History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s7.6.3

v1.c6.s7.6.3

the observances (*vratas*) of snātaka as regards garments, answering calls of nature, about scandalous talk, about not seeing the rising or setting Sun, avoiding moral faults such as anger; II (*praśna*) the householder's observances commence on marriage (*pāṇigrahaṇa*); rules of conduct for a householder about taking food and fasting, about sexual intercourse; all the *varṇas* attain unmeasured bliss by performing their duties and are re-born in conditions appropriate to their actions and by means of evil deeds are re-born in evil surroundings e. g. a Brāhmaṇa who is a thief or a murderer of a brāhmaṇa becomes a Caṇḍāla, a similarly guilty *rājanya* becomes a *paulkasa*, the three higher castes should after bathing perform Vaiśvadeva, Śūdras may cook food for their masters of higher castes under the supervision of Āryas; offerings (*bali*) of cooked food; guests (*atithi*) should first offered food, then children, old men, sick persons and pregnant women and then the householder himself); no one should be refused food who (*sic*) comes at the end of Vaiśvadeva; rules of receiving guests, such as unlearned brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas and Śūdras; a householder should always wear an upper garment or his sacred thread may serve that purpose; in the absence of a Brāhmaṇa teacher, a Brāhmaṇa may learn from a Kṣatriya or Vaiśya teacher; duties of a married man when his women come as guests; duty of householder to teach and to observe the code of conduct laid down for him;