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[3.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.7) na janasamavāyaṃ gacchet \7\ > He should not go to an assembly of people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.8) noparyuddiśet sametyātra \8\ > Having arrived here, he should not point upwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.9) anākrośako 'piśunaḥ \9\ > \[He should be\] free from reviling, not a slanderer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.10) akulaṃ kulaḥ \10\ > free from improper lineage though belonging to a lineage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.11) naitihaḥ \11\ > not a gossip. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.12) naikaścaret \12\ > He should not walk alone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.13) na nagnaḥ \13\ > nor naked, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.14) nāvahitapāṇiḥ \14\ > nor with hands placed down \[on his hips\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.15) devakulāyatanāni pradakṣiṇam \15\ > \[He should walk around\] temples and shrines clockwise (from left to right). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.16) na haset \16\ > He should not laugh, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.17) na dhāvet \17\ > nor run, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.18) na niṣṭhīvet \18\ > nor spit, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.19) na kaṇḍūyet \19\ > nor scratch himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.20) mūtrapurīṣe nāvekṣeta \20\ > He should not look at urine or feces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.21) avakuṇṭhyāsīta \21\ > He should sit with his head covered \[while voiding\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.22) yadyekavāsā yajñopavītaṃ dakṣiṇe karṇe kṛtvā \22\ > If he wears only one garment, placing his sacred thread over his right ear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.23) nādityābhimukhaḥ \23\ > not facing the sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.24) na jaghanena \24\ > nor with the sun behind him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.25) nānantarhitāyāṃ bhūmau \25\ > nor on uncovered ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.26) na vṛkṣamārohet \26\ > He should not climb a tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.27) na kūpamavekṣeta \27\ > He should not look down into a well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.28) naiko vanaṃ gacchet \28\ > He should not go alone to a forest, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.29) nāvi dhuvanaṃ gacchet \29\ > nor should he board a shaking boat, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.30) na tveva śmaśānam \30\ > and never indeed to a cremation ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.31) savastro 'haraharāpluvīta \31\ > He should bathe daily while dressed in clothes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.32) aplutyodako 'nyadvastramācchādayīta \32\ > Having emerged from the water, he should put on another garment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.33) na nagnāṃ striyaṃ nirīkṣeta \33\ > He should not look at a naked woman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.34) nādityaṃ sandhivelayoḥ \34\ > nor at the sun at both twilights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.35) anāptam \35\ > \[With\] an unreliable person, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.36) akāryakāriṇam \36\ > an evildoer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.37) pretasparśinam \37\ > one who touches a corpse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.38) sūttikodakyābhyāṃ na saṃvadeta \38\ > or with a woman in childbed or a menstruating woman, he should not converse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.39) noddhṛtatejāṃsi bhuñjīta \39\ > He should not eat food from which the essence has been extracted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.40) na yātayāmaiḥ kāryaṃ kuryāt \40\ > He should not perform an act with stale \[substances\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.41) na saha bhuñjīta \41\ > He should not eat together \[with his wife\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.42) na śiṣṭam \42\ > nor \[eat\] leftovers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.43) pitṛdevatātithibhṛtyānāṃ śiṣṭaṃ bhuñjīta \43\ > He should eat the leftovers of the ancestors, deities, guests, and servants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.45) pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ laghīyaḥ \45\ > Each preceding \[mode of livelihood\] is more honorable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.46) asaṃsiddhamānāyāṃ vaiśyavṛttirvā \46\ > If \[livelihood\] cannot be obtained, \[he may follow\] the occupation of a Vaiśya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.47) apramattaḥ pitṛdaivatakāryeṣu \47\ > \[He should be\] diligent in rites to the ancestors and the deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.48) ṛtau svadāragāmī \48\ > approaching his own wife \[only\] in her fertile season. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.49) na divā svapīta \49\ > He should not sleep by day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.50) na pūrvāpararātreṣu \50\ > nor during the first and last parts of the night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.51) aharahaḥ svādhyāyaśīlaḥ \51\ > \[He should be\] devoted daily to Vedic recitation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.52) satyavādī \52\ > speaking the truth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.53) nityodakī \53\ > always possessing water \[for purification\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.54) nityayajñopavītī \54\ > always wearing the sacred thread. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.55) na virahedācāryamanyatra niyogāt \55\ > He should not depart from his preceptor except by \[his\] appointment, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.11.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11.56) anujñāto vā \\56\\ > or when permitted \[by him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.3.11.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.11) · Pramāṇa