| 13. They declare
that worship to be Tamasic which is contrary to the ordinances, in which
no food is distributed, which is devoid of mantras and gifts, and which
is devoid of faith. Distributed: to brahmanas. Devoid of mantras: with hymns
defective in utterance and accent. Gifts: prescribed fees (to priests).
Physical Austerity, Now the three kinds of austerity will be described:
Worshipping the Gods, the twiceborn, teachers and wise men,purity, straightforwardness,
continence, and abstinence from injury are termed the bodily austerity.
The bodily austerity: that which is accomplished by the body, i.e in which
the body is the chief of all factors of action,the doer, etcof which the
Lord will speak. In Austerity in Speech |
