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LXIII.
1. In order to obtain wealth and for the sake of security he shall apply to a lord.
2. He must not travel alone; 3. Nor with wicked companions; 4. Nor with Sūdras; 5. Nor with enemies; 6. Nor too early in the morning; 7. Nor too late in the evening; 8. Nor in the twilight; [9. Nor at noon; 10. Nor near water;] 11. Nor in too great a hurry; 12. Nor at night
[8. 1 See XXIII, 51.
LXIII. I. M. IV, 33; Gaut. IX, 63.--2-9. M. IV, 140, 55, 60.--13-17, 19, 21. M. IV, 67, 131, 57.--24, 25. M. IV, 78; Y. I, 139; Āpast. II, 8, 20, 11; Gaut. IX, 15.--26-28. Sānkh. IV, 12, 15; M. IV, 39; Y. I. 133; Gaut. IX, 66.--40. M, IV, 130.--41. M. IV, 132.--42. M. IV, 38; Gaut. IX, 52.--43. M. IV, 38; Gobh. III, 5, 11.--46. Āsv. III, 9, 6; M. IV, 77; Y. I, 139; Āpast. I, 11, 32, 26; Gaut. IX: 32.--47. Āpast. I, 11, 32, 27; Gaut. IX, 33.--49. Gobh. III, 5, 13; Pār. II, 7, 6; Sānkh. IV, 12, 28.--51. M. IV, 138, 139; Y. I, 117; Āpast. II, 5, 11, 5-7; Gaut. VI, 24, 25.
1. 'A lord' (īsvara) means a king or another rich man, in his own country, or in another country. (Nand.) See also Dr. Bühler's note on Gaut. IX, 63, where the same Sūtra occurs.
9, 10. Sūtras 9 and 10 are wanting in Dr. Bühler's MS.]
13. Nor (let him travel) without cessation with (horses or other) beasts of draught that are quite young, diseased, or (otherwise) afflicted;
14. Nor with such as are deficient in limb; 15. Nor with weak ones; 16. Nor with young bulls; 17. Nor with untrained animals.
18. He must not appease his hunger and allay his thirst without having first given grass and water to the animals.
19. He must not stop at a place where four ways meet; 20. Nor at night at the root of a tree: 21. Nor in an empty house; 22. Nor upon a meadow; 23. Nor in a stable;
24. Nor (must he stand) on hair, on the husks of grain, on potsherds, on bones, on ashes, or coal;
25. Nor on seeds of the cotton plant.
26. When he passes by a place where four ways meet, let him turn his right side towards it.
27. And let him do the same in passing by the image of a deity;
28. And in passing by well-known large trees.
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