Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 222
GaP 1 222.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २२२ ब्रह्मोवाच । प्रायश्चित्तादि वक्ष्ये ऽहं नरकौघविमर्दनम् । मक्षिका विप्रुषो नारी भुवि तोयं हुताशनः । मार्जारो नकुलश्चैव शुचीन्येतानि नित्यशः
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 222 brahmovāca / prāyaścittādi vakṣye 'haṃ narakaughavimardanam / makṣikā vipruṣo nārī bhuvi toyaṃ hutāśanaḥ / mārjāro nakulaścaiva śucīnyetāni nityaśaḥ
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 222. Brahmā said: I shall declare expiations and the rest, which crush the mass of hells. A fly, a droplet (of water), a woman, the ground, water, fire, a cat, and a mongoose — these are always pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.2
यः शूद्रोच्छिष्टसंस्पृष्टं प्रमादाद्भक्षयेद्द्विजः । अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा पञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति
yaḥ śūdrocchiṣṭasaṃspṛṣṭaṃ pramādādbhakṣayeddvijaḥ / ahorātroṣito bhūtvā pañcagavyena śudhyati
A twice-born who through carelessness eats what has been touched by a śūdra's leavings becomes pure by fasting a day and a night and (taking) the five products of the cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.3
विप्रो विप्रेण संस्पृष्ट उच्छिष्टेन कदाचन । स्नानं जप्यञ्च कर्तव्यं दिनस्यान्ते च भोजनम्
vipro vipreṇa saṃspṛṣṭa ucchiṣṭena kadācana / snānaṃ japyañca kartavyaṃ dinasyānte ca bhojanam
If a brahmin is ever touched by another brahmin with his leavings (on him), he should bathe and recite (mantras), and eat at the end of the day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.4
अन्नं समक्षिकाकेशं शुध्येद्वान्तेन तत्क्षणात् । यश्च पाणितले भुङ्क्ते अङ्गुल्या बाहुना च यः
annaṃ samakṣikākeśaṃ śudhyedvāntena tatkṣaṇāt / yaśca pāṇitale bhuṅkte aṅgulyā bāhunā ca yaḥ
Food with a fly or a hair in it becomes pure at once by removing (it). And he who eats in the palm of his hand, or with a finger, or with the arm —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.5
अहोरात्रेण शुध्येत पिबेद्यदि न वार्युत । पीतशेषन्तु यत्तोयं वामहस्तेन मद्यवत्
ahorātreṇa śudhyeta pibedyadi na vāryuta / pītaśeṣantu yattoyaṃ vāmahastena madyavat
— he becomes pure in a day and a night, if indeed he does not drink water. And water that is left over after drinking, (taken) with the left hand, is like liquor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.6
चर्ममध्यगतं तोयमशुचि स्यान्न तत्पिबेत् । अन्त्यजातिरविज्ञातो निवसेद्यस्य वेश्मनि
carmamadhyagataṃ toyamaśuci syānna tatpibet / antyajātiravijñāto nivasedyasya veśmani
Water contained in leather is impure; one should not drink it. If a man of the lowest caste, unrecognized, dwells in someone's house —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.7
चान्द्रायणं पराकं वा द्विजातीनां विशोधनम् । प्राजापत्यन्तु शूद्रस्य पश्चाज्ज्ञाते तथापरे
cāndrāyaṇaṃ parākaṃ vā dvijātīnāṃ viśodhanam / prājāpatyantu śūdrasya paścājjñāte tathāpare
the cāndrāyaṇa or the parāka is the purification for twice-borns, but for a śūdra the prājāpatya, when (the man) is recognized afterwards; and likewise for others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.8
यस्तत्र भुङ्क्ते पक्वान्नं कृच्छ्रार्धं तस्य दापयेत् । तेषामपि च यो भुङ्क्ते कृच्छ्रपादो विधीयते
yastatra bhuṅkte pakvānnaṃ kṛcchrārdhaṃ tasya dāpayet / teṣāmapi ca yo bhuṅkte kṛcchrapādo vidhīyate
He who eats cooked food there — half a kṛcchra should be imposed on him; and for one who eats (the food) of those (people) too, a quarter kṛcchra is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.9
रजकानाञ्च शैलू षवेणुचर्मोपजीविनाम् । एतदन्नञ्च यो भुङ्क्ते द्विजश्चान्द्रायणं चरेत्
rajakānāñca śailū ṣaveṇucarmopajīvinām / etadannañca yo bhuṅkte dvijaścāndrāyaṇaṃ caret
And (as for) washermen, actors, and those who live by bamboo and leather — the twice-born who eats their food should perform the cāndrāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.10
चाण्डालकूपभाण्डेषु अज्ञानाच्चेत्पिबेज्जलम् । कुर्यात्सान्तपनं विप्रस्तदर्धञ्च विशः स्मृतम्
cāṇḍālakūpabhāṇḍeṣu ajñānāccetpibejjalam / kuryātsāntapanaṃ viprastadardhañca viśaḥ smṛtam
If out of ignorance one should drink water from a Caṇḍāla's well or vessels, a brahmin should perform the sāntapana (penance); for a vaiśya half of that is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.11
पादं शूद्रस्य दातव्यमज्ञानादन्त्यवेश्मनि । प्रायश्चित्तं त्रिकृच्छ्रं स्यात्पराकमन्त्यजागतौ
pādaṃ śūdrasya dātavyamajñānādantyaveśmani / prāyaścittaṃ trikṛcchraṃ syātparākamantyajāgatau
A quarter (of it) is to be assigned to a śūdra; for (eating) unknowingly in the house of an outcaste the expiation should be the threefold kṛcchra, and the parāka in the case of going to an antyaja woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.12
अन्त्यजोच्छिष्टभुक्च्छुध्येद्द्विजश्चान्द्रायणेन च । चाण्डालन्नं यदा भुङ्क्ते प्रमादादैन्दवञ्चरेत्
antyajocchiṣṭabhukcchudhyeddvijaścāndrāyaṇena ca / cāṇḍālannaṃ yadā bhuṅkte pramādādaindavañcaret
A twice-born who has eaten the leftovers of an antyaja becomes pure by the cāndrāyaṇa; and when he eats a Caṇḍāla's food through inadvertence, he should perform the lunar (aindava) rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.13
क्षत्त्रजातिः सान्तपनं षड्द्विरात्रं परे तथा । एकवृक्ष तु चण्डालः प्रमादाद्ब्राह्मणो यदि । फलं भक्षयते तत्र अहोरात्रेण शुध्यति
kṣattrajātiḥ sāntapanaṃ ṣaḍdvirātraṃ pare tathā / ekavṛkṣa tu caṇḍālaḥ pramādādbrāhmaṇo yadi / phalaṃ bhakṣayate tatra ahorātreṇa śudhyati
One of kṣatriya birth (should perform) the sāntapana; and for those lower (in order) six nights and two nights. But if a brahmin inadvertently eats a fruit from the very tree (shared) with a Caṇḍāla, he becomes pure in a day and a night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.14
भुक्त्वोपविष्टो ऽनाचान्तश्चण्डालं यदि संस्पृशेत् । गायत्त्र्यष्टसहस्रन्तु द्रुपदां वा शतं जपेत्
bhuktvopaviṣṭo 'nācāntaścaṇḍālaṃ yadi saṃspṛśet / gāyattryaṣṭasahasrantu drupadāṃ vā śataṃ japet
If, seated after eating and not having rinsed his mouth, he should touch a Caṇḍāla, he should recite the Gāyatrī eight thousand times, or the Drupadā (verse) a hundred times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.15
चाण्डालश्वपचैर्वापि विण्मूत्रे तु कृते द्विजाः । प्रायश्चित्तं त्रिरात्रं स्यात्पराकश्चान्त्यजागतौ
cāṇḍālaśvapacairvāpi viṇmūtre tu kṛte dvijāḥ / prāyaścittaṃ trirātraṃ syātparākaścāntyajāgatau
But when feces and urine have been passed by Caṇḍālas or Śvapacas, O twice-born ones, the expiation should be three nights, and the parāka in the case of going to an antyaja woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.16
अकामतः स्त्रियो गत्वा पराकस्तत्र साधकः । अन्त्यजातिप्रसूतस्य प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते
akāmataḥ striyo gatvā parākastatra sādhakaḥ / antyajātiprasūtasya prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate
Having gone to a woman without desiring it, the parāka is there the means (of purification); for one born of an antyaja caste there is no expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.17
मद्यादिदुष्टभाण्डेषु यादपः पिबति द्विजः । कृच्छ्रपादेन शुध्येद्वै पुनः संस्कारकर्मणा
madyādiduṣṭabhāṇḍeṣu yādapaḥ pibati dvijaḥ / kṛcchrapādena śudhyedvai punaḥ saṃskārakarmaṇā
When a twice-born drinks water from vessels polluted by liquor and the like, he becomes pure by a quarter of a kṛcchra, together with a renewed performance of the consecratory rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.18
ये प्रत्यवसिता विप्रा वज्राग्निपवनादिषु । अन्नपानादि संगृह्य चिकीर्षन्ति गृहान्तरम्
ye pratyavasitā viprā vajrāgnipavanādiṣu / annapānādi saṃgṛhya cikīrṣanti gṛhāntaram
Those brahmins who have fallen away (from their observances) in (the face of) thunderbolt, fire, wind and the like, and who, having gathered food and drink and so forth, wish to make another household—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.19
चारयेत्त्रीणि कृच्छाणि त्रीणि चान्द्रायणानि वै । जातकर्मादिसंस्कारं वसिष्ठो मुनिरब्रवीत्
cārayettrīṇi kṛcchāṇi trīṇi cāndrāyaṇāni vai / jātakarmādisaṃskāraṃ vasiṣṭho munirabravīt
—one should make (them) perform three kṛcchras and three cāndrāyaṇas, and the consecratory rites beginning with the birth-rite: so said the sage Vasiṣṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.20
प्राजापत्यादिभिर्द्रष्टा स्त्री शुध्येत्तु द्विभोजनात् । उच्छिष्टोच्छिष्टसंस्पृष्टंशुना शूद्रेण वा द्विजः
prājāpatyādibhirdraṣṭā strī śudhyettu dvibhojanāt / ucchiṣṭocchiṣṭasaṃspṛṣṭaṃśunā śūdreṇa vā dvijaḥ
A woman who has been seen (in such a state?) becomes pure by the prājāpatya and the rest, through eating twice (a day?); a twice-born who has been touched by leftovers, or by one who has touched leftovers, or by a dog or a śūdra—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.21
उपोष्य रजनीमेकां पञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति । वर्णबाह्येन संस्पृष्टः पञ्चरात्रेण वै तदा
upoṣya rajanīmekāṃ pañcagavyena śudhyati / varṇabāhyena saṃspṛṣṭaḥ pañcarātreṇa vai tadā
—having fasted for a single night, becomes pure by the five products of the cow; if touched by one outside the (four) classes, then indeed by five nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.22
अदुष्टाः सन्तता धाराः वातोद्धूताश्च रेणवः । स्त्रियो बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च न दुष्यन्ति कदाचन
aduṣṭāḥ santatā dhārāḥ vātoddhūtāśca reṇavaḥ / striyo bālāśca vṛddhāśca na duṣyanti kadācana
Unbroken streams (of water) are undefiled, and so is dust blown up by the wind; women, children and the aged are never defiled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.23
नित्यमास्यं शुचि स्त्रीणां शकुन्तैः पातितं फलम् । प्रस्त्रवे च शुचिर्वत्सः श्वा मृगग्रहणे शुचिः
nityamāsyaṃ śuci strīṇāṃ śakuntaiḥ pātitaṃ phalam / prastrave ca śucirvatsaḥ śvā mṛgagrahaṇe śuciḥ
The mouth of women is always pure; (pure is) a fruit made to fall by birds; a calf is pure at the flowing of the milk; a dog is pure in the seizing of game.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.24
उदके चोदकस्थं तु स्थलेषु स्थलजं शुचि । पादौ स्थाप्यौ च तत्रैव आचान्तः शुचितामियात्
udake codakasthaṃ tu sthaleṣu sthalajaṃ śuci / pādau sthāpyau ca tatraiva ācāntaḥ śucitāmiyāt
In water what stands in water is pure, and on dry ground what is produced on the ground; and the feet are to be set down just there, and having rinsed the mouth one attains purity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.25
शुध्येत्तद्भस्मना कांस्यं सुरया यन्न लिप्यते । मूत्रेण सुरया मिश्रं तपनैः खलु शुध्यति
śudhyettadbhasmanā kāṃsyaṃ surayā yanna lipyate / mūtreṇa surayā miśraṃ tapanaiḥ khalu śudhyati
Bronze which is not (visibly) smeared by liquor becomes pure by ashes; when mixed with urine and liquor it becomes pure only by heatings (in fire).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.26
गवाघ्रातानि कांस्यानि शूद्रोच्छिष्टानि यानि च । काकश्वापहतान्येव शुध्यन्ति दश भस्मना
gavāghrātāni kāṃsyāni śūdrocchiṣṭāni yāni ca / kākaśvāpahatānyeva śudhyanti daśa bhasmanā
Bronze vessels sniffed at by cows, and those bearing a śūdra's leftovers, and those defiled by crows and dogs, become pure by ashes (used) ten times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.27
शूद्रभाजनभोक्ता यः पञ्चगव्यं त्र्युपोषितः । उच्छिष्टं स्पृशते विप्रः श्वसूद्रश्चापराधिकः
śūdrabhājanabhoktā yaḥ pañcagavyaṃ tryupoṣitaḥ / ucchiṣṭaṃ spṛśate vipraḥ śvasūdraścāparādhikaḥ
He who has eaten from a śūdra's vessel (is purified) by the five products of the cow, having fasted three (days); a brahmin who touches leftovers, or a dog or a śūdra, is further at fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.28
उपोषितः पञ्चगव्याच्छुध्येत्स्पृष्ट्वा रजस्वलाम् । अनुदकेषु देशेषु चोरव्याघ्राकुले पथि
upoṣitaḥ pañcagavyācchudhyetspṛṣṭvā rajasvalām / anudakeṣu deśeṣu coravyāghrākule pathi
Having fasted, he becomes pure by the five products of the cow after touching a menstruating woman. In waterless regions, on a road infested by thieves and tigers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.29
कृत्वा मूत्रपुरीषन्तु द्रव्यहस्तो न दुष्यति । भूमौनिः क्षैप्य तद्द्रव्यं शौचं कृत्वा समाहितः
kṛtvā mūtrapurīṣantu dravyahasto na duṣyati / bhūmauniḥ kṣaipya taddravyaṃ śaucaṃ kṛtvā samāhitaḥ
having passed urine and feces, one holding an object in his hand is not defiled; casting that object on the ground and performing the cleansing with concentration (he is pure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.30
आरनालं दधि क्षीरं तक्रन्तु कृसरञ्च यत् । शूद्रादपि च तद्गाह्यं मांसं मधु तथान्त्यजात्
āranālaṃ dadhi kṣīraṃ takrantu kṛsarañca yat / śūdrādapi ca tadgāhyaṃ māṃsaṃ madhu tathāntyajāt
Sour rice-gruel, curds, milk, buttermilk, and whatever kṛsara (a dish of rice and sesame) there is — that may be accepted even from a śūdra; and meat and honey even from a man of the lowest caste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.33
गौडीं पैष्टीञ्च माध्वीकं विप्रादिर्यः सुरां पिबेत् । सुरां पिबन्द्विजः शुध्येदग्निवर्णां सुरां पिबन् ॥ गर्प्_१,२२२।३१ ॥ विप्रः पञ्चशतं जप्यं गायत्र्याः क्षत्रियस्य च शतं विप्रश्च भुक्त्वान्नं पानपात्रेण सूतके ॥ गर्प्_१,२२२।३२ ॥ शुचिर्विप्रो दशाहेन क्षत्त्रियो द्वादशाहतः । वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहन शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति
gauḍīṃ paiṣṭīñca mādhvīkaṃ viprādiryaḥ surāṃ pibet / surāṃ pibandvijaḥ śudhyedagnivarṇāṃ surāṃ piban // garp_1,222.31 // vipraḥ pañcaśataṃ japyaṃ gāyatryāḥ kṣatriyasya ca śataṃ vipraśca bhuktvānnaṃ pānapātreṇa sūtake // garp_1,222.32 // śucirvipro daśāhena kṣattriyo dvādaśāhataḥ / vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśāhana śūdro māsena śudhyati
(As for) liquor made from molasses, from flour, and honey-wine — if a brahmin or the rest should drink liquor: a twice-born who drinks liquor is purified (only) by drinking liquor of the colour of fire. (222.31) A brahmin (should perform) five hundred recitations of the Gāyatrī, and a kṣatriya a hundred; and so too a brahmin who has eaten food, (or drunk) with a drinking vessel, during a birth-impurity. (222.32) A brahmin is pure in ten days, a kṣatriya after twelve days, a vaiśya in fifteen days, a śūdra is purified in a month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.34
राज्ञां युद्धेषु यज्ञादौ देशान्तरगतेषु च । बाले प्रेते मासिके च सद्यः शौचं विधीयते
rājñāṃ yuddheṣu yajñādau deśāntaragateṣu ca / bāle prete māsike ca sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate
For kings in battles, in a sacrifice and the like, and for those who have gone to another country; and in the case of a child that has died, and at the monthly rite, immediate purity is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.35
अविवाहा तथा कन्या द्विजो मौञ्जीविवर्जितः । जतदन्तश्च बालश्च कुमारी च त्रिवर्षिका
avivāhā tathā kanyā dvijo mauñjīvivarjitaḥ / jatadantaśca bālaśca kumārī ca trivarṣikā
An unmarried girl, likewise; a twice-born who has not received the girdle; one whose teeth have not (yet) come, and a young child, and a girl of three years —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.36
तेषां शुद्धिस्त्रिरात्रेण गर्भस्त्रावे त्रिरात्रिभिः । सूतायां मासतुल्याश्च चतुर्थे ऽह्नि रजस्वला
teṣāṃ śuddhistrirātreṇa garbhastrāve trirātribhiḥ / sūtāyāṃ māsatulyāśca caturthe 'hni rajasvalā
For them purification is by three nights; in a miscarriage, by three nights (reckoned as) equal to the months in the case of a woman who has given birth; and a menstruating woman (is pure) on the fourth day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.37
दुर्भिक्षे राष्ट्रसंपते सूतके मृतकेपि वा । नियमाश्च न दुष्यन्ति दानधर्मपरास्तथा
durbhikṣe rāṣṭrasaṃpate sūtake mṛtakepi vā / niyamāśca na duṣyanti dānadharmaparāstathā
In a famine, in the ruin of the kingdom, in a birth-impurity or even in a death-impurity, the (religious) observances are not vitiated, nor are those devoted to the duty of giving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.38
दक्षिकाले विवाहादौ देवद्विजनिमन्त्रिते । पूर्वसंकल्पिते वापि नाशौचं मृतसूतके
dakṣikāle vivāhādau devadvijanimantrite / pūrvasaṃkalpite vāpi nāśaucaṃ mṛtasūtake
At the time of gift-giving, at a wedding and the like, when gods and brahmins have been invited, or when (the rite) has been resolved upon beforehand, there is no impurity in (the case of) a death or a birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.39
प्रसूतपत्नीसंस्पर्शादशुचिः स्यात्तथा द्विजः । अग्नयो यत्र हूयन्ते वेदो वा यत्र पठ्यते
prasūtapatnīsaṃsparśādaśuciḥ syāttathā dvijaḥ / agnayo yatra hūyante vedo vā yatra paṭhyate
And a twice-born becomes impure through contact with a woman who has just given birth. Where the fires are offered into, or where the Veda is recited,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.40
सततं वैश्वदेवा दि न तेषां सूतकं भवेत् । अशुद्धे च गृहे भुक्ते त्रिरात्राच्छुध्यति द्विजः
satataṃ vaiśvadevā di na teṣāṃ sūtakaṃ bhavet / aśuddhe ca gṛhe bhukte trirātrācchudhyati dvijaḥ
(and where) the Vaiśvadeva and other (rites are performed) constantly — for them there is no birth-impurity. And a twice-born who has eaten in an impure house is purified after three nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.41
ब्राह्मणी क्षत्रिया वैश्या शूद्रा चैव रजस्वला । अन्योन्यस्पर्शनात्तत्र ब्राह्मणी तु त्रिरात्रतः
brāhmaṇī kṣatriyā vaiśyā śūdrā caiva rajasvalā / anyonyasparśanāttatra brāhmaṇī tu trirātrataḥ
A brahmin woman, a kṣatriya woman, a vaiśya woman, and a śūdra woman, being menstruant — when they touch one another there, the brahmin woman (is purified) after three nights,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.42
द्विरात्रतः क्षत्रिया च शुद्धा वैश्या ह्युपोषिता । शूद्रा स्नानेन शुध्येत्तु द्रोणार्थं न विसर्जयेत्
dvirātrataḥ kṣatriyā ca śuddhā vaiśyā hyupoṣitā / śūdrā snānena śudhyettu droṇārthaṃ na visarjayet
the kṣatriya woman after two nights, and the vaiśya woman is pure by fasting; but the śūdra woman is purified by bathing. One should not throw away (water) up to the measure of a droṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.43
काकश्वानोपनी तन्तु अन्नं बाह्यन्तु तत्त्यजेत् । सुवर्णाद्भैः समभ्युक्ष्य हुताशे च प्रतापयेत्
kākaśvānopanī tantu annaṃ bāhyantu tattyajet / suvarṇādbhaiḥ samabhyukṣya hutāśe ca pratāpayet
But food brought near by a crow or a dog, and food (left) outside — that one should abandon; having sprinkled it with water (poured) from gold, one should heat it over the fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.44
कूपे च पतितान्दृष्ट्वा श्वशृगालौ च मर्कटम् । तत्कूपस्योदकं पीत्वा शुध्येद्विप्रस्त्रिभिर्दिनैः । क्षत्रियो ऽहर्द्वयेनैव वैश्यो वैकाहतः परम्
kūpe ca patitāndṛṣṭvā śvaśṛgālau ca markaṭam / tatkūpasyodakaṃ pītvā śudhyedviprastribhirdinaiḥ / kṣatriyo 'hardvayenaiva vaiśyo vaikāhataḥ param
And having seen a dog, a jackal, or a monkey fallen into a well, a brahmin who has drunk the water of that well is purified in three days; a kṣatriya in just two days, but a vaiśya after one day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.45
अस्थि चर्म मलं वापि मूषिकां यदि कूपतः । उद्धृत्य चोदकं पञ्च गव्याच्छुद्ध्येत्तु शोधितम्
asthi carma malaṃ vāpi mūṣikāṃ yadi kūpataḥ / uddhṛtya codakaṃ pañca gavyācchuddhyettu śodhitam
But if (there is) a bone, a hide, filth, or a mouse (fallen) from (into) the well, then having drawn out the water, it is purified by the five products of the cow, once cleansed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.46
तडागे पुष्करिण्यादौ भस्मादिं पातयेत्तथा । षट्कुम्भानप उत्द्धृय पञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति
taḍāge puṣkariṇyādau bhasmādiṃ pātayettathā / ṣaṭkumbhānapa utddhṛya pañcagavyena śudhyati
In a tank, a lotus-pond and the like, if one lets fall ashes and the like, then having drawn out six jars of water, it becomes pure by the five products of the cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.47
स्त्रीरजः पतितं मध्ये त्रिंशत्कुम्भान्समुद्धरेत् । अगम्यागमनं कृत्वा मद्यगोमांसभक्षणम्
strīrajaḥ patitaṃ madhye triṃśatkumbhānsamuddharet / agamyāgamanaṃ kṛtvā madyagomāṃsabhakṣaṇam
If a woman's menstrual blood has fallen into the middle (of it), one should draw out thirty jars. Having committed intercourse with a woman one may not approach, or the eating of liquor, beef, or (other) flesh —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.48
शुध्ये च्चान्द्रायणाद्विप्रः प्राजापत्येन भूमिपः । वैश्यः सान्तपनाच्छूद्रः पञ्चाहोभिर्विशुध्यति
śudhye ccāndrāyaṇādvipraḥ prājāpatyena bhūmipaḥ / vaiśyaḥ sāntapanācchūdraḥ pañcāhobhirviśudhyati
a brahmin is purified by the Cāndrāyaṇa (penance), a king by the Prājāpatya, a vaiśya by the Sāntapana, and a śūdra becomes pure in five days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.49
प्रायश्चित्ते कृते दद्याद्गवां ब्राह्मणभोजनम् । क्रीडायां शयनीयादौ नीलीवस्त्रं न दुष्यति
prāyaścitte kṛte dadyādgavāṃ brāhmaṇabhojanam / krīḍāyāṃ śayanīyādau nīlīvastraṃ na duṣyati
When the penance has been performed, one should give cows and a feeding of brahmins. In play, on a bed and the like, indigo-dyed cloth is not defiling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.50
नीलीवस्त्रं न स्पृशेच्च नीली च निरयं ब्रजेत् । व्रह्मघ्नश्च सुरापश्च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः
nīlīvastraṃ na spṛśecca nīlī ca nirayaṃ brajet / vrahmaghnaśca surāpaśca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ
And one should not touch indigo-dyed cloth; and the indigo(-dyer) goes to hell. The slayer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, and he who violates his guru's bed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.51
ऋक्षं दृष्ट्वा विशुध्यन्ते तत्संयोगी च पञ्चमः । ततो धेनुशतं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणानान्तु भोजनम्
ṛkṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśudhyante tatsaṃyogī ca pañcamaḥ / tato dhenuśataṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇānāntu bhojanam
they are purified by seeing the (constellation of the) Bear, and the fifth is one who associates with them. Thereupon one should give a hundred cows and a feeding of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.52
ब्रह्महा द्वादशाब्दानि कुटीं कृत्वा वने वसेत् । न्यस्येदात्मानमग्नौ वा सुसमिद्धे सुरापकः
brahmahā dvādaśābdāni kuṭīṃ kṛtvā vane vaset / nyasyedātmānamagnau vā susamiddhe surāpakaḥ
The slayer of a brahmin should build a hut and dwell in the forest for twelve years; the drinker of liquor should cast himself into a well-kindled fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.53
स्तेयी सर्वं वेदविदे ब्राह्मणायोपपादयेत् । वृषमेकं सहस्रं गां दद्याच्च गुरुतल्पगः
steyī sarvaṃ vedavide brāhmaṇāyopapādayet / vṛṣamekaṃ sahasraṃ gāṃ dadyācca gurutalpagaḥ
A thief should hand over everything to a brahmin who knows the Veda; and one who has violated his guru's bed should give a single bull and a thousand cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.54
कृतपापश्चरेद्रोधे द्वौ पादौ बन्धयन्पशोः । सर्वकृच्छ्रं निपानेस्यात्कान्तारे गृहदाहतः
kṛtapāpaścaredrodhe dvau pādau bandhayanpaśoḥ / sarvakṛcchraṃ nipānesyātkāntāre gṛhadāhataḥ
One who has committed a sin should observe confinement, tying up two feet of the animal; the full kṛcchra applies in the case of a watering-trough, (and) in the wilderness for one who has burned a house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.55
कण्ठाभरणदोषेण कृच्छ्रपादं मृते गवि । अस्थिभङ्गं गवां कृत्वा शृङ्गभङ्गमथापि वा
kaṇṭhābharaṇadoṣeṇa kṛcchrapādaṃ mṛte gavi / asthibhaṅgaṃ gavāṃ kṛtvā śṛṅgabhaṅgamathāpi vā
If a cow dies through the fault of a neck-tether, a quarter of a kṛcchra; and having caused the breaking of cows' bones, or else the breaking of a horn—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.56
त्वग्भेदं पुच्छनाशे वा मासार्धं यावकं पिबेत् । सर्वं हस्त्यश्वशस्त्राद्यैर्निश्चयं कृच्छ्रमेव तु
tvagbhedaṃ pucchanāśe vā māsārdhaṃ yāvakaṃ pibet / sarvaṃ hastyaśvaśastrādyairniścayaṃ kṛcchrameva tu
—the splitting of the hide, or the loss of the tail, he should drink barley-gruel for half a month; for all (such injuries) caused by elephants, horses, weapons and the like, the settled rule is just a kṛcchra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.57
अज्ञानात्प्राश्य विण्मूत्रं सुरासंस्पृष्टमेव च । पुनः संस्कारमायान्ति त्रयो वर्णा द्विजातयः
ajñānātprāśya viṇmūtraṃ surāsaṃspṛṣṭameva ca / punaḥ saṃskāramāyānti trayo varṇā dvijātayaḥ
Having unknowingly consumed excrement or urine, or what has been touched by liquor, the three twice-born classes undergo the sacraments again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.58
वपनं मेख्ला दण्डो भैक्ष्यचर्याव्रतानि च । निवर्तन्ते द्विजातीनां पुनः संस्कारकर्मणि
vapanaṃ mekhlā daṇḍo bhaikṣyacaryāvratāni ca / nivartante dvijātīnāṃ punaḥ saṃskārakarmaṇi
Shaving, the girdle, the staff, and the observances of going for alms are dispensed with for the twice-born in the rite of re-consecration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.59
आममांसं घृतं क्षौद्रं स्नेहश्च कालसम्भवाः । अन्त्यभाण्डस्थिताः सर्वे निष्क्रान्ताः शुचयः स्मृताः
āmamāṃsaṃ ghṛtaṃ kṣaudraṃ snehaśca kālasambhavāḥ / antyabhāṇḍasthitāḥ sarve niṣkrāntāḥ śucayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Raw meat, ghee, honey, and oil, which arise in course of time—all of these, when they have been standing in a vessel of the lowest (caste) and have been taken out, are held to be pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.60
तैलादिघृतमाध्वीकं पण्यद्रव्यं द्रवस्तथा । एकभक्तं क्रमान्नक्तं एकैकाहमयाचितम् । उपवासः पादकृच्छ्रं कृच्छार्धद्विगुणं हि यत्
tailādighṛtamādhvīkaṃ paṇyadravyaṃ dravastathā / ekabhaktaṃ kramānnaktaṃ ekaikāhamayācitam / upavāsaḥ pādakṛcchraṃ kṛcchārdhadviguṇaṃ hi yat
Oil and the like, ghee, mead, an article of trade, and liquid likewise; one meal (a day), then in order a night meal, food unasked for on each single day, and a fast—that is the quarter-kṛcchra, and what is half and double the kṛcchra—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 1 222.61
प्राजापत्यन्तु तत्स्याच्च सर्वपातकनाशनम् । कृच्छ्रं सप्तोपवासैश्च महासान्तपनं स्मृतम्
prājāpatyantu tatsyācca sarvapātakanāśanam / kṛcchraṃ saptopavāsaiśca mahāsāntapanaṃ smṛtam
—that would be the Prājāpatya, which destroys all sins; and the kṛcchra with seven fasts is known as the Mahāsāntapana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.62
त्र्यहमुष्णं पिबेच्छापः त्र्यहमुष्णं पयः पिबेत् । त्र्यमुष्णं पिबेत्सर्पिस्तप्तकृच्छ्रमघापहम्
tryahamuṣṇaṃ pibecchāpaḥ tryahamuṣṇaṃ payaḥ pibet / tryamuṣṇaṃ pibetsarpistaptakṛcchramaghāpaham
For three days he should drink hot water, for three days he should drink hot milk, for three days he should drink hot ghee: this is the taptakṛcchra, which takes away sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.63
द्वादशाहोपवासेन पराकः सर्वपापहा । एकैकं वर्धयेत्पिण्डं शुक्ले कृष्णे च ह्रासयेत्
dvādaśāhopavāsena parākaḥ sarvapāpahā / ekaikaṃ vardhayetpiṇḍaṃ śukle kṛṣṇe ca hrāsayet
By a fast of twelve days, the parāka destroys all sins. In the bright fortnight one should increase the rice-ball by one each day, and in the dark fortnight decrease it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.64
पयः काञ्चनवर्णायाः श्वेतवर्णं च गोमयम् । गोमूत्रं ताम्रवर्णाया नीलवर्णभवं घृतम्
payaḥ kāñcanavarṇāyāḥ śvetavarṇaṃ ca gomayam / gomūtraṃ tāmravarṇāyā nīlavarṇabhavaṃ ghṛtam
The milk of a golden-coloured cow, and the dung of a white-coloured one; the urine of a copper-coloured one, and the ghee got from a dark-blue one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.65
दधि स्यात्कृष्णवर्णाया दर्भोदकसमायुतम् । गोमूत्रमाषकाण्यष्टौ गोमयस्य चतुष्टयम्
dadhi syātkṛṣṇavarṇāyā darbhodakasamāyutam / gomūtramāṣakāṇyaṣṭau gomayasya catuṣṭayam
the curd should be from a black-coloured one, mixed with darbha-water. Eight māṣakas of cow's urine, four of cow-dung,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 1 222.66
क्षीरस्य द्वादश प्रोक्ता दध्नस्तु दश उच्यते । घृतस्य माषकाः पञ्च पञ्चगव्यं मलापहम्
kṣīrasya dvādaśa proktā dadhnastu daśa ucyate / ghṛtasya māṣakāḥ pañca pañcagavyaṃ malāpaham
twelve are prescribed of milk, and ten are said of curd; five māṣakas of ghee—(such is) the pañcagavya, which removes impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition