श्रुत्वा-एतान् ऋषयो धर्मान् स्नातकस्य यथाउदितान् । इदम् ऊचुर् महात्मानम् अनलप्रभवं भृगुम् ॥
śrutvā-etān ṛṣayo dharmān snātakasya yathā.uditān | idam ūcur mahātmānam anala.prabhavaṃ bhṛgum ||
The sages, having heard the duties of a Snataka thus declared, spoke to great-souled Bhrzgu, who sprang from fire:
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एवं यथाउक्तं विप्राणां स्वधर्मम् अनुतिष्ठताम् । कथं मृत्युः प्रभवति वेदशास्त्रविदां प्रभो ॥
evaṃ yathā.uktaṃ viprāṇāṃ svadharmam anutiṣṭhatām | kathaṃ mṛtyuḥ prabhavati veda.śāstravidāṃ prabho ||
I.e. 'how can they be deprived of the length of life, one hundred years, allotted to men in the Veda?'
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स तान् उवाच धर्मआत्मा महर्षीन् मानवो भृगुः । श्रूयतां येन दोषेण मृत्युर् विप्रान् जिघांसति ॥
sa tān uvāca dharma.ātmā maharṣīn mānavo bhṛguḥ | śrūyatāṃ yena doṣeṇa mṛtyur viprān jighāṃsati ||
Righteous Bhrzgu, the son of Manu, (thus) answered the great sages: ' Hear, (in punishment) of what faults Death seeks to shorten the lives of Brāhmaṇas! '
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अनभ्यासेन वेदानाम् आचारस्य च वर्जनात् । आलस्याद् अन्नदोषाच् च मृत्युर् विप्राञ् जिघांसति ॥[म्विप्रान्]
anabhyāsena vedānām ācārasya ca varjanāt | ālasyād annadoṣāc ca mṛtyur viprāñ jighāṃsati ||[M.viprān]
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
लशुनं गृञ्जनं च-एव पलाण्डुं कवकानि च । अभक्ष्याणि द्विजातीनाम् अमेध्यप्रभवानि च ॥
laśunaṃ gṛñjanaṃ ca-eva palāṇḍuṃ kavakāni ca | abhakṣyāṇi dvijātīnām amedhya.prabhavāni ca ||
Garlic, leeks and onions, mushrooms and (all plants), springing from impure (substances), are unfit to be eaten by twice-born men.
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लोहितान् वृक्षनिर्यासान् वृश्चनप्रभवांस् तथा । [म्व्रश्चनप्रभवांस् ] शेलुं गव्यं च पेयूषं प्रयत्नेन विवर्जयेत् ॥ [म्पीयूषं ]
lohitān vṛkṣaniryāsān vṛścana.prabhavāṃs tathā | [M.vraścana.prabhavāṃs ] śeluṃ gavyaṃ ca peyūṣaṃ prayatnena vivarjayet || [M.pīyūṣaṃ ]
One should carefully avoid red exudations from trees and (juices) flowing from incisions, the Śelu (fruit), and the thickened milk of a cow (which she gives after calving).
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वृथा कृसरसंयावं पायसअपूपम् एव च । अनुपाकृतमांसानि देवान्नानि हवींषि च ॥
vṛthā kṛsara.saṃyāvaṃ pāyasa.apūpam eva ca | an.upākṛtamāṃsāni devānnāni havīṃṣi ca ||
Rice boiled with sesamum, wheat mixed with butter, milk and sugar, milk-rice and flour-cakes which are not prepared for a sacrifice, meat which has not been sprinkled with water while sacred texts were recited, food offered to the gods and sacrificial viands,
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अनिर्दशाया गोः क्षीरम् औष्ट्रम् ऐकशफं तथा । आविकं संधिनीक्षीरं विवत्सायाश् च गोः पयः ॥[म्सन्धिनीक्षीरं]
a.nirdaśāyā goḥ kṣīram auṣṭram aikaśaphaṃ tathā | āvikaṃ saṃdhinīkṣīraṃ vi.vatsāyāś ca goḥ payaḥ ||[M.sandhinīkṣīraṃ]
The milk of a cow (or other female animal) within ten days after her calving, that of camels, 5-25.
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आरण्यानां च सर्वेषां मृगाणां माहिषं विना । स्त्रीक्षीरं च-एव वर्ज्यानि सर्वशुक्तानि च-एव हि ॥
āraṇyānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ mṛgāṇāṃ māhiṣaṃ vinā | strīkṣīraṃ ca-eva varjyāni sarvaśuktāni ca-eva hi ||
(The milk) of all wild animals excepting buffalocows, that of women, and all (substances turned) sour must be avoided.
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दधि भक्ष्यं च शुक्तेषु सर्वं च दधिसंभवम् । [म्दधिसंभवम्] यानि च-एव-अभिषूयन्ते पुष्पमूलफलैः शुभैः ॥
dadhi bhakṣyaṃ ca śukteṣu sarvaṃ ca dadhi.saṃbhavam | [M.dadhi.saṃbhavam] yāni ca-eva-abhiṣūyante puṣpa.mūla.phalaiḥ śubhaiḥ ||
Among (things turned) sour, sour milk, and all (food) prepared of it may be eaten, likewise what is extracted from pure flowers, roots, and fruit.
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क्रव्यादाञ् शकुनान् सर्वान्- तथा ग्रामनिवासिनः । [म्क्रव्यादः शकुनीन्] अनिर्दिष्टांश् च-एकशफांष् टिट्टिभं च विवर्जयेत् ॥
kravyādāñ śakunān sarvān- tathā grāmanivāsinaḥ | [M.kravyādaḥ śakunīn] a.nirdiṣṭāṃś ca-ekaśaphāṃṣ ṭiṭṭibhaṃ ca vivarjayet ||
Let him avoid all carnivorous birds and those living in villages, and one-hoofed animals which are not specially permitted (to be eaten), and the Txttibha (Parra Jacana),
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कलविङ्कं प्लवं हंसं चक्राह्वं ग्रामकुक्कुटम् । सारसं रज्जुवालं च दात्यूहं शुकसारिके ॥ [म्रज्जुदालं]
kalaviṅkaṃ plavaṃ haṃsaṃ cakrāhvaṃ grāmakukkuṭam | sārasaṃ rajjuvālaṃ ca dātyūhaṃ śuka.sārike || [M.rajjudālaṃ]
The sparrow, the Plava, the Ha;/zsa, the Brāhmaṇī duck, the village-cock, the Sarasa crane, the Ra^udala, the woodpecker, the parrot, and the starling,
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प्रतुदाञ् जालपादांश् च कोयष्टिनखविष्किरान् । [म्प्रतुदान्] निमज्जतश् च मत्स्यादान् सौनं वल्लूरम् एव च ॥
pratudāñ jālapādāṃś ca koyaṣṭi.nakhaviṣkirān | [M.pratudān] nimajjataś ca matsyādān saunaṃ vallūram eva ca ||
Those which feed striking with their beaks, web-footed birds, the Koyash/i, those which scratch with their toes, those which dive and live on fish, meat from a slaughter-house and dried meat,
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बकं च-एव बलाकां च काकोलं खञ्जरीटकम् । मत्स्यादान् विड्वराहांश् च मत्स्यान् एव च सर्वशः ॥
bakaṃ ca-eva balākāṃ ca kākolaṃ khañjarīṭakam | matsyādān viḍvarāhāṃś ca matsyān eva ca sarvaśaḥ ||
The Baka and the Balaka crane, the raven, the Kha/^ari/aka, (animals) that eat fish, villagepigs, and all kinds of fishes.
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यो यस्य मांसम् अश्नाति स तन्मांसाद उच्यते । मत्स्यादः सर्वमांसादस् तस्मान् मत्स्यान् विवर्जयेत् ॥
yo yasya māṃsam aśnāti sa tanmāṃsāda ucyate | matsyādaḥ sarvamāṃsādas tasmān matsyān vivarjayet ||
He who eats the flesh of any (animal) is to
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पाठीनरोहिताव् आद्यौ नियुक्तौ हव्यकव्ययोः । राजीवान् सिंहतुण्डाश् च सशल्काश् च-एव सर्वशः ॥ [म्राजीवाः ]
pāṭhīna.rohitāv ādyau niyuktau havya.kavyayoḥ | rājīvān siṃhatuṇḍāś ca sa.śalkāś ca-eva sarvaśaḥ || [M.rājīvāḥ ]
(But the fish called) Patina and (that called) Rohita may be eaten, if used for offerings to the gods or to the manes; (one may eat) likewise Ra^ivas, Siwhatu/^as, and Sasalkas on all (occasions).
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न भक्षयेद् एकचरान् अज्ञातांश् च मृगद्विजान् । भक्ष्येष्व् अपि समुद्दिष्टान् सर्वान् पञ्चनखांस् तथा ॥
na bhakṣayed ekacarān ajñātāṃś ca mṛga.dvijān | bhakṣyeṣv api samuddiṣṭān sarvān pañcanakhāṃs tathā ||
Let him not eat solitary or unknown beasts and birds, though they may fall under (the categories of) eatable (creatures), nor any five-toed (animals).
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श्वाविधं शल्यकं गोधां खड्गकूर्मशशांस् तथा । भक्ष्यान् पञ्चनखेष्व् आहुर् अनुष्ट्रांश् च-एकतोदतह् ॥
śvāvidhaṃ śalyakaṃ godhāṃ khaḍga.kūrma.śaśāṃs tathā | bhakṣyān pañcanakheṣv āhur anuṣṭrāṃś ca-ekatodatah ||
The porcupine, the hedgehog, the iguana, the rhinoceros, the tortoise, and the hare they declare to be eatable; likewise those (domestic animals) that have teeth in one jaw only, excepting camels.
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छत्राकं विड्वराहं च लशुनं ग्रामकुक्कुटम् । पलाण्डुं गृञ्जनं च-एव मत्या जग्ध्वा पतेद् द्विजः ॥
chatrākaṃ viḍvarāhaṃ ca laśunaṃ grāmakukkuṭam | palāṇḍuṃ gṛñjanaṃ ca-eva matyā jagdhvā pated dvijaḥ ||
A twice-born man who knowingly eats mushrooms, a village-pig, garlic, a village-cock, onions, or leeks, will become an outcast.
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अमत्या-एतानि षड् जग्ध्वा कृच्छ्रं सान्तपनं चरेत् । यतिचान्द्रायाणं वा-अपि शेषेषु-उपवसेद् अहः ॥
a.matyā-etāni ṣaḍ jagdhvā kṛcchraṃ sāntapanaṃ caret | yaticāndrāyāṇaṃ vā-api śeṣeṣu-upavased ahaḥ ||
He who unwittingly partakes of (any of) these six, shall perform a Sa;;ztapana (Krz&Mra) or the lunar penance (A^andraya^a) of ascetics; in case (he has eaten) any other (kind of forbidden food) he shall fast for one day (and a night).
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संवत्सरस्य-एकम् अपि चरेत् कृच्छ्रं द्विजोत्तमः । अज्ञातभुक्तशुद्धिअर्थं ज्ञातस्य तु विषेशतः ॥
saṃvatsarasya-ekam api caret kṛcchraṃ dvijottamaḥ | a.jñātabhuktaśuddhi.arthaṃ jñātasya tu viṣeśataḥ ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
यज्ञार्थं ब्राह्मणैर् वध्याः प्रशस्ता मृगपक्षिणः । भृत्यानां च-एव वृत्तिअर्थम् अगस्त्यो ह्य् आचरत् पुरा ॥
yajñārthaṃ brāhmaṇair vadhyāḥ praśastā mṛga.pakṣiṇaḥ | bhṛtyānāṃ ca-eva vṛtti.artham agastyo hy ācarat purā ||
Beasts and birds recommended (for con-
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बभूवुर् हि पुरोडाशा भक्ष्याणां मृगपक्षिणाम् । पुराणेष्व् अपि यज्ञेषु ब्रह्मक्षत्रसवेषु च ॥ [[म्पुराणेष्व् ऋषियज्ञेषु]
babhūvur hi puroḍāśā bhakṣyāṇāṃ mṛga.pakṣiṇām | purāṇeṣv api yajñeṣu brahma.kṣatrasaveṣu ca || [[M.purāṇeṣv ṛṣiyajñeṣu]
For in ancient (times) the sacrificial cakes were (made of the flesh) of eatable beasts and birds at the sacrifices offered by Brāhmaṇas and Kshatriyas.
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यत् किं चित् स्नेहसंयुक्तं भक्ष्यं भोज्यम् अगर्हितम् । तत् पर्युषितम् अप्य् आद्यं हविःशेषं च यद् भवेत् ॥
yat kiṃ cit snehasaṃyuktaṃ bhakṣyaṃ bhojyam a.garhitam | tat paryuṣitam apy ādyaṃ haviḥśeṣaṃ ca yad bhavet ||
All lawful hard or soft food may be eaten, though stale, (after having been) mixed with fatty (substances), and so may the remains of sacrificial viands.
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चिरस्थितम् अपि त्व् आद्यम् अस्नेहाक्तं द्विजातिभिः । यवगोधूमजं सर्वं पयसश् च-एव विक्रिया ॥
cirasthitam api tv ādyam a.snehāktaṃ dvijātibhiḥ | yava.godhūmajaṃ sarvaṃ payasaś ca-eva vikriyā ||
But all preparations of barley and wheat, as well as preparations of milk, may be eaten by twiceborn men without being mixed with fatty (substances), though they may have stood for a long time.
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एतद् उक्तं द्विजातीनां भक्ष्यअभक्ष्यम् अशेषतः । मांसस्य-अतः प्रवक्ष्यामि विधिं भक्षणवर्जने ॥
etad uktaṃ dvijātīnāṃ bhakṣya.abhakṣyam a.śeṣataḥ | māṃsasya-ataḥ pravakṣyāmi vidhiṃ bhakṣaṇavarjane ||
Thus has the food, allowed and forbidden to twice-born men, been fully described; I will now propound the rules for eating and avoiding meat. s\
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प्रोक्षितं भक्षयेन् मांसं ब्राह्मणानां च काम्यया । यथाविधि नियुक्तस् तु प्राणानाम् एव च-अत्यये ॥
prokṣitaṃ bhakṣayen māṃsaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca kāmyayā | yathāvidhi niyuktas tu prāṇānām eva ca-atyaye ||
One may eat meat when it has been sprinkled with water, while Mantras were recited, when BrahJ ma/zas desire (one's doing it), when one is engaged I (in the performance of a rite) according to the law, I and when one's life is in danger.
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प्राणस्य-अन्नम् इदं सर्वं प्रजापतिर् अकल्पयत् । स्थावरं जङ्गमं च-एव सर्वं प्राणस्य भोजनम् ॥
prāṇasya-annam idaṃ sarvaṃ prajāpatir akalpayat | sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ ca-eva sarvaṃ prāṇasya bhojanam ||
The Lord of creatures (Prajāpati) created this whole (world to be) the sustenance of the vital spirit; both the immovable and the movable (creation is) the food of the vital spirit.
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चराणाम् अन्नम् अचरा दंष्ट्रिणाम् अप्य् अदंष्ट्रिणः । अहस्ताश् च सहस्तानां शूराणां च-एव भीरवः ॥
carāṇām annam a.carā daṃṣṭriṇām apy a.daṃṣṭriṇaḥ | a.hastāś ca sa.hastānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ ca-eva bhīravaḥ ||
What is destitute of motion is the food of those endowed with locomotion; (animals) without fangs (are the food) of those with fangs, those without hands of those who possess hands, and the timid of the bold.
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न-अत्ता दुष्यत्य् अदन्न् आद्यान् प्राणिनो ऽअहन्यहन्य् अपि । धात्रा-एव सृष्टा ह्य् आद्याश् च प्राणिनो ऽअत्तार एव च ॥
na-attā duṣyaty adann ādyān prāṇino 'ahany.ahany api | dhātrā-eva sṛṣṭā hy ādyāś ca prāṇino 'attāra eva ca ||
The eater who daily even devours those 27-56.
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यज्ञाय जग्धिर् मांसस्य-इत्य् एष दैवो विधिः स्मृतः । अतो ऽअन्यथा प्रवृत्तिस् तु राक्षसो विधिर् उच्यते ॥
yajñāya jagdhir māṃsasya-ity eṣa daivo vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ | ato 'anyathā pravṛttis tu rākṣaso vidhir ucyate ||
* The consumption of meat (is befitting) for sacrifices,' that is declared to be a rule made by the gods; but to persist (in using it) on other (occasions) is said to be a proceeding worthy of Rakshasas.
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क्रीत्वा स्वयं वा-अप्य् उत्पाद्य परौपकृतम् एव वा । देवान् पित्क़्ंश् च-अर्चयित्वा खादन् मांसं न दुष्यति ॥
krītvā svayaṃ vā-apy utpādya para.upakṛtam eva vā | devān pitqṃś ca-arcayitvā khādan māṃsaṃ na duṣyati ||
He who eats meat, when he honours the gods and manes, commits no sin, whether he has bought it, or himself has killed (the animal), or has received it as a present from others.
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न-अद्याद् अविधिना मांसं विधिज्ञो ऽअनापदि द्विजः । जग्ध्वा ह्य् अविधिना मांसं प्रेतस् तैर् अद्यते ऽअवशः ॥
na-adyād avidhinā māṃsaṃ vidhijño 'anāpadi dvijaḥ | jagdhvā hy a.vidhinā māṃsaṃ pretas tair adyate 'a.vaśaḥ ||
A twice-born man who knows the law, must not eat meat except in conformity with the law; for if he has eaten it unlawfully, he will, unable to save himself, be eaten after death by his (victims).
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न तादृशं भवत्य् एनो मृगहन्तुर् धनार्थिनः । यादृशं भवति प्रेत्य वृथामांसानि खादतः ॥
na tādṛśaṃ bhavaty eno mṛgahantur dhanārthinaḥ | yādṛśaṃ bhavati pretya vṛthāmāṃsāni khādataḥ ||
After death the guilt of one who slays deer for gain is not as (great) as that of him who eats meat for no (sacred) purpose.
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नियुक्तस् तु यथान्यायं यो मांसं न-अत्ति मानवः । स प्रेत्य पशुतां याति संभवान् एकविंशतिम् ॥
niyuktas tu yathānyāyaṃ yo māṃsaṃ na-atti mānavaḥ | sa pretya paśutāṃ yāti saṃbhavān ekaviṃśatim ||
But a man who, being duly engaged (to officiate or to dine at a sacred rite), refuses to eat meat, becomes after death an animal during twentyone existences.
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असंस्कृतान् पशून् मन्त्रैर् न-अद्याद् विप्रः कदा चन । मन्त्रैस् तु संस्कृतान् अद्यात्-शाश्वतं विधिम् आस्थितः ॥
asaṃskṛtān paśūn mantrair na-adyād vipraḥ kadā cana | mantrais tu saṃskṛtān adyāt-śāśvataṃ vidhim āsthitaḥ ||
A Brāhmaṇa must never eat (the flesh of) animals unhallowed by Mantras; but, obedient to the primeval law, he may eat it, consecrated with Vedic texts.
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कुर्याद् घृतपशुं सङ्गे कुर्यात् पिष्टपशुं तथा । न त्व् एव तु वृथा हन्तुं पशुम् इच्छेत् कदा चन ॥
kuryād ghṛtapaśuṃ saṅge kuryāt piṣṭapaśuṃ tathā | na tv eva tu vṛthā hantuṃ paśum icchet kadā cana ||
If he has a strong desire (for meat) he may make an animal of clarified butter or one of flour, (and eat that); but let him never seek to destroy an animal without a (lawful) reason.
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यावन्ति पशुरोमाणि तावत्कृत्वो ह मारणम् । वृथापशुघ्नः प्राप्नोति प्रेत्य जन्मनि जन्मनि ॥
yāvanti paśuromāṇi tāvatkṛtvo ha māraṇam | vṛthāpaśughnaḥ prāpnoti pretya janmani janmani ||
As many hairs as the slain beast has, so often indeed will he who killed it without a (lawful) reason suffer a violent death in future births. ~-
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यज्ञार्थं पशवः सृष्टाः स्वयम् एव स्वयंभुवा । यज्ञो ऽअस्य भूत्यै सर्वस्य तस्माद् यज्ञे वधो ऽअवधः ॥
yajñārthaṃ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayam eva svayaṃbhuvā | yajño 'asya bhūtyai sarvasya tasmād yajñe vadho 'a.vadhaḥ ||
Svayambhu (the Self-existent) himself created animals for the sake of sacrifices; sacrifices (have I been instituted) for the good of this whole (world); hence the slaughtering (of beasts) for sacrifices is not slaughtering (in the ordinary sense of the word).
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ओषध्यः पशवो वृक्षास् तिर्यञ्चः पक्षिणस् तथा । यज्ञार्थं निधनं प्राप्ताः प्राप्नुवन्त्य् उत्सृतीः पुनः ॥ [मुच्छ्रितीः]
oṣadhyaḥ paśavo vṛkṣās tiryañcaḥ pakṣiṇas tathā | yajñārthaṃ nidhanaṃ prāptāḥ prāpnuvanty utsṛtīḥ punaḥ || [M.ucchritīḥ]
Herbs, trees, cattle, birds, and (other) animals that have been destroyed for sacrifices, receive (being reborn) higher existences.
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मधुपर्के च यज्ञे च पितृदैवतकर्मणि । अत्र-एव पशवो हिंस्या न-अन्यत्र-इत्य् अब्रवीन् मनुः ॥
madhuparke ca yajñe ca pitṛ.daivatakarmaṇi | atra-eva paśavo hiṃsyā na-anyatra-ity abravīn manuḥ ||
On offering the honey-mixture (to a guest), at a sacrifice and at the rites in honour of the manes, but on these occasions only, may an animal be slain; that (rule) Manu proclaimed. ^
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एष्व् अर्थेषु पशून् हिंसन् वेदतत्त्वार्थविद् द्विजः । आत्मानं च पशुं च-एव गमयत्य् उत्तमं गतिम् ॥
eṣv artheṣu paśūn hiṃsan vedatattvārthavid dvijaḥ | ātmānaṃ ca paśuṃ ca-eva gamayaty uttamaṃ gatim ||
A twice-born man who, knowing the true meaning of the Veda, slays an animal for these pur-| poses, causes both himself and the animal to enten a most blessed state. ^
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गृहे गुराव् अरण्ये वा निवसन्न् आत्मवान् द्विजः । न-अवेदविहितां हिंसाम् आपद्य् अपि समाचरेत् ॥
gṛhe gurāv araṇye vā nivasann ātmavān dvijaḥ | na-a.vedavihitāṃ hiṃsām āpady api samācaret ||
A twice-born man of virtuous disposition, J whether he dwells in (his own) house, with a teacher, or in the forest, must never, even in times of distress, j cause an injury (to any creature) which is not sanc-j tioned by the Veda.
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या वेदविहिता हिंसा नियता-अस्मिंश् चरअचरे । अहिंसाम् एव तां विद्याद् वेदाद् धर्मो हि निर्बभौ ॥
yā vedavihitā hiṃsā niyatā-asmiṃś cara.acare | ahiṃsām eva tāṃ vidyād vedād dharmo hi nirbabhau ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
यो ऽअहिंसकानि भूतानि हिनस्त्य् आत्मसुखैच्छया । स जीवांश् च मृतश् च-एव न क्व चित् सुखम् एधते ॥
yo 'ahiṃsakāni bhūtāni hinasty ātmasukha.icchayā | sa jīvāṃś ca mṛtaś ca-eva na kva cit sukham edhate ||
He who injures innoxious beings from a wish to (give) himself pleasure, never finds happiness, neither living nor dead.
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यो बन्धनवधक्लेशान् प्राणिनां न चिकीर्षति । स सर्वस्य हितप्रेप्सुः सुखम् अत्यन्तम् अश्नुते ॥
yo bandhanavadhakleśān prāṇināṃ na cikīrṣati | sa sarvasya hitaprepsuḥ sukham atyantam aśnute ||
He who does not seek to cause the sufferings of bonds and death to living creatures, (but) desires the good of all (beings), obtains endless bliss.
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यद् ध्यायति यत् कुरुते रतिं बध्नाति यत्र च । तद् अवाप्नोत्य् अयत्नेन यो हिनस्ति न किं चन ॥
yad dhyāyati yat kurute ratiṃ badhnāti yatra ca | tad avāpnoty ayatnena yo hinasti na kiṃ cana ||
He who does not injure any (creature), attains without an effort what he thinks of, what he undertakes, and what he fixes his mind on.
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न-अकृत्वा प्राणिनां हिंसां मांसम् उत्पद्यते क्व चित् । न च प्राणिवधः स्वर्ग्यस् तस्मान् मांसं विवर्जयेत् ॥
na-a.kṛtvā prāṇināṃ hiṃsāṃ māṃsam utpadyate kva cit | na ca prāṇivadhaḥ svargyas tasmān māṃsaṃ vivarjayet ||
Meat can never be obtained without injury to living creatures, and injury to sentient beings is detrimental to (the attainment of) heavenly bliss; let him therefore shun (the use of) meat.
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समुत्पत्तिं च मांसस्य वधबन्धौ च देहिनाम् । प्रसमीक्ष्य निवर्तेत सर्वमांसस्य भक्षणात् ॥
samutpattiṃ ca māṃsasya vadha.bandhau ca dehinām | prasamīkṣya nivarteta sarvamāṃsasya bhakṣaṇāt ||
Having well considered the (disgusting) origin of flesh and the (cruelty of) fettering and slaying corporeal beings, let him entirely abstain from eating flesh.
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न भक्षयति यो मांसं विधिं हित्वा पिशाचवत् । न लोके प्रियतां याति व्याधिभिश् च न पीड्यते ॥
na bhakṣayati yo māṃsaṃ vidhiṃ hitvā piśācavat | na loke priyatāṃ yāti vyādhibhiś ca na pīḍyate ||
He who, disregarding the rule (given above), does not eat meat like a Pi^a^a, becomes dear to men, and will not be tormented by diseases.
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अनुमन्ता विशसिता निहन्ता क्रयविक्रयी । संस्कर्ता च-उपहर्ता च खादकश् च-इति घातकाः ॥
anumantā viśasitā nihantā kraya.vikrayī | saṃskartā ca-upahartā ca khādakaś ca-iti ghātakāḥ ||
He who permits (the slaughter of an animal), he who cuts it up, he who kills it, he who buys or sells (meat), he who cooks it, he who serves it up, and he who eats it, (must all be considered as) the slayers (of the animal). r52. There is no greater sinner than that (man) who, though not worshipping the gods or the manes, seeks to increase (the bulk of) his own flesh by the flesh of other (beings). ir t^f
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स्वमांसं परमांसेन यो वर्धयितुम् इच्छति । अनभ्यर्च्य पित्क़्न् देवांस् ततो ऽअन्यो न-अस्त्य् अपुण्यकृत् ॥
svamāṃsaṃ paramāṃsena yo vardhayitum icchati | an.abhyarcya pitqn devāṃs tato 'anyo na-asty apuṇyakṛt ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
वर्षे वर्षे ऽअश्वमेधेन यो यजेत शतं समाः । मांसानि च न खादेद् यस् तयोः पुण्यफलं समम् ॥
varṣe varṣe 'aśvamedhena yo yajeta śataṃ samāḥ | māṃsāni ca na khāded yas tayoḥ puṇyaphalaṃ samam ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
फलमूलअशनैर् मेध्यैर् मुनिअन्नानां च भोजनैः । न तत् फलम् अवाप्नोति यत्-मांसपरिवर्जनात् ॥
phala.mūla.aśanair medhyair muni.annānāṃ ca bhojanaiḥ | na tat phalam avāpnoti yat-māṃsaparivarjanāt ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
मां स भक्षयिता-अमुत्र यस्य मांसम् इह-अद्म्य् अहम् । एतत्-मांसस्य मांसत्वं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥
māṃ sa bhakṣayitā-amutra yasya māṃsam iha-admy aham | etat-māṃsasya māṃsatvaṃ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
न मांसभक्षणे दोषो न मद्ये न च मैथुने । प्रवृत्तिर् एषा भूतानां निवृत्तिस् तु महाफला ॥
na māṃsabhakṣaṇe doṣo na madye na ca maithune | pravṛttir eṣā bhūtānāṃ nivṛttis tu mahāphalā ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
प्रेतशुद्धिं प्रवक्ष्यामि) द्रव्यशुद्धिं तथा-एव च । चतुर्णाम् अपि वर्णानां यथावद् अनुपूर्वशः ॥
pretaśuddhiṃ pravakṣyāmi) dravyaśuddhiṃ tathā-eva ca | caturṇām api varṇānāṃ yathāvad anupūrvaśaḥ ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
दन्तजाते ऽअनुजाते च कृतचूडे च संस्थिते । अशुद्धा बान्धवाः सर्वे सूतके च तथा-उच्यते ॥
dantajāte 'anujāte ca kṛta.cūḍe ca saṃsthite | aśuddhā bāndhavāḥ sarve sūtake ca tathā-ucyate ||
When (a child) dies that has teethed, or that before teething has received (the sacrament of) the tonsure (A"\Wakara^a) or (of the initiation), all relatives (become) impure, and on the birth (of a child) the same (rule) is prescribed.
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दशाहं शावम् आशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते । अर्वाक् संचयनाद् अस्थ्नां त्र्यहम् एकाहम् एव वा ॥
daśāhaṃ śāvam āśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate | arvāk saṃcayanād asthnāṃ tryaham ekāham eva vā ||
It is ordained (that) among Sap'mdas the impurity on account of a death (shall last) ten days, (or) until the bones have been collected, (or) three days or one day only.
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सपिण्डता तु पुरुषे सप्तमे विनिवर्तते । समानोदकभावस् तु जन्मनाम्नोर् अवेदने ॥
sapiṇḍatā tu puruṣe saptame vinivartate | samānodakabhāvas tu janma.nāmnor a.vedane ||
But the Sapiṇḍa-relationship ceases with the seventh person (in the ascending and descending lines), the Samanodaka-relationship when the (common) origin and the (existence of a common family)- name are no (longer) known.
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यथा-इदं शावम् आशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते । [नोत् इन् ं] जनने ऽअप्य् एवम् एव स्यात्-निपुणं शुद्धिम् इच्छताम् ॥ [नोत् इन् ं]
yathā-idaṃ śāvam āśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate / [not in ṃ] janane 'apy evam eva syāt-nipuṇaṃ śuddhim icchatām // [not in ṃ]
As this impurity on account of a death is prescribed for (all) Sapi;^as, even so it shall be (held) on a birth by those who desire to be absolutely pure.
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सर्वेषां शावम् आशौचं मातापित्रोस् तु सूतकम् । [म्: जनने ऽअप्य् एवम् एव स्यान् मातापित्रोस् तु सूतकम् ।] सूतकं मातुर् एव स्याद्) उपस्पृश्य पिता शुचिः ॥
sarveṣāṃ śāvam āśaucaṃ mātā.pitros tu sūtakam / [M: janane 'apy evam eva syān mātā.pitros tu sūtakam /] sūtakaṃ mātur eva syād) upaspṛśya pitā śuciḥ //
(Or while) the impurity on account of a death is common to all (Sapmdas), that caused by a birth (falls) on the parents alone; (or) it shall fall on the mother alone, and the father shall become pure by bathing;
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निरस्य तु पुमान्-शुक्रम् उपस्पृस्य-एव शुध्यति । बैजिकाद् अभिसंबन्धाद् अनुरुन्ध्याद् अघं त्र्यहम् ॥
nirasya tu pumān-śukram upaspṛsya-eva śudhyati | baijikād abhisaṃbandhād anurundhyād aghaṃ tryaham ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
अह्ना च-एकेन रात्र्या च त्रिरात्रैर् एव च त्रिभिः । शवस्पृशो विशुध्यन्ति त्र्यहाद् उदकदायिनः ॥
ahnā ca-ekena rātryā ca trirātrair eva ca tribhiḥ | śava.spṛśo viśudhyanti tryahād udakadāyinaḥ ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
गुरोः प्रेतस्य शिष्यस् तु पितृमेधं समाचरन् । प्रेतहारैः समं तत्र दशरात्रेण शुध्यति ॥ [म्प्रेताहारैः ]
guroḥ pretasya śiṣyas tu pitṛmedhaṃ samācaran | pretahāraiḥ samaṃ tatra daśarātreṇa śudhyati || [M.pretāhāraiḥ ]
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
रात्रिभिर् मासतुल्याभिर् गर्भस्रावे विशुध्यति । रजस्य् उपरते साध्वी स्नानेन स्त्री रजस्वला ॥
rātribhir māsa.tulyābhir garbhasrāve viśudhyati | rajasy uparate sādhvī snānena strī rajasvalā ||
(A woman) is purified on a miscarriage in as many (days and) nights as months (elapsed after conception), and a menstruating female becomes j pure by bathing after the menstrual secretion has/ ceased (to flow). or it shall fall on the mother alone, and the father (shall become) pure by bathing.'
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नृणाम् अकृतचूडानां विशुद्धिर् नैशिकी स्मृता । निर्वृत्तचूडकानां तु त्रिरात्रात्-शुद्धिर् इष्यते ॥ [म्। निर्वृत्तमुण्डकानां ]
nṛṇām a.kṛtacūḍānāṃ viśuddhir naiśikī smṛtā | nirvṛtta.cūḍakānāṃ tu trirātrāt-śuddhir iṣyate || [M. nirvṛtta.muṇḍakānāṃ ]
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
ऊनद्विवार्षिकं प्रेतं निदध्युर् बान्धवा बहिः । अलंकृत्य शुचौ भूमाव् अस्थिसंचयनाद् ऋते ॥
ūna.dvivārṣikaṃ pretaṃ nidadhyur bāndhavā bahiḥ | alaṃkṛtya śucau bhūmāv asthisaṃcayanād ṛte ||
A child that has died before the completion of its second year, the relatives shall carry out (of the village), decked (with flowers, and bury it) in pure ground, without collecting the bones (afterwards).
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न-अस्य कार्यो ऽअग्निसंस्कारो न च कार्या-उदकक्रिया । अरण्ये काष्ठवत् त्यक्त्वा क्षपेयुस् त्र्यहम् एव तु ॥ [म्। क्षपेत त्र्यहम् एव च]
na-asya kāryo 'agnisaṃskāro na ca kāryā-udakakriyā | araṇye kāṣṭhavat tyaktvā kṣapeyus tryaham eva tu || [M. kṣapeta tryaham eva ca]
Such (a child) shall not be burnt with fire, and no libations of water shall be offered to it; leaving it like a (log of) wood in the forest, (the relatives) shall remain impure during three days only.
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न-अत्रिवर्षस्य कर्तव्या बान्धवैर् उदकक्रिया । जातदन्तस्य वा कुर्युर् नाम्नि वाअपि कृते सति ॥
na-a.trivarṣasya kartavyā bāndhavair udakakriyā | jāta.dantasya vā kuryur nāmni vā.api kṛte sati ||
The relatives shall not offer libations to (a child) that has not reached the third year; but if it had teeth, or the ceremony of naming it (Namakarman) had been performed, (the offering of water is) optional.
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सब्रह्मचारिण्य् एकाहम् अतीते क्षपणम् स्मृतम् । जन्मन्य् एकौदकानां तु त्रिरात्रात्-शुद्धिर् इष्यते ॥
sa.brahmacāriṇy ekāham atīte kṣapaṇam smṛtam | janmany eka.udakānāṃ tu trirātrāt-śuddhir iṣyate ||
If a fellow-student has died, the Smnti prescribes an impurity of one day; on a birth the purification of the Samanodakas is declared (to take place) after three (days and) nights.
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स्त्रीणाम् असंस्कृतानां तु त्र्यहात्-शुध्यन्ति बान्धवाः । यथाउक्तेन-एव कल्पेन शुध्यन्ति तु सनाभयः ॥
strīṇām a.saṃskṛtānāṃ tu tryahāt-śudhyanti bāndhavāḥ | yathā.uktena-eva kalpena śudhyanti tu sa.nābhayaḥ ||
(On the death) of females (betrothed but) not married (the bridegroom and his) relatives are purified after three days, and the paternal relatives become pure according to the same rule. lives or not, the full period of impurity must be kept.
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अक्षारलवणअन्नाः स्युर् निमज्जेयुश् च ते त्र्यहम् । मांसाशनं च न-अश्नीयुः शयीरंश् च पृथक् क्षितौ ॥
a.kṣāra.lavaṇa.annāḥ syur nimajjeyuś ca te tryaham | māṃsāśanaṃ ca na-aśnīyuḥ śayīraṃś ca pṛthak kṣitau ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
संनिधाव् एष वै कल्पः शावआशौचस्य कीर्तितः । असंनिधाव् अयं ज्ञेयो विधिः संबन्धिबान्धवैः ॥
saṃnidhāv eṣa vai kalpaḥ śāva.āśaucasya kīrtitaḥ | a.saṃnidhāv ayaṃ jñeyo vidhiḥ saṃbandhi.bāndhavaiḥ ||
The above rule regarding impurity on account of a death has been prescribed (for cases where the kinsmen live) near (the deceased); (SaTpinddi) kinsmen and (Samanodaka) relatives must know the following rule (to refer to cases where deceased lived) at a distance (from them).
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विगतं तु विदेशस्थं शृणुयाद् यो ह्य् अनिर्दशम् । यत्-शेषं दशरात्रस्य तावद् एव-अशुचिर् भवेत् ॥
vigataṃ tu videśasthaṃ śṛṇuyād yo hy a.nirdaśam | yat-śeṣaṃ daśarātrasya tāvad eva-aśucir bhavet ||
He who may hear that (a relative) residing in a distant country has died, before ten (days after his death have elapsed), shall be impure for the remainder of the period of ten (days and) nights only.
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अतिक्रान्ते दशाहे च त्रिरात्रम् अशुचिर् भवेत् । संवत्सरे व्यतीते तु स्पृष्ट्वा-एव-आपो विशुध्यति ॥
atikrānte daśāhe ca trirātram aśucir bhavet | saṃvatsare vyatīte tu spṛṣṭvā-eva-āpo viśudhyati ||
If the ten days have passed, he shall be impure during three (days and) nights; but if a year has elapsed (since the occurrence of the death), he becomes pure merely by bathing.
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निर्दशं ज्ञातिमरणं श्रुत्वा पुत्रस्य जन्म च । सवासा जलम् आप्लुत्य शुद्धो भवति मानवः ॥
nirdaśaṃ jñātimaraṇaṃ śrutvā putrasya janma ca | sa.vāsā jalam āplutya śuddho bhavati mānavaḥ ||
A man who hears of a (Sapiṇḍa) relative's death, or of the birth of a son after the ten days (of impurity have passed), becomes pure by bathing, dressed in his garments.
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बाले देशान्तरस्थे च पृथक्पिण्डे च संस्थिते । सवासा जलम् आप्लुत्य सद्य एव विशुध्यति ॥
bāle deśāntarasthe ca pṛthak.piṇḍe ca saṃsthite | sa.vāsā jalam āplutya sadya eva viśudhyati ||
If an infant (that has not teethed), or a (grownup relative who is) not a Sapi^da, die in a distant country, one becomes at once pure after bathing in one's clothes.
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अन्तर्दशाहे स्यातां चेत् पुनर् मरणजन्मनी । [म्। चेत् स्यातां] तावत् स्याद् अशुचिर् विप्रो यावत् तत् स्याद् अनिर्दशम् ॥
antar.daśāhe syātāṃ cet punar maraṇa.janmanī | [M. cet syātāṃ] tāvat syād a.śucir vipro yāvat tat syād a.nirdaśam ||
If within the ten days (of impurity) another birth or death happens, a Brāhmaṇa shall remain impure only until the (first) period of ten days has expired.
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त्रिरात्रम् आहुर् आशौचम् आचार्ये संस्थिते सति । तस्य पुत्रे च पत्न्यां च दिवारात्रम् इति स्थितिः ॥
trirātram āhur āśaucam ācārye saṃsthite sati | tasya putre ca patnyāṃ ca divā.rātram iti sthitiḥ ||
They declare that, when the teacher (a/£arya) has died, the impurity (lasts) three days; if the
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श्रोत्रिये तु-उपसंपन्ने त्रिरात्रम् अशुचिर् भवेत् । मातुले पक्षिणीं रात्रिं शिष्यऋत्विग्बान्धवेषु च ॥
śrotriye tu-upasaṃpanne trirātram aśucir bhavet | mātule pakṣiṇīṃ rātriṃ śiṣya.ṛtvig.bāndhaveṣu ca ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
प्रेते राजनि सज्योतिर् यस्य स्याद् विषये स्थितः । अश्रोत्रिये त्व् अहः कृत्स्नम् अनूचाने तथा गुरौ ॥ [म्कृत्स्नाम् ]
prete rājani sa.jyotir yasya syād viṣaye sthitaḥ | a.śrotriye tv ahaḥ kṛtsnam anūcāne tathā gurau || [M.kṛtsnām ]
Anu/£ane tatha gurau, 'likewise for a Guru who knows the Veda and Ahgas,' i. e. ' such a one who is mentioned above, II, 149'
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शुद्ध्येद् विप्रो दशाहेन द्वादशाहेन भूमिपः । वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहेन शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति ॥
śuddhyed vipro daśāhena dvādaśāhena bhūmipaḥ | vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśāhena śūdro māsena śudhyati ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
न वर्धयेद् अघअहानि प्रत्यूहेन् न-अग्निषु क्रियाः । न च तत्कर्म कुर्वाणः सनाभ्यो ऽअप्य् अशुचिर् भवेत् ॥
na vardhayed agha.ahāni pratyūhen na-agniṣu kriyāḥ | na ca tatkarma kurvāṇaḥ sa.nābhyo 'apy aśucir bhavet ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
दिवाकीर्तिम् उदक्यां च पतितं सूतिकां तथा । शवं तत्स्पृष्टिनं च-एव स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानेन शुध्यति ॥
divākīrtim udakyāṃ ca patitaṃ sūtikāṃ tathā | śavaṃ tatspṛṣṭinaṃ ca-eva spṛṣṭvā snānena śudhyati ||
When he has touched a -ATa/z^ala, a menstruating woman, an outcast, a woman in childbed, a corpse, or one who has touched a (corpse), he becomes pure by bathing.
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आचम्य प्रयतो नित्यं जपेद् अशुचिदर्शने । सौरान् मन्त्रान् यथाउत्साहं पावमानीश् च शक्तितः ॥
ācamya prayato nityaṃ japed a.śucidarśane | saurān mantrān yathā.utsāhaṃ pāvamānīś ca śaktitaḥ ||
He who has purified himself by sipping water shall, on seeing any impure (thing or person), always mutter the sacred texts, addressed to Surya, and the Pavamani (verses).
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नारं स्पृष्ट्वा-अस्थि सस्नेहं स्नात्वा विप्रो विशुध्यति । आचम्य-एव तु निःस्नेहं गाम् आलभ्य-अर्कम् ईक्ष्य वा ॥
nāraṃ spṛṣṭvā-asthi sa.snehaṃ snātvā vipro viśudhyati | ācamya-eva tu niḥsnehaṃ gām ālabhya-arkam īkṣya vā ||
A Brāhmaṇa who has touched a human bone to which fat adheres, becomes pure by bathing; if it be free from fat, by sipping water and by touching (afterwards) a cow or looking at the sun.
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आदिष्टी न-उदकं कुर्याद् आ व्रतस्य समापनात् । समाप्ते तु-उदकं कृत्वा त्रिरात्रेण-एव शुध्यति ॥
ādiṣṭī na-udakaṃ kuryād ā vratasya samāpanāt | samāpte tu-udakaṃ kṛtvā trirātreṇa-eva śudhyati ||
He who has undertaken the performance of a vow shall not pour out libations (to the dead) until the vow has been completed; but when he has it to be an exhortation not to delay the bath which must be taken at the expiration of the period of impurity. The other commentators mention the first explanation only. The second clause, which refers to the continued offering of the -Srauta Agnihotra, means according to
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वृथासंकरजातानां प्रव्रज्यासु च तिष्ठताम् ॥ आत्मनस् त्यागिनां च-एव निवर्तेत-उदकक्रिया ॥
vṛthā.saṃkara.jātānāṃ pravrajyāsu ca tiṣṭhatām || ātmanas tyāgināṃ ca-eva nivarteta-udakakriyā ||
Libations of water shall not be offered to those who (neglect the prescribed rites and may be said to) have been born in vain, to those born in consequence of an illegal mixture of the castes, to those who are ascetics (of heretical sects), and to those who have committed suicide,
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पाषण्डम् आश्रितानां च चरन्तीनां च कामतः । गर्भभर्तृद्रुहां च-एव सुरापीनां च योषिताम् ॥
pāṣaṇḍam āśritānāṃ ca carantīnāṃ ca kāmataḥ | garbha.bhartṛ.druhāṃ ca-eva surāpīnāṃ ca yoṣitām ||
To women who have joined a heretical sect, who through lust live (with many men), who have caused an abortion, have killed their husbands, or drink spirituous liquor.
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आचार्यं स्वम् उपाध्यायं पितरं मातरं गुरुम् । निर्हृत्य तु व्रती प्रेतान् न व्रतेन वियुज्यते ॥
ācāryaṃ svam upādhyāyaṃ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ gurum | nirhṛtya tu vratī pretān na vratena viyujyate ||
A student does not break his vow by carrying out (to the place of cremation) his own dead teacher (ācārya), sub-teacher (upadhyaya), father, mother, or Guru.
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दक्षिणेन मृतं शूद्रं पुरद्वारेण निर्हरेत् । पश्चिमौत्तरपूर्वैस् तु यथायोगं द्विजन्मनः ॥
dakṣiṇena mṛtaṃ śūdraṃ puradvāreṇa nirharet | paścima.uttara.pūrvais tu yathāyogaṃ dvijanmanaḥ ||
Let him carry out a dead.5udra by the southern gate of the town, but (the corpses of) his mother
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न राज्ञाम् अघदोषो ऽअस्ति व्रतिनां न च सत्त्रिणाम् । ऐन्द्रं स्थानम् उपासीना ब्रह्मभूता हि ते सदा ॥
na rājñām aghadoṣo 'asti vratināṃ na ca sattriṇām | aindraṃ sthānam upāsīnā brahmabhūtā hi te sadā ||
The taint of impurity does not fall on kings, and those engaged in the performance of a vow, or of a Sattra; for the (first are) seated on the throne of Indra, and the (last two are) ever pure like Brahman.
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राज्ञो महात्मिके स्थाने सद्यःशौचं विधीयते । प्रजानां परिरक्षार्थम् आसनं च-अत्र कारणम् ॥
rājño mahātmike sthāne sadyaḥśaucaṃ vidhīyate | prajānāṃ parirakṣārtham āsanaṃ ca-atra kāraṇam ||
For a king, on the throne of magnanimity, immediate purification is prescribed, and the reason for that is that he is seated (there) for the protection of (his) subjects.
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डिम्भआहवहतानां च विद्युता पार्थिवेन च ।[म्डिम्बआहवहतानां] गोब्राह्मणस्य च-एव-अर्थे यस्य च-इच्छति पार्थिवः ॥
ḍimbha.āhava.hatānāṃ ca vidyutā pārthivena ca |[M.ḍimba.āhava.hatānāṃ] go.brāhmaṇasya ca-eva-arthe yasya ca-icchati pārthivaḥ ||
(The same rule applies to the kinsmen) of those who have fallen in a riot or a battle, (of those who have been killed) by lightning or by the king, and (of those who perished fighting) for cows and Brahma- /2as, and to those whom the king wishes (to be pure).
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सोमअग्निअर्कअनिलैन्द्राणां वित्तअप्पत्योर् यमस्य च । अष्टानां लोकपालानां वपुर् धारयते नृपः ॥
soma.agni.arka.anila.indrāṇāṃ vitta.appatyor yamasya ca | aṣṭānāṃ lokapālānāṃ vapur dhārayate nṛpaḥ ||
A king is an incarnation of the eight guardian deities of the world, the Moon, the Fire, the Sun, i the Wind, Indra, the Lords of wealth and water (Kubera and Varuṇa), and Yama.
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लोकेशाधिष्ठितो राजा न-अस्य-आशौचं विधीयते । शौचआशौचं हि मर्त्यानां लोकेभ्यः प्रभवअप्ययौ ॥
lokeśādhiṣṭhito rājā na-asya-āśaucaṃ vidhīyate | śauca.āśaucaṃ hi martyānāṃ lokebhyaḥ prabhava.apyayau ||
Because the king is pervaded by (those) northern, and a Brāhmaṇa by the eastern
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उद्यतैर् आहवे शस्त्रैः क्षत्रधर्महतस्य च । सद्यः संतिष्ठते यज्ञस् तथा-आशौचम् इति स्थितिः ॥
udyatair āhave śastraiḥ kṣatradharmahatasya ca | sadyaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate yajñas tathā-āśaucam iti sthitiḥ ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
विप्रः शुध्यत्य् अपः स्पृष्ट्वा क्षत्रियो वाहनआयुधम् । वैश्यः प्रतोदं रश्मीन् वा यष्टिं शूद्रः कृतक्रियः ॥
vipraḥ śudhyaty apaḥ spṛṣṭvā kṣatriyo vāhana.āyudham | vaiśyaḥ pratodaṃ raśmīn vā yaṣṭiṃ śūdraḥ kṛta.kriyaḥ ||
(At the end of the period of impurity) a Brāhmaṇa who has performed the necessary rites, becomes pure by touching water, a Kshatriya by touching the animal on which he rides, and his weapons, a Vaiiya by touching his goad or the nose-string (of his oxen), a.5udra by touching his staff.
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एतद् वो ऽअभिहितं शौचं सपिण्डेषु द्विजोत्तमाः । असपिण्डेषु सर्वेषु प्रेतशुद्धिं निबोधत ॥
etad vo 'abhihitaṃ śaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu dvijottamāḥ | asapiṇḍeṣu sarveṣu pretaśuddhiṃ nibodhata ||
Thus the purification (required) on (the death of) Sapi/z^as has been explained to you, O best of twice-born men; hear now the manner in which men are purified on the death of any (relative who is) not a Saprnda.. A Brāhmaṇa, having carried out a dead verse must then be translated ' purity and impurity affect mortals, they are caused and removed by the guardians of the world/
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असपिण्डं द्विजं प्रेतं विप्रो निर्हृत्य बन्धुवत् । विशुध्यति त्रिरात्रेण मातुर् आप्तांश् च बान्धवान् ॥
asapiṇḍaṃ dvijaṃ pretaṃ vipro nirhṛtya bandhuvat | viśudhyati trirātreṇa mātur āptāṃś ca bāndhavān ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
यद्य् अन्नम् अत्ति तेषां तु दशाहेन-एव शुध्यति । अनदन्न् अन्नम् अह्ना-एव न चेत् तस्मिन् गृहे वसेत् ॥
yady annam atti teṣāṃ tu daśāhena-eva śudhyati | an.adann annam ahnā-eva na cet tasmin gṛhe vaset ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
अनुगम्य-इच्छया प्रेतं ज्ञातिम् अज्ञातिम् एव च ॥[म्। अज्ञातिम् एव वा] स्नात्वा सचैलः स्पृष्ट्वा-अग्निं घृतं प्राश्य विशुध्यति ॥ [म्सचैलं, विशुद्ध्यति ]
anugamya-icchayā pretaṃ jñātim ajñātim eva ca ||[M. ajñātim eva vā] snātvā sa.cailaḥ spṛṣṭvā-agniṃ ghṛtaṃ prāśya viśudhyati || [M.sa.cailaṃ, viśuddhyati ]
Having voluntarily followed a corpse, whether (that of) a paternal kinsman or (of) a stranger, he becomes pure by bathing, dressed in his clothes, by touching fire and eating clarified butter.
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न विप्रं स्वेषु तिष्ठत्सु मृतं शूद्रेण नाययेत् । अस्वर्ग्या ह्य् आहुतिः सा स्यात्-शूद्रसंस्पर्शदूषिता ॥
na vipraṃ sveṣu tiṣṭhatsu mṛtaṃ śūdreṇa nāyayet | a.svargyā hy āhutiḥ sā syāt-śūdrasaṃsparśadūṣitā ||
Let him not allow a dead Brāhmaṇa to be carried out by a Śudra, while men of the same caste are at hand; for that burnt-offering which is defiled by a 6udra's touch is detrimental to (the deceased's passage to) heaven. ^.
