Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 24
KuP 2 24.1
व्यास उवाच अग्निहोत्रं तु जुहुयादाद्यन्ते ऽहर्निशोः सदा । दर्शेन चैव पक्षान्ते पौर्णमासेन चैव हि
vyāsa uvāca agnihotraṃ tu juhuyādādyante 'harniśoḥ sadā / darśena caiva pakṣānte paurṇamāsena caiva hi
Vyāsa said: He should always offer the agnihotra at the beginning and end of day and night, and at the end of the fortnight with the new-moon and the full-moon sacrifice.
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KuP 2 24.2
शस्यान्ते नवशस्येष्ट्या तथर्त्वन्ते द्विजो ऽध्वरैः । पशुना त्वयनस्यान्ते समान्ते सौमिकैर्मखैः
śasyānte navaśasyeṣṭyā tathartvante dvijo 'dhvaraiḥ / paśunā tvayanasyānte samānte saumikairmakhaiḥ
At the end of the harvest with the new-grain offering, and at the end of the season the twice-born (should worship) with (the seasonal) sacrifices; at the end of the half-year with an animal (offering), at the end of the year with the soma sacrifices.
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KuP 2 24.3
नानिष्ट्वा नवशस्येष्ट्या पशुना वाग्निमान् द्विजः । नवान्नमद्यान्मांसं वा दीर्घमायुर्जिजीविषुः
nāniṣṭvā navaśasyeṣṭyā paśunā vāgnimān dvijaḥ / navānnamadyānmāṃsaṃ vā dīrghamāyurjijīviṣuḥ
A twice-born man who maintains the (sacred) fires should not eat the new grain or meat without having sacrificed with the new-grain offering or with an animal (offering), if he wishes to live a long life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 2 24.4
नवेनान्नेन चानिष्ट्वा पशुहव्येन चागन्यः । प्राणानेवात्तुमिच्छन्ति नवान्नामिषगृद्धिनः
navenānnena cāniṣṭvā paśuhavyena cāganyaḥ / prāṇānevāttumicchanti navānnāmiṣagṛddhinaḥ
And those who maintain no fire, not having sacrificed with the new grain and with the animal oblation, yet are greedy for the new grain and the flesh, wish to devour their very life-breaths.
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KuP 2 24.5
सावित्रान् शान्तिहोमांश्च कुर्यात् पर्वसु नित्यशः । पितॄंश्चैवाष्टकास्वर्चन् नित्यमन्वष्टकासु च
sāvitrān śāntihomāṃśca kuryāt parvasu nityaśaḥ / pitṝṃścaivāṣṭakāsvarcan nityamanvaṣṭakāsu ca
He should regularly perform the Sāvitra and the propitiatory oblations at the parvan days, and should always honour the ancestors on the aṣṭakā and the anvaṣṭakā days.
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KuP 2 24.6
एष धर्मः परो नित्यमपधर्मो ऽन्य उच्यते । त्रयाणामिह वर्णानां गृहस्थाश्रमवासिनाम्
eṣa dharmaḥ paro nityamapadharmo 'nya ucyate / trayāṇāmiha varṇānāṃ gṛhasthāśramavāsinām
This is ever the highest duty of the three classes here who dwell in the householder's stage of life; any other is called a secondary (or degraded) duty.
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KuP 2 24.7
नास्तिक्यादथवालस्याद् यो ऽग्नीन् नाधातुमिच्छति । यजेत वा न यज्ञेन स याति नरकान् बहून्
nāstikyādathavālasyād yo 'gnīn nādhātumicchati / yajeta vā na yajñena sa yāti narakān bahūn
He who from unbelief or from sloth does not wish to establish the (sacred) fires, or does not worship with sacrifice, goes to many hells:
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KuP 2 24.8
तामिस्त्रमन्धतामिस्त्रं महारौरवरौरवौ । कुम्भीपाकं वैतरणीमसिपत्रवनं तथा
tāmistramandhatāmistraṃ mahārauravarauravau / kumbhīpākaṃ vaitaraṇīmasipatravanaṃ tathā
Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, Mahāraurava and Raurava, Kumbhīpāka, Vaitaraṇī, and the Forest of Sword-Leaves,
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KuP 2 24.9
अन्यांश्च नरकान् घोरान् संप्राप्यान्ते सुदुर्मतिः । अन्त्यजानां कुले विप्राः शूद्रयोनौ च जायते
anyāṃśca narakān ghorān saṃprāpyānte sudurmatiḥ / antyajānāṃ kule viprāḥ śūdrayonau ca jāyate
and other dreadful hells; and having reached these, that very evil-minded man is at last born in the family of the lowest-born, O brahmins, or in a śūdra womb.
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KuP 2 24.10
तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन ब्राह्मणो हि विशेषतः । आधायाग्निं विशुद्धात्मा यजेत परमेश्वरम्
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena brāhmaṇo hi viśeṣataḥ / ādhāyāgniṃ viśuddhātmā yajeta parameśvaram
Therefore with every effort, and a brahmin especially, having established the (sacred) fire and being of purified self, should worship the Supreme Lord.
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KuP 2 24.11
अग्निहोत्रात् परो धर्मो द्विजानां नेह विद्यते । तस्मादाराधयेन्नित्यमग्निहोत्रेण शाश्वतम्
agnihotrāt paro dharmo dvijānāṃ neha vidyate / tasmādārādhayennityamagnihotreṇa śāśvatam
There is no higher duty here for the twice-born than the agnihotra; therefore let one always propitiate the Eternal One with the agnihotra.
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KuP 2 24.12
यश्चाधायाग्निमालस्यान्न यष्टुं देवमिच्छति । सो ऽसौ मूढो न संभाष्यः किं पुनर्नास्तिको जनः
yaścādhāyāgnimālasyānna yaṣṭuṃ devamicchati / so 'sau mūḍho na saṃbhāṣyaḥ kiṃ punarnāstiko janaḥ
And he who, having established the fire, does not wish out of laziness to sacrifice to the god — that fool is not to be spoken with; how much less an unbelieving person?
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KuP 2 24.13
यस्य त्रैवार्षिकं भक्तं पर्याप्तं भृत्यवृत्तये । अधिकं चापि विद्येत स सोमं पातुमर्हति
yasya traivārṣikaṃ bhaktaṃ paryāptaṃ bhṛtyavṛttaye / adhikaṃ cāpi vidyeta sa somaṃ pātumarhati
He who has food enough for three years for the maintenance of his dependents, and even a surplus, is fit to drink the soma.
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KuP 2 24.14
एष वै सर्वयज्ञानां सोमः प्रथम इष्यते । सोमेनाराधयेद् देवं सोमलोकमहेश्वरम्
eṣa vai sarvayajñānāṃ somaḥ prathama iṣyate / somenārādhayed devaṃ somalokamaheśvaram
This soma (sacrifice) is held to be the first of all sacrifices; with soma one should propitiate the god, the Great Lord of the world of soma.
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KuP 2 24.15
न सोमयागादधिको महेशाराधने क्रतुः । समो वा विद्यते तस्मात् सोमेनाभ्यर्चयेत् परम्
na somayāgādadhiko maheśārādhane kratuḥ / samo vā vidyate tasmāt somenābhyarcayet param
There is no rite higher than the soma sacrifice for the worship of the Great Lord, nor even one equal to it; therefore one should honour the Supreme with soma.
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KuP 2 24.16
पितामहेन विप्राणामादावभिहितः शुभः । धर्मो विमुक्तये साक्षाच्छ्रौतः स्मार्तो द्विधा पुनः
pitāmahena viprāṇāmādāvabhihitaḥ śubhaḥ / dharmo vimuktaye sākṣācchrautaḥ smārto dvidhā punaḥ
The auspicious duty (dharma) declared in the beginning by the Grandfather (Brahmā) for the brahmins, directly (leading) to liberation, is again twofold: śrauta (based on revelation) and smārta (based on tradition).
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KuP 2 24.17
श्रौतस्त्रेताग्निसंबन्धात् स्मार्तः पूर्वं मयोदितः । श्रेयस्करतमः श्रौतस्तस्माच्छ्रौतं समाचरेत्
śrautastretāgnisaṃbandhāt smārtaḥ pūrvaṃ mayoditaḥ / śreyaskaratamaḥ śrautastasmācchrautaṃ samācaret
The śrauta is so from its connection with the three fires; the smārta I have stated before. The śrauta is the most conducive to welfare; therefore one should practise the śrauta.
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KuP 2 24.18
उभावभिहितौ धर्मौ वेदादेव विनिः सृतौ । शिष्टाचारस्तृतीयः स्याच्छ्रतिस्मृत्योरलाभतः
ubhāvabhihitau dharmau vedādeva viniḥ sṛtau / śiṣṭācārastṛtīyaḥ syācchratismṛtyoralābhataḥ
Both the dharmas that have been declared issued forth from the Veda alone; the conduct of the cultured (śiṣṭa) would be a third (authority), when neither śruti nor smṛti is available.
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KuP 2 24.19
धर्मेणाभिगतो यैस्तु वेदः सपरिबृंहणः । ते शिष्टा ब्राह्मणाः प्रोक्ता नित्यमात्मगुणान्विताः
dharmeṇābhigato yaistu vedaḥ saparibṛṃhaṇaḥ / te śiṣṭā brāhmaṇāḥ proktā nityamātmaguṇānvitāḥ
Those by whom the Veda together with its supplements has been mastered in accordance with dharma — they, always endowed with the qualities of the soul, are called the cultured brahmins.
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KuP 2 24.20
तेषामभिमतो यः स्याच्चेतसा नित्यमेव हि । स धर्मः कथितः सद्भिर्नान्येषामिति धारणा
teṣāmabhimato yaḥ syāccetasā nityameva hi / sa dharmaḥ kathitaḥ sadbhirnānyeṣāmiti dhāraṇā
Whatever is always approved by them in their mind, that has been declared dharma by the good; the settled view is that it is not so of others.
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KuP 2 24.21
पुराणं धर्मशास्त्रं च वेदानामुपबृंहणम् । एकस्माद् ब्रह्मविज्ञानं धर्मज्ञानं तथैकतः
purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca vedānāmupabṛṃhaṇam / ekasmād brahmavijñānaṃ dharmajñānaṃ tathaikataḥ
The Purāṇa and the dharmaśāstra are the amplification of the Vedas: from the one comes knowledge of brahman, and from the other knowledge of dharma.
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KuP 2 24.22
धर्मं जिज्ञासमानानां तत्प्रमाणतरं स्मृतम् । धर्मशास्त्रं पुराणं तद् ब्रह्मज्ञाने परा प्रमा
dharmaṃ jijñāsamānānāṃ tatpramāṇataraṃ smṛtam / dharmaśāstraṃ purāṇaṃ tad brahmajñāne parā pramā
For those who wish to know dharma, that is held to be the greater authority: the dharmaśāstra; and the Purāṇa is the highest authority in the knowledge of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 2 24.23
नान्यतो जायते धर्मो ब्रह्मविद्या च वैदिकी । तस्माद् धर्मं पुराणं च श्रद्धातव्यं द्विजातिभिः
nānyato jāyate dharmo brahmavidyā ca vaidikī / tasmād dharmaṃ purāṇaṃ ca śraddhātavyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ
Neither dharma nor the Vedic knowledge of brahman arises from any other source; therefore the dharma(-śāstra) and the Purāṇa should be given credence by the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition