Agni Purana — Chapter 158
AgP 158.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे शावाशौचं नाम सप्तपञ्चाशदाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१५८} :श् अथाष्टपञ्चाशदधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः स्रावाद्यशौचं पुष्कर उवाच स्रावाशौचं प्रवक्ष्यामि मन्वादिमुनिसम्मतं :न् १ सिद्धार्थकैस्तिलैर् विप्रान् यजद्वासो ऽपरं दधदिति घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च । सिद्धार्थस्तिलैर् विद्वान् स्नायाद्वासो ऽपरं दधदिति ग॥ , ट॥ च :प् १३४ रात्रिभिर्मासतुल्याभिर्गर्भस्रावे त्र्यहेण या
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe śāvāśaucaṃ nāma saptapañcāśadādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {158} :ś athāṣṭapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ srāvādyaśaucaṃ puṣkara uvāca srāvāśaucaṃ pravakṣyāmi manvādimunisammataṃ :n 1 siddhārthakaistilair viprān yajadvāso 'paraṃ dadhaditi gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca / siddhārthastilair vidvān snāyādvāso 'paraṃ dadhaditi ga.. , ṭa.. ca :p 134 rātribhirmāsatulyābhirgarbhasrāve tryaheṇa yā
[Colophon: Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred fifty-seventh chapter, called 'Impurity from a Death'. Chapter 158: Now the one hundred fifty-eighth chapter, 'Impurity from Miscarriage and the Rest'.] Puṣkara said: I shall declare the impurity arising from miscarriage, as approved by Manu and the other sages. — In a miscarriage, by nights equal in number to the months; by three days she who...
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AgP 158.2
चातुर्मासिकपातान्ते दशाहं पञ्चमासतः राजन्ये च चतूरात्रं वैश्ये पञ्चाहमेव च
cāturmāsikapātānte daśāhaṃ pañcamāsataḥ rājanye ca catūrātraṃ vaiśye pañcāhameva ca
At the end of a loss (of the fetus) in the fourth month, ten days; from the fifth month (onward likewise); and for a kṣatriya four nights, and for a vaiśya just five days.
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AgP 158.3
अष्टाहेन तु शूद्रस्य द्वादशाहादतः परं स्त्रीणां विशुद्धिरुदिता(१) स्नानमात्रेण वै पितुः
aṣṭāhena tu śūdrasya dvādaśāhādataḥ paraṃ strīṇāṃ viśuddhiruditā(1) snānamātreṇa vai pituḥ
But for a śūdra, in eight days; beyond that, in twelve days. The purification of women is stated (thus); for the father, indeed, by mere bathing.
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AgP 158.4
न स्नानं हि सपिण्डे स्यात्त्रिरात्रं सप्तमाष्टयोः सद्यः शौचं सपिण्डानामादन्तजननात्तथा
na snānaṃ hi sapiṇḍe syāttrirātraṃ saptamāṣṭayoḥ sadyaḥ śaucaṃ sapiṇḍānāmādantajananāttathā
For a sapiṇḍa there is no (mere) bathing; three nights in the seventh and eighth (months). For sapiṇḍas purity is immediate (when the child dies) up to the appearance of the teeth.
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AgP 158.5
आचूडादेकरात्रं स्यादाव्रताच्च त्रिरात्रकं दशरात्रं भवेदस्मान्मातापित्रोस्त्रिरात्रकं
ācūḍādekarātraṃ syādāvratācca trirātrakaṃ daśarātraṃ bhavedasmānmātāpitrostrirātrakaṃ
Up to the tonsure it should be one night; and up to the (investiture) vow, three nights; after that it becomes ten nights; for mother and father, three nights.
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AgP 158.6
अजातदन्ते तु मृते कृतचूडे ऽर्भके तथा प्रेते न्यूने त्रिभिर्वर्षैर् मृते शुद्धिस्तु नैशिल्की
ajātadante tu mṛte kṛtacūḍe 'rbhake tathā prete nyūne tribhirvarṣair mṛte śuddhistu naiśilkī
But when one whose teeth have not yet appeared dies, and likewise when a small child who has had the tonsure dies, when one dies at less than three years, the purification is immediate.
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AgP 158.7
द्व्यहेण क्षत्रिये शुद्धिस्त्रिभिर्वैश्ये मृते तथा शुद्धिः शूद्रे पञ्चभिः स्यात् प्राग्विवाहद् द्विषट्त्वहः(२)
dvyaheṇa kṣatriye śuddhistribhirvaiśye mṛte tathā śuddhiḥ śūdre pañcabhiḥ syāt prāgvivāhad dviṣaṭtvahaḥ(2)
For a kṣatriya purification is in two days, and likewise in three when a vaiśya has died; for a śūdra it should be in five; before marriage, twelve days.
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AgP 158.8
यत्र त्रिरात्रं विप्राणामशौचं सम्प्रदृश्यते तत्र शूद्रे द्वादशाहः षण्णव क्षत्रवैशय्योः
yatra trirātraṃ viprāṇāmaśaucaṃ sampradṛśyate tatra śūdre dvādaśāhaḥ ṣaṇṇava kṣatravaiśayyoḥ
Where a three-night impurity is prescribed for brahmins, there for a śūdra it is twelve days, and six and nine for kṣatriya and vaiśya.
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AgP 158.9
द्व्यब्दे नैवाग्निसंस्कारो मृते तन्निखनेद् भुवि न चोदकक्रिया तस्य नाम्नि चापि कृते सति
dvyabde naivāgnisaṃskāro mṛte tannikhaned bhuvi na codakakriyā tasya nāmni cāpi kṛte sati
When (a child) dies in its second year there is no fire-rite; one should bury it in the ground; and there is no water-offering for it, even though its naming has been performed.
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AgP 158.10
जातदन्तस्य वा कार्या स्यादुपनयनाद्दश एकाहाच्छुद्ध्यते विप्रो यो ऽग्निवेदसमन्वितः
jātadantasya vā kāryā syādupanayanāddaśa ekāhācchuddhyate vipro yo 'gnivedasamanvitaḥ
Or, for one whose teeth have appeared, (the rite) is to be done; from the initiation onward, ten (days). A brahmin who possesses the sacred fires and the Vedas is purified in one day.
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AgP 158.11
हीने हीनतरे चैव त्र्यहश् चतुरहस् तथा पञ्चाहेनाग्निहीनस्तु दशाहाद्ब्राह्मणव्रुवः
hīne hīnatare caiva tryahaś caturahas tathā pañcāhenāgnihīnastu daśāhādbrāhmaṇavruvaḥ
For one who is deficient and for one still more deficient, three days and four days respectively; one lacking the fires, in five days; one who is a brahmin merely in name, in ten days.
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AgP 158.12
:न् १ विशुद्धिः कथितेति घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च २ द्विषट्ककमिति ट॥ :प् १३५ क्षत्रियो नवसप्ताहच्छुद्ध्येद्विप्रो गुणैर् युतः दशाहात् सगुणो वैश्यो विंशाहाच्छूद्र एव च
:n 1 viśuddhiḥ kathiteti gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca 2 dviṣaṭkakamiti ṭa.. :p 135 kṣatriyo navasaptāhacchuddhyedvipro guṇair yutaḥ daśāhāt saguṇo vaiśyo viṃśāhācchūdra eva ca
[Apparatus notes.] A kṣatriya is purified in nine days, a brahmin endowed with qualities in seven; a vaiśya endowed with qualities in ten days, and a śūdra in twenty days.
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AgP 158.13
दशाहाच्छुद्ध्यते विप्रो द्वादशाहेन भूमिपः वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहेन शूद्रो मासेन शुद्ध्यति
daśāhācchuddhyate vipro dvādaśāhena bhūmipaḥ vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśāhena śūdro māsena śuddhyati
A brahmin is purified in ten days, a ruler in twelve days, a vaiśya in fifteen days, a śūdra is purified in a month.
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AgP 158.14
गुणोत्कर्षे दशाहाप्तौ त्र्यहमेकाहकं त्र्यहे एकाहाप्तौ सद्यः शौचं सर्वत्रैवं समूहयेत्
guṇotkarṣe daśāhāptau tryahamekāhakaṃ tryahe ekāhāptau sadyaḥ śaucaṃ sarvatraivaṃ samūhayet
When there is an excess of good qualities: where ten days would apply, three days; where three days, one day; where one day would apply, purity is immediate — thus one should reckon in every case.
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AgP 158.15
दासान्तेवासिभृतकाः शिष्याश् चैवात्र वासिनः स्वामितुल्यमशौचं स्यान्मृते पृथक् पृथग्भवेत्
dāsāntevāsibhṛtakāḥ śiṣyāś caivātra vāsinaḥ svāmitulyamaśaucaṃ syānmṛte pṛthak pṛthagbhavet
Slaves, resident dependents, hired servants, and pupils living there — their impurity is the same as the master's; but when one of them dies it is separate for each.
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AgP 158.16
मरणादेव कर्तव्यं संयोगो यस्य नाग्निभिः दाहादूर्ध्वमशौचं स्याद्यस्य वैतानिको विधिः
maraṇādeva kartavyaṃ saṃyogo yasya nāgnibhiḥ dāhādūrdhvamaśaucaṃ syādyasya vaitāniko vidhiḥ
For him who has no connection with the sacred fires, (the impurity) is to be observed from the death itself; but for him who follows the vaitānika (three-fire) rite, the impurity begins from the cremation onward.
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AgP 158.17
सर्वेषामेव वर्णानान्त्रिभागात् स्पर्शनम्भवेत् त्रिचतुःपञ्चदशभिः स्पृश्यवर्णाः क्रमेण तु
sarveṣāmeva varṇānāntribhāgāt sparśanambhavet tricatuḥpañcadaśabhiḥ spṛśyavarṇāḥ krameṇa tu
For all the classes alike, touching becomes (permissible) after a third part (of the period has passed); the classes become touchable after three, four, five, and ten (days) respectively.
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AgP 158.18
चतुर्थे पञ्चमे चैव सप्तमे नवमे तथा अस्थिसञ्चयनं कार्यं वर्णानामनुपूर्वशः
caturthe pañcame caiva saptame navame tathā asthisañcayanaṃ kāryaṃ varṇānāmanupūrvaśaḥ
On the fourth, and on the fifth, on the seventh and likewise the ninth (day) the gathering of the bones should be done, for the (four) classes in order.
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AgP 158.19
अहस्त्वदत्तकन्यासु प्रदत्तासु त्र्यहं भवेत् पक्षिणी संस्कृतास्वेव स्वस्रादिषु विधीयते
ahastvadattakanyāsu pradattāsu tryahaṃ bhavet pakṣiṇī saṃskṛtāsveva svasrādiṣu vidhīyate
For unbetrothed girls (the impurity is) one day; for those given (in marriage) it is three days; for sisters and the like, only if they have been married (i.e. undergone the rite), a pakṣiṇī (a day and two half-days) is prescribed.
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AgP 158.20
पितृगोत्रं कुमारीणां व्यूढानां भर्तृगोत्रता जलप्रदानं पित्रे च उद्वाहे चोभयत्र तु
pitṛgotraṃ kumārīṇāṃ vyūḍhānāṃ bhartṛgotratā jalapradānaṃ pitre ca udvāhe cobhayatra tu
Maidens have the father's gotra; married women have the husband's gotra. The offering of water is to the father, but at (and after) the marriage it is in both (families).
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AgP 158.21
दशाहोपरि पित्रोश् च दुहितुर्मरणे त्र्यहं सद्यः शौचं सपिण्डानां पूर्वं चूडाकृतेर्द्विज
daśāhopari pitroś ca duhiturmaraṇe tryahaṃ sadyaḥ śaucaṃ sapiṇḍānāṃ pūrvaṃ cūḍākṛterdvija
Beyond the tenth day, and at the death of a daughter, three days (of impurity) for the parents; but purity is immediate for the sapiṇḍas (in the death of a child) before the tonsure rite, O twice-born.
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AgP 158.22
एकाहतो ह्य् आविविहादूर्ध्वं हस्तोदकात् त्र्यहं पक्षिणी भ्रातृपुत्रस्य सपिण्डानां च सद्यतः
ekāhato hy āvivihādūrdhvaṃ hastodakāt tryahaṃ pakṣiṇī bhrātṛputrasya sapiṇḍānāṃ ca sadyataḥ
One day (of impurity) up to the marriage; after that, three days from the offering of water by hand; a pakṣiṇī for a brother's son, and immediate (purity) for the sapiṇḍas.
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AgP 158.23
दशाहाच्छुद्ध्यते विप्रो जन्महानौ स्वयोनिषु :प् १३६ षद्भिस्त्रिभिरहैकेन क्षत्रविट्शूद्रयोनिषु
daśāhācchuddhyate vipro janmahānau svayoniṣu :p 136 ṣadbhistribhirahaikena kṣatraviṭśūdrayoniṣu
A brahmin is purified in ten days when a birth or a death occurs among those of his own class; in six, three, or one day (respectively) when it occurs in the kṣatriya, vaiśya, or śūdra class.
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AgP 158.24
एतज्ज्ञेयं सपिण्डानां वक्ष्ये चानौरसादिषु अनौरसेषु पुत्रेषु भार्यास्वन्यगतासु च
etajjñeyaṃ sapiṇḍānāṃ vakṣye cānaurasādiṣu anauraseṣu putreṣu bhāryāsvanyagatāsu ca
This is to be understood of sapiṇḍas; now I shall speak of the case of sons not of one's own body and the rest — of sons not begotten by oneself, and of wives who have gone to another (man).
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AgP 158.25
परपूर्वासु च स्त्रीषु त्रिरात्राच्छुद्धिरिष्यते वृथासङ्करजातानां प्रव्रज्यासु च तिष्ठतां
parapūrvāsu ca strīṣu trirātrācchuddhiriṣyate vṛthāsaṅkarajātānāṃ pravrajyāsu ca tiṣṭhatāṃ
And for women who have had a former husband, purification is held to be after three nights; for those born of pointless mixture (of classes), and for those who abide in the wandering (ascetic) state,
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AgP 158.26
आत्मनस्त्यागिनाञ्चैव निवर्तेतोदकक्रिया मात्रैकया द्विपितरौ भ्रतरावन्यगामिनौ
ātmanastyāgināñcaiva nivartetodakakriyā mātraikayā dvipitarau bhratarāvanyagāminau
and for those who have destroyed themselves, the water-rite is withheld. Brothers who have the same one mother but two fathers, gone to another (man's bed) —
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AgP 158.27
एकाहः सूतके तत्र मृतके तु द्व्यहो भवेत्(१) सपिण्डानामशौचं हि समानोदकतां वदे
ekāhaḥ sūtake tatra mṛtake tu dvyaho bhavet(1) sapiṇḍānāmaśaucaṃ hi samānodakatāṃ vade
There (in such a case) it is one day at a birth, but at a death it is two days. Such is the impurity of sapiṇḍas; I shall (now) state the condition of those who share the water-offering.
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AgP 158.28
बाले देशान्तरस्थे च पृथक्पिण्डे च संस्थिते सवासा जलमाप्लुत्य सद्य एव विशुद्ध्यति
bāle deśāntarasthe ca pṛthakpiṇḍe ca saṃsthite savāsā jalamāplutya sadya eva viśuddhyati
In the case of a child, of one dwelling in another country, and of one deceased who has a separate piṇḍa (offering), (a man) bathing in water with his garment on becomes pure at once.
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AgP 158.29
दशाहेन सपिण्डास्तु शुद्ध्यन्ति प्रेतसूतके त्रिरात्रेण सुकुल्यास्तु स्नानात्(२) शुद्ध्यन्ति गोत्रिणः
daśāhena sapiṇḍāstu śuddhyanti pretasūtake trirātreṇa sukulyāstu snānāt(2) śuddhyanti gotriṇaḥ
Sapiṇḍas become pure in ten days at a death or a birth; those of the same family in three nights; but those merely of the same gotra become pure by a bath.
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AgP 158.30
सपिण्डता तु पुरुषे सप्तमे विनिवर्तते समानोदकभावस्तु निवर्तेताचतुर्दशात्
sapiṇḍatā tu puruṣe saptame vinivartate samānodakabhāvastu nivartetācaturdaśāt
The sapiṇḍa relationship ceases at the seventh person; the condition of sharing the water-offering ceases at the fourteenth.
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AgP 158.31
जन्मनामस्मृते वैतत् तत्परं गोत्रमुच्यते विगतन्तु विदेशस्थं शृणुयाद्यो ह्य् अनिर्दशं
janmanāmasmṛte vaitat tatparaṃ gotramucyate vigatantu videśasthaṃ śṛṇuyādyo hy anirdaśaṃ
Or, (it ceases) when birth and name are no longer remembered; beyond that it is called (merely) gotra. But whoever hears (of the death of) one departed who was living abroad, before ten days have passed —
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AgP 158.32
यच्छेषं दशरात्रस्य तावदेवाशुचिर्भवेत् अतिक्रान्ते दशाहे तु त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत्
yaccheṣaṃ daśarātrasya tāvadevāśucirbhavet atikrānte daśāhe tu trirātramaśucirbhavet
for whatever remains of the ten nights, for just that long he is impure; but if the ten days have already passed, he is impure for three nights.
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AgP 158.33
संवत्सरे व्यतीते तु स्पृष्ट्वैवापो विशुद्ध्यति :न् १ मृतके तु त्र्यहो भवेदिति घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च । मतके तु तथा भवेदिति झ॥ २ स्नाता इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च :प् १३७ मातुले पक्षिणो रात्रिः शिष्यत्विग्बान्धवेषु च
saṃvatsare vyatīte tu spṛṣṭvaivāpo viśuddhyati :n 1 mṛtake tu tryaho bhavediti gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca / matake tu tathā bhavediti jha.. 2 snātā iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. ca :p 137 mātule pakṣiṇo rātriḥ śiṣyatvigbāndhaveṣu ca
But when a year has passed, he becomes pure merely by touching water. ... For a maternal uncle, a pakṣiṇī night; likewise for a pupil, an officiating priest, and kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.34
मृटे जामातरि प्रेते दैहित्रे भगिनीसुते(१) श्यालके तत्सुते चैव स्नानमात्रं विधीयते
mṛṭe jāmātari prete daihitre bhaginīsute(1) śyālake tatsute caiva snānamātraṃ vidhīyate
When a son-in-law has died, when a daughter's son or a sister's son is deceased, and for a wife's brother and his son, a bath alone is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.35
मातामह्यां तथाचार्ये मृते मातामहे त्र्यहं दुर्भिक्षे राष्ट्रसम्पाते आगतायां तथापदि
mātāmahyāṃ tathācārye mṛte mātāmahe tryahaṃ durbhikṣe rāṣṭrasampāte āgatāyāṃ tathāpadi
For a maternal grandmother, likewise for a teacher, and when a maternal grandfather has died, three days. In a famine, in the collapse of the kingdom, and when a calamity has come,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.36
उपसर्गमृतानाञ्च दाहे ब्रह्मविदान्तथा सत्रिव्रति(२) ब्रह्मत्तारिसङ्ग्रामे देशविप्लवे
upasargamṛtānāñca dāhe brahmavidāntathā satrivrati(2) brahmattārisaṅgrāme deśaviplave
and at the cremation of those dead from an epidemic, and of those who knew the Veda, ... of one engaged in a sacrificial rite ... in a battle ... in the ruin of the country,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 158.37
दाने यज्ञे विवाहे च सद्यः शौचं विधीयते विप्रगोनृपहन्तॄणामनुक्तं चात्मघातिनां
dāne yajñe vivāhe ca sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate vipragonṛpahantṝṇāmanuktaṃ cātmaghātināṃ
at a gift-giving, at a sacrifice, and at a marriage, immediate purity is prescribed. For killers of brahmins, cows, or kings, and for suicides, (the rite) is not prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 158.38
असाध्यव्याधियुक्तस्य स्वाध्याये चाक्षमस्य च प्रायश्चित्तमनुज्ञातमग्नितोयप्रवेशनं
asādhyavyādhiyuktasya svādhyāye cākṣamasya ca prāyaścittamanujñātamagnitoyapraveśanaṃ
For one afflicted with an incurable disease, and for one incapable of Vedic recitation, entering fire or water is sanctioned as an expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.39
अपमानात्तथा(३) क्रोधात् स्नेहात्परिभवाद्भयात् उद्बध्य म्रियते नारी पुरुषो वा कथञ्चन
apamānāttathā(3) krodhāt snehātparibhavādbhayāt udbadhya mriyate nārī puruṣo vā kathañcana
From dishonour, likewise from anger, from affection, from humiliation, from fear, a woman or a man somehow dies by hanging herself/himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.40
आत्मघाती चैकलक्षं वसेत्स नरके शुचौ वृद्धः श्रौतस्मृतेर्लुप्तः परित्यजति यस्त्वसून्
ātmaghātī caikalakṣaṃ vasetsa narake śucau vṛddhaḥ śrautasmṛterluptaḥ parityajati yastvasūn
And the self-slayer dwells a hundred thousand (years) in hell; (but not so) an aged man, fallen away from the śrauta and smārta (duties), who abandons his life-breaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 158.41
त्रिरात्रं तत्र शाशौचं द्वितीये चास्थिसञ्चयं तृतीये तूदकं कार्यं चतुर्थे श्राद्धमाचरेत्
trirātraṃ tatra śāśaucaṃ dvitīye cāsthisañcayaṃ tṛtīye tūdakaṃ kāryaṃ caturthe śrāddhamācaret
There the impurity lasts three nights; on the second (day) the gathering of the bones, on the third the water-offering is to be done, on the fourth he should perform the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.42
विद्युदग्निहतानाञ्च त्र्यहं शुद्धिः सपिण्डिके(४) पाषण्डाश्रिता भर्तृघ्न्यो नाशौचोदकगाः स्त्रियः
vidyudagnihatānāñca tryahaṃ śuddhiḥ sapiṇḍike(4) pāṣaṇḍāśritā bhartṛghnyo nāśaucodakagāḥ striyaḥ
And for those killed by lightning or fire, purification of the sapiṇḍas is in three days. Women who have taken up with heretics and those who have killed their husbands receive neither (observance of) impurity nor the water-offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.43
पितृमात्रादिपाते तु आर्द्रवासा ह्य् उपोषितः :न् १ प्रेते, भगिनीसुत इत्य् अपि इति ट॥ २ यतिव्रतीति ज॥ ३ अपमानादथेति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च ४ विद्युदादिहतानाञ्च त्र्यहाच्छुद्धिर्विधीयते इति ट॥ :प् १३८ अतीतेब्दे प्रकुर्वीत प्रेतकार्यं यथाविधि
pitṛmātrādipāte tu ārdravāsā hy upoṣitaḥ :n 1 prete, bhaginīsuta ity api iti ṭa.. 2 yativratīti ja.. 3 apamānādatheti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 4 vidyudādihatānāñca tryahācchuddhirvidhīyate iti ṭa.. :p 138 atītebde prakurvīta pretakāryaṃ yathāvidhi
But at the death of father, mother and the like, (the mourner) with wet garments and fasting … after a year has passed he should perform the rite for the deceased according to the rule. [The intervening matter is textual apparatus: variants reported from manuscripts.]
