1. (The recitation of the Veda shall be interrupted for a day and evening if he has eaten), on beginning a fresh Kāṇḍa (of his Veda), food given by a motherless person, 2. And also if he has eaten, on the day of the completion of a Kāṇḍa, food given by a fatherless person. 3. Some declare, that (the recitation shall be interrupted for the same space of time), if he has eaten at a sacrifice offered in honour of gods who were formerly men. 4. Nor is the recitation interrupted, if he has eaten rice received the day before, or raw meat (though these things may have been offered in honour of the dead), 5. Nor (if he has eaten at a funeral dinner) roots or fruits of herbs and trees. 6. When he performs the ceremony for beginning of a Kāṇḍa, or when he studies the index of the Anuvākas of a (Kāṇḍa), he shall not study that (Kāṇḍa) on that day (nor in that night). 7. And if he performs the ceremonies prescribed on beginning or ending the recitation of one entire Veda, he shall not study that Veda (during that day). 8. If the wind roars, or if it whirls up the grass on the ground, or if it drives the rain-drops forward during a rain-shower, (then the recitation shall be interrupted for so long a time as the storm lasts). 9. (Nor shall he study) on the boundary between a village and forest, 10. Nor on a highway. 11. If (some of his) fellow-students are on a journey, he shall not study during that day, (the passage) which they learn together. 12. And whilst performing acts for his pleasure, 13. Such as washing his feet, shampooing or anointing himself, 14. He shall neither study nor teach, as long as he is thus occupied. 15. (He shall not study or teach) in the twilight, 16. Nor whilst sitting on a tree, 17. Nor whilst immersed in water, 18. Nor at night with open doors,