Agni Purana — Chapter 151
AgP 151.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे मन्वन्तराणि नाम पञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१५१} :श् अथैकपञ्चाशदधिकशततनो ऽध्यायः वर्णेतरधर्माः अग्निर् उवाच मन्वादयो भुक्तिमुक्तिधर्मांश्चीर्त्वाप्नुवन्ति यान् प्रोचे परशुरामाय वरुणोक्तन्तु पुष्करः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe manvantarāṇi nāma pañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {151} :ś athaikapañcāśadadhikaśatatano 'dhyāyaḥ varṇetaradharmāḥ agnir uvāca manvādayo bhuktimuktidharmāṃścīrtvāpnuvanti yān proce paraśurāmāya varuṇoktantu puṣkaraḥ
Thus (ends) the one hundred and fiftieth chapter, called "The Manvantaras," in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 151: Now the one hundred and fifty-first chapter: the duties of those other than the (four) classes. Agni said: Puṣkara declared to Paraśurāma what Varuṇa had said, (namely) the duties of enjoyment and liberation which the Manus and the rest attained by practising them.
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AgP 151.2
पुष्कर उवाच वर्णाश्रमेतराणान्ते धर्मान्वक्ष्यामि सर्वदान् मन्वादिभिर् निगदितान् वासुदेवादितुष्टिदान्
puṣkara uvāca varṇāśrametarāṇānte dharmānvakṣyāmi sarvadān manvādibhir nigaditān vāsudevādituṣṭidān
Puṣkara said: Now I shall tell the duties of those other than the classes and the stages of life, duties that give everything, that were declared by Manu and the others, and that give satisfaction to Vāsudeva and the (other gods).
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AgP 151.3
:प् ११७ अहिंसा सत्यवचनन्दया भूतेष्वनुग्रहः तीर्थानुसरणं दानं ब्रह्मचर्यम्मत्सरः
:p 117 ahiṃsā satyavacanandayā bhūteṣvanugrahaḥ tīrthānusaraṇaṃ dānaṃ brahmacaryammatsaraḥ
Non-injury, speaking the truth, compassion, kindness toward living beings, visiting sacred fords, giving, chastity, freedom from envy,
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AgP 151.4
देवद्विजातिशुश्रूषा गुरूणाञ्च भृगूत्तम श्रवणं सर्वधर्माणां पितॄणां पूजनं तथा
devadvijātiśuśrūṣā gurūṇāñca bhṛgūttama śravaṇaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ pūjanaṃ tathā
service to the gods, to the twice-born and to teachers, O best of the Bhṛgus, listening to all the dharmas, and likewise the worship of the ancestors,
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AgP 151.5
भक्तिश् च नृपतौ नित्यं तथा सच्छास्त्रनेत्रता आनृशंष्यन्तितिक्षा च तथा चास्तिक्यमेव च
bhaktiś ca nṛpatau nityaṃ tathā sacchāstranetratā ānṛśaṃṣyantitikṣā ca tathā cāstikyameva ca
and constant devotion to the king, and likewise taking the good scriptures for one's eye, non-cruelty and forbearance, and also faith (that these things are real).
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AgP 151.6
वर्णाश्रमाणां सामान्यं धर्माधर्मं(१) समीरितं यजनं याजनं दानं वेदाद्यध्यापनक्रिया
varṇāśramāṇāṃ sāmānyaṃ dharmādharmaṃ(1) samīritaṃ yajanaṃ yājanaṃ dānaṃ vedādyadhyāpanakriyā
The common duty and non-duty of the (four) classes and orders has been declared; sacrificing, officiating at sacrifice, giving, and the act of teaching the Veda and the rest,
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AgP 151.7
प्रतिग्रहञ्चाध्ययनं विप्रकर्माणि निर्दिशेत् दानमध्ययनञ्चैव यजनञ्च यथाविधिः
pratigrahañcādhyayanaṃ viprakarmāṇi nirdiśet dānamadhyayanañcaiva yajanañca yathāvidhiḥ
and accepting gifts, and study — (these) one should specify as the duties of a brahmin. Giving, study, and sacrificing according to rule,
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AgP 151.8
क्षत्रियस्य सवैश्यस्य कर्मेदं परिकीर्तितं क्षत्रियस्य विशेषेण पालनं दुष्टनिग्रहः
kṣatriyasya savaiśyasya karmedaṃ parikīrtitaṃ kṣatriyasya viśeṣeṇa pālanaṃ duṣṭanigrahaḥ
this is declared to be the work of the kshatriya together with the vaishya; for the kshatriya in particular, protection and the restraint of the wicked.
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AgP 151.9
कृषिगोरक्ष्यवाणिज्यं वैश्यस्य परिकीर्तितं शूद्रस्य द्विजशुश्रूषा सर्वशिल्पानि वाप्यथ
kṛṣigorakṣyavāṇijyaṃ vaiśyasya parikīrtitaṃ śūdrasya dvijaśuśrūṣā sarvaśilpāni vāpyatha
Agriculture, cattle-keeping and trade are declared (the work) of the vaishya; of the shudra, service to the twice-born, or else all the crafts.
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AgP 151.10
मौञ्जीबन्धनतो जन्म विप्रादेश् च द्वितीयकं आनुलोम्येन वर्णानां जातिर्मातृसमा स्मृता
mauñjībandhanato janma viprādeś ca dvitīyakaṃ ānulomyena varṇānāṃ jātirmātṛsamā smṛtā
For the brahmin and the rest there is a second birth from the tying of the munja-girdle. In the direct (anuloma) order of the classes, the caste (of the offspring) is held to be the same as the mother's.
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AgP 151.11
चण्डालो ब्राह्मणीपुत्रः शूद्राच्च प्रतिलोमतः सूतस्तु क्षत्रियाज्जातो वैश्याद्वै देवलस् तथा
caṇḍālo brāhmaṇīputraḥ śūdrācca pratilomataḥ sūtastu kṣatriyājjāto vaiśyādvai devalas tathā
A candala is the son of a brahmin woman by a shudra, in the reverse (pratiloma) order; a suta is born (of a brahmin woman) by a kshatriya, and a devala by a vaishya.
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AgP 151.12
पुक्कसः क्षत्रियापुत्रः शूद्रात् स्यात् प्रतिलोमजः मागधः स्यात्तथा वैश्याच्छूद्रादयोगवो भवेत्
pukkasaḥ kṣatriyāputraḥ śūdrāt syāt pratilomajaḥ māgadhaḥ syāttathā vaiśyācchūdrādayogavo bhavet
A pukkasa is the son of a kshatriya woman by a shudra, born in the reverse order; likewise a magadha would be (born) of a vaishya (father), and from a shudra there would be an ayogava.
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AgP 151.13
वैश्यायां प्रतिलोमेभ्यः प्रतिलोमाः सहस्रशः :न् १ धर्मरूपमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ११८ विवाहः सदृशैस्तेषां नोत्तमैर् नाधमैस् तथा
vaiśyāyāṃ pratilomebhyaḥ pratilomāḥ sahasraśaḥ :n 1 dharmarūpamiti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca :p 118 vivāhaḥ sadṛśaisteṣāṃ nottamair nādhamais tathā
From the pratiloma (men) upon a vaishya woman, pratilomas arise by the thousand. Their marriage is with equals, not with superiors nor with inferiors.
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AgP 151.14
चण्डालकर्म निर्दिष्टं बध्यानां घातनं तथा स्त्रीजीवन्तु तद्रक्षाप्रोक्तं(१) वैदेहकस्य च
caṇḍālakarma nirdiṣṭaṃ badhyānāṃ ghātanaṃ tathā strījīvantu tadrakṣāproktaṃ(1) vaidehakasya ca
The work assigned to the candala is the execution of those condemned to death; and for the vaidehaka, (living by) women, that is, guarding them, is declared.
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AgP 151.15
सूतानामश्वसारथ्यं पुक्कसानाञ्च व्याधता स्तुतिक्रिया माघ्धानां तथा चायोगशस्य च
sūtānāmaśvasārathyaṃ pukkasānāñca vyādhatā stutikriyā māghdhānāṃ tathā cāyogaśasya ca
For sutas, the driving of horses; for pukkasas, hunting; for magadhas, the practice of eulogy; and likewise for the ayogava,
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AgP 151.16
रङ्गावतरणं प्रोक्तं तथा शिल्पैश् च जीवनं वहिर्ग्रामनिवासश् च मृतचेलस्य धारणं
raṅgāvataraṇaṃ proktaṃ tathā śilpaiś ca jīvanaṃ vahirgrāmanivāsaś ca mṛtacelasya dhāraṇaṃ
appearing on the stage is declared, and also living by crafts, and dwelling outside the village, and wearing the garments of the dead.
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AgP 151.17
न संस्पर्शस्तथैवान्यैश् चण्डालस्य विधीयते ब्राह्मणार्थे गवार्थे वा देहत्यागो ऽत्र यः कृतः
na saṃsparśastathaivānyaiś caṇḍālasya vidhīyate brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe vā dehatyāgo 'tra yaḥ kṛtaḥ
Nor is contact with others prescribed for the candala. But when the abandoning of the body is performed here for the sake of a brahmin or for the sake of a cow,
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AgP 151.18
स्त्रीबालाद्युपपतो वा वाह्याणां सिद्धिकारणं सङ्करे जातयो ज्ञेयाः पितुर्मातुश् च कर्मतः
strībālādyupapato vā vāhyāṇāṃ siddhikāraṇaṃ saṅkare jātayo jñeyāḥ piturmātuś ca karmataḥ
or (in defence) of women, children and the like, that is the cause of success for the outcastes. In mixture (of classes) the castes are to be known from the deeds of the father and the mother.
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