Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 23
KuP 2 23.1
व्यास उवाच दशाहं प्राहुराशौचं सपिण्डेषु विपश्चितः । मृतेषु वाथ जातेषु ब्राह्मणानां द्विजोत्तमाः
vyāsa uvāca daśāhaṃ prāhurāśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vipaścitaḥ / mṛteṣu vātha jāteṣu brāhmaṇānāṃ dvijottamāḥ
Vyāsa said: The learned declare, O best of the twice-born, that for brahmins the impurity among those of the same rice-ball (sapiṇḍas) lasts ten days, whether (persons) have died or been born.
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KuP 2 23.2
नित्यानि चैव कर्माणि काम्यानि च विशेषतः । नकुर्याद् विहितं किञ्चित् स्वाध्यायं मनसापिच
nityāni caiva karmāṇi kāmyāni ca viśeṣataḥ / nakuryād vihitaṃ kiñcit svādhyāyaṃ manasāpica
And he should not perform the regular rites, nor especially the optional ones, nor anything enjoined — not even recitation of the Veda in the mind.
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KuP 2 23.3
शुचीनक्रोधनान् भूम्यान् शालाग्नौ भावयेद् द्विजान् । शुष्कान्नेन फलैर्वापि वैतानं जुहुयात् तथा
śucīnakrodhanān bhūmyān śālāgnau bhāvayed dvijān / śuṣkānnena phalairvāpi vaitānaṃ juhuyāt tathā
He should maintain in the house-fire (i.e. have the offerings made by) twice-born men who are pure, free from anger, and of (good) birth; and he should offer the vaitāna (three-fire) oblation with dry food or with fruits.
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KuP 2 23.4
न स्पृशेयुरिमानन्ये न च तेभ्यः समाहरेत् । चतुर्थे पञ्चमे वाह्नि संस्पर्शः कथितो बुधैः
na spṛśeyurimānanye na ca tebhyaḥ samāharet / caturthe pañcame vāhni saṃsparśaḥ kathito budhaiḥ
Others should not touch these persons, nor should (anyone) receive (anything) from them; on the fourth or the fifth day contact (with them) is declared (permissible) by the wise.
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KuP 2 23.5
सूतके तु सपिण्डानां संस्पर्शो न प्रदुष्यति । सूतकं सूतिकां चैव वर्जयित्वा नृणां पुनः
sūtake tu sapiṇḍānāṃ saṃsparśo na praduṣyati / sūtakaṃ sūtikāṃ caiva varjayitvā nṛṇāṃ punaḥ
But in the case of a birth-impurity, contact among the sapiṇḍas is not defiling — excepting, however, the newborn (child) and the woman who has given birth.
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KuP 2 23.6
अधीयानस्तथा यज्वा वेदविच्च पिता भवेत् । संस्पृश्याः सर्व एवैते स्नानान्माता दशाहतः
adhīyānastathā yajvā vedavicca pitā bhavet / saṃspṛśyāḥ sarva evaite snānānmātā daśāhataḥ
If the father be a student (of the Veda), a performer of sacrifices, and a knower of the Veda — all of these are touchable after bathing, but the mother (only) after ten days.
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KuP 2 23.7
दशाहं निर्गुणे प्रोक्तमशौचं चातिनिर्गुणे । एकद्वित्रिगुणैर्युक्तं चतुस्त्र्येकदिनैः शुचिः
daśāhaṃ nirguṇe proktamaśaucaṃ cātinirguṇe / ekadvitriguṇairyuktaṃ catustryekadinaiḥ śuciḥ
For one without (good) qualities impurity is declared to be ten days, and (also) for one utterly without qualities; (but) one endowed with one, two, or three qualities is pure after four, three, or one day (respectively).
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KuP 2 23.8
दशाहात् तु परं सम्यगधीयीत जुहोति च । चतुर्थे तस्य संस्पर्शं मनुराह प्रजापतिः
daśāhāt tu paraṃ samyagadhīyīta juhoti ca / caturthe tasya saṃsparśaṃ manurāha prajāpatiḥ
But after ten days he may properly recite (the Veda) and make offerings; Manu Prajāpati said that contact with him (is allowed) on the fourth (day).
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KuP 2 23.9
क्रियाहीनस्य मूर्खस्य महारोगिण एव च । यथेष्टाचरणस्याहुर्मरणान्तमशौवकम्
kriyāhīnasya mūrkhasya mahārogiṇa eva ca / yatheṣṭācaraṇasyāhurmaraṇāntamaśauvakam
For one devoid of rites, an ignorant man, one greatly diseased, and one who acts as he pleases, they declare the impurity to last until death.
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KuP 2 23.10
त्रिरात्रं दशरात्रं वा ब्राह्मणानामशौचकम् । प्राक्संस्कारात् त्रिरात्रं स्यात् तस्मादूर्ध्वं दशाहकम्
trirātraṃ daśarātraṃ vā brāhmaṇānāmaśaucakam / prāksaṃskārāt trirātraṃ syāt tasmādūrdhvaṃ daśāhakam
The impurity of Brahmins is three nights or ten nights: before the (initiation) rite it is three nights, after that ten days.
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KuP 2 23.11
ऊनद्विवार्षिके प्रेते मातापित्रोस्तदिष्यते । त्रिरात्रेण शुचिस्त्वन्यो यदि ह्यत्यन्तनिर्गुणः
ūnadvivārṣike prete mātāpitrostadiṣyate / trirātreṇa śucistvanyo yadi hyatyantanirguṇaḥ
When (a child) less than two years old has died, that (rule) is prescribed for the mother and father; but another (relative) becomes pure by three nights, if indeed he is utterly without qualities.
