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अत ऊर्ध्वं वृद्धशीली स्यादिति समस्तोद्देशः १

1. ¹ From that time he shall assume a dignified demeanour: this is in short the rule (for his behaviour).

तत्रैतान्याचार्याः परिसञ्चक्षते २

2. Here the teachers enumerate the following (regulations).

नाजातलोम्न्योपहासमिच्छेत् ३

3. Nājātalomnyopahāsam icchet.

नायुग्वा ४

4. Nor (should he wish for sport) with a girl who is the only child of her mother,

न रजस्वलया ५

5. Nor with a woman during her courses,

न समानर्ष्या ६

6. Nor with one who descends from the same Ṛṣis.

नापरया द्वारा प्रपन्नमन्नं भुञ्जीत ७

7. Let him not eat food which has been brought by another door (than the usual),

न द्विःपक्वम् ८

8. Or which has been cooked twice,

न पर्युषितम् ९

9. Or which has stood over night—

अन्यत्र शाकमाँ सयवपिष्टविकारेभ्यः १०

10. Except such as is prepared of vegetables, flesh, barley, or flour.

न वर्षति धावेत् ११

11. Let him not run while it is raining.

नोपानहौ स्वयं हरेत् १२

12. Let him not take himself his shoes in his hands (when putting them on or pulling them off).

नोदपानमवेक्षेत् १३

13. Let him not look into a well.

न फलानि स्वयं प्रचिन्वीत १४

14. Let him not gather fruits himself.

नागन्धां स्रजं धारयेत् १५

15. He should not wear a scentless wreath,

अन्यां हिरण्यस्रजः १६

16. If it is not a wreath of gold.

न मालोक्ताम् १७

17. (He should not wear a wreath) of which the expression mālā (garland) has been used.

स्रगिति वाचयेत् १८

18. He should cause the people to call it sraj (wreath). (Then he may wear it.)

भद्र मित्येतां वृथावाचं परिहरेत् १९

19. He should avoid using the word bhadra (‘blessed’) without a reason.

भद्र मिति ब्रूयात् २०

20. ² He should say (instead of it), mandra (’lovely’).

तत्रैते त्रयः स्नातका भवन्ति २१

21. ³ There are three (kinds of) Snātakas:

विद्यास्नातको व्रतस्नातको विद्याव्रतस्नातक इति २२

22. A Vidyāsnātaka (or a Snātaka by knowledge), a Vratasnātaka (or a Snātaka by the completion of his vow), and a Vidyāvratasnātaka (i.e. Snātaka by both).

तेषामुत्तमः श्रेष्ठस्तुल्यौ पूर्वौ २३

23. Of these the last ranks foremost; the two others are equal (to each other).

नाद्र रं! परिदधीत २४

24. (A Snātaka) should not put on a wet garment.

नैकं परिदधीत २५

25. ⁴ He should not wear one garment.

न मनुष्यस्य स्तुतिं प्रयुञ्जीत २६

26. He should not praise any person (excessively).

नादृष्टं दृष्टतो ब्रुवीत २७

27. He should not speak of what he has not seen, as if he had seen it,

नाश्रुतं श्रुततः २८

28. Nor of what he has not heard, as if he had heard it.

स्वाध्यायविरोधिनोऽर्थानुत्सृजेत् २९

29. He should give up everything that forms an impediment for his Veda-recitation.

तैलपात्रमिवात्मानं दिधारयिषेत् ३०

30. He should endeavour to keep himself (pure from every defilement) like a pot of oil.

न वृक्षमारोहेत् ३१

31. He should not climb a tree.

न प्रतिसायं ग्रामान्तरं व्रजेत् ३२

32. He should not go toward evening to another village,

नैकः ३३

33. ⁵ Nor alone,

न वृषलैः सह ३४

34. Nor together with Vṛṣalas (or Śūdras).

न कासृत्या ग्रामं प्रविशेत् ३५

35. He should not enter the village by a by-path.

न चाननुचरश्चरेत् ३६

36. And he should not walk without a companion.

एतानि समावृत्तव्रतानि ३७

37. These are the. observances for those who have performed the Samāvartana,

यानि च शिष्टा विदध्युः ३८

38. ⁶ And what (besides) is prescribed by Śiṣṭas.