The institutes of Vishnu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880)

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XXX, 29.

29. Since to study on forbidden days neither
benefits him in this nor in the other world.
30. To study on such days destroys the life of
both teacher and pupil.
31. Therefore should a teacher, who wishes to
obtain the world of Brahman, avoid improper days,
and sow (on proper days) the seed of sacred know-
ledge on soil consisting of virtuous pupils.
32. At the beginning and at the end of the
lecture let the pupil embrace his teacher’s feet;
33. And let him pronounce the sacred syllable Om.
34. Now he who studies the hymns of the 7?zg-
veda (regularly), feeds the manes with clarified
butter.
35. He who studies the Yao'us texts, (feeds them)
with honey.
36. He who studies the Saman melodies, (feeds
them) with milk.
37. He who studies the Atharva-veda, (feeds
them) with meat.
38. He who studies the Purazzas, Itihasas, Vedaii-
gas, and the Institutes of Sacred Law, feeds them
with rice.
39. He who having collected sacred knowledge,
gains his substance by it in this world, will derive
no benefit from it in the world to come.
33. Nand., quoting a passage of Yama, states the particle ^a to
imply that the pupil must touch the ground, after having pro-
nounced the syllable Om.
38. Nand. considers the use of a Dvandva compound to imply
that logic (Nyaya) and the Mimazzzsa system of philosophy are
also intended in this Sutra. Regarding the meaning of the terms
Purazza and Itihasa, see Max Muller, Ancient Sanskrit Literature,
p. 40 seq.
39. This rule cannot refer to teaching for a reward, because