Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 11 — Chapter 23
DB 11 23.1
तप्तकृच्छ्रादिलक्षणवर्णनम् श्रीनारायण उवाच अमृतापिधानमित्येवमुच्चार्य साधकोत्तमः । उच्छिष्टभाग्भ्यः पात्रान्नं दद्यादन्ते विचक्षणः
taptakṛcchrādilakṣaṇavarṇanam śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca amṛtāpidhānamityevamuccārya sādhakottamaḥ | ucchiṣṭabhāgbhyaḥ pātrānnaṃ dadyādante vicakṣaṇaḥ
Description of the marks of the taptakṛcchra and other (penances). Śrī Nārāyaṇa said: Having uttered "(this is) the covering of the nectar," the best of practitioners, the discerning one, should at the end give the food in the vessel to those entitled to leavings.
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DB 11 23.2
ये के चास्मत्कुले जाता दासदास्योऽनकाङ्क्षिणः । ते सर्वे तृप्तिमायान्तु मया दत्तेन भूतले
ye ke cāsmatkule jātā dāsadāsyo'nakāṅkṣiṇaḥ | te sarve tṛptimāyāntu mayā dattena bhūtale
"Whatever menservants and maidservants, without expectations, have been born in our family — may all of them on earth attain satisfaction by what is given by me."
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DB 11 23.3
रौरवेऽपुण्यनिलये पद्मार्बुदनिवासिनाम् । अर्थिनामुदकं दत्तमक्षय्यमुपतिष्ठतु
raurave'puṇyanilaye padmārbudanivāsinām | arthināmudakaṃ dattamakṣayyamupatiṣṭhatu
"May the water given to those in need who dwell for a padma of arbudas (of years) in Raurava, the abode of the unmeritorious, stand (for them) as inexhaustible."
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DB 11 23.4
पवित्रग्रन्थिमुत्सृज्य मण्डले भुवि निक्षिपेत् । पात्रे तु निक्षिपेद्यस्तु स विप्रः पङ्क्तिदूषकः
pavitragranthimutsṛjya maṇḍale bhuvi nikṣipet | pātre tu nikṣipedyastu sa vipraḥ paṅktidūṣakaḥ
Having released the pavitra knot, he should place it on the ground in the maṇḍala; but whoever places it in the vessel, that brahmin is a defiler of the row (of diners).
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DB 11 23.5
उच्छिष्टस्तेन संस्पृष्टः शुना शूद्रेण च द्विजः । उपोष्य रजनीमेकां पञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति
ucchiṣṭastena saṃspṛṣṭaḥ śunā śūdreṇa ca dvijaḥ | upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ pañcagavyena śudhyati
A twice-born who, having leavings (on him), is touched by a dog or a śūdra becomes pure by fasting for one night and by the five products of the cow.
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DB 11 23.6
अनुच्छिष्टेन संस्पृष्टैः स्नानमेव विधीयते । एकाहुतिप्रदानेन कोटियज्ञफलं लभेत्
anucchiṣṭena saṃspṛṣṭaiḥ snānameva vidhīyate | ekāhutipradānena koṭiyajñaphalaṃ labhet
For those touched (while) not having leavings (on them), bathing alone is prescribed. By the giving of a single oblation one would gain the fruit of ten million sacrifices.
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DB 11 23.7
पञ्चभिः पञ्चकोटीनां तदनन्तफलं स्मृतम् । प्राणाग्निहोत्रवेत्रे यो ह्यन्नदानं करोति च
pañcabhiḥ pañcakoṭīnāṃ tadanantaphalaṃ smṛtam | prāṇāgnihotravetre yo hyannadānaṃ karoti ca
By five (oblations) the fruit of that is held to be endless, (equal to) five times ten million; and he who makes a gift of food to one who knows the prāṇa-agnihotra —
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DB 11 23.8
दातुश्चैव तु यत्पुण्यं भोक्तुश्चैव तु यत्फलम् । प्राप्नुतस्तौ तदेव द्वावुभौ तौ स्वर्गगामिनौ
dātuścaiva tu yatpuṇyaṃ bhoktuścaiva tu yatphalam | prāpnutastau tadeva dvāvubhau tau svargagāminau
whatever merit belongs to the giver and whatever fruit belongs to the eater, those two both obtain just that, and both of them go to heaven.
