him call it "the jewelled bow' (manidhanuh).
34. Let him avoid seats, clogs, sticks for cleaning the teeth, (and other implements) made of Palâsa wood.
35. Let him not eat (food placed) in his lap. 36. Let him not eat (food placed) on a chair. 37. Let him carry a staff of bamboo, 38. And (wear) two golden earrings.
39. Let him not wear any visible wreath excepting a golden one;
40. And let him disdain assemblies and crowds.
41. Now they quote also the following verse): "To deny the authority of the Vedas, to carp at the teaching of the Rishis, to waver with respect to any (matter of duty), that is to destroy one's soul.'
42. Let him not go to a sacrifice except if he is chosen (to be an officiating priest. But) if he goes, he must, on returning home, turn his right hand (towards the place).
43. Let him not set out on a journey when the sun stands over the trees.
32–33. Gautama IX, 22.
34. Gautama IX, 44. 35. Vishnu LXVIII, 21.
36. Gautama IX, 32. 37. Vishnu LXXI, 13.
38. Vishnu LXXI, 16. 39. Gautama IX, 32.
40. I read sabhâsamavâyâmskâvagayeta. The corrupt readings of Bh. samavâyâska gavîyan and of F. samavâyâmska vakshiyanna point to this version, the sense of which agrees with the parallel passages of other Smritis, see e. g. Âpastamba I, 11, 32, 19.
41. Vishnu LXXI, 83. 42. Gautama IX, 54-55, 66.
43. Vishnu LXIII, 9. According to Krishnapandita the time intended is midday.
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