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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 14

NarP 1 14.1

धर्मराज उवाच श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं धर्मं वर्णानामनुपूर्वशः । प्रब्रवीमि नृपश्रेष्ठ तं शृणुष्व समाहितः

dharmarāja uvāca śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmaṃ varṇānāmanupūrvaśaḥ / prabravīmi nṛpaśreṣṭha taṃ śṛṇuṣva samāhitaḥ

Dharmarāja said: O best of kings, I shall declare the duty of the classes as stated in the Vedas and the law-books, in due order; listen to it attentively.

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NarP 1 14.2

यो भुञ्जानो ऽशुचिं वापि चाण्डालं पतितं स्पृशेत् । क्रोधादज्ञानतो वापिं तस्य वक्ष्यामि निष्कृतिम्

yo bhuñjāno 'śuciṃ vāpi cāṇḍālaṃ patitaṃ spṛśet / krodhādajñānato vāpiṃ tasya vakṣyāmi niṣkṛtim

If a man while eating should touch something impure, or a Cāṇḍāla, or a fallen man, whether out of anger or out of ignorance, I shall state the expiation for him.

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NarP 1 14.3

त्रिरात्रं वाथ षड्रात्रं यथासंख्यं समाचरेत् । स्नानं त्रिषवणं विप्रपञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति

trirātraṃ vātha ṣaḍrātraṃ yathāsaṃkhyaṃ samācaret / snānaṃ triṣavaṇaṃ viprapañcagavyena śudhyati

He should observe (a fast) for three nights, or else for six nights, according to the reckoning; with bathing three times a day, the brahmin is purified by the five products of the cow.

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NarP 1 14.4

भुञ्जानस्य तु विप्रस्य कदाचजित्स्त्रवते गुदम् । उच्छिष्टत्वे ऽशुचित्वे च तस्य शुद्धिं वदामि ते

bhuñjānasya tu viprasya kadācajitstravate gudam / ucchiṣṭatve 'śucitve ca tasya śuddhiṃ vadāmi te

But if at some time the anus of a brahmin who is eating discharges, then, in regard to his being defiled by remnants and his being impure, I shall tell you his purification.

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NarP 1 14.5

पूर्वं कृत्वा द्विजः शौचं पश्चादप उपस्पृशेत् । अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा पञ्चगव्येन शुध्यति

pūrvaṃ kṛtvā dvijaḥ śaucaṃ paścādapa upaspṛśet / ahorātroṣito bhūtvā pañcagavyena śudhyati

The twice-born should first perform the cleansing, and afterwards touch water; having fasted for a day and a night, he is purified by the five products of the cow.

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NarP 1 14.6

निगिरन्यदि मेहेत भुक्त्वा वा मेहने कृते । अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा जुहुयात्सर्पिषानलम्

nigiranyadi meheta bhuktvā vā mehane kṛte / ahorātroṣito bhūtvā juhuyātsarpiṣānalam

If, while swallowing, he should urinate, or if he eats after urinating, he should fast for a day and a night and make an oblation into the fire with clarified butter.

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NarP 1 14.7

यदा भोजनकाले स्यादशुचिर्ब्राह्मणः क्वचित् । भूमौ निधाय तं ग्रासं स्त्रात्वा शुद्धिमवान्पुयात्

yadā bhojanakāle syādaśucirbrāhmaṇaḥ kvacit / bhūmau nidhāya taṃ grāsaṃ strātvā śuddhimavānpuyāt

If at mealtime a brahmin should somewhere become impure, he should set that mouthful down on the ground, and after bathing he would attain purity.

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NarP 1 14.8

भक्षयित्वा तु तद् आसमुपवालेन शुद्ध्यति । अशित्वा चैव तत्सर्वं त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत्

bhakṣayitvā tu tad āsamupavālena śuddhyati / aśitvā caiva tatsarvaṃ trirātramaśucirbhavet

But if he eats that (mouthful), he is purified by fasting; and if he eats all of it, he becomes impure for three nights.

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NarP 1 14.11

अश्रतश्चेद्वमिः स्याद्वै ह्यस्वस्थस्त्रिश्रतं जपेत् । स्वस्थस्त्रीणि सहस्राणि गायत्र्याः शोधनं परम् ॥ नर्प्_१,१४।९ ॥ चाण्डालैः श्वपर्चैः स्पृष्टो विण्मूत्रे च कृते द्विजः ॥ नर्प्_१,१४।१० ॥ त्रिरात्रं तु प्रकुर्वीत भुक्तोच्छिष्टः षहाचरेत् । उदक्यां सूतिकांवापि संस्पृशेदन्त्यजो यदि

aśrataścedvamiḥ syādvai hyasvasthastriśrataṃ japet / svasthastrīṇi sahasrāṇi gāyatryāḥ śodhanaṃ param // narp_1,14.9 // cāṇḍālaiḥ śvaparcaiḥ spṛṣṭo viṇmūtre ca kṛte dvijaḥ // narp_1,14.10 // trirātraṃ tu prakurvīta bhuktocchiṣṭaḥ ṣahācaret / udakyāṃ sūtikāṃvāpi saṃspṛśedantyajo yadi

If vomiting occurs in one who has not eaten: if he is unwell he should recite (the Gāyatrī) three hundred times; if healthy, three thousand recitations of the Gāyatrī are the highest purification. (14.9) A twice-born touched by Cāṇḍālas or dog-cookers, or when feces and urine have been passed — (14.10) he should observe three nights; if defiled by leftovers while eating, he should observe six. If an outcaste should touch a menstruating woman or a woman recently delivered —

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NarP 1 14.12

त्रिरात्रेण विशुद्धिः स्यादिति शातातपो ऽब्रवीत् । रजस्वला तु संस्पृष्टा श्वभिर्मातङ्गवायसैः

trirātreṇa viśuddhiḥ syāditi śātātapo 'bravīt / rajasvalā tu saṃspṛṣṭā śvabhirmātaṅgavāyasaiḥ

purification comes by three nights — so said Śātātapa. But a menstruating woman who has been touched by dogs, by Mātaṅgas (Cāṇḍālas), or by crows —

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NarP 1 14.13

निराहारा शुचिस्तिष्टेत्काले स्नानेन शुद्ध्यति । रजस्वले यदा नार्यावन्योन्यं स्पृशतः क्वचित्

nirāhārā śucistiṣṭetkāle snānena śuddhyati / rajasvale yadā nāryāvanyonyaṃ spṛśataḥ kvacit

she should remain pure, taking no food; at the (proper) time she is purified by bathing. When two menstruating women somewhere touch each other,

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NarP 1 14.14

शुद्धेते ब्रह्मकूर्चेन ब्रह्मकूर्चेन चोपरि । उच्छिष्टेन च संस्पृष्टो यो न स्नानं समाचरेत्

śuddhete brahmakūrcena brahmakūrcena copari / ucchiṣṭena ca saṃspṛṣṭo yo na snānaṃ samācaret

these two are purified by the brahmakūrca, and further by the brahmakūrca. And he who, having been touched by (one defiled by) leftovers, does not perform a bath —

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NarP 1 14.15

ऋतौ तु गर्भं शङ्कित्वा स्नानं मैथुनिनः स्मृतम् । अनॄतौ तु स्त्रियं गत्वा शौचं मूत्रपुरूषवत्

ṛtau tu garbhaṃ śaṅkitvā snānaṃ maithuninaḥ smṛtam / anṝtau tu striyaṃ gatvā śaucaṃ mūtrapurūṣavat

When (intercourse takes place) in the fertile season, bathing is prescribed for the copulator, since a conception is to be suspected; but having gone to a woman outside the fertile season, the cleansing is as for urine and excrement.

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NarP 1 14.16

उभावप्यशुची स्यातां दम्पती याभसंगतौ । शयनादुत्थिता नारी शुचिः स्यादशुचिः पुमान्

ubhāvapyaśucī syātāṃ dampatī yābhasaṃgatau / śayanādutthitā nārī śuciḥ syādaśuciḥ pumān

Both husband and wife are impure when they have joined in intercourse; the woman who has risen from the bed is pure, (but) the man is impure.

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NarP 1 14.17

भर्त्तुः शरीरशुश्रूषां दौरात्म्यादप्रकुर्वती । दण्ड्या द्वादशकं नारी वर्षं त्याज्या धनं विना

bharttuḥ śarīraśuśrūṣāṃ daurātmyādaprakurvatī / daṇḍyā dvādaśakaṃ nārī varṣaṃ tyājyā dhanaṃ vinā

A woman who, out of wickedness, does not perform the bodily service of her husband is to be fined twelve (paṇas), (or) is to be abandoned for a year without her property.

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NarP 1 14.18

त्यजन्तो पतितान्बगन्धून्दण्ड्यानुत्तमसाहसम् । पिता हि पतितः कामं न तु माता कदाचन

tyajanto patitānbagandhūndaṇḍyānuttamasāhasam / pitā hi patitaḥ kāmaṃ na tu mātā kadācana

Those who abandon fallen kinsmen are to be fined the highest fine; a father, indeed, when fallen (may be abandoned) at will, but a mother never.

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NarP 1 14.19

आत्मानं घातयेद्यस्तु रज्ज्वादिभिरुपक्रमैः । मृते मेध्येन लेत्पव्यो जीवतो द्विशतं दमः

ātmānaṃ ghātayedyastu rajjvādibhirupakramaiḥ / mṛte medhyena letpavyo jīvato dviśataṃ damaḥ

But whoever should kill himself by means of a rope or other devices — if he dies, (he is) to be smeared with (something) 'medhya'; if he lives, the fine is two hundred.

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NarP 1 14.20

दण्ड्यास्तत्पुत्रमित्राणि प्रत्येकं पाणिकं दमम् । प्रायश्चित्तं ततः कुर्युर्यथाशास्त्रप्रचोदितम्

daṇḍyāstatputramitrāṇi pratyekaṃ pāṇikaṃ damam / prāyaścittaṃ tataḥ kuryuryathāśāstrapracoditam

His sons and friends are each to be fined a fine of one paṇa; thereafter they should perform the expiation as enjoined by the scriptures.

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NarP 1 14.21

जलाग्न्युद्वन्धनभ्रष्टाः प्रव्रज्यानाशकच्युताः । विषप्रपतनध्वस्ताः शस्त्रघातहताश्च ये

jalāgnyudvandhanabhraṣṭāḥ pravrajyānāśakacyutāḥ / viṣaprapatanadhvastāḥ śastraghātahatāśca ye

Those ruined by water, fire, or hanging; those lapsed from renunciation or from fasting to death; those destroyed by poison or by falling (from a height), and those slain by a weapon-blow —

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NarP 1 14.22

न चैते प्रव्रत्यवसिताः सर्वलोकबहिष्कृताः । चान्द्रायणेन शुद्ध्यंन्ति तत्पकृच्छ्रद्वयेन वा

na caite pravratyavasitāḥ sarvalokabahiṣkṛtāḥ / cāndrāyaṇena śuddhyaṃnti tatpakṛcchradvayena vā

And these who have broken off their vow, excluded from all society, are purified by the cāndrāyaṇa, or by two of the taptakṛcchra (penances).

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NarP 1 14.23

उभयावसितः पापश्यामच्छबलकाच्च्युतः । चान्द्रायणाभ्यां शुद्ध्येत दत्त्वा धेनुं तथा वृषम्

ubhayāvasitaḥ pāpaśyāmacchabalakāccyutaḥ / cāndrāyaṇābhyāṃ śuddhyeta dattvā dhenuṃ tathā vṛṣam

One lapsed from both, sinful, fallen from the śyāma and the śabala, should be purified by two cāndrāyaṇas and by giving a milch cow and likewise a bull.

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NarP 1 14.24

स्वशृगालप्लवङ्गाद्यैर्मानुषैश्च रतिं विना । स्पृष्टः स्त्रात्वा शुचिः सद्यो दिवा संध्यासु रात्रिषु

svaśṛgālaplavaṅgādyairmānuṣaiśca ratiṃ vinā / spṛṣṭaḥ strātvā śuciḥ sadyo divā saṃdhyāsu rātriṣu

One touched by a dog, a jackal, a monkey and the like, and by human beings, apart from sexual union, is pure at once upon bathing — by day, at the twilights, (and) at night.

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NarP 1 14.25

अज्ञानाद्वा तु यो भुक्त्वा चाण्डालान्नं कथञ्चन । गोमूत्रयावकाहारो मासार्द्धेन विशुद्ध्यति

ajñānādvā tu yo bhuktvā cāṇḍālānnaṃ kathañcana / gomūtrayāvakāhāro māsārddhena viśuddhyati

But whoever, out of ignorance, has somehow eaten a caṇḍāla's food becomes purified in half a month, living on cow's urine and barley-gruel.

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NarP 1 14.26

गोब्राह्मणगृहं दग्ध्वा मृतं चोद्वन्धनादिना । पाशं छित्वा तथा तस्य कृच्छ्रमेकं चरेद्दिजः

gobrāhmaṇagṛhaṃ dagdhvā mṛtaṃ codvandhanādinā / pāśaṃ chitvā tathā tasya kṛcchramekaṃ careddijaḥ

Having burnt the house of a cow or of a brahmin, and having cut the noose of one dead by hanging or the like, a twice-born should perform one kṛcchra.

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NarP 1 14.27

चाण्डालपुल्पसानां च भुक्त्वा हत्वा च योषितम् । कृच्छ्रार्ध्दमाचरेज्ज्ञानादज्ञानादैन्दवद्वयम्

cāṇḍālapulpasānāṃ ca bhuktvā hatvā ca yoṣitam / kṛcchrārdhdamācarejjñānādajñānādaindavadvayam

And having eaten (the food) of caṇḍālas and pulkasas, and having killed a woman, one should perform half a kṛcchra if (it was done) knowingly, and two lunar penances if unknowingly.

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NarP 1 14.28

कोपालिकान्नभोक्तृआणां तन्नारीगामिनां तथा । अगम्यागमने विप्रो मद्यगो मांसभक्षणे

kopālikānnabhoktṛāṇāṃ tannārīgāmināṃ tathā / agamyāgamane vipro madyago māṃsabhakṣaṇe

For those who eat the food of kāpālikas, and likewise for those who go to their women; a brahmin, in the case of intercourse with a forbidden woman, in going to liquor, in eating meat —

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NarP 1 14.29

तत्पकृच्छ्रपरिक्षित्पो मौर्वीहोमेन शुद्ध्यति । महापातककर्त्तारश्चत्वारो ऽथ विशेषतः

tatpakṛcchraparikṣitpo maurvīhomena śuddhyati / mahāpātakakarttāraścatvāro 'tha viśeṣataḥ

emaciated by the taptakṛcchra, he is purified by an oblation with a bowstring. And the four doers of the great sins, in particular,

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NarP 1 14.30

अग्निं प्रविश्य शुद्ध्यन्तिस्थित्वावा महति क्रतौ । रहस्यकरणो ऽप्येवं मासमभ्यस्य पुरुषः

agniṃ praviśya śuddhyantisthitvāvā mahati kratau / rahasyakaraṇo 'pyevaṃ māsamabhyasya puruṣaḥ

are purified by entering fire, or by standing (as a participant) in a great sacrifice; so too a man who commits a secret (sin), by practising (this) for a month.

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NarP 1 14.31

अघमर्षणसूक्तं वा शुद्ध्येदन्तर्जले जपन् । रजकश्चर्मकारश्च नटो बुरुड एव च

aghamarṣaṇasūktaṃ vā śuddhyedantarjale japan / rajakaścarmakāraśca naṭo buruḍa eva ca

Or he may be purified by reciting the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn while in the water. The washerman, the leatherworker, the actor, and the basket-maker,

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NarP 1 14.32

कैवर्त्तमेदभिल्लाश्व सत्पैते ह्यन्त्यजाः स्मृताः । भुक्त्वा चैषां स्त्रियो गत्वा पीत्वा यःप्रतिगृह्यते

kaivarttamedabhillāśva satpaite hyantyajāḥ smṛtāḥ / bhuktvā caiṣāṃ striyo gatvā pītvā yaḥpratigṛhyate

the fisherman, the meda and the bhilla — these seven are held to be the lowest-born; and one who, having eaten (their food), gone to their women, drunk (with them), accepts a gift (from them) —

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NarP 1 14.33

कृच्छ्रार्द्धमाचरेज्ज्ञानादैन्दवद्वयम् । मातरं गुरुपत्नीं च दुहितृभगिनीस्नुषाः

kṛcchrārddhamācarejjñānādaindavadvayam / mātaraṃ gurupatnīṃ ca duhitṛbhaginīsnuṣāḥ

should perform half a kṛcchra if knowingly, (and) two lunar penances (if unknowingly). Mother, teacher's wife, daughter, sister, daughter-in-law —

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NarP 1 14.34

संगम्य प्रविशेदग्निं नान्याशुद्धिर्विधीयते । राज्ञीं प्रव्रजितां धात्रीं तथावर्णोत्तमामपि

saṃgamya praviśedagniṃ nānyāśuddhirvidhīyate / rājñīṃ pravrajitāṃ dhātrīṃ tathāvarṇottamāmapi

having had intercourse (with them) he should enter the fire; no other purification is prescribed. A queen, a woman who has gone forth as a renunciant, a wet-nurse, and also a woman of the highest varṇa —

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NarP 1 14.35

गत्वाकृच्छ्रद्वयं कुर्यात्सगोत्रामभिगम्य च । अमूषु पितृगोत्रासु मातृगोत्रगतासु च

gatvākṛcchradvayaṃ kuryātsagotrāmabhigamya ca / amūṣu pitṛgotrāsu mātṛgotragatāsu ca

having gone to (them) he should perform two kṛcchras; and likewise on approaching a woman of his own gotra. In the case of these women of the father's gotra and those belonging to the mother's gotra,

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NarP 1 14.36

पददारेषु सर्वेषु कृच्छ्रार्द्धं तपनं चरेत् । वेश्याभिगमने पापं व्यपोहन्ति द्विजा स्तथा

padadāreṣu sarveṣu kṛcchrārddhaṃ tapanaṃ caret / veśyābhigamane pāpaṃ vyapohanti dvijā stathā

and among all other men's wives, he should perform half a kṛcchra with the tapana (penance). Thus twice-born men dispel the sin of resorting to a prostitute:

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NarP 1 14.37

पीत्वा सकृत्सुतत्पं च पञ्चरात्रं कुशोदकम् । गुरुतल्पगतो कुर्यार्द्बाह्मणो विधिवद्रूतम्

pītvā sakṛtsutatpaṃ ca pañcarātraṃ kuśodakam / gurutalpagato kuryārdbāhmaṇo vidhivadrūtam

by drinking kuśa-water once (a day?) for five nights. One who has gone to his teacher's bed — a brahmin should perform what is prescribed by rule.

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NarP 1 14.38

गोन्घस्य केचिदिच्छन्ति केचिच्चैवावकीर्णिनः । दण्डादूर्ध्वं प्रहारेण यस्तु गां विनिपातयेत्

gonghasya kecidicchanti keciccaivāvakīrṇinaḥ / daṇḍādūrdhvaṃ prahāreṇa yastu gāṃ vinipātayet

Some hold (him to be) a cow-killer, and others (rank him) with those who have broken their vow of chastity. But whoever fells a cow with a blow from something above (the size of) a rod —

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NarP 1 14.39

द्विगुणं गोव्रतं तस्य प्रायश्चितं विशोधयेत् । अङ्गुष्ठमात्रस्थूलस्तु बाहुमात्रघप्रमाणकः

dviguṇaṃ govrataṃ tasya prāyaścitaṃ viśodhayet / aṅguṣṭhamātrasthūlastu bāhumātraghapramāṇakaḥ

— for him a doubled cow-vow shall purify (him) as penance. (The rod should be) as thick as a thumb and as long as an arm,

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NarP 1 14.40

सार्द्रकःसपालाश्च गोदण्डः परिकीर्त्तितः । गवां निपातने चैव गर्भो ऽपि संभवेद्यदि

sārdrakaḥsapālāśca godaṇḍaḥ parikīrttitaḥ / gavāṃ nipātane caiva garbho 'pi saṃbhavedyadi

moist and with leaves — such is declared to be the cow-rod. And if, when cows are felled, a foetus too should be (destroyed),

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NarP 1 14.41

एकैकशश्वरेत्कृच्छ्रं एषा गोन्घस्य निष्कृतिः । बन्धने रोधने चैव पोषणे वा गवां रुजाम्

ekaikaśaśvaretkṛcchraṃ eṣā gonghasya niṣkṛtiḥ / bandhane rodhane caiva poṣaṇe vā gavāṃ rujām

he should undergo a kṛcchra penance for each one; this is the expiation of a cow-killer. But in tying up, in penning in, or in feeding, if cows have pain (and)

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NarP 1 14.42

संपद्यते चेन्मरणं निमित्तेनैव लिप्यते । मूर्च्छितः पतितो वापि दण्डेनाभिहतस्ततः

saṃpadyate cenmaraṇaṃ nimittenaiva lipyate / mūrcchitaḥ patito vāpi daṇḍenābhihatastataḥ

death results, one is tainted only by (being) the cause. If (a cow), struck with a rod, has fainted or fallen down and then,

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NarP 1 14.43

उत्थाय षट्पदं गच्छेत्सत्प पञ्चदशापि वा । ग्रासं वा यदि गृह्णीयात्तोयं वापि पिबेद्यदि

utthāya ṣaṭpadaṃ gacchetsatpa pañcadaśāpi vā / grāsaṃ vā yadi gṛhṇīyāttoyaṃ vāpi pibedyadi

having risen, walks six paces, or seven or even fifteen, or if it takes a mouthful (of food) or drinks water,

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NarP 1 14.44

सर्वव्याधिप्रनष्टानां प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते । कष्टलोष्टाश्मभिर्गावः शस्त्रैर्वा निहता यदि

sarvavyādhipranaṣṭānāṃ prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate / kaṣṭaloṣṭāśmabhirgāvaḥ śastrairvā nihatā yadi

— for (cows) that have perished from any disease there is no penance. If cows are killed with wood, clods, stones, or with weapons,

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NarP 1 14.45

प्रायश्चित्तं स्मृतं तत्र शस्त्रे निगद्यते । काष्टे सान्तपनं प्रोक्तं प्राजापत्यं तु लोष्टके

prāyaścittaṃ smṛtaṃ tatra śastre nigadyate / kāṣṭe sāntapanaṃ proktaṃ prājāpatyaṃ tu loṣṭake

a penance is prescribed in that case; it is stated for the weapon (as follows): for wood the sāntapana is declared, and for a clod the prājāpatya,

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NarP 1 14.46

तत्पकृच्छ्रं तु पाषाणे शस्त्रे चाप्यतिकृच्छ्रकम् । औषधं स्नेहमाहारं दद्याद्गोब्राह्मणेषु च

tatpakṛcchraṃ tu pāṣāṇe śastre cāpyatikṛcchrakam / auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ dadyādgobrāhmaṇeṣu ca

but for a stone the tapta-kṛcchra, and for a weapon the ati-kṛcchra. One may give medicine, oil (or) food to cows and brahmins;

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NarP 1 14.47

दीयमाने विपत्तिः स्यात्प्रायश्चित्तं तदा नहि । तैलभेषजपाने च भेषजानां च भक्षणे

dīyamāne vipattiḥ syātprāyaścittaṃ tadā nahi / tailabheṣajapāne ca bheṣajānāṃ ca bhakṣaṇe

if death occurs while it is being given, then there is no penance. And in giving oil or medicine to drink, and in the eating of medicines,

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NarP 1 14.48

निशल्यकरणे चैव प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते । वत्सानां कण्ठबन्धेन क्रिययाभेषजेन तु

niśalyakaraṇe caiva prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate / vatsānāṃ kaṇṭhabandhena kriyayābheṣajena tu

and in the extraction of a barb, there is no penance. By tying calves at the neck, by a (medical) procedure, or by medicine,

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NarP 1 14.49

सायं संगोपनार्थं च त्वदोषो रोषबन्धयोः । पादे चैवास्य रोमाणि द्विपादे श्मश्रु केवलम्

sāyaṃ saṃgopanārthaṃ ca tvadoṣo roṣabandhayoḥ / pāde caivāsya romāṇi dvipāde śmaśru kevalam

and in the evening for the sake of protecting (them), there is no fault in restraining or in confining. On (a penance of) a quarter his body-hair (is to be shaved), on a half only the beard,

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NarP 1 14.50

त्रिपादे तु शिखावर्तं मूले सर्वं समाचरेत् । सर्वान्केशान्समुद्धृत्य छेदयेदङ्गुलद्वयम्

tripāde tu śikhāvartaṃ mūle sarvaṃ samācaret / sarvānkeśānsamuddhṛtya chedayedaṅguladvayam

but on three-quarters the whorl of the topknot, and on the full (offence) he should do all of it. Having gathered up all the hair, he should cut off two finger-breadths.

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NarP 1 14.51

एवमेव तु नारीणां मुण्डनं शिरसः स्मृतम् । न स्तिया वपनं कार्यं न च वीरासनं स्मृतम्

evameva tu nārīṇāṃ muṇḍanaṃ śirasaḥ smṛtam / na stiyā vapanaṃ kāryaṃ na ca vīrāsanaṃ smṛtam

Just so is the shaving of the head enjoined for women. A woman is not to be shaved, nor is the hero's posture prescribed (for her),

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NarP 1 14.52

न च गोष्टे निवासो ऽस्ति न गच्छन्तीमनुव्रजेत् । राजा वा राजपुत्रघो वा ब्राह्मणो वा बहुश्रुतः

na ca goṣṭe nivāso 'sti na gacchantīmanuvrajet / rājā vā rājaputragho vā brāhmaṇo vā bahuśrutaḥ

nor is there dwelling in the cow-pen, nor should she follow after the cow as it goes. A king, or a king's son, or a brahmin learned in much (scripture) —

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NarP 1 14.55

अकृत्वा वपनं तेषां प्रायश्चित्तं विनिर्द्दिशेत् । केशानां रक्षघणार्थं च द्विगुणं व्रतमादिशेत् ॥ नर्प्_१,१४।५३ ॥ द्विगुणे गतु व्रते चीर्णे द्विगुणा व्रतदक्षिणा ॥ नर्प्_१,१४।५४ ॥ पापं न क्षीयते हन्तुर्दाता च नरकं व्रजेत् । अश्रौतस्मार्तविहितं प्रायश्चित्तं वदन्ति ये

akṛtvā vapanaṃ teṣāṃ prāyaścittaṃ vinirddiśet / keśānāṃ rakṣaghaṇārthaṃ ca dviguṇaṃ vratamādiśet // narp_1,14.53 // dviguṇe gatu vrate cīrṇe dviguṇā vratadakṣiṇā // narp_1,14.54 // pāpaṃ na kṣīyate hanturdātā ca narakaṃ vrajet / aśrautasmārtavihitaṃ prāyaścittaṃ vadanti ye

for them one should prescribe the penance without shaving; and for the sake of preserving the hair he should enjoin a doubled vow. // 53 // And when the doubled vow has been performed, the vow's fee is doubled. // 54 // The sin of the slayer is not destroyed, and the giver goes to hell. Those who declare a penance not enjoined in śruti or smṛti —

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NarP 1 14.56

तान्धर्मविन्घकर्तॄंश्च राजा दण्डेन पीडयेत् । न चैतान्पीडयेद्राजा कथञ्चित्काममोहितः

tāndharmavinghakartṝṃśca rājā daṇḍena pīḍayet / na caitānpīḍayedrājā kathañcitkāmamohitaḥ

those breakers of dharma the king should punish with (his) rod of chastisement. And if the king, deluded by desire, does not punish them at all,

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NarP 1 14.57

तत्पापं शतधाभूत्वा तमेव परिसर्पति । प्रायश्चित्ते ततश्चीर्णे कुर्याद्ब्राह्मणभोजनम्

tatpāpaṃ śatadhābhūtvā tameva parisarpati / prāyaścitte tataścīrṇe kuryādbrāhmaṇabhojanam

that sin, becoming a hundredfold, creeps back upon him. Then, when the penance has been performed, one should hold a feeding of brahmins,

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NarP 1 14.58

विंशतिर्गा वृषं चैकं दद्यात्तेषां च दक्षिणाम् । क्रिमिभिस्तृण संभूतैर्मक्षिकादिनिपातितैः

viṃśatirgā vṛṣaṃ caikaṃ dadyātteṣāṃ ca dakṣiṇām / krimibhistṛṇa saṃbhūtairmakṣikādinipātitaiḥ

and should give twenty cows and one bull as their fee. When (cows die) from worms bred in grass (or) are brought down by flies and the like,

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NarP 1 14.59

कृच्छ्रार्द्धं स प्रकुर्वीत शक्त्या दद्याञ्च दक्षिणाम् । प्रायश्चित्तं च कृत्वा वै भोजयित्वा द्विजोत्तमान्

kṛcchrārddhaṃ sa prakurvīta śaktyā dadyāñca dakṣiṇām / prāyaścittaṃ ca kṛtvā vai bhojayitvā dvijottamān

he should perform half a kṛcchra and give a fee according to his ability. And having performed the penance and fed the best of the twice-born,

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NarP 1 14.60

सुवर्णमानिकं दद्यात्ततः शुद्धिर्विधीयते । चाण्डालश्वपचैः स्पृष्टे निशि स्नानं विधीयते

suvarṇamānikaṃ dadyāttataḥ śuddhirvidhīyate / cāṇḍālaśvapacaiḥ spṛṣṭe niśi snānaṃ vidhīyate

(He) should give a gold māṇika (coin); thereby purification is ordained. When (one) has been touched by caṇḍālas and dog-cookers at night, bathing is ordained.

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NarP 1 14.61

न वसेत्तत्र रात्रौ तु सद्यः स्नानेन शुद्ध्यति । वसेदथ यदा रात्रावज्ञानादविचक्षणः

na vasettatra rātrau tu sadyaḥ snānena śuddhyati / vasedatha yadā rātrāvajñānādavicakṣaṇaḥ

But he should not dwell there during the night; he becomes pure at once by bathing. If, however, an undiscerning man does dwell (there) at night out of ignorance —

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NarP 1 14.62

तदा तस्य तु तत्पापं शतधा परिवर्तते । उद्गच्छन्ति च नक्षत्राण्युपरिष्टाच्च ये ग्रहाः

tadā tasya tu tatpāpaṃ śatadhā parivartate / udgacchanti ca nakṣatrāṇyupariṣṭācca ye grahāḥ

then that sin of his multiplies a hundredfold. And the constellations rise, and the planets that are above —

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NarP 1 14.63

संस्पृष्टे रश्मिभिस्तेषामुदकस्नानमाचरेत् । याश्चान्तर्जलवल्मीकमूषिकोषरवर्त्मसु

saṃspṛṣṭe raśmibhisteṣāmudakasnānamācaret / yāścāntarjalavalmīkamūṣikoṣaravartmasu

when (one) has been touched by their rays, he should perform a bath in water. And (the earths) which are within water, in ant-hills, mouse-holes, saline ground, and on roads,

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NarP 1 14.64

श्मशाने शौचशेषे च न ग्राह्याः सत्प मृत्तिकाः । इष्टापूर्तं तु कर्त्तव्यं ब्राह्मणेन प्रयत्नतः

śmaśāne śaucaśeṣe ca na grāhyāḥ satpa mṛttikāḥ / iṣṭāpūrtaṃ tu karttavyaṃ brāhmaṇena prayatnataḥ

in a cremation ground, and in the remnants of cleansing — these earths are not to be taken. And the iṣṭāpūrta (sacrifice and public works) is to be performed carefully by a brahmin.

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NarP 1 14.65

इष्टेन लभते स्वर्गं मोक्षं पूर्त्तेन चान्पुयात् । वित्तक्षेपो भवेदिष्टं तडागं पूर्त्तमुच्यते

iṣṭena labhate svargaṃ mokṣaṃ pūrttena cānpuyāt / vittakṣepo bhavediṣṭaṃ taḍāgaṃ pūrttamucyate

By iṣṭa (sacrifice) one obtains heaven, and by pūrta one would attain release. The expending of wealth is iṣṭa; a tank (dug) is called pūrta.

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NarP 1 14.66

आरामश्च विशेषेण देवद्रोण्यस्तथैव च । वापीकूपतडागानि देवतायतनानि च

ārāmaśca viśeṣeṇa devadroṇyastathaiva ca / vāpīkūpataḍāgāni devatāyatanāni ca

And especially a pleasure-garden, and likewise temple-precincts, and step-wells, wells, tanks, and shrines of the deities —

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NarP 1 14.67

पतितान्युद्धरेद्यस्तु स पूर्वफलमश्नुते । शुक्लाया आहरेन्मूत्रं कृष्णाया गोः शकृत्तथा

patitānyuddharedyastu sa pūrvaphalamaśnute / śuklāyā āharenmūtraṃ kṛṣṇāyā goḥ śakṛttathā

whoever restores these when they have fallen into ruin obtains the aforesaid fruit. One should take the urine of a white (cow), and the dung of a black cow;

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NarP 1 14.68

ताम्रायाश्च पयो ग्राह्यं श्वेतायाश्च दधि स्मृतम् । कपिलाया घृतं ग्राह्यं महापातकनाशनम्

tāmrāyāśca payo grāhyaṃ śvetāyāśca dadhi smṛtam / kapilāyā ghṛtaṃ grāhyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

and the milk of a copper-coloured (cow) is to be taken, and the curd of a white one is prescribed; the ghee of a tawny (cow) is to be taken — (this mixture) destroys the great sins.

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NarP 1 14.69

कुशैस्तीर्थनदीतौयैः सर्वद्रव्यं पृथक् पृथक् । आहृत्य प्रणवेनैव उत्थाप्य प्रणवेन च

kuśaistīrthanadītauyaiḥ sarvadravyaṃ pṛthak pṛthak / āhṛtya praṇavenaiva utthāpya praṇavena ca

With kuśa grasses and with the waters of a sacred ford or river, (taking) each substance separately, having fetched (it) with the praṇava (om) and lifted (it) with the praṇava,

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NarP 1 14.70

प्रणवेन समालोड्य प्रणवेनैव संपिबेत् । पालाशे मध्यमे पर्णे भाण्डे ताम्रमये शुभे

praṇavena samāloḍya praṇavenaiva saṃpibet / pālāśe madhyame parṇe bhāṇḍe tāmramaye śubhe

having stirred (it) with the praṇava, he should drink it with the praṇava, in a middling palāśa leaf, or in an auspicious vessel made of copper,

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NarP 1 14.74

पिबेत्पुष्करपर्णे वा मृन्मये वा कुशोदकम् । सूतके तु समुत्पन्ने द्वितीये समुपस्थिते ॥ नर्प्_१,१४।७१ ॥ द्वितीये नास्ति दोषस्तु प्रथमेनैव शुध्यति । जातेन शुध्यते जातं मृतेन मृतकं तथा ॥ नर्प्_१,१४।७२ ॥ गर्भसंस्त्रवणे मासे त्रीण्यहानि विनिर्दिशेत् ॥ नर्प्_१,१४।७३ ॥ रात्रिभिर्मासतुल्याभिर्गर्भस्त्रावे विशुद्ध्यति । रजस्युपरते साध्वी स्ननेन स्त्री रजस्वला

pibetpuṣkaraparṇe vā mṛnmaye vā kuśodakam / sūtake tu samutpanne dvitīye samupasthite // narp_1,14.71 // dvitīye nāsti doṣastu prathamenaiva śudhyati / jātena śudhyate jātaṃ mṛtena mṛtakaṃ tathā // narp_1,14.72 // garbhasaṃstravaṇe māse trīṇyahāni vinirdiśet // narp_1,14.73 // rātribhirmāsatulyābhirgarbhastrāve viśuddhyati / rajasyuparate sādhvī snanena strī rajasvalā

or he should drink the kuśa-water in a lotus leaf or in an earthen (vessel). But when a birth-impurity has arisen and a second one supervenes, there is no fault (from) the second: one becomes pure by the first alone. By a birth (impurity) a birth (impurity) is purified, and likewise a death (impurity) by a death. In (the case of) a miscarriage, one should prescribe three days for (the third?) month. In a miscarriage (a woman) becomes pure after nights equal (in number) to the months. When the menses have ceased, a virtuous woman — a woman in her courses — (is purified) by bathing.

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NarP 1 14.75

स्वगोत्राद्भृश्यते नारी विवाहात्सत्पमे पदे । स्वामिगोत्रेण कर्त्तव्यास्तस्याः पिण्डोदकक्रियाः

svagotrādbhṛśyate nārī vivāhātsatpame pade / svāmigotreṇa karttavyāstasyāḥ piṇḍodakakriyāḥ

At the seventh step of the marriage the woman falls away from her own gotra; her piṇḍa and water offerings are to be performed with her husband's gotra.

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NarP 1 14.76

उद्देश्यं पिण्डदाने स्यात्पिण्डे पिण्डे द्विनामतः । षण्णां देयास्त्रयः पिण्डा एवं दाता न मुह्यति

uddeśyaṃ piṇḍadāne syātpiṇḍe piṇḍe dvināmataḥ / ṣaṇṇāṃ deyāstrayaḥ piṇḍā evaṃ dātā na muhyati

In the giving of piṇḍas the designation should be by two names for each piṇḍa; three piṇḍas are to be given for the six — thus the giver is not confused.

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NarP 1 14.77

स्वेन भर्त्रा सहस्राब्दं माताभुक्ता सुदैवतम् । पितामह्यपि स्वेनैव स्वेनैव प्रपितामही

svena bhartrā sahasrābdaṃ mātābhuktā sudaivatam / pitāmahyapi svenaiva svenaiva prapitāmahī

For a thousand years the mother has been fed together with her own husband, along with the deity; the paternal grandmother too with her own (husband), and the great-grandmother likewise with her own.

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NarP 1 14.78

वर्षे तु कुर्वीत मातापित्रोस्तु सत्कृतिम् । अदैवं भोजयेच्छ्राद्धं पिण्डमेकं तु निर्वपेत्

varṣe tu kurvīta mātāpitrostu satkṛtim / adaivaṃ bhojayecchrāddhaṃ piṇḍamekaṃ tu nirvapet

But (once) in the year one should perform the honouring of mother and father; he should feed the śrāddha without a deity(-portion) and should offer a single piṇḍa.

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NarP 1 14.79

नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं वृद्धिश्राद्धमथापरम् । पार्वणं चेति विज्ञेयं श्राद्धं पञ्चविधं बुधैः

nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ vṛddhiśrāddhamathāparam / pārvaṇaṃ ceti vijñeyaṃ śrāddhaṃ pañcavidhaṃ budhaiḥ

The regular (nitya), the occasional (naimittika), the optional (kāmya), and further the prosperity-śrāddha (vṛddhi), and the pārvaṇa — thus śrāddha is to be known by the wise as fivefold.

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NarP 1 14.80

ग्रहोपरागे संक्रान्तौ पर्वोत्स वमलालये । निर्वपेर्त्रीन्नरः पिण्डानेकमेव मृते ऽहनि

grahoparāge saṃkrāntau parvotsa vamalālaye / nirvapertrīnnaraḥ piṇḍānekameva mṛte 'hani

At an eclipse of a heavenly body, at a solstitial passage, at a festival, at a pure sanctuary, a man should offer three piṇḍas; but only one on the day of death.

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NarP 1 14.81

अनूढ न पृथक्कन्या पिण्डे गोत्रे च सूतके । पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राभ्यां स्वगोत्राद्भ्रश्यते ततः

anūḍha na pṛthakkanyā piṇḍe gotre ca sūtake / pāṇigrahaṇamantrābhyāṃ svagotrādbhraśyate tataḥ

An unmarried girl is not separate (from her father's family) in piṇḍa, gotra, and birth-impurity; but by the two mantras of the taking of the hand she thereafter falls away from her own gotra.

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NarP 1 14.82

येन येन तु वर्णेन या कान्या परिणीयते । तत्समं सूतकं याति तथापिण्डोदके ऽपि च

yena yena tu varṇena yā kānyā pariṇīyate / tatsamaṃ sūtakaṃ yāti tathāpiṇḍodake 'pi ca

By whatever varṇa a girl is married, she comes to have birth-impurity equal to that (family), and so too in respect of piṇḍa and water offerings.

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NarP 1 14.83

विवाहे चैव संवृत्ते चतुर्थे ऽहनिरात्रिषु । एकत्वं सा व्रजेद्भर्तुः पिण्डे गोत्रे च सूतके

vivāhe caiva saṃvṛtte caturthe 'hanirātriṣu / ekatvaṃ sā vrajedbhartuḥ piṇḍe gotre ca sūtake

And when the marriage has been completed, on the fourth day after (three) nights, she comes into oneness with her husband in the funeral offering, in the lineage, and in (the period of) impurity.

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NarP 1 14.85

प्रथमे ऽङ्नि द्वितीये वा तृतीये वा चतुर्थके । अस्थिसंचयनं कार्यं बन्धुभिर्हितबुद्धिभिः ॥ नर्प्_१,१४।८४ ॥ चतुर्थे पञ्चमे चैव सत्पमे नवमे तथा । अस्थिसंचयनं प्रोक्तं वर्णानामनुपूर्वशः

prathame 'ṅni dvitīye vā tṛtīye vā caturthake / asthisaṃcayanaṃ kāryaṃ bandhubhirhitabuddhibhiḥ // narp_1,14.84 // caturthe pañcame caiva satpame navame tathā / asthisaṃcayanaṃ proktaṃ varṇānāmanupūrvaśaḥ

On the first day, or the second, or the third, or the fourth, the gathering of the bones should be performed by the kinsmen with well-meaning minds. // 84 // On the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the ninth, the gathering of the bones is prescribed for the (four) classes in order.

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NarP 1 14.86

एकादशाहे प्रेतस्य यस्य चोत्सृज्यते वृषः । मुच्यते प्रेतलोकात्स स्वर्गलोके महीयते

ekādaśāhe pretasya yasya cotsṛjyate vṛṣaḥ / mucyate pretalokātsa svargaloke mahīyate

He for whom, on the eleventh day, a bull is released for the departed one — he is freed from the world of the dead and is honoured in the world of heaven.

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NarP 1 14.87

नाभिमात्रे जले स्थित्वा हृदयेन तु चिन्तयेत् । आगच्छन्तु मे पितरो गृह्णन्त्वेताआजाञ्जलीन्

nābhimātre jale sthitvā hṛdayena tu cintayet / āgacchantu me pitaro gṛhṇantvetāājāñjalīn

Standing in water navel-deep, let him think in his heart: "Let my fathers come; let them receive these handfuls of water."

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NarP 1 14.88

हस्तौ कृत्वा तु संयुक्तौ पूरचित्वा जलेन च । गोशृङ्गमात्रमुद्धृत्य जलमध्ये विनिः क्षिपेत्

hastau kṛtvā tu saṃyuktau pūracitvā jalena ca / gośṛṅgamātramuddhṛtya jalamadhye viniḥ kṣipet

Joining the two hands together and filling (them) with water, let him lift it up the measure of a cow's horn and pour it into the midst of the water.

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NarP 1 14.89

आकाशे च क्षिपेद्वारि वारिस्थो दक्षघिणामुखः । पितॄणां स्थानमाकाशं दक्षिणादिक् तथैव च

ākāśe ca kṣipedvāri vāristho dakṣaghiṇāmukhaḥ / pitṝṇāṃ sthānamākāśaṃ dakṣiṇādik tathaiva ca

And let him cast the water into the sky, standing in water, facing south; for the place of the fathers is the sky, and likewise the southern direction.

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NarP 1 14.90

आपो देवगणाः प्रोक्ता आपः पितृगणास्तथा । तस्मादस्य जलं देयं पितॄणां हितमिच्छता

āpo devagaṇāḥ proktā āpaḥ pitṛgaṇāstathā / tasmādasya jalaṃ deyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ hitamicchatā

The waters are declared to be the hosts of the gods, and the waters likewise the hosts of the fathers; therefore water should be given by him who desires the welfare of the fathers.

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NarP 1 14.91

दिवासूर्यांशुसंतत्पं रात्रौ नक्षत्रमारुतैः । मध्ययोरप्युभाभ्यां च पवित्रं सर्वदा जलम्

divāsūryāṃśusaṃtatpaṃ rātrau nakṣatramārutaiḥ / madhyayorapyubhābhyāṃ ca pavitraṃ sarvadā jalam

By day heated by the sun's rays, by night by the stars and the winds, and in the two middle (times) by both — water is at all times pure.

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NarP 1 14.92

स्वभावयुक्तमव्यक्तममेध्येन सदा शुचिः । भाण्डस्थं धरणीस्थं वा पवित्रं सर्वदा जलम्

svabhāvayuktamavyaktamamedhyena sadā śuciḥ / bhāṇḍasthaṃ dharaṇīsthaṃ vā pavitraṃ sarvadā jalam

Endowed with its own nature, unmanifest, always clean (even) through what is impure — whether standing in a vessel or standing on the ground, water is at all times pure.

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NarP 1 14.93

देवतानां पितॄणां च जलं दद्याज्जलाञ्जलीन् । असंस्कृतप्रमीतानां स्थले दद्याद्विचक्षणः

devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca jalaṃ dadyājjalāñjalīn / asaṃskṛtapramītānāṃ sthale dadyādvicakṣaṇaḥ

He should give water, handfuls of water, to the gods and to the fathers; but for those who have died without the (funeral) rites the discerning man should offer on dry ground.

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NarP 1 14.94

श्रद्धे हवनकाले च दद्यादेकेन पाणिना । उभाभ्यां तर्पणे दद्यादेष धर्मो व्यवस्थितः

śraddhe havanakāle ca dadyādekena pāṇinā / ubhābhyāṃ tarpaṇe dadyādeṣa dharmo vyavasthitaḥ

At the śrāddha and at the time of oblation he should offer with one hand; at the tarpaṇa he should offer with both — this is the established rule.

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