Apastambadharmasutra 2.4.9
Āpastambadharmasūtra 2.4.9
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- Sanskrit
2.4.9.1
śvobhūte#1 yathāmanasaṃ#2 [tarpayitvā [saṃsādhayet / ( K 1. śvo bhūte , 2.yathāmānasaṃ )
And on the following day (he shall search for him), feast him to his heart's content, and accompany him (on his departure).
2.4.9.2
yānavantam ā yānāt /
(If the guest) possesses a carriage, (he shall accompany him) as far as that.
2.4.9.3
yāvat-na-[anujānīyād itaraḥ /
Any other (guest he must accompany), until permission to return is given.
2.4.9.4
apratībhāyāṃ sīmno [nivarteta /
If (the guest) forgets (to give leave to depart), the (host) may return on reaching the boundary of his village.
2.4.9.5
sarvān vaiśvadeve bhāginaḥ [kurvīta-ā śvacāṇḍālebhyaḥ# / ( K śvacaṇḍālebhyaḥ )
To all (those who come for food) at (the end of) the Vaisvadeva he shall give a portion, even to dogs and Kandâlas.
2.4.9.6
na-[anarhadbhyo [dadyād ity eke /
Some declare that he shall not give anything to unworthy people (such as Kandâlas).
2.4.9.7
[upetaḥ strīṇām [anupetasya ca-ucchiṣṭaṃ [varjayet /
A person who has been initiated shall not eat the leavings of women or of an uninitiated person.
2.4.9.8
sarvāṇy udakapūrvāṇi dānāni /
All gifts are to be preceded by (pouring out) water.
2.4.9.9
yathāśruti vihāre /
(But gifts offered to priests) at sacrifices (are to be given) in the manner prescribed by the Veda.
2.4.9.10
ye nityā bhāktikās teṣām anuparodhena saṃvibhāgo [vihitaḥ /
The division of the food must be made in such a manner that those who receive daily portions (slaves) do not suffer by it.
2.4.9.11
kāmam ātmānaṃ bhāryāṃ putraṃ vā-[uparundhyān na tu-eva dāsakarmakaram /
At his pleasure, he may stint himself, his wife, or his children, but by no means a slave who does his work.
2.4.9.12
tathā ca-ātmano- 'anuparodhaṃ [kuryād yathā karmasv# asamarthaḥ# [syāt / ( K karmasu samarthas )
And he must not stint himself so much that he becomes unable to perform his duties.
2.4.9.13
atha-apy [udāharanti / (ś) aṣṭau grāsā muner bhakṣaḥ# ṣoḍaśa-araṇyavāsinaḥ / dvātriṃśataṃ gṛhasthasya-[aparimitaṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ // ( K bhakṣyāḥ )
(ś) āhitāgnir anaḍvāṃś ca brahmacārī ca te trayaḥ / [aśnanta eva [sidhyanti na-eṣāṃ siddhir [anaśnatām iti //
Now they quote also (the following two verses):
'Eight mouthfuls are the meal of an ascetic, sixteen that of a hermit living in the woods, thirty-two that of a householder, and an unlimited quantity that of a student. An Agnihotrin, a draught-ox, and a student, those three can do their work only if they eat; without eating (much), they cannot do it.'
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
- Smṛticandrikā — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit