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Manu-Smrti 5

क्षौमवत्-शङ्खशृङ्गाणाम् अस्थिदन्तमयस्य च । शुद्धिर् विजानता कार्या गोमूत्रेण-उदकेन वा ॥

kṣaumavat-śaṅkha.śṛṅgāṇām asthi.dantamayasya ca | śuddhir vijānatā kāryā go.mūtreṇa-udakena vā ||

A man who knows (the law) must purify conch-shells, horn, bone and ivory, like linen cloth, or with a mixture of cow's urine and water.

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प्रोक्षणात् तृणकाष्ठं च पलालं च-एव शुध्यति । मार्जनौपाञ्जनैर् वेश्म पुनःपाकेन मृत्मयम् ॥

prokṣaṇāt tṛṇa.kāṣṭhaṃ ca palālaṃ ca-eva śudhyati | mārjana.upāñjanair veśma punaḥpākena mṛt.mayam ||

Grass, wood, and straw become pure by being sprinkled (with water), a house by sweeping and smearing (it with cowdung or whitewash), an earthen (vessel) by a second burning.

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संमार्जनौपाञ्जनेन सेकेन-उल्लेखनेन च । गवां च परिवासेन भूमिः शुध्यति पञ्चभिः ॥ [म्शुद्ध्यति]

saṃmārjana.upāñjanena sekena-ullekhanena ca | gavāṃ ca parivāsena bhūmiḥ śudhyati pañcabhiḥ || [M.śuddhyati]

Land is purified by (the following) five (modes, viz.) "by sweeping, by smearing (it with cowdung), by sprinkling (it with cows' urine or milk), by scraping, and by cows staying (on it during a day and night).

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पक्षिजग्धं गवा घ्रातम् अवधूतम् अवक्षुतम् । दूषितं केशकीटैश् च मृत्प्रक्षेपेण शुध्यति ॥

pakṣi.jagdhaṃ gavā ghrātam avadhūtam avakṣutam | dūṣitaṃ keśa.kīṭaiś ca mṛt.prakṣepeṇa śudhyati ||

(Food) which has been pecked at by birds,

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यावत्-न-अपैत्य् अमेध्याक्ताद् गन्धो लेपश् च तत्कृतः । तावन् मृद्वारि च-आदेयं सर्वासु द्रव्यशुद्धिषु ॥

yāvat-na-apaity a.medhyāktād gandho lepaś ca tat.kṛtaḥ | tāvan mṛd.vāri ca-ādeyaṃ sarvāsu dravyaśuddhiṣu ||

As long as the (foul) smell does not leave an (object) defiled by impure substances, and the stain caused by them (does not disappear), so long must earth and water be applied in cleansing (inanimate) things. ^__^

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त्रीणि देवाः पवित्राणि ब्राह्मणानाम् अकल्पयन् । अदृष्टम् अद्भिर् निर्णिक्तं यच् च वाचा प्रशस्यते ॥

trīṇi devāḥ pavitrāṇi brāhmaṇānām akalpayan | a.dṛṣṭam adbhir nirṇiktaṃ yac ca vācā praśasyate ||

The gods declared three things (to be) pure to Brāhmaṇas, that (on which) no (taint is) visible, what has been washed with water, and what has been commended (as pure) by the word (of a Brāhmaṇa).

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आपः शुद्धा भूमिगता वैतृष्ण्यं यासु गोर् भवेत् । अव्याप्ताश् चेद् अमेध्येन गन्धवर्णरसअन्विताः ॥

āpaḥ śuddhā bhūmigatā vaitṛṣṇyaṃ yāsu gor bhavet | a.vyāptāś ced a.medhyena gandha.varṇa.rasa.anvitāḥ ||

Water, sufficient (in quantity) in order to slake the thirst of a cow, possessing the (proper) smell, colour, and taste, and unmixed with impure substances, is pure, if it is collected on (pure) ground.

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नित्यं शुद्धः कारुहस्तः पण्ये यच् च प्रसारितम् । [म्पण्यं] ब्रह्मचारिगतं भैक्ष्यं नित्यं मेध्यम् इति स्थितिः ॥

nityaṃ śuddhaḥ kāru.hastaḥ paṇye yac ca prasāritam | [M.paṇyaṃ] brahmacārigataṃ bhaikṣyaṃ nityaṃ medhyam iti sthitiḥ ||

The hand of an artisan is always pure, so is (every vendible commodity) exposed for sale in vultures, and other impure ones '

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नित्यम् आस्यं शुचि स्त्रीणां शकुनिः फलपातने । प्रस्रवे च शुचिर् वत्सः श्वा मृगग्रहणे शुचिः ॥

nityam āsyaṃ śuci strīṇāṃ śakuniḥ phalapātane | prasrave ca śucir vatsaḥ śvā mṛgagrahaṇe śuciḥ ||

The mouth of a woman is alwaysjpure, likewise a bird when he causes a fruit to fall; a calf is pure on the flowing of the milk, and a dog when he catches a deer.

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श्वभिर् हतस्य यन् मांसं शुचि तन् मनुर् अब्रवीत् । क्रव्याद्भिश् च हतस्य-अन्यैश् चण्डालाद्यैश् च दस्युभिः ॥

śvabhir hatasya yan māṃsaṃ śuci tan manur abravīt | kravyādbhiś ca hatasya-anyaiś caṇḍālādyaiś ca dasyubhiḥ ||

Manu has declared that the flesh (of an animal) killed by dogs is pure, likewise (that) of a (beast) slain by carnivorous (animals) or by men of low caste (Dasyu), such as A'a/z^alas.

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ऊर्ध्वं नाभेर् यानि खानि तानि मेध्यानि सर्वशः । यान्य् अधस् तान्य् अमेध्यानि देहाच् च-एव मलाश् च्युताः ॥

ūrdhvaṃ nābher yāni khāni tāni medhyāni sarvaśaḥ | yāny adhas tāny a.medhyāni dehāc ca-eva malāś cyutāḥ ||

All those cavities (of the body) which lie above the navel are pure, (but) those which are below the navel are impure, as well as excretions that fall from the body.

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मक्षिका विप्रुषश् छाया गौर् अश्वः सूर्यरश्मयः । रजो भूर् वायुर् अग्निश् च स्पर्शे मेध्यानि निर्दिशेत् ॥

makṣikā vipruṣaś chāyā gaur aśvaḥ sūryaraśmayaḥ | rajo bhūr vāyur agniś ca sparśe medhyāni nirdiśet ||

Flies, drops of water, a shadow, a cow, a horse, the rays of the sun, dust, earth, the wind, and fire one must know to be pure to the touch.

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विष्मूत्रौत्सर्गशुद्धिअर्थं मृत्वार्य् आदेयम् अर्थवत् । दैहिकानां मलानां च शुद्धिषु द्वादशस्व् अपि ॥

viṣ.mūtra.utsarga.śuddhi.arthaṃ mṛt.vāry ādeyam arthavat | daihikānāṃ malānāṃ ca śuddhiṣu dvādaśasv api ||

In order to cleanse (the organs) by which urine and faeces are ejected, earth and water must be used, as they may be required, likewise in removing the (remaining ones among) twelve impurities of the body.

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वसा शुक्रम् असृज्-मज्जा मूत्रविष्-घ्राणकर्णविष्- । श्लेश्म अश्रु दूषिका स्वेदो द्वादश-एते नृणां मलाः ॥

vasā śukram asṛj-majjā mūtra.viṣ-ghrāṇa.karṇa.viṣ- | śleśma aśru dūṣikā svedo dvādaśa-ete nṛṇāṃ malāḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

एका लिङ्गे गुदे तिस्रस् तथा-एकत्र करे दश । उभयोः सप्त दातव्या मृदः शुद्धिम् अभीप्सता ॥

ekā liṅge gude tisras tathā-ekatra kare daśa | ubhayoḥ sapta dātavyā mṛdaḥ śuddhim abhīpsatā ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

एतत्-शौचं गृहस्थानां द्विगुणं ब्रह्मचारिणाम् । त्रिगुणं स्याद् वनस्थानां यतीनां तु चतुर्गुणम् ॥

etat-śaucaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ dviguṇaṃ brahmacāriṇām | triguṇaṃ syād vanasthānāṃ yatīnāṃ tu caturguṇam ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

कृत्वा मूत्रं पुरीषं वा खान्य् आचान्त उपस्पृशेत् । वेदम् अध्येष्यमाणश् च अन्नम् अश्नंश् च सर्वदा ॥

kṛtvā mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā khāny ācānta upaspṛśet | vedam adhyeṣyamāṇaś ca annam aśnaṃś ca sarvadā ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

त्रिर् आचामेद् अपः पूर्वं द्विः प्रमृज्यात् ततो मुखम् । शरीरं शौचम् इच्छन् हि स्त्री शूद्रस् तु सकृत् सकृत् ॥

trir ācāmed apaḥ pūrvaṃ dviḥ pramṛjyāt tato mukham | śarīraṃ śaucam icchan hi strī śūdras tu sakṛt sakṛt ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

शूद्राणां मासिकं कार्यं वपनं न्यायवर्तिनाम् । वैश्यवत्-शौचकल्पश् च द्विजौच्छिष्टं च भोजनम् ॥

śūdrāṇāṃ māsikaṃ kāryaṃ vapanaṃ nyāyavartinām | vaiśyavat-śaucakalpaś ca dvija.ucchiṣṭaṃ ca bhojanam ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

न-उच्छिष्टं कुर्वते मुख्या विप्रुषो ऽअङ्गं न यान्ति याः । न श्मश्रूणि गतान्य् आस्यं न दन्तान्तरधिष्ठितम् ॥

na-ucchiṣṭaṃ kurvate mukhyā vipruṣo 'aṅgaṃ na yānti yāḥ | na śmaśrūṇi gatāny āsyaṃ na dantāntar.adhiṣṭhitam ||

Drops (of water) from the mouth which do not fall on a limb, do not make (a man) impure, nor the hair of the moustache entering the mouth, nor what adheres to the teeth.

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स्पृशन्ति बिन्दवः पादौ य आचामयतः परान् । भौमिकैस् ते समा ज्ञेया न तैर् आप्रयतो भवेत् ॥ [म्। अप्रयतो]

spṛśanti bindavaḥ pādau ya ācāmayataḥ parān | bhaumikais te samā jñeyā na tair āprayato bhavet || [M. a.prayato]

Drops which trickle on the feet of him who offers water for sipping to others, must be considered as equal to (water) collected on the ground; they render him not impure.

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उच्छिष्टेन तु संस्पृष्टो द्रव्यहस्तः कथं चन । अनिधाय-एव तद् द्रव्यम् आचान्तः शुचिताम् इयात् ॥

ucchiṣṭena tu saṃspṛṣṭo dravya.hastaḥ kathaṃ cana | a.nidhāya-eva tad dravyam ācāntaḥ śucitām iyāt ||

He who, while carrying anything in any manner, is touched by an impure (person or thing), shall become pure, if he performs an ablution, without putting down that object.

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वान्तो विरिक्तः स्नात्वा तु घृतप्राशनम् आचरेत् । आचामेद् एव भुक्त्वा-अन्नं स्नानं मैथुनिनः स्मृतम् ॥

vānto viriktaḥ snātvā tu ghṛtaprāśanam ācaret | ācāmed eva bhuktvā-annaṃ snānaṃ maithuninaḥ smṛtam ||

He who has vomited or purged shall bathe, and afterwards eat clarified butter; but if (the attack comes on) after he has eaten, let him only sip water; bathing is prescribed for him who has had intercourse I with a woman.

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सुप्त्वा क्षुत्वा च भुक्त्वा च निष्ठीव्य-उक्त्वा-अनृतानि च । पीत्वा-अपो ऽअध्येष्यमाणश् च आचामेत् प्रयतो ऽअपि सन् ॥

suptvā kṣutvā ca bhuktvā ca niṣṭhīvya-uktvā-anṛtāni ca | pītvā-apo 'adhyeṣyamāṇaś ca ācāmet prayato 'api san ||

Though he may be (already) pure, let him sip water after sleeping, sneezing, eating, spitting, telling untruths, and drinking water, likewise when he is going to study the Veda. j. Thus the rules of personal purification for men of all castes, and those for cleaning (inanimate) things, have been fully declared to you: hear now the duties of women. tba wi

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एषां शौचविधिः कृत्स्नो द्रव्यशुद्धिस् तथा-एव च । [मेष] उक्तो वः सर्ववर्णानां स्त्रीणां धर्मान् निबोधत ॥

eṣāṃ śaucavidhiḥ kṛtsno dravyaśuddhis tathā-eva ca | [M.eṣa] ukto vaḥ sarvavarṇānāṃ strīṇāṃ dharmān nibodhata ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

बालया वा युवत्या वा वृद्धया वा-अपि योषिता । न स्वातन्त्र्येण कर्तव्यं किं चिद् कार्यं गृहेष्व् अपि ॥

bālayā vā yuvatyā vā vṛddhayā vā-api yoṣitā | na svātantryeṇa kartavyaṃ kiṃ cid kāryaṃ gṛheṣv api ||

By a girl, by a young woman, or even by an aged one, nothing must be done independently, even in her own house.

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बाल्ये पितुर् वशे तिष्ठेत् पाणिग्राहस्य यौवने । पुत्राणां भर्तरि प्रेते न भजेत् स्त्री स्वतन्त्रताम् ॥

bālye pitur vaśe tiṣṭhet pāṇigrāhasya yauvane | putrāṇāṃ bhartari prete na bhajet strī svatantratām ||

In childhood a female must be subject to her father, in youth to her husband, when her lord is dead to her sons; a woman must never be indejDencjejjt.

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पित्रा भर्त्रा सुतैर् वा-अपि न-इच्छेद् विरहम् आत्मनः । एषां हि विरहेण स्त्री गर्ह्ये कुर्याद् उभे कुले ॥

pitrā bhartrā sutair vā-api na-icched viraham ātmanaḥ | eṣāṃ hi viraheṇa strī garhye kuryād ubhe kule ||

She must not seek to separate herself from her father, husband, or sons; by leaving them she would make both (her own and her husband's) families contemptible.

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सदा प्रहृष्टया भाव्यं गृहकार्ये च दक्षया । सुसंस्कृतौपस्करया व्यये च-अमुक्तहस्तया ॥

sadā prahṛṣṭayā bhāvyaṃ gṛhakārye ca dakṣayā | susaṃskṛta.upaskarayā vyaye ca-amukta.hastayā ||

She must always be cheerful, clever in (the management of her) household affairs, careful in cleaning her utensils, and economical in expenditure.

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यस्मै दद्यात् पिता त्व् एनां भ्राता वा-अनुमते पितुः । तं शुश्रूषेत जीवन्तं संस्थितं च न लङ्घयेत् ॥

yasmai dadyāt pitā tv enāṃ bhrātā vā-anumate pituḥ | taṃ śuśrūṣeta jīvantaṃ saṃsthitaṃ ca na laṅghayet ||

Him to whom her father may give her, or her brother with the fathers permission, she shall obey as long as he lives, and when he is dead, she must not insult (his memory).

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मङ्गलार्थं स्वस्त्ययनं यज्ञश् च-आसां प्रजापतेः । प्रयुज्यते विवाहे तु प्रदानं स्वाम्यकारणम् ॥

maṅgalārthaṃ svastyayanaṃ yajñaś ca-āsāṃ prajāpateḥ | prayujyate vivāhe tu pradānaṃ svāmya.kāraṇam ||

For the sake of procuring good fortune to (brides), the recitation of benedictory texts (svastyayana), and the sacrifice to the Lord of creatures (Prajāpati) are used at weddings; (but) the betrothal (by the father or guardian) is the cause of (the husbands) dominion (over his wife). 147-149. See below, IX, 2-3;

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अनृताव् ऋतुकाले च मन्त्रसंस्कारकृत् पतिः । सुखस्य नित्यं दाता-इह परलोके च योषितः ॥

an.ṛtāv ṛtukāle ca mantra.saṃskārakṛt patiḥ | sukhasya nityaṃ dātā-iha paraloke ca yoṣitaḥ ||

The husband who wedded her with sacred texts, always gives happiness to his wife, both in season and out of season, in this world and in the next.

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विशीलः कामवृत्तो वा गुणैर् वा परिवर्जितः । उपचार्यः स्त्रिया साध्व्या सततं देववत् पतिः ॥

vi.śīlaḥ kāma.vṛtto vā guṇair vā parivarjitaḥ | upacāryaḥ striyā sādhvyā satataṃ devavat patiḥ ||

Though destitute of virtue, or seeking pleasure (elsewhere), or devoid of good qualities, (yet) a husband must be constantly worshipped as a god by a faithful wife.

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न-अस्ति स्त्रीणां पृथग् यज्ञो न व्रतं न-अप्य् उपोषणम् । [मुपोषितम्] पतिं शुश्रूषते येन तेन स्वर्गे महीयते ॥

na-asti strīṇāṃ pṛthag yajño na vrataṃ na-apy upoṣaṇam | [M.upoṣitam] patiṃ śuśrūṣate yena tena svarge mahīyate ||

No sacrifice, no vow, no fast must be performed by women apart (from their husbands); if a wife obeys her husband, she will for that (reason alone) be exalted in heaven.

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पाणिग्राहस्य साध्वी स्त्री जीवतो वा मृतस्य वा । पतिलोकम् अभीप्सन्ती न-आचरेत् किं चिद् अप्रियम् ॥

pāṇigrāhasya sādhvī strī jīvato vā mṛtasya vā | patilokam abhīpsantī na-ācaret kiṃ cid a.priyam ||

A faithful wife, who desires to dwell (after death) with her husband, must never do anything that might displease him who took her hand, whether he be alive or dead.

Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

कामं तु क्सपयेद् देहं पुष्पमूलफलैः शुभैः । न तु नाम-अपि गृह्णीयात् पत्यौ प्रेते परस्य तु ॥

kāmaṃ tu ksapayed dehaṃ puṣpa.mūla.phalaiḥ śubhaiḥ | na tu nāma-api gṛhṇīyāt patyau prete parasya tu ||

At her pleasure let her emaciate her body by (living on) pure flowers, roots, and fruit; but she must never even mention the name of another man after her husband has died.

Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

आसीत-आ मरणात् क्सान्ता नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी । यो धर्म एकपत्नीनां काङ्क्षन्ती तम् अनुत्तमम् ॥

āsīta-ā maraṇāt ksāntā niyatā brahmacāriṇī | yo dharma ekapatnīnāṃ kāṅkṣantī tam anuttamam ||

Until death let her be patient (of hardships), self-controlled, and chaste, and strive (to fulfil) that most excellent duty which (is prescribed) for wives who have one husband only.

Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

अनेकानि सहस्राणि कुमारब्रह्मचारिणाम् । दिवं गतानि विप्राणाम् अकृत्वा कुलसंततिम् ॥

anekāni sahasrāṇi kumāra.brahmacāriṇām | divaṃ gatāni viprāṇām a.kṛtvā kulasaṃtatim ||

Many thousands of Brāhmaṇas who were chaste from their youth, have gone to heaven without continuing their race. implied by this expression.

Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

मृते भर्तरि साढ्वी स्त्री ब्रह्मचर्ये व्यवस्थिता । स्वर्गं गच्छत्य् अपुत्रा-अपि यथा ते ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥

mṛte bhartari sāḍhvī strī brahmacarye vyavasthitā | svargaṃ gacchaty a.putrā-api yathā te brahmacāriṇaḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

अपत्यलोभाद् या तु स्त्री भर्तारम् अतिवर्तते । सा-इह निन्दाम् अवाप्नोति परलोकाच् च हीयते ॥

apatyalobhād yā tu strī bhartāram ativartate | sā-iha nindām avāpnoti paralokāc ca hīyate ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

न-अन्यौत्पन्ना प्रजा-अस्ति-इह न च-अप्य् अन्यपरिग्रहे । [म्न च-अन्यस्य परिग्रहे] न द्वितीयश् च साध्वीनां क्व चिद् भर्ता-उपदिश्यते ॥

na-anya.utpannā prajā-asti-iha na ca-apy anyaparigrahe | [M.na ca-anyasya parigrahe] na dvitīyaś ca sādhvīnāṃ kva cid bhartā-upadiśyate ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

पतिं हित्वा-अपकृष्टं स्वम् उत्कृष्टं या निषेवते । [म्हित्वा-अवकृष्टं] निन्द्या-एव सा भवेल् लोके परपूर्वा-इति च-उच्यते ॥

patiṃ hitvā-apakṛṣṭaṃ svam utkṛṣṭaṃ yā niṣevate | [M.hitvā-avakṛṣṭaṃ] nindyā-eva sā bhavel loke para.pūrvā-iti ca-ucyate ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

व्यभिचारात् तु भर्तुः स्त्री लोके प्राप्नोति निन्द्यताम् । [म्व्यभिचारे तु] शृगालयोनिं प्राप्नोति पापरोगैश् च पीड्यते ॥

vyabhicārāt tu bhartuḥ strī loke prāpnoti nindyatām | [M.vyabhicāre tu] śṛgāla.yoniṃ prāpnoti pāpa.rogaiś ca pīḍyate ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

पतिं या न-अभिचरति मनोवाग्देहसंयुता । [म्। ।देहसंयता] सा भर्तृलोकम् आप्नोति सद्भिः साध्वी-इति च-उच्यते ॥

patiṃ yā na-abhicarati mano.vāg.dehasaṃyutā | [M. .dehasaṃyatā] sā bhartṛlokam āpnoti sadbhiḥ sādhvī-iti ca-ucyate ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

अनेन नारी वृत्तेन मनोवाग्देहसंयता । इह-अग्र्यां कीर्तिम् आप्नोति पतिलोकं परत्र च ॥

anena nārī vṛttena mano.vāg.dehasaṃyatā | iha-agryāṃ kīrtim āpnoti patilokaṃ paratra ca ||

In reward of such conduct, a female who controls her thoughts, speech, and actions, gains in this (life) highest renown, and in the next (world) a place near her husband.

Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

एवं वृत्तां सवर्णां स्त्रीं द्विजातिः पूर्वमारिणीम् । दाहयेद् अग्निहोत्रेण यज्ञपात्रैश् च धर्मवित् ॥

evaṃ vṛttāṃ sa.varṇāṃ strīṃ dvijātiḥ pūrvamāriṇīm | dāhayed agnihotreṇa yajñapātraiś ca dharmavit ||

A twice-born man, versed in the sacred law, shall burn a wife of equal caste who conducts herself thus and dies before him, with (the sacred fires used for) the Agnihotra, and with the sacrificial implements.

Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

भार्यायै पूर्वमारिण्यै दत्त्वा-अग्नीन् अन्त्यकर्मणि । पुनर् दारक्रियां कुर्यात् पुनर् आधानम् एव च ॥

bhāryāyai pūrvamāriṇyai dattvā-agnīn antyakarmaṇi | punar dārakriyāṃ kuryāt punar ādhānam eva ca ||

Having thus, at the funeral, given the sacred fires to his wife who dies before him, he may marry again, and again kindle (the fires).

Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.

अनेन विधिना नित्यं पञ्चयज्ञान् न हापयेत् । द्वितीयम् आयुषो भागं कृतदारो गृहे वसेत् ॥

anena vidhinā nityaṃ pañcayajñān na hāpayet | dvitīyam āyuṣo bhāgaṃ kṛta.dāro gṛhe vaset ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.