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IV ADHYAYA, 7 KHANDA, 7.
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5. And having thrown clods of earth (on the ground) to the different quarters (of the horizon), from the left to the right, with the hymn, 'A ruler indeed' (Rig-veda X, 152), verse by verse,
6. And having satiated (with water) the Rishis, the metres, the deities, faith and insight, and the fathers man by man,
7. They interrupt (the study of) the hymns for six months and a half,
8. Or for five and a half.
9. But if they (wish to) recite them (nevertheless), let the recitation go on after a pause of one day and one night.
KHANDA 7.
1. Now the interruption (of the Veda recitation):— 2. In the case of prodigies until the same time (next day),
3. And in the case of other miracles;
4. In the case of lightning, thunder, and rains (the recitation shall be interrupted) till the twilight has thrice passed;
5. At a Srâddha-dinner for one day;
6. If a death (of relations) or birth has happened, for ten days;
7. On the fourteenth days (of the fortnights), the new moon days, and the Ashtakâ days,
6. On the tarpana, comp. chaps. 9 and 10.
7, 2. The translation of âkâlam given in my German edition (Während der betreffenden Zeit) is wrong: comp. the commentary there quoted at p. 150; Gautama XVI, 22; Professor Stenzler's note on Pâraskara II, 11, 2.
6. Agham sapindasodakayor maranam. Nârâyana.
7. According to Nârâyana the ka at the end of this Sutra would
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