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DB 11 23.9
सपवित्रकरो भुङ्क्ते यस्तु विप्रो विधानतः । ग्रासे ग्रासे फलं तस्य पञ्चगव्यसमं भवेत्
sapavitrakaro bhuṅkte yastu vipro vidhānataḥ | grāse grāse phalaṃ tasya pañcagavyasamaṃ bhavet
The brahmin who eats according to the rule with the pavitra on his hand — for him at every mouthful the fruit becomes equal to (drinking) the five products of the cow.
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DB 11 23.10
पूजाकालत्रये नित्यं जपस्तर्पणमेव च । होमो ब्राह्मणभुक्तिश्च पुरश्चरणमुच्यते
pūjākālatraye nityaṃ japastarpaṇameva ca | homo brāhmaṇabhuktiśca puraścaraṇamucyate
Worship at the three times daily, muttering (of mantras) and libation, oblation, and the feeding of brahmins — this is called puraścaraṇa.
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DB 11 23.11
अधःशयानो धर्मात्मा जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः । लघुमिष्टहिताशी च विनीतः शान्तचेतसा
adhaḥśayāno dharmātmā jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ | laghumiṣṭahitāśī ca vinītaḥ śāntacetasā
Sleeping on the ground, righteous in nature, having conquered anger and conquered the senses, eating light, agreeable, wholesome food, humble, with a calm mind—
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DB 11 23.12
नित्यं त्रिषवणस्नायी नित्यं स शुभभाषणः । स्त्रीशूद्रपतितत्व्रात्यनास्तिकोच्छिष्टभाषणम्
nityaṃ triṣavaṇasnāyī nityaṃ sa śubhabhāṣaṇaḥ | strīśūdrapatitatvrātyanāstikocchiṣṭabhāṣaṇam
always bathing at the three junctures of the day, always speaking auspiciously; (he shuns) speech with women, Śūdras, the fallen, outcastes (vrātyas), unbelievers, and those who are ritually impure (with food remnants in the mouth),
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DB 11 23.13
चाण्डालभाषणं चैव न कुर्यान्मुनिसत्तम । नत्वा नैव च भाषेत जपहोमार्चनादिषु
cāṇḍālabhāṣaṇaṃ caiva na kuryānmunisattama | natvā naiva ca bhāṣeta japahomārcanādiṣu
and likewise he should not speak with a Caṇḍāla, O best of sages; and having bowed (to the deity) he should not speak at all during recitation, oblation, worship and the like.
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DB 11 23.14
मैथुनस्य तथालापं तद्गोष्ठीमपि वर्जयेत् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा
maithunasya tathālāpaṃ tadgoṣṭhīmapi varjayet | karmaṇā manasā vācā sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā
Likewise he should avoid talk of sexual intercourse and even company where it is discussed—by act, by mind, by speech, in all conditions, always.
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DB 11 23.15
सर्वत्र मैथुनत्यागो ब्रह्मचर्यं प्रचक्षते । राज्ञश्चैव गृहस्थस्य ब्रह्मचर्यमुदाहृतम्
sarvatra maithunatyāgo brahmacaryaṃ pracakṣate | rājñaścaiva gṛhasthasya brahmacaryamudāhṛtam
Abandonment of sexual intercourse everywhere they declare to be chastity; but for a king and for a householder chastity is explained (thus):
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DB 11 23.16
ऋतुस्तातेषु दारेषु सङ्गतिर्या विधानतः । संस्कृतायां सवर्णायामृतुं दृष्ट्वा प्रयत्नतः
ṛtustāteṣu dāreṣu saṅgatiryā vidhānataḥ | saṃskṛtāyāṃ savarṇāyāmṛtuṃ dṛṣṭvā prayatnataḥ
union with one's wife in her fertile season, according to the rule—with one who has been consecrated (by marriage rites) and of the same class, having carefully observed the fertile period,
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DB 11 23.17
रात्रौ तु गमनं कार्यं ब्रह्मचर्यं हरेन्न तत् । ऋणत्रयमसंशोध्य त्वनुत्पाद्य सुतानपि
rātrau tu gamanaṃ kāryaṃ brahmacaryaṃ harenna tat | ṛṇatrayamasaṃśodhya tvanutpādya sutānapi
and the approach should be made at night; that does not destroy chastity. But without discharging the three debts and without begetting sons,
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DB 11 23.18
तथा यज्ञाननिष्ट्वा च मोक्षमिच्छन्व्रजत्यधः । अजागलस्य यज्जन्म तज्जन्म श्रुतिचोदितम्
tathā yajñānaniṣṭvā ca mokṣamicchanvrajatyadhaḥ | ajāgalasya yajjanma tajjanma śruticoditam
and likewise without offering sacrifices, one who desires liberation goes downward; his birth is (like) the birth of the dewlap on a goat's neck—so the Śruti declares.
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DB 11 23.19
अतः कार्यं तु विप्रेन्द्र ऋणत्रयविशोधनम् । ते देवानामृषीणां च पितॄणामृणिनस्तथा
ataḥ kāryaṃ tu viprendra ṛṇatrayaviśodhanam | te devānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca pitṝṇāmṛṇinastathā
Therefore, O chief of Brahmins, the discharging of the three debts must be done; they (men) are debtors to the gods, to the seers, and to the ancestors.
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DB 11 23.20
ऋषिभ्यो ब्रह्मचर्येण पितृभ्यस्तु तिलोदकैः । मुच्येद्यज्ञेन देवेभ्यः स्वाश्रमं धर्ममाचरेत्
ṛṣibhyo brahmacaryeṇa pitṛbhyastu tilodakaiḥ | mucyedyajñena devebhyaḥ svāśramaṃ dharmamācaret
One may be freed from the seers by chastity (i.e. Vedic study), from the ancestors by (offerings of) sesame and water, from the gods by sacrifice; (thus) one should practise the duty of one's own stage of life.
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DB 11 23.21
क्षीराहारी फलाशी वा शाकाशी वा हविष्यभुक् । भिक्षाशी वा जपेद्विद्वान्कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिकृत्
kṣīrāhārī phalāśī vā śākāśī vā haviṣyabhuk | bhikṣāśī vā japedvidvānkṛcchracāndrāyaṇādikṛt
Living on milk, or eating fruits, or eating vegetables, or eating sacrificial food, or living on alms, the learned man should recite, performing the Kṛcchra, Cāndrāyaṇa and other (penances).
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DB 11 23.22
लवणं क्षारमम्लं च गृञ्जनं कांस्यभोजनम् । ताम्बूलं च द्विभुक्तं च दुष्टवासः प्रमत्तनम्
lavaṇaṃ kṣāramamlaṃ ca gṛñjanaṃ kāṃsyabhojanam | tāmbūlaṃ ca dvibhuktaṃ ca duṣṭavāsaḥ pramattanam
Salt, alkaline and sour things, garlic (or carrots), eating from bronze vessels, betel, eating twice, foul clothing, intoxication,
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DB 11 23.23
श्रुतिस्मृतिविरोधं च जपं रात्रौ विवर्जयेत् । वृथा न कालं गमयेद्द्यूतस्त्रीस्वापवादतः एकादशस्कन्धे तप्तकृच्छ्रादिलक्षणवर्णनं नाम त्रयोविंशोऽध्यायः
śrutismṛtivirodhaṃ ca japaṃ rātrau vivarjayet | vṛthā na kālaṃ gamayeddyūtastrīsvāpavādataḥ ekādaśaskandhe taptakṛcchrādilakṣaṇavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
and what contradicts Śruti and Smṛti—these he should avoid, and recitation at night. He should not pass the time in vain through gambling, women, sleep and slander. [Here the printed text inserts a colophon: 'In the eleventh book, the twenty-third chapter, called the description of the marks of the Taptakṛcchra and the rest.']
