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Muhurat Martanda · by Narayana Daivajna
Chapter 9 · Days Without Vedic Study
अनध्यायप्रकरणम्
बभ्र्वोत्वेणखराग्न्यजांब्वहिगजाश्वोष्ट्रांत्यमूकोन्नता नो यानांतरिते त्र्यहं प्लवखगाद्यैर्नो च सज्योतिषम् । स्त्रीगोस्थ्यंतरितेहरुत्सवनिशीथाशौचमार्गेषु च च्छायायां न कपित्थशाल्मलिमधुश्लेष्मातकादेः पठेत् ॥ ४ ॥
When any of these comes between teacher and pupil, stop study for three days. A mongoose, a cat, a deer, a donkey or fire. A goat, water, a snake, an elephant or a horse. A camel, an outcaste, a mute person, a tall cart or a vehicle. With a frog, a bird and the like, it is not three days. Then the break lasts only till the next lights of day or night. When a woman, a cow or a bone comes between, stop for a day. Do not study during a festival, at midnight, in a time of ritual impurity, or on the road. Do not study in the shade of a wood-apple, silk-cotton, mahua or lasora tree, and the like.
Simple meaning: Study stops when certain animals or things pass between teacher and pupil, and in some places and times.
ग्रामांतः कुणपे श्वशूद्रनिकटे श्राद्धाशने वक्रगे तांबूले ग्रहणाद्गुरुक्षितिपतिप्रांतादुपोत्सर्गतः । भूकंपाशनिपाततः पुरदहे रिष्टावलोकात्त्र्यहं गर्जेऽनार्तवके त्र्यहं समयजे सज्योतिरंते सतः ॥ ५ ॥
No study near a corpse or after a shraddha meal; eclipses, quakes and similar events stop study for three days.
वाद्योलूकखरार्तजंबुकरवे साम्नां च वाते जले नीहारे पतिताभिशस्तनिकटे धावज्जनालोकने । ग्रामांते पितृकाननेप्यथ सतानूनप्त्रिणीते दिवं तद्वत्सद्व्रतिनि त्र्यहं च न पठेद्भुक्त्वार्द्रपाणिर्न च ॥ ६ ॥
Noises, bad weather, some places and people, and the death of a fellow priest or student stop study.
रात्र्यर्धे मदनो मुनिर्दलयुते यामे चतुर्थ्याद्यके प्राग्रात्रौ पठनं ह्युपाकरणतो मासं निशः प्राग्दले । श्वोऽनध्याय इतीह रात्रिपठनं वर्ज्यं सदा संध्ययोश्चोरोपद्रवयामके त्रिदिवसं दुर्भुक्प्रतिग्राहयोः ॥ ७ ॥
If certain tithis start in the night, skip that night's study; never study at twilight or after a bad meal or gift.