Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 16
KuP 2 16.1
व्यास उवाच न हिंस्यात् सर्वभूतानिनानृतं वावदेत् क्वचित् । नाहितं नाप्रियं वाक्यं न स्तेनः स्याद् कदाचन
vyāsa uvāca na hiṃsyāt sarvabhūtāninānṛtaṃ vāvadet kvacit / nāhitaṃ nāpriyaṃ vākyaṃ na stenaḥ syād kadācana
Vyāsa said: One should not injure any beings, nor ever speak falsehood, nor an unbeneficial or unpleasant word, and one should never be a thief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.2
तृणं वा यदि वा शाकं मृदं वा जलमेव वा । परस्यापहरञ्जन्तुर्नरकं प्रतिपद्यते
tṛṇaṃ vā yadi vā śākaṃ mṛdaṃ vā jalameva vā / parasyāpaharañjanturnarakaṃ pratipadyate
A creature that steals another's property — whether grass, or a vegetable, or clay, or even water — goes to hell.
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KuP 2 16.3
न राज्ञः प्रतिगृह्णीयान्न शूद्रपतितादपि । न चान्यस्मादशक्तश्च निन्दितान् वर्जयेद् बुधः
na rājñaḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna śūdrapatitādapi / na cānyasmādaśaktaśca ninditān varjayed budhaḥ
One should not accept a gift from a king, nor from a śūdra or an outcaste; nor, being unable (to do otherwise), from anyone else — the wise man should avoid the censured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.4
नित्यं याचनको न स्यात् पुनस्तं नैव याचयेत् । प्राणानपहरत्येवं याचकस्तस्य दुर्मतिः
nityaṃ yācanako na syāt punastaṃ naiva yācayet / prāṇānapaharatyevaṃ yācakastasya durmatiḥ
One should not be a constant beggar, nor should one beg again from the same person; such a wicked-minded beggar takes away that man's very life-breaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.5
न देवद्रव्यहारी स्याद् विशेषेण द्विजोत्तमः । ब्रह्मस्वं वा नापहरेदापद्यपि कदाचन
na devadravyahārī syād viśeṣeṇa dvijottamaḥ / brahmasvaṃ vā nāpaharedāpadyapi kadācana
One should not be a taker of the gods' property, especially the best of the twice-born; nor should one ever take a brahmin's property, even in a time of distress.
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KuP 2 16.6
न विषं विषमित्याहुर्ब्रह्मस्वं विषमुच्यते । देवस्वं चापि यत्नेन सदा परिहरेत् ततः
na viṣaṃ viṣamityāhurbrahmasvaṃ viṣamucyate / devasvaṃ cāpi yatnena sadā pariharet tataḥ
They say poison is not (really) poison: a brahmin's property is called poison. Therefore one should always carefully avoid the gods' property too.
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KuP 2 16.7
पुष्पे शाक्रोदके काष्ठे तथा मूले फले तृणे । अदत्तादानमस्तेयं मनुः प्राह प्रजापतिः
puṣpe śākrodake kāṣṭhe tathā mūle phale tṛṇe / adattādānamasteyaṃ manuḥ prāha prajāpatiḥ
In the case of a flower, a vegetable, water, wood, likewise a root, a fruit, or grass, Manu the Lord of creatures declared that taking what is not given is not theft.
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KuP 2 16.8
ग्रहीतव्यानि पुष्पाणि देवार्चनविधौ द्विजाः । नैकस्मादेव नियतमननुज्ञाय केवलम्
grahītavyāni puṣpāṇi devārcanavidhau dvijāḥ / naikasmādeva niyatamananujñāya kevalam
Flowers may be taken, O twice-born ones, for the rite of worshipping the gods; but certainly not from one (plant or owner) alone, and not merely without permission.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.9
तृणं काष्ठं फलं पुष्पं प्रकाशं वै हरेद् बुधः । धर्मार्थं केवलं विप्रा ह्यन्यथा पतितो भवेत्
tṛṇaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ phalaṃ puṣpaṃ prakāśaṃ vai hared budhaḥ / dharmārthaṃ kevalaṃ viprā hyanyathā patito bhavet
The wise man may take grass, wood, fruit, or flower openly, and only for the sake of dharma, O brahmins; otherwise he becomes fallen.
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KuP 2 16.10
तिलमुद्गयवादीनां मुष्टिर्ग्राह्या पथि स्थितैः । क्षुधार्तैर्नान्यथा विप्रा धर्मविद्भिरिति स्थितिः
tilamudgayavādīnāṃ muṣṭirgrāhyā pathi sthitaiḥ / kṣudhārtairnānyathā viprā dharmavidbhiriti sthitiḥ
A handful of sesame, mung beans, barley and the like may be taken by those on the road when afflicted by hunger, but not otherwise, O brahmins — such is the rule laid down by the knowers of dharma.
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KuP 2 16.11
न धर्मस्यापदेशेन पापं कृत्वा व्रतं चरेत् । व्रतेन पापं प्रच्छाद्य कुर्वन् स्त्रीशूद्रदम्भनम्
na dharmasyāpadeśena pāpaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ caret / vratena pāpaṃ pracchādya kurvan strīśūdradambhanam
One should not, having committed a sin, undertake a vow under the pretext of religion, concealing the sin by the vow and thus practising deception upon women and śūdras.
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KuP 2 16.12
प्रेत्येह चेदृशो विप्रो गर्ह्यते ब्रह्मवादिभिः । छद्मनाचरितं यच्च व्रतं रक्षांसि गच्छति
pretyeha cedṛśo vipro garhyate brahmavādibhiḥ / chadmanācaritaṃ yacca vrataṃ rakṣāṃsi gacchati
Such a brahmin is blamed by the expounders of the Veda both here and after death; and a vow performed with fraud goes to the rākṣasas.
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KuP 2 16.13
अलिङ्गी लिङ्गिवेषेण यो वृत्तिमुपजीवति । स लिङ्गिनां हरेदेनस्तिर्यग्योनौ च जायते
aliṅgī liṅgiveṣeṇa yo vṛttimupajīvati / sa liṅgināṃ haredenastiryagyonau ca jāyate
He who, though bearing no (ascetic's) marks, lives off a livelihood in the garb of one who bears them, takes upon himself the sin of the marked ones and is born in an animal womb.
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KuP 2 16.14
बैडालव्रतिनः पापा लोके धर्मविनाशकाः । सद्यः पतन्ति पापेषु कर्मणस्तस्य तत् फलम्
baiḍālavratinaḥ pāpā loke dharmavināśakāḥ / sadyaḥ patanti pāpeṣu karmaṇastasya tat phalam
Those of the cat's vow (hypocrites) are sinners, destroyers of religion in the world; they fall at once into sins — that is the fruit of that conduct.
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KuP 2 16.15
पाषण्डिनो विकर्मस्थान् वामाचारांस्तथैव च । पञ्चरात्रान् पाशुपतान् वाङ्मात्रेणापि नार्चयेत्
pāṣaṇḍino vikarmasthān vāmācārāṃstathaiva ca / pañcarātrān pāśupatān vāṅmātreṇāpi nārcayet
Heretics, those engaged in forbidden acts, and likewise followers of left-hand practice, Pāñcarātrins and Pāśupatas — one should not honour (them) even with mere speech.
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KuP 2 16.16
वेदनिन्दारतान् मर्त्यान् देवनिन्दारतांस्तथा । द्विजनिन्दारतांश्चैव मनसापि न चिन्तयेत्
vedanindāratān martyān devanindāratāṃstathā / dvijanindāratāṃścaiva manasāpi na cintayet
Mortals given to reviling the Veda, and likewise those given to reviling the gods, and those given to reviling the twice-born — one should not think of (them) even in mind.
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KuP 2 16.17
याजनं योनिसंबन्धं सहवासं च भाषणम् । कुर्वाणः पतते जन्तुस्तस्माद् यत्नेन वर्जयेत्
yājanaṃ yonisaṃbandhaṃ sahavāsaṃ ca bhāṣaṇam / kurvāṇaḥ patate jantustasmād yatnena varjayet
A creature who performs sacrifice for them, forms marriage connection, dwells together (with them), or converses (with them), falls; therefore one should carefully avoid (this).
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KuP 2 16.18
देवद्रोहाद् गुरुद्रोहः कोटिकोटिगुणाधिकः । ज्ञानापवादो नास्तिक्यं तस्मात् कोटिगुणाधिकम्
devadrohād gurudrohaḥ koṭikoṭiguṇādhikaḥ / jñānāpavādo nāstikyaṃ tasmāt koṭiguṇādhikam
Injury to the teacher is many millions of times worse than injury to a god; disparagement of knowledge, that is, denial (of the scriptures), is a million times worse than that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.19
गोभिश्च दैवतैर्विप्रैः कृष्या राजोपसेवया । कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति यानि हीनानि धर्मतः
gobhiśca daivatairvipraiḥ kṛṣyā rājopasevayā / kulānyakulatāṃ yānti yāni hīnāni dharmataḥ
Through cows, through deities, through brahmins, through agriculture, and through service to a king, those families that are deficient in religion lose their family standing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.20
कुविवाहैः क्रियालोपैर्वेदानध्ययनेन च । कुलान्यकुलतां यान्ति ब्राह्मणातिक्रमेण च
kuvivāhaiḥ kriyālopairvedānadhyayanena ca / kulānyakulatāṃ yānti brāhmaṇātikrameṇa ca
By bad marriages, by the lapse of rites, by non-study of the Veda, and by slighting brahmins, families lose their family standing.
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KuP 2 16.21
अनृतात् पारदार्याच्च तथाभक्ष्यस्य भक्षणात् । अश्रौतधर्माचरणात् क्षिप्रं नश्यति वै कुलम्
anṛtāt pāradāryācca tathābhakṣyasya bhakṣaṇāt / aśrautadharmācaraṇāt kṣipraṃ naśyati vai kulam
By falsehood, by adultery, and likewise by eating what is not to be eaten, and by practising rites not prescribed in the Veda, a family swiftly perishes.
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KuP 2 16.22
अश्रोत्रियेषु वै दानाद् वृषलेषु तथैव च । विहिताचारहीनेषु क्षिप्रं नश्यति वै कुलम्
aśrotriyeṣu vai dānād vṛṣaleṣu tathaiva ca / vihitācārahīneṣu kṣipraṃ naśyati vai kulam
By giving to those who are not learned in the Veda, and likewise to base men, and to those devoid of the prescribed conduct, a family swiftly perishes.
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KuP 2 16.23
नाधार्मिकैर्वृते ग्रामे न व्याधिबहुले भृशम् । न शूद्रराज्ये निवसेन्न पाषण्डजनैर्वृते
nādhārmikairvṛte grāme na vyādhibahule bhṛśam / na śūdrarājye nivasenna pāṣaṇḍajanairvṛte
One should not dwell in a village surrounded by the unrighteous, nor in one much afflicted with disease, nor in a realm ruled by śūdras, nor in one surrounded by heretical people.
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KuP 2 16.24
हिमवद्विन्ध्ययोर्मध्ये पूर्वपश्चिमयोः शुभम् । मुक्त्वा समुद्रयोर्देशं नान्यत्र निवसेद् द्विजः
himavadvindhyayormadhye pūrvapaścimayoḥ śubham / muktvā samudrayordeśaṃ nānyatra nivased dvijaḥ
Apart from the auspicious region between the Himavat and the Vindhya, and between the eastern and western oceans, a twice-born should not dwell elsewhere.
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KuP 2 16.25
कृष्णो वा यत्र चरति मृगो नित्यं स्वभावतः । पुण्याश्च विश्रुता नद्यस्तत्र वा निवसेद् द्विजः
kṛṣṇo vā yatra carati mṛgo nityaṃ svabhāvataḥ / puṇyāśca viśrutā nadyastatra vā nivased dvijaḥ
Or where the black antelope roams constantly of its own nature, and where there are famed holy rivers — there too a twice-born may dwell.
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KuP 2 16.26
अर्धक्रोशान्नदीकूलं वर्जयित्वा द्विजोत्तमः । नान्यत्र निवसेत् पुण्यं नान्त्यजग्रामसन्निधौ
ardhakrośānnadīkūlaṃ varjayitvā dvijottamaḥ / nānyatra nivaset puṇyaṃ nāntyajagrāmasannidhau
Except for a river bank within half a krośa, the best of the twice-born should not dwell in any other (place, however) holy, nor in the vicinity of a village of the lowest-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.27
न संवसेच्च पतितैर्न चण्डालैर्न पुक्कसैः । न मूर्खैर्नावलिप्तैश्च नान्त्यैर्नान्त्यावसायिभिः
na saṃvasecca patitairna caṇḍālairna pukkasaiḥ / na mūrkhairnāvaliptaiśca nāntyairnāntyāvasāyibhiḥ
And one should not dwell together with the fallen, nor with caṇḍālas, nor with pukkasas, nor with fools, nor with the arrogant, nor with the lowest-born, nor with those living at the very end (of society).
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KuP 2 16.28
एकशय्यासनं पङ्क्तिर्भाण्डपक्वान्नमिश्रणम् । याजनाध्यापने योनिस्तथैव सहभोजनम्
ekaśayyāsanaṃ paṅktirbhāṇḍapakvānnamiśraṇam / yājanādhyāpane yonistathaiva sahabhojanam
A single bed or seat, (sitting in one) row, mixing of vessels and of cooked food, officiating (for another) and teaching, marriage connection, and likewise eating together —
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KuP 2 16.29
सहाध्यायस्तु दशमः सहयाजनमेव च । एकादश समुद्दिष्टा दोषाः साङ्कर्यसंज्ञिताः
sahādhyāyastu daśamaḥ sahayājanameva ca / ekādaśa samuddiṣṭā doṣāḥ sāṅkaryasaṃjñitāḥ
and studying together is the tenth, and sacrificing together as well: these eleven are declared to be the faults known as intermixture.
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KuP 2 16.30
समीपे वा व्यवस्थानात् पापं संक्रमते नृणाम् । तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन साङ्कर्यं परिवर्जयेत्
samīpe vā vyavasthānāt pāpaṃ saṃkramate nṛṇām / tasmāt sarvaprayatnena sāṅkaryaṃ parivarjayet
Or even from being situated nearby, sin passes over to men; therefore one should avoid intermixture with every effort.
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KuP 2 16.31
एकपङ्क्त्युपविष्टा ये न स्पृशन्ति परस्परम् । भस्मना कृतमर्यादा न तेषां संकरो भवेत्
ekapaṅktyupaviṣṭā ye na spṛśanti parasparam / bhasmanā kṛtamaryādā na teṣāṃ saṃkaro bhavet
Those who, seated in one row, do not touch one another, with a boundary made with ashes — for them there is no commingling (of impurity).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.32
अग्निना भस्मना चैव सलिलेनावसेकतः । द्वारेण स्तम्भमार्गेण षड्भिः पङ्क्तिर्विभिद्यते
agninā bhasmanā caiva salilenāvasekataḥ / dvāreṇa stambhamārgeṇa ṣaḍbhiḥ paṅktirvibhidyate
By fire, by ashes, by a sprinkling of water, by a doorway, by the line of a pillar — by these six the row is divided.
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KuP 2 16.33
न कुर्याच्छुष्कवैराणि विवादं च न पैशुनम् । परक्षेत्रे गां धयन्तीं न चाचक्षीत कस्यचित् । न संवदेत् सूतके च न कञ्चिन्मर्मणि स्पृशेत्
na kuryācchuṣkavairāṇi vivādaṃ ca na paiśunam / parakṣetre gāṃ dhayantīṃ na cācakṣīta kasyacit / na saṃvadet sūtake ca na kañcinmarmaṇi spṛśet
He should not engage in groundless enmities, nor in quarrel, nor in slander; and he should not point out to anyone a cow drinking (grass/milk) in another's field; he should not converse (with one) during the impurity of childbirth, nor touch anyone on a vital spot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.34
न सूर्यपरिवेषं वा नेन्द्रचापं शवाग्निकम् । परस्मै कथयेद् विद्वान् शशिनं वा कदाचन
na sūryapariveṣaṃ vā nendracāpaṃ śavāgnikam / parasmai kathayed vidvān śaśinaṃ vā kadācana
The learned man should never tell another of a halo round the sun, nor of a rainbow, nor of a funeral fire, nor of the moon.
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KuP 2 16.35
न कुर्याद् बहुभिः सार्धं विरोधं बन्धुभिस्तथा । आत्मनः प्रतिकूलानि परेषां न समाचरेत्
na kuryād bahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ virodhaṃ bandhubhistathā / ātmanaḥ pratikūlāni pareṣāṃ na samācaret
He should not enter into opposition with many people, nor with kinsmen; he should not do to others what is contrary to himself.
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KuP 2 16.36
तिथिं पक्षस्य न ब्रूयात् न नक्षत्राणि निर्दिशेत् । नोदक्यामभिभाषेत नाशुचिं वा द्विजोत्तमः
tithiṃ pakṣasya na brūyāt na nakṣatrāṇi nirdiśet / nodakyāmabhibhāṣeta nāśuciṃ vā dvijottamaḥ
The best of the twice-born should not announce the lunar day of the fortnight, nor point out the constellations; he should not speak to a menstruating woman nor to one who is impure.
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KuP 2 16.37
न देवगुरुविप्राणां दीयमानं तु वारयेत् । न चात्मानं प्रशंसेद् वा परनिन्दां च वर्जयेत् । वेदनिन्दां देवनिन्दां प्रयत्नेन विवर्जयेत्
na devaguruviprāṇāṃ dīyamānaṃ tu vārayet / na cātmānaṃ praśaṃsed vā paranindāṃ ca varjayet / vedanindāṃ devanindāṃ prayatnena vivarjayet
He should not obstruct what is being given to gods, teachers, and brahmins; he should not praise himself, and he should avoid blaming others; with effort he should avoid censure of the Vedas and censure of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.38
यस्तु देवानृषीन् विप्रान्वेदान् वा निन्दति द्विजः । न तस्य निष्कृतिर्दृष्टा शास्त्रेष्विह मुनीश्वराः
yastu devānṛṣīn viprānvedān vā nindati dvijaḥ / na tasya niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā śāstreṣviha munīśvarāḥ
But that twice-born who reviles the gods, the seers, the brahmins, or the Vedas — for him no expiation is seen in the treatises here, O lords among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.39
निन्दयेद् वै गुरुं देवं वेदं वा सोपबृंहणम् । कल्पकोटिशतं साग्रं रौरवे पच्यते नरः
nindayed vai guruṃ devaṃ vedaṃ vā sopabṛṃhaṇam / kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ raurave pacyate naraḥ
Should a man revile his teacher, a god, or the Veda together with its supplements, he is cooked in the Raurava hell for a full hundred crores of kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.40
तूष्णीमासीत निन्दायां न ब्रूयात् किञ्चिदुत्तरम् । कर्णौ पिधाय गन्तव्यं न चैतानवलोकयेत्
tūṣṇīmāsīta nindāyāṃ na brūyāt kiñciduttaram / karṇau pidhāya gantavyaṃ na caitānavalokayet
When there is reviling (of these) he should sit silent and not utter any reply; he should go away covering his ears, and should not look upon those (revilers).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.41
वर्जयेद् वै रहस्यानि परेषां गूहयेद् बुधः । विवादं स्वजनैः सार्धं न कुर्याद् वै कदाचन
varjayed vai rahasyāni pareṣāṃ gūhayed budhaḥ / vivādaṃ svajanaiḥ sārdhaṃ na kuryād vai kadācana
He should avoid (revealing) secrets; the wise man should keep others' (secrets) hidden; he should never engage in dispute with his own people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.42
न पापं पापिनां ब्रूयादपापं वा द्विजात्तमाः । सतेनतुल्यदोषः स्यान्मिथ्या द्विर्देषवान् भवेत्
na pāpaṃ pāpināṃ brūyādapāpaṃ vā dvijāttamāḥ / satenatulyadoṣaḥ syānmithyā dvirdeṣavān bhavet
O best of the twice-born, one should not declare the sin of sinners, nor (declare) the sinless (to be sinful): (in the first case) one would incur a fault equal to the thief's, and (speaking) falsely one becomes doubly at fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.43
यानि मिथ्याभिशस्तानां पतन्त्यश्रूणि रोदनात् । तानिपुत्रान् पशून्घ्निन्ति तेषां मिथ्याभिशंसिनाम्
yāni mithyābhiśastānāṃ patantyaśrūṇi rodanāt / tāniputrān paśūnghninti teṣāṃ mithyābhiśaṃsinām
The tears that fall from the weeping of those falsely accused — those tears destroy the sons and the cattle of those who make false accusations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.44
ब्रिह्महत्यासुरापाने स्तेयगुर्वङ्गनागमे । दृष्टं विशोधनं वृद्धैर्नास्ति मिथ्याभिशंसने
brihmahatyāsurāpāne steyagurvaṅganāgame / dṛṣṭaṃ viśodhanaṃ vṛddhairnāsti mithyābhiśaṃsane
For the killing of a brahmin, for drinking liquor, for theft, for intercourse with the teacher's wife, a purification has been laid down by the elders; for false accusation there is none.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.45
नेक्षेतोद्यन्तमादित्यं शशिनं चानिमित्ततः । नास्तं यान्तं न वारिस्थं नोपसृष्टं न मघ्यगम् । तिरोहितं वाससा वा नादर्शान्तरगामिनम्
nekṣetodyantamādityaṃ śaśinaṃ cānimittataḥ / nāstaṃ yāntaṃ na vāristhaṃ nopasṛṣṭaṃ na maghyagam / tirohitaṃ vāsasā vā nādarśāntaragāminam
He should not gaze without cause at the rising sun or moon, nor at (them) as they set, nor (reflected) in water, nor when eclipsed, nor when at mid-heaven, nor when veiled by cloth, nor as (reflected) within a mirror.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.46
न नग्नां स्त्रियमीक्षेत पुरुषं वा कदाचन । न च मूत्रं पुरीषं वा न च संस्पृष्टमैथुनम् । नाशुचिः सूर्यसोमादीन् ग्रहानालोकयेद् बुधः
na nagnāṃ striyamīkṣeta puruṣaṃ vā kadācana / na ca mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā na ca saṃspṛṣṭamaithunam / nāśuciḥ sūryasomādīn grahānālokayed budhaḥ
He should never look at a naked woman, nor at a naked man, nor at urine or excrement, nor at (people) joined in intercourse; the wise man, while impure, should not look at the sun, the moon, or the other planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.47
पतितव्यङ्गचण्डालानुच्छिष्टान् नावलोकयेत् । नाभिभाषेत च परमुच्छिष्टो वावगुण्ठितः
patitavyaṅgacaṇḍālānucchiṣṭān nāvalokayet / nābhibhāṣeta ca paramucchiṣṭo vāvaguṇṭhitaḥ
He should not look at the fallen, the deformed, caṇḍālas, or those (defiled) with leftover food; and, himself defiled with food-remnants or with his head muffled up, he should not speak to another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.48
न पश्येत् प्रेतसंस्पर्शं न क्रुद्धस्य गुरोर्मुखम् । न तैलोदकयोश्छायां न पत्नीं भोजने सति । नामुक्तबन्धनाङ्गां वा नोन्मत्तं मत्तमेव वा
na paśyet pretasaṃsparśaṃ na kruddhasya gurormukham / na tailodakayośchāyāṃ na patnīṃ bhojane sati / nāmuktabandhanāṅgāṃ vā nonmattaṃ mattameva vā
He should not look at the touching of a corpse, nor at the face of an angry teacher, nor at his reflection in oil or water, nor at his wife while food is being eaten, nor at a woman whose limbs are not freed of their bindings, nor at a madman or a drunken man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.49
नाश्नीयात् भार्यया सार्धंनैनामीक्षेत चाश्नतीम् । क्षुवन्तीं जृम्भमाणां वा नासनस्थां यथासुखम्
nāśnīyāt bhāryayā sārdhaṃnaināmīkṣeta cāśnatīm / kṣuvantīṃ jṛmbhamāṇāṃ vā nāsanasthāṃ yathāsukham
He should not eat together with his wife, nor look at her while she is eating, or sneezing, or yawning, or seated at ease on a seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.50
नोदके चात्मनो रूपं न कूलं श्वभ्रमेव वा । न लङ्घयेच्च मूत्रं वा नाधितिष्ठेत् कदाचन
nodake cātmano rūpaṃ na kūlaṃ śvabhrameva vā / na laṅghayecca mūtraṃ vā nādhitiṣṭhet kadācana
(He should) not (look at) his own form in water, nor at a river-bank or a pit; and he should not step over urine, nor ever stand upon it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.51
न शूद्राय मतिं दद्यात् कृशरं पायसं दधि । नोच्छिष्टं वा मधु घृतं न च कृष्णाजिनं हविः
na śūdrāya matiṃ dadyāt kṛśaraṃ pāyasaṃ dadhi / nocchiṣṭaṃ vā madhu ghṛtaṃ na ca kṛṣṇājinaṃ haviḥ
(One) should not give counsel to a śūdra, nor kṛśara (a sesame-and-rice dish), rice-milk pudding, or curds; nor leftover food, honey, ghee, a black antelope skin, or oblation-material.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.52
न चैवास्मै व्रतं दद्यान्न च धर्मं वदेद् बुधः । न च क्रोधवशं गच्छेद् द्वेषं रागं च वर्जयेत्
na caivāsmai vrataṃ dadyānna ca dharmaṃ vaded budhaḥ / na ca krodhavaśaṃ gacched dveṣaṃ rāgaṃ ca varjayet
Nor should the wise (man) prescribe a vow for him, nor expound the Law (to him); he should not fall under the sway of anger, and should shun hatred and passion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.53
लोभं दम्भं तथा यत्नादसूयां ज्ञानकुत्सनम् । ईर्ष्यां मदं तथा शोकं मोहं च परिवर्जयेत्
lobhaṃ dambhaṃ tathā yatnādasūyāṃ jñānakutsanam / īrṣyāṃ madaṃ tathā śokaṃ mohaṃ ca parivarjayet
He should carefully avoid greed, hypocrisy, envy, disparagement of knowledge, jealousy, arrogance, grief and delusion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.54
न कुर्यात् कस्यचित् पीडां सुतं शिष्यं च ताडयेत् । न हीनानुपसेवेत न च तीक्ष्णमतीन् क्वचित्
na kuryāt kasyacit pīḍāṃ sutaṃ śiṣyaṃ ca tāḍayet / na hīnānupaseveta na ca tīkṣṇamatīn kvacit
He should not cause pain to anyone; he may chastise (his own) son and pupil; he should not attend upon low (persons), nor ever upon those of harsh mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.55
नात्मानं चावमन्येत दैन्यं यत्नेन वर्जयेत् । न विशिष्टानसत्कुर्यात् नात्मानं वा शपेद् बुधः
nātmānaṃ cāvamanyeta dainyaṃ yatnena varjayet / na viśiṣṭānasatkuryāt nātmānaṃ vā śaped budhaḥ
He should not despise himself, and should with effort avoid abjectness; the wise (man) should not treat distinguished (persons) with disrespect, nor curse himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.56
न नखैर्विलिखेद् भूमिं गां च संवेशयेन्न हि । न नदीषु नदीं ब्रूयात् पर्वतेषु च पर्वतान्
na nakhairvilikhed bhūmiṃ gāṃ ca saṃveśayenna hi / na nadīṣu nadīṃ brūyāt parvateṣu ca parvatān
He should not scratch the ground with (his) nails, and should not make a cow lie down; he should not speak of rivers when among rivers, nor of mountains when among mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.57
आवासे भोजने वापि न त्यजेत् हसयायिनम् । नावगाहेदपो नग्नो वह्निं नातिव्रजेत् पदा
āvāse bhojane vāpi na tyajet hasayāyinam / nāvagāhedapo nagno vahniṃ nātivrajet padā
Whether in lodging or at a meal, he should not abandon one who has come with (him); he should not plunge into water naked, and should not step over fire with (his) foot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.58
शिरो ऽभ्यङ्गावशिष्टेन तैलेनाङ्गं न लेपयेत् । न सर्पशस्त्रैः क्रीडेत स्वानि खानि न संस्पृशेत् । रोमाणि च रहस्यानि नाशिष्टेन सह व्रजेत्
śiro 'bhyaṅgāvaśiṣṭena tailenāṅgaṃ na lepayet / na sarpaśastraiḥ krīḍeta svāni khāni na saṃspṛśet / romāṇi ca rahasyāni nāśiṣṭena saha vrajet
He should not smear (his) body with oil left over from anointing the head; he should not play with snakes or weapons; he should not touch his own orifices, nor the hairs of the private parts; he should not travel together with an ill-behaved (person).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.59
न पाणिपादवाङ्नेत्रचापल्यं समुपाश्रयेत् । न शिश्नोदरचापल्यं न च श्रवणयोः क्वचित्
na pāṇipādavāṅnetracāpalyaṃ samupāśrayet / na śiśnodaracāpalyaṃ na ca śravaṇayoḥ kvacit
He should not indulge in restlessness of hand, foot, speech or eye, nor restlessness of the genitals and belly, nor ever of the ears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.60
न चाङ्गनखवादं वै कुर्यान्नाञ्जलिना पिबेत् । नाभिहन्याज्जलं पद्भ्यां पाणिना वा कदाचन
na cāṅganakhavādaṃ vai kuryānnāñjalinā pibet / nābhihanyājjalaṃ padbhyāṃ pāṇinā vā kadācana
And he should not make a sound with the nails of the limbs, nor drink from the cupped hands; he should never strike the water with (his) feet or with (his) hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.61
न शातयेदिष्टकाभिः फलानि न फलेन च । न म्लेच्छभाषां शिक्षेत नाकर्षेच्च पदासनम्
na śātayediṣṭakābhiḥ phalāni na phalena ca / na mlecchabhāṣāṃ śikṣeta nākarṣecca padāsanam
He should not knock down fruits with bricks nor with (another) fruit; he should not learn the speech of barbarians, and should not drag a seat with (his) foot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.62
न भेदनमवस्फोटं छेदनं वा विलेखनम् । कुर्याद् विमर्दनं धीमान् नाकस्मादेव निष्फलम्
na bhedanamavasphoṭaṃ chedanaṃ vā vilekhanam / kuryād vimardanaṃ dhīmān nākasmādeva niṣphalam
The wise (man) should not do splitting, bursting open, cutting, scratching, or crushing suddenly and to no purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.63
नोत्सङ्गेभक्षयेद् भक्ष्यं वृथा चेष्टां च नाचरेत् । न नृत्येदथवा गायेन्न वादित्राणि वादयेत्
notsaṅgebhakṣayed bhakṣyaṃ vṛthā ceṣṭāṃ ca nācaret / na nṛtyedathavā gāyenna vāditrāṇi vādayet
He should not eat food in (his) lap, and should not engage in purposeless activity; he should not dance or sing, nor play musical instruments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.64
न संहताभ्यां पाणिभ्यां कण्डूयेदात्मनः शिरः । न लौकिकैः स्तवैर्देवांस्तोषयेद् बाह्यजैरपि
na saṃhatābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ kaṇḍūyedātmanaḥ śiraḥ / na laukikaiḥ stavairdevāṃstoṣayed bāhyajairapi
He should not scratch his own head with both hands joined together; he should not propitiate the gods with worldly hymns of praise, nor with those produced outside (the Vedic tradition).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.65
नाक्षैः क्रीडेन्न धावेत नाप्सु विण्मूत्रमाचरेत् । नोच्छिष्टः संविशेन्नित्यं न नग्नः स्नानमाचरेत्
nākṣaiḥ krīḍenna dhāveta nāpsu viṇmūtramācaret / nocchiṣṭaḥ saṃviśennityaṃ na nagnaḥ snānamācaret
He should not play with dice, should not run, should not void excrement or urine in water; he should never lie down (to sleep) with unrinsed mouth after eating, nor bathe naked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.66
न गच्छेन्न पठेद् वापि न चैव स्वशिरः स्पृशेत् । न दन्तैर्नखरोमाणि छिन्द्यात् सुप्तं न बोधयेत्
na gacchenna paṭhed vāpi na caiva svaśiraḥ spṛśet / na dantairnakharomāṇi chindyāt suptaṃ na bodhayet
He should not walk about nor recite, nor touch his own head; he should not cut nails or hair with the teeth; he should not wake one who is asleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.67
न बालातपमासेवेत् प्रेतधूमं विवर्जयेत् । नैकः सुप्याच्छून्यगृहे स्वयं नोपानहौ हरेत्
na bālātapamāsevet pretadhūmaṃ vivarjayet / naikaḥ supyācchūnyagṛhe svayaṃ nopānahau haret
He should not expose himself to the newly risen sun's heat; he should avoid the smoke of a corpse; he should not sleep alone in an empty house; he should not carry (his own) sandals himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.68
नाकारणाद् वा निष्ठीवेन्न बाहुभ्यां नदीं तरेत् । न पादक्षालनं कुर्यात् पादेनैव कदाचन
nākāraṇād vā niṣṭhīvenna bāhubhyāṃ nadīṃ taret / na pādakṣālanaṃ kuryāt pādenaiva kadācana
He should not spit without cause, and should not cross a river by (swimming with) the arms; he should never wash a foot with the (other) foot itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.69
नाग्नौ प्रतापयेत् पादौ न कांस्ये धावयेद् बुधः । नाभिप्रासरयेद् देवं ब्राह्मणान् गामथापि वा । वाय्वग्निगुरुविप्रान् वा सूर्यं वा शशिनं प्रति
nāgnau pratāpayet pādau na kāṃsye dhāvayed budhaḥ / nābhiprāsarayed devaṃ brāhmaṇān gāmathāpi vā / vāyvagniguruviprān vā sūryaṃ vā śaśinaṃ prati
The wise (man) should not warm (his) feet at the fire, nor wash them in a bronze vessel; he should not stretch out (his feet) toward a deity, brahmins, or a cow, or toward the wind, fire, (his) teacher, brahmins, the sun, or the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.70
अशुद्धः शयनं यानं स्वाध्यायं स्नानवाहनम् । बहिर्निष्क्रमणं चैव न कुर्वोत कथञ्चन
aśuddhaḥ śayanaṃ yānaṃ svādhyāyaṃ snānavāhanam / bahirniṣkramaṇaṃ caiva na kurvota kathañcana
While impure he should not in any way engage in lying down, riding, private recitation, bathing, driving (a vehicle), or going outside.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.71
स्वप्नमध्ययनं स्नानमुद्वर्तं भोजनं गतिम् । उभयोः संध्ययोर्नित्यं मध्याह्ने चैव वर्जयेत्
svapnamadhyayanaṃ snānamudvartaṃ bhojanaṃ gatim / ubhayoḥ saṃdhyayornityaṃ madhyāhne caiva varjayet
Sleep, study, bathing, rubbing (the body) with oils, eating and going about — (one) should always avoid these at both twilights and at midday.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.72
न स्पृशेत् पाणिनोच्छिष्टो विप्रोगोब्राह्मणानलान् । न चासनं पदा वापि न देवप्रतिमां स्पृशेत्
na spṛśet pāṇinocchiṣṭo viprogobrāhmaṇānalān / na cāsanaṃ padā vāpi na devapratimāṃ spṛśet
With food-remnants (on him) one should not touch with the hand brahmins, cows, or fires, nor a seat with the foot, nor should he touch an image of a god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.73
नाशुद्धो ऽग्निं परिचरेन्न देवान् कीर्तयेदृषीन् । नावगाहेदगाधाम्बु धारयेन्नानिमित्ततः
nāśuddho 'gniṃ paricarenna devān kīrtayedṛṣīn / nāvagāhedagādhāmbu dhārayennānimittataḥ
When impure (one) should not tend the fire, nor should he name the gods or the seers; he should not plunge into fathomless water, nor should he hold (it? / bear it) without cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.74
न वामहस्तेनोद्धत्य पिबेद् वक्त्रेण वा जलम् । नोत्तरेदनुपस्पृश्य नाप्सु रेतः समुत्सृजेत्
na vāmahastenoddhatya pibed vaktreṇa vā jalam / nottaredanupaspṛśya nāpsu retaḥ samutsṛjet
He should not drink water by scooping it with the left hand, nor with the mouth; he should not come out (of the water) without having touched (it again, i.e. sipped); he should not discharge semen into water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.75
अमेध्यलिप्तमन्यद् वा लोहितं वा विषाणि वा । व्यतिक्रमेन्न स्त्रवन्तीं नाप्सु मैथुनमाचरेत् । चैत्यं वृक्षं न वै छिन्द्यान्नाप्सु ष्ठीवनमाचरेत्
amedhyaliptamanyad vā lohitaṃ vā viṣāṇi vā / vyatikramenna stravantīṃ nāpsu maithunamācaret / caityaṃ vṛkṣaṃ na vai chindyānnāpsu ṣṭhīvanamācaret
He should not step across (water) that is smeared with something impure, or (with) blood, or poison, nor across a flowing (stream); he should not perform intercourse in water; he should not cut a sacred tree, nor should he spit into water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.76
नास्थिभस्मकपालानि न केशान्न च कण्टकान् । तुषाङ्गारकरीषं वा नाधितिष्ठेत् कदाचन
nāsthibhasmakapālāni na keśānna ca kaṇṭakān / tuṣāṅgārakarīṣaṃ vā nādhitiṣṭhet kadācana
He should never stand upon bones, ashes, skulls, nor upon hair, nor upon thorns, nor upon husks, coals, or dung.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.77
न चाग्निं लङ्घयेद् धीमान् नोपदध्यादधः क्वचित् । न चैनं पादतः कुर्यान्मुखेन न धमेद् बुधः
na cāgniṃ laṅghayed dhīmān nopadadhyādadhaḥ kvacit / na cainaṃ pādataḥ kuryānmukhena na dhamed budhaḥ
The wise man should not step over a fire, nor ever place (anything) beneath it; nor should he handle it with his feet, and the learned man should not blow it with his mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.78
न कूपमवरोहेत नावेक्षेताशुचिः क्वचित् । अग्नौ न च क्षिपेदग्निं नाद्भिः प्रशमयेत् तथा
na kūpamavaroheta nāvekṣetāśuciḥ kvacit / agnau na ca kṣipedagniṃ nādbhiḥ praśamayet tathā
He should not go down into a well, nor should he, when impure, ever look (into one); he should not throw fire into fire, nor should he extinguish it with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.79
सुहृन्मरणमार्तिं वा न स्वयं श्रावयेत् परान् । अपण्यं कूटपण्यं वा विक्रये न प्रयोजयेत्
suhṛnmaraṇamārtiṃ vā na svayaṃ śrāvayet parān / apaṇyaṃ kūṭapaṇyaṃ vā vikraye na prayojayet
He should not himself make others hear of a friend's death or affliction; he should not employ in sale what is unsalable or falsely represented goods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.80
न वह्निं मुखनिश्वासैर् ज्वालयेन्नाशुचिर्बुधः । पुण्यस्थानोदकस्थाने सीमान्तं वा कृषेन्न तु
na vahniṃ mukhaniśvāsair jvālayennāśucirbudhaḥ / puṇyasthānodakasthāne sīmāntaṃ vā kṛṣenna tu
The wise man should not kindle a fire with the breath of his mouth, nor (do so) when impure; nor should he plough (i.e. cut) a boundary-furrow in a holy place or a place of water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.81
न भिन्द्यात् पूर्वसमयमभ्युपेतं कदाचन । परस्परं पशून् व्यालान् पक्षिणो नावबोधयेत्
na bhindyāt pūrvasamayamabhyupetaṃ kadācana / parasparaṃ paśūn vyālān pakṣiṇo nāvabodhayet
He should never break an agreement previously entered into; he should not set beasts, predators, or birds against one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.82
परबाधं न कुर्वोत जलवातातपादिभिः । कारयित्वा स्वकर्माणि कारून् पश्चान्न वञ्चयेत् । सायंप्रातर् गृहद्वारान् भिक्षार्थं नावघट्टयेत्
parabādhaṃ na kurvota jalavātātapādibhiḥ / kārayitvā svakarmāṇi kārūn paścānna vañcayet / sāyaṃprātar gṛhadvārān bhikṣārthaṃ nāvaghaṭṭayet
He should not cause injury to others by (misuse of) water, wind, sunlight and the like; having had artisans do their work, he should not afterwards cheat them; at evening and morning he should not knock at the doors of houses for the sake of alms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.83
बहिर्माल्यं बहिर्गन्धं भार्यया सह भोजनम् । विगृह्य वादं कुद्वारप्रवेशं च विवर्जयेत्
bahirmālyaṃ bahirgandhaṃ bhāryayā saha bhojanam / vigṛhya vādaṃ kudvārapraveśaṃ ca vivarjayet
A garland (worn) outside, perfume (used) outside, eating together with one's wife, quarrelsome disputation, and entering by a wrong door — (these) he should avoid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 16.84
न खादन्ब्राह्मणस्तिष्ठेन्न जल्पेद् वा हसन् बुधः । स्वमग्निं नैव हस्तेन स्पृशेन्नाप्सु चिरं वसेत्
na khādanbrāhmaṇastiṣṭhenna jalped vā hasan budhaḥ / svamagniṃ naiva hastena spṛśennāpsu ciraṃ vaset
A brahmin should not stand while eating, nor should the wise man talk while laughing; he should not touch his own (sacred) fire with the hand, nor should he stay long in water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.85
न पक्षकेणोपधमेन्न शूर्पेण न पाणिना । मुखे नैव धमेदग्निं मुखादग्निरजायत
na pakṣakeṇopadhamenna śūrpeṇa na pāṇinā / mukhe naiva dhamedagniṃ mukhādagnirajāyata
He should not fan (the fire) with a wing, nor with a winnowing basket, nor with the hand; he should never blow the fire with his mouth, for fire was born from the mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.86
परस्त्रियं न भाषेत नायाज्यं याजयेद् द्विजः । नैकश्चरेत् सभां विप्रः समवायं च वर्जयेत्
parastriyaṃ na bhāṣeta nāyājyaṃ yājayed dvijaḥ / naikaścaret sabhāṃ vipraḥ samavāyaṃ ca varjayet
He should not converse with another's wife; a twice-born should not officiate at a sacrifice for one unfit to sacrifice; a brahmin should not go alone into an assembly, and he should avoid crowds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.87
न देवायतनं गच्छेत् कदाचिद् वाप्रदक्षिणम् । न वीजयेद् वा वस्त्रेण न देवायतने स्वपेत्
na devāyatanaṃ gacchet kadācid vāpradakṣiṇam / na vījayed vā vastreṇa na devāyatane svapet
He should never go to a temple of a god (going) counterclockwise; nor should he fan (himself/the deity) with a garment, nor should he sleep in a temple.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.88
नैको ऽध्वानं प्रपद्येत नाधार्मिकजनैः सह । न व्याधिदूषितैर्वापि न शूद्रैः पतितेन वा
naiko 'dhvānaṃ prapadyeta nādhārmikajanaiḥ saha / na vyādhidūṣitairvāpi na śūdraiḥ patitena vā
He should not set out on a road alone, nor together with unrighteous people, nor with those afflicted by disease, nor with śūdras, nor with an outcaste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.89
नोपानद्वर्जितो वाथ जलादिरहितस्तथा । न रात्रौ नारिणा सार्धं न विना च कमण्डलुम् । नाग्निगोब्राह्मणादीनामन्तरेण व्रजेत् क्वचित्
nopānadvarjito vātha jalādirahitastathā / na rātrau nāriṇā sārdhaṃ na vinā ca kamaṇḍalum / nāgnigobrāhmaṇādīnāmantareṇa vrajet kvacit
Nor (should he travel) without sandals, nor without water and the like, nor at night, nor together with a woman, nor without a water-pot; and he should never pass between a fire, a cow, a brahmin, and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.90
न वत्सतन्त्रीं विततामतिक्रामेत् क्वचिद् द्विजः । न निन्देद् योगिनः सिद्धान् व्रतिनो वायतींस्तथा
na vatsatantrīṃ vitatāmatikrāmet kvacid dvijaḥ / na ninded yoginaḥ siddhān vratino vāyatīṃstathā
A twice-born should never step over a stretched-out calf-tether; he should not disparage yogins, siddhas, observers of vows, or ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.91
देवतायतनं प्राज्ञो देवानां चैव सत्रिणाम् । नाक्रामेत् कामतश्छायां ब्राह्मणानां च गोरपि
devatāyatanaṃ prājño devānāṃ caiva satriṇām / nākrāmet kāmataśchāyāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca gorapi
A wise (man) should not deliberately tread upon the shadow of a temple, nor of the gods, nor of those performing a sacrificial session, nor of brahmins, nor even of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.92
स्वां तु नाक्रमयेच्छायां पतिताद्यैर्न रोगिभिः । नाङ्गारभस्मकेशादिष्वधितिष्ठेत् कदाचन
svāṃ tu nākramayecchāyāṃ patitādyairna rogibhiḥ / nāṅgārabhasmakeśādiṣvadhitiṣṭhet kadācana
He should not let his own shadow be crossed by outcastes and the like, nor by the diseased; he should never stand upon coals, ashes, hair and such things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 16.93
वर्जयेन्मार्जनीरेणुं स्नानवस्त्रघचोदकम् । न भक्षयेदभक्ष्याणि नापेयं च पिबेद् द्विजः
varjayenmārjanīreṇuṃ snānavastraghacodakam / na bhakṣayedabhakṣyāṇi nāpeyaṃ ca pibed dvijaḥ
He should avoid the dust of a broom, bath water, and water (wrung) from washed cloth; a twice-born should not eat what is not to be eaten, nor drink what is not to be drunk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain