Marriage of a twice born man::: a twice-born man shall marry a wife of equal caste who is endowed with auspicious (bodily) marks.>>>>>>chapter 3:4
In verse 6 it is said that 10kinds of family sud b avoided while getting married… mentioning some… from verse 7:::
1. which neglects the sacred rites
2. in which no male children (are born)
3. in which the Veda is not studied
4. which have thick hair on the body
5. Let him not marry a maiden (with) reddish (hair),
6. Let him wed a female free from bodily defects, who has an agreeable name
7. who has a moderate (quantity of) hair on the body and on the head, small teeth, and soft limbs.
8. a prudent man should not marry (a maiden) who has no brother, nor one whose father is not known
marrying more than one time is allowed in chapter 3 verse 12::: For the first marriage of twice- born men (wives) of equal caste are recommended; but for those who through desire proceed (to marry again) the following females, (chosen) according to the (direct) order (of the castes), are most approved.
Do not marry a woman of lower cast that is a sudra: Twice-born men who, in their folly, wed wives of the low (Sudra) caste, soon degrade their families and their children to the state of Sudras.>>>>>3:15
Sudra wife on bed::: A Brahmana who takes a Sudra wife to his bed, will (after death) sink into hell; if he begets a child by her, he will lose the rank of a Brahmana.>>>>>3:17
Sudra’s lips:::::::For him who drinks the moisture of a Sudra's lips, who is tainted by her breath, and who begets a son on her, no expiation(apology) is prescribed.>>>>>>3:19
The beauty of a wife on which depends the brightness of a house : -----For if the wife is not radiant with beauty, she will not attract her husband; but if she has no attractions for him, no children will be born.
If the wife is radiant with beauty, the whole house is bright; but if she is destitute of beauty, all will appear dismal……. chapter 3 verse 61/62
bharman guest versus the guest of other castes: Brahmana who stays one night only is declared to be a guest (atithi); for because he stays (sthita) not long (anityam), he is called atithi (a guest)……..manusmriti chapter 3 verse 102
But a Kshatriya (who comes) to the house of a Brahmana is not called a guest (atithi), nor a Vaisya, nor a Sudra, nor a personal friend, nor a relative, nor the teacher.>>>>>>>manusmriti chapter 3 verse 110
After the Brahmanas, the kinsmen, and the servants have dined, the householder and his wife may afterwards eat what remains.>>>>>manusmriti chapter 3 verse 116
respect is due to the Veda: Know that he whose father knows the Veda, is the more venerable one (of the two); yet the other one is worthy of honour, because respect is due to the Veda (which he has learned).>>>>>>>manusmriti 3:137
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superstition: What (a guest) eats, covering his head, what he eats with his face turned towards the south, what he eats with sandals on (his feet), that the Rakshasas(men eater) consume.>>>manusmriti 2:238
why sudnt look? ::::::: A Kandala, a village pig, a cock, a dog, a menstruating woman, and a eunuch must not look at the Brahmanas while they eat.>>>>manusmriti chapter 3 verse 239
No place for handicaps: If a lame man, a one-eyed man, one deficient in a limb, or one with a redundant limb, be even the servant of the performer (of the Sraddha/dinner), he must be removed from that place (where the Sraddha is held).>>>>>>>>manusmriti 3:242
If u want to have a male child: The (sacrificers) first wife, who is faithful and intent on the worship of the manes, may eat the middle-most cake, (if she be) desirous of bearing a son…..manusmriti 3:262
I will now fully declare what kind of sacrificial food, given to the manes according to the rule, will serve for a long time or for eternity.>>>>>>manusmriti chapter 3 verse 266
How the ancestors of men r satisfied…the ancestors r satisfied for ... Two months with fish, three months with the meat of gazelles, four with mutton, and five indeed with the flesh of birds.
Six months with the flesh of kids, seven with that of spotted deer, eight with that of the black antelope, but nine with that of the (deer called) Ruru.
Ten months they are satisfied with the meat of boars and buffaloes, but eleven months indeed with that of hares and tortoises.>>>>>>>>it shows Hinduism allows eating of meat>>>>>>>>manusmriti chapter 3 verse 268-270
Superstition: The days of the dark half of the month, beginning with the tenth, but excepting the fourteenth, are recommended for a funeral sacrifice; (it is) not thus (with) the others.
277. He who performs it on the even (lunar) days and under the even constellations, gains (the fulfillment of) all his wishes; he who honours the manes on odd (lunar days) and under odd (constellations), obtains distinguished offspring. >>>>>manusmriti chapter 3 verse 276/277
