Prasna I, Adhyâya 3, Kandikâ 5
PRASNA I, ADHYÂYA 3, KANDIKÂ 5.
1. Now (follow the duties) of a Snâtaka. 1
2. He shall wear a lower garment and upper garment. 2
3. Let him carry a staff made of bamboo,
4. And a pot filled with water.
5. Let him wear two sacrificial threads.
6. (He shall possess) a turban, an upper garment (consisting of) a skin, shoes, and a parasol. (He shall keep) a sacred fire and (offer) the new and full moon (Sthâlîpâkas). 6
7. He shall cause the hair of his head, of his beard, and of his body, and his nails to be cut on the Parva days. 7
8. His livelihood (he shall obtain in the following manner): 8
9. Let him beg uncooked (food) from Brâhmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, or carpenters, 9
10. Or (cooked) food (even from many). 10
11. Let him remain silent (when he goes to beg).
12. Let him perform with that all Pâkayagñas, offered to the gods and manes, and the rites, securing welfare. 12
13. Baudhâyana declares that by (following) this rule the most excellent sages reach the highest abode of Pragâpati Parameshthin. 13
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5. Regarding the term Snâtaka, see Âpastamba I, 11, 30, 1-4. Govinda thinks that the following rules are intended to apply In the first instance to a student who has performed the Samâvartana on completion of his studentship and lives unmarried at home. For though the Smriti declares it necessary for a student to enter, on completing his term, at once into one of the remaining three p. 159 orders, it may happen; as the commentator observes, that the Snâtaka's marriage cannot take place immediately. The correctness of this view is proved by Âpastamba I, 2, 8, and by the fact that below, II, 3, 5, the rules for a married Snâtaka are given separately.
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With that, i.e. with the food obtained by begging. Regarding p. 160 the Pâkayagñas, see Gautama VIII, 18. Govinda gives as an instance of the rites securing welfare (bhûtikarmâni) the âyushyakaru, a rice-offering intended to procure long life.
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