Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 21
KuP 2 21.1
व्यास उवाच स्नात्वा यथोक्तं संतर्प्य पितॄंश्चन्द्रक्षये द्विजः । पिण्डान्वाहार्यकं श्राद्धं कुर्यात् सौम्यमनाः शुचिः
vyāsa uvāca snātvā yathoktaṃ saṃtarpya pitṝṃścandrakṣaye dvijaḥ / piṇḍānvāhāryakaṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryāt saumyamanāḥ śuciḥ
Vyāsa said: Having bathed and, as prescribed, satisfied the ancestors at the dark of the moon, the twice-born, gentle-minded and pure, should perform the piṇḍānvāhārya śrāddha.
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KuP 2 21.2
पूर्वमेव परीक्षेत ब्राह्मणं वेदपारगम् । तीर्थं तद् हव्यकव्यानां प्रदाने चातिथिः स्मृतः
pūrvameva parīkṣeta brāhmaṇaṃ vedapāragam / tīrthaṃ tad havyakavyānāṃ pradāne cātithiḥ smṛtaḥ
Beforehand he should examine the brahmin who has gone to the far shore of the Veda; he is the (holy) ford for offerings to gods and ancestors, and in giving he is regarded as the guest.
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KuP 2 21.3
ये सोमपा विरजसो धर्मज्ञाः शान्तचेतसः । व्रतिनो नियमस्थाश्च ऋतुकालाभिगामिनः
ye somapā virajaso dharmajñāḥ śāntacetasaḥ / vratino niyamasthāśca ṛtukālābhigāminaḥ
Those who drink soma, who are free of impurity, who know dharma, whose minds are at peace, who keep vows and abide in restraints, and who approach (their wives) only in the fertile season —
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KuP 2 21.4
पञ्चाग्निरप्यधीयानो यजुर्वेदविदेव च । बह्वृचश्च त्रिसौपर्णस्त्रिमधुर्वाथ यो भवेत्
pañcāgnirapyadhīyāno yajurvedavideva ca / bahvṛcaśca trisauparṇastrimadhurvātha yo bhavet
one who keeps five fires and is a student (of the Veda), one who knows the Yajurveda, one who knows many Ṛg verses, one versed in the Trisauparṇa or the Trimadhu —
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KuP 2 21.5
त्रिणाचिकेतच्छन्दोगो ज्येष्ठसामग एव च । अथर्वशिरसो ऽध्येता रुद्राध्यायी विशेषतः
triṇāciketacchandogo jyeṣṭhasāmaga eva ca / atharvaśiraso 'dhyetā rudrādhyāyī viśeṣataḥ
one who has thrice (recited) the Nāciketa, a Chandoga, a singer of the Jyeṣṭha Sāman, a student of the Atharvaśiras, and especially a reciter of the Rudra chapter —
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KuP 2 21.6
अग्निहोत्रपरो विद्वान् न्यायविच्च षडङ्गवित् । मन्त्रब्राह्मणविच्चैव यश्च स्याद् धर्मपाठकः
agnihotraparo vidvān nyāyavicca ṣaḍaṅgavit / mantrabrāhmaṇaviccaiva yaśca syād dharmapāṭhakaḥ
one devoted to the agnihotra, learned, knowing logic and knowing the six auxiliary sciences, one who knows the mantras and the Brāhmaṇas, and one who is a teacher of dharma —
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KuP 2 21.7
ऋषिव्रती ऋषीकश्च तथा द्वादशवार्षिकः । ब्रह्मदेयानुसंतानो गर्भशुद्धः सहस्रदः
ṛṣivratī ṛṣīkaśca tathā dvādaśavārṣikaḥ / brahmadeyānusaṃtāno garbhaśuddhaḥ sahasradaḥ
one who keeps the ṛṣi vow, an ṛṣīka, and one of twelve years' (observance), one whose lineage continues by gifts of the Veda, one pure from the womb, one who gives a thousand —
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KuP 2 21.8
चान्द्रायणव्रतचरः सत्यवादी पुराणवित् । गुरुदेवाग्निपूजासु प्रसक्तो ज्ञानतत्परः
cāndrāyaṇavratacaraḥ satyavādī purāṇavit / gurudevāgnipūjāsu prasakto jñānatatparaḥ
one who practises the cāndrāyaṇa vow, one who speaks the truth, one who knows the Purāṇas, one intent upon the worship of teacher, gods and fire, one wholly devoted to knowledge —
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KuP 2 21.9
विमुक्तः सर्वतो धीरो ब्रह्मभूतो द्विजोत्तमः । महादेवार्चनरतो वैष्णवः पङ्क्तिपावनः
vimuktaḥ sarvato dhīro brahmabhūto dvijottamaḥ / mahādevārcanarato vaiṣṇavaḥ paṅktipāvanaḥ
one freed from all (bonds), steadfast, become brahman, best of the twice-born, delighting in the worship of Mahādeva, a Vaiṣṇava — (such a one) sanctifies the row (of diners).
