Brahma Purana — Chapter 221
BrP 221.1
एवं सम्यग् गृहस्थेन देवताः पितरस् तथा संपूज्या हव्यकव्याभ्याम् अन्नेनातिथिबान्धवाः ॥
evaṃ samyag gṛhasthena devatāḥ pitaras tathā saṃpūjyā havyakavyābhyām annenātithibāndhavāḥ //
Thus by the householder the gods and likewise the fathers are duly to be worshipped with the havya and kavya offerings, and guests and kinsmen with food;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.2
भूतानि भृत्याः सकलाः पशुपक्षिपिपीलिकाः भिक्षवो याचमानाश् च ये चान्ये पान्थका गृहे ॥
bhūtāni bhṛtyāḥ sakalāḥ paśupakṣipipīlikāḥ bhikṣavo yācamānāś ca ye cānye pānthakā gṛhe //
(and so too) the spirits, all the dependents, cattle, birds and ants, mendicants and beggars, and whatever other travellers (are) in the house,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.3
सदाचाररता विप्राः साधुना गृहमेधिना पापं भुङ्क्ते समुल्लङ्घ्य नित्यनैमित्तिकीः क्रियाः ॥
sadācāraratā viprāḥ sādhunā gṛhamedhinā pāpaṃ bhuṅkte samullaṅghya nityanaimittikīḥ kriyāḥ //
(and) the brahmins devoted to good conduct — by the virtuous householder. (But) he who transgresses the regular and occasional rites eats sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.4
कथितं भवता विप्र नित्यनैमित्तिकं च यत् नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं त्रिविधं कर्म पौरुषम् ॥
kathitaṃ bhavatā vipra nityanaimittikaṃ ca yat nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ trividhaṃ karma pauruṣam //
"You have told (us), brahmin, what the obligatory and the occasional (rites) are — the obligatory, the occasional, and the optional: human action is of three kinds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.5
सदाचारं मुने श्रोतुम् इच्छामो वदतस् तव यं कुर्वन् सुखम् आप्नोति परत्रेह च मानवः ॥
sadācāraṃ mune śrotum icchāmo vadatas tava yaṃ kurvan sukham āpnoti paratreha ca mānavaḥ //
"We wish, sage, to hear from you as you speak of good conduct, by practising which a man obtains happiness here and in the world beyond."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.6
गृहस्थेन सदा कार्यम् आचारपरिरक्षणम् न ह्य् आचारविहीनस्य भद्रम् अत्र परत्र वा ॥
gṛhasthena sadā kāryam ācāraparirakṣaṇam na hy ācāravihīnasya bhadram atra paratra vā //
A householder must always undertake the preservation of (right) conduct, for one devoid of (right) conduct has no welfare here or in the beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.7
यज्ञदानतपांसीह पुरुषस्य न भूतये भवन्ति यः सदाचारं समुल्लङ्घ्य प्रवर्तते ॥
yajñadānatapāṃsīha puruṣasya na bhūtaye bhavanti yaḥ sadācāraṃ samullaṅghya pravartate //
Sacrifices, gifts, and austerities do not here work for the prosperity of the man who proceeds by overstepping good conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.8
दुराचारो हि पुरुषो नेहायुर् विन्दते महत् कार्यो धर्मः सदाचार आचारस्यैव लक्षणम् ॥
durācāro hi puruṣo nehāyur vindate mahat kāryo dharmaḥ sadācāra ācārasyaiva lakṣaṇam //
For a man of bad conduct does not attain a long life here; dharma is to be practised — good conduct is the very mark of (right) conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.9
तस्य स्वरूपं वक्ष्यामि सदाचारस्य भो द्विजाः आत्मनैकमना भूत्वा तथैव परिपालयेत् ॥
tasya svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmi sadācārasya bho dvijāḥ ātmanaikamanā bhūtvā tathaiva paripālayet //
I shall declare the essential nature of that good conduct, O twice-born ones; becoming single-minded in oneself, one should observe it just so.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.10
त्रिवर्गसाधने यत्नः कर्तव्यो गृहमेधिना तत्संसिद्धौ गृहस्थस्य सिद्धिर् अत्र परत्र च ॥
trivargasādhane yatnaḥ kartavyo gṛhamedhinā tatsaṃsiddhau gṛhasthasya siddhir atra paratra ca //
Effort must be made by the householder in accomplishing the three ends (dharma, wealth, pleasure); on their full accomplishment comes the householder's success here and in the beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.11
पादेनाप्य् अस्य पारत्र्यं कुर्याच् छ्रेयः स्वम् आत्मवान् अर्धेन चात्मभरणं नित्यनैमित्तिकानि च ॥
pādenāpy asya pāratryaṃ kuryāc chreyaḥ svam ātmavān ardhena cātmabharaṇaṃ nityanaimittikāni ca //
With even a quarter (of his wealth) the self-possessed man should secure his own good for the next world, and with a half (provide) his own maintenance and the obligatory and occasional rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.12
पादेनैव तथाप्य् अस्य मूलभूतं विवर्धयेत् एवम् आचरतो विप्रा अर्थः साफल्यम् ऋच्छति ॥
pādenaiva tathāpy asya mūlabhūtaṃ vivardhayet evam ācarato viprā arthaḥ sāphalyam ṛcchati //
And with a quarter, too, he should increase his capital; for one who acts thus, brahmins, wealth attains fruitfulness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.13
तद्वत् पापनिषेधार्थं धर्मः कार्यो विपश्चिता परत्रार्थस् तथैवान्यः कार्यो ऽत्रैव फलप्रदः ॥
tadvat pāpaniṣedhārthaṃ dharmaḥ kāryo vipaścitā paratrārthas tathaivānyaḥ kāryo 'traiva phalapradaḥ //
Likewise dharma is to be practised by the wise man for the warding off of sin; so too one (kind of) wealth is for the next world, and another, which yields fruit right here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.14
प्रत्यवायभयात् कामस् तथान्यश् चाविरोधवान् द्विधा कामो ऽपि रचितस् त्रिवर्गायाविरोधकृत् ॥
pratyavāyabhayāt kāmas tathānyaś cāvirodhavān dvidhā kāmo 'pi racitas trivargāyāvirodhakṛt //
(One) desire (arises) from fear of obstruction, and another is such as involves no conflict; desire too has been framed in two ways, (the one) that creates no conflict with the three ends.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.15
परस्परानुबन्धांश् च सर्वान् एतान् विचिन्तयेत् विपरीतानुबन्धांश् च बुध्यध्वं तान् द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
parasparānubandhāṃś ca sarvān etān vicintayet viparītānubandhāṃś ca budhyadhvaṃ tān dvijottamāḥ //
And one should reflect on all these in their mutual connections; and understand, best of the twice-born, those (cases) whose connections are contrary.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.16
धर्मो धर्मानुबन्धार्थो धर्मो नात्मार्थपीडकः उभाभ्यां च द्विधा कामं तेन तौ च द्विधा पुनः ॥
dharmo dharmānubandhārtho dharmo nātmārthapīḍakaḥ ubhābhyāṃ ca dvidhā kāmaṃ tena tau ca dvidhā punaḥ //
Dharma (may be) that whose consequence is (further) dharma, or dharma that does not injure one's own interest; and by both of these desire is twofold, and through it those two again are twofold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.17
ब्राह्मे मुहूर्ते बुध्येत धर्मार्थाव् अनुचिन्तयेत् समुत्थाय तथाचम्य प्रस्नातो नियतः शुचिः ॥
brāhme muhūrte budhyeta dharmārthāv anucintayet samutthāya tathācamya prasnāto niyataḥ śuciḥ //
He should wake at the brahma hour (before dawn) and reflect on dharma and wealth; and having risen and rinsed his mouth, then bathed, restrained and pure (he should perform his rites).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.18
पूर्वां संध्यां सनक्षत्रां पश्चिमां सदिवाकराम् उपासीत यथान्यायं नैनां जह्याद् अनापदि ॥
pūrvāṃ saṃdhyāṃ sanakṣatrāṃ paścimāṃ sadivākarām upāsīta yathānyāyaṃ naināṃ jahyād anāpadi //
He should worship the morning twilight while the stars (are still visible) and the evening one while the sun (is still up), according to rule; he should not omit it except in distress.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.19
असत्प्रलापम् अनृतं वाक्पारुष्यं च वर्जयेत् असच्छास्त्रम् असद्वादम् असत्सेवां च वै द्विजाः ॥
asatpralāpam anṛtaṃ vākpāruṣyaṃ ca varjayet asacchāstram asadvādam asatsevāṃ ca vai dvijāḥ //
He should avoid vain chatter, falsehood, and harshness of speech, and (also) bad scriptures, bad doctrine, and the service of bad men, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.20
सायंप्रातस् तथा होमं कुर्वीत नियतात्मवान् नोदयास्तमने चैवम् उदीक्षेत विवस्वतः ॥
sāyaṃprātas tathā homaṃ kurvīta niyatātmavān nodayāstamane caivam udīkṣeta vivasvataḥ //
Evening and morning, self-restrained, he should perform the fire-offering; and he should not gaze thus at the sun at its rising and setting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.21
केशप्रसाधनादर्शदन्तधावनम् अञ्जनम् पूर्वाह्ण एव कार्याणि देवतानां च तर्पणम् ॥
keśaprasādhanādarśadantadhāvanam añjanam pūrvāhṇa eva kāryāṇi devatānāṃ ca tarpaṇam //
Dressing the hair, the mirror, cleaning the teeth, and applying salve are to be done in the forenoon only, as also the offering of water to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.22
ग्रामावसथतीर्थानां क्षेत्राणां चैव वर्त्मनि न विण्मूत्रम् अनुष्ठेयं न च कृष्टे न गोव्रजे ॥
grāmāvasathatīrthānāṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ caiva vartmani na viṇmūtram anuṣṭheyaṃ na ca kṛṣṭe na govraje //
On the path of villages, dwellings, bathing places, and fields one should not void excrement or urine, nor on ploughed land, nor in a cow-pen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.23
नग्नां परस्त्रियं नेक्षेन् न पश्येद् आत्मनः शकृत् उदक्यादर्शनस्पर्शम् एवं संभाषणं तथा ॥
nagnāṃ parastriyaṃ nekṣen na paśyed ātmanaḥ śakṛt udakyādarśanasparśam evaṃ saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ tathā //
He should not look at another's wife naked, nor look at his own excrement, nor (should there be) the sight or touch of a menstruating woman, nor likewise conversation (with her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.24
नाप्सु मूत्रं पुरीषं वा मैथुनं वा समाचरेत् नाधितिष्ठेच् छकृन्मूत्रे केशभस्मसपालिकाः ॥
nāpsu mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā maithunaṃ vā samācaret nādhitiṣṭhec chakṛnmūtre keśabhasmasapālikāḥ //
One should not pass urine or excrement in water, nor engage in intercourse (there); one should not stand upon excrement or urine, nor upon hair, ashes, or potsherds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.25
तुषाङ्गारविशीर्णानि रज्जुवस्त्रादिकानि च नाधितिष्ठेत् तथा प्राज्ञः पथि वस्त्राणि वा भुवि ॥
tuṣāṅgāraviśīrṇāni rajjuvastrādikāni ca nādhitiṣṭhet tathā prājñaḥ pathi vastrāṇi vā bhuvi //
Nor should the wise man stand upon husks, charcoal, or broken things, or on ropes, cloths and the like, nor on garments (lying) on the road or on the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.26
पितृदेवमनुष्याणां भूतानां च तथार्चनम् कृत्वा विभवतः पश्चाद् गृहस्थो भोक्तुम् अर्हति ॥
pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ ca tathārcanam kṛtvā vibhavataḥ paścād gṛhastho bhoktum arhati //
Having performed, according to his means, the honouring of the ancestors, the gods, men, and also the (other) beings, the householder is then entitled to eat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.27
प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखो वापि स्वाचान्तो वाग्यतः शुचिः भुञ्जीत चान्नं तच्चित्तो ह्य् अन्तर्जानुः सदा नरः ॥
prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi svācānto vāgyataḥ śuciḥ bhuñjīta cānnaṃ taccitto hy antarjānuḥ sadā naraḥ //
Facing east or else facing north, having properly rinsed his mouth, restrained in speech and pure, a man should eat his food with his mind on it, always keeping (his hands) within his knees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.28
उपघातम् ऋते दोषान् नान्नस्योदीरयेद् बुधः प्रत्यक्षलवणं वर्ज्यम् अन्नम् उच्छिष्टम् एव च ॥
upaghātam ṛte doṣān nānnasyodīrayed budhaḥ pratyakṣalavaṇaṃ varjyam annam ucchiṣṭam eva ca //
Except when it is (actually) harmful, the wise man should not point out faults in the food; food with salt visibly (added on top) is to be avoided, and so is food that is leftover.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.29
न गच्छन् न च तिष्ठन् वै विण्मूत्रोत्सर्गम् आत्मवान् कुर्वीत चैवम् उच्छिष्टं न किंचिद् अपि भक्षयेत् ॥
na gacchan na ca tiṣṭhan vai viṇmūtrotsargam ātmavān kurvīta caivam ucchiṣṭaṃ na kiṃcid api bhakṣayet //
The self-possessed man should not void excrement or urine while walking or while standing; and likewise, when in a state of impurity from eating, he should not eat anything at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.30
उच्छिष्टो नालपेत् किंचित् स्वाध्यायं च विवर्जयेत् न पश्येच् च रविं चेन्दुं नक्षत्राणि च कामतः ॥
ucchiṣṭo nālapet kiṃcit svādhyāyaṃ ca vivarjayet na paśyec ca raviṃ cenduṃ nakṣatrāṇi ca kāmataḥ //
With the mouth unrinsed after eating one should not speak at all, and one should avoid recitation of the Veda; nor should one look at the sun, the moon, or the stars at will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.31
भिन्नासनं च शय्यां च भाजनं च विवर्जयेत् गुरूणाम् आसनं देयम् अभ्युत्थानादिसत्कृतम् ॥
bhinnāsanaṃ ca śayyāṃ ca bhājanaṃ ca vivarjayet gurūṇām āsanaṃ deyam abhyutthānādisatkṛtam //
One should avoid a broken seat, bed, and vessel; a seat should be offered to elders, honoured with rising up (to greet them) and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.32
अनुकूलं तथालापम् अभिकुर्वीत बुद्धिमान् तत्रानुगमनं कुर्यात् प्रतिकूलं न संचरेत् ॥
anukūlaṃ tathālāpam abhikurvīta buddhimān tatrānugamanaṃ kuryāt pratikūlaṃ na saṃcaret //
The intelligent man should likewise make his speech agreeable (to them); he should follow after them there, and should not behave contrarily.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.33
नैकवस्त्रश् च भुञ्जीत न कुर्याद् देवतार्चनम् नावाहयेद् द्विजान् अग्नौ होमं कुर्वीत बुद्धिमान् ॥
naikavastraś ca bhuñjīta na kuryād devatārcanam nāvāhayed dvijān agnau homaṃ kurvīta buddhimān //
One should not eat wearing a single garment, nor perform worship of the deities (so clad); the intelligent man should not invite brahmins (thus clad), nor make the offering in the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.34
न स्नायीत नरो नग्नो न शयीत कदाचन न पाणिभ्याम् उभाभ्यां तु कण्डूयेत शिरस् तथा ॥
na snāyīta naro nagno na śayīta kadācana na pāṇibhyām ubhābhyāṃ tu kaṇḍūyeta śiras tathā //
A man should not bathe naked, nor ever lie down (naked); and he should not scratch his head with both hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.35
न चाभीक्ष्णं शिरःस्नानं कार्यं निष्कारणं बुधैः शिरःस्नातश् च तैलेन नाङ्गं किंचिद् उपस्पृशेत् ॥
na cābhīkṣṇaṃ śiraḥsnānaṃ kāryaṃ niṣkāraṇaṃ budhaiḥ śiraḥsnātaś ca tailena nāṅgaṃ kiṃcid upaspṛśet //
And the wise should not bathe the head repeatedly without reason; and one who has bathed his head should not touch any limb with oil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.36
अनध्यायेषु सर्वेषु स्वाध्यायं च विवर्जयेत् ब्राह्मणानलगोसूर्यान् नावमन्येत् कदाचन ॥
anadhyāyeṣu sarveṣu svādhyāyaṃ ca vivarjayet brāhmaṇānalagosūryān nāvamanyet kadācana //
On all days when study is forbidden one should refrain from Vedic recitation; and one should never disparage brahmins, fire, cows, or the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.37
उदङ्मुखो दिवा रात्राव् उत्सर्गं दक्षिणामुखः आबाधासु यथाकामं कुर्यान् मूत्रपुरीषयोः ॥
udaṅmukho divā rātrāv utsargaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ ābādhāsu yathākāmaṃ kuryān mūtrapurīṣayoḥ //
Facing north by day, and facing south at night, one should void; in cases of distress one may relieve urine and excrement as one wishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.38
दुष्कृतं न गुरोर् ब्रूयात् क्रुद्धं चैनं प्रसादयेत् परिवादं न शृणुयाद् अन्येषाम् अपि कुर्वताम् ॥
duṣkṛtaṃ na guror brūyāt kruddhaṃ cainaṃ prasādayet parivādaṃ na śṛṇuyād anyeṣām api kurvatām //
One should not speak of a teacher's misdeed, and should appease him when he is angry; one should not listen to abuse, even when others are uttering it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.39
पन्था देयो ब्राह्मणानां राज्ञो दुःखातुरस्य च विद्याधिकस्य गर्भिण्या रोगार्तस्य महीयतः ॥
panthā deyo brāhmaṇānāṃ rājño duḥkhāturasya ca vidyādhikasya garbhiṇyā rogārtasya mahīyataḥ //
The way is to be yielded to brahmins, to a king, to one afflicted by suffering, to one superior in learning, to a pregnant woman, to one pained by disease, and to an honoured person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.40
मूकान्धबधिराणां च मत्तस्योन्मत्तकस्य च देवालयं चैद्यतरुं तथैव च चतुष्पथम् ॥
mūkāndhabadhirāṇāṃ ca mattasyonmattakasya ca devālayaṃ caidyataruṃ tathaiva ca catuṣpatham //
And to the mute, the blind, and the deaf, and to a drunken man and a madman; likewise (one should keep to the right of) a temple, a sacred tree, and a crossroads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.41
विद्याधिकं गुरुं चैव बुधः कुर्यात् प्रदक्षिणम् उपानद्वस्त्रमाल्यादि धृतम् अन्यैर् न धारयेत् ॥
vidyādhikaṃ guruṃ caiva budhaḥ kuryāt pradakṣiṇam upānadvastramālyādi dhṛtam anyair na dhārayet //
The wise man should walk around, keeping to his right, one superior in learning and a teacher; he should not wear sandals, garments, garlands and the like that have been worn by others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.42
चतुर्दश्यां तथाष्टम्यां पञ्चदश्यां च पर्वसु तैलाभ्यङ्गं तथा भोगं योषितश् च विवर्जयेत् ॥
caturdaśyāṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ ca parvasu tailābhyaṅgaṃ tathā bhogaṃ yoṣitaś ca vivarjayet //
On the fourteenth, the eighth, and the fifteenth days, and on the (other) junctures of the moon, one should avoid oil massage and likewise the enjoyment of women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.43
नोत्क्षिप्तबाहुजङ्घश् च प्राज्ञस् तिष्ठेत् कदाचन न चापि विक्षिपेत् पादौ पादं पादेन नाक्रमेत् ॥
notkṣiptabāhujaṅghaś ca prājñas tiṣṭhet kadācana na cāpi vikṣipet pādau pādaṃ pādena nākramet //
The wise man should never stand with arm or shin raised up, nor should he fling out his feet, nor should he step on one foot with the other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.44
पुंश्चल्याः कृतकार्यस्य बालस्य पतितस्य च मर्माभिघातम् आक्रोशं पैशुन्यं च विवर्जयेत् ॥
puṃścalyāḥ kṛtakāryasya bālasya patitasya ca marmābhighātam ākrośaṃ paiśunyaṃ ca vivarjayet //
Toward a wanton woman, toward one whose business has been done with, toward a child, and toward a fallen man, one should avoid striking the vital parts, reviling, and slander.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.45
दम्भाभिमानं तैक्ष्ण्यं च न कुर्वीत विचक्षणः मूर्खोन्मत्तव्यसनिनो विरूपान् अपि वा तथा ॥
dambhābhimānaṃ taikṣṇyaṃ ca na kurvīta vicakṣaṇaḥ mūrkhonmattavyasanino virūpān api vā tathā //
The discerning man should not practise hypocrisy, arrogance, or harshness; nor (should he mock) fools, madmen, the addicted, or the deformed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.46
न्यूनाङ्गांश् चाधनांश् चैव नोपहासेन दूषयेत् परस्य दण्डं नोद्यच्छेच् छिक्षार्थं शिष्यपुत्रयोः ॥
nyūnāṅgāṃś cādhanāṃś caiva nopahāsena dūṣayet parasya daṇḍaṃ nodyacchec chikṣārthaṃ śiṣyaputrayoḥ //
He should not disparage with mockery those defective in limb or those without wealth. He should not raise a stick against another, (but may do so) for the sake of discipline in the case of a pupil or a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.47
तद्वन् नोपविशेत् प्राज्ञः पादेनाकृष्य चासनम् संयावं कृशरं मांसं नात्मार्थम् उपसाधयेत् ॥
tadvan nopaviśet prājñaḥ pādenākṛṣya cāsanam saṃyāvaṃ kṛśaraṃ māṃsaṃ nātmārtham upasādhayet //
Likewise the wise man should not sit down on a seat after dragging it up with his foot; and he should not prepare wheat-cakes, kṛśara (rice and sesame gruel), or meat for his own sake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.48
सायं प्रातश् च भोक्तव्यं कृत्वा चातिथिपूजनम् प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखो वापि वाग्यतो दन्तधावनम् ॥
sāyaṃ prātaś ca bhoktavyaṃ kṛtvā cātithipūjanam prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi vāgyato dantadhāvanam //
One should eat in the evening and in the morning, having first honoured guests; and, facing east or facing north, with speech restrained, (one should perform) the cleaning of the teeth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.49
कुर्वीत सततं विप्रा वर्जयेद् वर्ज्यवीरुधम् नोदक्शिराः स्वपेज् जातु न च प्रत्यक्शिरा नरः ॥
kurvīta satataṃ viprā varjayed varjyavīrudham nodakśirāḥ svapej jātu na ca pratyakśirā naraḥ //
— (this) one should do constantly, O brahmins; and one should avoid the plants that are to be avoided. A man should never sleep with his head to the north, nor with his head to the west.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.50
शिरस् त्व् आगस्त्याम् आधाय शयीताथ पुरंदरीम् न तु गन्धवतीष्व् अप्सु शयीत न तथोषसि ॥
śiras tv āgastyām ādhāya śayītātha puraṃdarīm na tu gandhavatīṣv apsu śayīta na tathoṣasi //
But placing the head toward the southern quarter, or toward the eastern, let him sleep; but he should not sleep in the northwestern quarter, nor likewise at dawn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.51
उपरागे परं स्नानम् ऋते दिनम् उदाहृतम् अपमृज्यान् न वस्त्रान्तैर् गात्राण्य् अम्बरपाणिभिः ॥
uparāge paraṃ snānam ṛte dinam udāhṛtam apamṛjyān na vastrāntair gātrāṇy ambarapāṇibhiḥ //
At an eclipse a further bath is enjoined, apart from the (ordinary) daily one. One should not wipe the limbs with the ends of one's garments, nor with hands still wet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.52
न चावधूनयेत् केशान् वाससी न च निर्धुनेत् अनुलेपनम् आदद्यान् नास्नातः कर्हिचिद् बुधः ॥
na cāvadhūnayet keśān vāsasī na ca nirdhunet anulepanam ādadyān nāsnātaḥ karhicid budhaḥ //
And he should not shake out his hair, nor shake out his two garments; and a wise man should never take up an unguent while unbathed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.53
न चापि रक्तवासाः स्याच् चित्रासितधरो ऽपि वा न च कुर्याद् विपर्यासं वाससोर् नापि भूषयोः ॥
na cāpi raktavāsāḥ syāc citrāsitadharo 'pi vā na ca kuryād viparyāsaṃ vāsasor nāpi bhūṣayoḥ //
Nor should he be one who wears red clothing, or one who wears variegated or black; and he should not interchange his two garments, nor his two ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.54
वर्ज्यं च विदशं वस्त्रम् अत्यन्तोपहतं च यत् कीटकेशावपन्नं च तथा श्वभिर् अवेक्षितम् ॥
varjyaṃ ca vidaśaṃ vastram atyantopahataṃ ca yat kīṭakeśāvapannaṃ ca tathā śvabhir avekṣitam //
A garment with a frayed (or gnawed) edge is to be avoided, and one that is utterly worn out, and one on which insects or hair have fallen, and likewise one that has been eyed by dogs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.55
अवलीढं शुना चैव सारोद्धरणदूषितम् पृष्ठमांसं वृथामांसं वर्ज्यमांसं च वर्जयेत् ॥
avalīḍhaṃ śunā caiva sāroddharaṇadūṣitam pṛṣṭhamāṃsaṃ vṛthāmāṃsaṃ varjyamāṃsaṃ ca varjayet //
And one should avoid what has been licked by a dog, what has been spoiled by having its essence extracted, the flesh of the back, flesh (killed) to no purpose, and flesh that is forbidden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.56
न भक्षयेच् च सततं प्रत्यक्षं लवणं नरः वर्ज्यं चिरोषितं विप्राः शुष्कं पर्युषितं च यत् ॥
na bhakṣayec ca satataṃ pratyakṣaṃ lavaṇaṃ naraḥ varjyaṃ ciroṣitaṃ viprāḥ śuṣkaṃ paryuṣitaṃ ca yat //
And a man should not constantly eat salt directly (by itself); to be avoided, O brahmins, is what has stood long, and what is dried up and stale.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.57
पिष्टशाकेक्षुपयसां विकारा द्विजसत्तमाः तथा मांसविकाराश् च नैव वर्ज्याश् चिरोषिताः ॥
piṣṭaśākekṣupayasāṃ vikārā dvijasattamāḥ tathā māṃsavikārāś ca naiva varjyāś ciroṣitāḥ //
But preparations of flour, vegetables, sugarcane and milk, O best of the twice-born, and likewise preparations of meat, are not to be rejected (merely) for having stood long.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.58
उदयास्तमने भानोः शयनं च विवर्जयेत् नास्नातो नैव संविष्टो न चैवान्यमना नरः ॥
udayāstamane bhānoḥ śayanaṃ ca vivarjayet nāsnāto naiva saṃviṣṭo na caivānyamanā naraḥ //
And one should avoid lying down at the rising and the setting of the sun. A man should not (eat) unbathed, nor lying down, nor with his mind elsewhere,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.59
न चैव शयने नोर्व्याम् उपविष्टो न शब्दकृत् प्रेष्याणाम् अप्रदायाथ न भुञ्जीत कदाचन ॥
na caiva śayane norvyām upaviṣṭo na śabdakṛt preṣyāṇām apradāyātha na bhuñjīta kadācana //
nor should he ever eat seated on a bed or on the ground, nor making noise, nor without first giving (a portion) to the servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.60
भुञ्जीत पुरुषः स्नातः सायंप्रातर् यथाविधि परदारा न गन्तव्याः पुरुषेण विपश्चिता ॥
bhuñjīta puruṣaḥ snātaḥ sāyaṃprātar yathāvidhi paradārā na gantavyāḥ puruṣeṇa vipaścitā //
A man should eat after bathing, in the evening and in the morning, according to the rule. Other men's wives are not to be approached by a wise man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.61
इष्टापूर्तायुषां हन्त्री परदारगतिर् नृणाम् नहीदृशम् अनायुष्यं लोके किंचन विद्यते ॥
iṣṭāpūrtāyuṣāṃ hantrī paradāragatir nṛṇām nahīdṛśam anāyuṣyaṃ loke kiṃcana vidyate //
For men, resorting to another's wife destroys sacrifices, pious works, and long life; indeed, nothing so shortening of life is found in the world
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.62
यादृशं पुरुषस्येह परदाराभिमर्शनम् देवाग्निपितृकार्याणि तथा गुर्वभिवादनम् ॥
yādṛśaṃ puruṣasyeha paradārābhimarśanam devāgnipitṛkāryāṇi tathā gurvabhivādanam //
as a man's touching of another's wife here. So too the rites for the gods, the fire, and the ancestors, and the saluting of elders —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.63
कुर्वीत सम्यग् आचम्य तद्वद् अन्नभुजिक्रियाम् अफेनशब्दगन्धाभिर् अद्भिर् अच्छाभिर् आदरात् ॥
kurvīta samyag ācamya tadvad annabhujikriyām aphenaśabdagandhābhir adbhir acchābhir ādarāt //
— these he should perform after properly sipping water, and likewise the act of eating food, (sipping) reverently with clear water free of foam, sound, and smell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.64
आचामेच् चैव तद्वच् च प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखो ऽपि वा अन्तर्जलाद् आवसथाद् वल्मीकान् मूषिकास्थलात् ॥
ācāmec caiva tadvac ca prāṅmukhodaṅmukho 'pi vā antarjalād āvasathād valmīkān mūṣikāsthalāt //
And likewise he should rinse his mouth, facing east or else facing north. (Earth is not to be taken) from within water, from a dwelling-place, from an ant-hill, from a mouse-mound,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.65
कृतशौचावशिष्टाश् च वर्जयेत् पञ्च वै मृदः प्रक्षाल्य हस्तौ पादौ च समभ्युक्ष्य समाहितः ॥
kṛtaśaucāvaśiṣṭāś ca varjayet pañca vai mṛdaḥ prakṣālya hastau pādau ca samabhyukṣya samāhitaḥ //
and (that) left over from performing cleansing — these five earths he should avoid; having washed his hands and feet and sprinkled himself, collected in mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.66
अन्तर्जानुस् तथाचामेत् त्रिश् चतुर् वापि वै नरः परिमृज्य द्विर् आवर्त्य खानि मूर्धानम् एव च ॥
antarjānus tathācāmet triś catur vāpi vai naraḥ parimṛjya dvir āvartya khāni mūrdhānam eva ca //
a man should thus rinse his mouth with (his hands) between his knees, three times or four times, wiping (the mouth) twice, and touching the orifices and the head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.67
सम्यग् आचम्य तोयेन क्रियां कुर्वीत वै शुचिः क्षुते ऽवलीढे वाते च तथा निष्ठीवनादिषु ॥
samyag ācamya toyena kriyāṃ kurvīta vai śuciḥ kṣute 'valīḍhe vāte ca tathā niṣṭhīvanādiṣu //
Having properly rinsed with water, pure, he should perform the rite: upon sneezing, upon licking, upon (releasing) wind, and likewise in cases of spitting and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.68
कुर्याद् आचमनं स्पर्शे वास्पृष्टस्यार्कदर्शनम् कुर्वीतालम्भनं चापि दक्षिणश्रवणस्य च ॥
kuryād ācamanaṃ sparśe vāspṛṣṭasyārkadarśanam kurvītālambhanaṃ cāpi dakṣiṇaśravaṇasya ca //
He should rinse the mouth when there is (impure) contact, or, if he has not been touched(?), (there is) the looking at the sun; and he should also touch his right ear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.69
यथाविभवतो ह्य् एतत् पूर्वाभावे ततः परम् न विद्यमाने पूर्वोक्त उत्तरप्राप्तिर् इष्यते ॥
yathāvibhavato hy etat pūrvābhāve tataḥ param na vidyamāne pūrvokta uttaraprāptir iṣyate //
For this is according to one's means: in the absence of the first, then what comes after it; when the one stated first is not available, recourse to the later one is approved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.70
न कुर्याद् दन्तसंघर्षं नात्मनो देहताडनम् स्वापे ऽध्वनि तथा भुञ्जन् स्वाध्यायं च विवर्जयेत् ॥
na kuryād dantasaṃgharṣaṃ nātmano dehatāḍanam svāpe 'dhvani tathā bhuñjan svādhyāyaṃ ca vivarjayet //
He should not grind his teeth nor strike his own body; and he should avoid recitation of his Veda while sleeping, on a road, and while eating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.71
संध्यायां मैथुनं चापि तथा प्रस्थानम् एव च तथापराह्णे कुर्वीत श्रद्धया पितृतर्पणम् ॥
saṃdhyāyāṃ maithunaṃ cāpi tathā prasthānam eva ca tathāparāhṇe kurvīta śraddhayā pitṛtarpaṇam //
And (he should avoid) sexual intercourse at twilight, and likewise setting out on a journey; and in the afternoon he should make the libation to the ancestors with faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.72
शिरःस्नानं च कुर्वीत दैवं पित्र्यम् अथापि च प्राङ्मुखोदङ्मुखो वापि श्मश्रुकर्म च कारयेत् ॥
śiraḥsnānaṃ ca kurvīta daivaṃ pitryam athāpi ca prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi śmaśrukarma ca kārayet //
And he should take a bath of the head, and (perform) the rite for the gods and that for the ancestors; and facing east or facing north he should have the shaving of the beard done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.73
व्यङ्गिनीं वर्जयेत् कन्यां कुलजां वाप्य् अरोगिणीम् उद्वहेत् पितृमात्रोश् च सप्तमीं पञ्चमीं तथा ॥
vyaṅginīṃ varjayet kanyāṃ kulajāṃ vāpy arogiṇīm udvahet pitṛmātroś ca saptamīṃ pañcamīṃ tathā //
He should avoid a girl with a defective limb; he should marry one born of a (good) family and free from disease, and (beyond) the seventh (degree) on the father's side and the fifth (on the mother's).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.74
रक्षेद् दारांस् त्यजेद् ईर्ष्यां तथाह्नि स्वप्नमैथुने परोपतापकं कर्म जन्तुपीडां च सर्वदा ॥
rakṣed dārāṃs tyajed īrṣyāṃ tathāhni svapnamaithune paropatāpakaṃ karma jantupīḍāṃ ca sarvadā //
He should guard his wife, give up jealousy, and (avoid) sleep and intercourse by day, an act that torments others, and injury to living creatures always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.75
उदक्या सर्ववर्णानां वर्ज्या रात्रिचतुष्टयम् स्त्रीजन्मपरिहारार्थं पञ्चमीं चापि वर्जयेत् ॥
udakyā sarvavarṇānāṃ varjyā rātricatuṣṭayam strījanmaparihārārthaṃ pañcamīṃ cāpi varjayet //
For all the classes a menstruating woman is to be avoided for four nights; and to prevent the birth of a girl he should avoid the fifth as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.76
ततः षष्ठ्यां व्रजेद् रात्र्यां ज्येष्ठयुग्मासु रात्रिषु युग्मासु पुत्रा जायन्ते स्त्रियो ऽयुग्मासु रात्रिषु ॥
tataḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vrajed rātryāṃ jyeṣṭhayugmāsu rātriṣu yugmāsu putrā jāyante striyo 'yugmāsu rātriṣu //
Then he may approach her on the sixth night, and on the higher even nights: on even nights sons are born, on uneven nights daughters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.77
विधर्मिणो वै पर्वादौ संध्याकालेषु षण्ढकाः क्षुरकर्मणि रिक्तां वै वर्जयीत विचक्षणः ॥
vidharmiṇo vai parvādau saṃdhyākāleṣu ṣaṇḍhakāḥ kṣurakarmaṇi riktāṃ vai varjayīta vicakṣaṇaḥ //
(Children born) at the parvan days and so on are indeed lawless, and at the twilight hours eunuchs; and for shaving the discerning man should avoid the rikta (day).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.78
ब्रुवताम् अविनीतानां न श्रोतव्यं कदाचन न चोत्कृष्टासनं देयम् अनुत्कृष्टस्य चादरात् ॥
bruvatām avinītānāṃ na śrotavyaṃ kadācana na cotkṛṣṭāsanaṃ deyam anutkṛṣṭasya cādarāt //
One should never listen to undisciplined men when they speak; nor should a superior seat be given, out of deference, to one who is not superior.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.79
क्षुरकर्मणि चान्ते च स्त्रीसंभोगे च भो द्विजाः स्नायीत चैलवान् प्राज्ञः कटभूमिम् उपेत्य च ॥
kṣurakarmaṇi cānte ca strīsaṃbhoge ca bho dvijāḥ snāyīta cailavān prājñaḥ kaṭabhūmim upetya ca //
And after shaving, and at the end (of a meal?), and after intercourse with a woman, O twice-born ones, the wise man should bathe with his clothes on, having gone to level ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.80
देववेदद्विजातीनां साधुसत्यमहात्मनाम् गुरोः पतिव्रतानां च ब्रह्मयज्ञतपस्विनाम् ॥
devavedadvijātīnāṃ sādhusatyamahātmanām guroḥ pativratānāṃ ca brahmayajñatapasvinām //
Of the gods, the Vedas, and the twice-born, of the good, the truthful, and the great-souled, of the teacher, of wives devoted to their husbands, and of those who sacrifice to Brahman and practise austerity —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.81
परिवादं न कुर्वीत परिहासं च भो द्विजाः धवलाम्बरसंवीतः सितपुष्पविभूषितः ॥
parivādaṃ na kurvīta parihāsaṃ ca bho dvijāḥ dhavalāmbarasaṃvītaḥ sitapuṣpavibhūṣitaḥ //
one should make no reproach, nor mockery, O twice-born ones. Wrapped in white garments, adorned with white flowers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.82
सदा माङ्गल्यवेषः स्यान् न वामाङ्गल्यवान् भवेत् नोद्धतोन्मत्तमूढैश् च नाविनीतैश् च पण्डितः ॥
sadā māṅgalyaveṣaḥ syān na vāmāṅgalyavān bhavet noddhatonmattamūḍhaiś ca nāvinītaiś ca paṇḍitaḥ //
he should always be of auspicious appearance; he should not be one whose (dress) is inauspicious. And the learned man (should not associate) with the arrogant, the mad, the stupid, or the undisciplined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.83
गच्छेन् मैत्रीम् अशीलेन न वयोजातिदूषितैः न चातिव्ययशीलैश् च पुरुषैर् नैव वैरिभिः ॥
gacchen maitrīm aśīlena na vayojātidūṣitaiḥ na cātivyayaśīlaiś ca puruṣair naiva vairibhiḥ //
He should not enter into friendship with one of bad character, nor with those tainted by age or by caste, nor with men of extravagant habits, nor indeed with enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.84
कार्याक्षमैर् निन्दितैर् न न चैव विटसङ्गिभिः निस्वैर् न वादैकपरैर् नरैश् चान्यैस् तथाधमैः ॥
kāryākṣamair ninditair na na caiva viṭasaṅgibhiḥ nisvair na vādaikaparair naraiś cānyais tathādhamaiḥ //
(Nor should he make friendship) with men incapable of their duties, nor with the censured, nor with those who consort with rogues, nor with the destitute, nor with those given solely to disputation, nor with other men equally low.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.85
सुहृद्दीक्षितभूपालस्नातकश्वशुरैः सह उत्तिष्ठेद् विभवाच् चैनान् अर्चयेद् गृहम् आगतान् ॥
suhṛddīkṣitabhūpālasnātakaśvaśuraiḥ saha uttiṣṭhed vibhavāc cainān arcayed gṛham āgatān //
He should rise up (to greet) friends, initiated sacrificers, kings, snātakas and fathers-in-law, and should honour these according to his means when they come to his house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.86
यथाविभवतो विप्राः प्रतिसंवत्सरोषितान् सम्यग् गृहे ऽर्चनं कृत्वा यथास्थानम् अनुक्रमात् ॥
yathāvibhavato viprāḥ pratisaṃvatsaroṣitān samyag gṛhe 'rcanaṃ kṛtvā yathāsthānam anukramāt //
According to his means, O brahmins, having properly performed in the house, in due order and each in his proper place, the honouring of those who have stayed (with him) through the year,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.87
संपूजयेत् तथा वह्नौ प्रदद्याच् चाहुतीः क्रमात् प्रथमां ब्रह्मणे दद्यात् प्रजानां पतये ततः ॥
saṃpūjayet tathā vahnau pradadyāc cāhutīḥ kramāt prathamāṃ brahmaṇe dadyāt prajānāṃ pataye tataḥ //
he should thus worship (them), and offer oblations in the fire in order: the first he should give to Brahmā, then to the Lord of creatures,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.88
तृतीयां चैव गृह्येभ्यः कश्यपाय तथापराम् ततो ऽनुमतये दद्याद् दद्याद् बहुबलिं ततः ॥
tṛtīyāṃ caiva gṛhyebhyaḥ kaśyapāya tathāparām tato 'numataye dadyād dadyād bahubaliṃ tataḥ //
and the third to the household (deities), and another to Kaśyapa; then he should give to Anumati, and then he should give the abundant offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.89
पूर्वं ख्याता मया या तु नित्यक्रमविधौ क्रिया वैश्वदेवं ततः कुर्याद् वदत शृणुत द्विजाः ॥
pūrvaṃ khyātā mayā yā tu nityakramavidhau kriyā vaiśvadevaṃ tataḥ kuryād vadata śṛṇuta dvijāḥ //
But the rite that was declared by me earlier, in the rule for the daily sequence — then he should perform the Vaiśvadeva; speak, and listen, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.90
यथास्थानविभागं तु देवान् उद्दिश्य वै पृथक् पर्जन्यापोधरित्रीणां दद्यात् तु मणिके त्रयम् ॥
yathāsthānavibhāgaṃ tu devān uddiśya vai pṛthak parjanyāpodharitrīṇāṃ dadyāt tu maṇike trayam //
According to the division of the (proper) places, designating the gods separately, he should give three (offerings) in the water-jar, to Parjanya, the Waters and the Earth;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.91
वायवे च प्रतिदिशं दिग्भ्यः प्राच्यादिषु क्रमात् ब्रह्मणे चान्तरिक्षाय सूर्याय च यथाक्रमात् ॥
vāyave ca pratidiśaṃ digbhyaḥ prācyādiṣu kramāt brahmaṇe cāntarikṣāya sūryāya ca yathākramāt //
and to Vāyu in each direction, and to the quarters beginning with the east in order, and to Brahmā, to the Mid-region, and to the Sun, each in due order;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.92
विश्वेभ्यश् चैव देवेभ्यो विश्वभूतेभ्य एव च उषसे भूतपतये दद्याद् वोत्तरतः शुचिः ॥
viśvebhyaś caiva devebhyo viśvabhūtebhya eva ca uṣase bhūtapataye dadyād vottarataḥ śuciḥ //
and to the All-gods, and to all beings, and to Dawn, and to the Lord of beings — being pure, he should give (these) on the north side;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.93
स्वधा च नम इत्य् उक्त्वा पितृभ्यश् चैव दक्षिणे कृत्वापसव्यं वायव्यां यक्ष्मैतत् तैति संवदन् ॥
svadhā ca nama ity uktvā pitṛbhyaś caiva dakṣiṇe kṛtvāpasavyaṃ vāyavyāṃ yakṣmaitat taiti saṃvadan //
and, having said "svadhā" and "homage," (he should give) to the fathers on the south; having turned (the thread) to the left, in the north-west (he should give), uttering "yakṣmaitat taiti."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.94
अन्नावशेषमिश्रं वै तोयं दद्याद् यथाविधि देवानां च ततः कुर्याद् ब्राह्मणानां नमस्क्रियाम् ॥
annāvaśeṣamiśraṃ vai toyaṃ dadyād yathāvidhi devānāṃ ca tataḥ kuryād brāhmaṇānāṃ namaskriyām //
He should offer water mixed with the remainder of the food according to the rule, and then he should perform the salutation of the gods and of the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.95
अङ्गुष्ठोत्तरतो रेखा पाणेर् या दक्षिणस्य च एतद् ब्राह्मम् इति ख्यातं तीर्थम् आचमनाय वै ॥
aṅguṣṭhottarato rekhā pāṇer yā dakṣiṇasya ca etad brāhmam iti khyātaṃ tīrtham ācamanāya vai //
The line that is above the thumb of the right hand — that is called the brāhma crossing-place, for the sipping of water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.96
तर्जन्यङ्गुष्ठयोर् अन्तः पित्र्यं तीर्थम् उदाहृतम् पितॄणां तेन तोयानि दद्यान् नान्दीमुखाद् ऋते ॥
tarjanyaṅguṣṭhayor antaḥ pitryaṃ tīrtham udāhṛtam pitṝṇāṃ tena toyāni dadyān nāndīmukhād ṛte //
Between the forefinger and the thumb the ancestral crossing-place is declared; with that he should give waters to the fathers, except for the nāndīmukha ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.97
अङ्गुल्यग्रे तथा दैवं तेन दिव्यक्रियाविधिः तीर्थं कनिष्ठिकामूले कायं तत्र प्रजापतेः ॥
aṅgulyagre tathā daivaṃ tena divyakriyāvidhiḥ tīrthaṃ kaniṣṭhikāmūle kāyaṃ tatra prajāpateḥ //
At the tips of the fingers is the divine one; by it (is done) the rule for rites to the gods. At the base of the little finger is the crossing-place called kāya; there is Prajāpati's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.98
एवम् एभिः सदा तीर्थैर् विधानं पितृभिः सह सदा कार्याणि कुर्वीत नान्यतीर्थः कदाचन ॥
evam ebhiḥ sadā tīrthair vidhānaṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha sadā kāryāṇi kurvīta nānyatīrthaḥ kadācana //
Thus with these crossing-places is the prescription always, together with (that for) the fathers; he should always perform his rites (so), never with another crossing-place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.99
ब्राह्मेणाचमनं शस्तं पैत्र्यं पित्र्येण सर्वदा देवतीर्थेन देवानां प्राजापत्यं जितेन च ॥
brāhmeṇācamanaṃ śastaṃ paitryaṃ pitryeṇa sarvadā devatīrthena devānāṃ prājāpatyaṃ jitena ca //
Sipping is enjoined with the brāhma; the ancestral (rite) always with the ancestral one; (the rites) of the gods with the divine crossing-place, and the Prajāpati rite with the 'conquered' one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.100
नान्दीमुखानां कुर्वीत प्राज्ञः पिण्डोदकक्रियाम् प्राजापत्येन तीर्थेन यच् च किंचित् प्रजापतेः ॥
nāndīmukhānāṃ kurvīta prājñaḥ piṇḍodakakriyām prājāpatyena tīrthena yac ca kiṃcit prajāpateḥ //
The wise man should perform the rite of rice-balls and water for the nāndīmukha (fathers) with the Prājāpatya crossing-place, and whatever else belongs to Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.101
युगपज् जलम् अग्निं च बिभृयान् न विचक्षणः गुरुदेवपितॄन् विप्रान् न च पादौ प्रसारयेत् ॥
yugapaj jalam agniṃ ca bibhṛyān na vicakṣaṇaḥ gurudevapitṝn viprān na ca pādau prasārayet //
The discerning man should not carry water and fire at the same time, nor should he stretch out his feet toward teachers, gods, the fathers, or brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.102
नाचक्षीत धयन्तीं गां जलं नाञ्जलिना पिबेत् शौचकालेषु सर्वेषु गुरुष्व् अल्पेषु वा पुनः न विलम्बेत मेधावी न मुखेनानलं धमेत् ॥
nācakṣīta dhayantīṃ gāṃ jalaṃ nāñjalinā pibet śaucakāleṣu sarveṣu guruṣv alpeṣu vā punaḥ na vilambeta medhāvī na mukhenānalaṃ dhamet //
He should not look at a cow suckling (her calf), nor drink water from his cupped hands; at all times of purification, be they weighty or slight, the intelligent man should not delay; nor should he blow the fire with his mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.103
तत्र विप्रा न वस्तव्यं यत्र नास्ति चतुष्टयम् ऋणप्रदाता वैद्यश् च श्रोत्रियः सजला नदी ॥
tatra viprā na vastavyaṃ yatra nāsti catuṣṭayam ṛṇapradātā vaidyaś ca śrotriyaḥ sajalā nadī //
One should not dwell, O brahmins, in that place where these four are lacking: a lender, a physician, a Vedic scholar, and a river with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.104
जितभृत्यो नृपो यत्र बलवान् धर्मतत्परः तत्र नित्यं वसेत् प्राज्ञः कुतः कुनृपतौ सुखम् ॥
jitabhṛtyo nṛpo yatra balavān dharmatatparaḥ tatra nityaṃ vaset prājñaḥ kutaḥ kunṛpatau sukham //
Where the king has his servants under control, is strong, and devoted to dharma, there let the wise man dwell permanently; how (can there be) happiness under a bad king?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.105
पौराः सुसंहता यत्र सततं न्यायवर्तिनः शान्तामत्सरिणो लोकास् तत्र वासः सुखोदयः ॥
paurāḥ susaṃhatā yatra satataṃ nyāyavartinaḥ śāntāmatsariṇo lokās tatra vāsaḥ sukhodayaḥ //
Where the townsmen are well united and constantly walk in justice, (where) the people are calm and free of envy, dwelling there yields happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.106
यस्मिन् कृषीवला राष्ट्रे प्रायशो नातिमानिनः यत्रौषधान्य् अशेषाणि वसेत् तत्र विचक्षणः ॥
yasmin kṛṣīvalā rāṣṭre prāyaśo nātimāninaḥ yatrauṣadhāny aśeṣāṇi vaset tatra vicakṣaṇaḥ //
In whatever realm the farmers are for the most part not too arrogant, and where herbs (and crops) are present without exception, there let the discerning man dwell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.107
तत्र विप्रा न वस्तव्यं यत्रैतत् त्रितयं सदा जिगीषुः पूर्ववैरश् च जनश् च सततोत्सवः ॥
tatra viprā na vastavyaṃ yatraitat tritayaṃ sadā jigīṣuḥ pūrvavairaś ca janaś ca satatotsavaḥ //
