Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 28
KuP 2 28.1
व्यास उवाच एवं वनाश्रमे स्थित्वा तृतीयं भागमायुषः । चतुर्थमायुषो भागं संन्यासेन नयेत् क्रमात्
vyāsa uvāca evaṃ vanāśrame sthitvā tṛtīyaṃ bhāgamāyuṣaḥ / caturthamāyuṣo bhāgaṃ saṃnyāsena nayet kramāt
Vyāsa said: Having thus dwelt in the forest stage for the third portion of his life, he should pass the fourth portion of life, in due order, by renunciation.
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KuP 2 28.2
अग्नीनात्मनी संस्थाप्य द्विजः प्रव्रजितो भवेत् । योगाभ्यासरतः शान्तो ब्रह्मविद्यापरायणः
agnīnātmanī saṃsthāpya dvijaḥ pravrajito bhavet / yogābhyāsarataḥ śānto brahmavidyāparāyaṇaḥ
Having established the fires in himself, the twice-born should become a wanderer, devoted to the practice of yoga, tranquil, wholly given to the knowledge of brahman.
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KuP 2 28.3
यदा मनसि संजातं वैतृष्ण्यं सर्ववस्तुषु । तदा संन्यासमिच्छेच्च पतितः स्याद् विपर्यये
yadā manasi saṃjātaṃ vaitṛṣṇyaṃ sarvavastuṣu / tadā saṃnyāsamicchecca patitaḥ syād viparyaye
When freedom from thirst for all things has arisen in his mind, then he should desire renunciation; in the contrary case he becomes fallen.
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KuP 2 28.4
प्राजापत्यां निरूप्येष्टिमाग्नेयीमथवा पुनः । दान्तः पक्वकषायो ऽसौ ब्रह्माश्रममुपाश्रयेत्
prājāpatyāṃ nirūpyeṣṭimāgneyīmathavā punaḥ / dāntaḥ pakvakaṣāyo 'sau brahmāśramamupāśrayet
Having performed the sacrifice to Prajāpati, or else again that to Agni, self-controlled and with his passions ripened away, he should take up the brahman stage of life.
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KuP 2 28.5
ज्ञानसंन्यासिनः केचिद् वेदसंन्यासिनः परे । कर्मसंन्यासिनस्त्वन्ये त्रिविधाः परिकीर्तिताः
jñānasaṃnyāsinaḥ kecid vedasaṃnyāsinaḥ pare / karmasaṃnyāsinastvanye trividhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
Some are renouncers through knowledge, others renouncers through the Veda, and yet others renouncers through action: three kinds are declared.
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KuP 2 28.6
यः सर्वसङ्गनिर्मुक्तो निर्द्वन्द्वश्चैव निर्भयः । प्रोच्यते ज्ञानसंन्यासी स्वात्मन्येव व्यवस्थितः
yaḥ sarvasaṅganirmukto nirdvandvaścaiva nirbhayaḥ / procyate jñānasaṃnyāsī svātmanyeva vyavasthitaḥ
He who is freed from all attachments, and is free of the pairs of opposites and fearless, is called a renouncer through knowledge, being established in his own self alone.
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KuP 2 28.7
वेदमेवाभ्यसेन्नित्यं निराशी निष्परिग्रहः । प्रोच्यते वेदसंन्यासी मुमुक्षुर्विजितेन्द्रियः
vedamevābhyasennityaṃ nirāśī niṣparigrahaḥ / procyate vedasaṃnyāsī mumukṣurvijitendriyaḥ
He who constantly practises the Veda alone, without desire and without possessions, seeking liberation, his senses conquered, is called a renouncer through the Veda.
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KuP 2 28.8
यस्त्वग्नीनात्मसात्कृत्वा ब्रह्मार्पणपरो द्विजः । ज्ञेयः स कर्मसंन्यासी महायज्ञपरायणः
yastvagnīnātmasātkṛtvā brahmārpaṇaparo dvijaḥ / jñeyaḥ sa karmasaṃnyāsī mahāyajñaparāyaṇaḥ
But that twice-born who, having taken the fires into himself, is intent on offering to brahman, is to be known as a renouncer through action, wholly devoted to the great sacrifices.
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KuP 2 28.9
त्रयाणामपि चैतेषां ज्ञानी त्वभ्यधिको मतः । न तस्य विद्यते कार्यं न लिङ्गं वा विपश्चितः
trayāṇāmapi caiteṣāṃ jñānī tvabhyadhiko mataḥ / na tasya vidyate kāryaṃ na liṅgaṃ vā vipaścitaḥ
And of these three, the knower is held to be superior; for that wise man there exists neither duty to be done nor outward mark.
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KuP 2 28.10
निर्ममो निर्भयः शान्तो निर्द्वन्द्वः पर्णभोजनः । जीर्णकौपीनवासाः स्यान्नग्नो वा ध्यानतत्परः
nirmamo nirbhayaḥ śānto nirdvandvaḥ parṇabhojanaḥ / jīrṇakaupīnavāsāḥ syānnagno vā dhyānatatparaḥ
Free of possessiveness, free of fear, tranquil, beyond the pairs of opposites, eating leaves; he should be clothed in a worn loincloth, or else naked, intent on meditation.
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KuP 2 28.11
ब्रह्मचारी मिताहारो ग्रामादन्नं समाहरेत् । अध्यात्ममतिरासीत निरपेक्षो निरामिषः
brahmacārī mitāhāro grāmādannaṃ samāharet / adhyātmamatirāsīta nirapekṣo nirāmiṣaḥ
Chaste, of measured food, he should gather food from the village; he should sit with his mind on the self, without expectation, without craving for flesh (or: without worldly desire).
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KuP 2 28.12
आत्मनैव सहायेन सुखार्थं विचरेदिह । नाभिनन्देत मरणं नाभिनन्देत जीवितम्
ātmanaiva sahāyena sukhārthaṃ vicarediha / nābhinandeta maraṇaṃ nābhinandeta jīvitam
With the self alone as companion he should wander here for the sake of happiness; he should not welcome death, nor should he welcome life.
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KuP 2 28.13
कालमेव प्रतीक्षेत निदेशं भृतको यथा । नाध्येतव्यं न वक्तव्यं श्रोतव्यं न कदाचन । एवं ज्ञात्वा परो योगी ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते
kālameva pratīkṣeta nideśaṃ bhṛtako yathā / nādhyetavyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ śrotavyaṃ na kadācana / evaṃ jñātvā paro yogī brahmabhūyāya kalpate
He should simply await his time, as a hired servant awaits an order. There is to be no reciting, no speaking, and never any listening; knowing thus, the supreme yogin becomes fit for the state of Brahman.
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KuP 2 28.14
एकवासाथवा विद्वान् कौपीनाच्छादनस्तथा । मुण्डी शिखी वाथ भवेत् त्रिदण्डी निष्परिग्रहः । काषायवासाः सततं ध्यानयोगपरायणः
ekavāsāthavā vidvān kaupīnācchādanastathā / muṇḍī śikhī vātha bhavet tridaṇḍī niṣparigrahaḥ / kāṣāyavāsāḥ satataṃ dhyānayogaparāyaṇaḥ
Or the learned one may wear a single garment, or be covered by a loincloth; he may be shaven-headed or wear a topknot, bearing the triple staff, taking nothing to himself, dressed always in ochre, devoted to the yoga of meditation.
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KuP 2 28.15
ग्रामान्ते वृक्षमूले वा वसेद् देवालये ऽपि वा । समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः । भैक्ष्येण वर्तयेन्नित्यं नैकान्नादी भवेत् क्वचित्
grāmānte vṛkṣamūle vā vased devālaye 'pi vā / samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ / bhaikṣyeṇa vartayennityaṃ naikānnādī bhavet kvacit
He should dwell at the edge of a village, or at the root of a tree, or even in a temple; the same toward enemy and friend, likewise in honour and dishonour. He should always live by alms, and should nowhere become one who eats the food of a single house.
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KuP 2 28.16
यस्तु मोहेन वालस्यादेकान्नादी भवेद् यतिः । न तस्य निष्कृतिः काचिद् धर्मशास्त्रेषु कथ्यते
yastu mohena vālasyādekānnādī bhaved yatiḥ / na tasya niṣkṛtiḥ kācid dharmaśāstreṣu kathyate
But the ascetic who out of delusion or laziness becomes an eater of food from a single house—for him no expiation whatever is stated in the treatises on dharma.
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KuP 2 28.17
रागद्वेषविमुक्तात्मा समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः । प्राणिहंसानिवृत्तश्च मौनी स्यात् सर्वनिस्पृहः
rāgadveṣavimuktātmā samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ / prāṇihaṃsānivṛttaśca maunī syāt sarvanispṛhaḥ
With his self freed from attraction and aversion, regarding a clod, a stone, and gold as the same, turned away from the killing of living beings, he should be silent, without longing for anything.
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KuP 2 28.18
दृष्टिपूतं न्यसेत् पादं वस्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत् । सत्यपूतां वदेद् वाणीं मनः पूतं समाचरेत्
dṛṣṭipūtaṃ nyaset pādaṃ vastrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet / satyapūtāṃ vaded vāṇīṃ manaḥ pūtaṃ samācaret
He should set down his foot (only) where purified by sight, should drink water purified by a cloth, should speak speech purified by truth, and should act (in a way) purified by the mind.
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KuP 2 28.19
नैकत्र निवसेद् देशे वर्षाभ्यो ऽन्यत्र भिक्षुकः । स्नानशौचरतो नित्यं कमण्डलुकरः शुचिः
naikatra nivased deśe varṣābhyo 'nyatra bhikṣukaḥ / snānaśaucarato nityaṃ kamaṇḍalukaraḥ śuciḥ
The mendicant should not stay in one place except during the rains; always devoted to bathing and cleanliness, with a water-pot in hand, pure.
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KuP 2 28.20
ब्रह्मचर्यरतो नित्यं वनवासरतो भवेत् । मोक्षशास्त्रेषु निरतो ब्रह्मसूत्री जितेन्द्रियः
brahmacaryarato nityaṃ vanavāsarato bhavet / mokṣaśāstreṣu nirato brahmasūtrī jitendriyaḥ
He should be always devoted to chastity, devoted to dwelling in the forest, delighting in the scriptures on liberation, wearing the sacred thread, his senses conquered.
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KuP 2 28.21
दम्भाहङ्कारनिर्मुक्तो निन्दापैशुन्यवर्जितः । आत्मज्ञानगुणोपेतो यतिर्मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्
dambhāhaṅkāranirmukto nindāpaiśunyavarjitaḥ / ātmajñānaguṇopeto yatirmokṣamavāpnuyāt
Free of hypocrisy and egotism, avoiding slander and backbiting, endowed with the virtue of knowledge of the self, the ascetic would attain liberation.
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KuP 2 28.22
अभ्यसेत् सततं वेदं प्रणवाख्यं सनातनम् । स्नात्वाचम्य विधानेन शुचिर्देवालयादिषु
abhyaset satataṃ vedaṃ praṇavākhyaṃ sanātanam / snātvācamya vidhānena śucirdevālayādiṣu
He should constantly practise the eternal Veda called the praṇava (Om), having bathed and sipped water according to rule, pure, in temples and such places.
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KuP 2 28.23
यज्ञोपवीती शान्तात्मा कुशपाणिः समाहितः । धौतकाषायवसनो भस्मच्छन्नतनूरहः
yajñopavītī śāntātmā kuśapāṇiḥ samāhitaḥ / dhautakāṣāyavasano bhasmacchannatanūrahaḥ
Wearing the sacred thread, of tranquil self, with kuśa grass in hand, concentrated, dressed in washed ochre cloth, his body and hair covered with ashes.
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KuP 2 28.24
अधियज्ञं ब्रह्म जपेदाधिदैविकमेव च । आध्यात्मिकं च सततं वेदान्ताभिहितं च यत्
adhiyajñaṃ brahma japedādhidaivikameva ca / ādhyātmikaṃ ca satataṃ vedāntābhihitaṃ ca yat
He should recite the Brahman as it relates to the sacrifice, and as it relates to the deities, and constantly that which relates to the self, and whatever is declared in the Vedānta.
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KuP 2 28.25
पुत्रेषु वाथ निवसन् ब्रह्मचारी यतिर्मुनिः । वेदमेवाभ्यसेन्नित्यं स याति परमां गतिम्
putreṣu vātha nivasan brahmacārī yatirmuniḥ / vedamevābhyasennityaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
Or, dwelling among his sons, chaste, an ascetic, a sage, he should constantly practise the Veda alone: he goes to the highest goal.
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KuP 2 28.26
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यं तपः परम् । क्षमा दया च सतोषो व्रतान्यस्य विशेषतः
ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ tapaḥ param / kṣamā dayā ca satoṣo vratānyasya viśeṣataḥ
Non-injury, truth, non-stealing, chastity, supreme austerity, patience, compassion, and contentment—these are his observances in particular.
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KuP 2 28.27
वेदान्तज्ञाननिष्ठो वा पञ्च यज्ञान् समाहितः । कुर्यादहरहः स्नात्वा भिक्षान्नेनैव तेन हि
vedāntajñānaniṣṭho vā pañca yajñān samāhitaḥ / kuryādaharahaḥ snātvā bhikṣānnenaiva tena hi
Or, established in the knowledge of Vedānta, concentrated, he should perform the five sacrifices day after day, having bathed, with that very food obtained by begging.
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KuP 2 28.28
होममन्त्राञ्जपेन्नित्यं काले काले समाहितः । स्वाध्यायं चान्वहं कुर्यात् सावित्रीं संध्ययोर्जपेत्
homamantrāñjapennityaṃ kāle kāle samāhitaḥ / svādhyāyaṃ cānvahaṃ kuryāt sāvitrīṃ saṃdhyayorjapet
He should always recite the oblation-mantras at each proper time, concentrated; and he should do his own recitation of scripture daily, and recite the Sāvitrī at the two twilights.
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KuP 2 28.29
ध्यायीत सततं देवमेकान्ते परमेश्वरम् । एकान्नं वर्जयेन्नित्यं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्
dhyāyīta satataṃ devamekānte parameśvaram / ekānnaṃ varjayennityaṃ kāmaṃ krodhaṃ parigraham
He should constantly meditate in solitude on the god, the Supreme Lord; he should always shun food from a single house, desire, anger, and acquisition.
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KuP 2 28.30
एकवासा द्विवासा वा शिखी यज्ञोपवीतवान् । कमण्डलुकरो विद्वान् त्रिदण्डी याति तत्परम्
ekavāsā dvivāsā vā śikhī yajñopavītavān / kamaṇḍalukaro vidvān tridaṇḍī yāti tatparam
Wearing one garment or two, keeping a topknot and the sacrificial thread, carrying a water-pot, the learned man bearing the triple staff goes to that which is supreme.
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