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II, 3, 6.
easy, where many rich people dwell, which abounds in industrious people, where Aryans form the majority, and which is not easily entered by robbers.
32. 'A Brâhmana who, having wedded a wife of the Sudra caste and dwells during twelve years in a village where water is obtainable) from wells only, becomes equal to a Sudra.'
33. (If you say that) he who lives in a town and whose body is covered with the dust, (raised) by others, and whose eyes and mouth are filled with it, will obtain salvation, if he restrains himself, (I declare that) that is impossible.
34. "The dust raised by carriages, horses, "elephants, and cows, and (that which comes) from grain is pure, blamed is (that raised) by a broom, goats, sheep, donkeys, and garments.'
35. Let him honour those who are worthy of honour.
36. ‘A Rishi, a learned man, a king, a bridegroom, a maternal uncle, a father-in-law, and an officiating priest are mentioned in the Smriti as worthy of the honey-mixture at certain times and occasions.
37. 'A Rishi, a learned man, and a king must be
33. Âpastamba I, 11, 32, 21.
36. Vasishtha XI, 1-2. A Rishi is, according to Govinda, a man who knows not only the text of the Mantras, but also their sense. But Baudhayana, Grihya-sâtra I, II, 4, says that a man who knows, besides the Sâkhâ and its Angas, the Kalpa also, is called Rishikalpa, i.e. one almost a Rishi. See also Apastamba I, 2, 5, 5. A learned man (vidvas) is probably a student who has finished not only his vow, but learned the Veda, a so-called vidyasnataka, Apastamba I, II, 30, 3. Regarding the arghya or madhuparka, the honey-mixture, see Âpastamba II, 4, 8, 7-9.
37. Gautama V, 27-30. I read kriyarambhe varartvigau. The
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