Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 96

GaP 1 96.1

श्रागरुडमहापुराणम्- ९६ याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच । वक्ष्ये सङ्करजात्यादिगृहस्थादि विधिं परम् । विप्रान्मूर्धावषिक्तो हि क्षात्त्रियायां विशः स्त्रियाम्

śrāgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 96 yājñavalkya uvāca / vakṣye saṅkarajātyādigṛhasthādi vidhiṃ param / viprānmūrdhāvaṣikto hi kṣāttriyāyāṃ viśaḥ striyām

The Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 96. Yājñavalkya said: I shall declare the highest rule concerning mixed castes and so forth, and the householder and the rest. From a brahmin, in a kṣatriya woman, (is born) the mūrdhāvasikta; in a vaiśya woman,

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GaP 1 96.2

जातो ऽम्बष्ठस्तु शूद्रायां निषादः पर्वतो ऽपि वा । माहिष्यः क्षत्त्रियाज्जातो वैश्यायां म्लेच्छसंज्ञितः

jāto 'mbaṣṭhastu śūdrāyāṃ niṣādaḥ parvato 'pi vā / māhiṣyaḥ kṣattriyājjāto vaiśyāyāṃ mlecchasaṃjñitaḥ

the ambaṣṭha is born; and in a śūdra woman, the niṣāda, or also (called) pārśava. From a kṣatriya, in a vaiśya woman, is born the māhiṣya, called mleccha.

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GaP 1 96.3

शूद्रायां करणो वैश्याद्विन्नास्वेष विधिः स्मृतः । ब्राह्मण्यां क्षत्त्रियात्सूतो वैश्याद्वैदेहकस्तथा

śūdrāyāṃ karaṇo vaiśyādvinnāsveṣa vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ / brāhmaṇyāṃ kṣattriyātsūto vaiśyādvaidehakastathā

From a vaiśya, in a śūdra woman, the karaṇa. This rule is declared with respect to (women) duly married. From a kṣatriya, in a brahmin woman, the sūta; and from a vaiśya, the vaidehaka;

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GaP 1 96.4

शूद्राज्जातस्तु चाण्डालः सर्ववर्णविगर्हितः । क्षत्त्रिया मागधं वैश्याच्छूद्रा क्षत्तारमेव च

śūdrājjātastu cāṇḍālaḥ sarvavarṇavigarhitaḥ / kṣattriyā māgadhaṃ vaiśyācchūdrā kṣattārameva ca

and born from a śūdra, the caṇḍāla, despised by all the classes. A kṣatriya woman (bears) the māgadha from a vaiśya, and a śūdra woman (bears) the kṣattṛ (from a kṣatriya).

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GaP 1 96.5

शूद्रादयोगवं वैश्या जनयामास वै सुतम् । माहिष्येण करण्यां तु रथकारः प्रजायते

śūdrādayogavaṃ vaiśyā janayāmāsa vai sutam / māhiṣyeṇa karaṇyāṃ tu rathakāraḥ prajāyate

A vaiśya woman begot a son, the ayogava, from a śūdra. From a māhiṣya in a karaṇī woman the rathakāra is born.

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GaP 1 96.6

असत्सन्तस्तु वै ज्ञेयाः प्रतिलोमानुलोमजाः । जात्युत्कर्षाद्द्विजो ज्ञेयः सप्तमे पञ्चमे ऽपि वा

asatsantastu vai jñeyāḥ pratilomānulomajāḥ / jātyutkarṣāddvijo jñeyaḥ saptame pañcame 'pi vā

Those born against the grain (pratiloma) are to be known as bad, those born with the grain (anuloma) as good. By elevation of caste one becomes a twice-born in the seventh generation, or even in the fifth.

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GaP 1 96.7

व्यत्यये कर्मणां साम्यं पूर्ववच्चोत्तरावरम् । कर्म स्मार्तं विवाहाग्नौ कुर्वीत प्रत्यहं गृही

vyatyaye karmaṇāṃ sāmyaṃ pūrvavaccottarāvaram / karma smārtaṃ vivāhāgnau kurvīta pratyahaṃ gṛhī

In the reverse case there is equality of duties; as before, the later is inferior. The householder should perform the smārta rite daily in the marriage fire.

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GaP 1 96.8

दायकालादृते वापि श्रौतं वैतानिकाग्निषु । शरीरचिन्तां निर्वर्त्य कृतशौचविधिर्द्विजः

dāyakālādṛte vāpi śrautaṃ vaitānikāgniṣu / śarīracintāṃ nirvartya kṛtaśaucavidhirdvijaḥ

Or else, apart from the time of division (of inheritance), the śrauta (rite) is to be done in the vaitānika fires. Having attended to the needs of the body and performed the rule of purification, the twice-born

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GaP 1 96.9

प्रातः सन्ध्यामुपासीत दन्तधावनपूर्वकम् । हुत्वाग्नौ सर्यदेवत्याञ्जपेन्मन्त्रान्समाहितः

prātaḥ sandhyāmupāsīta dantadhāvanapūrvakam / hutvāgnau saryadevatyāñjapenmantrānsamāhitaḥ

should worship the morning twilight, preceded by cleaning of the teeth; having offered oblation in the fire to all the deities, he should recite the mantras with concentration.

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GaP 1 96.10

वेदार्थानधिगच्छेच्च शास्त्राणि विविधानि च । योगक्षोमादिसिद्ध्यर्थमुपेयादीश्वरं गृही

vedārthānadhigacchecca śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca / yogakṣomādisiddhyarthamupeyādīśvaraṃ gṛhī

And he should study the meanings of the Vedas and the various śāstras; for the accomplishment of acquisition and preservation and the rest, the householder should approach the Lord.

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GaP 1 96.11

स्नात्वा देवान्पितॄंश्चैव तर्पयेदर्चयेत्तथा । वेदानथ पुराणानि सेतिहासानि शक्तितः

snātvā devānpitṝṃścaiva tarpayedarcayettathā / vedānatha purāṇāni setihāsāni śaktitaḥ

Having bathed, he should offer libations to the gods and the forefathers and worship them, and (recite) the Vedas, the Purāṇas together with the Itihāsas, according to his ability.

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GaP 1 96.12

जपयज्ञानुसिद्ध्यर्थं विद्यां चाध्यात्मिकीं जपेत् । बलिकर्मस्वधाहोमस्वाध्यायातिथिसक्रियाः

japayajñānusiddhyarthaṃ vidyāṃ cādhyātmikīṃ japet / balikarmasvadhāhomasvādhyāyātithisakriyāḥ

For the accomplishment of the sacrifice of recitation he should recite also the knowledge concerning the self. The rite of offering, the svadhā, the homa, private recitation, and the honouring of guests —

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GaP 1 96.13

भूतपित्रमरब्रह्ममनुष्याणां महामखाः । देवेभ्यस्तु हुतं चाग्नौ क्षिपेद्भूतबलिं हरेत्

bhūtapitramarabrahmamanuṣyāṇāṃ mahāmakhāḥ / devebhyastu hutaṃ cāgnau kṣipedbhūtabaliṃ haret

(these are) the great sacrifices to the beings, the forefathers, the gods, Brahman and men. What is offered to the gods he should cast into the fire, and he should carry out the offering to the beings.

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GaP 1 96.14

अन्नं भूमौश्वचाण्डालवायसेभ्यश्च निः क्षिपेत् । अन्नं पितृमनुष्येभ्यो देयमप्यन्वहं जलम्

annaṃ bhūmauśvacāṇḍālavāyasebhyaśca niḥ kṣipet / annaṃ pitṛmanuṣyebhyo deyamapyanvahaṃ jalam

He should throw food down on the ground for dogs, caṇḍālas and crows; food is to be given to the ancestors and to men, and water too, day by day.

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GaP 1 96.15

स्वाध्यायमन्वहं कुर्यान्न पचेच्चान्नमात्मने । बालस्ववासिनीवृद्धगर्भिण्यातुरकन्यकाः

svādhyāyamanvahaṃ kuryānna paceccānnamātmane / bālasvavāsinīvṛddhagarbhiṇyāturakanyakāḥ

He should do his daily recitation, and he should not cook food for himself (alone); children, women of the house, the aged, pregnant women, the sick, and unmarried girls —

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GaP 1 96.16

संभोज्यातिथिभृत्यांश्च दम्पत्योः शेषभोजनम् । प्राणाग्निहोत्रविधिनाश्रीयादन्नमकुत्सयन्

saṃbhojyātithibhṛtyāṃśca dampatyoḥ śeṣabhojanam / prāṇāgnihotravidhināśrīyādannamakutsayan

— and guests and dependants having been fed together, what is left is the meal of the husband and wife; by the rule of the prāṇa-agnihotra he should eat the food without disparaging it.

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GaP 1 96.17

मितं विपाकं च हितं भक्ष्यं बालादिपूर्वकम् । आपोशानेनोपरिष्टादधस्ताच्चैव भुज्यते

mitaṃ vipākaṃ ca hitaṃ bhakṣyaṃ bālādipūrvakam / āpośānenopariṣṭādadhastāccaiva bhujyate

Food should be measured, easily digested, wholesome, and fit to eat, (given) to children and the rest first; it is eaten with a sipping of water above (before) and below (after).

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GaP 1 96.18

अनग्नममृतं चैव कार्यमन्नं द्विजन्मना । अतिथिभ्यस्तु वर्णेभ्यो देयं शक्त्यानुपूर्वशः

anagnamamṛtaṃ caiva kāryamannaṃ dvijanmanā / atithibhyastu varṇebhyo deyaṃ śaktyānupūrvaśaḥ

Food is to be made 'not naked' and nectar-like by the twice-born; and it should be given to guests of the (several) classes according to one's means, in due order.

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GaP 1 96.19

अप्रणोद्यो ऽतिथिः सायमपि नात्र विचारणा । सत्कृत्य भिक्षवे भिक्षा दातव्या सुव्रताय च

apraṇodyo 'tithiḥ sāyamapi nātra vicāraṇā / satkṛtya bhikṣave bhikṣā dātavyā suvratāya ca

A guest is not to be turned away, even in the evening; there is no debate about this. Having honoured him, alms should be given to a mendicant and to one of good vows.

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GaP 1 96.20

आगतान् भोजयेत्सर्वान्महोक्षं श्रोत्रियाय च । प्रतिसंवत्सरं त्वर्च्याः स्नातकाचार्यपार्थिवाः

āgatān bhojayetsarvānmahokṣaṃ śrotriyāya ca / pratisaṃvatsaraṃ tvarcyāḥ snātakācāryapārthivāḥ

He should feed all who come, and (offer) a great bull to a śrotriya; but year by year the snātakas, teachers and princes are to be honoured.

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GaP 1 96.21

प्रियो विवाह्यश्च तथा यज्ञं प्रत्यृर्त्विजः पुनः । अध्वनीनो ऽतिथिः प्रोक्तः श्रोत्रियो वेदपारगः

priyo vivāhyaśca tathā yajñaṃ pratyṛrtvijaḥ punaḥ / adhvanīno 'tithiḥ proktaḥ śrotriyo vedapāragaḥ

Likewise one dear (to him) and one connected by marriage, and again the officiating priests at each sacrifice; the traveller is declared to be the 'guest', and the śrotriya is one who has mastered the Veda.

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GaP 1 96.22

मान्यावेतौ गृहस्थस्य ब्रह्मलोकमभीप्सतः । परपाकरुचिर्न स्यादनिन्द्यामन्त्रणादृते

mānyāvetau gṛhasthasya brahmalokamabhīpsataḥ / parapākarucirna syādanindyāmantraṇādṛte

These two are to be honoured by the householder who longs for the world of Brahmā. One should have no taste for another's cooked food, except at a blameless invitation.

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GaP 1 96.23

वाक्पाणिपादचापल्यं वर्जयच्चातिभोजनम् । श्रोत्रियं वातिथिं तृप्तमासीमान्तादनुव्रजेत्

vākpāṇipādacāpalyaṃ varjayaccātibhojanam / śrotriyaṃ vātithiṃ tṛptamāsīmāntādanuvrajet

He should avoid restlessness of speech, hands and feet, and overeating; a śrotriya or a guest, when satisfied, he should accompany as far as the boundary.

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GaP 1 96.24

अहः शेषं सहासीत शिष्टैरिष्टैश्च बन्धुभिः । उपास्य पश्चिमां सन्ध्यां हुत्वाग्नौ भोजनं ततः

ahaḥ śeṣaṃ sahāsīta śiṣṭairiṣṭaiśca bandhubhiḥ / upāsya paścimāṃ sandhyāṃ hutvāgnau bhojanaṃ tataḥ

He should sit through the rest of the day with learned and dear kinsmen; having attended upon the evening twilight and made the offering in the fire, then the meal.

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GaP 1 96.25

कुर्याद्भत्यैः समायुक्तैश्चिन्तयेदात्मनो हितम् । ब्राह्मे मुहूर्ते चोत्थाय मान्यो विप्रो धनादिभिः

kuryādbhatyaiḥ samāyuktaiścintayedātmano hitam / brāhme muhūrte cotthāya mānyo vipro dhanādibhiḥ

He should take it together with his attendants; he should consider his own good. And rising in the brāhma hour... a brahmin is to be honoured with wealth and the like.

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GaP 1 96.26

वृद्धार्तानां समादेयः पन्था वै भारवाहिनाम् । इज्याध्ययनदानानि वैश्यस्य क्षत्त्रियस्य च

vṛddhārtānāṃ samādeyaḥ panthā vai bhāravāhinām / ijyādhyayanadānāni vaiśyasya kṣattriyasya ca

The road is to be yielded to the aged, the afflicted, and to those carrying burdens. Sacrificing, study and giving belong to the vaiśya and to the kṣatriya (as well).

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GaP 1 96.27

प्रतिग्रहो ऽधिको विप्रे याजनाध्यापने तथा । प्रधानं क्षत्त्रिये कर्म प्रजानां परिपालनम्

pratigraho 'dhiko vipre yājanādhyāpane tathā / pradhānaṃ kṣattriye karma prajānāṃ paripālanam

For the brahmin there is in addition the accepting of gifts, and likewise officiating at sacrifices and teaching; for the kṣatriya the chief work is the protection of the people.

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GaP 1 96.28

कुसीदकृषिवाणिज्यं पाशुपाल्यं विशः स्मृतम् । शूद्रस्य द्विजशुश्रूषा द्विजो यज्ञान्न हापयेत्

kusīdakṛṣivāṇijyaṃ pāśupālyaṃ viśaḥ smṛtam / śūdrasya dvijaśuśrūṣā dvijo yajñānna hāpayet

Lending at interest, agriculture, trade and the keeping of cattle are taught for the vaiśya; for the śūdra, service of the twice-born. A twice-born should not let the sacrifices lapse.

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GaP 1 96.29

अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं शौचमिन्द्रियसंयमः । दमः क्षमार्जवं दानं सर्वेषां धर्मसाधनम्

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ śaucamindriyasaṃyamaḥ / damaḥ kṣamārjavaṃ dānaṃ sarveṣāṃ dharmasādhanam

Non-injury, truth, not stealing, purity, restraint of the senses, self-control, patience, uprightness, giving — this is the means of dharma for all.

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GaP 1 96.30

आचरेत्सदृशीं वृत्तिमजिह्मामशठान्तथा । त्रैवार्षिका धिकान्नो यः स सोमं पातुमर्हति

ācaretsadṛśīṃ vṛttimajihmāmaśaṭhāntathā / traivārṣikā dhikānno yaḥ sa somaṃ pātumarhati

He should follow a livelihood that befits him, one not crooked and not deceitful; he who has more than three years' food is fit to drink soma.

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GaP 1 96.31

स्यादन्नं वार्षिकं यस्य कुर्यात्प्रकसौमिकीं क्रियाम् । प्रतिसंवत्सरं सोमः पशुः प्रत्ययनं तथा

syādannaṃ vārṣikaṃ yasya kuryātprakasaumikīṃ kriyām / pratisaṃvatsaraṃ somaḥ paśuḥ pratyayanaṃ tathā

He whose food is (enough) for a year should perform the rite pertaining to soma-pressing; year by year, soma, the animal offering, and likewise the pratyayana.

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GaP 1 96.32

कर्तव्याऽग्रहणेष्टिश्च चातुर्मास्यानि यत्नतः । एषामसम्भवे कुर्यादिष्टिं वैश्वानरीं द्विजः

kartavyā'grahaṇeṣṭiśca cāturmāsyāni yatnataḥ / eṣāmasambhave kuryādiṣṭiṃ vaiśvānarīṃ dvijaḥ

The āgrayaṇa offering and the four-monthly rites are to be performed with care; if these are not possible, the twice-born should perform the Vaiśvānara offering.

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GaP 1 96.33

हीनकल्पं न कुर्वीत सति द्रव्ये फलप्रदम् । चण्डालो जायते यज्ञकरणाच्छूद्रभिक्षितात

hīnakalpaṃ na kurvīta sati dravye phalapradam / caṇḍālo jāyate yajñakaraṇācchūdrabhikṣitāta

When the means are at hand one should not perform a deficient form (of the rite) instead of one that yields fruit; one is born a caṇḍāla for performing a sacrifice with what has been begged from a śūdra.

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GaP 1 96.34

यज्ञार्थलब्धं नादद्याद्भासः काको ऽपि वा भवेत् । कुसूतकुम्भीधान्यो वा त्र्याहिकः श्वस्तनो ऽपि वा

yajñārthalabdhaṃ nādadyādbhāsaḥ kāko 'pi vā bhavet / kusūtakumbhīdhānyo vā tryāhikaḥ śvastano 'pi vā

He should not accept what has been obtained by (offering himself for) sacrifice, (else) he may become a vulture or a crow; (better to be) one who keeps grain in a granary or in a jar, or one who has a three days' store, or even one who has no store for the morrow.

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GaP 1 96.35

जीवेद्वापि शिलोञ्छेन श्रेयानेषां परः परः । न स्वाध्यायविरोध्यर्थमीहेत न यतस्ततः

jīvedvāpi śiloñchena śreyāneṣāṃ paraḥ paraḥ / na svādhyāyavirodhyarthamīheta na yatastataḥ

Or he may live by gleaning ears (of grain); of these (modes of living) each succeeding one is better. He should not strive after wealth in a way that conflicts with (his) Vedic recitation, nor (get it) from just anywhere.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.36

राजान्तेवासियाज्येभ्यः सीदन्निच्छेद्धनं क्षुधा । दम्भहैतुकपाषण्डिबकवृत्तींश्च वर्जयेत्

rājāntevāsiyājyebhyaḥ sīdanniccheddhanaṃ kṣudhā / dambhahaitukapāṣaṇḍibakavṛttīṃśca varjayet

Sinking (into want), he may seek wealth out of hunger from a king, a resident pupil, or those for whom he sacrifices; and he should avoid the livelihoods of hypocrisy, of sophistry, of heretics, and of the crane (i.e. sham piety).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.37

शुक्लाम्बरधरो नीचकेशश्मश्रुनखः शुचिः । न भार्यादर्शने ऽश्रीयान्नैकवासा न संस्थितः

śuklāmbaradharo nīcakeśaśmaśrunakhaḥ śuciḥ / na bhāryādarśane 'śrīyānnaikavāsā na saṃsthitaḥ

Wearing white garments, with hair, beard and nails cut short, pure — he should not eat in the sight of his wife, nor with a single garment, nor standing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.38

अप्रियं न वदेज्जातु ब्रह्मसूत्री विनीतवान् । देवप्रदक्षिणाङ्कुर्याद्यष्टिमान्सकमण्डलुः

apriyaṃ na vadejjātu brahmasūtrī vinītavān / devapradakṣiṇāṅkuryādyaṣṭimānsakamaṇḍaluḥ

He should never speak what is unpleasant; wearing the sacred thread, well-disciplined, he should make circumambulation of the gods, carrying a staff and a water-pot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.39

न तु मेहेन्नदीच्छायाभस्मगोष्टाम्बुवर्त्मसु । न प्रत्यग्न्यर्कगोसोमसन्ध्याम्बुस्त्रीद्विजन्मनाम्

na tu mehennadīcchāyābhasmagoṣṭāmbuvartmasu / na pratyagnyarkagosomasandhyāmbustrīdvijanmanām

But he should not urinate in a river, in shade, on ashes, in a cow-pen, in water, or on paths; nor facing fire, the sun, a cow, the moon, the twilight, water, women, or the twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.40

नेक्षेताग्न्यर्कनग्नां स्त्रीं न च संसृष्टमैथुनाम् । न च मूत्रं पुरीषं वा स्वपेत्प्रत्यकूशिरा न च

nekṣetāgnyarkanagnāṃ strīṃ na ca saṃsṛṣṭamaithunām / na ca mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā svapetpratyakūśirā na ca

He should not look at fire, at the sun, at a naked woman, nor at one joined in intercourse, nor at urine or excrement; and he should not sleep with his head toward the west.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.41

ष्टीवनासृक्शकृन्मूत्रविषाण्यप्सु न संक्षिपेत् । पादौ प्रतापयेन्नाग्नौ न चैनमभिलङ्घयेत्

ṣṭīvanāsṛkśakṛnmūtraviṣāṇyapsu na saṃkṣipet / pādau pratāpayennāgnau na cainamabhilaṅghayet

He should not cast spittle, blood, excrement, urine, or poisons into water; he should not warm his feet at the fire, nor step across it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.42

पिबेन्नाञ्जलिना तोयं न शयानं प्रबोधयेत् । नाक्षैः क्रीजेच्च कितवैर्व्याधितैश्च न संविशेत्

pibennāñjalinā toyaṃ na śayānaṃ prabodhayet / nākṣaiḥ krījecca kitavairvyādhitaiśca na saṃviśet

He should not drink water from the hollow of his joined hands; he should not wake one who is asleep; he should not play at dice with gamblers, nor lie down with the diseased.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.43

विरुद्धं वर्जयेत्कम प्रेतधूमं नदीतरम् । केशभस्मतुषाङ्गारकपालेषु च संस्थितिम्

viruddhaṃ varjayetkama pretadhūmaṃ nadītaram / keśabhasmatuṣāṅgārakapāleṣu ca saṃsthitim

He should avoid incompatible food, the smoke of a corpse, and the crossing of a river; and (avoid) staying upon hair, ashes, husks, coals, or potsherds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.44

नाचक्षीत धयन्तीं गां नाद्वारेणाविशेत्क्रचित् । न राज्ञः प्रतिगृह्णायाल्लुब्धस्योच्छास्त्रवर्तिनः

nācakṣīta dhayantīṃ gāṃ nādvāreṇāviśetkracit / na rājñaḥ pratigṛhṇāyāllubdhasyocchāstravartinaḥ

He should not point out a cow that is suckling (her calf); he should never enter (a house) except by the door; he should not accept a gift from a greedy king who acts contrary to the scriptures.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.45

अध्यायानामुपाकर्म श्रावण्यां श्रवणेन वा । हस्तेनौषधिभावे वा पञ्चम्यां श्रावणस्य च

adhyāyānāmupākarma śrāvaṇyāṃ śravaṇena vā / hastenauṣadhibhāve vā pañcamyāṃ śrāvaṇasya ca

The commencement (upākarma) of the lessons (is to be made) on the Śrāvaṇa full moon under (the asterism) Śravaṇa, or under Hasta when the plants are (in growth), or on the fifth day of Śrāvaṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.46

पौषमासस्य रोहिण्यामष्टकायामथापि वा । जलान्ते छन्दसां कुर्यादुत्सर्गं विधिवद्वहिः

pauṣamāsasya rohiṇyāmaṣṭakāyāmathāpi vā / jalānte chandasāṃ kuryādutsargaṃ vidhivadvahiḥ

In the month of Pauṣa under Rohiṇī, or else on the aṣṭakā day, he should make the concluding rite (utsarga) of the Vedic texts according to rule, outside (the village), at the water's edge.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.47

अनध्यायस्त्र्यहं प्रेते शिष्यर्त्विग्गुरुबन्धुषु । उपाकर्मणि चोत्सर्गे स्वशाखश्रोत्रिये मृते

anadhyāyastryahaṃ prete śiṣyartviggurubandhuṣu / upākarmaṇi cotsarge svaśākhaśrotriye mṛte

There is no recitation for three days when a pupil, an officiating priest, a teacher, or a kinsman has died; also at the upākarma and at the utsarga, and when a Vedic scholar of one's own branch has died.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.48

सन्ध्यागर्जितनिर्घातभूकम्पोल्कानिपातने । समाप्य वेदं द्युनिशमारण्यकमधीत्य च

sandhyāgarjitanirghātabhūkampolkānipātane / samāpya vedaṃ dyuniśamāraṇyakamadhītya ca

(Nor) at twilight, thunder, a thunder-crash, an earthquake, or the falling of a meteor; (nor for a day and night) after finishing the Veda, and after reciting the Āraṇyaka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.49

पञ्चदश्यां चतुर्दश्यामष्टम्यां राहुसूतके । ऋतुसन्धिषु भुक्त्वा वा श्राद्धिकं प्रतिगृह्य च

pañcadaśyāṃ caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ rāhusūtake / ṛtusandhiṣu bhuktvā vā śrāddhikaṃ pratigṛhya ca

On the fifteenth, the fourteenth, the eighth (of the fortnight), at an eclipse by Rāhu; at the junctions of the seasons; or after having eaten, or after accepting food belonging to a śrāddha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.50

पशुमण्डूकनकुलश्वाहिमार्जारसूकरैः । कृते ऽन्तरे त्वहोरात्रं शक्रपाते तथोच्छ्रये

paśumaṇḍūkanakulaśvāhimārjārasūkaraiḥ / kṛte 'ntare tvahorātraṃ śakrapāte tathocchraye

When an interruption is made (by the passing) of cattle, a frog, a mongoose, a dog, a snake, a cat, or a pig — then for a day and a night; likewise at the raising and the lowering of Indra's (banner).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.51

श्वक्रोष्टुगर्दभोलूकसामबाणार्तनिः स्वने । अमेध्यशवशूद्रान्त्यश्मशानपतितान्तिके

śvakroṣṭugardabholūkasāmabāṇārtaniḥ svane / amedhyaśavaśūdrāntyaśmaśānapatitāntike

At the howling of a dog, a jackal, an ass, or an owl, and at the sound of sāman-chanting and of arrows and of wailing; in the vicinity of anything unclean, of a corpse, of a śūdra, of an outcaste, of a cremation ground, or of a fallen man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.52

देशे ऽशुचावात्मनि च विद्युत्स्तनितसंप्लवे । भुक्त्वार्द्रपाणिरम्भो ऽन्तरर्धरात्रे ऽतिमारुते

deśe 'śucāvātmani ca vidyutstanitasaṃplave / bhuktvārdrapāṇirambho 'ntarardharātre 'timārute

In an impure place, and when one is oneself impure; during lightning, thunder, or flood; after eating, with the hand still wet; in the midst of water; at midnight; in a great wind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.53

दिग्दाहे पांसुवर्षेषु सन्ध्यानी हारभीतिषु । धावतः पूतिगन्धे च शिष्टे च गृहमागते

digdāhe pāṃsuvarṣeṣu sandhyānī hārabhītiṣu / dhāvataḥ pūtigandhe ca śiṣṭe ca gṛhamāgate

When the horizon is aglow, in showers of dust, at twilight, in fog, in times of alarm; while running; in a foul smell; and when a learned man has come to the house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.54

खरोष्ट्रयानहस्त्यश्वनौवृक्षगिरिरोहणे । सप्तत्रिंशदनध्यायानेतांस्तात्कालिकान्विदुः

kharoṣṭrayānahastyaśvanauvṛkṣagirirohaṇe / saptatriṃśadanadhyāyānetāṃstātkālikānviduḥ

In riding a donkey, a camel, a vehicle, an elephant, a horse, a boat, a tree, or a mountain — these thirty-seven they know as the occasion-bound (times of) non-recitation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.55

वेददिष्टं तथाचार्यं राजच्छायां परस्त्रियम् । नाक्रामेद्रक्तविण्मूत्रष्ठीवनोद्वर्तनानि च

vedadiṣṭaṃ tathācāryaṃ rājacchāyāṃ parastriyam / nākrāmedraktaviṇmūtraṣṭhīvanodvartanāni ca

One should not tread upon what is enjoined by the Veda, nor upon a teacher, the shadow of a king, another man's wife, nor upon blood, excrement, urine, spittle, or rubbed-off ointments.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.56

विप्राहिक्षत्त्रियात्मानो नावज्ञेयाः कदाचन । दूरादुच्छिष्टविण्मूत्रपादाम्भांसि समुत्सृजेत्

viprāhikṣattriyātmāno nāvajñeyāḥ kadācana / dūrāducchiṣṭaviṇmūtrapādāmbhāṃsi samutsṛjet

A brahmin, a snake, a kshatriya, and one's own self are never to be treated with contempt. One should discard leftovers, excrement, urine, and foot-water far away (from the house).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.57

श्रुतिस्मृत्युक्तमाचारं कुर्यान्मर्मणि न स्पृशेत् । न निन्दाताडने कुर्यात्सुतं शिष्यं च ताडयेत्

śrutismṛtyuktamācāraṃ kuryānmarmaṇi na spṛśet / na nindātāḍane kuryātsutaṃ śiṣyaṃ ca tāḍayet

One should follow the conduct stated in śruti and smṛti; one should not touch (another's) vital parts; one should not engage in reviling or beating — yet one may beat one's son and one's pupil.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.58

आचरेत्सर्वदा धर्मं तद्विरुद्धं तु नाचरेत् । मातापित्रतिथीभ्याढ्यैर्विवादं नाचरेद्गृही

ācaretsarvadā dharmaṃ tadviruddhaṃ tu nācaret / mātāpitratithībhyāḍhyairvivādaṃ nācaredgṛhī

One should always practice dharma and never do what is contrary to it; a householder should not quarrel with his mother, his father, guests, or the wealthy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.59

पञ्च पिण्डाननुद्धृत्य न स्नायात्परवारिषु । स्नायान्नदीप्रस्त्रवणदेवखातह्रदेषु च

pañca piṇḍānanuddhṛtya na snāyātparavāriṣu / snāyānnadīprastravaṇadevakhātahradeṣu ca

Without first taking out five lumps (of earth), one should not bathe in water belonging to another; one should bathe in rivers, springs, god-made pools, and lakes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.60

वर्जयेत्परशय्यादि न चाश्रीयादनापदि । कदर्यबद्धचो (वै) राणां तथा चानम्निकस्य च

varjayetparaśayyādi na cāśrīyādanāpadi / kadaryabaddhaco (vai) rāṇāṃ tathā cānamnikasya ca

One should avoid another's bed and the like, and, except in an emergency, one should not eat the food of a miser, of a prisoner, of thieves, or of one who is disreputable.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.61

वैणाभिशस्तवार्धुष्यगणिकागणदीक्षिणाम् । चिकित्सकातुरक्रुद्धक्लीबरङ्गोपजीविनाम्

vaiṇābhiśastavārdhuṣyagaṇikāgaṇadīkṣiṇām / cikitsakāturakruddhaklībaraṅgopajīvinām

(Nor the food) of basket- or bamboo-workers, of the publicly accused, of usurers, of courtesans, of those who initiate whole groups, of physicians, of the sick, of the angry, of eunuchs, of those who live by the stage,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.62

क्रूरोग्रपतितव्रात्यदाम्भिकोच्छिष्टभोजिनाम् । शास्त्रविक्रयिणश्चैव स्त्रीजितग्रामयाजिनाम्

krūrograpatitavrātyadāmbhikocchiṣṭabhojinām / śāstravikrayiṇaścaiva strījitagrāmayājinām

of the cruel, the violent, the fallen, the vrātya, the hypocritical, the eaters of leftovers, and of sellers of the scriptures, of those ruled by their wives, and of those who sacrifice for a whole village,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.63

नृशंसराजरजककृतघ्नवधजीविनाम् । पिशुनानृतिनोश्चैव सोमविक्रयिणस्तथा

nṛśaṃsarājarajakakṛtaghnavadhajīvinām / piśunānṛtinoścaiva somavikrayiṇastathā

of the pitiless, of kings, of washermen, of the ungrateful, of those who live by killing, of informers and of liars, and likewise of the seller of soma,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.64

बन्दिनां स्वर्णकाराणामन्नमेषां कदाचन । न भोक्तव्यं वृथा मांसं केशकीटसमन्वितम्

bandināṃ svarṇakārāṇāmannameṣāṃ kadācana / na bhoktavyaṃ vṛthā māṃsaṃ keśakīṭasamanvitam

of bards and of goldsmiths — the food of these is never to be eaten; nor meat (killed) to no purpose, nor (food) mixed with hair or insects.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.65

भक्तं पर्युषितोच्छिष्टं श्वस्पृष्टं पतितो (ते) क्षितम् । उदक्यास्पृष्टसंघुष्टमपर्याप्तं च वर्जयेत्

bhaktaṃ paryuṣitocchiṣṭaṃ śvaspṛṣṭaṃ patito (te) kṣitam / udakyāspṛṣṭasaṃghuṣṭamaparyāptaṃ ca varjayet

One should avoid cooked food that has gone stale, that is left over, that a dog has touched, that an outcaste has looked at, that a menstruating woman has touched, that has been loudly (coveted?) over, and that is insufficient.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.66

घोघ्रातं शकुनोच्छिष्टं पादस्पृष्ट च कामतः । शूद्रेषु दासगोपालकुलमित्रार्धसीरिणः

ghoghrātaṃ śakunocchiṣṭaṃ pādaspṛṣṭa ca kāmataḥ / śūdreṣu dāsagopālakulamitrārdhasīriṇaḥ

(And) what a cow has smelt, what birds have left over, and what has been touched by a foot on purpose. Among śūdras, the slave, the cowherd, the family friend, and the half-share ploughman —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.67

भोज्यान्नो नापितश्चैव यश्चात्मानं निवेदयेत् । अन्नं पर्युषितं भोज्यं स्नेहाक्तं चिरसंभृ (स्थि) तम्

bhojyānno nāpitaścaiva yaścātmānaṃ nivedayet / annaṃ paryuṣitaṃ bhojyaṃ snehāktaṃ cirasaṃbhṛ (sthi) tam

their food may be eaten, and the barber's, and that of one who offers himself (as a servant). Stale food may be eaten if it is smeared with oil, (or) if it has been long stored.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.68

अस्नेहा अपि घोधूमयवगोरसविक्रियाः । औष्ट्रमैकशफं स्त्रीणां पयश्च परिवर्जयेत्

asnehā api ghodhūmayavagorasavikriyāḥ / auṣṭramaikaśaphaṃ strīṇāṃ payaśca parivarjayet

Even without oil, preparations of wheat, barley, and milk (may be eaten); but one should avoid camel's milk, the milk of single-hoofed animals, and women's milk.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.69

क्रव्यादपक्षिदात्यूहशुकमांसानि वर्जयेत् । सारसैकशफान्हंसान्बलाकबकटिट्टिभान्

kravyādapakṣidātyūhaśukamāṃsāni varjayet / sārasaikaśaphānhaṃsānbalākabakaṭiṭṭibhān

One should avoid the flesh of carnivorous birds, of the gallinule, and of the parrot; and cranes, single-hoofed animals, geese, herons, egrets, and plovers,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.70

वृथा कृसरसंयाव पायसापूपशष्कुलीः । कुररं जालपादं च खञ्जरीटमृगद्विजान्

vṛthā kṛsarasaṃyāva pāyasāpūpaśaṣkulīḥ / kuraraṃ jālapādaṃ ca khañjarīṭamṛgadvijān

and, (prepared) to no purpose, kṛsara, saṃyāva, milk-rice, cakes, and wafers; and the osprey, the web-footed (birds), the wagtail, and deer-birds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.71

चाषान्मत्स्यात्रक्तपादञ्चग्द्ध्वा वै कामतो नरः । बल्लूरं कामतो जग्द्ध्वा सोप वासस्त्र्यहं भवेत्

cāṣānmatsyātraktapādañcagddhvā vai kāmato naraḥ / ballūraṃ kāmato jagddhvā sopa vāsastryahaṃ bhavet

A man who deliberately eats jays, fish, and red-footed (birds) — and one who deliberately eats dried meat — should keep a fast for three days.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 96.72

पलाण्डुलशुनादीनि जग्द्ध्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत् । श्राद्धे देवान्पितॄन्प्रार्च्य खादन्मांसं न दोषभाक्

palāṇḍulaśunādīni jagddhvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret / śrāddhe devānpitṝnprārcya khādanmāṃsaṃ na doṣabhāk

Having eaten onions, garlic and the like, he should perform the cāndrāyaṇa (observance). But at a śrāddha, having first worshipped the gods and the ancestors, one who eats meat incurs no fault.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 96.73

वसेत्स नरके घोर दिनानि पशुरोमतः । संमितानि दुराचारो यो हन्त्यविधिना पशून् । मांसं सन्त्यज्य संप्रार्थ्य कामान्याति ततो हरिम्

vasetsa narake ghora dināni paśuromataḥ / saṃmitāni durācāro yo hantyavidhinā paśūn / māṃsaṃ santyajya saṃprārthya kāmānyāti tato harim

He dwells in dreadful hell for as many days as there are hairs on the animal — that man of evil conduct who kills animals not according to the rule. But having renounced meat and made his prayer, he attains his desires and thereafter goes to Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition