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यो न वेत्त्यभिवादस्य विप्रः प्रत्यभिवादनम् । नाभिवाद्यः स विदुषा यथा शूद्रस्तथैव सः ॥ १२६ ॥
A Brahmana who does not know the form of returning a salutation, must not be saluted by a learned man; as a Sudra, even so is he.
english translation
ब्राह्मणं कुशलं पृच्छेत् क्षत्रबन्धुमनामयम् । वैश्यं क्षेमं समागम्य शूद्रमारोग्यमेव च ॥ १२७ ॥
Let him ask a Brahmana, on meeting him, after (his health, with the word) kusala, a Kshatriya (with the word) anamaya, a Vaisya (with the word) kshema, and a Sudra (with the word) anarogya.
english translation
अवाच्यो दीक्षितो नाम्ना यवीयानपि यो भवेत् । भोभवत्पूर्वकं त्वेनमभिभाषेत धर्मवित् ॥ १२८ ॥
He who has been initiated (to perform a Srauta sacrifice) must not be addressed by his name, even though he be a younger man; he who knows the sacred law must use in speaking to such (a man the particle) bhoh and (the pronoun) bhavat (your worship).
english translation
परपत्नी तु या स्त्री स्यादसम्बन्धा च योनितः । तां ब्रूयाद् भवतीत्येवं सुभगे भगिनीति च ॥ १२९ ॥
But to a female who is the wife of another man, and not a blood-relation, he must say, ’Lady’(bhavati) or ’Beloved sister!’
english translation
मातुलांश्च पितृव्यांश्च श्वशुरान् ऋत्विजो गुरून् । असावहमिति ब्रूयात् प्रत्युत्थाय यवीयसः ॥ १३० ॥
To his maternal and paternal uncles, fathers-in-law, officiating priests, (and other) venerable persons, he must say, ’I am N. N.,’and rise (to meet them), even though they be younger (than himself).
english translation