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ANUGITA
CHAPTER XXXI
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Brahman said :
Thus 1 duly studying to the best of his power, in the way above 2 stated, and likewise living as a Brahmakarin, one who is devoted to his own. duty and learned, who is a sage with all his senses restrained, who applies himself to what is agreeable and beneficial to the preceptor, who is pure 3, and constant in veracity and piety, should, with the permission of the preceptor, take food without decrying it 4, should eat (the leavings) of sacrificial offerings, and alms, and should stand, sit, and take exercise 5 (duly), should sacrifice twice to the fire after becoming clean and with a concentrated (mind), and should always bear a staff of the Bilva or Palasa 6 (wood). The clothing of the twice-born (man) should be of linen, or of cotton, or also a deerskin, or a cloth entirely (dyed with) reddish colour. There should also be a girdle of munga; he should have matted hair, and likewise always (carry) water (with him), and have his sacred thread, be engaged in sacred study, and free from avarice, and of rigid observances. (Such) a Brahmakarin, always making offerings likewise of pure water to satisfy the deities, being restrained in mind 7, is esteemed. One who is thus devoted 8, who is concentrated in mind, and continent 9, conquers heaven, and reaching the highest seat, does not return to birth.
Footnotes :
1. Arguna Misra says, 'Having described first the order of householder, as that is the chief, he now describes that of Brahmakarin.' Cf. Âpastamba II, 9, 21, 1, and note.
2. Where? This is obscure.
3. Both internally and externally, I presume.
4. Cf. Taittiriya; Santi Parvan (Moksha), chap. st. 6.
5. Cf. Gita. Arguna Misra says, 'Having exercise by means of standing and sitting; the meaning is not sleeping except at the proper time.'
6. Cf. Manu II, 41 seq.
7. Or it may be, 'being self-restrained and with (all his) heart.' The constructions in the original vary greatly, and so they do in the translation.
8. Applying himself to his duties.
9. Cf. Maitri, and comment there.
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