Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 14
KuP 2 14.1
व्यास उवाच एवं दण्डादिभिर्युक्तः शौचाचारसमन्वितः । आहूतो ऽध्ययनं कुर्याद् वीक्षमाणो गुरोर्मुखम्
vyāsa uvāca evaṃ daṇḍādibhiryuktaḥ śaucācārasamanvitaḥ / āhūto 'dhyayanaṃ kuryād vīkṣamāṇo gurormukham
Vyāsa said: Thus equipped with the staff and the rest, endowed with purity and good conduct, when called he should study, looking at the face of his teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.2
नित्यमुद्यतपाणिः स्यात् साध्वाचारः सुसंयतः । आस्यतामिति चोक्तः सन्नासीताभिमुखं गुरोः
nityamudyatapāṇiḥ syāt sādhvācāraḥ susaṃyataḥ / āsyatāmiti coktaḥ sannāsītābhimukhaṃ guroḥ
He should always be ready with hands (for service), of good conduct, well restrained; and when told "Be seated," he should sit facing the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.3
प्रतिश्रवणसंभाषे शयानो न समाचरेत् । नासीनो न च भुञ्जानो न तिष्ठन्न पराङ्मुखः
pratiśravaṇasaṃbhāṣe śayāno na samācaret / nāsīno na ca bhuñjāno na tiṣṭhanna parāṅmukhaḥ
He should not, while lying down, respond (to a call) or converse (with the teacher); nor while seated, nor while eating, nor while standing, nor turned away.
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KuP 2 14.4
नीचं शय्यासनं चास्य सर्वदा गुरुसन्निधौ । गुरोस्तु चक्षुर्विषये न यथेष्टासनो भवेत्
nīcaṃ śayyāsanaṃ cāsya sarvadā gurusannidhau / gurostu cakṣurviṣaye na yatheṣṭāsano bhavet
His bed and seat should always be lower in the teacher's presence; and within the teacher's range of sight he should not sit as he pleases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.5
नोदाहरेदस्य नाम परोक्षमपि केवलम् । न चैवास्यानुकुर्वोत गतिभाषणचेष्टितम्
nodāharedasya nāma parokṣamapi kevalam / na caivāsyānukurvota gatibhāṣaṇaceṣṭitam
He should not utter his (teacher's) name bare, even out of his presence; nor should he imitate his gait, speech, or gestures.
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KuP 2 14.6
गुरोर्यत्र परीवादो निन्दा चापि प्रवर्तते । कर्णैं तत्र पिधातव्यौ गन्तव्यं वा ततो ऽन्यतः
guroryatra parīvādo nindā cāpi pravartate / karṇaiṃ tatra pidhātavyau gantavyaṃ vā tato 'nyataḥ
Where abuse or censure of the teacher is going on, there he should cover his ears, or else go elsewhere from there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.7
दूरस्थो नार्चयेदेनं न क्रुद्धो नान्तिके स्त्रियाः । न चैवास्योत्तरं ब्रूयात् स्थितो नासीत सन्निधौ
dūrastho nārcayedenaṃ na kruddho nāntike striyāḥ / na caivāsyottaraṃ brūyāt sthito nāsīta sannidhau
He should not salute him from a distance, nor when angry, nor near a woman; nor should he answer him back, nor, while standing, sit in his presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.8
उदकुम्भं कुशान् पुष्पं समिधो ऽस्याहरेत् सदा । मार्जनं लेपनं नित्यमङ्गानां वै समाचरेत्
udakumbhaṃ kuśān puṣpaṃ samidho 'syāharet sadā / mārjanaṃ lepanaṃ nityamaṅgānāṃ vai samācaret
He should always bring him a water-jar, kuśa grass, flowers, and fuel-sticks; and he should regularly perform the cleansing and anointing of his limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.9
नास्य निर्माल्यशयनं पादुकोपानहावपि । आक्रमेदासनं चास्य छायादीन् वा कदाचन
nāsya nirmālyaśayanaṃ pādukopānahāvapi / ākramedāsanaṃ cāsya chāyādīn vā kadācana
He should never tread upon his used garlands, his bed, his sandals or shoes, his seat, or his shadow and the like.
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KuP 2 14.10
साधयेद् दन्तकाष्ठादीन् लब्धं चास्मै निवेदयेत् । अनापृच्छ्य न गन्तव्यं भवेत् प्रियहिते रतः
sādhayed dantakāṣṭhādīn labdhaṃ cāsmai nivedayet / anāpṛcchya na gantavyaṃ bhavet priyahite rataḥ
He should prepare tooth-sticks and the rest, and offer to him what he has obtained; he should not go away without asking (leave), and should be devoted to what is dear and beneficial (to the teacher).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.11
न पादौ सारयेदस्य संनिधाने कदाचन । जृम्भितं हसितं चैव कण्ठप्रावरणं तथा । वर्जयेत् सन्निधौ नित्यमवस्फोचनमेव च
na pādau sārayedasya saṃnidhāne kadācana / jṛmbhitaṃ hasitaṃ caiva kaṇṭhaprāvaraṇaṃ tathā / varjayet sannidhau nityamavasphocanameva ca
He should never stretch out his feet in his presence; yawning, laughing, and likewise covering the throat—these he should always avoid in his presence, and also cracking (the joints).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.12
यथाकालमधीयीत यावन्न विमना गुरुः । आसीताधो गुरोः कूर्चे फलके वा समाहितः
yathākālamadhīyīta yāvanna vimanā guruḥ / āsītādho guroḥ kūrce phalake vā samāhitaḥ
He should study at the proper time, so long as the teacher is not disinclined; he should sit below the teacher on a grass mat or a plank, composed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.13
आसने शयने याने नैव तिष्ठेत् कदाचन । धावन्तमनुधावेत गच्छन्तमनुगच्छति
āsane śayane yāne naiva tiṣṭhet kadācana / dhāvantamanudhāveta gacchantamanugacchati
He should never remain on a seat, a bed, or a vehicle (when the teacher is present); he should run after him when he runs, and follows him when he goes.
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KuP 2 14.14
गो ऽश्वोष्ट्रयानप्रासादप्रस्तरेषु कटेषु च । आसीत गुरुणा सार्धं शिलाफलकनौषु च
go 'śvoṣṭrayānaprāsādaprastareṣu kaṭeṣu ca / āsīta guruṇā sārdhaṃ śilāphalakanauṣu ca
On a cow, horse, camel, vehicle, terrace, stone slab, or mat, and on rocks, planks and boats, he may sit together with the teacher.
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KuP 2 14.15
जितेन्द्रियः स्यात् सततं वश्यात्माक्रोधनः शुचिः । प्रयुञ्जीत सदा वाचं मधुरां हितभाषिणीम्
jitendriyaḥ syāt satataṃ vaśyātmākrodhanaḥ śuciḥ / prayuñjīta sadā vācaṃ madhurāṃ hitabhāṣiṇīm
He should be always master of his senses, self-controlled, free from anger, pure; he should always employ speech that is sweet and speaks what is beneficial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.16
गन्धमाल्यं रसं कल्यां शुक्तं प्राणिविहिंसनम् । अभ्यङ्गं चाञ्चनोपानच्छत्रधारणमेव च
gandhamālyaṃ rasaṃ kalyāṃ śuktaṃ prāṇivihiṃsanam / abhyaṅgaṃ cāñcanopānacchatradhāraṇameva ca
(He should avoid) perfume, garlands, savoury juices, liquor, fermented (food), injury to living beings, oil-massage, and the wearing of collyrium, shoes, and an umbrella.
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KuP 2 14.17
कामं लोभं भयं निद्रां गीतवादित्रनर्तनम् । आतर्जनं परीवादं स्त्रीप्रेक्षालम्भनं तथा । परोपघातं पैशुन्यं प्रयत्नेन विवर्जयेत्
kāmaṃ lobhaṃ bhayaṃ nidrāṃ gītavāditranartanam / ātarjanaṃ parīvādaṃ strīprekṣālambhanaṃ tathā / paropaghātaṃ paiśunyaṃ prayatnena vivarjayet
Desire, greed, fear, sleep, singing, instrumental music and dancing, threatening, slander, gazing at and touching women, injuring others, and backbiting—these he should carefully avoid.
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KuP 2 14.18
उदकुम्भं सुमनसो गोशकृन्मृत्तिकां कुशान् । आहरेद् यावदर्थानि भैक्ष्यं चाहरहश्चरेत्
udakumbhaṃ sumanaso gośakṛnmṛttikāṃ kuśān / āhared yāvadarthāni bhaikṣyaṃ cāharahaścaret
He should fetch a water-jar, flowers, cow-dung, clay, and kuśa grass, as much as is needed; and he should go for alms day after day.
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KuP 2 14.19
कृतं च लवणं सर्वं वर्ज्यं पर्युषितं च यत् । अनृत्यदर्शो सततं भवेद् गीतादिनिः स्पृहः
kṛtaṃ ca lavaṇaṃ sarvaṃ varjyaṃ paryuṣitaṃ ca yat / anṛtyadarśo satataṃ bhaved gītādiniḥ spṛhaḥ
All prepared salt is to be avoided, and whatever is stale; he should never look at dancing, and be without longing for song and the rest.
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KuP 2 14.20
नादित्यं वै समीक्षेत न चरेद् दन्तधावनम् । एकान्तमशुचिस्त्रीभिः शूद्रान्त्यैरभिभाषणम्
nādityaṃ vai samīkṣeta na cared dantadhāvanam / ekāntamaśucistrībhiḥ śūdrāntyairabhibhāṣaṇam
He should not gaze at the sun, nor practise tooth-cleaning; (he should avoid) solitude with impure women, and conversation with śūdras and outcastes.
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KuP 2 14.21
गुरूच्छिष्टं भेषजार्थं प्रयुञ्जीत न कामतः । कलापकर्षणस्नानं नाचरेद्धि कदाचन
gurūcchiṣṭaṃ bheṣajārthaṃ prayuñjīta na kāmataḥ / kalāpakarṣaṇasnānaṃ nācareddhi kadācana
He may use the teacher's leavings for the sake of medicine, but not from desire; and he should never practise bathing with pulling of the hair-braid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.22
न कुर्यान्मानसं विप्रो गुरोस्त्यागे कदाचन । मोहाद्वा यदि वा लोभात् त्यक्तेन पतितो भवेत्
na kuryānmānasaṃ vipro gurostyāge kadācana / mohādvā yadi vā lobhāt tyaktena patito bhavet
A brahmin should never, even in thought, set about abandoning his teacher; whether out of delusion or out of greed, by abandoning (him) he would become fallen.
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KuP 2 14.23
लौकिकं वैदिकं चापि तथाध्यात्मिकमेव च । आददीत यतो ज्ञानं न तं द्रुह्येत् कदाचन
laukikaṃ vaidikaṃ cāpi tathādhyātmikameva ca / ādadīta yato jñānaṃ na taṃ druhyet kadācana
From whomever one receives knowledge — worldly, Vedic, or pertaining to the self — one should never do him injury.
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KuP 2 14.24
गुरोरप्यवलिप्तस्य कार्याकार्यमजानतः । उत्पथप्रतिपन्नस्य मनुस्त्यागं समब्रवीत्
gurorapyavaliptasya kāryākāryamajānataḥ / utpathapratipannasya manustyāgaṃ samabravīt
But of a teacher who is arrogant, who does not know what is to be done and not to be done, who has taken a wrong path, Manu has declared the abandonment.
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KuP 2 14.25
गुरोर्गुरौ सन्निहिते गुरुवद् भक्तिमाचरेत् । न चातिसृष्टो गुरुणा स्वान् गुरूनबिवादयेत्
gurorgurau sannihite guruvad bhaktimācaret / na cātisṛṣṭo guruṇā svān gurūnabivādayet
When his teacher's teacher is present, he should show devotion as (he would) to his teacher; and, not being dismissed by his teacher, he should not salute his own elders/teachers.
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KuP 2 14.26
विद्यागुरुष्वेतदेव नित्या वृत्तिः स्वयोनिषु । प्रतिषेधत्सु चाधर्माद्धितं चोपदिशत्स्वपि
vidyāguruṣvetadeva nityā vṛttiḥ svayoniṣu / pratiṣedhatsu cādharmāddhitaṃ copadiśatsvapi
This same conduct is to be constant toward teachers of learning, toward blood relations, toward those who restrain (one) from unrighteousness, and toward those who instruct (one) in what is beneficial.
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KuP 2 14.27
श्रेयःसु गुरुवद् वृत्तिं नित्यमेव समाचरेत् । गुरुपुत्रेषु दारेषु गुरोश्चैव स्वबन्धुषु
śreyaḥsu guruvad vṛttiṃ nityameva samācaret / guruputreṣu dāreṣu guroścaiva svabandhuṣu
Toward those who are superior one should always conduct oneself as toward a teacher: toward the teacher's sons, his wives, and the teacher's own kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.28
बालः समानजन्मा वा शिष्यो वा यज्ञकर्मणि । अध्यापयन् गुरुसुतो गुरुवन्मानमर्हति
bālaḥ samānajanmā vā śiṣyo vā yajñakarmaṇi / adhyāpayan gurusuto guruvanmānamarhati
Whether a boy, or of the same age, or a pupil in a sacrificial rite, the teacher's son, when he teaches, deserves honour like the teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.29
उत्सादनं वै गात्राणां स्नापनोच्छिष्टभोजने । न कुर्याद् गुरुपुत्रस्य पादयोः शौचमेव च
utsādanaṃ vai gātrāṇāṃ snāpanocchiṣṭabhojane / na kuryād guruputrasya pādayoḥ śaucameva ca
He should not perform for the teacher's son the rubbing of the limbs, the bathing (of him), the eating of his leavings, nor the washing of his feet.
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KuP 2 14.30
गुरुवत् परिपूज्यास्तु सवर्णा गुरुयोषितः । असवर्णास्तु संपूज्याः प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादनैः
guruvat paripūjyāstu savarṇā guruyoṣitaḥ / asavarṇāstu saṃpūjyāḥ pratyutthānābhivādanaiḥ
The teacher's wives, if of the same class, are to be honoured like the teacher; but those of a different class are to be honoured with rising up and salutation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.31
अभ्यञ्जनं स्नापनं च गात्रोत्सादनमेव च । गुरुपत्न्या न कार्याणि केशानां च प्रसाधनम्
abhyañjanaṃ snāpanaṃ ca gātrotsādanameva ca / gurupatnyā na kāryāṇi keśānāṃ ca prasādhanam
Anointing, bathing, rubbing of the limbs, and the dressing of the hair are not to be done for the teacher's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.32
गुरुपत्नी तु युवती नाभिवाद्येह पादयोः । कुर्वोत वन्दनं भूम्यामसावहमिति ब्रुवन्
gurupatnī tu yuvatī nābhivādyeha pādayoḥ / kurvota vandanaṃ bhūmyāmasāvahamiti bruvan
But a teacher's wife who is young is not to be saluted here by (clasping) the feet; he should make his salutation to the ground, saying 'I am so-and-so.'
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KuP 2 14.33
विप्रोष्य पादग्रहणमन्वहं चाभिवादनम् । गुरुदारेषु कुर्वोत सतां धर्ममनुस्मरन्
viproṣya pādagrahaṇamanvahaṃ cābhivādanam / gurudāreṣu kurvota satāṃ dharmamanusmaran
On returning from a journey, the clasping of the feet, and daily salutation, he should perform toward the teacher's wives, remembering the practice of the good.
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KuP 2 14.34
मातृष्वसा मातुलानी श्वश्रूश्चाथ पितृष्वसा । संपूज्या गुरुपत्नीव समास्ता गुरुभार्यया
mātṛṣvasā mātulānī śvaśrūścātha pitṛṣvasā / saṃpūjyā gurupatnīva samāstā gurubhāryayā
A mother's sister, a maternal uncle's wife, a mother-in-law, and a father's sister are to be honoured like the teacher's wife: they are equal to the teacher's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.35
भ्रातुर्भार्योपसंग्राह्या सवर्णाहन्यहन्यपि । विप्रोष्य तूपसंग्राह्या ज्ञातिसंबन्धियोषितः
bhrāturbhāryopasaṃgrāhyā savarṇāhanyahanyapi / viproṣya tūpasaṃgrāhyā jñātisaṃbandhiyoṣitaḥ
A brother's wife of the same class is to have her feet clasped day after day; but the wives of kinsmen and relations by marriage (only) when one has returned from a journey.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.36
पितुर्भगिन्यां मातुश्च ज्यायस्यां च स्वसर्यपि । मातृवद् वृत्तिमातिष्ठेन्मात् ताभ्यो गरीयसी
piturbhaginyāṃ mātuśca jyāyasyāṃ ca svasaryapi / mātṛvad vṛttimātiṣṭhenmāt tābhyo garīyasī
Toward a father's sister, a mother's (sister), and an elder sister, he should adopt the conduct due to a mother; but the mother is weightier than they.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.37
एवमाचारसंपन्नमात्मवन्तमदाम्भिकम् । वेदमध्यापयेद् धर्मं पुराणाङ्गानि नित्यशः
evamācārasaṃpannamātmavantamadāmbhikam / vedamadhyāpayed dharmaṃ purāṇāṅgāni nityaśaḥ
One should constantly teach the Veda, the law, the Purāṇas and the (Vedic) auxiliaries to one who is thus endowed with good conduct, self-possessed, and free from hypocrisy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.38
संवत्सरोषिते शिष्ये गुरुर्ज्ञानमनिर्दिशन् । हरते दुष्कृतं तस्य शिष्यस्य वसतो गुरुः
saṃvatsaroṣite śiṣye gururjñānamanirdiśan / harate duṣkṛtaṃ tasya śiṣyasya vasato guruḥ
When a pupil has dwelt (with him) for a year and the teacher does not impart the knowledge, the teacher takes upon himself the evil deed of that pupil who is living (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.39
आचार्यपुत्रः शुश्रूषुर्ज्ञानदो धार्मिकः शुचिः । शक्तो ऽन्नदोर्ऽथो स्वःसाधुरध्याप्या दश धर्मतः
ācāryaputraḥ śuśrūṣurjñānado dhārmikaḥ śuciḥ / śakto 'nnador'tho svaḥsādhuradhyāpyā daśa dharmataḥ
A teacher's son, one who is obedient, a giver of knowledge, a righteous man, a pure man, a capable man, a giver of food, one who gives wealth(?), one's own kinsman, a good man — ten are to be taught according to the law.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.40
कृतज्ञश्च तथाद्रोही मेधावी शुभकृन्नरः । आप्तः प्रियो ऽथ विधिवत् षडध्याप्या द्विजातयः । एतेषु ब्रह्मणो दानमन्यत्र तु यथोदितान्
kṛtajñaśca tathādrohī medhāvī śubhakṛnnaraḥ / āptaḥ priyo 'tha vidhivat ṣaḍadhyāpyā dvijātayaḥ / eteṣu brahmaṇo dānamanyatra tu yathoditān
A grateful man, one who does no injury, an intelligent man, a man who does what is auspicious, a trustworthy one, and a dear one: six twice-born are to be taught, according to rule. To these the gift of sacred learning (is to be made); otherwise (only) to those as stated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.41
आचम्य संयतो नित्यमधीयीत उदङ्मुखः । उपसंगृह्य तत्पादौ वीक्षमाणो गुरोर्मुखम् । अधीष्व भो इति ब्रूयाद् विरामो ऽस्त्विति चारमेत्
ācamya saṃyato nityamadhīyīta udaṅmukhaḥ / upasaṃgṛhya tatpādau vīkṣamāṇo gurormukham / adhīṣva bho iti brūyād virāmo 'stviti cāramet
Having sipped water, restrained, facing north, he should always study; having clasped his (teacher's) feet and looking at the teacher's face, he should say 'Teach, sir,' and should stop (when told) 'Let there be a pause.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.42
प्राक्कूलान् पर्युपासीनः पवित्रैश्चैव पावितः । प्राणायामैस्त्रिभिः पूतस्तत ओङ्कारमर्हति
prākkūlān paryupāsīnaḥ pavitraiścaiva pāvitaḥ / prāṇāyāmaistribhiḥ pūtastata oṅkāramarhati
Seated upon (blades of grass) whose tips point east, and purified with the purifying grass-blades, cleansed by three breath-restraints, he is then fit for (uttering) the syllable Om.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.43
ब्राह्मणः प्रणवं कुर्यादन्ते च विधिवद् द्विजः । कुर्यादध्ययनं नित्यं स ब्रह्माञ्जलिपूर्वतः
brāhmaṇaḥ praṇavaṃ kuryādante ca vidhivad dvijaḥ / kuryādadhyayanaṃ nityaṃ sa brahmāñjalipūrvataḥ
The brahmin, the twice-born, should utter the praṇava (Om) (at the beginning) and duly at the end; he should do his recitation daily, with palms joined to brahman first.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.44
सर्वेषामेव भूतानां वेदश्चक्षुः सनातनम् । अधीयीताप्ययं नित्यं ब्राह्मण्याच्च्यवते ऽन्यथा
sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ vedaścakṣuḥ sanātanam / adhīyītāpyayaṃ nityaṃ brāhmaṇyāccyavate 'nyathā
The Veda is the eternal eye of all beings indeed; one should recite it daily—otherwise one falls away from brahminhood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.45
यो ऽधीयीत ऋचो नित्यं क्षीराहुत्या स देवताः । प्रीणाति तर्पयन्त्येनं कामैस्तृप्ताः सदैव हि
yo 'dhīyīta ṛco nityaṃ kṣīrāhutyā sa devatāḥ / prīṇāti tarpayantyenaṃ kāmaistṛptāḥ sadaiva hi
He who daily recites the Ṛc verses gratifies the deities with an oblation of milk; being satisfied, they always gratify him with the objects of his desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.46
यजूंष्यधीते नियतं दध्ना प्रीणाति देवताः । सामान्यधीते प्रीणाति घृताहुतिभिरन्वहम्
yajūṃṣyadhīte niyataṃ dadhnā prīṇāti devatāḥ / sāmānyadhīte prīṇāti ghṛtāhutibhiranvaham
He who recites the Yajus verses, restrained, gratifies the deities with curds; he who recites the Sāman gratifies (them) day by day with oblations of ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.47
अथर्वाङ्गिरसो नित्यं मध्वा प्रीणाति देवताः । धर्माङ्गानि पुराणानि मांसैस्तर्पयते सुरान्
atharvāṅgiraso nityaṃ madhvā prīṇāti devatāḥ / dharmāṅgāni purāṇāni māṃsaistarpayate surān
(He who recites) the Atharva-Āṅgirasa (hymns) daily gratifies the deities with honey; (he who recites) the Purāṇas, the limbs of dharma, satisfies the gods with flesh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.48
अपां समीपे नियतो नैत्यकं विधिमाश्रितः । गायत्रीमप्यधीयीत गत्वारण्यं समाहितः
apāṃ samīpe niyato naityakaṃ vidhimāśritaḥ / gāyatrīmapyadhīyīta gatvāraṇyaṃ samāhitaḥ
Restrained, keeping to the daily rule, having gone to the forest with concentrated mind, he should also recite the Gāyatrī near water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.49
सहस्रपरमां देवीं शतमध्यां दशावराम् । गायत्रीं वै जपेन्नित्यं जपयज्ञः प्रकीर्तितः
sahasraparamāṃ devīṃ śatamadhyāṃ daśāvarām / gāyatrīṃ vai japennityaṃ japayajñaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
One should daily murmur the Gāyatrī, the goddess—a thousand (repetitions) at most, a hundred at middling, ten at least; (this) is proclaimed the sacrifice of muttered prayer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.50
गायत्रीं चैव वेदांश्च तुलयातोलयत् प्रभुः । एकतश्चतुरो वेदान् गायत्रीं च तथैकतः
gāyatrīṃ caiva vedāṃśca tulayātolayat prabhuḥ / ekataścaturo vedān gāyatrīṃ ca tathaikataḥ
The Lord weighed the Gāyatrī and the Vedas on a balance—the four Vedas on one side and the Gāyatrī on the other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.51
ओङ्कारमादितः कृत्वा व्याहृतीस्तदनन्तरम् । ततो ऽधीयीत सावित्रीमेकाग्रः श्रद्धयान्वितः
oṅkāramāditaḥ kṛtvā vyāhṛtīstadanantaram / tato 'dhīyīta sāvitrīmekāgraḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ
Having placed Om at the beginning, and the utterances (bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ) right after that, he should then recite the Sāvitrī, one-pointed and filled with faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.52
पुराकल्पे समुत्पन्ना भूर्भुवःस्वः सनातनाः । महाव्याहृतयस्तिस्त्रः सर्वाशुभनिबर्हणाः
purākalpe samutpannā bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥ sanātanāḥ / mahāvyāhṛtayastistraḥ sarvāśubhanibarhaṇāḥ
In a former age there arose the eternal 'bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ,' the three great utterances, which destroy all that is inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.53
प्रधानं पुरुषः कालो विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा महेश्वरः । सत्त्वं रजस्तमस्तिस्त्रः क्रमाद् व्याहृतयः स्मृताः
pradhānaṃ puruṣaḥ kālo viṣṇurbrahmā maheśvaraḥ / sattvaṃ rajastamastistraḥ kramād vyāhṛtayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Pradhāna, Puruṣa, Time; Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Maheśvara; sattva, rajas, tamas—these three, in order, are held to be the (three) utterances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.54
ओङ्कारस्तत् परं ब्रह्म सावित्री स्यात् तदक्षरम् । एष मन्त्रो महायोगः सारात् सार उदाहृतः
oṅkārastat paraṃ brahma sāvitrī syāt tadakṣaram / eṣa mantro mahāyogaḥ sārāt sāra udāhṛtaḥ
Om is that supreme brahman; the Sāvitrī is that imperishable (syllable). This mantra is the great yoga, declared to be the essence of the essence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.55
यो ऽधीते ऽहन्यहन्येतां गायत्रीं वेदमातरम् । विज्ञायार्थं ब्रह्मचारी स याति परमां गतिम्
yo 'dhīte 'hanyahanyetāṃ gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram / vijñāyārthaṃ brahmacārī sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
He who day after day recites this Gāyatrī, the mother of the Veda, having understood its meaning, being a student of brahman, goes to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.56
गायत्री वेदजननी गायत्री लोकपावनी । न गायत्र्याः परं जप्यमेतद् विज्ञाय मुच्यते
gāyatrī vedajananī gāyatrī lokapāvanī / na gāyatryāḥ paraṃ japyametad vijñāya mucyate
The Gāyatrī is the mother of the Veda; the Gāyatrī purifies the world. There is no muttered prayer higher than the Gāyatrī; knowing this, one is released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.57
श्रावणस्य तु मासस्य पौर्णमास्यां द्विजोत्तमाः । आषाढ्यां प्रोष्ठपद्यां वा वेदोपाकरणं स्मृतम्
śrāvaṇasya tu māsasya paurṇamāsyāṃ dvijottamāḥ / āṣāḍhyāṃ proṣṭhapadyāṃ vā vedopākaraṇaṃ smṛtam
But on the full-moon day of the month Śrāvaṇa, O best of the twice-born, or on that of Āṣāḍha or of Proṣṭhapada, the commencement of Veda-study is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.58
उत्सृज्य ग्रामनगरं मासान् विप्रोर्ऽद्धपञ्चमान् । अधीयीत शुचौ देशे ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः
utsṛjya grāmanagaraṃ māsān vipror'ddhapañcamān / adhīyīta śucau deśe brahmacārī samāhitaḥ
Abandoning village and town, the brahmin should recite for four and a half months in a clean place, chaste and concentrated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.59
पुष्ये तु छन्दसां कुर्याद् बहिरुत्सर्जनं द्विजः । माघशुक्लस्य वा प्राप्ते पूर्वाह्ने प्रथमे ऽहनि
puṣye tu chandasāṃ kuryād bahirutsarjanaṃ dvijaḥ / māghaśuklasya vā prāpte pūrvāhne prathame 'hani
But in (the month/asterism of) Puṣya the twice-born should perform the outdoor closing rite for the metres, or when the first day of the bright half of Māgha has come, in the forenoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.60
छन्दांस्यूर्ध्वमथोभ्यस्येच्छुक्लपक्षेषु वै द्विजः । वेदाङ्गानि पुराणानि कृष्णपक्षे च मानवम्
chandāṃsyūrdhvamathobhyasyecchuklapakṣeṣu vai dvijaḥ / vedāṅgāni purāṇāni kṛṣṇapakṣe ca mānavam
Thereafter the twice-born should practise the metres in the bright fortnights, and the limbs of the Veda, the Purāṇas, and the (code) of Manu in the dark fortnight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.61
इमान् नित्यमनध्यायानदीयानो विवर्जयेत् । अध्यापनं च कुर्वाणो ह्यभ्यस्यन्नपि यत्नतः
imān nityamanadhyāyānadīyāno vivarjayet / adhyāpanaṃ ca kurvāṇo hyabhyasyannapi yatnataḥ
While reciting, he should always avoid these times of non-study, and likewise while teaching, and even while practising diligently.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.62
कर्णश्रवे ऽनिले रात्रौ दिवा पांशुसमूहने । विद्युत्स्तनितवर्षेषु महोल्कानां च संप्लवे । आकालिकमनध्यायमेतेष्वाह प्रजापतिः
karṇaśrave 'nile rātrau divā pāṃśusamūhane / vidyutstanitavarṣeṣu maholkānāṃ ca saṃplave / ākālikamanadhyāyameteṣvāha prajāpatiḥ
When the wind roars in the ear, at night; by day when dust is whirled up; during lightning, thunder and rains; and at the falling of great meteors — in these Prajāpati declared there to be an out-of-season suspension of recitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.63
एतानभ्युदितान् विद्याद् यदा प्रादुष्कृताग्निषु । तदा विद्यादनध्यायमनृतौ चाभ्रदर्शने
etānabhyuditān vidyād yadā prāduṣkṛtāgniṣu / tadā vidyādanadhyāyamanṛtau cābhradarśane
When one knows these to have arisen while the fires have been kindled, then one should know it to be a suspension of study; also at the sight of clouds out of season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.64
निर्घाते भूमिचलने ज्योतिषां चोपसर्जने । एतानाकालिकान् विद्यादनध्यायानृतावपि
nirghāte bhūmicalane jyotiṣāṃ copasarjane / etānākālikān vidyādanadhyāyānṛtāvapi
At a crash (of thunder in a cloudless sky), at an earthquake, and at an eclipse of the heavenly lights — one should know these to be occasional suspensions of study, even in their proper season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.65
प्रादुष्कृतेष्वग्निषु तु विद्युत्स्तनितनिस्वने । सज्योतिः स्यादनध्यायः शेषरात्रौ यथा दिवा
prāduṣkṛteṣvagniṣu tu vidyutstanitanisvane / sajyotiḥ syādanadhyāyaḥ śeṣarātrau yathā divā
But when the fires have been kindled, at the sound of lightning and thunder, the suspension lasts as long as the light (is seen); in the remainder of the night as by day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.66
नित्यानध्याय एव स्याद् ग्रामेषु नगरेषु च । धर्मनैपुण्यकामानां पूतिगन्धे च नित्यशः
nityānadhyāya eva syād grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca / dharmanaipuṇyakāmānāṃ pūtigandhe ca nityaśaḥ
There is a permanent suspension of study in villages and in towns for those who desire proficiency in dharma, and always where there is a foul smell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.67
अन्तः शवगते ग्रामे वृषलस्य च सन्निधौ । अनध्यायो रुद्यमाने समवाये जनस्य च
antaḥ śavagate grāme vṛṣalasya ca sannidhau / anadhyāyo rudyamāne samavāye janasya ca
When a corpse is within the village, and in the presence of a Vṛṣala (a low-born man), there is suspension of study; also when weeping is going on, and in an assembly of people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.68
उदके मध्यरात्रे च विण्मूत्रे च विसर्जने । उच्छिष्टः श्राद्धबुक् चैव मनसापि न चिन्तयेत्
udake madhyarātre ca viṇmūtre ca visarjane / ucchiṣṭaḥ śrāddhabuk caiva manasāpi na cintayet
In water, at midnight, and while voiding excrement and urine, and when polluted by leavings, and one who has eaten śrāddha food — (in these states) one should not even think (of the Veda) in the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.69
प्रतिगृह्य द्विजो विद्वानेकोदिष्टस्य केतनम् । त्र्यहं न कीर्तयेद् ब्रह्म राज्ञो राहोश्च सूतके
pratigṛhya dvijo vidvānekodiṣṭasya ketanam / tryahaṃ na kīrtayed brahma rājño rāhośca sūtake
A learned twice-born who has accepted an invitation to a rite offered to a single (deceased) person should not recite the Veda for three days; likewise at the birth (in the family) of a king and at an eclipse (Rāhu's).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.70
यावदेको ऽनुदिष्टस्य स्नेहो गन्धश्च तिष्ठति । विप्रस्य विदुषो देहे तावद् ब्रह्म न कीर्तयेत्
yāvadeko 'nudiṣṭasya sneho gandhaśca tiṣṭhati / viprasya viduṣo dehe tāvad brahma na kīrtayet
As long as the grease and the smell of (food from a rite) directed to a single (deceased) person remain in the body of the learned brahmin, for that long he should not recite the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.71
शयानः प्रौढपादश्च कृत्वा चैवावसक्थिकाम् । नाधीयीतामिषं जग्ध्वा सूतकान्नाद्यमेव च
śayānaḥ prauḍhapādaśca kṛtvā caivāvasakthikām / nādhīyītāmiṣaṃ jagdhvā sūtakānnādyameva ca
Lying down, with the feet stretched up, and having made the ascetic's knee-band, one should not recite; nor after eating meat or food of a house of childbirth-impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.72
नीहारे बाणशब्दे च संध्ययोरुभयोरपि । अमावास्यां चतुर्दश्यां पौर्णमास्यष्टमीषु च
nīhāre bāṇaśabde ca saṃdhyayorubhayorapi / amāvāsyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyaṣṭamīṣu ca
In fog, at the sound of arrows, at both twilights, on the new-moon day, the fourteenth, the full-moon day and the eighth days (there is no recitation).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.73
उपाकर्मणि चोत्सर्गे त्रिरात्रं क्षपणं स्मृतम् । अष्टकासु त्वहोरात्रं ऋत्वन्त्यासु च रात्रिषु
upākarmaṇi cotsarge trirātraṃ kṣapaṇaṃ smṛtam / aṣṭakāsu tvahorātraṃ ṛtvantyāsu ca rātriṣu
At the beginning of study and at its concluding rite, an abstention of three nights is prescribed; but on the Aṣṭakās a day and a night, and on the nights that end a season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.74
मार्गशीर्षे तथा पौषे माघमासे तथैव च । तिस्त्रो ऽष्टकाः समाख्याता कृष्णपक्षेतु सूरिभिः
mārgaśīrṣe tathā pauṣe māghamāse tathaiva ca / tistro 'ṣṭakāḥ samākhyātā kṛṣṇapakṣetu sūribhiḥ
In Mārgaśīrṣa, in Pauṣa, and likewise in the month of Māgha, three Aṣṭakās are declared by the wise, in the dark fortnight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.75
श्लेष्मातकस्य छायायां शाल्मलेर्मधुकस्य च । कदाचिदपि नाध्येयं कोविदारकपित्थयोः
śleṣmātakasya chāyāyāṃ śālmalermadhukasya ca / kadācidapi nādhyeyaṃ kovidārakapitthayoḥ
In the shade of the śleṣmātaka tree, of the śālmali and the madhuka, and of the kovidāra and kapittha, one should never at any time recite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.76
समानविद्ये च मृते तथा सब्रह्मचारिणि । आचार्ये संस्थिते वापि त्रिरात्रं क्षपणं स्मृतम्
samānavidye ca mṛte tathā sabrahmacāriṇi / ācārye saṃsthite vāpi trirātraṃ kṣapaṇaṃ smṛtam
And when one of equal learning has died, likewise a fellow student, or when the teacher has passed away, an abstention of three nights is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.77
छिद्राण्येतानि विप्राणांये ऽनध्यायः प्रकीर्तिताः । हिंसन्ति राक्षसास्तेषु तस्मादेतान् विवर्जयेत्
chidrāṇyetāni viprāṇāṃye 'nadhyāyaḥ prakīrtitāḥ / hiṃsanti rākṣasāsteṣu tasmādetān vivarjayet
These are the vulnerable openings for brahmins, which are proclaimed as times of no-recitation; demons injure (them) at these times, therefore one should avoid these.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.78
नैत्यके नास्त्यनध्यायः संध्योपासन एव च । उपाकर्मणि कर्मान्ते होममन्त्रेषु चैव हि
naityake nāstyanadhyāyaḥ saṃdhyopāsana eva ca / upākarmaṇi karmānte homamantreṣu caiva hi
There is no suspension of recitation in the daily rite, nor in the worship of the twilights, nor at the commencement of study, at the end of a rite, nor in the mantras of the oblation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.79
एकामृचमथैकं वा यजुः सामाथवा पुनः । अष्टकाद्यास्वधीयीत मारुते चातिवायति
ekāmṛcamathaikaṃ vā yajuḥ sāmāthavā punaḥ / aṣṭakādyāsvadhīyīta mārute cātivāyati
One should recite a single ṛc verse, or one yajus, or again a sāman, on the Aṣṭakās and the like, and when the wind blows too strongly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.80
अनध्यायस्तु नाङ्गेषु नेतिहासपुराणयोः । न धर्मशास्त्रेष्वन्येषु पर्वण्येतानि वर्जयेत्
anadhyāyastu nāṅgeṣu netihāsapurāṇayoḥ / na dharmaśāstreṣvanyeṣu parvaṇyetāni varjayet
But there is no suspension of study for the auxiliary sciences, nor for epic and Purāṇa, nor for the other treatises on dharma; (only) on those (Veda) days should one avoid these.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 14.81
एष धर्मः समासेन कीर्तितो ब्रह्मचारिणाम् । ब्रह्मणाभिहितः पूर्वमृषीणां भावितात्मनाम्
eṣa dharmaḥ samāsena kīrtito brahmacāriṇām / brahmaṇābhihitaḥ pūrvamṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām
This dharma of Vedic students has been proclaimed in brief; it was declared of old by Brahmā to the sages of purified souls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.82
यो ऽन्यत्र कुरुते यत्नमनधीत्य श्रुतिं द्विजः । स संमूढो न संभाष्यो वेदबाह्यो द्विजातिभिः
yo 'nyatra kurute yatnamanadhītya śrutiṃ dvijaḥ / sa saṃmūḍho na saṃbhāṣyo vedabāhyo dvijātibhiḥ
The twice-born who, without having studied the sacred lore, makes his effort elsewhere—he is utterly deluded, outside the Veda, and not to be conversed with by the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.83
न वेदपाठमात्रेण संतुष्टो वै भवेद् द्विजः । पाठमात्रावसन्नस्तु पङ्के गौरिव सीदति
na vedapāṭhamātreṇa saṃtuṣṭo vai bhaved dvijaḥ / pāṭhamātrāvasannastu paṅke gauriva sīdati
A twice-born should not be content with the mere recitation of the Veda; sunk in mere recitation, he sinks like a cow in the mud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.84
यो ऽधीत्य विधिवद् वेदं वेदार्थं न विचारयेत् । ससान्वयः शूद्रकल्पः पात्रतां न प्रपद्यते
yo 'dhītya vidhivad vedaṃ vedārthaṃ na vicārayet / sasānvayaḥ śūdrakalpaḥ pātratāṃ na prapadyate
He who, having studied the Veda according to rule, does not reflect on the Veda's meaning—he, together with his line, is like a Śūdra and does not attain fitness (to receive gifts).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.85
यदि त्वात्यन्तिकं वासं कर्तुमिच्छति वै गुरौ । युक्तः परिचरेदेनमाशरीरविमोक्षणात्
yadi tvātyantikaṃ vāsaṃ kartumicchati vai gurau / yuktaḥ paricaredenamāśarīravimokṣaṇāt
But if he wishes to make his dwelling with the teacher permanent, let him, disciplined, serve him until the release from the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.86
गत्वा वनं वा विधिवज्जुहुयाज्जातवेदसम् । अधीयीत सदा नित्यं ब्रह्मनिष्ठः समाहितः
gatvā vanaṃ vā vidhivajjuhuyājjātavedasam / adhīyīta sadā nityaṃ brahmaniṣṭhaḥ samāhitaḥ
Or, having gone to the forest, let him offer oblations to the fire according to rule, and let him recite always and constantly, fixed on brahman, composed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.87
सावित्रीं शतरुद्रीयं वेदान्तांश्च विशेषतः । अभ्यसेत् सततं युक्ते भस्मस्नानपरायणः
sāvitrīṃ śatarudrīyaṃ vedāntāṃśca viśeṣataḥ / abhyaset satataṃ yukte bhasmasnānaparāyaṇaḥ
Let him constantly practise the Sāvitrī, the Śatarudrīya, and especially the Vedānta (texts), disciplined, devoted to bathing in ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.88
एतद् विधानं परमं पुराणं वेदागमे सम्यगिहेरितं वः । पुरा महर्षिप्रवराभिपृष्टः स्वायंभुवो यन्मनुराह देवः
etad vidhānaṃ paramaṃ purāṇaṃ vedāgame samyagiheritaṃ vaḥ / purā maharṣipravarābhipṛṣṭaḥ svāyaṃbhuvo yanmanurāha devaḥ
This supreme ancient rule has been fully declared to you here in the Veda-scripture—what the god Manu, the son of the Self-existent, said long ago when questioned by the foremost of the great sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 14.89
एवमीश्वरसमर्पितान्तरो यो ऽनुतिष्ठति विधिं विधानवित् । मोहजालमपहाय सो ऽमृतो याति तत् पदमनामयं शिवम्
evamīśvarasamarpitāntaro yo 'nutiṣṭhati vidhiṃ vidhānavit / mohajālamapahāya so 'mṛto yāti tat padamanāmayaṃ śivam
Thus he who, with his inner self surrendered to the Lord, knowing the ordinance, carries out the rule—he, casting off the net of delusion, becomes immortal and goes to that place, free from ill, auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition