Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.11: atha ekādaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.11
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atha ekādaśaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
3.11.1
aharaharācāryāyābhivādayīta \1\
Day by day he should salute the preceptor;
3.11.2
abhigamya gurubhyaśca \2\
and having approached [them], the elders;
3.11.3
sametya śrotriyāya proṣya pretyetyāśrotriyāya \3\
having met a learned brāhmaṇa; after returning from a journey, having departed, to one who is not a learned brāhmaṇa.
3.11.4
asāvāhaṃ bho ityātmano nāma nirdiśya vyatyasya pāṇī dakṣiṇena dakṣiṇaṃ savyena savyaṃ dakṣiṇottarābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāmupasaṃgṛhya pādau \4\
Saying, 'I am so-and-so, sir,' stating his own name, crossing his hands, grasping [the preceptor's] right [foot] with his right hand, the left with the left, with hands held one above the other, clasping his feet—
3.11.5
asā u ityasya pāṇī saṃgṛhya āśiṣamāśāste \5\
Saying, 'May you be so-and-so,' [the preceptor], grasping his hands, pronounces a blessing.
3.11.6
nāvṛto yajñe na dharmārthaṃ jugupseta \6\
He should not conceal [anything] at a sacrifice, nor for the sake of dharma, nor feel revulsion.
3.11.7
na janasamavāyaṃ gacchet \7\
He should not go to an assembly of people.
3.11.8
noparyuddiśet sametyātra \8\
Having arrived here, he should not point upwards.
3.11.9
anākrośako 'piśunaḥ \9\
[He should be] free from reviling, not a slanderer,
3.11.10
akulaṃ kulaḥ \10\
free from improper lineage though belonging to a lineage,
3.11.11
naitihaḥ \11\
not a gossip.
3.11.12
naikaścaret \12\
He should not walk alone,
3.11.13
na nagnaḥ \13\
nor naked,
3.11.14
nāvahitapāṇiḥ \14\
nor with hands placed down [on his hips].
3.11.15
devakulāyatanāni pradakṣiṇam \15\
[He should walk around] temples and shrines clockwise (from left to right).
3.11.16
na haset \16\
He should not laugh,
3.11.17
na dhāvet \17\
nor run,
3.11.18
na niṣṭhīvet \18\
nor spit,
3.11.19
na kaṇḍūyet \19\
nor scratch himself.
3.11.20
mūtrapurīṣe nāvekṣeta \20\
He should not look at urine or feces.
3.11.21
avakuṇṭhyāsīta \21\
He should sit with his head covered [while voiding].
3.11.22
yadyekavāsā yajñopavītaṃ dakṣiṇe karṇe kṛtvā \22\
If he wears only one garment, placing his sacred thread over his right ear,
3.11.23
nādityābhimukhaḥ \23\
not facing the sun,
3.11.24
na jaghanena \24\
nor with the sun behind him,
3.11.25
nānantarhitāyāṃ bhūmau \25\
nor on uncovered ground.
3.11.26
na vṛkṣamārohet \26\
He should not climb a tree.
3.11.27
na kūpamavekṣeta \27\
He should not look down into a well.
3.11.28
naiko vanaṃ gacchet \28\
He should not go alone to a forest,
3.11.29
nāvi dhuvanaṃ gacchet \29\
nor should he board a shaking boat,
3.11.30
na tveva śmaśānam \30\
and never indeed to a cremation ground.
3.11.31
savastro 'haraharāpluvīta \31\
He should bathe daily while dressed in clothes.
3.11.32
aplutyodako 'nyadvastramācchādayīta \32\
Having emerged from the water, he should put on another garment.
3.11.33
na nagnāṃ striyaṃ nirīkṣeta \33\
He should not look at a naked woman,
3.11.34
nādityaṃ sandhivelayoḥ \34\
nor at the sun at both twilights.
3.11.35
anāptam \35\
[With] an unreliable person,
3.11.36
akāryakāriṇam \36\
an evildoer,
3.11.37
pretasparśinam \37\
one who touches a corpse,
3.11.38
sūttikodakyābhyāṃ na saṃvadeta \38\
or with a woman in childbed or a menstruating woman, he should not converse.
3.11.39
noddhṛtatejāṃsi bhuñjīta \39\
He should not eat food from which the essence has been extracted.
3.11.40
na yātayāmaiḥ kāryaṃ kuryāt \40\
He should not perform an act with stale [substances].
3.11.41
na saha bhuñjīta \41\
He should not eat together [with his wife],
3.11.42
na śiṣṭam \42\
nor [eat] leftovers.
3.11.43
pitṛdevatātithibhṛtyānāṃ śiṣṭaṃ bhuñjīta \43\
He should eat the leftovers of the ancestors, deities, guests, and servants.
3.11.44
silamuñchamayācitapratigrahaḥ sādhubhyo yācato vā yājanamadhyāpanaṃ vṛttiḥ \44\
His livelihood is: gleaning ears of grain, picking up grains, accepting unsolicited gifts, begging from virtuous people, sacrificing for others, or teaching.
3.11.45
pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ laghīyaḥ \45\
Each preceding [mode of livelihood] is more honorable.
3.11.46
asaṃsiddhamānāyāṃ vaiśyavṛttirvā \46\
If [livelihood] cannot be obtained, [he may follow] the occupation of a Vaiśya.
3.11.47
apramattaḥ pitṛdaivatakāryeṣu \47\
[He should be] diligent in rites to the ancestors and the deities,
3.11.48
ṛtau svadāragāmī \48\
approaching his own wife [only] in her fertile season.
3.11.49
na divā svapīta \49\
He should not sleep by day,
3.11.50
na pūrvāpararātreṣu \50\
nor during the first and last parts of the night.
3.11.51
aharahaḥ svādhyāyaśīlaḥ \51\
[He should be] devoted daily to Vedic recitation,
3.11.52
satyavādī \52\
speaking the truth,
3.11.53
nityodakī \53\
always possessing water [for purification],
3.11.54
nityayajñopavītī \54\
always wearing the sacred thread.
3.11.55
na virahedācāryamanyatra niyogāt \55\
He should not depart from his preceptor except by [his] appointment,
3.11.56
anujñāto vā \\56\\
or when permitted [by him].
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