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III, 1.
WAYS OF LIVING FOR HOUSEHOLDERS.
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8. (In addition) to these there is a tenth way of living, viz. forest-life.
9. (If he desires to adopt) any of the nine ways of living,
10. He causes the hair of his head, his beard, the hair on his body, and his nails to be cut, and besides gets ready (the following objects),
11. (Viz.) the skin of a black antelope, a waterpót, a staff, a yoke for carrying burdens, (and) a sickle.
12. He desires to go forth, after having offered a Traidhâtaviya (offering) or a Vaisvânari (ishti).
13. Now on the (following) morning, after the sun has risen, he makes the sacred fires burn brightly, melts butter on the Gârhapatya fire, cleanses it (with Kusa grass), heats the (spoons called) Sruk and Sruva, cleans (them), takes out four (spoonfuls of butter) in the Sruk, and offers the Vâstoshpatiya (oblation) in the Åhavaniya fire according to (the rules of his) Sätra.
chapter. All the MSS. read kauntâlî for kauddâlî, which occurs in the commentary alone.
11. The vîvadha, 'a yoke for carrying burdens,' consists usually of a bamboo pole, to the ends of which two ropes are attached for fastening the loads. Kuthahârî, a sickle,' seems to be the name of a particular kind of sickle, since Govinda explains it by vâsavasâsanadâtram. He adds that the term includes a spade' (kuddâla) and other implements.
12. The meaning is that on the evening before his departure from the old home he is to offer the Traidhâtaviya-homa. According to the Srauta-sûtras (see the Petersb. Dict. s. v. traidhâtavî) the latter offering always occurs at the end of a great sacrifice. Hence it is appropriate for a person who wishes to begin a new mode of life.
13. This is the leave-taking from the old dwelling.
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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 |