Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 15
KuP 2 15.1
व्यास उवाच वेदं वेदौ तथा वेदान् वेदान् वा चतुरो द्विजाः । अधीत्य चाधिगम्यार्थं ततः स्नायाद् द्विजोत्तमः
vyāsa uvāca vedaṃ vedau tathā vedān vedān vā caturo dvijāḥ / adhītya cādhigamyārthaṃ tataḥ snāyād dvijottamaḥ
Vyāsa said: Having studied one Veda, or two Vedas, or (three) Vedas, or the four Vedas, O twice-born, and having grasped their meaning, then the best of the twice-born should take the (concluding) bath.
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KuP 2 15.2
गुरवे तु वरं दत्त्वा स्नायीत तदनुज्ञया । चीर्णव्रतो ऽथ युक्तात्मा सशक्तः स्नातुमर्हति
gurave tu varaṃ dattvā snāyīta tadanujñayā / cīrṇavrato 'tha yuktātmā saśaktaḥ snātumarhati
Having given a gift to the teacher, he should bathe with his permission; having fulfilled his vow, self-controlled, and competent, he is fit to bathe.
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KuP 2 15.3
वैणवीं धारयेद् यष्टिमन्तर्वासस्तथोत्तरम् । यज्ञोपवीतद्वितयं सोदकं च कमण्डलुम्
vaiṇavīṃ dhārayed yaṣṭimantarvāsastathottaram / yajñopavītadvitayaṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum
He should carry a staff of bamboo, an inner garment and likewise an upper one, a pair of sacred threads, and a water pot with water.
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KuP 2 15.4
छत्रं चोष्णीषममलं पादुके चाप्युपानहौ । रौक्मे च कुण्डले वेदं कृत्तकेशनखः शुचिः
chatraṃ coṣṇīṣamamalaṃ pāduke cāpyupānahau / raukme ca kuṇḍale vedaṃ kṛttakeśanakhaḥ śuciḥ
(And) a parasol, a clean turban, wooden sandals and shoes, golden earrings, and the Veda (text); with hair and nails trimmed, pure.
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KuP 2 15.5
स्वाध्याये नित्ययुक्तः स्याद् बहिर्माल्यं न धारयेत् । अन्यत्रकाञ्चनाद् विप्रोनरक्तां बिभृयात् स्त्रजम्
svādhyāye nityayuktaḥ syād bahirmālyaṃ na dhārayet / anyatrakāñcanād vipronaraktāṃ bibhṛyāt strajam
He should be constantly engaged in his private recitation; he should not wear a garland outwardly; apart from gold, the brahmin should not wear a red garland.
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KuP 2 15.6
शुक्लाम्बरधरो नित्यं सुगन्धः प्रियदर्शनः । न जीर्णमलवद्वासा भवेद् वै विभवे सति
śuklāmbaradharo nityaṃ sugandhaḥ priyadarśanaḥ / na jīrṇamalavadvāsā bhaved vai vibhave sati
Always wearing white garments, fragrant, pleasant to look at; when he has the means, he should not wear a worn-out, dirty garment.
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KuP 2 15.7
न रक्तमुल्बणं चान्यधृतं वासो न कुण्डिकाम् । नोपानहौ स्त्रजं चाथ पादुके च प्रयोजयेत्
na raktamulbaṇaṃ cānyadhṛtaṃ vāso na kuṇḍikām / nopānahau strajaṃ cātha pāduke ca prayojayet
He should not use a garment that is red or gaudy or has been worn by another, nor another's water pot, nor his shoes, garland, or wooden sandals.
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KuP 2 15.8
उपवीतमलङ्कारं दर्भान् कृष्णाजिनानि च । नापसव्यं परीदध्याद् वासो न विकृतं वसेत्
upavītamalaṅkāraṃ darbhān kṛṣṇājināni ca / nāpasavyaṃ parīdadhyād vāso na vikṛtaṃ vaset
(Nor another's) sacred thread, ornament, darbha grass, or black antelope skins; he should not put on his garment reversed (right to left), nor wear an altered garment.
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KuP 2 15.9
आहरेद् विधिवद् दारान् सदृशानात्मनः शुभान् । रूपलक्षणसंयुक्तान् योनिदोषविवर्जितान्
āhared vidhivad dārān sadṛśānātmanaḥ śubhān / rūpalakṣaṇasaṃyuktān yonidoṣavivarjitān
He should take a wife according to rule, one suited to himself and auspicious, endowed with beauty and (good) marks, free from defect of family.
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KuP 2 15.10
अमातृगोत्रप्रभवामसमानर्षिगोत्रजाम् । आहरेद् ब्राह्मणो भार्यां शीलशौचसमन्विताम्
amātṛgotraprabhavāmasamānarṣigotrajām / āhared brāhmaṇo bhāryāṃ śīlaśaucasamanvitām
A brahmin should take as wife one not born of his mother's gotra, not born in the same ṛṣi-gotra, and possessed of good character and purity.
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KuP 2 15.11
ऋतुकालाभिगामी स्याद् यावत् पुत्रो ऽभिजायते । वर्जयेत् प्रतिषिद्धानि प्रयत्नेन दिनानि तु
ṛtukālābhigāmī syād yāvat putro 'bhijāyate / varjayet pratiṣiddhāni prayatnena dināni tu
He should approach (his wife) at the time of her fertile season until a son is born; but he should carefully avoid the forbidden days.
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KuP 2 15.12
षष्ठ्यष्टमीं पञ्चदशीं द्वादशीं च चतुर्दशीम् । ब्रह्मचारी भवेन्नित्यं तद्वज्जन्मत्रयाहनि
ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamīṃ pañcadaśīṃ dvādaśīṃ ca caturdaśīm / brahmacārī bhavennityaṃ tadvajjanmatrayāhani
On the sixth, the eighth, the fifteenth, the twelfth and the fourteenth (of the fortnight) he should always be continent, and likewise on the day of the three births.
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KuP 2 15.13
आदधीतावसथ्याग्निं जुहुयाज्जातवेदसम् । व्रतानि स्नातको नित्यं पावनानि च पालयेत्
ādadhītāvasathyāgniṃ juhuyājjātavedasam / vratāni snātako nityaṃ pāvanāni ca pālayet
(He) should establish the domestic fire and offer oblations to Jātavedas (the fire); the (recent) graduate should always keep the vows and the purifying observances.
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KuP 2 15.14
वेदोदितं स्वकं कर्म नित्यं कुर्यादतन्द्रितः । अकुर्वाणः पतत्याशु नरकानतिभीषणान्
vedoditaṃ svakaṃ karma nityaṃ kuryādatandritaḥ / akurvāṇaḥ patatyāśu narakānatibhīṣaṇān
Untiring, (he) should always perform his own duty as prescribed by the Veda; not performing it, he quickly falls into most terrifying hells.
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KuP 2 15.15
अब्यसेत् प्रयतो वेदं महायज्ञान् न हापयेत् । कुर्याद् गृह्याणि कर्माणि संध्योपासनमेव च
abyaset prayato vedaṃ mahāyajñān na hāpayet / kuryād gṛhyāṇi karmāṇi saṃdhyopāsanameva ca
Restrained, (he) should recite the Veda; (he) should not omit the great sacrifices; (he) should perform the domestic rites and also the worship at the junctures of the day.
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KuP 2 15.16
सख्यं समाधैकैः कुर्यादुपेयादीश्वरं सदा । दैवतान्यपि गच्छेत कुर्याद् भार्याभिपोषणम्
sakhyaṃ samādhaikaiḥ kuryādupeyādīśvaraṃ sadā / daivatānyapi gaccheta kuryād bhāryābhipoṣaṇam
(He) should make friendship with those of like observance (samādhika/samānādhika), should always approach the Lord, should also visit the deities, and should maintain (his) wife.
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KuP 2 15.17
न धर्मं ख्यापयेद् विद्वान् न पापं गूहयेदपि । कुर्वोतात्महितं नित्यं सर्वभूतानिकम्पकः
na dharmaṃ khyāpayed vidvān na pāpaṃ gūhayedapi / kurvotātmahitaṃ nityaṃ sarvabhūtānikampakaḥ
The learned (man) should not proclaim (his own) merit, nor should he conceal (his) sin; (he) should always do what benefits himself, without causing harm to any beings.
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KuP 2 15.18
वयसः कर्मणोर्ऽथस्य श्रुतस्याभिजनस्य च । वेषवाग्बुद्धिसारूप्यमाचरन् विचरेत् सदा
vayasaḥ karmaṇor'thasya śrutasyābhijanasya ca / veṣavāgbuddhisārūpyamācaran vicaret sadā
(He) should always move about behaving in conformity, in dress, speech, and understanding, with (his) age, occupation, wealth, learning, and family.
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KuP 2 15.19
श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितः सम्यक् साधुभिर्यश्च सेवितः । तमाचारं निषेवेत नेहेतान्यत्र कर्हिचित्
śrutismṛtyuditaḥ samyak sādhubhiryaśca sevitaḥ / tamācāraṃ niṣeveta nehetānyatra karhicit
That conduct which is rightly declared in scripture and tradition and which has been practised by the good — that (he) should follow; (he) should never desire anything else.
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KuP 2 15.20
येनास्य पितरो याता येन याताः पितामहाः । तेन यायात् सतां मार्गं तेन गच्छन् न रिष्यति
yenāsya pitaro yātā yena yātāḥ pitāmahāḥ / tena yāyāt satāṃ mārgaṃ tena gacchan na riṣyati
By which (path) his fathers went, by which the grandfathers went — by that (he) should go, the path of the good; going by that, he does not come to harm.
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KuP 2 15.21
नित्यं स्वाध्यायशीलः स्यान्नित्यं यज्ञोपवीतवान् । सत्यवादी जितक्रोधो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते
nityaṃ svādhyāyaśīlaḥ syānnityaṃ yajñopavītavān / satyavādī jitakrodho brahmabhūyāya kalpate
(He) should be constantly devoted to private recitation (of the Veda), constantly wearing the sacred thread; speaking the truth, having conquered anger, he becomes fit for union with Brahman.
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KuP 2 15.22
संध्यास्नानपरो नित्यं ब्रह्मयज्ञुपरायणः । अनसूयी मृदुर्दान्तो गृहस्थः प्रेत्य वर्धते
saṃdhyāsnānaparo nityaṃ brahmayajñuparāyaṇaḥ / anasūyī mṛdurdānto gṛhasthaḥ pretya vardhate
Devoted always to bathing and the twilight rites, intent on the Brahman-sacrifice (recitation), free of envy, gentle, self-controlled, the householder prospers after death.
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KuP 2 15.23
वीतरागभयक्रोधो लोभमोहविवर्जितः । सावित्रीजाप्यनिरतः श्राद्धकृन्मुच्यते गृही
vītarāgabhayakrodho lobhamohavivarjitaḥ / sāvitrījāpyanirataḥ śrāddhakṛnmucyate gṛhī
With passion, fear, and anger gone, free of greed and delusion, delighting in the muttering of the Sāvitrī, performing the śrāddha rites, the householder is released.
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KuP 2 15.24
मातापित्रोर्हिते युक्तो गोब्राह्मणहिते रतः । दान्तो यज्वा देवभक्तो ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
mātāpitrorhite yukto gobrāhmaṇahite rataḥ / dānto yajvā devabhakto brahmaloke mahīyate
Engaged in the welfare of (his) mother and father, devoted to the good of cows and brahmins, self-controlled, a sacrificer, devoted to the gods, he is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
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KuP 2 15.25
त्रिवर्गसेवी सततं देवतानां च पूजनम् । कुर्यादहरहर्नित्यं नमस्येत् प्रयतः सुरान्
trivargasevī satataṃ devatānāṃ ca pūjanam / kuryādaharaharnityaṃ namasyet prayataḥ surān
Constantly pursuing the three aims (dharma, wealth, pleasure), (he) should perform the worship of the deities day after day without fail, and, purified, should bow to the gods.
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KuP 2 15.26
विभागशीलः सततं क्षमायुक्तो दयालुकः । गृहस्थस्तु समाख्यातो न गृहेण गृही भवेत्
vibhāgaśīlaḥ satataṃ kṣamāyukto dayālukaḥ / gṛhasthastu samākhyāto na gṛheṇa gṛhī bhavet
Always inclined to share, endowed with patience, compassionate — such a one is called a householder; one does not become a householder merely by (having) a house.
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KuP 2 15.27
क्षमा दया च विज्ञानं सत्यं चैव दमः शमः । अध्यात्मनिरतं ज्ञानमेतद् ब्राह्मणलक्षणम्
kṣamā dayā ca vijñānaṃ satyaṃ caiva damaḥ śamaḥ / adhyātmanirataṃ jñānametad brāhmaṇalakṣaṇam
Patience, compassion, discernment, truth, restraint, calm, and knowledge devoted to the inner self — this is the mark of a brahmin.
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KuP 2 15.28
एतस्मान्न प्रमाद्येत विशेषेण द्विजोत्तमः । यथाशक्तिं चरन् कर्म निन्दितानि विवर्जयेत्
etasmānna pramādyeta viśeṣeṇa dvijottamaḥ / yathāśaktiṃ caran karma ninditāni vivarjayet
The best of the twice-born should especially not be negligent in this; performing (his) duty according to (his) ability, (he) should avoid the censured (acts).
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KuP 2 15.29
विधूय मोहकलिलं लब्ध्वा योगमनुत्तमम् । गृहस्थो मुच्यते बन्धात् नात्र कार्या विचारणा
vidhūya mohakalilaṃ labdhvā yogamanuttamam / gṛhastho mucyate bandhāt nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Having shaken off the mire of delusion and attained the highest yoga, the householder is freed from bondage; no doubt is to be entertained here.
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KuP 2 15.30
विगर्हातिक्रमाक्षेपहिंसाबन्धवधात्मनाम् । अन्यमन्युसमुत्थानां दोषाणां मर्षणं क्षमा
vigarhātikramākṣepahiṃsābandhavadhātmanām / anyamanyusamutthānāṃ doṣāṇāṃ marṣaṇaṃ kṣamā
Patience is the bearing with offences — reproach, transgression, abuse, injury, imprisonment, and killing — which arise from another's wrath.
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KuP 2 15.31
स्वदुः खेष्विव कारुण्यं परदुः खेषु सौहृदात् । दयेति मुनयः प्राहुः साक्षाद् धर्मस्य साधनम्
svaduḥ kheṣviva kāruṇyaṃ paraduḥ kheṣu sauhṛdāt / dayeti munayaḥ prāhuḥ sākṣād dharmasya sādhanam
Compassion toward the sufferings of others, out of goodwill, as (one feels) toward one's own sufferings — that the sages have called dayā, the direct means of dharma.
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KuP 2 15.32
चतुर्दशानां विद्यानां धारणं हि यतार्थतः । विज्ञानमिति तद् विद्याद् येन धर्मो विवर्धते
caturdaśānāṃ vidyānāṃ dhāraṇaṃ hi yatārthataḥ / vijñānamiti tad vidyād yena dharmo vivardhate
The retaining of the fourteen branches of learning according to their (true) sense — that (one) should know as vijñāna, by which dharma increases.
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KuP 2 15.33
अधीत्य विधिवद् विद्यामर्थं चैवोपलभ्य तु । धर्मकार्यान्निवृत्तश्चेन्न तद् विज्ञानमिष्यते
adhītya vidhivad vidyāmarthaṃ caivopalabhya tu / dharmakāryānnivṛttaścenna tad vijñānamiṣyate
But if, having studied a branch of learning according to rule and having grasped its meaning, one turns away from the practice of dharma, that is not held to be true knowledge.
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KuP 2 15.34
सत्येन लोकाञ्जयति सत्यं तत्परमं पदम् । यथाभूतप्रवाद् तु सत्यमाहुर्मनीषिणः
satyena lokāñjayati satyaṃ tatparamaṃ padam / yathābhūtapravād tu satyamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
By truth one conquers the worlds; truth is that highest state. The wise call truth the speaking of things as they are.
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KuP 2 15.35
दमः शरीरोपरमः शमः प्रज्ञाप्रिसादजः । अध्यात्ममक्षरं विद्याद् यत्र गत्वा न शोचति
damaḥ śarīroparamaḥ śamaḥ prajñāprisādajaḥ / adhyātmamakṣaraṃ vidyād yatra gatvā na śocati
Self-restraint (dama) is the quieting of the body; tranquillity (śama) is born of the serenity of the understanding. One should know the imperishable as pertaining to the self, on reaching which one does not grieve.
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KuP 2 15.36
यया स देवो भगवान् विद्यया वेद्यते परः । साक्षाद् देवो महादेवस्तज्ज्ञानमिति कीर्तितम्
yayā sa devo bhagavān vidyayā vedyate paraḥ / sākṣād devo mahādevastajjñānamiti kīrtitam
That learning by which the supreme Lord God is known — the god who is directly the Great God — that is proclaimed to be knowledge.
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KuP 2 15.37
तन्निष्ठस्तत्परो विद्वान्नित्यमक्रोधनः शुचिः । महायज्ञपरो विप्रो लभते तदनुत्तमम्
tanniṣṭhastatparo vidvānnityamakrodhanaḥ śuciḥ / mahāyajñaparo vipro labhate tadanuttamam
The learned brahmin who is fixed on that, devoted to that, ever free of anger, pure, and given to the great sacrifices, obtains that unsurpassed (goal).
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KuP 2 15.38
धर्मस्यायतनं यत्नाच्छरीरं परिपालयेत् । न हि देहं विना रुद्रः पुरुषैर्विद्यते परः
dharmasyāyatanaṃ yatnāccharīraṃ paripālayet / na hi dehaṃ vinā rudraḥ puruṣairvidyate paraḥ
One should carefully protect the body, the seat of dharma; for without a body the supreme Rudra is not to be found by men.
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KuP 2 15.39
नित्यधर्मार्थकामेषु युज्येत नियतो द्विजः । न धर्मवर्जितं काममर्थं वा मनसा स्मरेत्
nityadharmārthakāmeṣu yujyeta niyato dvijaḥ / na dharmavarjitaṃ kāmamarthaṃ vā manasā smaret
A twice-born, self-controlled, should engage in the constant (pursuits of) dharma, wealth, and pleasure; he should not even in his mind think of a pleasure or a gain that is devoid of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 15.40
सीदन्नपि हि धर्मेण न त्वधर्मं समाचरेत् । धर्मो हि भगवान् देवो गतिः सर्वेषु जन्तुषु
sīdannapi hi dharmeṇa na tvadharmaṃ samācaret / dharmo hi bhagavān devo gatiḥ sarveṣu jantuṣu
Even if he sinks (into ruin) through dharma, he should not practise what is contrary to dharma; for dharma is the Lord God, the refuge in all creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 15.41
भूतानां प्रियकारी स्यात् न परद्रोहकर्मधीः । न वेददेवतानिन्दां कुर्यात् तैश्च न संवसेत्
bhūtānāṃ priyakārī syāt na paradrohakarmadhīḥ / na vedadevatānindāṃ kuryāt taiśca na saṃvaset
He should be a doer of what is dear to (all) beings, not one whose mind is set on harming others; he should not blame the Vedas or the gods, and should not dwell with those (who do).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 15.42
यस्त्विमं नियतं विप्रो धर्माध्यायं पठेच्छुचिः । अध्यापयेत् श्रावयेद् वा ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
yastvimaṃ niyataṃ vipro dharmādhyāyaṃ paṭhecchuciḥ / adhyāpayet śrāvayed vā brahmaloke mahīyate
But the brahmin who, self-controlled and pure, recites this chapter on dharma, or teaches it, or causes it to be heard, is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition