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Apastambadharmasutra 2.2.5

Āpastambadharmasūtra 2.2.5

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Sanskrit

2.2.5.1

sarvavidyānām apy upaniṣadām [upākṛtya-anadhyayanaṃ tad ahaḥ /

On the day on which, beginning the study of the whole sacred science, the Upanishads (and the rest, he performs the Upâkarma in the morning) he shall not study (at night).

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.2

[adhītya ca-avikramaṇaṃ sadyaḥ /

And he shall not leave his teacher at once after having studied (the Veda and having returned home)

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.3

yadi [tvareta guroḥ samīkṣāyāṃ svādhyāyam [adhītya kāmaṃ gacchet /# evam ubhayoḥ śivaṃ [bhavati // ( K om. / )

If he is in a hurry to go, he shall perform the daily recitation of the Veda in the presence of his teacher, and then go at his pleasure. In this manner good fortune will attend both of them.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.4

[samāvṛttaṃ ced ācāryo- '[abhyāgacchet tam abhimukho- '[abhyāgamya tasya-[upasaṃgṛhya na [bībhatsamāna udakam [upaspṛśet [puraskṛtya-[upasthāpya yathopadeśaṃ [pūjayet /

If the (former) teacher visits him after he has returned home, he shall go out to meet him, embrace his (feet), and he shall not wash himself (after that act), showing disgust. He then shall let him pass first into the house, fetch (the materials necessary for a hospitable reception), and honour him according to the rule.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.5

āsane śayane [bhakṣye [bhojye vāsasi vā [saṃnihite nihīnataravṛttiḥ [syāt /

If his former teacher is) present, he himself shall use a seat, a bed, food, and garments inferior to, and lower (than those offered to the teacher.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.6

[tiṣṭhan savyena pāṇinā-[anugṛhya-ācāryam [ācamayet /

Standing (with his body bent), he shall place his left hand (under the water-vessel, and bending with his other hand its mouth downwards), he shall offer to his teacher water for sipping.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.7

anyaṃ vā [samudetam /

And (he shall offer water for sipping in this manner) to other guests also who possess all (good qualities) together.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.8

sthānāsanacaṅkramaṇasmiteṣv [anucikīrṣan /

He shall imitate (his teacher) in rising, sitting, walking, about, and smiling.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.9

[saṃnihite mūtrāpurīṣavātakarma-uccair bhāṣāhāsaṣṭhevana#.dantaskavananiḥśṛṅkhaṇabhrukṣepaṇatālananiṣṭhyāni-iti / ( K --.ṣṭhīvana-- )

In the presence (of his teacher) he shall not void excrements, discharge wind, speak aloud, laugh, spit, clean his teeth, blow his nose, frown, clap his hands, nor snap his fingers.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.10

dāre prajāyāṃ ca-upasparśanabhāṣā visrambhapūrvāḥ [parivarjayet /

Nor shall he tenderly embrace or address caressing words to his wife or children.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.11

vākyena vākyasya [pratīghātam ācāryasya [varjayet /

He shall not contradict his teacher,

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.12

śreyasāṃ ca / ( 11+ 12 = K 11 )

Nor any of his betters.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.13

sarvabhūtaparīvādākrośāṃś ca / ( = K 12 )

(He shall not) blame or revile any creature.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.14

vidyayā ca vidyānām / ( = K 13 )

(He shall not revile one branch of) sacred learning by (invidiously comparing it with) another.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.15

yayā vidyayā na [viroceta punar ācāryam [upetya niyamena [sādhayet / ( = K 14 )

If he is not well versed in a (branch of) sacred learning (which he studied formerly), he shall again go to the (same) teacher and master it, observing the (same) rules as (during his first studentship).

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.16

upākaraṇād ā-utsarjanād#1 adhyāpayitur niyamaḥ /#2 lomasaṃharaṇaṃ māṃsaṃ śrāddhaṃ maithunam iti ca [varjayet / ( = K 15, 1: upākaraṇādyā-utsarjanād , 2: om. / )

The restrictions (to be kept) by the teacher from the beginning of the course of teaching to its end are, to avoid cutting the hair on the body, partaking of meat or of oblations to the Manes, and connection (with a woman).

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.17

ṛtve vā jāyām / ( = K 16 )

Or (he may have conjugal intercourse) with his wife at the proper season.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.18

yathāgamaṃ śiṣyebhyo vidyāsaṃpradāne niyameṣu ca [yuktaḥ [syāt /# evaṃ [vartamānaḥ pūrvāparān saṃbandhān ātmānaṃ ca kṣeme [yunakti / ( = K 17, om. / )

He shall be attentive in instructing his pupils in the sacred learning, in such a manner that they master it, and in observing the restrictions (imposed upon householders during their teaching. He who acts thus, gains heavenly bliss for himself, his descendants and ancestors.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

2.2.5.19

manasā vācā prāṇena cakṣuṣā śrotreṇa tvakśiśnodarārambhanaṇānāsrāvān [parivṛñjāno- 'amṛtatvāya [kalpate // ( = K 18 )

He who entirely avoids with mind, word, nose, eye, and ear the sensual objects (such as are) enjoyed by the touch, the organ, or the stomach, gains immortality.

Georg Bühler 1879, The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)

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