Wednesday, October 27, 2010

manusmriti chapter 4

During the course of a women: Let him(a Brahman), though mad with desire, not approach his wife when her courses appear; nor let him sleep with her in the same bed.>>>>manusmriti chapter 4 verse 40…so don’t approach ur wife when she is having her courses

Reason for the above mentioned law: the wisdom, the energy, the strength, the sight, and the vitality of a man who approaches a woman covered with menstrual excretions, utterly perish>>>>>>>manusmriti 4:41

In the company of wife: Let him not eat in the company of his wife, nor look at her, while she eats, sneezes, yawns, or sits at her ease.>>>manusmriti 4 :43>>>

Time and direction of faeces/bodily waste matter and urine::: Let him void faeces and urine, in the daytime turning to the north, at night turning towards the south, during the two twilights in the same (position) as by day.>>>>manusmriti 4 :50>>>but this is only for non-brahmins

Time and direction of faeces and urine for Brahmins: In the shade or in darkness a Brahmana may, both by day and at night, do it, assuming any position he pleases; likewise when his life is in danger.>>>>manusmriti 4:51

Menstruating women: let him(a man) not converse with a menstruating woman >>>manusmriti 4: 57

Superstition: He who eats while his feet are (still) wet, will attain long life.>>>manusmriti chapter 4:76

Oh poor sudra: Let him not give to a Sudra advice, nor the remnants (of his meal), nor food offered to the gods; nor let him explain the sacred law (to such a man), nor impose (upon him) a penance.>>>manusmriti 4 :80

Veda prohibited to recite during these times: A Brahmana shall not recite (the Veda) during a dust-storm, nor while the sky is preternaturally red, nor while jackals howl, nor while the barking of dogs, the braying of donkeys, or the grunting of camels (is heard), nor while (he is seated) in a company.>>>manusmriti 4: 115

Superstition /Don’t journey at/with : Let him not journey too early in the morning, nor too late in the evening, nor just during the midday (heat), nor with an unknown (companion), nor alone, nor with Sudras.>>>manusmriti 4 : 140

Nice quotation: Unrighteousness, practised in this world, does not at once produce its fruit, like a cow; but, advancing slowly, it cuts off the roots of him who committed it.

He prospers for a while through unrighteousness, then he gains great good fortune, next he conquers his enemies, but (at last) he perishes (branch and) root.>>>>>…manusmriti 4: 172/174

Brahmin sudnt eat food offered by these ppl….::: A Brahmana must never eat (a dinner given) at a sacrifice that is offered by one who is not a Srotriya (A Brahmin who practices the Vedic rites and the sacred knowledge he studies) , by one who sacrifices for a multitude of men, by a woman, or by a eunuch.>>>>manusmriti 4:205

Nice : Single is each being born; single it dies; single it enjoys (the reward of its) virtue; single (it suffers the punishment of its) sin.>>>>4:240