seniors, one obtains long life, fame, and prosperity.  One should never behold the Sun at the moment of rising, nor should one turn one’s gaze towards a naked woman that is another man’s spouse.  Congress with one’s wife (in her season) is not sinful but it is an act that should always be done in privacy.  The heart of all sacred spots and shrines is the Preceptor.  The heart of all pure and cleansing things is Fire.  All acts done by a good and pious person are good and laudable, including even the touching of the hair of a cow’s tail.  Every time one meets with another, one should make polite enquiries.  The saluting of Brahmanas every morning and evening is ordained.  In temples of gods, amid cows, in performing the rites of religion laid down for Brahmanas, in reading the Vedas, and in eating, the right hand should be raised.[594] The worship of Brahmanas, morning and evening, according to due rites, produces great merit.  In consequence of such worship the stock-in-trade of the merchant, become abundant and the produce of the agriculturist.  Great also becomes the yield of all kinds of corn and the supply of all articles that the senses can enjoy becomes copious.  When giving eatables to another (seated at his dish), one should say, ‘Is it sufficient?’ When presenting drink, one should ask, ‘Will it gratify,’ and when giving sweetened milk and rice, or sugared gruel of barley, or milk with sesame or pease, one should ask ’Has it fallen?’[595] After shaving, after spitting, after bathing, and after eating, people should worship Brahmanas with reverence, Such worship is sure to bestow longevity on sickly men.  One should not pass urine with face turned towards the sun, nor should one see one’s own excreta.  One should not lie on the same bed with a woman, nor eat with her.  In addressing seniors one should never apply the pronoun you to them or take their names.  Thouing or the taking of names is not censurable in addressing inferiors or equals in age.[596] The hearts of sinful men betray the sins committed by them.  Those sinful men that conceal their conscious sins from good men meet with destruction.  Only ignorant fools seek to conceal the sins which they commit consciously.  It is true that human beings do not see those sins but the gods see them.  A sin concealed by another sin leads to fresh sins.  An act of merit, again, if concealed by an act of merit, increases the merit.  The acts of a virtuous man always follow in the wake of virtue.  A man destitute of understanding never thinks of the sins committed by him.  Those sins, however, overtake the doer that has fallen away from the scriptures.  As Rahu comes to Chandra (at his proper time), those sinful acts come to the foolish man.[597] The objects that are stored with expectation are scarcely enjoyed.  Such storing is never applauded by the wise, for death waits for no one (but snatches his prey whether the latter be ready or unready).  The wise have said that the righteousness of all creatures is an attribute