अध्याय ४७
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे तृतीयांशे ऽष्टमो ऽध्यायः ]] बालः कृतोपनयनो वेदाहरणतत्परः गुरुगेहे वसेद् भूप ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe tṛtīyāṃśe 'ṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] bālaḥ kṛtopanayano vedāharaṇatatparaḥ gurugehe vased bhūpa brahmacārī samāhitaḥ
हिन्दी अर्थ
पॉव और मुँह धोकर प्रीतिपूर्वक भोजन करे। है राजन्! भोजनके समय इधर-उधर न देखे ॥ ७८-७९ ॥ मनुष्यको चाहिये कि पूर्व अथवा उत्तरकी ओर मुख करके, अन्यमना हुए मन्त्रपूत जलसे छिड़क कर भोजन करे
English
Aurva said :— king, when a youth is invested with the sacred thread, he must reside in the house of his precep- tor and study the Vedas with a coticentrated mind, and leading a life of continence. He must, with pure practices, waitupon his spiritual preceptor and with the performance of feligious rites acquire the Veda. He must, king, with conCentigtion, worship both in the morning and evening, the fire and the sun and after that he must bow to his spiritual guide. King, he must stand when his preceptor is standing, he must move when he is walking and he must sit beneath him when he is seated ; he must nevet sit nor walk, nor stand when hi» teacher does the otherwise. Whatever portion of the Veda> he shall be taught by his preceptor, he must read that wkh undivided mind before him. He must beg when«permitted by his teacher and eat thc food thus collected. He must bathe in the water which has been first used by his preceptor and every morning he must bring for him fuel, water or any- thing that he may rcquire. Having thus completed his- studies, he must receive dismissal from his preceptorand tben enter into the order of the householder ; and taking to himself with lawful ceremonies, house, wife and wealth, he must discharge to the best of his power the duties of his life. Me must satisfy the manes with cakes, the celestials with sacri- fices, the guests with hospitality, the Rishis with holy studyi ' the Patriarch with progeny, the spirits with oblations and »H the worlds with trothful words. By thus dischargiog & dutíes a householder may attain to heaven. A householdtf is a refuge to those who dependí upon alms for their maif tenance and those who lead an itinerant Ufe of self denial í thus the condition of the bouseholdcr is the best of all. loti