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VISH2VU.
LIX, 27.
27. These (three), the student, the hermit, and
the ascetic, derive their existence from the order of
householders; therefore must a householder not
treat them with disdain, when they have arrived (at
his house at the proper time for begging alms).
28. The householder offers sacrifices, the house-
holder practises austerities, the householder distri-
butes gifts ; therefore is the order of householders
the first of all.
29. The Tfzshis the manes, the gods, all crea-
tures (dogs, &c.), and guests beg householders for
support; therefore is the order of householders the
best of all.
30. If a householder is intent upon pursuing the
three objects of life (virtue, love, and wealth), upon
constantly distributing presents of food, upon wor-
shipping the gods, upon honouring the Brahmazzas,
upon discharging his duty of privately reciting
(and teaching) the Veda, and upon refreshing the
manes (with oblations of balls of rice, water, and
the like), he will attain the world of Indra.
LX.
1. In (the last watch of the night, which is called)
27. Nand. refers the term bhikshu, which has been rendered by
‘ ascetic,’ i. e. a member of the fourth order, to the six sorts of
beggars enumerated by Parawa. But as the first three orders are
mentioned in this Yloka, it is certainly more natural to translate the
term as has been done above.
29. 1 Nand. thinks that hermits or members of the third order
are meant by this term. But it seems preferable to refer it to the
j?zshi authors of the Veda, to whom the first of the five sacrifices,
the study of the Veda, is more immediately addressed. See Apast.
I, 4, 13, 1; Gaut. V, 3.
LX. 1. M. IV, 92 ; Y. I, 115. — 1, 2. M. IV, 50; Y. I, 16; Apast.
VISH2VU.
LIX, 27.
27. These (three), the student, the hermit, and
the ascetic, derive their existence from the order of
householders; therefore must a householder not
treat them with disdain, when they have arrived (at
his house at the proper time for begging alms).
28. The householder offers sacrifices, the house-
holder practises austerities, the householder distri-
butes gifts ; therefore is the order of householders
the first of all.
29. The Tfzshis the manes, the gods, all crea-
tures (dogs, &c.), and guests beg householders for
support; therefore is the order of householders the
best of all.
30. If a householder is intent upon pursuing the
three objects of life (virtue, love, and wealth), upon
constantly distributing presents of food, upon wor-
shipping the gods, upon honouring the Brahmazzas,
upon discharging his duty of privately reciting
(and teaching) the Veda, and upon refreshing the
manes (with oblations of balls of rice, water, and
the like), he will attain the world of Indra.
LX.
1. In (the last watch of the night, which is called)
27. Nand. refers the term bhikshu, which has been rendered by
‘ ascetic,’ i. e. a member of the fourth order, to the six sorts of
beggars enumerated by Parawa. But as the first three orders are
mentioned in this Yloka, it is certainly more natural to translate the
term as has been done above.
29. 1 Nand. thinks that hermits or members of the third order
are meant by this term. But it seems preferable to refer it to the
j?zshi authors of the Veda, to whom the first of the five sacrifices,
the study of the Veda, is more immediately addressed. See Apast.
I, 4, 13, 1; Gaut. V, 3.
LX. 1. M. IV, 92 ; Y. I, 115. — 1, 2. M. IV, 50; Y. I, 16; Apast.