Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.9: atha navamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.9
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atha navamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ
3.9.1
atho 'paramam \1\
Now the cessation of study (anadhyāya).
3.9.2
utpāteṣvākālikam \2\
During portents, [study stops] for that immediate period.
3.9.3
anyeṣvadbhuteṣu ca \3\
And during other prodigies.
3.9.4
vidyutstanayitnuvarṣeṣu trisandhyamekāham \4\
When lightning, thunder, and rain occur together, for one day covering the three junctures of the day.
3.9.5
śrāddhabhojane \5\
After eating at an ancestral rite,
3.9.6
daśāhamagheṣu ca sūtakeṣu ca \6\
and for ten days during mourning for death and during birth-impurities.
3.9.7
caturdaśyamāvāsyayoḥ \7\
On the fourteenth day and the new-moon day.
3.9.8
aṣṭakāsu \8\
At the Aṣṭakās.
3.9.9
vāsareṣu nabhyeṣu ca \9\
On cloudy days and foggy days.
3.9.10
ācārye coparate daśāham \10\
And when the preceptor has died, for ten days;
3.9.11
śrutvā trirātram \11\
upon hearing of it, for three nights.
3.9.12
tatpūrvāṇāṃ ca pratigrahe śrāddhe \12\
And upon accepting gifts on the occasion of an ancestral rite for those preceding him.
3.9.13
sabrahmacāriṇi sametya \13\
When a fellow-student has died, upon meeting [with others].
3.9.14
pretamanugamya pitṛbhyaśca nidhāya piṇḍān niśām \14\
Having followed a corpse, and having set down sacrificial rice-balls for the ancestors, for the night.
3.9.15
sandhyāyām \15\
At twilight.
3.9.16
parvasu \16\
On the joint-days (parvans).
3.9.17
astamite \17\
When [the sun] has set.
3.9.18
sāmaśabde \18\
When the sound of a Sāman is heard.
3.9.19
śmaśāne \19\
In a cremation ground.
3.9.20
śūdrasaṃnikarṣe \20\
In the vicinity of a Śūdra.
3.9.21
grāmāraṇye \21\
In the border-tract between village and forest.
3.9.22
antaḥśave grāme \22\
In a village while a corpse is within it.
3.9.23
adarśanīyāśravaṇīyāniṣṭāghrāṇe \23\
When seeing what should not be seen, hearing what should not be heard, or smelling an unpleasant smell.
3.9.24
ativāte 'bhre varṣati \24\
In a violent wind, [or] while a cloud rains.
3.9.25
rathyāyām \25\
On a public road.
3.9.26
bāṇaśabde \26\
When the sound of an arrow is heard.
3.9.27
rathasthaḥ \27\
While standing in a chariot.
3.9.28
śūdravacchuni \28\
Near a dog, as near a Śūdra.
3.9.29
vṛkṣārohaṇe \29\
While climbing a tree.
3.9.30
avaṭārohaṇe \30\
While descending into a pit.
3.9.31
apsu \31\
In water.
3.9.32
krandatyām \32\
While [a woman] is crying out in labour.
3.9.33
ārtau \33\
In distress.
3.9.34
nagnaḥ \34\
While naked.
3.9.35
ucchiṣṭaḥ \35\
While impure with food remnants (ucchiṣṭa).
3.9.36
saṃkrame \36\
On a bridge.
3.9.37
keśaśmaśruvāpana ā snānāt \37\
When having one's hair and beard shaved, until bathing.
3.9.38
utsādane \38\
During rubbing [the body with oil].
3.9.39
snāne \39\
at his bathing,
3.9.40
abhyañjane \40\
[and] at his anointing,
3.9.41
saṃveśane sūtikodakyābhyām \41\
[Nor] when lying down with a woman in childbed or a menstruating woman,
3.9.42
avahitapāṇiḥ \42\
[nor] with downcast hands,
3.9.43
senāyām \43\
[nor] in an army,
3.9.44
abhuñjati brāhmaṇe \44\
[nor] while a brāhmaṇa is not eating,
3.9.45
goṣu ca \45\
and [nor] among cows.
3.9.46
atikrānteṣvadhīyīran \46\
When these [occasions] have passed, they may recite.
3.9.47
eteṣāṃ yadi kiñcidakāmamabhyābhavet prāṇānāyamyādityaṃ nirīkṣyātaḥ paramadhīyīta \47\
If any of these should happen against his will, having restrained his breath and looked at the sun, he may recite from then on.
3.9.48
vidyutstanayitnuvarṣavarjaṃ kalpe \48\
Except for lightning, thunder, and rain, in the Kalpa [rules];
3.9.49
varṣavarjamardhaṣaṣṭheṣu ca \49\
and except for rain on the five and a half [months of study].
3.9.50
tadapyetat annamāpo mūlaphalaṃ yaccānyacchrāddhikaṃ bhavet pratigṛhyāpyanadhyāyaḥ pāṇyāsyā brāhmaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ iti \50\
On this [point] there is also this [verse]: / 'Food, water, roots, fruits, or whatever else may belong to an ancestral rite: / even having accepted [these], there is an interruption of study; for the brāhmaṇas are declared to have their mouths in their hands.'
3.9.51
nyāyopetebhya evāvartayet \51\
He should repeat [the texts] only for those endowed with proper conduct.
3.9.52
prāṅmukha ācāryaḥ pratyaṅmukha itaraḥ \52\
The preceptor faces east, the other faces west,
3.9.53
dvau vā \53\
or two [students].
3.9.54
bhūyāṃsastu yathāsanam \54\
If there are more, however, [they sit] according to their seating.
3.9.55
adhīhi bho ityuktvā ācāryaḥ omitītaraḥ pratipadyādhīyīta \55\
The preceptor having said, 'Recite, sir,' the other, replying with 'Om', should recite.
3.9.56
adhītyopasaṃgṛhya viratāḥ sma bho ityuktvā yathārtham \56\
Having recited, having clasped [the preceptor's feet], and having said, 'We have paused, sir,' [they may go] according to their wish.
3.9.57
visṛṣṭaṃ virāmastāvadityeke \57\
Some say that the dismissal lasts as long as the pause.
3.9.58
nādhīyītāramantarā gamayedātmānaṃ pariharanto 'dhīyīran \58\
He should not let [anyone] pass between the reciter [and the preceptor]; keeping themselves separated, they should recite.
3.9.59
yadi ced doṣaḥ syāt trirātramupoṣyāhorātraṃ vā sāvitrīṃ cābhyāvartayitvā yāvacchaknuyāt \59\
And if there should be an offense, having fasted for three nights or a day and night, and having repeated the Sāvitrī as much as he can, [he is purified].
3.9.60
daṇḍasyāntarāgamane brāhmaṇāya yat kiñcidadyāt \ ataḥ paramadhīyīta \\60\\
If a staff passes between them, he should give something to a brāhmaṇa. From then on he may recite.
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