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सर्वान् रसानपोहेत कृतान्नं च तिलैः सह । अश्मनो लवणं चैव पशवो ये च मानुषाः ॥ ८६ ॥

He must avoid (selling) condiments of all sorts, cooked food and sesamum, stones, salt, cattle, and human (beings),

english translation

सर्वं च तान्तवं रक्तं शाणक्षौमाविकानि च । अपि चेत् स्युररक्तानि फलमूले तथौषधीः ॥ ८७ ॥

All dyed cloth, as well as cloth made of hemp, or flax, or wool, even though they be not dyed, fruit, roots, and (medical) herbs

english translation

अपः शस्त्रं विषं मांसं सोमं गन्धांश्च सर्वशः । क्षीरं क्षौद्रं दधि घृतं तैलं मधु गुडं कुशान् ॥ ८८ ॥

Water, weapons, poison, meat, Soma, and perfumes of all kinds, fresh milk, honey, sour milk, clarified butter, oil, wax, sugar, Kusa-grass;

english translation

आरण्यांश्च पशून् सर्वान् दंष्ट्रिणश्च वयांसि च । मद्यं नीलिं च लाक्षां च सर्वांश्चैकशफांस्तथा ॥ ८९ ॥

All beasts of the forest, animals with fangs or tusks, birds, spirituous liquor, indigo, lac, and all one-hoofed beasts.

english translation

काममुत्पाद्य कृष्यां तु स्वयमेव कृषीवलः । विक्रीणीत तिलांशूद्रान् धर्मार्थमचिरस्थितान् ॥ ९० ॥

But he who subsists by agriculture, may at pleasure sell unmixed sesamum grains for sacred purposes, provided he himself has grown them and has not kept them long.

english translation