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KuP 2 23.12
अदन्तजातमरणे पित्रोरेकाहमिष्यते । जातदन्ते त्रिरात्रं स्याद् यदि स्यातां तु निर्गुणौ
adantajātamaraṇe pitrorekāhamiṣyate / jātadante trirātraṃ syād yadi syātāṃ tu nirguṇau
When death occurs before the teeth have come in, one day is prescribed for the parents; when the teeth have appeared it is three nights, if the two (parents) are without qualities.
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KuP 2 23.13
आदन्तजननात् सद्य आचौलादेकरात्रकम् । त्रिरात्रमौपनयनात् सपिण्डानामुदाहृतम्
ādantajananāt sadya ācaulādekarātrakam / trirātramaupanayanāt sapiṇḍānāmudāhṛtam
From the appearance of the teeth (until the tonsure) it is immediate (purification); from the tonsure onward one night; from the initiation onward three nights — so it is declared for the sapiṇḍas.
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KuP 2 23.14
जातमात्रस्य बालस्य यदि स्यान्मरणं पितुः । मातुश्च सूतकं तत् स्यात् पिता स्यात् स्पृश्य एव च
jātamātrasya bālasya yadi syānmaraṇaṃ pituḥ / mātuśca sūtakaṃ tat syāt pitā syāt spṛśya eva ca
If the father dies (when the child is) just born, and (likewise) the mother's, that is (counted as) the birth-impurity; and the father is indeed touchable.
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KuP 2 23.15
सद्यः शौचं सपिण्डानां कर्तव्यं सोदरस्य च । ऊर्ध्वं दशाहादेकाहं सोदरो यदि निर्गुणः
sadyaḥ śaucaṃ sapiṇḍānāṃ kartavyaṃ sodarasya ca / ūrdhvaṃ daśāhādekāhaṃ sodaro yadi nirguṇaḥ
Immediate purification is to be performed by the sapiṇḍas and by a full brother; after ten days it is one day, if the brother is without qualities.
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KuP 2 23.16
अथोर्ध्वं दन्तजननात् सपिण्डानामशौचकम् । एकरात्रं निर्गुणानां चैलादूर्ध्वं त्रिरात्रकम्
athordhvaṃ dantajananāt sapiṇḍānāmaśaucakam / ekarātraṃ nirguṇānāṃ cailādūrdhvaṃ trirātrakam
Now from the appearance of the teeth onward the impurity of the sapiṇḍas (is prescribed): one night for those without qualities, and from the tonsure onward three nights.
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KuP 2 23.17
अदन्तजातमरणं संभवेद् यदि सत्तमाः । एकरात्रं सपिण्डानां यदि ते ऽत्यन्तनिर्गुणाः
adantajātamaraṇaṃ saṃbhaved yadi sattamāḥ / ekarātraṃ sapiṇḍānāṃ yadi te 'tyantanirguṇāḥ
If, O best of men, a death occurs before the teeth have appeared, (there is) one night for the sapiṇḍas, if they are utterly without qualities.
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KuP 2 23.18
व्रतादेशात् सपिण्डानामर्वाक् स्नानं विधीयते । सर्वेषामेव गुणिनामूर्ध्वं तु विषमं पुनः
vratādeśāt sapiṇḍānāmarvāk snānaṃ vidhīyate / sarveṣāmeva guṇināmūrdhvaṃ tu viṣamaṃ punaḥ
Before the enjoining of the vow (i.e. initiation), bathing is prescribed for the sapiṇḍas — for all who possess (good) qualities; but after it (the period is) uneven.
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KuP 2 23.19
अर्वाक् षण्मासतः स्त्रीणां यदि स्याद् गर्भसंस्त्रवः । तदा माससमैस्तासामशौचं दिवसैः स्मृतम्
arvāk ṣaṇmāsataḥ strīṇāṃ yadi syād garbhasaṃstravaḥ / tadā māsasamaistāsāmaśaucaṃ divasaiḥ smṛtam
If a woman has a miscarriage before six months, then her impurity is said to be (a number of) days equal to the (number of) months.
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KuP 2 23.20
तत ऊर्ध्वं तु पतने स्त्रीणां द्वादशरात्रिकम् । सद्यः शौचं सपिण्डानां गर्भस्त्रावाच्च वा ततः
tata ūrdhvaṃ tu patane strīṇāṃ dvādaśarātrikam / sadyaḥ śaucaṃ sapiṇḍānāṃ garbhastrāvācca vā tataḥ
But if the loss occurs after that, for women it is twelve nights; and for the sapiṇḍas purification is immediate upon such a miscarriage.
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KuP 2 23.21
गर्भच्युतावहोरात्रं सपिण्डे ऽत्यन्तनिर्गुणे । यथेष्टाचरणे ज्ञातौ त्रिरात्रमिति निश्चयः
garbhacyutāvahorātraṃ sapiṇḍe 'tyantanirguṇe / yatheṣṭācaraṇe jñātau trirātramiti niścayaḥ
On a miscarriage, a day and a night (of impurity) when the sapiṇḍa is utterly without qualities; when the kinsman acts as he pleases, the rule is three nights.
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KuP 2 23.22
यदि स्यात् सूतके सूतिर्मरणे वा मृतिर्भवेत् । शेषेणैव भवेच्छुद्धिरहः शेषे त्रिरात्रकम्
yadi syāt sūtake sūtirmaraṇe vā mṛtirbhavet / śeṣeṇaiva bhavecchuddhirahaḥ śeṣe trirātrakam
If a birth occurs during a birth-impurity, or a death during (the impurity of) a death, purification comes with the remainder (of the first period); if (only) a day remains, three nights.
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KuP 2 23.23
मरणोत्पत्तियोगे तु मरणाच्छुद्धिरिष्यते । अघवृद्धिमदाशौचमूर्घ्वं चेत् तेन शुध्यति
maraṇotpattiyoge tu maraṇācchuddhiriṣyate / aghavṛddhimadāśaucamūrghvaṃ cet tena śudhyati
But when death and birth coincide, purification is held to be (reckoned) from the death; if the impurity that adds to the (first) impurity comes afterwards, one is purified by that (later one).
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KuP 2 23.24
अथ चेत् पञ्चमीरात्रिमतीत्य परतो भवेत् । अघवृद्धिमदाशौचं तदा पूर्वेण शुध्यति
atha cet pañcamīrātrimatītya parato bhavet / aghavṛddhimadāśaucaṃ tadā pūrveṇa śudhyati
But if the impurity that adds to the (first) impurity should occur later, after the fifth night has passed, then one is purified by the earlier (period).
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KuP 2 23.25
देशान्तरगतं श्रुत्वा सूतकं शावमेव तु । तावदप्रयतो मर्त्यो यावच्छेषः समाप्यते
deśāntaragataṃ śrutvā sūtakaṃ śāvameva tu / tāvadaprayato martyo yāvaccheṣaḥ samāpyate
Having heard of a birth or a death that took place in another country, a man remains impure only so long as (is needed) for the remainder (of the period) to be completed.
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KuP 2 23.26
अतीते सूतके प्रोक्तं सपिण्डानां त्रिरात्रकम् । तथैव मरणे स्नानमूर्ध्वं संवत्सराद् यदि
atīte sūtake proktaṃ sapiṇḍānāṃ trirātrakam / tathaiva maraṇe snānamūrdhvaṃ saṃvatsarād yadi
When the birth-impurity has (already) passed, three nights are prescribed for the sapiṇḍas; and just so in a death — (only) a bath, if it be beyond a year.
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KuP 2 23.27
वेदान्तविच्चाधीयानो यो ऽग्निमान् वृत्तिकर्षितः । सद्यः शौचं भवेत् तस्य सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा
vedāntaviccādhīyāno yo 'gnimān vṛttikarṣitaḥ / sadyaḥ śaucaṃ bhavet tasya sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā
One who knows the Vedānta and recites (it), who maintains the sacred fires, who is worn down (in earning) his livelihood — for him purification is immediate, in all conditions, always.
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KuP 2 23.28
स्त्रीणामसंस्कृतानां तु प्रदानात् पूर्वतः सदा । सपिण्डानां त्रिरात्रं स्यात् संस्कारे भर्तुरेव हि
strīṇāmasaṃskṛtānāṃ tu pradānāt pūrvataḥ sadā / sapiṇḍānāṃ trirātraṃ syāt saṃskāre bhartureva hi
But for women not (yet) consecrated (by marriage), always before the giving away (in marriage), the sapiṇḍas have three nights; whereas once the rite (of marriage) is done it (the impurity) belongs to the husband alone.
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KuP 2 23.29
अहस्त्वदत्तकन्यानामशौचं मरणे स्मृतम् । ऊनद्विवर्षान्मरणे सद्यः शौचमुदाहृतम्
ahastvadattakanyānāmaśaucaṃ maraṇe smṛtam / ūnadvivarṣānmaraṇe sadyaḥ śaucamudāhṛtam
But for maidens not (yet) bestowed, impurity at death is remembered as one day; at the death of one less than two years old, immediate purification is declared.
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KuP 2 23.30
आदन्तात् सोदरे सद्य आचौलादेकरात्रकम् । आप्रदानात् त्रिरात्रं स्याद् दशरात्रमतः परम्
ādantāt sodare sadya ācaulādekarātrakam / āpradānāt trirātraṃ syād daśarātramataḥ param
For a full brother before teething, immediate (purity); from the tonsure on, one night; until the giving away (in marriage), three nights; thereafter, ten nights.
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KuP 2 23.31
मातामहानां मरणे त्रिरात्रं स्यादशौचकम् । एकोदकानां मरणे सूतके चैतदेव हि
mātāmahānāṃ maraṇe trirātraṃ syādaśaucakam / ekodakānāṃ maraṇe sūtake caitadeva hi
At the death of the maternal grandparents the impurity should be three nights; and this same (holds) at a death or a birth among those who share the water-offering.
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KuP 2 23.32
पक्षिणी योनिसम्बन्धे बान्धवेषु तथैव च । एकरात्रं समुद्दिष्टं गुरौ सब्रह्मचारिणि
pakṣiṇī yonisambandhe bāndhaveṣu tathaiva ca / ekarātraṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ gurau sabrahmacāriṇi
A pakṣiṇī (a day and a night) in the case of connection through the womb, and likewise among (other) kinsmen; one night is enjoined for a teacher and for a fellow student of the Veda.
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KuP 2 23.33
प्रेते राजनि सज्योतिर्यस्य स्याद् विषये स्थितिः । गृहे मृतासु दत्तासु कन्यकासु त्र्यहं पितुः
prete rājani sajyotiryasya syād viṣaye sthitiḥ / gṛhe mṛtāsu dattāsu kanyakāsu tryahaṃ pituḥ
When a king has died, (impurity lasts) as long as the daylight for one whose dwelling is in his realm; when maidens who have been given (in marriage) die in (the father's) house, three days for the father.
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KuP 2 23.34
परपूर्वासु भार्यासु पुत्रेषु कृतकेषु च । त्रिरात्रं स्यात् तथाचार्ये स्वभार्यास्वन्यगासु च
parapūrvāsu bhāryāsu putreṣu kṛtakeṣu ca / trirātraṃ syāt tathācārye svabhāryāsvanyagāsu ca
For wives who had a former husband and for adopted sons it should be three nights; likewise for an ācārya, and for one's own wives who have gone to another man.
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KuP 2 23.35
आचार्यपुत्रे पत्न्यां च अहोरात्रमुदाहृतम् । एकाहं स्यादुपाध्याये स्वग्रामे श्रोत्रिये ऽपि च
ācāryaputre patnyāṃ ca ahorātramudāhṛtam / ekāhaṃ syādupādhyāye svagrāme śrotriye 'pi ca
For the teacher's son and for his wife a day and a night is declared; one day for an upādhyāya, and also for a śrotriya in one's own village.
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KuP 2 23.36
त्रिरात्रमसपिण्डेषु स्वगृहे संस्थितेषु च । एकाहं चास्ववर्ये स्यादेकरात्रं तदिष्यते
trirātramasapiṇḍeṣu svagṛhe saṃsthiteṣu ca / ekāhaṃ cāsvavarye syādekarātraṃ tadiṣyate
Three nights for non-sapiṇḍas who have died in one's own house; and one day for one not of one's own varṇa — one night is (also) held (proper) for that.
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KuP 2 23.37
त्रिरात्रं श्वश्रूमरणे श्वशुरे वै तदेव हि । सद्यः शौचं समुद्दिष्टं सगोत्रे संस्थिते सति
trirātraṃ śvaśrūmaraṇe śvaśure vai tadeva hi / sadyaḥ śaucaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ sagotre saṃsthite sati
Three nights at the death of the mother-in-law, and the same indeed for the father-in-law; immediate purification is enjoined when one of the same gotra (but not a sapiṇḍa) has died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.38
शुद्ध्येद् विप्रो दशाहेन द्वादशाहेन भूमिपः । वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहेन शूद्रो मासेन शुद्यति
śuddhyed vipro daśāhena dvādaśāhena bhūmipaḥ / vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśāhena śūdro māsena śudyati
A brahmin is purified in ten days, a king in twelve days, a vaiśya in fifteen days, a śūdra is purified in a month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.39
क्षत्रविट्शूद्रदायादा ये स्युर्विप्रस्य बान्धवाः । तेषामशौचे विप्रस्य दशाहाच्छुद्धिरिष्यते
kṣatraviṭśūdradāyādā ye syurviprasya bāndhavāḥ / teṣāmaśauce viprasya daśāhācchuddhiriṣyate
Kṣatriya, vaiśya and śūdra heirs who are relatives of a brahmin — in their impurity, purification for the brahmin is held to be after ten days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.40
राजन्यवैश्यावप्येवं हीनवर्णासु योनिषु । स्वमेव शौचं कुर्यातां विशुद्ध्यर्थमसंशयम्
rājanyavaiśyāvapyevaṃ hīnavarṇāsu yoniṣu / svameva śaucaṃ kuryātāṃ viśuddhyarthamasaṃśayam
The kṣatriya and the vaiśya too, in the same way, in the case of (relatives in) wombs of lower varṇa, should perform their own (prescribed) purification for the sake of becoming clean — without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.41
सर्वे तूत्तरवर्णानामशौचं कुर्युरादृताः । तद्वर्णविधिदृष्टेन स्वं तु शौचं स्वयोनिषु
sarve tūttaravarṇānāmaśaucaṃ kuryurādṛtāḥ / tadvarṇavidhidṛṣṭena svaṃ tu śaucaṃ svayoniṣu
But all should observe attentively the impurity for those of higher varṇas according to the rule laid down for that varṇa; whereas in their own wombs (their own kin) their own purification (applies).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 23.42
षड्रात्रं वा त्रिरात्रं स्यादेकरात्रं क्रमेण हि । वैश्यक्षत्रियविप्राणां शूद्रेष्वाशौचमेव तु
ṣaḍrātraṃ vā trirātraṃ syādekarātraṃ krameṇa hi / vaiśyakṣatriyaviprāṇāṃ śūdreṣvāśaucameva tu
Six nights, or three nights, or one night, respectively — for vaiśyas, kṣatriyas and brahmins, in the case of impurity (arising) among śūdras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.43
अर्धमासो ऽथ षड्रात्रं त्रिरात्रं द्विजपुङ्गवाः । शूद्रक्षत्रियविप्राणां वैश्येष्वाशौचमिष्यते
ardhamāso 'tha ṣaḍrātraṃ trirātraṃ dvijapuṅgavāḥ / śūdrakṣatriyaviprāṇāṃ vaiśyeṣvāśaucamiṣyate
Half a month, then six nights, then three nights, O best of the twice-born: such is the impurity held (proper) for śūdras, kṣatriyas and brahmins upon (the death of) vaiśyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.44
षड्रात्रं वै दशाहं च विप्राणां वैश्यशूद्रयोः । अशौचं क्षत्रिये प्रोक्तं क्रमेण द्विजपुङ्गवाः
ṣaḍrātraṃ vai daśāhaṃ ca viprāṇāṃ vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ / aśaucaṃ kṣatriye proktaṃ krameṇa dvijapuṅgavāḥ
Six nights, and ten days: the impurity of brahmins upon (the death of) a vaiśya and a śūdra, and (that) declared upon (the death of) a kṣatriya, in order, O best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 23.45
शूद्रविट्क्षत्रियाणां तु ब्राह्मणे संस्थिते सति । दशरात्रेण शुद्धिः स्यादित्याह कमलोद्भवः
śūdraviṭkṣatriyāṇāṃ tu brāhmaṇe saṃsthite sati / daśarātreṇa śuddhiḥ syādityāha kamalodbhavaḥ
But for śūdras, vaiśyas and kṣatriyas, when a brahmin has died, purification comes after ten nights — so said the lotus-born (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.46
असपिण्डं द्विजं प्रेतं विप्रो निर्हृत्य बन्धुवत् । अशित्वा च सहोषित्वा दशरात्रेण शुध्यति
asapiṇḍaṃ dvijaṃ pretaṃ vipro nirhṛtya bandhuvat / aśitvā ca sahoṣitvā daśarātreṇa śudhyati
A brahmin who carries out a dead twice-born who is not his sapiṇḍa as though (he were) a kinsman, and who has eaten and dwelt together (with the mourners), becomes pure after ten nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.47
यद्यन्नमत्ति तेषां तु त्रिरात्रेण ततः शुचिः । अनदन्नन्नमह्नैव न च तस्मिन् गृहे वसेत्
yadyannamatti teṣāṃ tu trirātreṇa tataḥ śuciḥ / anadannannamahnaiva na ca tasmin gṛhe vaset
But if he eats their food, then he is pure after three nights; if he does not eat the food, by (just) one day, and (provided) he does not dwell in that house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.48
सोदकेष्वेतदेव स्यान्मातुराप्तेषु बन्धुषु । दशाहेन शवस्पर्शे सपिण्डश्चैव शुध्यति
sodakeṣvetadeva syānmāturāpteṣu bandhuṣu / daśāhena śavasparśe sapiṇḍaścaiva śudhyati
The same rule applies among the samānodaka relatives and among the mother's kinsmen; on touching a corpse, even a sapiṇḍa is purified in ten days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.49
यदि निर्हरति प्रेतं प्रोलभाक्रान्तमानसः । दशाहेन द्विजः शुध्येद् द्वादशाहेन भूमिपः
yadi nirharati pretaṃ prolabhākrāntamānasaḥ / daśāhena dvijaḥ śudhyed dvādaśāhena bhūmipaḥ
If, with his mind overcome by (the desire for) gain, he carries out a corpse, a twice-born becomes pure in ten days, a king in twelve days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.50
अर्धमासेन वैश्यस्तु शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति । षड्रात्रेणाथवा सर्वे त्रिरात्रेणाथवा पुनः
ardhamāsena vaiśyastu śūdro māsena śudhyati / ṣaḍrātreṇāthavā sarve trirātreṇāthavā punaḥ
But a vaiśya (becomes pure) in half a month, a śūdra in a month; or else all (become pure) in six nights, or again in three nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.51
अनाथं चैव निर्हृत्य ब्राह्मणं धनवर्जितम् । स्नात्वा संप्राश्य तु घृतं शुध्यन्ति ब्राह्मणादयः
anāthaṃ caiva nirhṛtya brāhmaṇaṃ dhanavarjitam / snātvā saṃprāśya tu ghṛtaṃ śudhyanti brāhmaṇādayaḥ
And having carried out a brahmin who is without protector and without means, brahmins and the rest are purified by bathing and by sipping ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.52
अवरश्चेद् वरं वर्णमवरं वा वरो यदि । अशौचे संस्पृशेत् स्नेहात् तदाशौचेन शुध्यति
avaraśced varaṃ varṇamavaraṃ vā varo yadi / aśauce saṃspṛśet snehāt tadāśaucena śudhyati
If a man of lower (class) touches, out of affection, a higher class (person) during (that person's) impurity, or a higher (touches) a lower, then he is purified by (undergoing) that impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.53
प्रेतीभूतं द्विजं विप्रो यो ऽनुगच्छत कामतः । स्नात्वा सचैलं स्पृष्ट्वाग्निं घृतं प्राश्य विशुध्यति
pretībhūtaṃ dvijaṃ vipro yo 'nugacchata kāmataḥ / snātvā sacailaṃ spṛṣṭvāgniṃ ghṛtaṃ prāśya viśudhyati
A brahmin who of his own wish follows a dead twice-born becomes purified by bathing with his clothes on, touching fire, and sipping ghee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.54
एकाहात् क्षत्रिये शुद्धिर्वैश्ये स्याच्च द्व्यहेन तु । शूद्रे दिनत्रयं प्रोक्तं प्राणायामशतं पुनः
ekāhāt kṣatriye śuddhirvaiśye syācca dvyahena tu / śūdre dinatrayaṃ proktaṃ prāṇāyāmaśataṃ punaḥ
In the case of a kṣatriya purification (comes) from one day, in the case of a vaiśya from two days; in the case of a śūdra three days are prescribed, and again a hundred breath-controls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.55
अनस्थिसंचिते शूद्रे रौति चेद् ब्राह्मणः स्वकैः । त्रिरात्रं स्यात् तथाशौचमेकाहं त्वन्यथा स्मृतम्
anasthisaṃcite śūdre rauti ced brāhmaṇaḥ svakaiḥ / trirātraṃ syāt tathāśaucamekāhaṃ tvanyathā smṛtam
If a brahmin laments together with his own people for a śūdra whose bones have not been gathered, the impurity is three nights; otherwise one day is taught.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.56
अस्थिसंचयनादर्वागेकाहं क्षत्रवैश्ययोः । अन्यथा चैव सज्योतिर्ब्राह्मणे स्नानमेव तु
asthisaṃcayanādarvāgekāhaṃ kṣatravaiśyayoḥ / anyathā caiva sajyotirbrāhmaṇe snānameva tu
Before the gathering of the bones, one day in the case of a kṣatriya and a vaiśya; otherwise (only) until the light (of the next day); and in the case of a brahmin, merely a bath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 23.57
अनस्थिसंचित् विप्रे ब्राह्मणो रौति चेत् तदा । स्नानेनैव भवेच्छुद्धिः सचैलेन न संशयः
anasthisaṃcit vipre brāhmaṇo rauti cet tadā / snānenaiva bhavecchuddhiḥ sacailena na saṃśayaḥ
If, for a brahmin whose bones have not been gathered, a brahmin laments, then purification comes by bathing alone, with the clothes on — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.58
यस्तैः सहाशनं कुर्याच्छयनादीनि चैव हि । बान्धवो वापरो वापि स दशाहेन शुध्यति
yastaiḥ sahāśanaṃ kuryācchayanādīni caiva hi / bāndhavo vāparo vāpi sa daśāhena śudhyati
Whoever eats together with them, and (shares) sleeping and the rest, whether a kinsman or another, he is purified in ten days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.59
यस्तेषामन्नमश्नाति सकृदेवापि कामतः । तदाशौचे निवृत्ते ऽसौ स्नानं कृत्वा विशुध्यति
yasteṣāmannamaśnāti sakṛdevāpi kāmataḥ / tadāśauce nivṛtte 'sau snānaṃ kṛtvā viśudhyati
Whoever eats their food, even once, of his own will, he becomes purified by bathing when that impurity has come to an end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.60
यावत्तदन्नमश्नाति दुर्भिक्षोपहतो नरः । तावन्त्यहान्यशौचं स्यात् प्रायश्चित्तं ततश्चरेत्
yāvattadannamaśnāti durbhikṣopahato naraḥ / tāvantyahānyaśaucaṃ syāt prāyaścittaṃ tataścaret
For as many days as a man afflicted by famine eats that food, for so many days there is impurity; thereafter he should perform expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.61
दाहाद्यशौचं कर्तव्यं द्विजानामग्निहोत्रिणाम् । सपिण्डानां तु मरणे मरणादितरेषु च
dāhādyaśaucaṃ kartavyaṃ dvijānāmagnihotriṇām / sapiṇḍānāṃ tu maraṇe maraṇāditareṣu ca
For twice-borns who maintain the sacred fire, the impurity is to be observed from the cremation onward in the case of the death of sapiṇḍas, but from the (moment of) death in the case of others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.62
सपिण्डता च पुरुषे सप्तमे विनिवर्तते । समानोदकभावस्तु जन्मनाम्नोरवेदने
sapiṇḍatā ca puruṣe saptame vinivartate / samānodakabhāvastu janmanāmnoravedane
And sapiṇḍa relationship ceases with the seventh person; but the state of being samānodaka (lasts) as long as birth and name are not (still) known.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.63
पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः । लेपभाजस्त्रयश्चात्मा सापिण्ड्यं साप्तपौरुषण्
pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ / lepabhājastrayaścātmā sāpiṇḍyaṃ sāptapauruṣaṇ
The father, the grandfather, and likewise the great-grandfather — (and above them) three who share in the smeared remnants (lepa), and oneself: sapiṇḍa-relationship extends through seven persons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 23.64
अप्रत्तानां तथा स्त्रीणां सापिण्ड्यं साप्तपौरुषम् । ऊढानां भर्तुसापिण्ड्यं प्राह देवः पितामहः
aprattānāṃ tathā strīṇāṃ sāpiṇḍyaṃ sāptapauruṣam / ūḍhānāṃ bhartusāpiṇḍyaṃ prāha devaḥ pitāmahaḥ
For women not given (in marriage) too, the sapiṇḍa-relationship runs through seven persons; but for those married, (their) sapiṇḍa-relationship is with the husband('s line) — so said the god Grandfather (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.65
ये चैकजाता बहवो भिन्नयोनय एव च । भिन्नवर्णास्तु सापिण्ड्यं भवेत् तेषां त्रिपूरुषम्
ye caikajātā bahavo bhinnayonaya eva ca / bhinnavarṇāstu sāpiṇḍyaṃ bhavet teṣāṃ tripūruṣam
And those many who are born of one (father) but from different wombs and of different castes — for them the sapiṇḍa-relationship extends to three persons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.66
कारवः शिल्पिनो वैद्या दासीदासास्तथैव च । दातारो नियमी चैव ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मचारिणौ
kāravaḥ śilpino vaidyā dāsīdāsāstathaiva ca / dātāro niyamī caiva brahmavidbrahmacāriṇau
Artisans, craftsmen, physicians, and likewise female and male slaves, donors, one under a vow of restraint, one who knows brahman, and a student of the Veda —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.67
सत्रिणो व्रतिनस्तावत् सद्यः शौचा उदाहृताः । राजा चैवाभिषिक्तश्च प्राणसत्रिण एव च
satriṇo vratinastāvat sadyaḥ śaucā udāhṛtāḥ / rājā caivābhiṣiktaśca prāṇasatriṇa eva ca
performers of sacrificial sessions and holders of vows likewise — these are declared to be purified immediately; and a king, and one consecrated (for a rite), and those whose session is their very breath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 23.68
यज्ञे विवाहकाले च देवयागे तथैव च । सद्यः शौचं समाख्यातं दुर्भिक्षे चाप्युपद्रवे
yajñe vivāhakāle ca devayāge tathaiva ca / sadyaḥ śaucaṃ samākhyātaṃ durbhikṣe cāpyupadrave
At a sacrifice, at the time of a marriage, and likewise at an offering to the gods, immediate purity is declared; also in a famine and in a calamity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.69
डिम्बाहवहतानां च विद्युता पार्थिवैर्द्विजैः । सद्यः शौचं समाख्यातं सर्पादिमरणे तथा
ḍimbāhavahatānāṃ ca vidyutā pārthivairdvijaiḥ / sadyaḥ śaucaṃ samākhyātaṃ sarpādimaraṇe tathā
For those slain in a riot or in battle, or by lightning, or by kings or by brahmins, immediate purity is declared, and likewise when death is by snakes and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.70
अग्नौ मरुप्रपतने वीराध्वन्यप्यनाशके । ब्राह्मणार्थे च संन्यस्ते सद्यः शौचं विधीयते
agnau maruprapatane vīrādhvanyapyanāśake / brāhmaṇārthe ca saṃnyaste sadyaḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate
In (death by) fire, in falling (from a height) in the desert, for a hero, for a traveller, and in fasting to death, and when one has renounced (life) for the sake of a brahmin, immediate purity is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 23.71
नैष्ठिकानां वनस्थानां यतीनां ब्रह्मचारिणाम् । नाशौचं कीर्त्यते सद्भिः पतिते च तथा मृते
naiṣṭhikānāṃ vanasthānāṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām / nāśaucaṃ kīrtyate sadbhiḥ patite ca tathā mṛte
For lifelong students, forest-dwellers, ascetics, and celibate students, no impurity is declared by the good; and likewise when one who has fallen (from caste) is dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.72
पतितानां न दाहः स्यान्नान्त्येष्टिर्नास्थिसंचयः । न चाश्रुपातपिण्डौ वा कार्यं श्राद्धादि कङ्क्वचित्
patitānāṃ na dāhaḥ syānnāntyeṣṭirnāsthisaṃcayaḥ / na cāśrupātapiṇḍau vā kāryaṃ śrāddhādi kaṅkvacit
For the fallen there should be no cremation, no funeral rite, no gathering of the bones, and no shedding of tears nor offering of balls; no śrāddha or the like is ever to be performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.73
व्यापादयेत् तथात्मानं स्वयं यो ऽग्निविषादिभिः । विहितं तस्य नाशौचं नाग्निर्नाप्युदकादिकम्
vyāpādayet tathātmānaṃ svayaṃ yo 'gniviṣādibhiḥ / vihitaṃ tasya nāśaucaṃ nāgnirnāpyudakādikam
And he who destroys himself of his own accord by fire, poison, and the like — for him no impurity is prescribed, nor fire (rite), nor the water-offering and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.74
अथ कश्चित् प्रमादेन म्रियते ऽग्निविषादिभिः । तस्याशौचं विधातव्यं कार्यं चैवोदकादिकम्
atha kaścit pramādena mriyate 'gniviṣādibhiḥ / tasyāśaucaṃ vidhātavyaṃ kāryaṃ caivodakādikam
But if someone dies by fire, poison, and the like through carelessness, for him impurity is to be observed and the water-offering and the rest are to be performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.75
जाते कुमारे तदहः कामं कुर्यात् प्रतिग्रहम् । हिरण्यधान्यगोवासस्तिलान्नगुडसर्पिषाम्
jāte kumāre tadahaḥ kāmaṃ kuryāt pratigraham / hiraṇyadhānyagovāsastilānnaguḍasarpiṣām
When a son is born, on that day one may, if one wishes, accept gifts of gold, grain, cows, clothing, sesame, food, molasses, and clarified butter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.76
फलानि पुष्पं शाकं च लवणं काष्ठमेव च । तोयं दधि घृतं तैलमौषधं क्षीरमेव च । आशौचिनां गृहाद् ग्राह्यं शुष्कान्नं चैव नित्यशः
phalāni puṣpaṃ śākaṃ ca lavaṇaṃ kāṣṭhameva ca / toyaṃ dadhi ghṛtaṃ tailamauṣadhaṃ kṣīrameva ca / āśaucināṃ gṛhād grāhyaṃ śuṣkānnaṃ caiva nityaśaḥ
Fruits, flowers, vegetables, salt, and wood, water, curds, ghee, oil, medicine, and milk — these may always be taken from the house of those in impurity, and dried food as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.77
आहिताग्निर्यथान्यायं दग्धव्यस्त्रिभिरग्निभिः । अनाहिताग्निर्गृह्येण लौकिकेनेतरो जनः
āhitāgniryathānyāyaṃ dagdhavyastribhiragnibhiḥ / anāhitāgnirgṛhyeṇa laukikenetaro janaḥ
One who has established the sacred fires is to be burned, according to rule, with the three fires; one who has not established them, with his domestic fire; other people with an ordinary fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.78
देहाभावात् पलाशैस्तु कृत्वा प्रतिकृतिं पुनः । दाहः कार्यो यथान्यायं सपिण्डैः श्रद्धयान्वितैः
dehābhāvāt palāśaistu kṛtvā pratikṛtiṃ punaḥ / dāhaḥ kāryo yathānyāyaṃ sapiṇḍaiḥ śraddhayānvitaiḥ
In the absence of the body, having made an effigy with palāśa (leaves/twigs), the cremation is to be performed according to rule by the sapiṇḍas filled with faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.79
सकृत्प्रसिञ्चन्त्युदकं नामगोत्रेण वाग्यताः । दशाहं बान्धवैः सार्धं सर्वे चैवार्द्रवाससः
sakṛtprasiñcantyudakaṃ nāmagotreṇa vāgyatāḥ / daśāhaṃ bāndhavaiḥ sārdhaṃ sarve caivārdravāsasaḥ
Restraining their speech, they pour out water once, with (the dead man's) name and gotra; for ten days, together with the kinsmen, all of them (do so) with wet garments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.80
पिण्डं प्रतिदिनं दद्युः सायं प्रातर्यथाविधि । प्रेताय च गृहद्वारि चतुर्थे भोजयेद् द्विजान्
piṇḍaṃ pratidinaṃ dadyuḥ sāyaṃ prātaryathāvidhi / pretāya ca gṛhadvāri caturthe bhojayed dvijān
Each day, evening and morning, they should offer a rice-ball to the departed, according to rule, at the house door; and on the fourth (day) one should feed brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.81
द्वितीये ऽहनि कर्तव्यं क्षुरकर्म सबान्धवैः । चतुर्थे बान्धवैः सर्वैरस्थनां संचयनं भवेत् । पूर्वं तु भोजयेद् विप्रानयुग्मान् श्रद्धया शुचीन्
dvitīye 'hani kartavyaṃ kṣurakarma sabāndhavaiḥ / caturthe bāndhavaiḥ sarvairasthanāṃ saṃcayanaṃ bhavet / pūrvaṃ tu bhojayed viprānayugmān śraddhayā śucīn
On the second day the shaving is to be done, together with the kinsmen; on the fourth, by all the kinsmen, the gathering of the bones should take place; but first one should feed brahmins, uneven in number, pure, with faith.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.82
पञ्चमे नवमे चैव तथैवैकादशे ऽहनि । अयुग्मान् भोजयेद् विप्रान् नवश्राद्धं तु तद्विदुः
pañcame navame caiva tathaivaikādaśe 'hani / ayugmān bhojayed viprān navaśrāddhaṃ tu tadviduḥ
On the fifth, on the ninth, and likewise on the eleventh day, one should feed brahmins of uneven number; that they know as the 'new śrāddha'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.83
एकादशे ऽह्नि कुर्वोत प्रेतमुद्दिश्य भावतः । द्वादशे वाथ कर्तव्यमनिन्द्ये त्वथवाहनि । एकं पवित्रमेकोर्ऽघः पिण्डपात्रं तथैव च
ekādaśe 'hni kurvota pretamuddiśya bhāvataḥ / dvādaśe vātha kartavyamanindye tvathavāhani / ekaṃ pavitramekor'ghaḥ piṇḍapātraṃ tathaiva ca
On the eleventh day (the rite) should be performed with sincerity, designating it for the departed one; or else it should be done on the twelfth, or on some unobjectionable day. (There is) one purifying grass-blade, one water-offering, and likewise (one) vessel for the rice-ball.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.84
एवं मृताह्नि कर्तव्यं प्रतिमासं तु वत्सरम् । सपिण्डीकरणं प्रोक्तं पूर्णे संवत्सरे पुनः
evaṃ mṛtāhni kartavyaṃ pratimāsaṃ tu vatsaram / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ proktaṃ pūrṇe saṃvatsare punaḥ
Thus it should be performed on the day of death, and each month for a year; then, when the full year is complete, the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa (uniting of the deceased with the ancestors) is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.85
कुर्याच्चत्वारि पात्राणि प्रेतादीनां द्विजोत्तमाः । प्रेतार्थं पितृपात्रेषु पात्रमासेचयेत् ततः
kuryāccatvāri pātrāṇi pretādīnāṃ dvijottamāḥ / pretārthaṃ pitṛpātreṣu pātramāsecayet tataḥ
He should prepare four vessels, O best of twice-born, for the departed one and the rest; then he should pour the vessel meant for the departed one into the vessels of the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.86
ये समाना इति द्वाभ्यां पिण्डानप्येवमेव हि । सपिण्डीकरणं श्राद्धं देवपूर्वं विधीयते
ye samānā iti dvābhyāṃ piṇḍānapyevameva hi / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ śrāddhaṃ devapūrvaṃ vidhīyate
With the two (verses) beginning "ye samānāḥ" (he should treat) the rice-balls in just the same way. The sapiṇḍīkaraṇa śrāddha is enjoined as one preceded by (offerings to) the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.87
पितॄनावाहयेत् तत्र पुनः प्रेतं च निर्दिशेत् । ये सपिण्डीकृताः प्रेतान तेषां स्यात् पृथक्क्रियाः । यस्तु कुर्यात् पृथक् पिण्डं पितृहा सो ऽभिजायते
pitṝnāvāhayet tatra punaḥ pretaṃ ca nirdiśet / ye sapiṇḍīkṛtāḥ pretāna teṣāṃ syāt pṛthakkriyāḥ / yastu kuryāt pṛthak piṇḍaṃ pitṛhā so 'bhijāyate
There he should invoke the ancestors and again designate the departed one. For those departed who have been made sapiṇḍa there should be no separate rites; but he who offers a separate rice-ball becomes a slayer of his fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.88
मृते पितरि वै पुत्रः पिण्डमब्दं समाचरेत् । दद्याच्चान्नं सोदकुम्भं प्रत्यहं प्रेतधर्मतः
mṛte pitari vai putraḥ piṇḍamabdaṃ samācaret / dadyāccānnaṃ sodakumbhaṃ pratyahaṃ pretadharmataḥ
When the father has died, the son should offer the rice-ball for a year, and should give food together with a pot of water each day, according to the law for the departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.89
पार्वणेन विधानेन संवत्सरिकमिष्यते । प्रतिसंवत्सरं कार्यं विधिरेष सनातनः
pārvaṇena vidhānena saṃvatsarikamiṣyate / pratisaṃvatsaraṃ kāryaṃ vidhireṣa sanātanaḥ
By the procedure of the parvaṇa rite the annual (śrāddha) is prescribed; it is to be performed year after year — this is the eternal rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.90
मातापित्रोः सुतैः कार्यं पिण्डदानादिकं च यत् । पत्नी कुर्यात् सुताभावे पत्न्य भावे सहोदहः
mātāpitroḥ sutaiḥ kāryaṃ piṇḍadānādikaṃ ca yat / patnī kuryāt sutābhāve patnya bhāve sahodahaḥ
For mother and father, the giving of rice-balls and the rest is to be done by the sons; in the absence of a son the wife should do it, and in the absence of a wife the (brother) born of the same womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.91
अनेनैव विधाने जीवन् वा श्राद्धमाचरेत् । कृत्वा दानादिकं सर्वं श्रद्धायुक्तः समाहितः
anenaiva vidhāne jīvan vā śrāddhamācaret / kṛtvā dānādikaṃ sarvaṃ śraddhāyuktaḥ samāhitaḥ
By this very procedure one may also perform the śrāddha while living, having made all the gifts and the rest, endowed with faith and composed in mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.92
एष वः कथितः सम्यग् गृहस्थानां क्रियाविधिः । स्त्रीणां तु भर्तृशुश्रूषा धर्मो नान्य इहेष्यते
eṣa vaḥ kathitaḥ samyag gṛhasthānāṃ kriyāvidhiḥ / strīṇāṃ tu bhartṛśuśrūṣā dharmo nānya iheṣyate
This has been fully declared to you, the rule of rites for householders; but for women the duty is service to the husband — no other is prescribed here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 23.93
स्वधर्मपरमो नित्यमीश्विरार्पितमानसः । प्राप्नोति तत् परं स्थानं यदुक्तं वेदवादिभिः
svadharmaparamo nityamīśvirārpitamānasaḥ / prāpnoti tat paraṃ sthānaṃ yaduktaṃ vedavādibhiḥ
He who is ever devoted above all to his own duty, with mind offered up to the Lord, attains that highest station which has been declared by those who speak of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition