Brahma Purana — Chapter 222
BrP 222.1
श्रोतुम् इच्छामहे ब्रह्मन् वर्णधर्मान् विशेषतः चतुराश्रमधर्मांश् च द्विजवर्य ब्रवीहि तान् ॥
śrotum icchāmahe brahman varṇadharmān viśeṣataḥ caturāśramadharmāṃś ca dvijavarya bravīhi tān //
We wish to hear, O brahmin, the duties of the classes in particular, and the duties of the four stages of life — declare them, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.2
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां च यथाक्रमम् शृणुध्वं संयता भूत्वा वर्णधर्मान् मयोदितान् ॥
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca yathākramam śṛṇudhvaṃ saṃyatā bhūtvā varṇadharmān mayoditān //
Of brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras, in order — hear, being self-controlled, the duties of the classes as declared by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.3
दानदयातपोदेवयज्ञस्वाध्यायतत्परः नित्योदकी भवेद् विप्रः कुर्याच् चाग्निपरिग्रहम् ॥
dānadayātapodevayajñasvādhyāyatatparaḥ nityodakī bhaved vipraḥ kuryāc cāgniparigraham //
Devoted to giving, compassion, austerity, sacrifice to the gods, and private recitation (of the Veda), the brahmin should perform his water-rites daily and should take up the (sacred) fires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.4
वृत्त्यर्थं याजयेत् त्व् अन्यान् द्विजान् अध्यापयेत् तथा कुर्यात् प्रतिग्रहादानं यज्ञार्थं ज्ञानतो द्विजाः ॥
vṛttyarthaṃ yājayet tv anyān dvijān adhyāpayet tathā kuryāt pratigrahādānaṃ yajñārthaṃ jñānato dvijāḥ //
For the sake of livelihood he should have others sacrifice, and likewise should teach the twice-born, and should accept gifts for the sake of sacrifice, knowingly, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.5
सर्वलोकहितं कुर्यान् नाहितं कस्यचिद् द्विजाः मैत्री समस्तसत्त्वेषु ब्राह्मणस्योत्तमं धनम् ॥
sarvalokahitaṃ kuryān nāhitaṃ kasyacid dvijāḥ maitrī samastasattveṣu brāhmaṇasyottamaṃ dhanam //
He should do what benefits all the world, and harm to none, O brahmins; friendliness toward all beings is the brahmin's highest wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.6
गवि रत्ने च पारक्ये समबुद्धिर् भवेद् द्विजाः ऋताव् अभिगमः पत्न्यां शस्यते वास्य भो द्विजाः ॥
gavi ratne ca pārakye samabuddhir bhaved dvijāḥ ṛtāv abhigamaḥ patnyāṃ śasyate vāsya bho dvijāḥ //
Toward another's cow and another's jewel he should be of equal mind, O brahmins; and approaching his wife in her fertile season is commended for him, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.7
दानानि दद्याद् इच्छातो द्विजेभ्यः क्षत्रियो ऽपि हि यजेच् च विविधैर् यज्ञैर् अधीयीत च भो द्विजाः ॥
dānāni dadyād icchāto dvijebhyaḥ kṣatriyo 'pi hi yajec ca vividhair yajñair adhīyīta ca bho dvijāḥ //
The kshatriya too should give gifts to the twice-born as he wishes, and should sacrifice with various sacrifices, and should study, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.8
शस्त्राजीवो महीरक्षा प्रवरा तस्य जीविका तस्यापि प्रथमे कल्पे पृथिवीपरिपालनम् ॥
śastrājīvo mahīrakṣā pravarā tasya jīvikā tasyāpi prathame kalpe pṛthivīparipālanam //
Living by the weapon and the protection of the land is his foremost livelihood; for him too, in the first alternative, (his duty is) the guarding of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.9
धरित्रीपालनेनैव कृतकृत्या नराधिपाः भवन्ति नृपते रक्षा यतो यज्ञादिकर्मणाम् ॥
dharitrīpālanenaiva kṛtakṛtyā narādhipāḥ bhavanti nṛpate rakṣā yato yajñādikarmaṇām //
Rulers of men become ones who have done their duty by protecting the earth alone, since protection by the king is (the protection) of sacrifices and other rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 222.10
दुष्टानां शासनाद् राजा शिष्टानां परिपालनात् प्राप्नोत्य् अभिमतांल् लोकान् वर्णसंस्थापको नृपः ॥
duṣṭānāṃ śāsanād rājā śiṣṭānāṃ paripālanāt prāpnoty abhimatāṃl lokān varṇasaṃsthāpako nṛpaḥ //
By punishing the wicked and protecting the good, the king obtains the worlds he desires — the king who establishes (each) class (in its duty).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.11
पाशुपाल्यं वणिज्यां च कृषिं च मुनिसत्तमाः वैश्याय जीविकां ब्रह्मा ददौ लोकपितामहः ॥
pāśupālyaṃ vaṇijyāṃ ca kṛṣiṃ ca munisattamāḥ vaiśyāya jīvikāṃ brahmā dadau lokapitāmahaḥ //
Cattle-keeping, trade, and agriculture, O best of sages — these Brahmā, the grandfather of the world, gave as the livelihood of the vaishya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.12
तस्याप्य् अध्ययनं यज्ञो दानं धर्मश् च शस्यते नित्यनैमित्तिकादीनाम् अनुष्ठानं च कर्मणाम् ॥
tasyāpy adhyayanaṃ yajño dānaṃ dharmaś ca śasyate nityanaimittikādīnām anuṣṭhānaṃ ca karmaṇām //
For him too study, sacrifice, giving, and dharma are commended, and the performance of the regular and occasional rites and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.13
द्विजातिसंश्रयं कर्म तदर्थं तेन पोषणम् क्रयविक्रयजैर् वापि धनैः कारुभवैस् तु वा ॥
dvijātisaṃśrayaṃ karma tadarthaṃ tena poṣaṇam krayavikrayajair vāpi dhanaiḥ kārubhavais tu vā //
(For the shudra,) work in dependence on the twice-born, and for that purpose his maintenance by them — or else by wealth got from buying and selling or arising from crafts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 222.14
दानं दद्याच् च शूद्रो ऽपि पाकयज्ञैर् यजेत च पित्र्यादिकं च वै सर्वं शूद्रः कुर्वीत तेन वै ॥
dānaṃ dadyāc ca śūdro 'pi pākayajñair yajeta ca pitryādikaṃ ca vai sarvaṃ śūdraḥ kurvīta tena vai //
Even a śūdra may give gifts, and he may sacrifice with the cooked-offering sacrifices; and by that (means) the śūdra should perform all the rites for the ancestors and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.15
भृत्यादिभरणार्थाय सर्वेषां च परिग्रहाः ऋतुकालाभिगमनं स्वदारेषु द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
bhṛtyādibharaṇārthāya sarveṣāṃ ca parigrahāḥ ṛtukālābhigamanaṃ svadāreṣu dvijottamāḥ //
For all (classes) there are acquisitions of property for the sake of maintaining servants and the rest, and the approaching of one's own wives at the time of their fertile season, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.16
दया समस्तभूतेषु तितिक्षा नाभिमानिता सत्यं शौचम् अनायासो मङ्गलं प्रियवादिता ॥
dayā samastabhūteṣu titikṣā nābhimānitā satyaṃ śaucam anāyāso maṅgalaṃ priyavāditā //
Compassion toward all beings, forbearance, absence of conceit, truthfulness, purity, freedom from strain, auspiciousness, kindly speech,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.17
मैत्री चैवास्पृहा तद्वद् अकार्पण्यं द्विजोत्तमाः अनसूया च सामान्या वर्णानां कथिता गुणाः ॥
maitrī caivāspṛhā tadvad akārpaṇyaṃ dvijottamāḥ anasūyā ca sāmānyā varṇānāṃ kathitā guṇāḥ //
friendliness, likewise absence of craving, absence of meanness, O best of the twice-born, and freedom from envy — these are declared to be the qualities common to (all) the classes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.18
आश्रमाणां च सर्वेषाम् एते सामान्यलक्षणाः गुणास् तथोपधर्माश् च विप्रादीनाम् इमे द्विजाः ॥
āśramāṇāṃ ca sarveṣām ete sāmānyalakṣaṇāḥ guṇās tathopadharmāś ca viprādīnām ime dvijāḥ //
And these are the common characteristics of all the stages of life; such are the qualities, and these, O twice-born, are the secondary duties of the brahmins and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.19
क्षात्रं कर्म द्विजस्योक्तं वैश्यकर्म तथापदि राजन्यस्य च वैश्योक्तं शूद्रकर्माणि चैतयोः ॥
kṣātraṃ karma dvijasyoktaṃ vaiśyakarma tathāpadi rājanyasya ca vaiśyoktaṃ śūdrakarmāṇi caitayoḥ //
For a brahmin, the work of the kṣatriya is prescribed, and likewise, in distress, the work of the vaiśya; for a man of royal class, the work said to belong to the vaiśya; and for these two, the works of the śūdra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.20
ससामर्थ्ये सति त्याज्यम् उभाभ्याम् अपि च द्विजाः तद् एवापदि कर्तव्यं न कुर्यात् कर्मसंकरम् ॥
sasāmarthye sati tyājyam ubhābhyām api ca dvijāḥ tad evāpadi kartavyaṃ na kuryāt karmasaṃkaram //
When capability exists, it is to be given up by both, O twice-born; it is to be done only in distress — one should not make a confusion of occupations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.21
इत्य् एते कथिता विप्रा वर्णधर्मा मयाद्य वै धर्मम् आश्रमिणां सम्यग् ब्रुवतो ऽपि निबोधत ॥
ity ete kathitā viprā varṇadharmā mayādya vai dharmam āśramiṇāṃ samyag bruvato 'pi nibodhata //
Thus have the duties of the classes now been told by me, O brahmins; hear also, as I duly speak, the duty of those in the stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.22
बालः कृतोपनयनो वेदाहरणतत्परः गुरोर् गेहे वसन् विप्रा ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः ॥
bālaḥ kṛtopanayano vedāharaṇatatparaḥ guror gehe vasan viprā brahmacārī samāhitaḥ //
A boy, his initiation performed, intent on acquiring the Veda, dwelling in the teacher's house, O brahmins, (should be) a chaste student, collected in mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.23
शौचाचाररतस् तत्र कार्यं शुश्रूषणं गुरोः व्रतानि चरता ग्राह्यो वेदश् च कृतबुद्धिना ॥
śaucācāraratas tatra kāryaṃ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ guroḥ vratāni caratā grāhyo vedaś ca kṛtabuddhinā //
There, devoted to purity and good conduct, service to the teacher is to be done; and by one of resolved mind, while observing the vows, the Veda is to be received.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.24
उभे संध्ये रविं विप्रास् तथैवाग्निं समाहितः उपतिष्ठेत् तथा कुर्याद् गुरोर् अप्य् अभिवादनम् ॥
ubhe saṃdhye raviṃ viprās tathaivāgniṃ samāhitaḥ upatiṣṭhet tathā kuryād guror apy abhivādanam //
At both twilights, O brahmins, collected in mind he should attend upon the sun and likewise upon the fire; and he should also make salutation to the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.25
स्थिते तिष्ठेद् व्रजेद् याति नीचैर् आसीत चासिते शिष्यो गुरौ द्विजश्रेष्ठाः प्रतिकूलं च संत्यजेत् ॥
sthite tiṣṭhed vrajed yāti nīcair āsīta cāsite śiṣyo gurau dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ pratikūlaṃ ca saṃtyajet //
When (the teacher) stands, he should stand; when (the teacher) goes, he should walk; when (he is) seated, he should sit lower — thus the pupil toward the teacher, O best of the twice-born — and he should avoid whatever is contrary (to him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.26
तेनैवोक्तं पठेद् वेदं नान्यचित्तः पुरस्थितः अनुज्ञातं च भिक्षान्नम् अश्नीयाद् गुरुणा ततः ॥
tenaivoktaṃ paṭhed vedaṃ nānyacittaḥ purasthitaḥ anujñātaṃ ca bhikṣānnam aśnīyād guruṇā tataḥ //
He should recite the Veda only as spoken by him, standing before him, his mind not elsewhere; and then he should eat the begged food when permitted by the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.27
अवगाहेद् अपः पूर्वम् आचार्येणावगाहिताः समिज्जलादिकं चास्य कल्यकल्यम् उपानयेत् ॥
avagāhed apaḥ pūrvam ācāryeṇāvagāhitāḥ samijjalādikaṃ cāsya kalyakalyam upānayet //
He should enter the waters (only) after they have first been entered by the teacher, and he should bring him firewood, water and the like each and every morning.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.28
गृहीतग्राह्यवेदश् च ततो ऽनुज्ञाम् अवाप्य वै गार्हस्थ्यम् आवसेत् प्राज्ञो निष्पन्नगुरुनिष्कृतिः ॥
gṛhītagrāhyavedaś ca tato 'nujñām avāpya vai gārhasthyam āvaset prājño niṣpannaguruniṣkṛtiḥ //
And when he has received the Veda that was to be received, then, having obtained permission, the wise man, having accomplished the recompense to his teacher, should take up the householder's state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.29
विधिनावाप्तदारस् तु धनं प्राप्य स्वकर्मणा गृहस्थकार्यम् अखिलं कुर्याद् विप्राः स्वशक्तितः ॥
vidhināvāptadāras tu dhanaṃ prāpya svakarmaṇā gṛhasthakāryam akhilaṃ kuryād viprāḥ svaśaktitaḥ //
Having obtained a wife according to rule and wealth by his own occupation, he should perform the whole business of a householder, O brahmins, according to his ability.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.30
निर्वापेण पितॄन् अर्च्य यज्ञैर् देवांस् तथातिथीन् अन्नैर् मुनींश् च स्वाध्यायैर् अपत्येन प्रजापतिम् ॥
nirvāpeṇa pitṝn arcya yajñair devāṃs tathātithīn annair munīṃś ca svādhyāyair apatyena prajāpatim //
Honouring the ancestors with the funeral offering, the gods with sacrifices, likewise guests with food, sages with recitation of scripture, Prajāpati with offspring,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.31
बलिकर्मणा भूतानि वाक्सत्येनाखिलं जगत् प्राप्नोति लोकान् पुरुषो निजकर्मसमार्जितान् ॥
balikarmaṇā bhūtāni vāksatyenākhilaṃ jagat prāpnoti lokān puruṣo nijakarmasamārjitān //
the beings with the bali-offering, the whole world with truthfulness of speech — (thus) a man attains the worlds won by his own deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.32
भिक्षाभुजश् च ये केचित् परिव्राड् ब्रह्मचारिणः ते ऽप्य् अत्र प्रतितिष्ठन्ति गार्हस्थ्यं तेन वै परम् ॥
bhikṣābhujaś ca ye kecit parivrāḍ brahmacāriṇaḥ te 'py atra pratitiṣṭhanti gārhasthyaṃ tena vai param //
And whatever people live on alms — wandering ascetics and chaste students — they too find their support in this (householder's state); therefore householdership is supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.33
वेदाहरणकार्येण तीर्थस्नानाय च द्विजाः अटन्ति वसुधां विप्राः पृथिवीदर्शनाय च ॥
vedāharaṇakāryeṇa tīrthasnānāya ca dvijāḥ aṭanti vasudhāṃ viprāḥ pṛthivīdarśanāya ca //
For the business of acquiring the Veda and for bathing at sacred fords, O twice-born, the brahmins roam the earth, and also to see the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.34
अनिकेता ह्य् अनाहारा ये तु सायंगृहास् तु ते तेषां गृहस्थः सततं प्रतिष्ठा योनिर् उच्यते ॥
aniketā hy anāhārā ye tu sāyaṃgṛhās tu te teṣāṃ gṛhasthaḥ satataṃ pratiṣṭhā yonir ucyate //
Those who are homeless and without stored food, who take a house only for the evening — for them the householder is always said to be the standing ground and the source.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.35
तेषां स्वागतदानानि वक्तव्यं मधुरं सदा गृहागतानां दद्याच् च शयनासनभोजनम् ॥
teṣāṃ svāgatadānāni vaktavyaṃ madhuraṃ sadā gṛhāgatānāṃ dadyāc ca śayanāsanabhojanam //
To them (should be given) gifts of welcome, and sweet speech should always be spoken; and to those who come to the house one should give a bed, a seat, and food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.36
अतिथिर् यस्य भग्नाशो गृहात् प्रतिनिवर्तते स दत्त्वा दुष्कृतं तस्मै पुण्यम् आदाय गच्छति ॥
atithir yasya bhagnāśo gṛhāt pratinivartate sa dattvā duṣkṛtaṃ tasmai puṇyam ādāya gacchati //
The guest whose hope is broken and who turns back from a house — he goes away having given his ill deeds to that (householder) and having taken up his merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.37
अवज्ञानम् अहंकारो दम्भश् चापि गृहे सतः परिवादोपघातौ च पारुष्यं च न शस्यते ॥
avajñānam ahaṃkāro dambhaś cāpi gṛhe sataḥ parivādopaghātau ca pāruṣyaṃ ca na śasyate //
Contempt, egotism, and hypocrisy in the house of a good man, and slander and injury, and harshness, are not commended.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.38
यश् च सम्यक् करोत्य् एवं गृहस्थः परमं विधिम् सर्वबन्धविनिर्मुक्तो लोकान् आप्नोति चोत्तमान् ॥
yaś ca samyak karoty evaṃ gṛhasthaḥ paramaṃ vidhim sarvabandhavinirmukto lokān āpnoti cottamān //
And the householder who properly performs this highest rule, freed from all bonds, attains the highest worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.39
वयःपरिणतौ विप्राः कृतकृत्यो गृहाश्रमी पुत्रेषु भार्यां निक्षिप्य वनं गच्छेत् सहैव वा ॥
vayaḥpariṇatau viprāḥ kṛtakṛtyo gṛhāśramī putreṣu bhāryāṃ nikṣipya vanaṃ gacchet sahaiva vā //
When his age has turned, O brahmins, the householder who has done what was to be done should entrust his wife to his sons and go to the forest — or go together with her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.40
पर्णमूलफलाहारः केशश्मश्रुजटाधरः भूमिशायी भवेत् तत्र मुनिः सर्वातिथिर् द्विजाः ॥
parṇamūlaphalāhāraḥ keśaśmaśrujaṭādharaḥ bhūmiśāyī bhavet tatra muniḥ sarvātithir dvijāḥ //
Eating leaves, roots, and fruits, wearing hair, beard, and matted locks, sleeping on the ground, he should there become a silent sage, host to all, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.41
चर्मकाशकुशैः कुर्यात् परिधानोत्तरीयके तद्वत् त्रिषवणं स्नानं शस्तम् अस्य द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
carmakāśakuśaiḥ kuryāt paridhānottarīyake tadvat triṣavaṇaṃ snānaṃ śastam asya dvijottamāḥ //
He should make his lower garment and upper garment out of hide, kāśa grass, and kuśa grass; likewise bathing at the three junctures of the day is enjoined for him, O best of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.42
देवताभ्यर्चनं होमः सर्वाभ्यागतपूजनम् भिक्षा बलिप्रदानं तु शस्तम् अस्य प्रशस्यते ॥
devatābhyarcanaṃ homaḥ sarvābhyāgatapūjanam bhikṣā balipradānaṃ tu śastam asya praśasyate //
Worship of the deities, oblation into the fire, honouring of all who arrive, begging, and the offering of the bali — this is commended and praised for him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.43
वन्यस्नेहेन गात्राणाम् अभ्यङ्गश् चापि शस्यते तपस्या तस्य विप्रेन्द्राः शीतोष्णादिसहिष्णुता ॥
vanyasnehena gātrāṇām abhyaṅgaś cāpi śasyate tapasyā tasya viprendrāḥ śītoṣṇādisahiṣṇutā //
Anointing of the limbs with forest oil is also commended; his austerity, O chief of brahmins, is the endurance of cold, heat, and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.44
यस् त्व् एता नियतश् चर्या वानप्रस्थश् चरेन् मुनिः स दहत्य् अग्निवद् दोषाञ् जयेल् लोकांश् च शाश्वतान् ॥
yas tv etā niyataś caryā vānaprasthaś caren muniḥ sa dahaty agnivad doṣāñ jayel lokāṃś ca śāśvatān //
The forest-dwelling sage who, self-restrained, practises these observances burns up his faults as fire does, and wins the everlasting worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.45
चतुर्थश् चाश्रमो भिक्षोः प्रोच्यते यो मनीषिभिः तस्य स्वरूपं गदतो बुध्यध्वं मम सत्तमाः ॥
caturthaś cāśramo bhikṣoḥ procyate yo manīṣibhiḥ tasya svarūpaṃ gadato budhyadhvaṃ mama sattamāḥ //
And the fourth stage of life, that of the mendicant, which is proclaimed by the wise — learn its true nature from me as I declare it, O best of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.46
पुत्रद्रव्यकलत्रेषु त्यजेत् स्नेहं द्विजोत्तमाः चतुर्थम् आश्रमस्थानं गच्छेन् निर्धूतमत्सरः ॥
putradravyakalatreṣu tyajet snehaṃ dvijottamāḥ caturtham āśramasthānaṃ gacchen nirdhūtamatsaraḥ //
He should abandon attachment to sons, property, and wife, O best of brahmins, and, with envy shaken off, should go to the station of the fourth stage of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.47
त्रैवर्णिकांस् त्यजेत् सर्वान् आरम्भान् द्विजसत्तमाः मित्रादिषु समो मैत्रः समस्तेष्व् एव जन्तुषु ॥
traivarṇikāṃs tyajet sarvān ārambhān dvijasattamāḥ mitrādiṣu samo maitraḥ samasteṣv eva jantuṣu //
He should give up all the undertakings belonging to the three classes, O best of brahmins, being the same toward friends and the rest, friendly toward absolutely all creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.48
जरायुजाण्डजादीनां वाङ्मनःकर्मभिः क्वचित् युक्तः कुर्वीत न द्रोहं सर्वसङ्गांश् च वर्जयेत् ॥
jarāyujāṇḍajādīnāṃ vāṅmanaḥkarmabhiḥ kvacit yuktaḥ kurvīta na drohaṃ sarvasaṅgāṃś ca varjayet //
Toward the womb-born, the egg-born, and the rest he should never, being controlled, do harm by speech, mind, or act; and he should avoid all attachments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.49
एकरात्रस्थितिर् ग्रामे पञ्चरात्रस्थितिः पुरे तथा प्रीतिर् न तिर्यक्षु द्वेषो वा नास्य जायते ॥
ekarātrasthitir grāme pañcarātrasthitiḥ pure tathā prītir na tiryakṣu dveṣo vā nāsya jāyate //
A stay of one night in a village, and likewise a stay of five nights in a town; neither affection nor hatred arises in him toward the beasts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.50
प्राणयात्रानिमित्तं च व्यङ्गारे ऽभुक्तवज्जने काले प्रशस्तवर्णानां भिक्षार्थी पर्यटेद् गृहान् ॥
prāṇayātrānimittaṃ ca vyaṅgāre 'bhuktavajjane kāle praśastavarṇānāṃ bhikṣārthī paryaṭed gṛhān //
For the sake of sustaining life, when the coals are out and the people have eaten, at the proper time the seeker of alms should go round the houses of the approved classes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.51
अलाभे न विषादी स्याल् लाभे नैव च हर्षयेत् प्राणयात्रिकमात्रः स्यान् मात्रासङ्गाद् विनिर्गतः ॥
alābhe na viṣādī syāl lābhe naiva ca harṣayet prāṇayātrikamātraḥ syān mātrāsaṅgād vinirgataḥ //
On not obtaining (alms) he should not be dejected, and on obtaining he should not rejoice; he should take only as much as sustains life, having gone forth from attachment to quantity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 222.52
अतिपूजितलाभांस् तु जुगुप्सं चैव सर्वतः अतिपूजितलाभैस् तु यतिर् मुक्तो ऽपि बध्यते ॥
atipūjitalābhāṃs tu jugupsaṃ caiva sarvataḥ atipūjitalābhais tu yatir mukto 'pi badhyate //
But he should everywhere loathe gains that come from being too much honoured; for by gains from being too much honoured even a liberated ascetic is bound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.53
कामः क्रोधस् तथा दर्पो लोभमोहादयश् च ये तांस् तु दोषान् परित्यज्य परिव्राण् निर्ममो भवेत् ॥
kāmaḥ krodhas tathā darpo lobhamohādayaś ca ye tāṃs tu doṣān parityajya parivrāṇ nirmamo bhavet //
Desire, anger, and pride, and greed, delusion and the rest — abandoning these faults the wandering mendicant should become free of the sense of 'mine'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.54
अभयं सर्वसत्त्वेभ्यो दत्त्वा यश् चरते महीम् तस्य देहाद् विमुक्तस्य भयं नोत्पद्यते क्वचित् ॥
abhayaṃ sarvasattvebhyo dattvā yaś carate mahīm tasya dehād vimuktasya bhayaṃ notpadyate kvacit //
He who wanders the earth having granted freedom from fear to all creatures — for him, when he is released from the body, no fear arises anywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 222.55
कृत्वाग्निहोत्रं स्वशरीरसंस्थं शारीरम् अग्निं स्वमुखे जुहोति विप्रस् तु भिक्षोपगतैर् हविर्भिश् चिताग्निना स व्रजति स्म लोकान्
kṛtvāgnihotraṃ svaśarīrasaṃsthaṃ śārīram agniṃ svamukhe juhoti vipras tu bhikṣopagatair havirbhiś citāgninā sa vrajati sma lokān
Having made the fire-offering established within his own body, the brahmin pours the bodily fire as oblation into his own mouth; with the oblations obtained by begging, (and) with the fire of the funeral pyre, he goes to the (higher) worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 222.56
मोक्षाश्रमं यश् चरते यथोक्तं शुचिश् च संकल्पितबुद्धियुक्तः अनिन्धनं ज्योतिर् इव प्रशान्तं स ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजति द्विजातिः
mokṣāśramaṃ yaś carate yathoktaṃ śuciś ca saṃkalpitabuddhiyuktaḥ anindhanaṃ jyotir iva praśāntaṃ sa brahmalokaṃ vrajati dvijātiḥ
The twice-born who practices the stage of liberation as prescribed, pure and possessed of a resolved mind, goes to the world of Brahmā, tranquil like a flame without fuel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition