Brahmanda Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 8
BndP 3 8.1
इन्द्र उवाच अगम्यागमनं किं वा को दोषः का च निष्कृतिः । एतन्मे मुनिशार्दूल विस्तराद्वक्तुमर्हसि
indra uvāca agamyāgamanaṃ kiṃ vā ko doṣaḥ kā ca niṣkṛtiḥ / etanme muniśārdūla vistarādvaktumarhasi
Indra said: What is 'going to a woman one may not approach'? What is the fault, and what the expiation? This you should tell me at length, O tiger among sages.
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BndP 3 8.2
बृहस्पतिरुवाच अगम्यागमनं नाम मातृस्वसृगुरुस्त्रियः । मातुलस्य प्रिया चेति गत्वेमा नास्ति निष्कृतिः
bṛhaspatiruvāca agamyāgamanaṃ nāma mātṛsvasṛgurustriyaḥ / mātulasya priyā ceti gatvemā nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ
Bṛhaspati said: 'Going to a woman one may not approach' means (going to) the mother, the sister, the teacher's wife, and the maternal uncle's wife: having gone to these, there is no expiation.
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BndP 3 8.3
मातृसङ्गे तु यदघं तदेव स्वसृसङ्गमे । गुरुस्त्रीसंगमे तद्वद्गुरवो बहवः स्मृताः
mātṛsaṅge tu yadaghaṃ tadeva svasṛsaṅgame / gurustrīsaṃgame tadvadguravo bahavaḥ smṛtāḥ
The sin that there is in union with the mother, that same is in union with a sister, and likewise in union with a teacher's wife; and teachers are said to be many.
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BndP 3 8.4
ब्रह्मोपदेशमारभ्य यावद्वेदान्तदर्शनम् । एकेन वक्ष्यते येन स महागुरुरुच्यते
brahmopadeśamārabhya yāvadvedāntadarśanam / ekena vakṣyate yena sa mahāgururucyate
He by whom, beginning from the instruction in Brahman up to the vision of the Vedānta, (all) will be taught singly, he is called the great teacher (mahāguru).
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BndP 3 8.5
ब्रह्मोपदेशमेकत्र वेदशास्त्राण्यथैकतः । आचार्यः स तु विज्ञेयस्तदेकैकास्तु देशिकाः
brahmopadeśamekatra vedaśāstrāṇyathaikataḥ / ācāryaḥ sa tu vijñeyastadekaikāstu deśikāḥ
(But if) the instruction in Brahman (comes) from one and the Vedas and śāstras from another, he (the former) is to be known as the ācārya, while those (who teach) each single (branch) are the deśikas.
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BndP 3 8.6
गुरोरात्मान्तमेव स्यादायार्यस्य प्रियागमे । द्वादशाब्दं चरेत्कृच्छ३मेकैकं तु षडब्दतः
gurorātmāntameva syādāyāryasya priyāgame / dvādaśābdaṃ caretkṛccha3mekaikaṃ tu ṣaḍabdataḥ
For the guru's (wife) it should be to the very end of one's own life; in the case of approaching the ācārya's wife, one should perform the kṛcchra for twelve years, and six years for each single (deśika's wife).
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BndP 3 8.7
मातुलस्य प्रियां गत्वा षडब्दं कृच्छ्रमाचरेत् । ब्राह्मणस्तु सजातीयां प्रमदां यदि गच्छति
mātulasya priyāṃ gatvā ṣaḍabdaṃ kṛcchramācaret / brāhmaṇastu sajātīyāṃ pramadāṃ yadi gacchati
Having gone to the maternal uncle's wife, he should perform the kṛcchra for six years. But if a brahmin goes to a woman of his own caste,
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BndP 3 8.8
उपोषितस्त्रिरात्रं तु प्राणायामशतं चरेत् । कुलटां तु सजातीयां त्रिरात्रेण विशुध्यति
upoṣitastrirātraṃ tu prāṇāyāmaśataṃ caret / kulaṭāṃ tu sajātīyāṃ trirātreṇa viśudhyati
having fasted three nights he should perform a hundred breath-controls; and (in the case of) an unchaste woman of his own caste he is purified by three nights.
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BndP 3 8.9
पञ्चाहात्क्षत्रियाङ्गत्वा सप्ताहा द्वैश्यजामपि । चक्रीकिरातकैवर्तकर्मकारादियोषितः
pañcāhātkṣatriyāṅgatvā saptāhā dvaiśyajāmapi / cakrīkirātakaivartakarmakārādiyoṣitaḥ
Having gone to a kṣatriya woman, (he is purified) in five days; and (to) one born of vaiśyas, in seven days; (as for) the women of cakrīs, kirātas, kaivartas, smiths and the like,
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BndP 3 8.10
शुद्धिः स्याद्द्वादशाहेन धराशक्त्यर्चनेन च । अनन्त्यजां ब्राह्मणो गत्वा प्रमादादब्दतः शुचिः
śuddhiḥ syāddvādaśāhena dharāśaktyarcanena ca / anantyajāṃ brāhmaṇo gatvā pramādādabdataḥ śuciḥ
purification comes about by twelve days and by worship of the Earth-Power; and a brahmin who has gone to a woman of the lowest castes through heedlessness is pure after a year.
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BndP 3 8.11
देवदासी ब्रह्मदासी स्वतन्त्राशूद्रदासिका । दासी चतुर्विधा प्रोक्ता द्वे चाद्ये क्षत्रियासमे
devadāsī brahmadāsī svatantrāśūdradāsikā / dāsī caturvidhā proktā dve cādye kṣatriyāsame
The temple servant-woman, the brahmin's servant-woman, the independent woman, and the śūdra maidservant: the servant-woman is said to be of four kinds, and the first two are equal to a kṣatriya woman.
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BndP 3 8.12
अन्यावेश्याङ्गनातुल्या तदन्या हीनजातिवत् । आत्मदासीं द्विजो मोहादुक्तार्थे दोषमाप्नुयात्
anyāveśyāṅganātulyā tadanyā hīnajātivat / ātmadāsīṃ dvijo mohāduktārthe doṣamāpnuyāt
Another is equal to a courtesan, and the one other than her is like a woman of low caste; a twice-born who through delusion (goes to) his own maidservant incurs the fault (stated) in the case already spoken of.
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BndP 3 8.13
स्वस्त्रीमृतुमतीं गत्वा प्राजापत्यं चरेद्व्रतम् । द्विगुणेन परां नारीं चतुर्भिः क्षत्रियाङ्गनाम्
svastrīmṛtumatīṃ gatvā prājāpatyaṃ caredvratam / dviguṇena parāṃ nārīṃ caturbhiḥ kṣatriyāṅganām
Having approached his own wife while she is menstruating, (a man) should perform the Prājāpatya vow; for another's wife, twice that; for a kṣatriya woman, fourfold;
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BndP 3 8.14
अष्टभिर्वैश्यनारीं च शूद्रां षौडशभिस्तथा । द्वात्रिंशता संकरजां वेश्यां शूद्रामिवाचरेत्
aṣṭabhirvaiśyanārīṃ ca śūdrāṃ ṣauḍaśabhistathā / dvātriṃśatā saṃkarajāṃ veśyāṃ śūdrāmivācaret
and eightfold for a vaiśya woman, sixteenfold for a śūdra woman, and thirty-twofold for one born of mixed castes; with a courtesan he should act as with a śūdra woman.
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BndP 3 8.15
रजस्वलां तु यो भार्यां मोहतो गन्तुमिच्छति । स्नात्वान्यवस्त्रसंयुक्तमुक्तार्थेनैव शुध्यति
rajasvalāṃ tu yo bhāryāṃ mohato gantumicchati / snātvānyavastrasaṃyuktamuktārthenaiva śudhyati
But he who out of delusion wishes to approach his wife when she is menstruating becomes pure, having bathed and put on other clothes, only by the observance stated (above).
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BndP 3 8.16
उपोष्य तच्छेषदिनं स्नात्वा कर्म समाचरेत् । तथैवान्याङ्गनां गत्वा तदुक्तार्थं समाचरेत्
upoṣya taccheṣadinaṃ snātvā karma samācaret / tathaivānyāṅganāṃ gatvā taduktārthaṃ samācaret
Having fasted for the remainder of that day and bathed, he should perform the rite; and likewise, having gone to another's wife, he should carry out what has been prescribed for that.
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BndP 3 8.17
पित्रोरनुज्ञया कन्यां यो गच्छेद्विधिना विना । त्रिरात्रोपोषणाच्छुद्धिस्तामेवोद्वाहयेत्तदा
pitroranujñayā kanyāṃ yo gacchedvidhinā vinā / trirātropoṣaṇācchuddhistāmevodvāhayettadā
He who, with the consent of her parents, approaches a maiden without the (marriage) rite—his purification is by fasting three nights, and then he should marry that very girl.
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BndP 3 8.18
कन्यां दत्त्वा तु यो ऽन्यस्मै दत्ता यश्चानुयच्छति । पित्रोरनुज्ञया पाददिनार्धेन विशुध्यति
kanyāṃ dattvā tu yo 'nyasmai dattā yaścānuyacchati / pitroranujñayā pādadinārdhena viśudhyati
But he who, having given a maiden (to one man), afterwards gives (her) to another, and he who takes her when she has (already) been given—with the consent of her parents he is purified by a quarter of half a day.
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BndP 3 8.19
ज्ञातः पितृभ्यां यो मासं कन्याभावे तु गच्छति । वृषलः स तु विज्ञेयः सर्वकर्मबहिष्कृतः
jñātaḥ pitṛbhyāṃ yo māsaṃ kanyābhāve tu gacchati / vṛṣalaḥ sa tu vijñeyaḥ sarvakarmabahiṣkṛtaḥ
But he who, known to her parents, goes to (a girl) for a month while she is still unmarried—he is to be known as a vṛṣala, excluded from all rites.
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BndP 3 8.20
ज्ञातः पितृभ्यां यो गत्वा परोढां तद्विनाशने । विधवा जायते नेयं पूर्वगन्तारमाप्नुयात्
jñātaḥ pitṛbhyāṃ yo gatvā paroḍhāṃ tadvināśane / vidhavā jāyate neyaṃ pūrvagantāramāpnuyāt
He who, known to her parents, having gone to a woman married to another—upon his (or its) destruction she becomes a widow; she is not to be taken (in marriage); he would incur (the guilt of) the earlier one who went to her.
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BndP 3 8.21
अनुग्रहाद्द्विजातीनामुद्वाहविधिना तथा । त्यागकर्माणि कुर्वीत श्रौतस्मार्तादिकानि च
anugrahāddvijātīnāmudvāhavidhinā tathā / tyāgakarmāṇi kurvīta śrautasmārtādikāni ca
Likewise, by the favour of the twice-born and by the marriage rite, one should perform the rites of relinquishment, and those of śruti and smṛti and the rest.
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BndP 3 8.22
आदावुद्वाहिता वापि तद्विनाशे ऽन्यदः पिता । भोगेच्छोः साधनं सा तु न येग्याखिलकर्मसु
ādāvudvāhitā vāpi tadvināśe 'nyadaḥ pitā / bhogecchoḥ sādhanaṃ sā tu na yegyākhilakarmasu
Even if she was married at the outset, upon his death (her) father (gives her) to another; she is a means for one who desires enjoyment, but she is not fit for all the rites.
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BndP 3 8.23
ब्रह्मादिपिपीलकान्तं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । पञ्चभूतात्मकं प्रोक्तं चतुर्वासनयान्वितम्
brahmādipipīlakāntaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam / pañcabhūtātmakaṃ proktaṃ caturvāsanayānvitam
The world, moving and unmoving, from Brahmā down to the ant, is declared to consist of the five elements and to be accompanied by the four latent impulses (vāsanās).
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BndP 3 8.24
जन्माद्याहारमथननिद्राभीत्यश्च सर्वदा । आहारेण विना जन्तुर्नाहारो मदनात्स्मृतः
janmādyāhāramathananidrābhītyaśca sarvadā / āhāreṇa vinā janturnāhāro madanātsmṛtaḥ
Birth and the rest, food, sexual union, sleep and fear are always (present); without food a creature (does not live), and food is held to arise from desire.
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BndP 3 8.25
दुस्तरो मदनस्तस्मात्सर्वेषां प्राणिनामपि । पुन्नारीरूपवत्कृत्वा मदननेनैव विश्वसृक्
dustaro madanastasmātsarveṣāṃ prāṇināmapi / punnārīrūpavatkṛtvā madananenaiva viśvasṛk
Therefore desire is hard to overcome for all living beings; the maker of the universe, having made (them) in the form of male and female, by desire alone
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BndP 3 8.26
प्रवृत्तिमकरोदादौ सृष्टिस्थितिलयात्मिकाम् । तत्प्रवृत्त्या प्रवर्तन्ते तन्निवृत्त्याक्षयां गतिम्
pravṛttimakarodādau sṛṣṭisthitilayātmikām / tatpravṛttyā pravartante tannivṛttyākṣayāṃ gatim
brought about, in the beginning, the outgoing course (of activity), consisting of creation, maintenance and dissolution; by that outgoing course (beings) continue on, (and) by its cessation (they reach) the imperishable state.
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BndP 3 8.27
प्रवृत्त्यैव यथा मुक्तिं प्राप्नुयुर्ये न धीयुताः । तद्रहस्यं तदोपायं शृणु वक्ष्यामि सांप्रतम्
pravṛttyaiva yathā muktiṃ prāpnuyurye na dhīyutāḥ / tadrahasyaṃ tadopāyaṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam
Hear—I shall now tell—the secret of it and the means to it, how those who are not endowed with wisdom may attain liberation by the outgoing course (of activity) itself.
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BndP 3 8.28
सर्वात्मको वासुदेवः पुरुषस्तु पुरातनः । इयं हि मूलप्रकृतिर्लक्ष्मीः सर्वजगत्प्रसूः
sarvātmako vāsudevaḥ puruṣastu purātanaḥ / iyaṃ hi mūlaprakṛtirlakṣmīḥ sarvajagatprasūḥ
Vāsudeva, whose self is all things, is the ancient Puruṣa; and this (woman) is indeed the root Prakṛti, Lakṣmī, the mother of all the worlds.
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BndP 3 8.31
पञ्चापञ्चात्मतृप्त्यर्थं मथनं क्रियतेतराम् । एवं मन्त्रानुभावात्स्यान्मथनं क्रियते यदि ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,८।२९ ॥ तावुभौ मन्त्रकर्माणौ न दोषो विद्यते तयोः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,८।३० ॥ तपोबलवतामेतत्केवलानामधोगतिः । स्वस्त्रीविषय एवेदं तयोरपि विधेर्बलात्
pañcāpañcātmatṛptyarthaṃ mathanaṃ kriyatetarām / evaṃ mantrānubhāvātsyānmathanaṃ kriyate yadi // bndp_3,8.29 // tāvubhau mantrakarmāṇau na doṣo vidyate tayoḥ // bndp_3,8.30 // tapobalavatāmetatkevalānāmadhogatiḥ / svastrīviṣaya evedaṃ tayorapi vidherbalāt
"For the satisfaction of the self of the five and the not-five, this churning is now performed"—if churning is done thus, through the power of the mantra, then those two are performers of a mantra-rite, and no fault attaches to them. For those who have ascetic power alone, this (leads to) a downward course. This applies only in the case of one's own wife, and even for those two by the force of the rule.
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BndP 3 8.32
परस्परात्म्यैक्यहृदोर्देव्या भक्त्यार्द्रचेतसोः । तयोरपि मनाक्चेन्न निषिद्धदिवसेष्वघम्
parasparātmyaikyahṛdordevyā bhaktyārdracetasoḥ / tayorapi manākcenna niṣiddhadivaseṣvagham
For those two, whose hearts are one in mutual identity of self and whose minds are softened by devotion to the Goddess—for them too there is no sin, even a little, if (it is) not on the forbidden days.
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BndP 3 8.33
इयमंबा जगद्धात्री पुरुषो ऽयं सदाशिवः । पञ्चविंशतितत्त्वानां प्रीतये मथ्यते ऽधुना
iyamaṃbā jagaddhātrī puruṣo 'yaṃ sadāśivaḥ / pañcaviṃśatitattvānāṃ prītaye mathyate 'dhunā
"This (woman) is Ambā, the upholder of the world; this man is Sadāśiva; now the churning is performed for the delight of the twenty-five principles (tattvas)."
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BndP 3 8.34
एतन्मन्त्रानुभावाच्च मथनं क्रियते यदि । तावुभौ पुण्यकर्माणौ न दोषो विद्यते तयोः
etanmantrānubhāvācca mathanaṃ kriyate yadi / tāvubhau puṇyakarmāṇau na doṣo vidyate tayoḥ
And if the churning is done through the power of this mantra, those two are doers of meritorious action, and no fault attaches to them.
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BndP 3 8.35
इदं च शृणु देवेन्द्र रहस्यं परमं महत् । सर्वेषामेव पापानां यौगपद्येन नाशनम्
idaṃ ca śṛṇu devendra rahasyaṃ paramaṃ mahat / sarveṣāmeva pāpānāṃ yaugapadyena nāśanam
And hear this too, lord of the gods — the supreme, great secret, the destruction of all sins at one stroke.
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BndP 3 8.36
भक्तिश्रद्धासमायुक्तः स्नात्वान्तर्जलसंस्थितः । अष्टोत्तरसहस्रं तु जपेत्पञ्चदशाक्षरीम्
bhaktiśraddhāsamāyuktaḥ snātvāntarjalasaṃsthitaḥ / aṣṭottarasahasraṃ tu japetpañcadaśākṣarīm
Endowed with devotion and faith, having bathed and standing within the water, let him recite the fifteen-syllabled (mantra) one thousand and eight times.
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BndP 3 8.37
आराध्य च परां शक्तिं मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः । तेन नश्यन्ति पापानि कल्पकोटिकृतान्यपि । सर्वापद्भ्यो विमुच्येत सर्वाभीष्टं च विन्दति
ārādhya ca parāṃ śaktiṃ mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ / tena naśyanti pāpāni kalpakoṭikṛtānyapi / sarvāpadbhyo vimucyeta sarvābhīṣṭaṃ ca vindati
And having worshipped the supreme Śakti, he is freed from all defilements; by that, sins perish, even those committed over ten million aeons; he would be released from all calamities and obtains everything desired.
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BndP 3 8.38
इन्द्र उवाच भगवन्सर्वधर्मज्ञ सर्वभूतहिते रत । संयोगजस्य पापस्य विशेषं वक्तुमर्हसि
indra uvāca bhagavansarvadharmajña sarvabhūtahite rata / saṃyogajasya pāpasya viśeṣaṃ vaktumarhasi
Indra said: Blessed one, knower of all duties, devoted to the welfare of all beings, you ought to speak of the particulars of sin arising from association.
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BndP 3 8.41
बृहस्पतिरुवाच संयोगजं तु यत्पापं तच्चतुर्धा निगद्यते । कर्ता प्रधानः सहकृन्निमित्तो ऽनुमतः क्रमात् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,८।३९ ॥ क्रमाद्दशांशतो ऽघं स्याच्छुद्धिः पूर्वोक्तमार्गतः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,८।४० ॥ मद्यं कलञ्जं निर्यासं छत्राकं गृञ्जनं तथा । लशुनं च कलिङ्गं च महाकोशातकीं तथा
bṛhaspatiruvāca saṃyogajaṃ tu yatpāpaṃ taccaturdhā nigadyate / kartā pradhānaḥ sahakṛnnimitto 'numataḥ kramāt // bndp_3,8.39 // kramāddaśāṃśato 'ghaṃ syācchuddhiḥ pūrvoktamārgataḥ // bndp_3,8.40 // madyaṃ kalañjaṃ niryāsaṃ chatrākaṃ gṛñjanaṃ tathā / laśunaṃ ca kaliṅgaṃ ca mahākośātakīṃ tathā
Bṛhaspati said: The sin that arises from association is declared to be of four kinds: the doer as principal, the accomplice, the instigating cause, and the one who consents, in that order. (39) In that order the guilt would be a tenth part (of the preceding); purification is by the way stated before. (40) Wine, kalañja, resin (niryāsa), mushroom (chatrāka), gṛñjana, and garlic, and kaliṅga, and likewise the great kośātakī —
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BndP 3 8.42
बिंबीं च कवकं चैव हस्तिनीं शिशुलंबिकाम् । औदुंबरं च वार्ताकं कतकं बिल्वमल्लिका
biṃbīṃ ca kavakaṃ caiva hastinīṃ śiśulaṃbikām / auduṃbaraṃ ca vārtākaṃ katakaṃ bilvamallikā
and biṃbī, and kavaka (mushroom), hastinī, śiśulambikā, the fig-product (auduṃbara), the eggplant (vārtāka), kataka, bilva and mallikā —
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BndP 3 8.43
क्रमाद्दशगुणं न्यूनमघमेषां विनिर्दिशेत् । पुरग्रामाङ्गवैश्याङ्गवेश्योपायनविक्रयी
kramāddaśaguṇaṃ nyūnamaghameṣāṃ vinirdiśet / puragrāmāṅgavaiśyāṅgaveśyopāyanavikrayī
the guilt of (eating) these he should declare as successively ten times less. One who sells gifts/presents (or offerings) of a town, of a village body, of a Vaiśya body, of a courtesan;
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BndP 3 8.44
सेवकः पुरसंस्थश्च कुग्रामस्थो ऽभिशस्तकः । वैद्यो वैखानसः शैवो नारीजीवो ऽन्नविक्रयी
sevakaḥ purasaṃsthaśca kugrāmastho 'bhiśastakaḥ / vaidyo vaikhānasaḥ śaivo nārījīvo 'nnavikrayī
a servant, one residing in a town, one dwelling in a bad village, one publicly accused (of crime), a physician, a Vaikhānasa, a Śaiva, one living off a woman, a seller of food;
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BndP 3 8.45
शस्त्रजीवी परिव्राट् च वैदिकाचारनिन्दकः । क्रमाद्दशगुणान्न्यूनमेषामन्नादने भवेत्
śastrajīvī parivrāṭ ca vaidikācāranindakaḥ / kramāddaśaguṇānnyūnameṣāmannādane bhavet
one who lives by weapons, a wandering ascetic, and one who reviles Vedic practice — in eating the food of these there would be, in order, guilt ten times less (than the preceding).
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BndP 3 8.46
स्वतन्त्रं तैलकॢप्तं तु ह्युक्तार्थं पापमादिशेत् । तैरेव दृष्टं तद्भुक्तमुक्तपापं विनिर्दिशेत्
svatantraṃ tailakḷptaṃ tu hyuktārthaṃ pāpamādiśet / taireva dṛṣṭaṃ tadbhuktamuktapāpaṃ vinirdiśet
But (food) prepared with oil on its own account he should declare a sin of the extent stated; and what is seen by them and eaten (by him) he should declare as sin of the stated (measure).
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BndP 3 8.47
ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां चैव सशूद्राणां यथौदनम् । तैलपक्वमदृष्टं च भुञ्जन्पादमघं भवेत्
brahmakṣatraviśāṃ caiva saśūdrāṇāṃ yathaudanam / tailapakvamadṛṣṭaṃ ca bhuñjanpādamaghaṃ bhavet
As with the boiled rice of Brahmins, Kṣatriyas and Vaiśyas together with Śūdras, so too, eating what is cooked in oil and has not been seen (by them), one incurs a quarter of the guilt.
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BndP 3 8.48
द्विजात्मदासीकॢप्तं च तया दृष्टे तदर्धके । वेश्यायास्तु त्रिपादं स्यात्तथा दृष्टे तदोदने
dvijātmadāsīkḷptaṃ ca tayā dṛṣṭe tadardhake / veśyāyāstu tripādaṃ syāttathā dṛṣṭe tadodane
And (food) prepared by a twice-born man's own female slave — when seen by her, (the guilt is) half of that; but in the case of a courtesan it would be three quarters, and likewise when her boiled rice has been seen (by her).
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BndP 3 8.51
शूद्रावत्स्यात्तु गोपान्नं विना गव्यचतुष्टयम् । तैलाज्यगुडसंयुक्तं पक्वं वैश्यान्न दुष्यति ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,८।४९ ॥ वैश्यावद्ब्राह्मणी भ्रष्टा तया दृष्टेन किञ्चन ॥ ब्न्द्प्_३,८।५० ॥ ब्रुवस्यान्नं द्विजो भुक्त्वा प्राणायामशतं चरेत् । अथवान्तर्जले जप्त्वाद्रुपदां वा त्रिवारकम्
śūdrāvatsyāttu gopānnaṃ vinā gavyacatuṣṭayam / tailājyaguḍasaṃyuktaṃ pakvaṃ vaiśyānna duṣyati // bndp_3,8.49 // vaiśyāvadbrāhmaṇī bhraṣṭā tayā dṛṣṭena kiñcana // bndp_3,8.50 // bruvasyānnaṃ dvijo bhuktvā prāṇāyāmaśataṃ caret / athavāntarjale japtvādrupadāṃ vā trivārakam
With a Śūdra woman it is as (with) the food of a cowherd, excepting the four cow-products; (food) cooked with oil, ghee and molasses is not defiled in the case of a Vaiśya woman. (49) A fallen Brahmin woman is like a Vaiśya woman; anything seen by her (is likewise defiled). (50) A twice-born who has eaten the food of a Bruva should perform a hundred breath-restraints; or else, within the water, having recited the Drupadā (verse) three times,
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BndP 3 8.52
इदं विष्णुस्त्र्यंबकं वा त्थैवान्तर्जले जपेत् । उपोष्य रजनीमेकां ततः पापाद्विशुध्यति
idaṃ viṣṇustryaṃbakaṃ vā tthaivāntarjale japet / upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ tataḥ pāpādviśudhyati
or let him recite within the water 'idaṃ viṣṇuḥ' or the Tryambaka (mantra); having fasted for one night, he is then purified of the sin.
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BndP 3 8.53
अथवा प्रोक्षयेदन्नमब्लिङ्गैः पावमानिकैः । अन्नसूक्तं जपित्वा तु भृगुर्वै वारुणीति च
athavā prokṣayedannamabliṅgaiḥ pāvamānikaiḥ / annasūktaṃ japitvā tu bhṛgurvai vāruṇīti ca
Or else he should sprinkle the food with the water-verses (abliṅga) and the Pāvamānī verses; and having recited the Anna-sūkta and 'bhṛgur vai vāruṇiḥ',
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BndP 3 8.54
ब्रह्मार्पणमिति श्लोकं जप्त्वा नियममाश्रितः । उपोष्य रजनीमेकां ततः शुद्धो भविष्यति
brahmārpaṇamiti ślokaṃ japtvā niyamamāśritaḥ / upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ tataḥ śuddho bhaviṣyati
and having recited the verse beginning 'brahmārpaṇam', keeping to the observance and fasting for one night, he will then become pure.
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BndP 3 8.55
स्त्री भुक्त्वा तु ब्रुवाद्यन्नमेकाद्यान्भोजये द्द्विजान् । आपदि ब्राह्मणो ह्येषामन्नं भुक्त्वा न दोषभाक्
strī bhuktvā tu bruvādyannamekādyānbhojaye ddvijān / āpadi brāhmaṇo hyeṣāmannaṃ bhuktvā na doṣabhāk
But a woman, having eaten the food of a Bruva and the like, should feed twice-born men, one or more; indeed in an emergency a Brahmin who has eaten the food of these does not incur fault.
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BndP 3 8.56
इदं विष्णुरिति मन्त्रेण सप्तवाराभिमन्त्रितम् । सो ऽहंभावेन तद्ध्यात्वा भुक्त्वा दोषैर्न लिप्यते
idaṃ viṣṇuriti mantreṇa saptavārābhimantritam / so 'haṃbhāvena taddhyātvā bhuktvā doṣairna lipyate
(Food) consecrated seven times with the mantra 'idaṃ viṣṇuḥ' — meditating on it with the sense 'that am I', he eats and is not stained by faults.
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BndP 3 8.57
अथवा शङ्करं ध्यायञ्जप्त्वा त्रैय्यंबकं मनुम् । सो ऽहंभावेन तज्ज्ञानान्न दोषैः प्रविलिप्यते
athavā śaṅkaraṃ dhyāyañjaptvā traiyyaṃbakaṃ manum / so 'haṃbhāvena tajjñānānna doṣaiḥ pravilipyate
Or else, meditating on Śaṅkara and reciting the Tryambaka mantra, through that knowledge with the sense 'that am I', he is not smeared by faults.
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BndP 3 8.58
इदं रहस्यं देवेन्द्र शृणुष्व वचनं मम । ध्यात्वा देवीं परां शक्तिं जप्त्वा पञ्चदशाक्षरीम्
idaṃ rahasyaṃ devendra śṛṇuṣva vacanaṃ mama / dhyātvā devīṃ parāṃ śaktiṃ japtvā pañcadaśākṣarīm
Hear this secret, lord of the gods, this word of mine: having meditated on the Goddess, the supreme Śakti, and recited the fifteen-syllabled (mantra),
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BndP 3 8.59
तन्निवेदितबुद्ध्यादौ यो ऽश्नाति प्रत्यहं द्विजः । नास्यान्नदोषजं किञ्चिन्न दारिद्रयभयं तथा
tanniveditabuddhyādau yo 'śnāti pratyahaṃ dvijaḥ / nāsyānnadoṣajaṃ kiñcinna dāridrayabhayaṃ tathā
The twice-born who eats daily (only) after first (offering) with the thought that it has been offered to her — for him there is nothing arising from the fault of food, nor likewise any fear of poverty.
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BndP 3 8.60
न व्याधिजं भयं तस्य न च शत्रुभयं तथा । जपतो मुक्तिरेवास्य सदा सर्वत्र मङ्गलम्
na vyādhijaṃ bhayaṃ tasya na ca śatrubhayaṃ tathā / japato muktirevāsya sadā sarvatra maṅgalam
He has no fear arising from disease, nor likewise fear from enemies; for him who recites (the mantra) there is release itself, and always, everywhere, welfare.
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BndP 3 8.61
एष ते कथितः शक्र पापानामपि विस्तरः । प्रायश्चित्तं तथा तेषां किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
eṣa te kathitaḥ śakra pāpānāmapi vistaraḥ / prāyaścittaṃ tathā teṣāṃ kimanyacchrotumicchasi
This, O Śakra, has been told to you at length concerning sins, and likewise the expiation for them. What else do you wish to hear?
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