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BAUDHÂYANA.
IV, 5.
32. He who distributes food, speaks the truth, and has compassion on all living beings, is more (holy) than all those who have been purified by the restraints mentioned above.
PRASNA IV, ADHYAYA 6. I. The (eleven Anuvâkas called) Rudras together with (the ten hymns) seen by Madhukkhandas, the Gayatrf with the syllable Om, and likewise the seven Vyahritis (are the texts) which should be muttered (and) which remove guilt.
2. The Mrigâreshti, the Pavitreshti, the Trihavis, the Pavamani are the Ishtis which efface sin, if they are (each) combined with the Vaisvânara (Dvadasą. kapala).
3-4. Learn, also, the following most excellent secret; he will be freed from all sins of all kinds who sprinkles himself with water, reciting the Pavitras, who mutters the eleven (Anuvâkas called) Rudras, who offers burnt oblations of butter, reciting the Payitras, and gives gold, a cow, and sesamum (to Brahmanas).
5. He who partakes of boiled barley-gruel, mixed with cow's urine, liquid cowdung, sour milk, milk, and butter, is quickly freed from sin.
6. Both he who has begotten a child on a Sudra woman and he who has had connexion with a female,
6. 1. The hymns are Rig-veda I, 1-10.
2. Regarding the Mrigâreshti, see Taitt. Samhita IV, 7, 15. In explanation of the term Trihavis, Govindą adds the word Savaneshti.
5. Yâvaka, translated, as usually, by barley-gruel, can also denote, as Govinda points out, other dishes made of barley,
6. See above, II, 1, 2, 7, 10, 13-14.
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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 |