Apastambadharmasutra 2.4.8
Āpastambadharmasūtra 2.4.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.4.8.1
yena [kṛtāvasathaḥ [syād atithir na taṃ [pratyuttiṣṭhet [pratyavarohed vā purastāt-ced [abhivāditaḥ /
On the second and following days of the guest's stay, the host shall not rise or descend (from his couch) in order to salute his (guest), if he has been saluted before (on the first day).
2.4.8.2
śeṣabhojī-atithīnāṃ [syāt /
He shall eat after his guests.
2.4.8.3
na rasān gṛhe [bhuñjīta-anavaśeṣam atithibhyaḥ /
He shall not consume all the flavoured liquids in the house, so as to leave nothing for guests.
2.4.8.4
na-ātmārtham abhirūpam annaṃ [pācayet /
He shall not cause sweetmeats to be prepared for his own sake.
2.4.8.5
gomadhuparkārho vedādhyāyaḥ /
(A guest) who can repeat the (whole) Veda (together with the supplementary books) is worthy to receive a cow and the Madhuparka,
2.4.8.6
ācārya ṛtvik snātako rājā vā dharma[yuktaḥ /
(And also) the teacher, an officiating priest, a Snâtaka, and a just king (though not learned in the Veda).
2.4.8.7
ācāryāya-ṛtvije śvaśurāya rājña iti parisaṃvatsarād [upatiṣṭhadbhyo gaur madhuparkaś ca /
A cow and the Madhuparka (shall be offered) to the teacher, to an officiating priest, to a father-in-law, and to a king, if they come after a year has elapsed (since their former visit).
2.4.8.8
dadhi madhu.[saṃsṛṣṭaṃ madhuparkaḥ payo vā madhusaṃsṛṣṭam[ /
The Madhuparka shall consist of curds mixed with honey, or of milk mixed with honey.
2.4.8.9
abhāva udakam /
On failure (of these substances) water (mixed with honey may be used).
2.4.8.10
ṣaḍaṅgo vedaḥ /
The Veda has six Aṅgas (auxiliary works).
2.4.8.11
chandaḥ kalpo vyākaraṇaṃ jyotiṣaṃ niruktaṃ śīkṣā chandovicitir iti /
(The six auxiliary works are) the Kalpa (teaching the ritual) of the Veda, the treatises on grammar, astronomy, etymology, phonetics, and metrics.
2.4.8.12
śabda. arthārambhaṇānāṃ tu karmaṇāṃ samāmnāyasamāptau vedaśabdaḥ / tatra saṃkhyā [vipratiṣiddhā /
(If any one should contend that) the term Veda (on account of its etymology, implying that which teaches duty or whereby one obtains spiritual merit) applies to the complete collection of (works which contain) rules for rites to be performed on the authority of precepts, (that, consequently, the Kalpa-sûtras form part of the Veda, and that thereby) the number (fixed above) for those (Aṅgas) is proved to be wrong,
2.4.8.13
aṅgānāṃ tu pradhānair avyapadeśa iti nyāyavitsamayaḥ /
(Then we answer), All those who are learned in Mîmâmsâ are agreed that (the terms Veda, Brâhmana, and the like, which are applied to) the principal (works), do not include the Aṅgas (the Kalpa-sûtras and the rest). he remembers at any time during dinner,
2.4.8.14
atithiṃ [nirākṛtya yatra [gate bhojane [smaret tato [viramya-[upoṣya //
If he remembers at any time that he has refused a guest, he shall at once leave off eating and fast on that day,
Translations (1)
- The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2) — Georg Bühler 1879, English
Commentaries (1)
- Ujjvalā — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator), Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Ācārabhūṣaṇa — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit