Markandeya Purana — Chapter 35
MkP 35.1
अतः परं शृणुष्व त्वं वर्ज्यावर्ज्यप्रतिक्रियाम् । भोज्यमन्नं पर्युषितं स्नेहाक्तं चिरसंभृतम्
ataḥ paraṃ śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ varjyāvarjyapratikriyām / bhojyamannaṃ paryuṣitaṃ snehāktaṃ cirasaṃbhṛtam
Hear now further from me what is to be avoided, what is not, and the remedy for it. Food that has stood overnight may be eaten if it is smeared with oil or ghee, (even though) long stored;
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MkP 35.3
अस्नेहाश्चापि गोधूमयवगोरसविक्रियाः । शशकः कच्छपो गोधा श्वावित् खड्गो ऽथ पुत्रक ॥ मर्क्प्_३५।२ ॥ भक्ष्या ह्येते तथा वर्ज्यौ ग्रामशूकरकुक्कुटौ । पितृदेवादिशेषश्च श्राद्धे ब्राह्मणकाम्यया
asnehāścāpi godhūmayavagorasavikriyāḥ / śaśakaḥ kacchapo godhā śvāvit khaḍgo 'tha putraka // markp_35.2 // bhakṣyā hyete tathā varjyau grāmaśūkarakukkuṭau / pitṛdevādiśeṣaśca śrāddhe brāhmaṇakāmyayā
and also, without oil, preparations of wheat, barley and milk. The hare, the tortoise, the monitor lizard, the porcupine, and the rhinoceros, my son — (35.2) these indeed may be eaten; but the village pig and the cock are to be shunned; and the remnant of (offerings to) the fathers, the gods and the rest, at a śrāddha, out of regard for the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 35.4
प्रोक्षितञ्चौषधार्थञ्च खादन्मांसं न दुष्यति । शङ्खाश्मस्वर्णरूप्याणां रज्जूनामथ वाससाम्
prokṣitañcauṣadhārthañca khādanmāṃsaṃ na duṣyati / śaṅkhāśmasvarṇarūpyāṇāṃ rajjūnāmatha vāsasām
Eating meat that has been consecrated by sprinkling, or (taken) for medicinal purposes, one is not defiled. Of conch, stone, gold and silver, of ropes and of garments,
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MkP 35.5
शाकमूलफलानाञ्च तथा विदलचर्मणाम् । मणिवज्रप्रवालानान्तथा मुक्ताफलस्य च
śākamūlaphalānāñca tathā vidalacarmaṇām / maṇivajrapravālānāntathā muktāphalasya ca
and of vegetables, roots and fruits, and likewise of split cane and hides, of gems, diamonds and corals, and also of pearls,
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MkP 35.6
गात्राणाञ्च मनुष्याणामम्बुना शौचमिष्यते । यथायसानां तोयेन ग्राव्णः सङ्घर्षणेन च
gātrāṇāñca manuṣyāṇāmambunā śaucamiṣyate / yathāyasānāṃ toyena grāvṇaḥ saṅgharṣaṇena ca
and of the limbs of men, cleansing with water is prescribed; likewise for iron objects with water, and for stone by scouring.
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MkP 35.7
सस्त्रेहानाञ्च भाण्डानां शुद्धिरुष्णेन वारिणा । शूर्पधान्याजिनानाञ्च मुषलोलूखलस्य च
sastrehānāñca bhāṇḍānāṃ śuddhiruṣṇena vāriṇā / śūrpadhānyājinānāñca muṣalolūkhalasya ca
For greasy vessels purification is with hot water; and for the winnowing basket, grain, skins, the pestle and the mortar,
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MkP 35.8
संहतानाञ्च वस्त्राणां प्रोक्षणात् सञ्चयस्य च । वल्कलानामशेषाणामम्बुमृच्छौचमिष्यते
saṃhatānāñca vastrāṇāṃ prokṣaṇāt sañcayasya ca / valkalānāmaśeṣāṇāmambumṛcchaucamiṣyate
and for garments piled together, (purification comes) from sprinkling, and for a stored heap as well; for all bark-garments cleansing with water and earth is prescribed.
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MkP 35.9
तृणकाष्ठौषधीनाञ्च प्रोक्षणात् शुद्धिरिष्यते । आविकानां समस्तानां केशानाञ्चापि मेध्यता
tṛṇakāṣṭhauṣadhīnāñca prokṣaṇāt śuddhiriṣyate / āvikānāṃ samastānāṃ keśānāñcāpi medhyatā
For grass, wood and herbs purification by sprinkling is prescribed; for all woolen things and for hair too there is purity.
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MkP 35.10
सिद्धार्थकानां कल्केन तिलकल्केन वा पुनः । साम्बुना तात ! भवति उपघातवतां सदा
siddhārthakānāṃ kalkena tilakalkena vā punaḥ / sāmbunā tāta ! bhavati upaghātavatāṃ sadā
By a paste of white mustard seeds, or again by a paste of sesame, together with water, dear one, (purification) of defiled things always comes about.
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MkP 35.11
तथा कार्पासिकानाञ्च विशुद्धिर्जलभस्मना । दारुदन्तास्थिशृङ्गाणां तक्षणाच्छुद्धिरिष्यते
tathā kārpāsikānāñca viśuddhirjalabhasmanā / dārudantāsthiśṛṅgāṇāṃ takṣaṇācchuddhiriṣyate
So too the purification of cotton things is by water and ash; of things of wood, ivory, bone and horn, purification is held to be by planing.
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MkP 35.12
पुनः पाकेन भाण्डानां पार्थिवानाञ्च मेध्यता । शुचिर्भैक्षं कारुहस्तः पण्यं योषिन्मुखं तथा
punaḥ pākena bhāṇḍānāṃ pārthivānāñca medhyatā / śucirbhaikṣaṃ kāruhastaḥ paṇyaṃ yoṣinmukhaṃ tathā
Earthen vessels become clean again by firing; pure are alms-food, the artisan's hand, goods offered for sale, and a woman's mouth.
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MkP 35.13
रथ्यागतमविज्ञातं दासवर्गादिनाहृतम् । वाक्रप्रशास्तं चिरातीतमनेकान्तरितं लघु
rathyāgatamavijñātaṃ dāsavargādināhṛtam / vākrapraśāstaṃ cirātītamanekāntaritaṃ laghu
(Pure too is) what has come along the street unrecognized, what is brought by the servant class and the like, what is commended by word, what is long past, what is separated by many (intermediaries), what is slight,
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MkP 35.14
अतिप्रभूतं बालञ्च वृद्धातुरविचेष्टितम् । कर्मान्ताङ्गाराशालाश्च स्तनन्धयसुताः स्त्रियः
atiprabhūtaṃ bālañca vṛddhāturaviceṣṭitam / karmāntāṅgārāśālāśca stanandhayasutāḥ striyaḥ
what is very abundant, and a child, and what is handled by the aged and the sick; and workshops, charcoal-sheds, and women with suckling sons.
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MkP 35.15
शुचिन्यश्च तथैवापः स्त्रन्त्यो ऽगन्धबुद्बुदाः । भूमिर्विशुध्यते कालाद्दाहमार्जनगोक्रमैः
śucinyaśca tathaivāpaḥ strantyo 'gandhabudbudāḥ / bhūmirviśudhyate kālāddāhamārjanagokramaiḥ
And likewise waters are pure (when) flowing, without smell and without bubbles; ground is purified by lapse of time, by burning, by sweeping, and by the treading of cows,
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MkP 35.16
लेपादुल्लेखनात् सेकाद्वेश्मसंमार्जनार्चनात् । केशकीटावपन्ने च गोघ्राते मक्षिकान्विते
lepādullekhanāt sekādveśmasaṃmārjanārcanāt / keśakīṭāvapanne ca goghrāte makṣikānvite
by plastering, by scraping, by sprinkling, and by the sweeping and honouring of the house; and when hair or an insect has fallen (into something), when a cow has sniffed it, when it has flies on it,
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MkP 35.17
मृदम्बुभस्मना तात ! प्रोक्षितव्यं विशुद्धये । औदुम्बराणामम्लेन क्षारेण त्रपुसीसयोः
mṛdambubhasmanā tāta ! prokṣitavyaṃ viśuddhaye / audumbarāṇāmamlena kṣāreṇa trapusīsayoḥ
it is to be sprinkled with earth, water and ash, dear one, for purification; of copper vessels (purification is) by an acid, of tin and lead by an alkali,
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MkP 35.18
भस्माम्बुभिश्च कांस्यानां शुद्धिः प्लावाद् द्रवस्य च । अमेध्याक्तस्य मृत्तोयैर्गन्धापहरणेन च
bhasmāmbubhiśca kāṃsyānāṃ śuddhiḥ plāvād dravasya ca / amedhyāktasya mṛttoyairgandhāpaharaṇena ca
and of bronze vessels by ash and water; of a liquid, purity is by straining off; of what is smeared with something unclean, by earth and water and by the removal of the smell.
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MkP 35.19
अन्येषाञ्चैव तद्द्रव्यैर्वर्णगन्धापहारतः । शुचि गोतृप्तिकृत्तोयं प्रकृतिस्थं महीगतम्
anyeṣāñcaiva taddravyairvarṇagandhāpahārataḥ / śuci gotṛptikṛttoyaṃ prakṛtisthaṃ mahīgatam
And of other things, by their appropriate substances, through the removal of colour and smell. Water is pure (when it is) enough to satisfy a cow, in its natural condition, lying on the ground.
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MkP 35.20
तथा मांसञ्च चण्डालक्राव्यादादिनिपातितम् । रथ्यागतञ्च चेलादि तात ! वातात् शुचि स्मृतम्
tathā māṃsañca caṇḍālakrāvyādādinipātitam / rathyāgatañca celādi tāta ! vātāt śuci smṛtam
So too meat brought down by a Caṇḍāla, a carnivore and the like, and cloth and so forth that has come from the street, is held pure, dear one, by the wind.
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MkP 35.21
रजो ऽग्निरश्वो गौश्छाया रश्मयः पवनो मही । विप्रुषो मक्षिकाद्याश्च दुष्टसङ्गाददोषिणः
rajo 'gniraśvo gauśchāyā raśmayaḥ pavano mahī / vipruṣo makṣikādyāśca duṣṭasaṅgādadoṣiṇaḥ
Dust, fire, a horse, a cow, shade, rays (of light), wind, the earth, drops (of water), flies and the like are not made faulty by contact with what is defiled.
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MkP 35.22
अजाश्वौ मुखतो मेध्यौ न गोर्वत्सस्य चाननम् । मातुः प्रस्त्रवणं मेध्यं शकुनिः फलपातने
ajāśvau mukhato medhyau na gorvatsasya cānanam / mātuḥ prastravaṇaṃ medhyaṃ śakuniḥ phalapātane
A goat and a horse are clean at the mouth, but not the mouth of a cow or of a calf; the flowing (of milk) from the mother is clean; a bird is (clean) in making fruit fall.
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MkP 35.23
आसनं शयनं यानं नावः पथि तृणानि च । सोमसूर्यांशुपवनैः शुध्यन्ते तानि पण्यवत्
āsanaṃ śayanaṃ yānaṃ nāvaḥ pathi tṛṇāni ca / somasūryāṃśupavanaiḥ śudhyante tāni paṇyavat
A seat, a bed, a vehicle, boats, and grasses on the path—these are purified, like goods for sale, by the rays of the moon and sun and by the wind.
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MkP 35.24
रथ्यावसर्पण-स्त्रान-क्षुत्पान-म्लानकर्मसु । आचामेत यथान्यायं वासो विपरिधाय च
rathyāvasarpaṇa-strāna-kṣutpāna-mlānakarmasu / ācāmeta yathānyāyaṃ vāso viparidhāya ca
In the acts of (going on) the street, descending, bathing, sneezing, drinking, and drooping (with fatigue), one should rinse the mouth as prescribed, and also after putting on the garment anew.
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MkP 35.25
स्पृष्टानामप्यसंसर्गैर्विरथ्याकर्दमाम्भसाम् । पक्वेष्टरचितानाञ्च मेध्यता वायुसङ्गमात्
spṛṣṭānāmapyasaṃsargairvirathyākardamāmbhasām / pakveṣṭaracitānāñca medhyatā vāyusaṅgamāt
Even of things that have been touched, purity comes through non-contact, and of waters free of street-filth and mud, and of things built of baked bricks, through contact with the wind.
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MkP 35.26
प्रभूतोपहतादन्नादग्रमुद्धृत्य सन्त्यजेत् । शेषस्य प्रोक्षणं कुर्यादाचम्यादिभस्तथा मृदा
prabhūtopahatādannādagramuddhṛtya santyajet / śeṣasya prokṣaṇaṃ kuryādācamyādibhastathā mṛdā
From abundant food that has been defiled one should take off the top portion and throw it away; one should sprinkle the remainder, and (purify oneself) with ash and with earth after rinsing the mouth.
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MkP 35.27
उपवासस्त्रिरात्रन्तु दुष्टभक्ताशिनो भवेत् । अज्ञाते ज्ञानपूर्वन्तु तद्दोषोपशमेन तु
upavāsastrirātrantu duṣṭabhaktāśino bhavet / ajñāte jñānapūrvantu taddoṣopaśamena tu
But there should be a three-night fast for one who has eaten defiled food; if (eaten) unknowingly, (purification is) merely by allaying that fault—but if knowingly, (the fast is required).
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MkP 35.28
उदक्याश्वशृगालादीन् सूतिकान्त्यावसायिनः । स्पृष्ट्वा स्नायीत शौचार्थं तथैव मृतहारिणः
udakyāśvaśṛgālādīn sūtikāntyāvasāyinaḥ / spṛṣṭvā snāyīta śaucārthaṃ tathaiva mṛtahāriṇaḥ
Having touched a menstruating woman, a horse, a jackal and the like, a woman who has just given birth, or outcaste dwellers, one should bathe for purification, and likewise (after touching) those who carry the dead.
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MkP 35.29
नारं स्पृष्ट्वास्थि सस्त्रेहं स्त्रातः शुध्यति मानवः । आचम्यैव तु निः स्त्रेहं गामालभ्यार्कमीक्ष्य वा
nāraṃ spṛṣṭvāsthi sastrehaṃ strātaḥ śudhyati mānavaḥ / ācamyaiva tu niḥ strehaṃ gāmālabhyārkamīkṣya vā
Having touched a human bone that is greasy, a man is purified by bathing; but (in the case of) one that is not greasy, merely by rinsing the mouth, by touching a cow, or by looking at the sun.
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MkP 35.30
न लङ्घयेत् तथैवासृक्ष्ठीवनोद्वर्तनानि च । नोद्यानादौ विकालेषु प्राज्ञस्तिष्ठेत् कदाचन
na laṅghayet tathaivāsṛkṣṭhīvanodvartanāni ca / nodyānādau vikāleṣu prājñastiṣṭhet kadācana
Nor should one step across blood, spittle, or the scrapings of an anointing; and the wise man should never at improper hours stand about in gardens and the like.
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MkP 35.31
न चालपेज्जनद्विष्टां वीरहीनान्तथा स्त्रियम् । गृहादुच्छिष्टविण्मूत्रपादाम्भांसि क्षिपेद्वहिः
na cālapejjanadviṣṭāṃ vīrahīnāntathā striyam / gṛhāducchiṣṭaviṇmūtrapādāmbhāṃsi kṣipedvahiḥ
Nor should he speak with a woman whom people despise, or with one bereft of a husband; leftover food, dung, urine and foot-water he should throw outside the house.
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MkP 35.32
पञ्च पिण्डाननुधृत्य न स्त्रायात् परवारिणि । स्त्रायीत देवखातेषु गङ्गा-ह्रदृसरित्सु च
pañca piṇḍānanudhṛtya na strāyāt paravāriṇi / strāyīta devakhāteṣu gaṅgā-hradṛsaritsu ca
Without first taking up five lumps (of earth) he should not bathe in another's water; he may bathe in god-made (natural) pools, and in the Ganges, in lakes and in rivers.
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MkP 35.33
देवता-पितृ-सच्छास्त्र-यज्ञ-मन्त्रादिनिन्दकैः । कृत्वा तु स्पर्शनालापं शुध्येतार्कावलोकनात्
devatā-pitṛ-sacchāstra-yajña-mantrādinindakaiḥ / kṛtvā tu sparśanālāpaṃ śudhyetārkāvalokanāt
But having had contact or conversation with those who revile the gods, the ancestors, the true scriptures, sacrifice, mantras and the like, one becomes clean by looking at the sun.
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MkP 35.34
अवलोक्य तथोदक्यामन्त्यजं पतितं शवम् । विधर्मि-सूतिका-षण्ड-विवस्त्रान्त्यावसायिनः
avalokya tathodakyāmantyajaṃ patitaṃ śavam / vidharmi-sūtikā-ṣaṇḍa-vivastrāntyāvasāyinaḥ
Likewise on having looked upon a menstruating woman, one of the lowest birth, a fallen man, a corpse, or on those of contrary religious observance, a woman in childbed, a eunuch, one naked, an antyāvasāyin,
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MkP 35.35
सूतनिर्यातकांश्चैव परदाररताश्च ये । एतदेव हि कर्तव्यं प्राज्ञैः शोधनमात्मनः
sūtaniryātakāṃścaiva paradāraratāśca ye / etadeva hi kartavyaṃ prājñaiḥ śodhanamātmanaḥ
and midwives (or corpse-removers), and those who consort with other men's wives — just this purification of himself is to be performed by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 35.36
अभोज्यं सूतिका-षण्ड-मार्जाराखुश्वकुक्कुटान् । पतिताविद्धचण्डाल-मृतहारांश्च धर्मवित्
abhojyaṃ sūtikā-ṣaṇḍa-mārjārākhuśvakukkuṭān / patitāviddhacaṇḍāla-mṛtahārāṃśca dharmavit
The knower of dharma (should hold) as unfit to eat (the food of) a woman in childbed, a eunuch, a cat, a mouse, a dog, a cock, a fallen man, one pierced (?), a caṇḍāla, and carriers of the dead.
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MkP 35.37
संस्पृश्य शुध्यते स्त्रानादुदक्या ग्रामशूकरौ । तद्वच्च सूतिकाशौचदूषितौ पुरुषावपि
saṃspṛśya śudhyate strānādudakyā grāmaśūkarau / tadvacca sūtikāśaucadūṣitau puruṣāvapi
Having touched a menstruating woman or a village pig one becomes clean by bathing; and so too do two men defiled by the impurity of childbirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 35.38
यस्य चानुदिनं हानिर्गृहे नित्यस्य कर्मणः । यश्च ब्राह्मणसन्त्यक्तः किल्विषी स नराधमः
yasya cānudinaṃ hānirgṛhe nityasya karmaṇaḥ / yaśca brāhmaṇasantyaktaḥ kilviṣī sa narādhamaḥ
He in whose house there is a daily lapse of the regular rite, and he who is forsaken by brahmins — that lowest of men is a sinner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.39
नित्यस्य कर्मणो हानिं न कुर्वोत कदाचन । तस्य त्वकरणे बन्धः केवलं मृतजन्मसु
nityasya karmaṇo hāniṃ na kurvota kadācana / tasya tvakaraṇe bandhaḥ kevalaṃ mṛtajanmasu
One should never cause a lapse of the regular rite; but in its non-performance there is a tie (i.e. an obligation) only during (the impurity of) deaths and births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 35.40
दशाहं ब्राह्मणस्तिष्ठेद्दानहोमादिवर्जितः । क्षत्रियो द्वादशाहञ्च वैश्यो मासार्धमेव च
daśāhaṃ brāhmaṇastiṣṭheddānahomādivarjitaḥ / kṣatriyo dvādaśāhañca vaiśyo māsārdhameva ca
For ten days a brahmin should abstain, avoiding gifts, oblations and the rest; a kṣatriya for twelve days, and a vaiśya for half a month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.41
शूद्रस्तु मासमासीत निजकर्मविवर्जितः । ततः परं निजं कर्म कुर्युः सर्वे यथोदितम्
śūdrastu māsamāsīta nijakarmavivarjitaḥ / tataḥ paraṃ nijaṃ karma kuryuḥ sarve yathoditam
But a śūdra should sit for a month, abstaining from his own duties; after that all should perform their own duties as prescribed.
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MkP 35.42
प्रोताय सलिलं देयं बहिर्दग्ध्वा तु गोत्रिकैः । प्रथमे ऽह्नि चतुर्थे च सप्तमे नवमे तथा
protāya salilaṃ deyaṃ bahirdagdhvā tu gotrikaiḥ / prathame 'hni caturthe ca saptame navame tathā
Water is to be given to the departed by the clansmen after they have cremated (him) outside, on the first day, and on the fourth, the seventh and the ninth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.43
भस्मास्थिचयनं कार्यं चतुर्थे गोत्रिकैर्दिने । उर्ध्वं संचयनात् तेषामङ्गस्पर्शो विधीयते
bhasmāsthicayanaṃ kāryaṃ caturthe gotrikairdine / urdhvaṃ saṃcayanāt teṣāmaṅgasparśo vidhīyate
On the fourth day the gathering of the ashes and bones is to be done by the clansmen; after that gathering the touching of their bodies is permitted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.44
सोदकैस्तु क्रियाः सर्वाः कार्याः संचयनात्परम् । स्पर्श एव सपिण्डानां मृताहनि तथोभयोः
sodakaistu kriyāḥ sarvāḥ kāryāḥ saṃcayanātparam / sparśa eva sapiṇḍānāṃ mṛtāhani tathobhayoḥ
But by the water-kinsmen all the rites are to be performed after the gathering; for the sapiṇḍas there is (only) touching, and likewise for both (groups) on the day of the death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 35.45
अन्वेकमृक्षमाशस्त्र-तोयोद्बन्धन-वह्निषु । विषप्रपातादिमृते प्रायोनाशकयोरपि
anvekamṛkṣamāśastra-toyodbandhana-vahniṣu / viṣaprapātādimṛte prāyonāśakayorapi
One day's (impurity) in cases of death by weapon, by water, by hanging, or by fire; also when death is by poison, by falling and so on, and for those who fast to death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 35.46
बाले देशान्तरस्थे च तथा प्रव्रजिते मृते । सद्यः शौचमथान्यैश्च त्र्यहमुक्तमशौचकम्
bāle deśāntarasthe ca tathā pravrajite mṛte / sadyaḥ śaucamathānyaiśca tryahamuktamaśaucakam
When a child, or one living in another country, or a wandering ascetic has died, purity is immediate; but by others a three-day impurity is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.47
सपिण्डानां सपिण्डस्तु मृते ऽन्यस्मिन्मृतो यदि । पूर्वाशौचसमाख्यातैः कार्यास्त्वत्र दिनैः क्रियाः
sapiṇḍānāṃ sapiṇḍastu mṛte 'nyasminmṛto yadi / pūrvāśaucasamākhyātaiḥ kāryāstvatra dinaiḥ kriyāḥ
But if, when one man has died, another sapiṇḍa of the sapiṇḍas dies, the rites are here to be performed within the days already stated for the earlier impurity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.48
एष एव विधिर्दृष्टो जन्मन्यपि हि सूतके । सपिण्डानां सपिण्डेषु यथावत्सोदकेषु च
eṣa eva vidhirdṛṣṭo janmanyapi hi sūtake / sapiṇḍānāṃ sapiṇḍeṣu yathāvatsodakeṣu ca
This very rule is seen also in the case of birth, in the birth-impurity, for sapiṇḍas among sapiṇḍas, and duly for the water-kinsmen too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.49
जाते पुत्रे पितुः स्त्रानं सचेलन्तु विधीयते । तत्रापि यदि चान्यस्मिन् जाते जायेत चापरः
jāte putre pituḥ strānaṃ sacelantu vidhīyate / tatrāpi yadi cānyasmin jāte jāyeta cāparaḥ
When a son is born, bathing with one's clothes on is prescribed for the father; and there too, if while one has been born another should be born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.50
तत्रापि शुद्धिरुद्दिष्टा पूर्वजन्मवतो दिनैः । दशद्वादशमासार्ध-माससंख्यैर्दिनैर्गतैः
tatrāpi śuddhiruddiṣṭā pūrvajanmavato dinaiḥ / daśadvādaśamāsārdha-māsasaṃkhyairdinairgataiḥ
In that case too the purification is declared to be for the one of the earlier birth, by (the reckoning of) days — when days numbering ten, twelve, a month, or half a month have passed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 35.51
स्वाः स्वाः कर्मक्रियाः कुर्युः सर्वे वर्णा यथाविधि । प्रेतमुद्दिश्य कर्तव्यमेकोद्दिष्टं ततः परम्
svāḥ svāḥ karmakriyāḥ kuryuḥ sarve varṇā yathāvidhi / pretamuddiśya kartavyamekoddiṣṭaṃ tataḥ param
All the classes should perform their own respective ritual acts according to rule; after that, the ekoddiṣṭa (rite directed to a single deceased) is to be performed with reference to the departed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.52
दाननि चैव देयानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो मनीषिभिः । यद्यदिष्टतमं लोके यच्चापि ययितं गृहे
dānani caiva deyāni brāhmaṇebhyo manīṣibhiḥ / yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāpi yayitaṃ gṛhe
And gifts should be given to brahmins by the wise; whatever is most desired in the world, and whatever is (most prized) in the house —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 35.53
तत्तद् गुणवते देयं तदेवाक्षयमिच्छता । पूर्णैस्तु दिवसैः स्पृष्ट्वा सलिलं वाहनायुधम्
tattad guṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣayamicchatā / pūrṇaistu divasaiḥ spṛṣṭvā salilaṃ vāhanāyudham
— each such thing should be given to a worthy man by one who desires that very (gift) to be imperishable. But when the days are complete, having touched water, a vehicle, a weapon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.54
प्रतोददण्डौ च तथा सम्यग्वर्णाः कृतक्रियाः । स्ववर्णधर्मनिर्दिष्टमुपादानं तथा क्रियाः
pratodadaṇḍau ca tathā samyagvarṇāḥ kṛtakriyāḥ / svavarṇadharmanirdiṣṭamupādānaṃ tathā kriyāḥ
and a goad and a staff, the classes have then duly performed the rites; and (each has) the taking up of livelihood as prescribed by the duty of his own class, and likewise the rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MkP 35.55
कुर्युः समस्ताः शुचिनः परत्रेह च भूतिदाः । अध्येतव्या त्रयी नित्यं भवितव्यं विपश्चिता
kuryuḥ samastāḥ śucinaḥ paratreha ca bhūtidāḥ / adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhavitavyaṃ vipaścitā
Let them all, being pure, perform (these), which bring prosperity here and in the world beyond. The threefold Veda should always be studied; one should become learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MkP 35.56
धर्मतो धनमाहार्यं यष्टव्यञ्चापि यत्नतः । यच्चापि कुर्वतो नात्मा जुगुप्सामेति पुत्रक !
dharmato dhanamāhāryaṃ yaṣṭavyañcāpi yatnataḥ / yaccāpi kurvato nātmā jugupsāmeti putraka !
Wealth should be acquired righteously, and sacrifice should be performed with effort; and whatever, when he does it, the self does not come to loathe, my son —
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MkP 35.57
तत्कर्तव्यमशङ्केन यन्न गोप्यं महाजने । एवमाचरतो वत्स ! पुरुषस्य गृहे सतः । धर्मार्थकामसंप्राप्त्या परत्रेह च शोभनम्
tatkartavyamaśaṅkena yanna gopyaṃ mahājane / evamācarato vatsa ! puruṣasya gṛhe sataḥ / dharmārthakāmasaṃprāptyā paratreha ca śobhanam
— that is to be done without hesitation, that which need not be hidden from the multitude. For a man who conducts himself thus, dear child, while remaining in a household, there is good both here and hereafter, through the attainment of duty, wealth and pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition