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BAUDHAYANA.
I, 6, 13.
to the beginning of the Veda-study (upâkarman) on the (full moon of the month) of Srâvana or of Ashâdha, they shall close the term on the full moon of Taisha or Magha.
Prasna I, ADHVÂVA 6, KANDIKÂ 13. 1. The gods enjoy a pure sacrifice (only);
2. For the gods are desirous of purity and (themselves) pure.
3. The following (Rik) declares that, 'To you, O. Maruts, the pure ones, pure viands; to you, the pure ones, I offer a pure sacrifice. They who love the pious rites, who are of pure origin, (themselves) pure and purifiers (of others), came duly to the truthful (worshipper).'
4. (He will be) pure (if there is no blemish on his clothes, therefore let him perform all (acts) that are connected with sacrificing, (dressed) in unblemished clothes.
5. The sacrificer and his wife as well as the officiating priests shall put on dresses which have been washed, and dried by the wind, and which are not in a bad condition.
purity of one's soul, and purity of soul gives strength of memory, and thereby makes one fit to study the Veda.
13. 1-2. See also above, I, 5, 10, 4. This Adhyâya and the next ought to have been given in the Srauta Sætra.
3. Rig-veda VII, 56, 12; Taittiriya-brâhmana II, 8, 5, 5. The meaning of the last portion of the verse is somewhat doubtful. Sâyana gives two different explanations and Govinda a third.
4. Govinda points out that the dresses of the sacrificer and of his priests must be white, because farther on (Sätras 9-10) other colours are specially prescribed.
5. Govinda thinks that the word ka, as well as,' is intended to include the lookers-on.
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