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DB 11 23.24
गमयेद्देवतापूजास्तोत्रागमविलोकनैः । भूशय्या ब्रह्मचारित्वं मौनचर्या तथैव च
gamayeddevatāpūjāstotrāgamavilokanaiḥ | bhūśayyā brahmacāritvaṃ maunacaryā tathaiva ca
He should pass (the time) with worship of the deity, with hymns, and with the perusal of scriptures; sleeping on the ground, being chaste, and likewise the practice of silence,
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DB 11 23.25
नित्यं त्रिषवणस्नानं शूद्रकर्मविवर्जनम् । नित्यपूजा नित्यदानमानन्दस्तुतिकीर्तनम्
nityaṃ triṣavaṇasnānaṃ śūdrakarmavivarjanam | nityapūjā nityadānamānandastutikīrtanam
daily bathing at the three junctures, avoidance of the occupations of Śūdras, daily worship, daily giving, joyful praise and singing (of the deity's names),
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DB 11 23.26
नैमित्तिकार्चनं चैव विश्वासो गुरुदेवयोः । जपनिष्ठस्य धर्मा ये द्वादशैते सुसिद्धिदाः
naimittikārcanaṃ caiva viśvāso gurudevayoḥ | japaniṣṭhasya dharmā ye dvādaśaite susiddhidāḥ
and worship on occasional (special) occasions, and faith in the guru and the deity: these twelve are the duties of one devoted to recitation, and they grant good success.
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DB 11 23.27
नित्यं सूर्यमुपस्थाय तस्य चाभिमुखो जपेत् । देवताप्रतिमादौ वा वह्नौ वाभ्यर्च्य तन्मुखः
nityaṃ sūryamupasthāya tasya cābhimukho japet | devatāpratimādau vā vahnau vābhyarcya tanmukhaḥ
Having daily approached the sun, he should recite facing it; or, having worshipped in an image of the deity and the like, or in the fire, facing that.
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DB 11 23.28
स्नानपूजाजपध्यानहोमतर्पणतत्परः । निष्कामो देवतायां च सर्वकर्मनिवेदकः
snānapūjājapadhyānahomatarpaṇatatparaḥ | niṣkāmo devatāyāṃ ca sarvakarmanivedakaḥ
Intent upon bathing, worship, recitation, meditation, oblation and libation, free from desire, and offering up all his acts to the deity—
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DB 11 23.29
एवमादींश्च नियमान्पुरश्चरणकृच्चरेत् । तस्माद्द्विजः प्रसन्नात्मा जपहोमपरायणः
evamādīṃśca niyamānpuraścaraṇakṛccaret | tasmāddvijaḥ prasannātmā japahomaparāyaṇaḥ
such observances, and others beginning with these, one performing the preliminary rite should practise. Therefore let the twice-born, with a serene mind, be devoted to recitation and oblation,
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DB 11 23.30
तपस्यध्ययने युक्तो भवेद्भूतानुकम्पकः । तपसा स्वर्गमाप्नोति तपसा विन्दते महत्
tapasyadhyayane yukto bhavedbhūtānukampakaḥ | tapasā svargamāpnoti tapasā vindate mahat
engaged in austerity and study, and compassionate toward living beings. By austerity one attains heaven; by austerity one obtains what is great.
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DB 11 23.31
तपोयुक्तस्य सिध्यन्ति कर्माणि नियतात्मनः । विद्वेषणं संहरणं मारणं रोगनाशनम्
tapoyuktasya sidhyanti karmāṇi niyatātmanaḥ | vidveṣaṇaṃ saṃharaṇaṃ māraṇaṃ roganāśanam
For one joined to austerity, of controlled self, (all) rites succeed: causing enmity, drawing (things) away, killing, destroying disease.
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DB 11 23.32
येन येनाथ ऋषिणा यदर्थं देवताः स्तुताः । स स कामः समृद्ध्येत तेषां तेषां तथा तथा
yena yenātha ṛṣiṇā yadarthaṃ devatāḥ stutāḥ | sa sa kāmaḥ samṛddhyeta teṣāṃ teṣāṃ tathā tathā
And by whichever seer the gods were praised for whatever purpose, that very wish of theirs would be fulfilled for each of them, just so.
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DB 11 23.33
तानि कर्माणि वक्ष्यामि विधानानि च कर्मणाम् । पुरश्चरणमादौ च कर्मणां सिद्धिकारकम्
tāni karmāṇi vakṣyāmi vidhānāni ca karmaṇām | puraścaraṇamādau ca karmaṇāṃ siddhikārakam
I shall declare those rites and the prescriptions for the rites, and at the outset the preliminary observance (puraścaraṇa), which brings the rites to success.
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DB 11 23.34
स्वाध्यायाभ्यसनस्यादौ प्राजापत्यं चरेद्द्विजः । केशश्मश्रुलोमनखान् वापयित्वा ततः शुचिः
svādhyāyābhyasanasyādau prājāpatyaṃ careddvijaḥ | keśaśmaśrulomanakhān vāpayitvā tataḥ śuciḥ
At the beginning of the practice of Vedic recitation the twice-born should perform the Prājāpatya (penance); having had his hair, beard, body-hair and nails shaved off, then, pure,
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DB 11 23.35
तिष्ठेदहनि रात्रौ तु शुचिरासीत वाग्यतः । सत्यवादी पवित्राणि जपेद्व्याहृतयस्तथा
tiṣṭhedahani rātrau tu śucirāsīta vāgyataḥ | satyavādī pavitrāṇi japedvyāhṛtayastathā
he should stand by day, but at night let him sit, pure and with speech restrained; speaking truth, he should mutter the purifying (verses) and likewise the vyāhṛtis.
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DB 11 23.36
ज्येकाराद्यास्तु ता जप्त्वा सावित्रीं च तदित्यृचम् । आपो हि ष्ठेति सूक्तं च पवित्रं पापनाशनम्
jyekārādyāstu tā japtvā sāvitrīṃ ca tadityṛcam | āpo hi ṣṭheti sūktaṃ ca pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam
Having muttered those beginning with (the syllable) 'jye', and the Sāvitrī and the verse beginning 'tat', and the hymn 'āpo hi ṣṭhā', which is purifying and destroys sin,
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DB 11 23.37
पुनन्त्यः स्वस्तिमत्यश्च पावमान्यस्तथैव च । सर्वत्रैतत्प्रयोक्तव्यमादावन्ते च कर्मणाम्
punantyaḥ svastimatyaśca pāvamānyastathaiva ca | sarvatraitatprayoktavyamādāvante ca karmaṇām
and the 'punantyaḥ' (verses) and the 'svastimatī' ones and likewise the Pāvamānī (verses) — all this is to be employed everywhere, at the beginning and at the end of rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.38
आसहस्रादाशताद्वाप्यादशादथवा जपेत् । अकारं व्याहृतीस्तिस्रः सावित्रीमथवायुतम्
āsahasrādāśatādvāpyādaśādathavā japet | akāraṃ vyāhṛtīstisraḥ sāvitrīmathavāyutam
He should mutter up to a thousand times, or up to a hundred, or up to ten: the syllable (a/oṃ), the three vyāhṛtis, the Sāvitrī — or ten thousand times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 23.39
तर्पयित्वाद्भिराचार्यानृषींश्छन्दांसि देवताः । अनार्येण न भाषेत शूद्रेणापि न गर्हितैः
tarpayitvādbhirācāryānṛṣīṃśchandāṃsi devatāḥ | anāryeṇa na bhāṣeta śūdreṇāpi na garhitaiḥ
Having satisfied with water the teachers, the seers, the metres and the deities, he should not converse with a non-Ārya, nor with a Śūdra, nor with the reprehensible,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.40
नापि चोदक्यया वध्वा पतितैर्नान्त्यजैर्नृभिः । न देवब्राह्मणद्विष्टैर्नाचार्यगुरुनिन्दकैः
nāpi codakyayā vadhvā patitairnāntyajairnṛbhiḥ | na devabrāhmaṇadviṣṭairnācāryagurunindakaiḥ
nor with a menstruating woman, nor with a (young) wife, nor with the fallen, nor with men of the lowest castes, nor with those who hate the gods and brahmins, nor with revilers of teachers and elders,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.41
न मातृपितृविद्विष्टैर्नावमन्येत कञ्चन । कृच्छ्राणामेष सर्वेषां विधिरुक्तोऽनुपूर्वशः
na mātṛpitṛvidviṣṭairnāvamanyeta kañcana | kṛcchrāṇāmeṣa sarveṣāṃ vidhirukto'nupūrvaśaḥ
nor with those hated by mother and father; and he should not despise anyone. This rule of all the kṛcchra penances has been stated in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.42
प्राजापत्यस्य कृच्छ्रस्य तथा सान्तपनस्य च । पराकस्य च कृच्छ्रस्य विधिश्चान्द्रायणस्य च
prājāpatyasya kṛcchrasya tathā sāntapanasya ca | parākasya ca kṛcchrasya vidhiścāndrāyaṇasya ca
(This is) the rule of the Prājāpatya kṛcchra, and likewise of the Sāntapana, and of the Parāka kṛcchra, and of the Cāndrāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.43
पञ्चभिः पातकैः सर्वैर्दुष्कृतैश्च प्रमुच्यते । तप्तकृच्छ्रेण सर्वाणि पापानि दहति क्षणात्
pañcabhiḥ pātakaiḥ sarvairduṣkṛtaiśca pramucyate | taptakṛcchreṇa sarvāṇi pāpāni dahati kṣaṇāt
By five (of them) one is freed from all the (five) great sins and from evil deeds; by the Taptakṛcchra one burns up all sins in a moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.44
त्रिभिश्चान्द्रायणैः पूतो ब्रह्मलोकं समश्नुते । अष्टभिर्देवताः साक्षात्पश्येत वरदास्तदा
tribhiścāndrāyaṇaiḥ pūto brahmalokaṃ samaśnute | aṣṭabhirdevatāḥ sākṣātpaśyeta varadāstadā
Purified by three Cāndrāyaṇas he attains the world of Brahmā; by eight he would see the deities face to face, and then they grant boons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.45
छन्दांसि दशभिर्ज्ञात्वा सर्वान्कामान्समश्नुते । त्र्यहं प्रातस्त्र्यहं सायं त्र्यहमद्यादयाचितम्
chandāṃsi daśabhirjñātvā sarvānkāmānsamaśnute | tryahaṃ prātastryahaṃ sāyaṃ tryahamadyādayācitam
Having come to know the metres by ten (of them), he obtains all his desires. For three days in the morning, for three days in the evening, for three days let him eat what is unasked for,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.46
त्र्यहं परं च नाश्नीयात्प्राजापत्यं चरेद्द्विजः । गोमूत्रं गोमयं क्षीरं दधि सर्पिः कुशोदकम्
tryahaṃ paraṃ ca nāśnīyātprājāpatyaṃ careddvijaḥ | gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpiḥ kuśodakam
and for a further three days he should not eat: (thus) the twice-born should perform the Prājāpatya. Cow's urine, cow-dung, milk, curds, ghee, and water with kuśa grass —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.47
एकरात्रोपवासश्च कृच्छ्रं सान्तपनं स्मृतम् । एकैकं ग्रासमश्नीयादहानि त्रीणि पूर्ववत्
ekarātropavāsaśca kṛcchraṃ sāntapanaṃ smṛtam | ekaikaṃ grāsamaśnīyādahāni trīṇi pūrvavat
and a fast of one night: this is known as the Sāntapana kṛcchra. He should eat a single mouthful (each day) for three days, as before,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.48
त्र्यहं चोपवसेदित्थमतिकृच्छ्रं चरेद्द्विजः । एवमेव त्रिभिर्युक्तं महासान्तपनं स्मृतम्
tryahaṃ copavaseditthamatikṛcchraṃ careddvijaḥ | evameva tribhiryuktaṃ mahāsāntapanaṃ smṛtam
and thus should fast for three days: (so) the twice-born should perform the Atikṛcchra. Just this, joined with three (times), is known as the Mahāsāntapana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 23.49
तप्तकृच्छ्रं चरन्विप्रो जलक्षीरघृतानिलान् । प्रतित्र्यहं पिबेदुष्णान्सकृत्स्नायी समाहितः
taptakṛcchraṃ caranvipro jalakṣīraghṛtānilān | pratitryahaṃ pibeduṣṇānsakṛtsnāyī samāhitaḥ
A brahmin performing the Taptakṛcchra should drink, hot, water, milk and ghee, and (subsist on) air, each for three days, bathing once (a day), concentrated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.50
नियतस्तु पिबेदापः प्राजापत्यविधिः स्मृतः । यतात्मनोऽप्रमत्तस्य द्वादशाहमभोजनम्
niyatastu pibedāpaḥ prājāpatyavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ | yatātmano'pramattasya dvādaśāhamabhojanam
But being restrained he should drink water: (this) is known as the rule of the Prājāpatya. For one of controlled self and free from negligence, abstention from food for twelve days —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.51
पराको नाम कृच्छ्रोऽयं सर्वपापप्रणोदनः । एकैकं तु ग्रसेत्पिण्डं कृष्णे शुक्ले च वर्धयेत्
parāko nāma kṛcchro'yaṃ sarvapāpapraṇodanaḥ | ekaikaṃ tu grasetpiṇḍaṃ kṛṣṇe śukle ca vardhayet
This penance is called Parāka, which drives away all sins. (In the Cāndrāyaṇa) one should swallow just one morsel (on the first day), and increase (them) in the dark and the bright fortnight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 23.52
अमावास्यां न भुञ्जीत एवं चान्द्रायणे विधिः । उपस्पृश्य त्रिषवणमेतच्चान्द्रायणं स्मृतम्
amāvāsyāṃ na bhuñjīta evaṃ cāndrāyaṇe vidhiḥ | upaspṛśya triṣavaṇametaccāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam
On the new-moon day he should not eat; such is the rule in the Cāndrāyaṇa. Touching water at the three (daily) ablutions — this is known as the Cāndrāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.53
चतुरः प्रातरश्नीयाद्विप्रः पिण्डात्कृताह्निकः । चतुरोऽस्तमिते सूर्ये शिशुचान्द्रायणं स्मृतम्
caturaḥ prātaraśnīyādvipraḥ piṇḍātkṛtāhnikaḥ | caturo'stamite sūrye śiśucāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam
A brahmin who has performed his daily rites should eat four morsels in the morning, and four when the sun has set: this is known as the Śiśu-cāndrāyaṇa (the child's cāndrāyaṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.54
अष्टावष्टौ समश्नीयात्पिण्डान्मध्यन्दिने स्थिते । नियतात्मा हविष्यस्य यतिचान्द्रायणं व्रतम्
aṣṭāvaṣṭau samaśnīyātpiṇḍānmadhyandine sthite | niyatātmā haviṣyasya yaticāndrāyaṇaṃ vratam
With self restrained, he should eat eight and eight morsels of sacrificial food when (the sun) stands at midday: (this is) the observance called Yati-cāndrāyaṇa (the ascetic's cāndrāyaṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.55
एतद्रुद्रास्तथादित्या वसवश्च चरन्ति हि । सर्वे कुशलिनो देवा मरुतश्च भुवा सह
etadrudrāstathādityā vasavaśca caranti hi | sarve kuśalino devā marutaśca bhuvā saha
For indeed the Rudras, and the Ādityas, and the Vasus practise this, and all the gods, adept in it, and the Maruts together with the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 23.56
एकैकं सप्तरात्रेण पुनाति विधिवत्कृतम् । त्वगसृक्पिशितास्थीनि मेदोमज्जावसास्तथा
ekaikaṃ saptarātreṇa punāti vidhivatkṛtam | tvagasṛkpiśitāsthīni medomajjāvasāstathā
Performed according to rule, it purifies one after another with each seven nights: skin, blood, flesh, bones, fat, marrow and sinew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 11 23.57
एकैकं सप्तरात्रेण शुध्यत्येव न संशयः । एभिर्व्रतैर्विपूतात्मा कर्म कुर्वीत नित्यशः
ekaikaṃ saptarātreṇa śudhyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ | ebhirvratairvipūtātmā karma kurvīta nityaśaḥ
Each one is purified in seven nights — of this there is no doubt. With his self wholly cleansed by these observances, one should perform (ritual) acts constantly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.58
एवं शुद्धस्य कर्माणि सिध्यन्त्येव न संशयः । शुद्धात्मा कर्म कुर्वीत सत्यवादी जितेन्द्रियः
evaṃ śuddhasya karmāṇi sidhyantyeva na saṃśayaḥ | śuddhātmā karma kurvīta satyavādī jitendriyaḥ
For one thus purified, ritual acts do indeed succeed — there is no doubt. Pure in self, speaking truth, with senses conquered, he should perform the acts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.59
इष्टान्कामांस्ततः सर्वान्सम्प्राप्नोति न संशयः । त्रिरात्रमेवोपवसेद्रहितः सर्वकर्मणा
iṣṭānkāmāṃstataḥ sarvānsamprāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ | trirātramevopavasedrahitaḥ sarvakarmaṇā
Thereafter he obtains all his desired wishes — there is no doubt. He should fast for three nights, free from all (other) activity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.60
त्रीणि नक्तानि वा कुर्यात्ततः कर्म समारभेत् । एवं विधानं कथितं पुरश्चर्याफलप्रदम्
trīṇi naktāni vā kuryāttataḥ karma samārabhet | evaṃ vidhānaṃ kathitaṃ puraścaryāphalapradam
Or he may take (only) three night-meals, and then begin the rite. Thus the ordinance has been told, which yields the fruit of the preliminary observance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.61
गायत्र्याश्च पुरश्चर्यां सर्वकामप्रदायिनी । कथिता तव देवर्षे महापापविनाशिनी
gāyatryāśca puraścaryāṃ sarvakāmapradāyinī | kathitā tava devarṣe mahāpāpavināśinī
And the preliminary observance (puraścaryā) of the Gāyatrī, which grants all desires, has been told to you, O divine sage — it destroys great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.62
आदौ कुर्याद्व्रतं मन्त्री देहशोधनकारकम् । पुरश्चर्यां ततः कुर्यात्समस्तफलभाग्भवेत्
ādau kuryādvrataṃ mantrī dehaśodhanakārakam | puraścaryāṃ tataḥ kuryātsamastaphalabhāgbhavet
At the outset the reciter of the mantra should perform the vow that effects purification of the body; then he should perform the preliminary observance, and he becomes a partaker of the whole fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 11 23.63
इति ते कथितं गुह्यं पुरश्चर्याविधानकम् । एतत्परस्मै नो वाच्यं श्रुतिसारं यतः स्मृतम्
iti te kathitaṃ guhyaṃ puraścaryāvidhānakam | etatparasmai no vācyaṃ śrutisāraṃ yataḥ smṛtam
Thus the secret ordinance of the preliminary observance has been told to you. This is not to be spoken to another, since it is held to be the essence of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition