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NARADA.
T, 240.
240. He whom the waters keep below the surface,
and whom blazing fire does not burn, is considered
to refute the charge. In the opposite case he is
deemed guilty.
*241. Proof by ordeal takes place (if an offence
has been committed) in a solitary forest, at night, in
the interior of a house, and in the case of a heinous
offence, or denial of a deposit.
* 242. (Ordeals) are equally (applicable) in the case
of those women, whose morality has been impeached,
in cases of theft and robbery, and in all cases of denial
of an obligation.
* 243. Of the gods and 7?zshis even, the taking
of oaths is recorded. Vasishz'/za took an oath when
he was accused of having assumed the shape of an
evil spirit.
240. If a man who is performing the ordeal by water does not
rise from water, and if blazing fire, which he is holding in his hand,
does not burn him, he is freed from the charge, otherwise he is
deemed guilty, i. e. criminal. A. Manu VIII, 115. It does not
become quite clear whether the divine tests referred to in this para-
graph are identical with the ordeals by water and fire as described
further on. See the translations of Manu, and Professor Stenzler’s
and Dr. E. Schlagintweit’s papers on Ordeals in Ancient India.
242. Where the conduct of a woman, i.e. her morals, is called
into doubt ; where theft or robbery is alleged to have been com-
mitted; and where anything has been declared false, for all heavy
charges in short, this rule regarding the performance of ordeals has
been laid down. A.
243, 244. Manu VIII, no.
243. The great sage Vasish/Zza, being suspected of being an evil
spirit, took an oath, and was cleared of suspicion thus. A. The
story, to which allusion is made in this place, is told by the com-
mentators of the code of Manu. Virvamitra accused his rival
Vasish/Zza before King Sudas as having eaten up his hundred sons,
in the shape of a Rakshasa (malignant spirit). Vasish/Zza thereupon
exclaimed, ‘ I will fall dead on the spot if I am a Rakshasa.’
NARADA.
T, 240.
240. He whom the waters keep below the surface,
and whom blazing fire does not burn, is considered
to refute the charge. In the opposite case he is
deemed guilty.
*241. Proof by ordeal takes place (if an offence
has been committed) in a solitary forest, at night, in
the interior of a house, and in the case of a heinous
offence, or denial of a deposit.
* 242. (Ordeals) are equally (applicable) in the case
of those women, whose morality has been impeached,
in cases of theft and robbery, and in all cases of denial
of an obligation.
* 243. Of the gods and 7?zshis even, the taking
of oaths is recorded. Vasishz'/za took an oath when
he was accused of having assumed the shape of an
evil spirit.
240. If a man who is performing the ordeal by water does not
rise from water, and if blazing fire, which he is holding in his hand,
does not burn him, he is freed from the charge, otherwise he is
deemed guilty, i. e. criminal. A. Manu VIII, 115. It does not
become quite clear whether the divine tests referred to in this para-
graph are identical with the ordeals by water and fire as described
further on. See the translations of Manu, and Professor Stenzler’s
and Dr. E. Schlagintweit’s papers on Ordeals in Ancient India.
242. Where the conduct of a woman, i.e. her morals, is called
into doubt ; where theft or robbery is alleged to have been com-
mitted; and where anything has been declared false, for all heavy
charges in short, this rule regarding the performance of ordeals has
been laid down. A.
243, 244. Manu VIII, no.
243. The great sage Vasish/Zza, being suspected of being an evil
spirit, took an oath, and was cleared of suspicion thus. A. The
story, to which allusion is made in this place, is told by the com-
mentators of the code of Manu. Virvamitra accused his rival
Vasish/Zza before King Sudas as having eaten up his hundred sons,
in the shape of a Rakshasa (malignant spirit). Vasish/Zza thereupon
exclaimed, ‘ I will fall dead on the spot if I am a Rakshasa.’