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

LXIII, 12. DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER. 199
to Brahman (or with the Tirthas sacred to the gods
and to Pra^apati respectively).
7. Let him wipe his lips twice (with the root of
his thumb).
8. Let him touch the cavities (above his navel/,
his head, and his breast with water.
9. By water which reaches either their heart, or
their throat, or their palate respectively, members of
the three twice-born castes are purified each in his
turn ; a woman and a 5udra are purified by water
which has once touched their palate.
LXIII.
1. In order to obtain wealth and for the sake of
security he shall apply to a lord.
2. He must not travel alone; 3. Nor with
wicked companions; 4. Nor with Nudras; 5. Nor
with enemies; 6. Nor too early in the morning;
7. Nor too late in the evening; 8. Nor in the
twilight; [9. Norat noon; 10. Nor near water ;]
11. Nor in too great a hurry ; 12. Nor at night;
8. * 1 See XXIII, 51.
LXIII. 1. M. IV, 33 ; Gaut. IX, 63. — 2-9. M. IV, 140, 55, 60.
— 13-17, 19, 21. M. IV, 67, 131, 57. — 24, 25. M. IV, 78; Y. I,
139; Apast. II, 8, 20,11; Gaut. IX, 15. — 26-28. Yahkh. IV, 12,
15; M. IV, 39; Y. I, 133 ; Gaut. IX, 66. — 40. M. IV, 130.—
41. M. IV, 132. —42. M. IV, 38; Gaut. IX, 52.-43. M. IV,
38; Gobh. Ill, 5,11.-46. Aw. Ill, 9,6; M. IV, 77;Y. 1,139;
Apast. I, 11, 32, 26; Gaut. IX, 32.— 47- Apast. I, 11, 32, 27;
Gaut. IX, 33.— 49. Gobh. Ill, 5, 13; Par. II, 7, 6; Xahkh. IV,
12, 28. — 51. M. IV, 138, 139; Y. I, 117 ; Apast. II, 5, 11, 5-7 ;
Gaut. VI, 24, 25.
1. ‘A lord’ (iwara) means a king or another rich man, in his
own country, or in another country. (Nand.) See also Dr. Buhler’s
note on Gaut. IX, 63, where the same Sutra occurs.
9, 10. Sutras 9 and 10 are wanting in Dr. Buhler’s MS.