There, brahmins, one should not dwell, where these three are always (found): one bent on conquest, an old enemy, and people perpetually at festival.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.108
वसेन् नित्यं सुशीलेषु सहचारिषु पण्डितः यत्राप्रधृष्यो नृपतिर् यत्र सस्यप्रदा मही ॥
vasen nityaṃ suśīleṣu sahacāriṣu paṇḍitaḥ yatrāpradhṛṣyo nṛpatir yatra sasyapradā mahī //
The learned man should dwell always among those of good character as companions, where the king is unassailable and where the land gives grain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.109
इत्य् एतत् कथितं विप्रा मया वो हितकाम्यया अतःपरं प्रवक्ष्यामि भक्ष्यभोज्यविधिक्रियाम् ॥
ity etat kathitaṃ viprā mayā vo hitakāmyayā ataḥparaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhakṣyabhojyavidhikriyām //
Thus this has been told to you, brahmins, by me out of a wish for (your) welfare; next I shall declare the rules of procedure concerning things to be chewed and things to be eaten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.110
भोज्यम् अन्नं पर्युषितं स्नेहाक्तं चिरसंभृतम् अस्नेहा अपि गोधूमयवगोरसविक्रियाः ॥
bhojyam annaṃ paryuṣitaṃ snehāktaṃ cirasaṃbhṛtam asnehā api godhūmayavagorasavikriyāḥ //
Food that is stale, smeared with fat, or long stored is eatable; so too, even without fat, preparations of wheat, barley, and milk products.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.111
शशकः कच्छपो गोधा श्वाविन् मत्स्यो ऽथ शल्यकः भक्ष्याश् चैते तथा वर्ज्यौ ग्रामशूकरकुक्कुटौ ॥
śaśakaḥ kacchapo godhā śvāvin matsyo 'tha śalyakaḥ bhakṣyāś caite tathā varjyau grāmaśūkarakukkuṭau //
The hare, the tortoise, the iguana, the porcupine, the fish, and the hedgehog — these are eatable; likewise the village pig and the domestic cock are to be avoided.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.112
पितृदेवादिशेषं च श्राद्धे ब्राह्मणकाम्यया प्रोक्षितं चौषधार्थं च खादन् मांसं न दुष्यति ॥
pitṛdevādiśeṣaṃ ca śrāddhe brāhmaṇakāmyayā prokṣitaṃ cauṣadhārthaṃ ca khādan māṃsaṃ na duṣyati //
And (eating) what is left over from (offerings to) the ancestors, the gods and the rest, and (meat) at a śrāddha out of a wish (to honour) brahmins, and what has been consecrated by sprinkling, and (what is taken) for the sake of medicine — eating such meat one is not defiled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.113
शङ्खाश्मस्वर्णरूप्याणां रज्जूनाम् अथ वाससाम् शाकमूलफलानां च तथा विदलचर्मणाम् ॥
śaṅkhāśmasvarṇarūpyāṇāṃ rajjūnām atha vāsasām śākamūlaphalānāṃ ca tathā vidalacarmaṇām //
Of conch, stone, gold and silver, of ropes and of garments, of greens, roots and fruits, and likewise of split cane and hides —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.114
मणिवस्त्रप्रवालानां तथा मुक्ताफलस्य च पात्राणां चमसानां च अम्बुना शौचम् इष्यते ॥
maṇivastrapravālānāṃ tathā muktāphalasya ca pātrāṇāṃ camasānāṃ ca ambunā śaucam iṣyate //
of gems, cloth and coral, and likewise of pearl, of dishes and of cups, cleansing with water is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.115
तथाश्मकानां तोयेन अश्मसंघर्षणेन च सस्नेहानां च पात्राणां शुद्धिर् उष्णेन वारिणा ॥
tathāśmakānāṃ toyena aśmasaṃgharṣaṇena ca sasnehānāṃ ca pātrāṇāṃ śuddhir uṣṇena vāriṇā //
Likewise of stoneware, by water and by rubbing with stone; and of vessels that hold grease, purification is by hot water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.116
शूर्पाणाम् अजिनानां च मुशलोलूखलस्य च संहतानां च वस्त्राणां प्रोक्षणात् संचयस्य च ॥
śūrpāṇām ajinānāṃ ca muśalolūkhalasya ca saṃhatānāṃ ca vastrāṇāṃ prokṣaṇāt saṃcayasya ca //
Of winnowing baskets and skins, of pestle and mortar, of garments bundled together, and of a stored heap — (purification comes) from sprinkling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.117
वल्कलानाम् अशेषाणाम् अम्बुमृच्छौचम् इष्यते आविकानां समस्तानां केशानां चैवम् इष्यते ॥
valkalānām aśeṣāṇām ambumṛcchaucam iṣyate āvikānāṃ samastānāṃ keśānāṃ caivam iṣyate //
For barks of every kind, cleansing with water and earth is prescribed; and for all woollen things and for hair it is prescribed in the same way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.118
सिद्धार्थकानां कल्केन तिलकल्केन वा पुनः शोधनं चैव भवति उपघातवतां सदा ॥
siddhārthakānāṃ kalkena tilakalkena vā punaḥ śodhanaṃ caiva bhavati upaghātavatāṃ sadā //
And again, with a paste of white mustard or with a paste of sesame, there is always the cleansing of those (things) that have suffered defilement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.119
तथा कार्पासिकानां च शुद्धिः स्याज् जलभस्मना दारुदन्तास्थिशृङ्गाणां तक्षणाच् छुद्धिर् इष्यते ॥
tathā kārpāsikānāṃ ca śuddhiḥ syāj jalabhasmanā dārudantāsthiśṛṅgāṇāṃ takṣaṇāc chuddhir iṣyate //
And likewise of cotton goods purification would be by water and ashes; of wood, ivory, bone and horn, purification is held to be by scraping.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.120
पुनः पाकेन भाण्डानां पार्थिवानाम् अमेध्यता शुद्धं भैक्ष्यं कारुहस्तः पण्यं योषिन्मुखं तथा ॥
punaḥ pākena bhāṇḍānāṃ pārthivānām amedhyatā śuddhaṃ bhaikṣyaṃ kāruhastaḥ paṇyaṃ yoṣinmukhaṃ tathā //
The impurity of earthen vessels (is removed) by firing them again. Alms food is pure, (so is) the artisan's hand, goods put up for sale, and a woman's mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.121
रथ्यागमनविज्ञानं दासवर्गेण संस्कृतम् प्राक्प्रशस्तं चिरातीतम् अनेकान्तरितं लघु ॥
rathyāgamanavijñānaṃ dāsavargeṇa saṃskṛtam prākpraśastaṃ cirātītam anekāntaritaṃ laghu //
What is known to have come along the highway, what has been prepared by the class of servants, what was approved before, what is long past, what is separated by many (intervening things), and what is light (are pure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.122
अन्तः प्रभूतं बालं च वृद्धान्तरविचेष्टितम् कर्मान्तागारशालाश् च स्तनद्वयं शुचि स्त्रियाः ॥
antaḥ prabhūtaṃ bālaṃ ca vṛddhāntaraviceṣṭitam karmāntāgāraśālāś ca stanadvayaṃ śuci striyāḥ //
What has come forth within, a child, what has been handled by an elder in between, workshops and halls, and a woman's two breasts are pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.123
शुचयश् च तथैवापः स्रवन्त्यो गन्धवर्जिताः भूमिर् विशुध्यते कालाद् दाहमार्जनगोकुलैः ॥
śucayaś ca tathaivāpaḥ sravantyo gandhavarjitāḥ bhūmir viśudhyate kālād dāhamārjanagokulaiḥ //
And likewise waters are pure (when) flowing and free of smell; the ground is purified by (the passage of) time, by burning, by sweeping, and by cattle (penned on it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.124
लेपाद् उल्लेखनात् सेकाद् वेश्म संमार्जनादिना केशकीटावपन्ने च गोघ्राते मक्षिकान्विते ॥
lepād ullekhanāt sekād veśma saṃmārjanādinā keśakīṭāvapanne ca goghrāte makṣikānvite //
A house (is purified) by plastering, by scraping, by sprinkling, by sweeping and the like; and when hair or an insect has fallen (into food), when it has been sniffed by a cow, or when flies are in it —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.125
मृदम्बु भस्म चाप्य् अन्ने प्रक्षेप्तव्यं विशुद्धये औदुम्बराणाम् अम्लेन वारिणा त्रपुसीसयोः ॥
mṛdambu bhasma cāpy anne prakṣeptavyaṃ viśuddhaye audumbarāṇām amlena vāriṇā trapusīsayoḥ //
— earth, water and ash are to be thrown into the food for purification; copper vessels (are cleansed) with an acid, tin and lead with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.126
भस्माम्बुभिश् च कांस्यानां शुद्धिः प्लावो द्रवस्य च अमेध्याक्तस्य मृत्तोयैर् गन्धापहरणेन च ॥
bhasmāmbubhiś ca kāṃsyānāṃ śuddhiḥ plāvo dravasya ca amedhyāktasya mṛttoyair gandhāpaharaṇena ca //
And the purification of bronze vessels is by ash and water; of a liquid, by pouring it off; of what is smeared with something impure, by earth and water and by the removal of the smell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.127
अन्येषां चैव द्रव्याणां वर्णगन्धांश् च हारयेत् शुचि मांसं तु चाण्डालक्रव्यादैर् विनिपातितम् ॥
anyeṣāṃ caiva dravyāṇāṃ varṇagandhāṃś ca hārayet śuci māṃsaṃ tu cāṇḍālakravyādair vinipātitam //
And of other substances he should remove the colour and the smells. But meat struck down by caṇḍālas or by beasts of prey is pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.128
रथ्यागतं च तैलादि शुचि गोतृप्तिदं पयः रजो ऽग्निर् अश्वगोछाया रश्मयः पवनो मही ॥
rathyāgataṃ ca tailādi śuci gotṛptidaṃ payaḥ rajo 'gnir aśvagochāyā raśmayaḥ pavano mahī //
Oil and the like that has come onto the street is pure, (as is) milk that gives satisfaction to a cow; (pure are) dust, fire, a horse, a cow, shade, the (sun's) rays, the wind, the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.129
विप्लुषो मक्षिकाद्याश् च दुष्टसङ्गाद् अदोषिणः अजाश्वं मुखतो मेध्यं न गोर् वत्सस्य चाननम् ॥
vipluṣo makṣikādyāś ca duṣṭasaṅgād adoṣiṇaḥ ajāśvaṃ mukhato medhyaṃ na gor vatsasya cānanam //
drops (of water), and flies and the like are not made faulty by contact with what is impure; the goat and the horse are pure at the mouth, but not the mouth of a cow or of a calf.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.130
मातुः प्रस्रवणे मेध्यं शकुनिः फलपातने आसनं शयनं यानं तटौ नद्यास् तृणानि च ॥
mātuḥ prasravaṇe medhyaṃ śakuniḥ phalapātane āsanaṃ śayanaṃ yānaṃ taṭau nadyās tṛṇāni ca //
(A calf) is pure at the mother's flow of milk, a bird when it makes fruit fall; a seat, a bed, a vehicle, the two banks of a river, and grasses —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.131
सोमसूर्यांशुपवनैः शुध्यन्ते तानि पण्यवत् रथ्यापसर्पणे स्नाने क्षुत्पानानां च कर्मसु ॥
somasūryāṃśupavanaiḥ śudhyante tāni paṇyavat rathyāpasarpaṇe snāne kṣutpānānāṃ ca karmasu //
these are purified by the rays of the moon and the sun and by the winds, as is merchandise. On going out onto the street, at bathing, and in the acts of sneezing and drinking,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.132
आचामेत यथान्यायं वाससः परिधापने स्पृष्टानाम् अथ संस्पर्शैर् द्विरथ्याकर्दमाम्भसि ॥
ācāmeta yathānyāyaṃ vāsasaḥ paridhāpane spṛṣṭānām atha saṃsparśair dvirathyākardamāmbhasi //
he should rinse his mouth according to rule; also at the putting on of a garment, and through contacts with things that have been touched (by others), and in the muddy water of a crossroads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.133
पक्वेष्टकचितानां च मेध्यता वायुसंश्रयात् प्रभूतोपहताद् अन्नाद् अग्रम् उद्धृत्य संत्यजेत् ॥
pakveṣṭakacitānāṃ ca medhyatā vāyusaṃśrayāt prabhūtopahatād annād agram uddhṛtya saṃtyajet //
And things built of baked bricks are pure by reason of their exposure to the wind. From a large quantity of food that has been spoiled he should remove the top portion and throw it away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.134
शेषस्य प्रोक्षणं कुर्याद् आचम्याद्भिस् तथा मृदा उपवासस् त्रिरात्रं तु दुष्टभक्ताशिनो भवेत् ॥
śeṣasya prokṣaṇaṃ kuryād ācamyādbhis tathā mṛdā upavāsas trirātraṃ tu duṣṭabhaktāśino bhavet //
He should sprinkle the remainder, having rinsed with water and with earth; but one who has eaten spoiled food must fast for three nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.135
अज्ञाने ज्ञानपूर्वे तु तद्दोषोपशमे न तु उदक्यां वावलग्नां च सूतिकान्त्यावसायिनः ॥
ajñāne jñānapūrve tu taddoṣopaśame na tu udakyāṃ vāvalagnāṃ ca sūtikāntyāvasāyinaḥ //
(This applies) when it is done in ignorance; but when done knowingly there is no allaying of that fault. Having touched a menstruating woman, or one who clings to her, or a woman newly delivered, or an outcaste,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.136
स्पृष्ट्वा स्नायीत शौचार्थं तथैव मृतहारिणः नारं स्पृष्ट्वास्थि सस्नेहं स्नात्वा विप्रो विशुध्यति ॥
spṛṣṭvā snāyīta śaucārthaṃ tathaiva mṛtahāriṇaḥ nāraṃ spṛṣṭvāsthi sasnehaṃ snātvā vipro viśudhyati //
he should bathe for the sake of purity, and likewise (after touching) those who carry the dead. Having touched a human bone that still has grease on it, a brahmin is purified by bathing;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.137
आचम्यैव तु निःस्नेहं गाम् आलभ्यार्कम् ईक्ष्य वा न लङ्घयेत् तथैवाथ ष्ठीवनोद्वर्तनानि च ॥
ācamyaiva tu niḥsnehaṃ gām ālabhyārkam īkṣya vā na laṅghayet tathaivātha ṣṭhīvanodvartanāni ca //
but a greaseless one (is purified) merely by rinsing the mouth, by touching a cow, or by looking at the sun. Likewise he should not step over spittle or the scurf rubbed off the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.138
गृहाद् उच्छिष्टविण्मूत्रं पादाम्भस् तत् क्षिपेद् बहिः पञ्चपिण्डान् अनुद्धृत्य न स्नायात् परवारिणि ॥
gṛhād ucchiṣṭaviṇmūtraṃ pādāmbhas tat kṣiped bahiḥ pañcapiṇḍān anuddhṛtya na snāyāt paravāriṇi //
He should throw out of the house food-leavings, faeces, urine and foot-water. Without taking out five lumps (of earth) he should not bathe in another's water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.139
स्नायीत देवखातेषु गङ्गाह्रदसरित्सु च नोद्यानादौ विकालेषु प्राज्ञस् तिष्ठेत् कदाचन ॥
snāyīta devakhāteṣu gaṅgāhradasaritsu ca nodyānādau vikāleṣu prājñas tiṣṭhet kadācana //
He should bathe in god-made pools and in the pools and streams of the Ganges. The wise man should never linger in gardens and such places at the wrong hours.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.140
नालपेज् जनविद्विष्टान् वीरहीनास् तथा स्त्रियः देवतापितृसच्छास्त्रयज्विसंन्यासिनिन्दकैः ॥
nālapej janavidviṣṭān vīrahīnās tathā striyaḥ devatāpitṛsacchāstrayajvisaṃnyāsinindakaiḥ //
He should not converse with those whom people hate, nor with women who have no husband, nor with those who revile the gods, the ancestors, the true scriptures, sacrificers and renouncers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.141
कृत्वा तु स्पर्शनालापं शुध्यत्य् अर्कावलोकनात् अवलोक्य तथोदक्यां संन्यस्तं पतितं शवम् ॥
kṛtvā tu sparśanālāpaṃ śudhyaty arkāvalokanāt avalokya tathodakyāṃ saṃnyastaṃ patitaṃ śavam //
Having had contact or conversation (with them), one is purified by looking at the sun; and likewise after seeing a menstruating woman, a renouncer, a fallen man, a corpse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.142
विधर्मिसूतिकाषण्ढविवस्त्रान्त्यावसायिनः मृतनिर्यातकांश् चैव परदाररताश् च ये ॥
vidharmisūtikāṣaṇḍhavivastrāntyāvasāyinaḥ mṛtaniryātakāṃś caiva paradāraratāś ca ye //
one of a contrary religion, a woman in childbed, a eunuch, a naked man, an outcaste, and those who carry out the dead, and those who take pleasure in others' wives —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.143
एतद् एव हि कर्तव्यं प्राज्ञैः शोधनम् आत्मनः अभोज्यभिक्षुपाखण्डमार्जारखरकुक्कुटान् ॥
etad eva hi kartavyaṃ prājñaiḥ śodhanam ātmanaḥ abhojyabhikṣupākhaṇḍamārjārakharakukkuṭān //
just this purification of himself is to be performed by the wise. (Having touched) mendicants whose food may not be eaten, heretics, cats, donkeys, cocks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.144
पतितापविद्धचाण्डालमृताहारांश् च धर्मवित् संस्पृश्य शुध्यते स्नानाद् उदक्याग्रामशूकरौ ॥
patitāpaviddhacāṇḍālamṛtāhārāṃś ca dharmavit saṃspṛśya śudhyate snānād udakyāgrāmaśūkarau //
Having touched outcasts, abandoned (corpses), caṇḍālas, and those who eat the food of the dead, the knower of dharma is purified by bathing — likewise (on touching) a menstruating woman or a village pig.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.145
तद्वच् च सूतिकाशौचदूषितौ पुरुषाव् अपि यस्य चानुदिनं हानिर् गृहे नित्यस्य कर्मणः ॥
tadvac ca sūtikāśaucadūṣitau puruṣāv api yasya cānudinaṃ hānir gṛhe nityasya karmaṇaḥ //
And likewise two men defiled by the impurity of childbirth; and (this applies to) him in whose house there is daily omission of the obligatory rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.146
यश् च ब्राह्मणसंत्यक्तः किल्बिषाशी नराधमः नित्यस्य कर्मणो हानिं न कुर्वीत कदाचन ॥
yaś ca brāhmaṇasaṃtyaktaḥ kilbiṣāśī narādhamaḥ nityasya karmaṇo hāniṃ na kurvīta kadācana //
And he who is cast off by the brahmins, an eater of sin, lowest of men — one should never bring about the omission of the obligatory daily rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.147
तस्य त्व् अकरणं वक्ष्ये केवलं मृतजन्मसु दशाहं ब्राह्मणस् तिष्ठेद् दानहोमविवर्जितः ॥
tasya tv akaraṇaṃ vakṣye kevalaṃ mṛtajanmasu daśāhaṃ brāhmaṇas tiṣṭhed dānahomavivarjitaḥ //
But I shall state its non-performance: only in cases of death and birth. For ten days a brahmin should remain abstaining from gift-giving and oblation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.148
क्षत्रियो द्वादशाहं च वैश्यो मासार्धम् एव च शूद्रश् च मासम् आसीत निजकर्मविवर्जितः ॥
kṣatriyo dvādaśāhaṃ ca vaiśyo māsārdham eva ca śūdraś ca māsam āsīta nijakarmavivarjitaḥ //
And a kṣatriya twelve days, a vaiśya just half a month, and a śūdra should sit out a month, abstaining from his own proper acts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.149
ततः परं निजं कर्म कुर्युः सर्वे यथोचितम् प्रेताय सलिलं देयं बहिर् गत्वा तु गोत्रकैः ॥
tataḥ paraṃ nijaṃ karma kuryuḥ sarve yathocitam pretāya salilaṃ deyaṃ bahir gatvā tu gotrakaiḥ //
After that all should perform their own proper acts as is fitting; and water is to be offered to the departed by the clansmen, going outside (the village).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.150
प्रथमे ऽह्नि चतुर्थे च सप्तमे नवमे तथा तस्यास्थिसंचयः कार्यश् चतुर्थे ऽहनि गोत्रकैः ॥
prathame 'hni caturthe ca saptame navame tathā tasyāsthisaṃcayaḥ kāryaś caturthe 'hani gotrakaiḥ //
