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VISHNU.
LXVIII, 2.
2. He shall eat, after having previously bathed, when the eclipse is over.
3. If (the sun or moon) have set before the eclipse was over, he must bathe, and on the next day he may eat again, after having seen (the sun or moon rise).
4. A cow or a Brâhmana having met with a calamity, he must not eat on that day.
5. If the king has met with an accident, (he must not eat on that day).
6. An Agnihotrin, who is absent on a journey, must eat at that time of the day when the Agnihotra is supposed to be over.
7. He may also eat at that time of the day when the Vaisvadeva is supposed to be over.
8. On the days of new and full moon (he may eat at that time) when he supposes the sacrifice customary on those days to have been performed. I, 135. - 38. M. IV, 82. - 40. Âpast. I, 11, 31, 1. — 42, 43. M. II, 54 ; Y. I, 31; Gaut. IX, 59.-46. Sankh. IV, 11, 10; M.IV, 43; Y. I, 131; Gaut. IX, 32. — 47. M. IV, 63 ; Y. I, 138; Apast. II, I, I, 3; Gaut. IX, 9. — 48. M. IV, 62. — 49. M. IV, 65; Gaut. XVII, 13. The injunctions regarding meals having been given in the previous chapter, he now proceeds to propound some prohibitions concerning the same subject.' (Nand.)
2, 3. Nand. states that in both of these Sutras it has to be understood, that the bath occasioned by the eclipse must be followed by the ordinary bath, which precedes every meal.
6. An Agnihotrin is one who daily performs the Agnihotra. Regarding the Agnihotra and the times for its performance, see LIX, 2.
7. The term Vaisvadeva includes not only the oblation to the Visvedevas (LXVII, 3), but also the Bali-offerings and the entertainment of a guest, &c., as prescribed in LXVII, 4 seq. (Nand.)
8. According to Nand., the use of the particle ka implies, that this rule applies equally to the first days of the moon's increase and wane.
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