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4.119. On (the occasion of) the Upakarman and (of) the Vedotsarga an omission (of the Veda-study) for three
days has been prescribed, but on the Ashtakas and on the last nights of the seasons for a day and a night.
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4.120. Let him not recite the Veda on horseback, nor on a tree, nor on an elephant, nor in a boat (or ship), nor on
a donkey, nor on camel, nor standing on barren ground, nor riding in a carriage,
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4.121. Nor during a verbal altercation, nor during a mutual assault, nor in a camp, nor during a battle, nor when
he has just eaten, nor during an indigestion, nor after vomiting, nor with sour eructations,
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4.122. Nor without receiving permission from a guest (who stays in his house), nor while the wind blows
vehemently, nor while blood flows from his body, nor when he is wounded by a weapon.
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4.123. Let him never recite the Rig-veda or the Yagur-veda while the Saman (melodies) are heard; (let him stop
all Veda-study for a day and a night) after finishing a Veda or after reciting an Aranyaka.
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4.124. The Rig-veda is declared to be sacred to the gods, the Yagur-veda sacred to men, and the Sama-veda
sacred to the manes; hence the sound of the latter is impure (as it were).
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4.125. Knowing this, the learned daily repeat first in due order the essence of the three (Vedas) and afterwards
the (text of the) Veda.
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4.126. Know that (the Veda-study must be) interrupted for a day and a night, when cattle, a frog, a cat, a dog, a
snake, an ichneumon, or a rat pass between (the teacher and his pupil).
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4.127. Let a twice-born man always carefully interrupt the Veda-study on two (occasions, viz.) when the place
where he recites is impure, and when he himself is unpurified.
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4.128. A twice-born man who is a Snataka shall remain chaste on the new-moon day, on the eighth (lunar day
of each half-month), on the full-moon day, and on the fourteenth, even (if they fall) in the period (proper for
conjugal intercourse).
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