Linga Purana — Chapter 89
LiP 89.1
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि शौचाचारस्य लक्षणम् यदनुष्ठाय शुद्धात्मा परेत्य गतिमाप्नुयात्
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śaucācārasya lakṣaṇam yadanuṣṭhāya śuddhātmā paretya gatimāpnuyāt
Next I shall declare the characteristics of the practice of purity, by performing which one, purified in self, may attain (a good) course after death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.2
ब्रह्मणा कथितं पूर्वं सर्वभूतहिताय वै संक्षेपात्सर्ववेदार्थं संचयं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
brahmaṇā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ sarvabhūtahitāya vai saṃkṣepātsarvavedārthaṃ saṃcayaṃ brahmavādinām
It was told formerly by Brahmā for the welfare of all beings—in brief, the whole meaning of the Vedas, the accumulated (teaching) of those who expound brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.3
उदयार्थं तु शौचानां मुनीनामुत्तमं पदम् यस्तत्राथाप्रमत्तः स्यात् स मुनिर्नावसीदति
udayārthaṃ tu śaucānāṃ munīnāmuttamaṃ padam yastatrāthāpramattaḥ syāt sa munirnāvasīdati
But for the arising of the purities, the highest station of sages—he who is then not heedless therein, that sage does not sink down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.4
मानावमानौ द्वावेतौ तावेवाहुर् विषामृते अवमानो ऽमृतं तत्र सन्मानो विषमुच्यते
mānāvamānau dvāvetau tāvevāhur viṣāmṛte avamāno 'mṛtaṃ tatra sanmāno viṣamucyate
Honour and dishonour, these two—these very two they call poison and nectar: there dishonour is the nectar, while being honoured is called the poison.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.5
गुरोरपि हिते युक्तः स तु संवत्सरं वसेत् नियमेष्वप्रमत्तस्तु यमेषु च सदा भवेत्
gurorapi hite yuktaḥ sa tu saṃvatsaraṃ vaset niyameṣvapramattastu yameṣu ca sadā bhavet
Devoted to the welfare of his teacher too, he should dwell (with him) for a year, and should always be unheedful in the restraints (niyamas) and in the disciplines (yamas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.6
प्राप्यानुज्ञां ततश्चैव ज्ञानयोगमनुत्तमम् अविरोधेन धर्मस्य चरेत पृथिवीमिमाम्
prāpyānujñāṃ tataścaiva jñānayogamanuttamam avirodhena dharmasya careta pṛthivīmimām
Then, having obtained permission and the unsurpassed yoga of knowledge, he should wander over this earth without conflict with dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.7
चक्षुःपूतं चरेन्मार्गं वस्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत् सत्यपूतं वदेद्वाक्यं मनःपूतं समाचरेत्
cakṣuḥpūtaṃ carenmārgaṃ vastrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet satyapūtaṃ vadedvākyaṃ manaḥpūtaṃ samācaret
He should walk a path purified by the eye, drink water purified by a cloth, speak speech purified by truth, and act (in a way) purified by the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.8
मत्स्यगृह्यस्य यत्पापं षण्मासाभ्यन्तरे भवेत् एकाहं तत्समं ज्ञेयम् अपूतं यज्जलं भवेत्
matsyagṛhyasya yatpāpaṃ ṣaṇmāsābhyantare bhavet ekāhaṃ tatsamaṃ jñeyam apūtaṃ yajjalaṃ bhavet
The sin that would accrue to a catcher of fish within six months—that is to be known as equal to a single day (of drinking) water that is unpurified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.9
अपूतोदकपाने तु जपेच्च शतपञ्चकम् अघोरलक्षणं मन्त्रं ततः शुद्धिमवाप्नुयात्
apūtodakapāne tu japecca śatapañcakam aghoralakṣaṇaṃ mantraṃ tataḥ śuddhimavāpnuyāt
But when unpurified water has been drunk, he should mutter five hundred (times) the mantra marked by Aghora; thereby he would attain purity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.10
अथवा पूजयेच्छंभुं घृतस्नानादिविस्तरैः त्रिधा प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य शुध्यते नात्र संशयः
athavā pūjayecchaṃbhuṃ ghṛtasnānādivistaraiḥ tridhā pradakṣiṇīkṛtya śudhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Or else he should worship Śambhu with the full rites of bathing in ghee and the rest, and having circumambulated three times he becomes pure—there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.11
आतिथ्यश्राद्धयज्ञेषु न गच्छेद्योगवित्क्वचित् एवं ह्यहिंसको योगी भवेदिति विचारितम्
ātithyaśrāddhayajñeṣu na gacchedyogavitkvacit evaṃ hyahiṃsako yogī bhavediti vicāritam
The knower of yoga should never go to hospitality-feasts, śrāddhas, or sacrifices; thus indeed the yogin becomes non-injuring—so it has been determined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.12
वह्नौ विधूमे ऽत्यङ्गारे सर्वस्मिन्भुक्तवज्जने चरेत्तु मतिमान् भैक्ष्यं न तु तेष्वेव नित्यशः
vahnau vidhūme 'tyaṅgāre sarvasminbhuktavajjane carettu matimān bhaikṣyaṃ na tu teṣveva nityaśaḥ
When the fire is smokeless and past the coal stage, when all the people have eaten, the wise one should go for alms—but not always at those same (houses).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.13
अथैनम् अवमन्यन्ते परे परिभवन्ति च तथा युक्तं चरेद्भैक्ष्यं सतां धर्ममदूषयन्
athainam avamanyante pare paribhavanti ca tathā yuktaṃ caredbhaikṣyaṃ satāṃ dharmamadūṣayan
And if others despise him and treat him with contempt, even so, composed, he should go for alms, not defiling the dharma of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.14
भैक्ष्यं चरेद्वनस्थेषु यायावरगृहेषु च श्रेष्ठा तु प्रथमा हीयं वृत्तिरस्योपजायते
bhaikṣyaṃ caredvanastheṣu yāyāvaragṛheṣu ca śreṣṭhā tu prathamā hīyaṃ vṛttirasyopajāyate
He should beg among forest-dwellers and in the houses of wandering (yāyāvara) ascetics; this first mode of livelihood that arises for him is the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.15
अत ऊर्ध्वं गृहस्थेषु शीलीनेषु चरेद्द्विजाः श्रद्दधानेषु दान्तेषु श्रोत्रियेषु महात्मसु
ata ūrdhvaṃ gṛhastheṣu śīlīneṣu careddvijāḥ śraddadhāneṣu dānteṣu śrotriyeṣu mahātmasu
Above (i.e., failing) that, O twice-born, he should beg among householders of good conduct, faithful, self-controlled, learned in the Veda, great-souled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.16
अत ऊर्ध्वं पुनश्चापि अदुष्टापतितेषु च भैक्ष्यचर्या हि वर्णेषु जघन्या वृत्तिरुच्यते
ata ūrdhvaṃ punaścāpi aduṣṭāpatiteṣu ca bhaikṣyacaryā hi varṇeṣu jaghanyā vṛttirucyate
And beyond that again, among those (of the classes) who are neither corrupt nor fallen; the practice of begging among the (four) classes is called the lowest mode of livelihood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.17
भैक्ष्यं यवागूस्तक्रं वा पयो यावकमेव च फलमूलादि पक्वं वा कणपिण्याकसक्तवः
bhaikṣyaṃ yavāgūstakraṃ vā payo yāvakameva ca phalamūlādi pakvaṃ vā kaṇapiṇyākasaktavaḥ
Alms-food, gruel, buttermilk, or milk, or barley-broth, fruits and roots and the like, or cooked food, grain-husks, oil-cake, parched-grain meal—
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LiP 89.18
इत्येव ते मया प्रोक्ता योगिनां सिद्धिवर्द्धनाः आहारास्तेषु सिद्धेषु श्रेष्ठं भैक्ष्यमिति स्मृतम्
ityeva te mayā proktā yogināṃ siddhivarddhanāḥ āhārāsteṣu siddheṣu śreṣṭhaṃ bhaikṣyamiti smṛtam
—thus have these foods been declared by me to you as increasing the perfection of yogins; and among those that are established, alms-food is held to be the best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.19
अब्बिन्दुं यः कुशाग्रेण मासि मासि समश्नुते न्यायतो यश्चरेद्भैक्ष्यं पूर्वोक्तात्स विशिष्यते
abbinduṃ yaḥ kuśāgreṇa māsi māsi samaśnute nyāyato yaścaredbhaikṣyaṃ pūrvoktātsa viśiṣyate
He who, month after month, takes only a drop of water with the tip of a kuśa blade, and he who goes about for alms according to the rule — the latter is superior to the one just mentioned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.20
जरामरणगर्भेभ्यो भीतस्य नरकादिषु एवं दाययते तस्मात् तद्भैक्ष्यमिति संस्मृतम्
jarāmaraṇagarbhebhyo bhītasya narakādiṣu evaṃ dāyayate tasmāt tadbhaikṣyamiti saṃsmṛtam
Since it thus gives (release) to one who is afraid of old age, death, the womb, and the hells and the rest, therefore it is called bhaikṣya (the alms-life).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.21
दधिभक्षाः पयोभक्षा ये चान्ये जीवक्षीणकाः सर्वे ते भैक्ष्यभक्षस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
dadhibhakṣāḥ payobhakṣā ye cānye jīvakṣīṇakāḥ sarve te bhaikṣyabhakṣasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Those who eat curds, those who eat milk, and the others who waste away their life (by such diets) — all of them do not deserve a sixteenth part of the one who eats begged food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.22
भस्मशायी भवेन्नित्यं भिक्षाचारी जितेन्द्रियः य इच्छेत् परमं स्थानं व्रतं पाशुपतं चरेत्
bhasmaśāyī bhavennityaṃ bhikṣācārī jitendriyaḥ ya icchet paramaṃ sthānaṃ vrataṃ pāśupataṃ caret
He should always lie on ashes, go about for alms, and have his senses subdued; he who desires the highest station should practise the Pāśupata vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.23
योगिनां चैव सर्वेषां श्रेष्ठं चान्द्रायणं भवेत् एकं द्वे त्रीणि चत्वारि शक्तितो वा समाचरेत्
yogināṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ bhavet ekaṃ dve trīṇi catvāri śaktito vā samācaret
And for all yogins the cāndrāyaṇa (lunar fast) is the best; one may perform it once, twice, three times, or four times, or according to one's capacity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.24
अस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यं च अलोभस्त्याग एव च व्रतानि पञ्च भिक्षूणाम् अहिंसा परमा त्विह
asteyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca alobhastyāga eva ca vratāni pañca bhikṣūṇām ahiṃsā paramā tviha
Not stealing, chastity, freedom from greed, and renunciation — these are the five vows of mendicants, and non-injury is here the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.25
अक्रोधो गुरुशुश्रूषा शौचमाहारलाघवम् नित्यं स्वाध्याय इत्येते नियमाः परिकीर्तिताः
akrodho guruśuśrūṣā śaucamāhāralāghavam nityaṃ svādhyāya ityete niyamāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
Absence of anger, service to the teacher, purity, lightness of diet, and constant recitation of one's own scripture — these are proclaimed as the restraints (niyamas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.26
बीजयोनिगुणा वस्तुबन्धः कर्मभिर् एव च यथा द्विप इवारण्ये मनुष्याणां विधीयते
bījayoniguṇā vastubandhaḥ karmabhir eva ca yathā dvipa ivāraṇye manuṣyāṇāṃ vidhīyate
The bond to objects (arises) from the qualities of seed and womb and also from actions; just as an elephant in the forest, so it is ordained for men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.27
देवैस्तुल्याः सर्वयज्ञक्रियास्तु यज्ञाज्जाप्यं ज्ञानमाहुश् च जाप्यात् ज्ञानाद् ध्यानं संगरागादपेतं तस्मिन्प्राप्ते शाश्वतस्योपलम्भः
devaistulyāḥ sarvayajñakriyāstu yajñājjāpyaṃ jñānamāhuś ca jāpyāt jñānād dhyānaṃ saṃgarāgādapetaṃ tasminprāpte śāśvatasyopalambhaḥ
All sacrificial rites are equal to the gods; but they say that muttered recitation is better than sacrifice, and knowledge than recitation; from knowledge (comes) meditation free from attachment to conflict; when that is attained, there is the grasping of the eternal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.29
दमः शमः सत्यमकल्मषत्वं मौनं च भूतेष्वखिलेषु चार्जवम् अतीन्द्रियं ज्ञानमिदं तथा शिवं प्राहुस् तथा ज्ञानविशुद्धबुद्धयः ॥ लिप्_१,८९।२८ समाहितो ब्रह्मपरो ऽप्रमादी शुचिस् तथैकान्तरतिर् जितेन्द्रियः ।* समाप्नुयाद्योगमिमं महात्मा महर्षयश्चैवम् अनिन्दितामलाः
damaḥ śamaḥ satyamakalmaṣatvaṃ maunaṃ ca bhūteṣvakhileṣu cārjavam atīndriyaṃ jñānamidaṃ tathā śivaṃ prāhus tathā jñānaviśuddhabuddhayaḥ // LiP_1,89.28 samāhito brahmaparo 'pramādī śucis tathaikāntaratir jitendriyaḥ /* samāpnuyādyogamimaṃ mahātmā maharṣayaścaivam aninditāmalāḥ
Self-restraint, calm, truth, sinlessness, silence, and uprightness towards all beings — this they call the knowledge that is beyond the senses, and also Śiva; so say those whose minds are purified by knowledge. (28) Collected, intent on brahman, free from negligence, pure, delighting in solitude, with senses subdued — such a great soul would attain this yoga, and so too the great seers, blameless and without stain.
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LiP 89.30
प्राप्यते ऽभिमतान् देशान् अङ्कुशेन निवारितः एतन्मार्गेण शुद्धेन दग्धबीजो ह्यकल्मषः
prāpyate 'bhimatān deśān aṅkuśena nivāritaḥ etanmārgeṇa śuddhena dagdhabījo hyakalmaṣaḥ
(Just as an elephant) held in check by the goad is brought to the places desired, (so) by this pure path one whose seed (of karma) is burnt away and who is free from sin (reaches his goal).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.31
सदाचाररताः शान्ताः स्वधर्मपरिपालकाः सर्वांल्लोकान् विनिर्जित्य ब्रह्मलोकं व्रजन्ति ते
sadācāraratāḥ śāntāḥ svadharmaparipālakāḥ sarvāṃllokān vinirjitya brahmalokaṃ vrajanti te
Devoted to good conduct, tranquil, guarding their own duty, they conquer all the worlds and go to the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.32
पितामहेनोपदिष्टो धर्मः साक्षात्सनातनः सर्वलोकोपकारार्थं शृणुध्वं प्रवदामि वः
pitāmahenopadiṣṭo dharmaḥ sākṣātsanātanaḥ sarvalokopakārārthaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ pravadāmi vaḥ
The eternal law taught directly by the Grandfather (Brahmā) — listen, I shall declare it to you for the benefit of all the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.33
गुरूपदेशयुक्तानां वृद्धानां क्रमवर्त्तिनाम् अभ्युत्थानादिकं सर्वं प्रणामं चैव कारयेत्
gurūpadeśayuktānāṃ vṛddhānāṃ kramavarttinām abhyutthānādikaṃ sarvaṃ praṇāmaṃ caiva kārayet
To the elders who are endowed with the teacher's instruction and who proceed in due order, one should offer rising to greet them and all the rest, and also salutation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.34
अष्टाङ्गप्रणिपातेन त्रिधा न्यस्तेन सुव्रताः त्रिःप्रदक्षिणयोगेन वन्द्यो वै ब्रह्मणो गुरुः
aṣṭāṅgapraṇipātena tridhā nyastena suvratāḥ triḥpradakṣiṇayogena vandyo vai brahmaṇo guruḥ
O you of good vows, the teacher of brahman is to be saluted with the prostration of eight limbs, laid down three times, together with three circumambulations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.35
ज्येष्ठान्ये ऽपि च ते सर्वे वन्दनीया विजानता आज्ञाभङ्गं न कुर्वीत यदीच्छेत् सिद्धिम् उत्तमाम्
jyeṣṭhānye 'pi ca te sarve vandanīyā vijānatā ājñābhaṅgaṃ na kurvīta yadīcchet siddhim uttamām
And all those others who are senior are to be saluted by one who knows; he should not commit a breach of (their) command, if he desires the highest attainment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.36
धातुशून्यबिलक्षेत्रक्षुद्रमन्त्रोपजीवनम् विषग्रहविडम्बादीन् वर्जयेत् सर्वयत्नतः
dhātuśūnyabilakṣetrakṣudramantropajīvanam viṣagrahaviḍambādīn varjayet sarvayatnataḥ
With every effort he should avoid living by metals, empty caves, land, and petty spells, and (avoid) poisons, seizure-demons, mockery, and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.37
कैतवं वित्तशाठ्यं च पैशुन्यं वर्जयेत्सदा अतिहासम् अवष्टम्भं लीलास्वेच्छाप्रवर्तनम्
kaitavaṃ vittaśāṭhyaṃ ca paiśunyaṃ varjayetsadā atihāsam avaṣṭambhaṃ līlāsvecchāpravartanam
He should always avoid gambling, cheating over money, and slander, excessive laughter, arrogance, and acting at play according to his own whim,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.38
वर्जयेत्सर्वयत्नेन गुरूणामपि संनिधौ तद्वाक्यप्रतिकूलं च अयुक्तं वै गुरोर्वचः
varjayetsarvayatnena gurūṇāmapi saṃnidhau tadvākyapratikūlaṃ ca ayuktaṃ vai gurorvacaḥ
— (all this) he should avoid with every effort, especially in the presence of teachers, and also what is contrary to their word; indeed an improper word of the teacher
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.39
न वदेत्सर्वयत्नेन अनिष्टं न स्मरेत्सदा यतीनामासनं वस्त्रं दण्डाद्यं पादुके तथा
na vadetsarvayatnena aniṣṭaṃ na smaretsadā yatīnāmāsanaṃ vastraṃ daṇḍādyaṃ pāduke tathā
he should not utter with any effort, nor should he ever call to mind what is unwelcome. The seat, garment, staff and so forth, and likewise the sandals of ascetics,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.40
माल्यं च शयनस्थानं पात्रं छायां च यत्नतः यज्ञोपकरणाङ्गं च न स्पृशेद् वै पदेन च
mālyaṃ ca śayanasthānaṃ pātraṃ chāyāṃ ca yatnataḥ yajñopakaraṇāṅgaṃ ca na spṛśed vai padena ca
(And likewise) a garland, the sleeping place, a vessel, and (their) shadow — carefully; and any part of the sacrificial implements one should not touch with the foot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.41
देवद्रोहं गुरुद्रोहं न कुर्यात्सर्वयत्नतः कृत्वा प्रमादतो विप्राः प्रणवस्यायुतं जपेत्
devadrohaṃ gurudrohaṃ na kuryātsarvayatnataḥ kṛtvā pramādato viprāḥ praṇavasyāyutaṃ japet
One should by every effort avoid offence against the gods and offence against the guru; having done (so) through negligence, O brahmins, one should mutter the praṇava (Oṃ) ten thousand times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.42
देवद्रोहगुरुद्रोहात् कोटिमात्रेण शुध्यति महापातकशुद्ध्यर्थं तथैव च यथाविधि
devadrohagurudrohāt koṭimātreṇa śudhyati mahāpātakaśuddhyarthaṃ tathaiva ca yathāvidhi
From offence against the gods and offence against the guru one is purified by a mere ten million (repetitions); and likewise, according to the rule, for the purification of the great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.43
पातकी च तदर्धेन शुध्यते वृत्तवान्यदि उपपातकिनः सर्वे तदर्धेनैव सुव्रताः
pātakī ca tadardhena śudhyate vṛttavānyadi upapātakinaḥ sarve tadardhenaiva suvratāḥ
And a sinner is purified by half of that, if he is of (good) conduct; all who have committed the lesser sins by just half of that again, O men of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.44
संध्यालोपे कृते विप्रः त्रिरावृत्त्यैव शुध्यति आह्निकच्छेदने जाते शतमेकमुदाहृतम्
saṃdhyālope kṛte vipraḥ trirāvṛttyaiva śudhyati āhnikacchedane jāte śatamekamudāhṛtam
When the sandhyā (rite) has been omitted, a brahmin is purified by three repetitions; when a break in the daily observance has occurred, one hundred is declared (the number).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.45
लङ्घने समयानां तु अभक्ष्यस्य च भक्षणे अवाच्यवाचने चैव सहस्राच्छुद्धिरुच्यते
laṅghane samayānāṃ tu abhakṣyasya ca bhakṣaṇe avācyavācane caiva sahasrācchuddhirucyate
But in transgressing the (established) rules, in eating what is not to be eaten, and in speaking what is not to be spoken, purification is said (to come) from a thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.46
काकोलूककपोतानां पक्षिणामपि घातने शतमष्टोत्तरं जप्त्वा मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
kākolūkakapotānāṃ pakṣiṇāmapi ghātane śatamaṣṭottaraṃ japtvā mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
In the killing of crows, owls, pigeons, and other birds too, having muttered one hundred and eight one is freed — there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.47
यः पुनस्तत्त्ववेत्ता च ब्रह्मविद् ब्राह्मणोत्तमः स्मरणाच्छुद्धिमाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा
yaḥ punastattvavettā ca brahmavid brāhmaṇottamaḥ smaraṇācchuddhimāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
But he who is a knower of the truth, a knower of brahman, the best of brahmins, attains purification by mere recollection — no deliberation is to be made here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.48
नैवमात्मविदामस्ति प्रायश्चित्तानि चोदना विश्वस्यैव हि ते शुद्धा ब्रह्मविद्याविदो जनाः
naivamātmavidāmasti prāyaścittāni codanā viśvasyaiva hi te śuddhā brahmavidyāvido janāḥ
Thus for the knowers of the self there is no injunction of expiations; for those people who know the knowledge of brahman are pure in the eyes of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.49
योगध्यानैकनिष्ठाश् च निर्लेपाः काञ्चनं यथा शुद्धानां शोधनं नास्ति विशुद्धा ब्रह्मविद्यया
yogadhyānaikaniṣṭhāś ca nirlepāḥ kāñcanaṃ yathā śuddhānāṃ śodhanaṃ nāsti viśuddhā brahmavidyayā
And those solely fixed on yoga and meditation are unstained, like gold; for the pure there is no purifying — they are wholly purified by the knowledge of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.50
उद्धृतानुष्णफेनाभिः पूताभिर् वस्त्रचक्षुषा अद्भिः समाचरेत्सर्वं वर्जयेत्कलुषोदकम्
uddhṛtānuṣṇaphenābhiḥ pūtābhir vastracakṣuṣā adbhiḥ samācaretsarvaṃ varjayetkaluṣodakam
With water drawn up, not hot, free of foam, purified by (straining through) cloth and by the eye, one should perform everything; one should avoid turbid water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.51
गन्धवर्णरसैर्दुष्टम् अशुचिस्थानसंस्थितम् पङ्काश्मदूषितं चैव सामुद्रं पल्वलोदकम्
gandhavarṇarasairduṣṭam aśucisthānasaṃsthitam paṅkāśmadūṣitaṃ caiva sāmudraṃ palvalodakam
(Water) spoiled in smell, colour, or taste, standing in an impure place, and (water) fouled by mud and stones, sea water, water of a marsh-pool,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.52
सशैवालं तथान्यैर्वा दोषैर्दुष्टं विवर्जयेत् वस्त्रशौचान्वितः कुर्यात् सर्वकार्याणि वै द्विजाः
saśaivālaṃ tathānyairvā doṣairduṣṭaṃ vivarjayet vastraśaucānvitaḥ kuryāt sarvakāryāṇi vai dvijāḥ
(water) with algae, or spoiled by other defects — one should avoid; possessed of purity of garment one should do all his duties, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.53
नमस्कारादिकं सर्वं गुरुशुश्रूषणादिकम् वस्त्रशौचविहीनात्मा ह्य् अशुचिर्नात्र संशयः
namaskārādikaṃ sarvaṃ guruśuśrūṣaṇādikam vastraśaucavihīnātmā hy aśucirnātra saṃśayaḥ
All salutation and the like, service to the guru and the like — one whose person lacks purity of garment is impure (in doing them), there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.54
देवकार्योपयुक्तानां प्रत्यहं शौचमिष्यते इतरेषां हि वस्त्राणां शौचं कार्यं मलागमे
devakāryopayuktānāṃ pratyahaṃ śaucamiṣyate itareṣāṃ hi vastrāṇāṃ śaucaṃ kāryaṃ malāgame
For (garments) used in rites for the gods, cleaning is prescribed daily; but for other garments the cleaning is to be done when dirt appears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.55
वर्जयेत्सर्वयत्नेन वासो ऽन्यैर् विधृतं द्विजाः कौशेयाविकयो रूक्षैः क्षौमाणां गौरसर्षपैः
varjayetsarvayatnena vāso 'nyair vidhṛtaṃ dvijāḥ kauśeyāvikayo rūkṣaiḥ kṣaumāṇāṃ gaurasarṣapaiḥ
By every effort one should avoid a garment worn by others, O twice-born. Of silk and woollen (cloths, the cleansing is) with astringent substances, of linen ones with white mustard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.56
श्रीफलैरंशुपट्टानां कुतपानामरिष्टकैः चर्मणां विदलानां च वेत्राणां वस्त्रवन्मतम्
śrīphalairaṃśupaṭṭānāṃ kutapānāmariṣṭakaiḥ carmaṇāṃ vidalānāṃ ca vetrāṇāṃ vastravanmatam
Of fine woven fabrics with bilva fruits, of woollen blankets with soapnuts; and for leathers, split bamboo, and cane, (the cleansing) is held to be as for cloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.57
वल्कलानां तु सर्वेषां छत्रचामरयोरपि चैलवच्छौचमाख्यातं ब्रह्मविद्भिर् मुनीश्वरैः
valkalānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ chatracāmarayorapi cailavacchaucamākhyātaṃ brahmavidbhir munīśvaraiḥ
But for all bark garments, and also for the parasol and the fly-whisk, the cleansing has been declared to be like that of cloth by the knowers of brahman, the lords of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.58
भस्मना शुध्यते कांस्यं क्षारेणायसम् उच्यते ताम्रमम्लेन वै विप्रास् त्रपुसीसकयोरपि
bhasmanā śudhyate kāṃsyaṃ kṣāreṇāyasam ucyate tāmramamlena vai viprās trapusīsakayorapi
Bell-metal is cleansed with ashes, iron is said (to be cleansed) with alkali, copper indeed with something sour, O brahmins, and so too tin and lead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.59
हैमम् अद्भिः शुभं पात्रं रौप्यपात्रं द्विजोत्तमाः मण्यश्मशङ्खमुक्तानां शौचं तैजसवत्स्मृतम्
haimam adbhiḥ śubhaṃ pātraṃ raupyapātraṃ dvijottamāḥ maṇyaśmaśaṅkhamuktānāṃ śaucaṃ taijasavatsmṛtam
A golden vessel (is cleansed) well with water, and (so too) a silver vessel, O best of the twice-born; for gems, stone, conch, and pearls the cleansing is held to be as for metal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.60
अग्नेर् अपां च संयोगाद् अत्यन्तोपहतस्य च रसानामिह सर्वेषां शुद्धिरुत्प्लवनं स्मृतम्
agner apāṃ ca saṃyogād atyantopahatasya ca rasānāmiha sarveṣāṃ śuddhirutplavanaṃ smṛtam
For all liquids (rasas) here, when (they have been) utterly spoiled by contact with fire and with water, purification is said to be skimming off (the top).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.61
तृणकाष्ठादिवस्तूनां शुभेनाभ्युक्षणं स्मृतम् उष्णेन वारिणा शुद्धिस् तथा स्रुक्स्रुवयोरपि
tṛṇakāṣṭhādivastūnāṃ śubhenābhyukṣaṇaṃ smṛtam uṣṇena vāriṇā śuddhis tathā sruksruvayorapi
For things (made) of grass, wood and the like, sprinkling with pure (water) is prescribed; and for the sacrificial ladle and spoon, purification (is) with hot water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.62
तथैव यज्ञपात्राणां मुशलोलूखलस्य च शृङ्गास्थिदारुदन्तानां तक्षणेनैव शोधनम्
tathaiva yajñapātrāṇāṃ muśalolūkhalasya ca śṛṅgāsthidārudantānāṃ takṣaṇenaiva śodhanam
Just so for the sacrificial vessels, and for the pestle and mortar; for (things of) horn, bone, wood and tusk, the cleansing is by scraping alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.63
संहतानां महाभागा द्रव्याणां प्रोक्षणं स्मृतम् असंहतानां द्रव्याणां प्रत्येकं शौचमुच्यते
saṃhatānāṃ mahābhāgā dravyāṇāṃ prokṣaṇaṃ smṛtam asaṃhatānāṃ dravyāṇāṃ pratyekaṃ śaucamucyate
For objects that are joined together, O greatly fortunate ones, sprinkling is prescribed; for objects not joined together, the cleansing is said to be of each one separately.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.64
अभुक्तराशिधान्यानाम् एकदेशस्य दूषणे तावन्मात्रं समुद्धृत्य प्रोक्षयेद्वै कुशांभसा
abhuktarāśidhānyānām ekadeśasya dūṣaṇe tāvanmātraṃ samuddhṛtya prokṣayedvai kuśāṃbhasā
When one part of a heap of grain that has not been eaten from is defiled, having removed just that much, he should sprinkle (the rest) with water and kuśa grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.65
शाकमूलफलादीनां धान्यवच्छुद्धिरिष्यते मार्जनोन्मार्जनैर् वेश्म पुनःपाकेन मृन्मयम्
śākamūlaphalādīnāṃ dhānyavacchuddhiriṣyate mārjanonmārjanair veśma punaḥpākena mṛnmayam
For vegetables, roots, fruits and the like, purification is held (to be) as for grain; a dwelling (is purified) by sweeping and scouring, and what is of clay by firing it again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.66
उल्लेखनेनाञ्जनेन तथा संमार्जनेन च गोनिवासेन वै शुद्धा सेचनेन धरा स्मृता
ullekhanenāñjanena tathā saṃmārjanena ca gonivāsena vai śuddhā secanena dharā smṛtā
Earth is said to be purified by scraping, by smearing, and by sweeping, and by cattle dwelling (on it), and by sprinkling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.67
भूमिस्थम् उदकं शुद्धं वैतृष्ण्यं यत्र गौर्व्रजेत् अव्याप्तं यदमेध्येन गन्धवर्णरसान्वितम्
bhūmistham udakaṃ śuddhaṃ vaitṛṣṇyaṃ yatra gaurvrajet avyāptaṃ yadamedhyena gandhavarṇarasānvitam
Water standing on the ground is pure when it suffices to quench the thirst of a cow that comes (to it), when it is not pervaded by anything impure and possesses (its natural) smell, colour and taste.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.68
वत्सः शुचिः प्रस्रवणे शकुनिः फलपातने स्वदारास्यं गृहस्थानां रतौ भार्याभिकाङ्क्षया
vatsaḥ śuciḥ prasravaṇe śakuniḥ phalapātane svadārāsyaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ ratau bhāryābhikāṅkṣayā
A calf is pure at the flowing of milk, a bird at the falling of fruit; and for householders the mouth of one's own wife (is pure) in love-making, out of desire for the wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.69
हस्ताभ्यां क्षालितं वस्त्रं कारुणा च यथाविधि कुशांबुना सुसंप्रोक्ष्य गृह्णीयाद्धर्मवित्तमः
hastābhyāṃ kṣālitaṃ vastraṃ kāruṇā ca yathāvidhi kuśāṃbunā susaṃprokṣya gṛhṇīyāddharmavittamaḥ
A garment washed with both hands by the artisan according to rule — having sprinkled it well with water and kuśa grass, the one best versed in dharma should take it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.70
पण्यं प्रसारितं चैव वर्णाश्रमविभागशः शुचिराकरजं तेषां श्वा मृगग्रहणे शुचिः
paṇyaṃ prasāritaṃ caiva varṇāśramavibhāgaśaḥ śucirākarajaṃ teṣāṃ śvā mṛgagrahaṇe śuciḥ
And goods spread out for sale (are pure), according to the division of classes and stages of life; what comes from a mine is pure for them; a dog is pure in the seizing of game.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.71
छाया च विप्लुषो विप्रा मक्षिकाद्या द्विजोत्तमाः रजो भूर् वायुर् अग्निश् च मेध्यानि स्पर्शने सदा
chāyā ca vipluṣo viprā makṣikādyā dvijottamāḥ rajo bhūr vāyur agniś ca medhyāni sparśane sadā
And shadow, O brahmins, and splashes of water, and flies and the like, O best of the twice-born, and dust, earth, wind and fire are always clean when touched.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.72
सुप्त्वा भुक्त्वा च वै विप्राः क्षुत्त्वा पीत्वा च वै तथा ष्ठीवित्वाध्ययनादौ च शुचिरप्याचमेत्पुनः
suptvā bhuktvā ca vai viprāḥ kṣuttvā pītvā ca vai tathā ṣṭhīvitvādhyayanādau ca śucirapyācametpunaḥ
Having slept, having eaten, O brahmins, having sneezed, and having drunk, and having spat, and at the beginning of study — though pure, one should sip water again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.73
पादौ स्पृशन्ति ये चापि पराचमनबिन्दवः ते पार्थिवैः समा ज्ञेया न तैरप्रयतो भवेत्
pādau spṛśanti ye cāpi parācamanabindavaḥ te pārthivaiḥ samā jñeyā na tairaprayato bhavet
And those drops from another's sipping of water which touch the feet are to be regarded as equal to earthy (things): by them one does not become impure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.74
कृत्वा च मैथुनं स्पृष्ट्वा पतितं कुक्कुटादिकम् सूकरं चैव काकादि श्वानमुष्ट्रं खरं तथा
kṛtvā ca maithunaṃ spṛṣṭvā patitaṃ kukkuṭādikam sūkaraṃ caiva kākādi śvānamuṣṭraṃ kharaṃ tathā
Having performed sexual intercourse, having touched an outcast, or a cock and the like, or a pig, or a crow and the like, or a dog, a camel, and an ass,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.75
यूपं चाण्डालकाद्यांश् च स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानेन शुध्यति रजस्वलां सूतिकां च न स्पृशेदन्त्यजामपि
yūpaṃ cāṇḍālakādyāṃś ca spṛṣṭvā snānena śudhyati rajasvalāṃ sūtikāṃ ca na spṛśedantyajāmapi
and having touched a sacrificial post and Caṇḍālas and the like, one is purified by bathing; and one should not touch a menstruating woman, nor a woman who has just given birth, nor an outcaste woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.76
सूतिकाशौचसंयुक्तः शावाशौचसमन्वितः संस्पृशेन्न रजस्तासां स्पृष्ट्वा स्नात्वैव शुध्यति
sūtikāśaucasaṃyuktaḥ śāvāśaucasamanvitaḥ saṃspṛśenna rajastāsāṃ spṛṣṭvā snātvaiva śudhyati
One affected by the impurity of childbirth, (or) one attended by the impurity of death, should not touch (them); nor (should one touch) the menstrual (impurity) of those women; having touched (it), one is purified only by bathing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.77
नैवाशौचं यतीनां च वनस्थब्रह्मचारिणाम् नैष्ठिकानां नृपाणां च मण्डलीनां च सुव्रताः
naivāśaucaṃ yatīnāṃ ca vanasthabrahmacāriṇām naiṣṭhikānāṃ nṛpāṇāṃ ca maṇḍalīnāṃ ca suvratāḥ
There is no impurity at all for ascetics, for forest-dwellers and celibate students, for perpetual (students), for kings, and for those in the circle (of order), O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.78
ततः कार्यविरोधाद्धि नृपाणां नान्यथा भवेत् वैखानसानां विप्राणां पतितानामसंभवात्
tataḥ kāryavirodhāddhi nṛpāṇāṃ nānyathā bhavet vaikhānasānāṃ viprāṇāṃ patitānāmasaṃbhavāt
For that reason indeed, because of the obstruction of (their) duties, for kings it is not otherwise; for Vaikhānasa brahmins (there is none) because (impurity) does not arise for those who have renounced (worldly life).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.79
असंचयाद् द्विजानां च स्नानमात्रेण नान्यथा तथा संनिहितानां च यज्ञार्थं दीक्षितस्य च
asaṃcayād dvijānāṃ ca snānamātreṇa nānyathā tathā saṃnihitānāṃ ca yajñārthaṃ dīkṣitasya ca
And for (those) twice-born who do not accumulate (possessions), (purification is) by bathing alone, not otherwise; likewise for those in attendance for the sake of the sacrifice, and for one consecrated (for it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.80
एकाहाद् यज्ञयाजिनां शुद्धिरुक्ता स्वयंभुवा ततस्त्वधीतशाखानां चतुर्भिः सर्वदेहिनाम्
ekāhād yajñayājināṃ śuddhiruktā svayaṃbhuvā tatastvadhītaśākhānāṃ caturbhiḥ sarvadehinām
By the Self-existent it is declared that for those who perform sacrifices purification comes after one day; then, for those who have studied a branch (of the Veda), after four days for all embodied beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.81
सूतकं प्रेतकं नास्ति त्र्यहाद् ऊर्ध्वम् अमुत्र वै अर्वाग् एकादशाहान्तं बान्धवानां द्विजोत्तमाः
sūtakaṃ pretakaṃ nāsti tryahād ūrdhvam amutra vai arvāg ekādaśāhāntaṃ bāndhavānāṃ dvijottamāḥ
There is no birth-impurity nor death-impurity beyond three days in that case, best of the twice-born; below that (i.e. for closer kin) it extends up to eleven days for relatives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.82
स्नानमात्रेण वै शुद्धिर् मरणे समुपस्थिते तत ऋतुत्रयादर्वाग् एकाहः परिगीयते
snānamātreṇa vai śuddhir maraṇe samupasthite tata ṛtutrayādarvāg ekāhaḥ parigīyate
When death occurs (in an infant), purification is by bathing alone; then, within three seasons (of birth), one day is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.83
सप्तवर्षात् ततश्चार्वाक् त्रिरात्रं हि ततः परम् दशाहं ब्राह्मणानां वै प्रथमे ऽहनि वा पितुः
saptavarṣāt tataścārvāk trirātraṃ hi tataḥ param daśāhaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ vai prathame 'hani vā pituḥ
After that, up to seven years, three nights; beyond that, ten days for brahmins—or (impurity) for the father on the first day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.84
दशाहं सूतिकाशौचं मातुरप्येवमव्ययाः अर्वाक् त्रिवर्षात्स्नानेन बान्धवानां पितुः सदा
daśāhaṃ sūtikāśaucaṃ māturapyevamavyayāḥ arvāk trivarṣātsnānena bāndhavānāṃ pituḥ sadā
The birth-impurity of the mother in childbed lasts ten days—thus also for her, O undecaying ones; within three years (of the child's age) purification of relatives is by bathing, but always (ten days) for the father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.85
अष्टाब्दाद् एकरात्रेण शुद्धिः स्याद् बान्धवस्य तु द्वादशाब्दात्ततश्चार्वाक् त्रिरात्रं स्त्रीषु सुव्रताः
aṣṭābdād ekarātreṇa śuddhiḥ syād bāndhavasya tu dvādaśābdāttataścārvāk trirātraṃ strīṣu suvratāḥ
From eight years on, purification of a relative would be by one night; and from twelve years, and below that, three nights in the case of women, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.86
सपिण्डता च पुरुषे सप्तमे विनिवर्तते अतिक्रान्ते दशाहे तु त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत्
sapiṇḍatā ca puruṣe saptame vinivartate atikrānte daśāhe tu trirātramaśucirbhavet
And the sapiṇḍa relation ceases with the seventh person (in descent); but when the ten days have passed (before one hears of the death), one is impure for three nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.87
ततः संनिहितो विप्रश् चार्वाक् पूर्वं तदेव वै संवत्सरे व्यतीते तु स्नानमात्रेण शुध्यति
tataḥ saṃnihito vipraś cārvāk pūrvaṃ tadeva vai saṃvatsare vyatīte tu snānamātreṇa śudhyati
Then a brahmin who was present (has) the same (period) as before, and within (the year); but when a year has passed he is purified by bathing alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.88
स्पृष्ट्वा प्रेतं त्रिरात्रेण धर्मार्थं स्नानमुच्यते दाहकानां च नेतॄणां स्नानमात्रमबान्धवे
spṛṣṭvā pretaṃ trirātreṇa dharmārthaṃ snānamucyate dāhakānāṃ ca netṝṇāṃ snānamātramabāndhave
For one who has touched a corpse, bathing is prescribed for the sake of dharma, with three nights; for the cremators and the bearers, when (the dead man) is not a kinsman, bathing alone (suffices).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.89
अनुगम्य च वै स्नात्वा घृतं प्राश्य विशुध्यति आचार्यमरणे चैव त्रिरात्रं श्रोत्रिये मृते
anugamya ca vai snātvā ghṛtaṃ prāśya viśudhyati ācāryamaraṇe caiva trirātraṃ śrotriye mṛte
And having followed (the corpse), one becomes pure by bathing and swallowing ghee; and at the death of one's teacher, three nights, and (likewise) when a Vedic scholar has died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.90
पक्षिणी मातुलानां च सोदराणां च वा द्विजाः भूपानां मण्डलीनां च सद्यो नीराष्ट्रवासिनाम्
pakṣiṇī mātulānāṃ ca sodarāṇāṃ ca vā dvijāḥ bhūpānāṃ maṇḍalīnāṃ ca sadyo nīrāṣṭravāsinām
For maternal uncles and for full brothers, a pakṣiṇī (a day and two nights), O twice-born; for kings possessing a realm, immediate (purification) for those dwelling outside the kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.91
केवलं द्वादशाहेन क्षत्त्रियाणां द्विजोत्तमाः नाभिषिक्तस्य चाशौचं संप्रमादेषु वै रणे
kevalaṃ dvādaśāhena kṣattriyāṇāṃ dvijottamāḥ nābhiṣiktasya cāśaucaṃ saṃpramādeṣu vai raṇe
For kṣatriyas it is simply twelve days, best of the twice-born; and for one not consecrated there is impurity in cases of death by accident and in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.92
वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहेन शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति इति संक्षेपतः प्रोक्ता द्रव्यशुद्धिरनुत्तमा
vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśāhena śūdro māsena śudhyati iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktā dravyaśuddhiranuttamā
A vaiśya is purified in fifteen days, a śūdra in a month. Thus in brief has the excellent purification of substances been declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.93
अशौचं चानुपूर्व्येण यतीनां नैव विद्यते त्रेताप्रभृति नारीणां मासि मास्यार्तवं द्विजाः
aśaucaṃ cānupūrvyeṇa yatīnāṃ naiva vidyate tretāprabhṛti nārīṇāṃ māsi māsyārtavaṃ dvijāḥ
And impurity in due order does not exist at all for ascetics. From the Tretā age onward, women have their menses month by month, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.94
कृते सकृद् युगवशाज् जायन्ते वै सहैव तु प्रयान्ति च महाभागा भार्याभिः कुरवो यथा
kṛte sakṛd yugavaśāj jāyante vai sahaiva tu prayānti ca mahābhāgā bhāryābhiḥ kuravo yathā
In the Kṛta age they gave birth once, by the power of the age, and the greatly fortunate ones departed together with their wives, as the Kurus do.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.95
वर्णाश्रमव्यवस्था च त्रेताप्रभृति सुव्रताः भारते दक्षिणे वर्षे व्यवस्था नेतरेष्वथ
varṇāśramavyavasthā ca tretāprabhṛti suvratāḥ bhārate dakṣiṇe varṣe vyavasthā netareṣvatha
And the ordering of classes and life-stages exists from the Tretā onward, O you of good vows; the ordering is in the southern region, Bhārata, and not in the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.96
महावीते सुवीते च जंबूद्वीपे तथाष्टसु शाकद्वीपादिषु प्रोक्तो धर्मो वै भारते यथा
mahāvīte suvīte ca jaṃbūdvīpe tathāṣṭasu śākadvīpādiṣu prokto dharmo vai bhārate yathā
In Mahāvīta and Suvīta, and in the eight (regions) of Jambūdvīpa, and in Śākadvīpa and the rest, the dharma is declared to be as in Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.97
रसोल्लासा कृते वृत्तिस् त्रेतायां गृहवृक्षजा सैवार्तवकृताद् दोषाद् रागद्वेषादिभिर् नृणाम्
rasollāsā kṛte vṛttis tretāyāṃ gṛhavṛkṣajā saivārtavakṛtād doṣād rāgadveṣādibhir nṛṇām
In the Kṛta age livelihood came from the welling up of sap; in the Tretā it arose from house-trees; that same (livelihood continued), and through the fault caused by menstruation, through men's passion, hatred and the rest—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.98
मैथुनात्कामतो विप्रास् तथैव परुषादिभिः यवाद्याः सम्प्रजायन्ते ग्राम्यारण्याश्चतुर्दश
maithunātkāmato viprās tathaiva paruṣādibhiḥ yavādyāḥ samprajāyante grāmyāraṇyāścaturdaśa
—from copulation out of desire, O brahmins, and likewise through harshness and the rest, barley and the other plants, fourteen in number, both cultivated and wild, came into being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.99
ओषध्यश् च रजोदोषाः स्त्रीणां रागादिभिर् नृणाम् अकालकृष्टा विध्वस्ताः पुनरुत्पादितास् तथा
oṣadhyaś ca rajodoṣāḥ strīṇāṃ rāgādibhir nṛṇām akālakṛṣṭā vidhvastāḥ punarutpāditās tathā
And the herbs (were affected by) the faults of women's menstrual flow, through men's passion and the rest; ploughed out of season they were destroyed, and then produced again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.100
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन न संभाष्या रजस्वला प्रथमे ऽहनि चाण्डाली यथा वर्ज्या तथाङ्गना
tasmātsarvaprayatnena na saṃbhāṣyā rajasvalā prathame 'hani cāṇḍālī yathā varjyā tathāṅganā
Therefore with every effort a menstruating woman is not to be spoken with; on the first day the woman is to be avoided just as a Caṇḍāla woman is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.101
द्वितीये ऽहनि विप्रा हि यथा वै ब्रह्मघातिनी तृतीये ऽह्नि तदर्धेन चतुर्थे ऽहनि सुव्रताः
dvitīye 'hani viprā hi yathā vai brahmaghātinī tṛtīye 'hni tadardhena caturthe 'hani suvratāḥ
On the second day (she is) like a slayer of a brahmin, O brahmins; on the third day half of that; on the fourth day, O you of good vows—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.102
स्नात्वार्धमासात् संशुद्धा ततः शुद्धिर्भविष्यति आ षोडशात् ततः स्त्रीणां मूत्रवच्छौचमिष्यते
snātvārdhamāsāt saṃśuddhā tataḥ śuddhirbhaviṣyati ā ṣoḍaśāt tataḥ strīṇāṃ mūtravacchaucamiṣyate
—having bathed, she is fully purified; from (that time on) purification will come about. Thereafter, up to the sixteenth (day), for women cleansing is prescribed as (after) urination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.103
पञ्चरात्रं तथास्पृश्या रजसा वर्तते यदि सा विंशद्दिवसादूर्ध्वं रजसा पूर्ववत्तथा
pañcarātraṃ tathāspṛśyā rajasā vartate yadi sā viṃśaddivasādūrdhvaṃ rajasā pūrvavattathā
Likewise she is untouchable for five nights if she continues with the menstrual flow; and if beyond twenty days (she continues) with the flow, then (she is untouchable) as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.104
स्नानं शौचं तथा गानं रोदनं हसनं तथा यानमभ्यञ्जनं नारी द्यूतं चैवानुलेपनम्
snānaṃ śaucaṃ tathā gānaṃ rodanaṃ hasanaṃ tathā yānamabhyañjanaṃ nārī dyūtaṃ caivānulepanam
Bathing, cleansing, singing, weeping, and laughing, riding in a vehicle, anointing (with oil), gambling, and smearing with unguents—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.105
दिवास्वप्नं विशेषेण तथा वै दन्तधावनम् मैथुनं मानसं वापि वाचिकं देवतार्चनम्
divāsvapnaṃ viśeṣeṇa tathā vai dantadhāvanam maithunaṃ mānasaṃ vāpi vācikaṃ devatārcanam
—especially sleeping by day, and likewise cleaning the teeth, sexual intercourse whether mental or verbal, and the worship of deities—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.106
वर्जयेत्सर्वयत्नेन नमस्कारं रजस्वला रजस्वलाङ्गनास्पर्शसंभाषे च रजस्वला
varjayetsarvayatnena namaskāraṃ rajasvalā rajasvalāṅganāsparśasaṃbhāṣe ca rajasvalā
—a menstruating woman should avoid (all this) with every effort, and (also) salutation; and a menstruating woman (should avoid) touching and conversing with a menstruating woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.107
संत्यागं चैव वस्त्राणां वर्जयेत्सर्वयत्नतः स्नात्वान्यपुरुषं नारी न स्पृशेत्तु रजस्वला
saṃtyāgaṃ caiva vastrāṇāṃ varjayetsarvayatnataḥ snātvānyapuruṣaṃ nārī na spṛśettu rajasvalā
And she should avoid with every effort the discarding of garments; and a menstruating woman, even after bathing, should not touch another man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.108
ईक्षयेद्भास्करं देवं ब्रह्मकूर्चं ततः पिबेत् केवलं पञ्चगव्यं वा क्षीरं वा चात्मशुद्धये
īkṣayedbhāskaraṃ devaṃ brahmakūrcaṃ tataḥ pibet kevalaṃ pañcagavyaṃ vā kṣīraṃ vā cātmaśuddhaye
She should look upon the god the Sun, and then drink brahmakūrca, or else pañcagavya alone, or milk, for the purification of herself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.109
चतुर्थ्यां स्त्री न गम्या तु गतो ऽल्पायुः प्रसूयते विद्याहीनं व्रतभ्रष्टं पतितं पारदारिकम्
caturthyāṃ strī na gamyā tu gato 'lpāyuḥ prasūyate vidyāhīnaṃ vratabhraṣṭaṃ patitaṃ pāradārikam
On the fourth (night) a woman is not to be approached; he who approaches (her) begets one short-lived: one lacking learning, fallen from his vows, degraded, an adulterer—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.110
दारिद्र्यार्णवमग्नं च तनयं सा प्रसूयते कन्यार्थिनैव गन्तव्या पञ्चम्यां विधिवत्पुनः
dāridryārṇavamagnaṃ ca tanayaṃ sā prasūyate kanyārthinaiva gantavyā pañcamyāṃ vidhivatpunaḥ
—and sunk in the ocean of poverty: such a son does she bear. On the fifth (night) she may be approached again, according to rule, only by one who desires a daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.111
रक्ताधिक्याद्भवेन्नारी शुक्राधिक्ये भवेत्पुमान् समे नपुंसकं चैव पञ्चम्यां कन्यका भवेत्
raktādhikyādbhavennārī śukrādhikye bhavetpumān same napuṃsakaṃ caiva pañcamyāṃ kanyakā bhavet
From a preponderance of blood a female comes to be, from a preponderance of semen a male; when the two are equal, a eunuch; and on the fifth (night) a girl comes to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.112
षष्ठ्यां गम्या महाभागा सत्पुत्रजननी भवेत् पुत्रत्वं व्यञ्जयेत्तस्य जातपुत्रो महाद्युतिः
ṣaṣṭhyāṃ gamyā mahābhāgā satputrajananī bhavet putratvaṃ vyañjayettasya jātaputro mahādyutiḥ
On the sixth (night) she may be approached: the greatly fortunate woman becomes the mother of a good son; the son born to him, of great splendour, would make manifest his sonhood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.113
पुमिति नरकस्याख्या दुःखं च नरकं विदुः पुंसस्त्राणान्वितं पुत्रं तथाभूतं प्रसूयते
pumiti narakasyākhyā duḥkhaṃ ca narakaṃ viduḥ puṃsastrāṇānvitaṃ putraṃ tathābhūtaṃ prasūyate
'Pum' is a name for hell, and they know 'naraka' as suffering; (she) bears a son who is endowed with rescuing (his father) from 'pum' (hell), and (so) becomes such (a mother).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.114
सप्तम्यां चैव कन्यार्थी गच्छेत्सैव प्रसूयते अष्टम्यां सर्वसम्पन्नं तनयं सम्प्रसूयते
saptamyāṃ caiva kanyārthī gacchetsaiva prasūyate aṣṭamyāṃ sarvasampannaṃ tanayaṃ samprasūyate
And on the seventh (night) one who wants a daughter should approach (her): she indeed gives birth to that. On the eighth she brings forth a son endowed with all (good qualities).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.115
नवम्यां दारिकायार्थी दशम्यां पण्डितो भवेत् एकादश्यां तथा नारीं जनयेत्सैव पूर्ववत्
navamyāṃ dārikāyārthī daśamyāṃ paṇḍito bhavet ekādaśyāṃ tathā nārīṃ janayetsaiva pūrvavat
On the ninth, one who desires a girl (should approach); on the tenth (the son) becomes a learned man; and on the eleventh she likewise begets a female, as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.116
द्वादश्यां धर्मतत्त्वज्ञं श्रौतस्मार्तप्रवर्तकम् त्रयोदश्यां जडां नारीं सर्वसंकरकारिणीम्
dvādaśyāṃ dharmatattvajñaṃ śrautasmārtapravartakam trayodaśyāṃ jaḍāṃ nārīṃ sarvasaṃkarakāriṇīm
On the twelfth (she bears) one who knows the truth of dharma, a promoter of the Vedic and traditional rites; on the thirteenth, a dull woman who causes every sort of confusion (of castes)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.117
जनयत्यङ्गना यस्मान् न गच्छेत्सर्वयत्नतः चतुर्दश्यां यदा गच्छेत् सा पुत्रजननी भवेत्
janayatyaṅganā yasmān na gacchetsarvayatnataḥ caturdaśyāṃ yadā gacchet sā putrajananī bhavet
—since a woman gives birth (to such), one should not approach (her) by any means. When one approaches on the fourteenth, she becomes the mother of a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.118
पञ्चदश्यां च धर्मिष्ठां षोडश्यां ज्ञानपारगम् स्त्रीणां वै मैथुने काले वामपार्श्वे प्रभञ्जनः
pañcadaśyāṃ ca dharmiṣṭhāṃ ṣoḍaśyāṃ jñānapāragam strīṇāṃ vai maithune kāle vāmapārśve prabhañjanaḥ
And on the fifteenth (she bears) a most righteous woman, on the sixteenth one who has mastered knowledge. At the time of intercourse, if for women the breath moves in the left side—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.119
चरेद्यदि भवेन्नारी पुमांसं दक्षिणे लभेत् स्त्रीणां मैथुनकाले तु पापग्रहविवर्जिते
caredyadi bhavennārī pumāṃsaṃ dakṣiṇe labhet strīṇāṃ maithunakāle tu pāpagrahavivarjite
—if it moves (thus), it will be a female; in the right (side) one obtains a male. But at the time of women's intercourse, when it is free of malefic planets—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.120
उक्तकाले शुचिर्भूत्वा शुद्धां गच्छेच्छुचिस्मिताम् इत्येवं संप्रसंगेन यतीनां धर्मसंग्रहे
uktakāle śucirbhūtvā śuddhāṃ gacchecchucismitām ityevaṃ saṃprasaṃgena yatīnāṃ dharmasaṃgrahe
At the prescribed time, having purified himself, he should approach a pure woman of pure smile. Thus, by way of (this) connected exposition, in the compendium of the dharma of ascetics —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 89.121
सर्वेषामेव भूतानां सदाचारः प्रकीर्तितः यः पठेच्छृणुयाद् वापि सदाचारं शुचिर्नरः
sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ sadācāraḥ prakīrtitaḥ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyād vāpi sadācāraṃ śucirnaraḥ
— good conduct has been proclaimed for all beings indeed. The pure man who recites or even listens to (this account of) good conduct,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 89.122
श्रावयेद्वा यथान्यायं ब्राह्मणान् दग्धकिल्बिषान् ब्रह्मलोकमनुप्राप्य ब्रह्मणा सह मोदते
śrāvayedvā yathānyāyaṃ brāhmaṇān dagdhakilbiṣān brahmalokamanuprāpya brahmaṇā saha modate
or who has it recited, as is proper, to brahmins whose faults are burnt away, reaches the world of Brahmā and rejoices together with Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition