191(1)Dogs
"Bhikkhus,there are these five ancient brahmin practices that are now seen among dogs but not among brahmins.
What five?
(1)"In the past,brahmins coupled only with brahmin women,not with non-brahmin women.
But now brahmins couple with both brahmin women and non-brahmin women.
Dogs,however,still couple only with female dogs,not with other female animals.
This is the first ancient brahmin practice that is now seen among dogs but not among brahmins.
(2)"In the past,brahmins coupled with brahmin women only when they were in season,not out of season.
But now [222]brahmins couple with brahmin women both when they are in season and out of season.
Dogs,however,still couple with female dogs only when they are in season,not out of season.
This is the second ancient brahmin practice that is now seen among dogs but not among brahmins.
(3)"In the past,brahmins did not buy and sell brahmin women,and they would initiate cohabitation only through mutual affection,doing so for the sake of family continuity.
Reading here with Be sampiyen'eva samvasam sambandhaya sampa- vattenti.Ce and Ee have samsaggatthaya for sambandhaya.Mp(Be) seems to support the Be reading with its paraphrase:piyo piyam upasankamitva paveniyā bandhanattham samvasam pavattayanti. Mp(Ce)has ganthanattham for bandhanattham.Sambandhaya is glossed paveniya,which may signify the continuity of the family.But now brahmins buy and sell brahmin women,and they initiate cohabitation both through mutual affection and without mutual affection,doing so for the sake of family continuity.
Be reads:...sampiyenapi samvasam sambandhaya sampavattenti, which seems incomplete.Ee is similar in this respect.I fol- low Ce in positing here two contrasting clauses:..sampi- yenapi samvasam samsaggatthaya sampavattenti,asampiyenapi samvasam samsaggatthaya sampavattenti,but I would replace Ce samsaggatthaya with Be sambandhaya.Dogs,however,still do not buy and sell female dogs,and they initiate cohabitation only through mutual affection,doing so for the sake of family continuity.
This is the third ancient brahmin practice that is now seen among dogs but not among brahmins.
(4)"In the past,brahmins did not store up wealth,grain,silver,and gold.
But now brahmins store up wealth,grain,silver,and gold.
Dogs,however,still do not store up wealth,grain,silver,and gold.
This is the fourth ancient brahmin practice that is now seen among dogs but not among brahmins.
(5)"In the past,brahmins went seeking almsfood in the evening for their evening meal and in the morning for their morning meal.
But now brahmins eat as much as they want until their bellies are full,and then leave taking the leftovers away.
Dogs,however,still go seeking food in the evening for their evening meal and in the morning for their morning meal.
This is the fifth ancient brahmin practice that is now seen among dogs but not among brahmins.
"These,bhikkhus,are the five ancient brahmin practices that are now seen among dogs but not among brahmins."[223]