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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BAUDHẤYANA.
1, 3, 5.
13. Baudhayana declares that by (following) this rule the most excellent sages reach the highest abode of Pragâpati Parameshthin.
Prasna I, ADHYAYA 4, KANDIKÂ 6. 1. Now (those who know the law) prescribe the carrying of a waterpot.
2. It is declared (in the Vedas) that fire (resides) in the right ear of a goat, in the right hand of a Brâhmana, likewise in water (and) in a bundle of Kusa grass. Therefore after personal purification let him wipe (his water-vessel) on all sides with his (right) hand, (reciting the mantra), · Blaze up, O fire;' for that is called) encircling it with fire and is preferable to heating (the pot on the fire).
3. With reference to this matter they prescribe also the following rules): 'If he thinks in his heart that (the pot) has been slightly defiled, let him light Kusa or (other) grass and heat (the pot) on all sides, keeping his right hand turned towards it.
4. 'If (pots) have been touched by crows, dogs, or
the Pâkayagñas, see Gautama VIII, 18. Govinda gives as an instance of the rites securing welfare (bhùtikarmâni) the âyushyakaru, a rice-offering intended to procure long life.
13. Govinda explains Baudhayana by Kanvayana, and adds that either the author speaks of himself in the third person or a pupil must have compiled the book.
6. 1. As Govinda observes, the rules regarding the waterpot mandalu) are introduced here in connexion with I, 3, 5, 4.
2. Vasishtha XII, 15-16. The mantra is found, Taittirîya nyaka X, 1, 4.
3. The word upadisanti, 'they prescribe,' stands at the end of Satra 4, as it refers to both rules.
4. Vasishtha III, 59. The paryagnikarana is the rite prescribed in Sutra 2.
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