On the first day, and on the fourth, the seventh and likewise the ninth (water is offered); the gathering of his bones is to be done by the clansmen on the fourth day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.151
ऊर्ध्वं संचयनात् तेषाम् अङ्गस्पर्शो विधीयते गोत्रकैस् तु क्रियाः सर्वाः कार्याः संचयनात् परम् ॥
ūrdhvaṃ saṃcayanāt teṣām aṅgasparśo vidhīyate gotrakais tu kriyāḥ sarvāḥ kāryāḥ saṃcayanāt param //
After the gathering (of the bones), the touching of their bodies is permitted; and all the rites are to be performed by the clansmen after the gathering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.152
स्पर्श एव सपिण्डानां मृताहनि तथोभयोः अन्वर्थम् इच्छया शस्त्ररज्जुबन्धनवह्निषु ॥
sparśa eva sapiṇḍānāṃ mṛtāhani tathobhayoḥ anvartham icchayā śastrarajjubandhanavahniṣu //
For the sapiṇḍas there is only touching (i.e. bathing) on the day of death, and so for both (parties), correspondingly, at will, in cases of (death by) weapon, rope, hanging, or fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.153
विषप्रतापादिमृते प्रायानाशकयोर् अपि बाले देशान्तरस्थे च तथा प्रव्रजिते मृते ॥
viṣapratāpādimṛte prāyānāśakayor api bāle deśāntarasthe ca tathā pravrajite mṛte //
When one has died by poison, by burning heat and the like, and of the two who die by voluntary death or by fasting, and when a child, one living in another country, or a wandering ascetic has died —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.154
सद्यः शौचं मनुष्याणां त्र्यहम् उक्तम् अशौचकम् सपिण्डानां सपिण्डस् तु मृते ऽन्यस्मिन् मृतो यदि ॥
sadyaḥ śaucaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ tryaham uktam aśaucakam sapiṇḍānāṃ sapiṇḍas tu mṛte 'nyasmin mṛto yadi //
immediate purity is prescribed for men; a three-day impurity is declared. But if, when one sapiṇḍa has died, another sapiṇḍa dies,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.155
पूर्वशौचं समाख्यातं कार्यास् तत्र दिनक्रियाः एष एव विधिर् दृष्टो जन्मन्य् अपि हि सूतके ॥
pūrvaśaucaṃ samākhyātaṃ kāryās tatra dinakriyāḥ eṣa eva vidhir dṛṣṭo janmany api hi sūtake //
the earlier impurity is declared (to hold); the rites of the (remaining) days are to be performed in that case. This same rule is seen also in the case of birth, in the impurity of childbirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.156
सपिण्डानां सपिण्डेषु यथावत् सोदकेषु च पुत्रे जाते पितुः स्नानं सचैलस्य विधीयते ॥
sapiṇḍānāṃ sapiṇḍeṣu yathāvat sodakeṣu ca putre jāte pituḥ snānaṃ sacailasya vidhīyate //
For sapiṇḍas among sapiṇḍas, duly, and among those (related) by water-offering: when a son is born, a bath with one's garments on is prescribed for the father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.157
तत्रापि यदि वान्यस्मिन्न् अनुयातस् ततः परम् तत्रापि शुद्धिर् उदिता पूर्वजन्मवतो दिनैः ॥
tatrāpi yadi vānyasminn anuyātas tataḥ param tatrāpi śuddhir uditā pūrvajanmavato dinaiḥ //
And if in that case another (birth) follows after the first, there too purification is declared by the (remaining) days, as for the earlier birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.158
दशद्वादशमासार्धमाससंख्यैर् दिनैर् गतैः स्वाः स्वाः कर्मक्रियाः कुर्युः सर्वे वर्णा यथाविधि ॥
daśadvādaśamāsārdhamāsasaṃkhyair dinair gataiḥ svāḥ svāḥ karmakriyāḥ kuryuḥ sarve varṇā yathāvidhi //
When the days numbering ten, twelve, half a month and a month have passed, all the classes should perform their own respective rites according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.159
प्रेतम् उद्दिश्य कर्तव्यम् एकोद्दिष्टम् अतः परम् दानानि चैव देयानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो मनीषिभिः ॥
pretam uddiśya kartavyam ekoddiṣṭam ataḥ param dānāni caiva deyāni brāhmaṇebhyo manīṣibhiḥ //
After that the ekoddiṣṭa rite is to be performed with reference to the departed, and gifts are to be given to brahmins by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.160
यद् यद् इष्टतमं लोके यच् चास्य दयितं गृहे तत् तद् गुणवते देयं तद् एवाक्षयम् इच्छता ॥
yad yad iṣṭatamaṃ loke yac cāsya dayitaṃ gṛhe tat tad guṇavate deyaṃ tad evākṣayam icchatā //
Whatever is most desirable in the world and whatever was dear to him in the house, all that should be given to a worthy man by one who wishes it to be imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.161
पूर्णैस् तु दिवसैः स्पृष्ट्वा सलिलं वाहनायुधैः दत्तप्रेतोदपिण्डाश् च सर्वे वर्णाः कृतक्रियाः ॥
pūrṇais tu divasaiḥ spṛṣṭvā salilaṃ vāhanāyudhaiḥ dattapretodapiṇḍāś ca sarve varṇāḥ kṛtakriyāḥ //
But when the days are complete, having touched water, vehicles and weapons, and having given the water and the piṇḍas to the departed, all the classes, their rites performed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.162
कुर्युः समग्राः शुचिनः परत्रेह च भूतये अध्येतव्या त्रयी नित्यं भवितव्यं विपश्चिता ॥
kuryuḥ samagrāḥ śucinaḥ paratreha ca bhūtaye adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhavitavyaṃ vipaścitā //
all together, being pure, should act for welfare here and hereafter. The threefold Veda is always to be studied; one should become learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.163
धर्मतो धनम् आहार्यं यष्टव्यं चापि यत्नतः येन प्रकुपितो नात्मा जुगुप्साम् एति भो द्विजाः ॥
dharmato dhanam āhāryaṃ yaṣṭavyaṃ cāpi yatnataḥ yena prakupito nātmā jugupsām eti bho dvijāḥ //
Wealth is to be acquired righteously, and sacrifice too performed with effort, by which the self, being disturbed, does not come to self-loathing, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 221.164
तत् कर्तव्यम् अशङ्केन यन् न गोप्यं महाजनैः एवम् आचरतो विप्राः पुरुषस्य गृहे सतः ॥
tat kartavyam aśaṅkena yan na gopyaṃ mahājanaiḥ evam ācarato viprāḥ puruṣasya gṛhe sataḥ //
That is to be done without hesitation which need not be concealed from great men. For a man who conducts himself thus, O brahmins, while living in a household —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.165
धर्मार्थकामं संप्राप्य परत्रेह च शोभनम् इदं रहस्यम् आयुष्यं धन्यं बुद्धिविवर्धनम् ॥
dharmārthakāmaṃ saṃprāpya paratreha ca śobhanam idaṃ rahasyam āyuṣyaṃ dhanyaṃ buddhivivardhanam //
— having attained dharma, wealth, and pleasure, and what is good here and in the world beyond. This is a secret (teaching), life-prolonging, bringing prosperity, increasing the intellect,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.166
सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं श्रीपुष्ट्यारोग्यदं शिवम् यशःकीर्तिप्रदं नॄणां तेजोबलविवर्धनम् ॥
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ śrīpuṣṭyārogyadaṃ śivam yaśaḥkīrtipradaṃ nṝṇāṃ tejobalavivardhanam //
removing all sins, meritorious, granting splendour, growth and health, auspicious, bestowing fame and renown on men, increasing energy and strength,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.167
अनुष्ठेयं सदा पुंभिः स्वर्गसाधनम् उत्तमम् ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर् वैश्यैः शूद्रैश् च मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
anuṣṭheyaṃ sadā puṃbhiḥ svargasādhanam uttamam brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyair vaiśyaiḥ śūdraiś ca munisattamāḥ //
always to be practised by men, the highest means to heaven — by brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shudras, O best of sages;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.168
ज्ञातव्यं सुप्रयत्नेन सम्यक् श्रेयोभिकाङ्क्षिभिः ज्ञात्वैव यः सदा कालम् अनुष्ठानं करोति वै ॥
jñātavyaṃ suprayatnena samyak śreyobhikāṅkṣibhiḥ jñātvaiva yaḥ sadā kālam anuṣṭhānaṃ karoti vai //
to be learned rightly and with great effort by those who desire what is best. He who, having learned it, always performs the practice at the (proper) time,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.169
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स्वर्गलोके महीयते सारात् सारतरं चेदम् आख्यातं द्विजसत्तमाः ॥
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ svargaloke mahīyate sārāt sārataraṃ cedam ākhyātaṃ dvijasattamāḥ //
is freed from all sins and is honoured in the world of heaven. And this, more essential than the essence, has been declared, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 221.170
श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं धर्मं न देयं यस्य कस्यचित् न नास्तिकाय दातव्यं न दुष्टमतये द्विजाः न दाम्भिकाय मूर्खाय न कुतर्कप्रलापिने ॥
śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmaṃ na deyaṃ yasya kasyacit na nāstikāya dātavyaṃ na duṣṭamataye dvijāḥ na dāmbhikāya mūrkhāya na kutarkapralāpine //
The dharma set forth in the Vedas and the traditional codes is not to be given to just anyone; it is not to be given to an unbeliever, nor to one of evil mind, O brahmins, nor to a hypocrite, nor to a fool, nor to one who prattles false arguments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition