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I, 65. debts; modes of subsistence. 57
61. When a Brahman is living by the occupations
of a Vaisya, he must never sell milk, sour milk,
clarified butter, honey, beeswax, lac, pungent condi-
ments, liquids used for flavouring, spirituous liquor,
62. Meat, boiled rice, sesamum, linen, the juice of
the Soma plant, flowers, fruit, precious stones, men,
poison, weapons, water, salt, cakes, plants,
63. Garments, silk, skins, bone, blankets made of
the hair of the mountain-goat, animals whose foot is
not cloven, earthen pots, buttermilk, hair, dregs,
vegetables, fresh ginger, and herbs.
64. A Brahman may sell dry wood and (dry)
grass, excepting fragrant substances, Eraka grass,
ratan, mulberry, roots, and Kusa grass.
65. (He may sell) twigs of bamboo that have fallen
spontaneously, of fruits, the fruits of the jujube tree,
61-66. Manu X, 85-90; Ya^iiavalkya III, 36-39; Gautama
VII, 8-22; Vasish/^a II, 24-31; Apastamba I, 7, 20, 11 foil.
61. ‘Pungent condiments,’ such as sugar. ‘Liquids,’ such as
clarified butter and oil. A.
62. A. explains the term Soma, ‘the juice of the Soma plant,’
which is offered to the gods at a sacrifice, as denoting sacrificial
implements generally; ‘men,’ i.e. servants; ‘plants,’ i.e. shrubs,
creeping plants, and others. A.
63. ‘Blankets,’ i.e. what is made of wool. ‘Animals whose
foot is not cloven,’ i. e. whole-hoofed animals, such as horses.
‘ Dregs,’ i. e. the deposit of oil. ‘ Vegetables,’ i.e. fresh pot-herbs. A.
64. ‘ Fragrant substances,’ such as the fragrant root of the
plant Andropogon Muricatus, Balaka, the root of the Musta grass,
and others. A. If the reading of a single MS. be followed, the
sale of the articles enumerated in pars. 64 and 65 is also prohibited
for a Brahman. Several of these articles are included among those
substances the sale of which is prohibited by other legislators. See
Manu X, 86-89; Ya^avalkya III, 36-39. However, the reading
translated above is distinctly supported by the Commentary of
Asahaya, and by the analogous rules of Vasish/^a.
61. When a Brahman is living by the occupations
of a Vaisya, he must never sell milk, sour milk,
clarified butter, honey, beeswax, lac, pungent condi-
ments, liquids used for flavouring, spirituous liquor,
62. Meat, boiled rice, sesamum, linen, the juice of
the Soma plant, flowers, fruit, precious stones, men,
poison, weapons, water, salt, cakes, plants,
63. Garments, silk, skins, bone, blankets made of
the hair of the mountain-goat, animals whose foot is
not cloven, earthen pots, buttermilk, hair, dregs,
vegetables, fresh ginger, and herbs.
64. A Brahman may sell dry wood and (dry)
grass, excepting fragrant substances, Eraka grass,
ratan, mulberry, roots, and Kusa grass.
65. (He may sell) twigs of bamboo that have fallen
spontaneously, of fruits, the fruits of the jujube tree,
61-66. Manu X, 85-90; Ya^iiavalkya III, 36-39; Gautama
VII, 8-22; Vasish/^a II, 24-31; Apastamba I, 7, 20, 11 foil.
61. ‘Pungent condiments,’ such as sugar. ‘Liquids,’ such as
clarified butter and oil. A.
62. A. explains the term Soma, ‘the juice of the Soma plant,’
which is offered to the gods at a sacrifice, as denoting sacrificial
implements generally; ‘men,’ i.e. servants; ‘plants,’ i.e. shrubs,
creeping plants, and others. A.
63. ‘Blankets,’ i.e. what is made of wool. ‘Animals whose
foot is not cloven,’ i. e. whole-hoofed animals, such as horses.
‘ Dregs,’ i. e. the deposit of oil. ‘ Vegetables,’ i.e. fresh pot-herbs. A.
64. ‘ Fragrant substances,’ such as the fragrant root of the
plant Andropogon Muricatus, Balaka, the root of the Musta grass,
and others. A. If the reading of a single MS. be followed, the
sale of the articles enumerated in pars. 64 and 65 is also prohibited
for a Brahman. Several of these articles are included among those
substances the sale of which is prohibited by other legislators. See
Manu X, 86-89; Ya^avalkya III, 36-39. However, the reading
translated above is distinctly supported by the Commentary of
Asahaya, and by the analogous rules of Vasish/^a.