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KuP 2 21.10
अहिंसानिरतो नित्यमप्रतिग्रहणस्तथा । सत्रिणो दाननिरता विज्ञेयाः पङ्क्तिपावनाः
ahiṃsānirato nityamapratigrahaṇastathā / satriṇo dānaniratā vijñeyāḥ paṅktipāvanāḥ
one always devoted to non-injury and likewise one who accepts no gifts, those who perform sacrificial sessions and those devoted to giving — they are to be known as sanctifiers of the row.
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KuP 2 21.11
युवानः श्रोत्रियाः स्वस्था महायज्ञपरायणाः । सावित्रीजापनिरता ब्राह्मणाः पङ्क्तिपावनाः
yuvānaḥ śrotriyāḥ svasthā mahāyajñaparāyaṇāḥ / sāvitrījāpaniratā brāhmaṇāḥ paṅktipāvanāḥ
Young men, learned in the Veda, healthy, wholly devoted to the great sacrifices, intent on the muttering of the Sāvitrī — such brahmins sanctify the row.
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KuP 2 21.12
कुलीनाः श्रुतवन्तश्च शीलवन्तस्तपस्विनः । अग्निचित्स्नातका विप्रा विज्ञेयाः पङ्क्तिपावनाः
kulīnāḥ śrutavantaśca śīlavantastapasvinaḥ / agnicitsnātakā viprā vijñeyāḥ paṅktipāvanāḥ
Well-born, learned in the sacred lore, of good conduct, ascetic, brahmins who have piled the fire and are snātakas — these are to be known as purifiers of the row.
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KuP 2 21.13
मातापित्रोर्हिते युक्तः प्रातः स्नायी तथा द्विजः । अध्यात्मविन्मुनिर्दान्तो विज्ञेयः पङ्क्तिपावनः
mātāpitrorhite yuktaḥ prātaḥ snāyī tathā dvijaḥ / adhyātmavinmunirdānto vijñeyaḥ paṅktipāvanaḥ
A twice-born devoted to the welfare of his mother and father, who bathes at dawn, who knows the supreme Self, a silent sage, self-controlled — he is to be known as a purifier of the row.
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KuP 2 21.14
ज्ञाननिष्ठो महायोगी वेदान्तार्थविचिन्तकः । श्रद्धालुः श्राद्धनिरतो ब्राह्मणः पङ्क्तिपावनः
jñānaniṣṭho mahāyogī vedāntārthavicintakaḥ / śraddhāluḥ śrāddhanirato brāhmaṇaḥ paṅktipāvanaḥ
Established in knowledge, a great yogin, one who ponders the meaning of the Vedānta, full of faith, devoted to the śrāddha rite — such a brahmin is a purifier of the row.
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KuP 2 21.15
वेदविद्यारतः स्नातो ब्रह्मचर्यपरः सदा । अथर्वणो मुमुक्षुश्च ब्राह्मणः पङ्क्तिपावनः
vedavidyārataḥ snāto brahmacaryaparaḥ sadā / atharvaṇo mumukṣuśca brāhmaṇaḥ paṅktipāvanaḥ
Devoted to the study of the Veda, one who has bathed (completed his studentship), always intent on chastity, an Atharvan priest, and one who seeks liberation — such a brahmin is a purifier of the row.
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KuP 2 21.16
असमानप्रवरको ह्यसगोत्रस्तथैव च । असंबन्धी च विज्ञेयो ब्राह्मणः पङ्क्तिपावनः
asamānapravarako hyasagotrastathaiva ca / asaṃbandhī ca vijñeyo brāhmaṇaḥ paṅktipāvanaḥ
One who does not share the same pravara, and likewise not the same gotra, and who is not a relative — such a brahmin is to be known as a purifier of the row.
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KuP 2 21.17
भोजयेद् योगिनं पूर्वं तत्त्वज्ञानरतं यतिम् । अलाभे नैष्ठिकं दान्तमुपकुर्वाणकं तथा
bhojayed yoginaṃ pūrvaṃ tattvajñānarataṃ yatim / alābhe naiṣṭhikaṃ dāntamupakurvāṇakaṃ tathā
He should feed first a yogin, an ascetic devoted to knowledge of reality; failing to obtain (him), a perpetual student, one self-controlled, or likewise an upakurvāṇaka (temporary student).
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KuP 2 21.18
तदलाभे गृहस्थं तु मुमुक्षुं सङ्गवर्जितम् । सर्वालाभे साधकं वा गृहस्थमपि भोजयेत्
tadalābhe gṛhasthaṃ tu mumukṣuṃ saṅgavarjitam / sarvālābhe sādhakaṃ vā gṛhasthamapi bhojayet
Failing to obtain him, a householder who seeks liberation and is free from attachment; failing to obtain any of them, he may feed even a practitioner (sādhaka) who is a householder.
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KuP 2 21.19
प्रकृतेर्गुणतत्त्वज्ञो यस्याश्नाति यतिर्हविः । फलं वेदविदां तस्य सहस्रादतिरिच्यते
prakṛterguṇatattvajño yasyāśnāti yatirhaviḥ / phalaṃ vedavidāṃ tasya sahasrādatiricyate
He whose oblation is eaten by an ascetic who knows the truth of the guṇas of prakṛti — his reward exceeds that (of feeding) a thousand knowers of the Veda.
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KuP 2 21.20
तस्माद् यत्नेन योगीन्द्रमीश्वरज्ञानतत्परम् । भोजयेद् हव्यकव्येषु अलाभादितरान् द्विजान्
tasmād yatnena yogīndramīśvarajñānatatparam / bhojayed havyakavyeṣu alābhāditarān dvijān
Therefore one should with effort feed, at the offerings to gods and to the ancestors, a lord of yogins intent on the knowledge of the Lord; only failing (to find such a one), other twice-born men.
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KuP 2 21.21
एष वै प्रथमः कल्पः प्रिदाने हव्यकव्ययोः । अनुकल्पस्त्वयं ज्ञेयः सदा सद्भिरनुष्ठितः
eṣa vai prathamaḥ kalpaḥ pridāne havyakavyayoḥ / anukalpastvayaṃ jñeyaḥ sadā sadbhiranuṣṭhitaḥ
This indeed is the primary rule in the giving of offerings to gods and ancestors; but this (other) is to be known as the secondary rule, always practised by the good.
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KuP 2 21.22
मातामहं मातुलं च स्वस्त्रीयं श्वशुरं गुरुम् । दौहित्रं विट्पतिं बन्धुमृत्विग्याज्यौ च भोजयेत्
mātāmahaṃ mātulaṃ ca svastrīyaṃ śvaśuraṃ gurum / dauhitraṃ viṭpatiṃ bandhumṛtvigyājyau ca bhojayet
He should feed the maternal grandfather, the maternal uncle, the sister's son, the father-in-law, the teacher, the daughter's son, the lord of the vaiśyas, a kinsman, and his officiating priest and his sacrificer.
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KuP 2 21.23
न श्राद्धे भोजयेन्मित्रं धनैः कार्यो ऽस्य संग्रहः । पैशाची दक्षिणा सा हि नैवामुत्र फलप्रदा
na śrāddhe bhojayenmitraṃ dhanaiḥ kāryo 'sya saṃgrahaḥ / paiśācī dakṣiṇā sā hi naivāmutra phalapradā
One should not feed a friend at a śrāddha; he is to be won over with gifts of wealth. For that sacrificial fee is demonic, and yields no fruit in the next world.
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KuP 2 21.24
काम श्राद्धे ऽर्चयेन्मित्रं नाभिरूपमपि त्वरिम् । द्विषता हि हविर्भुक्तं भवति प्रेत्य निष्फलम्
kāma śrāddhe 'rcayenmitraṃ nābhirūpamapi tvarim / dviṣatā hi havirbhuktaṃ bhavati pretya niṣphalam
At will one may honour a friend at the śrāddha, but not an enemy, even if he be suitable (in qualifications); for the oblation eaten by one who hates (the giver) becomes fruitless after death.
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KuP 2 21.25
ब्राह्मणो ह्यनधीयानस्तृणाग्निरिव शाम्यति । तस्मै हव्यं न दातव्यं न हि भस्मनि हूयते
brāhmaṇo hyanadhīyānastṛṇāgniriva śāmyati / tasmai havyaṃ na dātavyaṃ na hi bhasmani hūyate
For a brahmin who has not studied (the Veda) dies out like a fire of straw; to him the oblation should not be given, for one does not offer into ashes.
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KuP 2 21.26
यथेरिणे बीजमुप्त्वा न वप्ता लभते फलम् । तथानृचे हविर्दत्त्वा न दाता लभते फलम्
yatheriṇe bījamuptvā na vaptā labhate phalam / tathānṛce havirdattvā na dātā labhate phalam
Just as a sower, having sown seed in barren soil, obtains no fruit, so a giver, having given the oblation to one who does not know the Veda, obtains no fruit.
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KuP 2 21.27
यावतो ग्रसते पिण्डान् हव्यकव्येष्वमन्त्रवित् । तावतो ग्रसते प्रेत्य दीप्तान् स्थूलांस्त्वयोगुडान्
yāvato grasate piṇḍān havyakavyeṣvamantravit / tāvato grasate pretya dīptān sthūlāṃstvayoguḍān
However many balls of food one who does not know the mantras swallows at offerings to gods and to the dead, that many blazing, massive iron balls does he swallow after death.
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KuP 2 21.28
अपि विद्याकुलैर्युक्ता हीनवृत्ता नराधमाः । यत्रैते भुञ्जते हव्यं तद् भवेदासुर द्विजाः
api vidyākulairyuktā hīnavṛttā narādhamāḥ / yatraite bhuñjate havyaṃ tad bhavedāsura dvijāḥ
Even men endowed with learning and (good) family, if of base conduct, are the lowest of men; wherever these eat the oblation, that (rite) becomes demonic, O twice-born ones.
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KuP 2 21.29
यस्य वेदश्च वेदी च विच्छिद्येते त्रिपूरुषम् । स वै दुर्ब्राह्मणो नार्हः श्राद्धादिषु कदाचन
yasya vedaśca vedī ca vicchidyete tripūruṣam / sa vai durbrāhmaṇo nārhaḥ śrāddhādiṣu kadācana
He in whose (family) both Veda-study and the sacrificial altar have been broken off for three generations — he indeed is a bad brahmin, never fit (to be invited) at śrāddhas and the like.
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KuP 2 21.30
शूद्रप्रेष्यो भृतो राज्ञो वृषलो ग्रामयाजकः । बधबन्धोपजीवी च षडेते ब्रह्मबन्धवः
śūdrapreṣyo bhṛto rājño vṛṣalo grāmayājakaḥ / badhabandhopajīvī ca ṣaḍete brahmabandhavaḥ
One who serves a śūdra, one hired by a king, a vṛṣala (degraded man), a village sacrificer, and one who lives by killing and binding — these six are brahmins in name only.
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KuP 2 21.31
दत्तानुयोगान् वृत्यर्थं पतितान् मनुरब्रवीत् । वेदविक्रायिणो ह्येते श्राद्धादिषु विगर्हिताः
dattānuyogān vṛtyarthaṃ patitān manurabravīt / vedavikrāyiṇo hyete śrāddhādiṣu vigarhitāḥ
Those who make demands regarding gifts for the sake of livelihood Manu declared to be fallen; for these are sellers of the Veda, censured at śrāddhas and the like.
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KuP 2 21.32
श्रुतिविक्रयिणो ये तु परपूर्वासमुद्भवाः । असमानान् याजयन्ति पतितास्ते प्रकीर्तिताः
śrutivikrayiṇo ye tu parapūrvāsamudbhavāḥ / asamānān yājayanti patitāste prakīrtitāḥ
But those who sell the Veda, those born of a woman who had a former husband, and those who make unequal (unfit) men perform sacrifices — these are declared fallen.
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KuP 2 21.33
असंस्कृताध्यापका ये भृत्या वाध्यापयन्ति ये । अधीयते तथा वेदान् पतितास्ते प्रकीर्तिताः
asaṃskṛtādhyāpakā ye bhṛtyā vādhyāpayanti ye / adhīyate tathā vedān patitāste prakīrtitāḥ
Those who teach the unconsecrated, those who teach while serving as hired servants, and likewise those who study the Vedas (from such teachers) — these are declared fallen.
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KuP 2 21.34
वृद्धश्रावकनिर्ग्रन्थाः पञ्चरात्रविदो जनाः । कापालिकाः पाशुपताः पाषण्डा ये च तद्विधाः
vṛddhaśrāvakanirgranthāḥ pañcarātravido janāḥ / kāpālikāḥ pāśupatāḥ pāṣaṇḍā ye ca tadvidhāḥ
Vṛddhaśrāvakas, Nirgranthas, people who know the Pañcarātra, Kāpālikas, Pāśupatas, and the heretics who are of that kind —
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KuP 2 21.35
यस्याश्नन्ति हवींष्येते दुरात्मानस्तु तामसाः । न तस्य तद् भवेच्छ्राद्धं प्रेत्य चेह फलप्रदम्
yasyāśnanti havīṃṣyete durātmānastu tāmasāḥ / na tasya tad bhavecchrāddhaṃ pretya ceha phalapradam
the man whose oblations these evil-souled, dark (tāmasa) persons eat — for him that śrāddha does not become fruit-bearing, either here or after death.
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KuP 2 21.36
अनाश्रमो यो द्विजः स्यादाश्रमी वा निरर्थकः । मिथ्याश्रमी च ते विप्रा विज्ञेयाः पङ्क्तिदूषकाः
anāśramo yo dvijaḥ syādāśramī vā nirarthakaḥ / mithyāśramī ca te viprā vijñeyāḥ paṅktidūṣakāḥ
A twice-born who belongs to no order of life, or one in an order who is useless (in it), and one falsely in an order — these brahmins are to be known as defilers of the row (of diners).
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KuP 2 21.37
दुश्चर्मा कुनखी कुष्ठी श्वित्री च श्यावदन्तकः । विद्धप्रजननश्चैव स्तेनः क्लीबो ऽथ नास्तिकः
duścarmā kunakhī kuṣṭhī śvitrī ca śyāvadantakaḥ / viddhaprajananaścaiva stenaḥ klībo 'tha nāstikaḥ
One with diseased skin, with bad nails, a leper, one with white patches, one with dark teeth, one whose generative organ is injured, a thief, a eunuch, and further an unbeliever,
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KuP 2 21.38
मद्यपो वृषलीसक्तो वीरहा दिधिषूपतिः । आगारदाही कुण्डाशी सोमविक्रयिणो द्विजाः
madyapo vṛṣalīsakto vīrahā didhiṣūpatiḥ / āgāradāhī kuṇḍāśī somavikrayiṇo dvijāḥ
a drinker of liquor, one attached to a śūdra woman, a killer of a hero (or: one who neglects the sacred fire), the husband of a woman married before her elder sister, a house-burner, one who eats the food of a kuṇḍa, twice-born men who sell soma,
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KuP 2 21.39
परिवेत्ता तथा हिंस्त्रः परिवित्तिर्निराकृतिः । पौनर्भवः कुसीदी च तथा नक्षत्रदर्शकः
parivettā tathā hiṃstraḥ parivittirnirākṛtiḥ / paunarbhavaḥ kusīdī ca tathā nakṣatradarśakaḥ
one who marries before his elder brother, likewise a cruel man, the elder brother passed over in marriage, one who neglects (his duties/repetition), the son of a remarried woman, a usurer, and likewise one who tells fortunes by the stars,
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KuP 2 21.40
गीतवादित्रनिरतो व्याधितः काण एव च । हीनाङ्गश्चातिरिक्ताङ्गो ह्यवकीर्णिस्तथैव च
gītavāditranirato vyādhitaḥ kāṇa eva ca / hīnāṅgaścātiriktāṅgo hyavakīrṇistathaiva ca
one devoted to song and instrumental music, a sick man, and a one-eyed man, one deficient in a limb and one with a limb too many, and likewise one who has broken his vow of chastity,
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KuP 2 21.41
कन्यादूषी कुण्डगोलौ अभिशस्तो ऽथ देवलः । मित्रध्रुक् पिशुनश्चैव नित्यं भार्यानुवर्तकः
kanyādūṣī kuṇḍagolau abhiśasto 'tha devalaḥ / mitradhruk piśunaścaiva nityaṃ bhāryānuvartakaḥ
a defiler of maidens, the kuṇḍa and the gola, one under accusation, and further a temple-priest, a betrayer of friends, a slanderer, and one who is always subservient to his wife,
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KuP 2 21.42
मातापित्रोर्गुरोस्त्यागी दारत्यागी तथैव च । गोत्रभिद् भ्रष्टशौचश्च काण्डस्पृष्टस्तथैव च
mātāpitrorgurostyāgī dāratyāgī tathaiva ca / gotrabhid bhraṣṭaśaucaśca kāṇḍaspṛṣṭastathaiva ca
one who abandons mother, father, or teacher, and likewise one who abandons his wife, a destroyer of his lineage, one whose purity has lapsed, and likewise one who is kāṇḍaspṛṣṭa,
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KuP 2 21.43
अनपत्यः कूटसाक्षी याचको रङ्गजीवकः । समुद्रयायी कृतहा तथा समयभेदकः
anapatyaḥ kūṭasākṣī yācako raṅgajīvakaḥ / samudrayāyī kṛtahā tathā samayabhedakaḥ
one without offspring, a false witness, a beggar, one who lives by the stage, a seafarer, one who breaks what has been done (or: an ingrate), and likewise a breaker of agreements,
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KuP 2 21.44
देवनिन्दापरश्चैव वेदनिन्दारतस्तथा । द्विजनिन्दारतश्चैते वर्ज्याः श्राद्धादिकर्मसु
devanindāparaścaiva vedanindāratastathā / dvijanindārataścaite varjyāḥ śrāddhādikarmasu
and one bent on reviling the gods, likewise one who delights in reviling the Veda, and one who delights in reviling brahmins — these are to be excluded from śrāddhas and other rites.
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KuP 2 21.45
कृतघ्नः पिशुनः क्रूरो नास्तिको वेदनिन्दकः । मित्रध्रुक् कुहकश्चैव विशेषात् पङ्क्तिदूषकाः
kṛtaghnaḥ piśunaḥ krūro nāstiko vedanindakaḥ / mitradhruk kuhakaścaiva viśeṣāt paṅktidūṣakāḥ
An ingrate, a slanderer, a cruel man, an unbeliever, a reviler of the Veda, a betrayer of friends, and a cheat — these especially are defilers of the row.
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KuP 2 21.46
सर्वे पुनरभोज्यान्नास्त्वदानार्हाश्च कर्मसु । ब्रह्मभावनिरस्ताश्च वर्जनीयाः प्रयत्नतः
sarve punarabhojyānnāstvadānārhāśca karmasu / brahmabhāvanirastāśca varjanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ
And all of them, moreover, are such that their food may not be eaten, and they are unfit to receive gifts in the rites; being cast out from the state of brahman, they are to be avoided with effort.
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KuP 2 21.47
शूद्रान्नरसपुष्टाङ्गः संध्योपासनवर्जितः । महायज्ञविहीनश्च ब्राह्मणः पङ्क्तिदूषकः
śūdrānnarasapuṣṭāṅgaḥ saṃdhyopāsanavarjitaḥ / mahāyajñavihīnaśca brāhmaṇaḥ paṅktidūṣakaḥ
A brahmin whose limbs are nourished by the juice of a śūdra's food, who omits the worship at the junctures of the day, and who is without the great sacrifices, is a defiler of the row.
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KuP 2 21.48
अधीतनाशनश्चैव स्नानहोमविवर्जितः । तामसो राजसश्चैव ब्राह्मणः पङ्क्तिदूषकः
adhītanāśanaścaiva snānahomavivarjitaḥ / tāmaso rājasaścaiva brāhmaṇaḥ paṅktidūṣakaḥ
And one who lets what he has learnt perish, who omits bathing and the fire-offering, and a brahmin who is tāmasa or rājasa, is a defiler of the row.
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KuP 2 21.49
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन विहितान् ये न कुर्वते । निन्दितानाचरन्त्येते वर्जनीयाः प्रयत्नतः
bahunātra kimuktena vihitān ye na kurvate / ninditānācarantyete varjanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ
What is the use of much speaking here? Those who do not do what is prescribed and who practise what is censured — these are to be avoided with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition