Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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LAWS OF MANU.
X, 129.
129. No collection of wealth must be made by a Sadra, even though he be able (to do it); for a Sudra who has acquired wealth, gives pain to Brâhmanas.
130. The duties of the four castes (varna) in times of distress have thus been declared, and if they perform them well, they will reach the most blessed state.
131. Thus all the legal rules for the four castes have been proclaimed; I next will promulgate the auspicious rules for penances.
CHAPTER XI. 1. Him who wishes (to marry for the sake of having) offspring, him who wishes to perform a sacrifice, a traveller, him who has given away all his property, him who begs for the sake of his teacher, his father, or his mother, a student of the Veda, and a sick man,
2. These nine Brahmanas one should consider as
129. Gives pain to Brâhmanas,' i. e. ' by becoming proud and not serving them' (Gov., Kull., Râgh.).
XI. 1. Ap. II, 10, 1-2; Gaut. V, 21; Baudh. II, 5, 19. 'He who has given away all his property,' i.e.'on performing a Visvagit sacrifice' (Medh., Gov., Kull., Râgh.), or other Kratus? (Når.). 'For the sake of his teacher, his father, or his mother,' :i: e. 'in order to maintain them' (Gov., Kull., Râgh.), or in order to procure the fee for the teacher' (Râgh., Nâr.). The commentators try to excuse the introduction of the miscellaneous rules, contained in verses 1-43, before the discussion of the penances, which according to X, 131 ought to follow at once, either by assuming that the object is to show the necessity of performing penances in case these rules are violated, or by pointing out that, as gifts are the means for removing sin, the enumeration of the Pâtras or worthy recipients is required.
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