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ज्ञानं तपो ऽअग्निर् आहारो मृत्-मनो वार्य् उपाञ्जनम् । वायुः कर्म-अर्ककालौ च शुद्धेः कर्त्क़्णि देहिनाम् ॥
jñānaṃ tapo 'agnir āhāro mṛt-mano vāry upāñjanam | vāyuḥ karma-arka.kālau ca śuddheḥ kartqṇi dehinām ||
The knowledge (of Brahman) austerities, fire, (holy) food, earth, (restraint of) the internal organ, I water, sjnearing; (with _cowdung). the wind, sacred rites, the sun, and time are the purifiers of corporeal (beings). "^
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सर्वेषाम् एव शौचानाम् अर्थशौचं परं स्मृतं । यो ऽअर्थे शुचिर् हि स शुचिर् न मृत्वारिशुचिः शुचिः ॥
sarveṣām eva śaucānām arthaśaucaṃ paraṃ smṛtaṃ | yo 'arthe śucir hi sa śucir na mṛt.vāri.śuciḥ śuciḥ ||
Among all modes of purification, purity in (the acquisition of) wealth is declared to be the best; Jff% for he is pure who gains wealth with clean hands, not he who purifies himself with earth and water. fl
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क्षान्त्या शुध्यन्ति विद्वांसो दानेन-अकार्यकारिणः । [म्शुद्ध्यन्ति] प्रच्छन्नपापा जप्येन तपसा वेदवित्तमाः ॥
kṣāntyā śudhyanti vidvāṃso dānena-a.kāryakāriṇaḥ | [M.śuddhyanti] pracchanna.pāpā japyena tapasā vedavittamāḥ ||
The learned are purified by a forgiving disposition, those who have committed forbidden actions by liberality, secret sinners by muttering (sacred texts), and those who best know the Veda by austerities.
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मृत्तोयैः शुध्यते शोध्यं नदी वेगेन शुध्यति । रजसा स्त्री मनोदुष्टा संन्यासेन द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
mṛt.toyaiḥ śudhyate śodhyaṃ nadī vegena śudhyati | rajasā strī manoduṣṭā saṃnyāsena dvijottamāḥ ||
By earth and water is purified_what ought to be made pure, a river by its current, a woman whose thoughts have been impure by the menstrual secretion, a_jrahma^a_^^^andonjn^_the wprld (sa^nyasa).
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अद्भिर् गात्राणि शुध्यन्ति मनः सत्येन शुध्यति । विद्यातपोभ्यां भूतात्मा बुद्धिर् ज्ञानेन शुध्यति ॥ [म्शुद्ध्यति]
adbhir gātrāṇi śudhyanti manaḥ satyena śudhyati | vidyā.tapobhyāṃ bhūtātmā buddhir jñānena śudhyati || [M.śuddhyati]
The body is cleansed by water, the internal organ is purified by truthfulness, the individual soul by sacred learning and austerities, the intellect by (true) knowledge. no. Thus the precise rules for the purification of the body have been declared to you; hear now the decision (of the law) regarding the purification of the various (inanimate) things. in. The wise ordain that all (objects) made of metal, gems, and anything made of stone are to be cleansed with ashes, earth, and water.
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एष शौचस्य वः प्रोक्तः शरीरस्य विनिर्णयः । नानाविधानां द्रव्याणां शुद्धेः शृणुत निर्णयम् ॥
eṣa śaucasya vaḥ proktaḥ śarīrasya vinirṇayaḥ | nānāvidhānāṃ dravyāṇāṃ śuddheḥ śṛṇuta nirṇayam ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
तैजसानां मणीनां च सर्वस्य-अश्ममयस्य च । भस्मना-अद्भिर् मृदा च-एव शुद्धिर् उक्ता मनीषिभिः ॥
taijasānāṃ maṇīnāṃ ca sarvasya-aśmamayasya ca | bhasmanā-adbhir mṛdā ca-eva śuddhir uktā manīṣibhiḥ ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
निर्लेपं काञ्चनं भाण्डम् अद्भिर् एव विशुध्यति । [म्विशुद्ध्यति] अप्जम् अश्ममयं च-एव राजतं च-अनुपस्कृतम् ॥
nirlepaṃ kāñcanaṃ bhāṇḍam adbhir eva viśudhyati | [M.viśuddhyati] ap.jam aśmamayaṃ ca-eva rājataṃ ca-an.upaskṛtam ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
अपाम् अग्नेश् च संयोगाद्द् हैमं रौप्यं च निर्बभौ । तस्मात् तयोः स्वयोन्या-एव निर्णेको गुणवत्तरः ॥
apām agneś ca saṃyogādd haimaṃ raupyaṃ ca nirbabhau | tasmāt tayoḥ svayonyā-eva nirṇeko guṇavattaraḥ ||
From the union of water and fire arose the glittering gold and silver; those two, therefore, are best purified by (the elements) from which they sprang.
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ताम्रअयस्कांस्यरैत्यानां त्रपुणः सीसकस्य च । शौचं यथार्हं कर्तव्यं क्षारअम्लोदकवारिभिः ॥
tāmra.ayas.kāṃsya.raityānāṃ trapuṇaḥ sīsakasya ca | śaucaṃ yathārhaṃ kartavyaṃ kṣāra.amlodaka.vāribhiḥ ||
Copper, iron, brass, pewter, tin, and lead must be cleansed, as may be suitable (for each particular case), by alkaline (substances), acids or water.
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द्रवाणां च-एव सर्वेषां शुद्धिर् उत्पवनं स्मृतम् । प्रोक्षणं संहतानां च दारवाणां च तक्षणम् ॥
dravāṇāṃ ca-eva sarveṣāṃ śuddhir utpavanaṃ smṛtam | prokṣaṇaṃ saṃhatānāṃ ca dāravāṇāṃ ca takṣaṇam ||
The purification prescribed for all (sorts of) liquids is by passing two blades of Kuśa grass through them, for solid things by sprinkling (them with water), for (objects) made of wood by planing them.
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मार्जनं यज्ञपात्राणां पाणिना यज्ञकर्मणि । चमसानां ग्रहाणां च शुद्धिः प्रक्षालनेन तु ॥
mārjanaṃ yajñapātrāṇāṃ pāṇinā yajñakarmaṇi | camasānāṃ grahāṇāṃ ca śuddhiḥ prakṣālanena tu ||
At sacrifices the purification of (the Soma cups called) Aamasas and Grahas, and of (other) sacrificial vessels (takes place) by rubbing (them) with the hand, and (afterwards) rinsing (them with water).. The Ka.ru and (the spoons called) Sru£ and Sruva must be cleaned with hot water, likewise (the wooden sword, called) Sphya, the winnowing-basket (.Surpa), the cart (for bringing the grain), the pestle and the mortar.
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चरूणां स्रुक्स्रुवाणां च शुद्धिर् उष्णेन वारिणा । स्फ्यशूर्पशकटानां च मुसलौलूखलस्य च ॥
carūṇāṃ sruk.sruvāṇāṃ ca śuddhir uṣṇena vāriṇā | sphya.śūrpa.śakaṭānāṃ ca musala.ulūkhalasya ca ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
अद्भिस् तु प्रोक्षणं शौचं बहूनां धान्यवाससाम् । प्रक्षालनेन त्व् अल्पानाम् अद्भिः शौचं विधीयते ॥
adbhis tu prokṣaṇaṃ śaucaṃ bahūnāṃ dhānya.vāsasām | prakṣālanena tv alpānām adbhiḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
चैलवत्-चर्मणां शुद्धिर् वैदलानां तथा-एव च । शाकमूलफलानां च धान्यवत्-शुद्धिर् इष्यते ॥ [म्। तु]
cailavat-carmaṇāṃ śuddhir vaidalānāṃ tathā-eva ca | śāka.mūla.phalānāṃ ca dhānyavat-śuddhir iṣyate || [M. tu]
Skins and (objects) made of split cane must be cleaned like clothes; vegetables, roots, and fruit like grain;
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कौशेयआविकयोर् ऊषैः कुतपानाम् अरिष्टकैः । श्रीफलैर् अंशुपट्टानां क्षौमाणां गौरसर्षपैः ॥
kauśeya.āvikayor ūṣaiḥ kutapānām ariṣṭakaiḥ | śrīphalair aṃśupaṭṭānāṃ kṣaumāṇāṃ gaurasarṣapaiḥ ||
Silk and woollen stuffs with alkaline earth; blankets with pounded Arish/a (fruit); A^mpa^as with Bel fruit; linen cloth with (a paste of) yellow mustard.
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