Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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shall go to meet him and say to him: 'O faithful fulfiller of thy vows, where didst thou stay (last night)?' (Then he offers water, saying): O faithful fulfiller of thy vows, here is water.' (Next he offers milk or the like, saying): O faithful fulfiller of thy vows, may (these fluids) refresh (thee).'
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14. (If the guest stays at the time of the Agnihotra, he shall make him sit down to the north of the fire and) murmur in a low voice, before offering the oblations: 'O faithful fulfiller of thy vows, may it be as thy heart desires;' O faithful fulfiller of thy vows, may it be as thy will is; O faithful fulfiller of thy vows, may it be as thy wish is;' 'O faithful fulfiller of thy vows, may it be as thy desire is.'
THE DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER.
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15. If a guest comes, after the fires have been placed (on the altar), but before the oblations have been offered, (the host) himself shall approach him and say to him: O faithful fulfiller of thy vows, give me permission; I wish to sacrifice.' Then he shall sacrifice, after having received permission. A Brahmana declares that he commits a sin if he sacrifices without permission.
16. He who entertains guests for one night obtains earthly happiness, a second night gains the middle air, a third heavenly bliss, a fourth the world of unsurpassable bliss; many nights procure endless worlds. That has been declared in the Veda. 17. If an unlearned person who pretends to be
14. According to some, all these sentences must be pronounced; according to Haradatta, one only, which may be selected optionally.
15. Haradatta states that the Brahmana mentioned in the text is the Atharvana-brâhmana. See Atharva-veda XV, 11-12.
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