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 158.44
यः कश्चित्तु हरेत् प्रेतमसपिण्डं कथञ्चन स्नात्वा स्चेलः स्पृष्ट्वाग्निं घृतं प्राश्य विशुद्ध्यति
yaḥ kaścittu haret pretamasapiṇḍaṃ kathañcana snātvā scelaḥ spṛṣṭvāgniṃ ghṛtaṃ prāśya viśuddhyati
But whoever somehow carries a dead man who is not a sapiṇḍa becomes purified by bathing with his clothes on, touching fire, and swallowing ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.45
यद्यन्नमत्ति तेषान्तु दशाहेनैव शुद्ध्यति अनदन्नन्नमह्न्येव न वै तस्मिन् गृहे वसेत्
yadyannamatti teṣāntu daśāhenaiva śuddhyati anadannannamahnyeva na vai tasmin gṛhe vaset
If he eats their food, he is purified only after ten days; if he does not eat the food, (he is purified) in a single day — but he should not dwell in that house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.46
अनाथं व्राह्मणं प्रेतं ये वहन्ति द्विजातयः पदे पदे यज्ञफलं शुद्धिः स्यात् स्नानमात्रतः
anāthaṃ vrāhmaṇaṃ pretaṃ ye vahanti dvijātayaḥ pade pade yajñaphalaṃ śuddhiḥ syāt snānamātrataḥ
Those twice-born who carry a dead brahmin who has no one to care for him (gain) the fruit of a sacrifice at every step; their purification is by bathing alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.47
प्रेतीभूतं द्विजः शूद्रमनुगच्छंस्त्र्यहाच्छुचिः मृतस्य बान्धवैः सार्धं कृत्वा च परिदेवनं
pretībhūtaṃ dvijaḥ śūdramanugacchaṃstryahācchuciḥ mṛtasya bāndhavaiḥ sārdhaṃ kṛtvā ca paridevanaṃ
A twice-born who follows (the corpse of) a śūdra who has died is pure after three days, having also made lamentation together with the kinsmen of the dead man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.48
वर्जयेत्तदहोरात्रं दानश्राद्धादि कामतः(१) शूद्रायाः प्रसवो गेहे शूद्रस्य मरणं तथा
varjayettadahorātraṃ dānaśrāddhādi kāmataḥ(1) śūdrāyāḥ prasavo gehe śūdrasya maraṇaṃ tathā
For that day and night he should avoid gift-giving, śrāddha and the like done out of desire. The delivery of a śūdra woman in the house, and likewise the death of a śūdra (there):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.49
भाण्डानि तु परित्यज्य त्र्यहाद्भूलेपतः शुचिः न विप्रं स्वेषु तिष्ठत्सु मृतं शूद्रेण नाययेत्
bhāṇḍāni tu parityajya tryahādbhūlepataḥ śuciḥ na vipraṃ sveṣu tiṣṭhatsu mṛtaṃ śūdreṇa nāyayet
discarding the vessels, one is pure after three days by smearing the ground. One should not have a dead brahmin carried out by a śūdra while his own people are present.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.50
नयेत् प्रेतं स्नापितञ्च पूजितं कुसुमैर् दहेत् नग्नदेहं दहेन् नैव किञ्चिद्देहं परित्यजेत्
nayet pretaṃ snāpitañca pūjitaṃ kusumair dahet nagnadehaṃ dahen naiva kiñciddehaṃ parityajet
He should carry out the corpse and, when it has been bathed and honoured with flowers, burn it; he should not burn a naked body, nor should he leave off any part of the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 158.51
गोत्रजस्तु गृहीत्वा तु चितां चारोपयेत्तदा आहिताग्निर्यथान्यायं दग्धव्यस्तिभिरग्निभिः
gotrajastu gṛhītvā tu citāṃ cāropayettadā āhitāgniryathānyāyaṃ dagdhavyastibhiragnibhiḥ
A man of the same gotra, taking it up, should then place it on the pyre; one who has established the sacred fires is to be burned, according to rule, with those (three) fires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.52
अनाहिताग्निरेकेन लौकिकेनापरस् तथा अस्मात् त्वमभिजातो ऽसि त्वदयं जायतां पुनः
anāhitāgnirekena laukikenāparas tathā asmāt tvamabhijāto 'si tvadayaṃ jāyatāṃ punaḥ
One who has not established the fires (is burned) with a single, ordinary fire. "From this (fire) you were born; let this one be born again from you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.53
असौ स्वर्गाय लोकाय सुखाग्निं प्रददेत्सुतः सकृत्प्रसिञ्चन्त्युदकं नामगोत्रेण बान्धवाः
asau svargāya lokāya sukhāgniṃ pradadetsutaḥ sakṛtprasiñcantyudakaṃ nāmagotreṇa bāndhavāḥ
"May so-and-so (go) to the heavenly world" — the son should apply the pleasing fire; the kinsmen pour out water once, with the name and the gotra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 158.54
:न् १ दानश्राद्धादिकर्म चेति झ॥ :प् १३९ एवं मातामहाचार्यप्रेतानाञ्चोदकक्रिया काम्योदकं सखिप्रेतस्वस्रीयश्वश्रुरर्त्विजां
:n 1 dānaśrāddhādikarma ceti jha.. :p 139 evaṃ mātāmahācāryapretānāñcodakakriyā kāmyodakaṃ sakhipretasvasrīyaśvaśrurartvijāṃ
[apparatus] Thus too is the water-rite for the deceased maternal grandfather and teacher; the optional water-offering is for a friend, a dead person, a sister's son, a mother-in-law, and officiating priests.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 158.55
अपो नः शोशुचिदयं दशाहञ्च सुतो ऽर्पयेत् ब्राह्मणे दशपिण्डाः स्युः क्षत्रिये द्वादश स्मृताः
apo naḥ śośucidayaṃ daśāhañca suto 'rpayet brāhmaṇe daśapiṇḍāḥ syuḥ kṣatriye dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
(With the verse) "apo naḥ śośuci…" the son should make the offering for ten days; for a brahmin there should be ten piṇḍas, for a kṣatriya twelve are laid down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.56
वैश्ये पञ्चदश प्रोक्ताः शूद्रे त्रिंशत् प्रकीर्तिता पुत्रो वा पुत्रिकान्यो वा पिण्डं दद्याच्च पुत्रवत्
vaiśye pañcadaśa proktāḥ śūdre triṃśat prakīrtitā putro vā putrikānyo vā piṇḍaṃ dadyācca putravat
For a vaiśya fifteen are declared, for a śūdra thirty are proclaimed. A son, or a daughter's son, or another may give the piṇḍa as a son does.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.57
विदिश्य निम्बपत्राणि नियतो द्वारि वेश्मनः आचम्य चाग्निमुदकं गोमयं गौरसर्षपान्
vidiśya nimbapatrāṇi niyato dvāri veśmanaḥ ācamya cāgnimudakaṃ gomayaṃ gaurasarṣapān
Having scattered nīm leaves, restrained, at the door of the house, and having sipped water and (touched) fire, water, cow-dung and white mustard seeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.58
प्रविशेयुः समालभ्य कृत्वाश्मनि पदं शनैः अक्षरलवणान्नः स्युर् निर्मांसा भूमिशायिनः
praviśeyuḥ samālabhya kṛtvāśmani padaṃ śanaiḥ akṣaralavaṇānnaḥ syur nirmāṃsā bhūmiśāyinaḥ
(They) should enter, having touched (these), having set foot slowly upon a stone. They should live on food without alkali or salt, without meat, and sleep on the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.59
क्रीतलब्धाशनाः स्नाता आदिकर्ता दशाहकृत् अभावे ब्रह्मचारी तु कुर्यात्पिण्डोदकादिकं
krītalabdhāśanāḥ snātā ādikartā daśāhakṛt abhāve brahmacārī tu kuryātpiṇḍodakādikaṃ
They should eat food bought or received (from others), and (should be) bathed; the chief performer (of the rites) carries out the ten-day observance; but in his absence a student (brahmacārin) should perform the offering of rice-balls and water and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.60
यथेदं शावमाशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते जननेप्येवं स्यान्निपुणां शुद्धिमिच्छतां
yathedaṃ śāvamāśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate jananepyevaṃ syānnipuṇāṃ śuddhimicchatāṃ
Just as this death-impurity is enjoined for the sapiṇḍas, so it should be also at a birth, for those who desire exact purity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.61
सर्वेषां शावमाशौचं मातापित्रोश् च सूतकं सूतकं मातुरेव स्यादुपस्पृश्य पिता शुचिः
sarveṣāṃ śāvamāśaucaṃ mātāpitroś ca sūtakaṃ sūtakaṃ mātureva syādupaspṛśya pitā śuciḥ
Death-impurity (belongs) to all, but birth-impurity (only) to the mother and father; (rather) the birth-impurity is the mother's alone: the father becomes pure by touching water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.62
पुत्रजन्मदिने श्राद्धं कर्तव्यमिति निश्चितं तदहस्तत्प्रदानार्थं गोहिरण्यादिवाससां
putrajanmadine śrāddhaṃ kartavyamiti niścitaṃ tadahastatpradānārthaṃ gohiraṇyādivāsasāṃ
On the day of a son's birth a śrāddha is to be performed — this is settled; that day is (also) for the giving of cows, gold and the like, and of garments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 158.63
मरणं मरणेनैव सूतकं सूतकेन तु उभयोरपि यत् पूर्वं तेनाशौचेन शुद्ध्यति
maraṇaṃ maraṇenaiva sūtakaṃ sūtakena tu ubhayorapi yat pūrvaṃ tenāśaucena śuddhyati
A death (impurity is cancelled) only by a death, and a birth-impurity by a birth-impurity; of the two, whichever came first — by that impurity one is purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.64
सूतके मृतकं चेत्स्यान् मृतके त्वथ सूतकं तत्राधिकृत्य मृतकं शौचं कुर्यान्न सूतकं
sūtake mṛtakaṃ cetsyān mṛtake tvatha sūtakaṃ tatrādhikṛtya mṛtakaṃ śaucaṃ kuryānna sūtakaṃ
If a death should occur during a birth-impurity, or a birth-impurity during a death-impurity, then, giving precedence to the death, one should observe the purification for the death, not for the birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.65
समानं लघ्वशौचन्तु प्रथमेन समापयेत् :प् १४० असमानं द्वितीयेन धर्मराजवचो यथा
samānaṃ laghvaśaucantu prathamena samāpayet :p 140 asamānaṃ dvitīyena dharmarājavaco yathā
But a light impurity of the same (kind) one should complete along with the first; one not of the same (kind), with the second — such is the word of the King of Dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.66
शावान्तः शाव आयाते(१) पूर्वाशौचेन शुद्ध्यति गुरुणा लघु बाध्येत लघुना नैव तद्गुरु
śāvāntaḥ śāva āyāte(1) pūrvāśaucena śuddhyati guruṇā laghu bādhyeta laghunā naiva tadguru
When a death occurs within (the period of) a death, one is purified by the former impurity; the light is overridden by the heavy, but the heavy never by the light.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.67
मृतके सूतके वापि रात्रिमध्ये ऽन्यदापतेत् तच्छेषेणैव सुद्ध्येरन् रात्रिशेषे द्व्यहाधिकात्
mṛtake sūtake vāpi rātrimadhye 'nyadāpatet taccheṣeṇaiva suddhyeran rātriśeṣe dvyahādhikāt
If, during a death- or a birth-impurity, another should fall in the middle of the night, they are purified by the remainder of that (first impurity), when the remaining night is more than two days (away).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 158.68
प्रभाते यद्यशौचं स्याच्छुद्धेरंश् च त्रिभिर्दिनैः उभयत्र दशाहानि कुलस्यान्नं न भुज्यते
prabhāte yadyaśaucaṃ syācchuddheraṃś ca tribhirdinaiḥ ubhayatra daśāhāni kulasyānnaṃ na bhujyate
If the impurity should occur at dawn, they would be purified in three days; in both cases the family's food is not to be eaten for ten days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
AgP 158.69
दानादि निनिवर्तेत कुलस्यान्नं न भुज्यते अज्ञाते पातकं नाद्ये भोक्तुरेकमहो ऽन्यथा(२)
dānādi ninivarteta kulasyānnaṃ na bhujyate ajñāte pātakaṃ nādye bhokturekamaho 'nyathā(2)
Gifts and the like should be suspended; the family's food is not eaten. If (the impurity) is unknown, there is no sin in eating at first; otherwise (a fast of) one day for the eater.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain