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V, 106.
IMPURITY.
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Brahmana who is not a Sapinda, as (if he were) a (near) relative, or a near relative of his mother, becomes pure after three days;
102. But if he eats the food of the (Sapindas of the deceased), he is purified in ten days, (but) in one day, if he does not eat their food nor dwells in their house.
103. Having voluntarily followed a corpse, whether (that of) a paternal kinsman or (of) a stranger, he becomes pure by bathing, dressed in his clothes, by touching fire and eating clarified butter.
104. Let him not allow a dead Brâhmana to be carried out by a Sûdra, while men of the same caste are at hand; for that burnt-offering which is defiled by a Sudra's touch is detrimental to (the deceased's passage to heaven.
105. The knowledge (of Brahman) austerities, fire, (holy) food, earth, (restraint of) the internal organ, water, smearing (with cowdung), the wind, sacred rites, the sun, and time are the purifiers of corporeal (beings).
106. Among all modes of purification, purity in (the acquisition of) wealth is declared to be the best; for he is pure who gains wealth with clean hands, not he who purifies himself with earth and water.
102. In case he stays in the house of the mourners, he becomes impure for three days (Gov., Kull., Râgh., K.).
104. According to Nâr. the rule refers exclusively to Brâhmanas, according to Medh. and Kull. to all Aryans. The burning of the body is euphemistically called a burnt-offering.
105. Vi. XXII, 88; Yâgñ. III, 31; Baudh. I, 8, 52. Manah kshamakhyah (?) niyamayuktam mano gîvasya (Nâr.). The other commentators take manah, the mind or internal organ,' in the sense of a sanctified heart.'
106. Vi. XXII, 89; Yâgî. III, 32.
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