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LXVIII, 49.
DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER.
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44. He must not eat up his food completely;
45. Unless it consist of sour milk, or honey, or
(clarified) butter, or milk, or ground barley, or meat,
or sweetmeats.
46. He must not eat together with his wife, nor
in the open air, nor standing, nor in the presence of
many (hungry spectators), nor must many eat in the
presence of one (hungry spectator).
47. Let him never eat in an empty house, in a
house where the sacred fires are preserved, or in
a temple dedicated to the gods. Neither must he
drink water out of his joined hands, or satiate
himself to repletion.
48. Let him not take a third meal (over and
above the two regular meals in the mornings and
evenings), nor let him ever take unwholesome food.
He must eat neither too early, nor too late, and he
must take no food in the evening, after having fully
satiated himself in the morning.
49. He must not eat bad food (whether injurious
to health or otherwise reprehensible), nor from a
bad dish (which is similar to the dishes used by
barbarians, or which has been defiled by a wicked
man eating from it), nor lying on the ground,
nor with his feet raised upon a bench, nor sitting
on his hams with a cloth tied round his legs and
knees.
46. Nand. thinks that this rule refers to those wives only who
belong to a lower caste than their husbands.
48. ‘ Too early ’ means before sunrise ; ‘ too late’ means imme-
diately before sunset. (Nand.)
DUTIES OF A HOUSEHOLDER.
22 1
44. He must not eat up his food completely;
45. Unless it consist of sour milk, or honey, or
(clarified) butter, or milk, or ground barley, or meat,
or sweetmeats.
46. He must not eat together with his wife, nor
in the open air, nor standing, nor in the presence of
many (hungry spectators), nor must many eat in the
presence of one (hungry spectator).
47. Let him never eat in an empty house, in a
house where the sacred fires are preserved, or in
a temple dedicated to the gods. Neither must he
drink water out of his joined hands, or satiate
himself to repletion.
48. Let him not take a third meal (over and
above the two regular meals in the mornings and
evenings), nor let him ever take unwholesome food.
He must eat neither too early, nor too late, and he
must take no food in the evening, after having fully
satiated himself in the morning.
49. He must not eat bad food (whether injurious
to health or otherwise reprehensible), nor from a
bad dish (which is similar to the dishes used by
barbarians, or which has been defiled by a wicked
man eating from it), nor lying on the ground,
nor with his feet raised upon a bench, nor sitting
on his hams with a cloth tied round his legs and
knees.
46. Nand. thinks that this rule refers to those wives only who
belong to a lower caste than their husbands.
48. ‘ Too early ’ means before sunrise ; ‘ too late’ means imme-
diately before sunset. (Nand.)