Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 25
NarP 1 25.1
सनक उवाच वर्णाश्रमाचारविधिं प्रवक्ष्यामि विशेषतः । शृणुष्व तन्मुनिश्रेष्ठ सावधानेन चेतसा
sanaka uvāca varṇāśramācāravidhiṃ pravakṣyāmi viśeṣataḥ / śṛṇuṣva tanmuniśreṣṭha sāvadhānena cetasā
Sanaka said: I shall declare in detail the rule of conduct for the classes and the stages of life; hear that, O best of sages, with an attentive mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.2
यः स्वधर्मं परित्यज्य परधर्मं समाचरेत् । पाषण्डः स हि विज्ञेयः सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतः
yaḥ svadharmaṃ parityajya paradharmaṃ samācaret / pāṣaṇḍaḥ sa hi vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ
He who, abandoning his own duty, practices the duty of another is to be known as a heretic, excluded from all religious duties.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.3
गर्भाधानादिसंस्काराः कार्या मन्त्रविधानतः । स्त्रीणाममन्त्रतः कार्या यथाकालं यथाविधि
garbhādhānādisaṃskārāḥ kāryā mantravidhānataḥ / strīṇāmamantrataḥ kāryā yathākālaṃ yathāvidhi
The rites beginning with the impregnation ceremony are to be performed with the prescribed mantras; for women they are to be performed without mantras, at the proper time and according to rule.
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NarP 1 25.4
सीमन्तकर्म प्रथमं चतुर्थे मासि शस्यते । षष्टे वा सत्पमे वापि अष्टमे वापि कारयेत्
sīmantakarma prathamaṃ caturthe māsi śasyate / ṣaṣṭe vā satpame vāpi aṣṭame vāpi kārayet
The parting-of-the-hair rite (sīmanta) is commended first in the fourth month; or one may have it done in the sixth, or the seventh, or even the eighth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.5
जाते पुत्रे पिता स्नात्वा सचैलं जातकर्म च । कुर्य्याच्च नान्दीश्राद्धं च स्वस्तिवाचनपूर्वकम्
jāte putre pitā snātvā sacailaṃ jātakarma ca / kuryyācca nāndīśrāddhaṃ ca svastivācanapūrvakam
When a son is born, the father, having bathed together with his garment, should perform the birth-rite and also the nāndī-śrāddha, preceded by the recitation of benedictions.
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NarP 1 25.6
हेम्ना वा रजतेनापि वृद्धिश्राद्धं प्रकल्पयेत् । अन्नेन कारयेद्यस्तु स चण्डाल समो भवेत्
hemnā vā rajatenāpi vṛddhiśrāddhaṃ prakalpayet / annena kārayedyastu sa caṇḍāla samo bhavet
He should arrange the vṛddhi-śrāddha with gold or with silver; but he who has it done with food becomes equal to a caṇḍāla.
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NarP 1 25.7
कृत्वाभ्युदयिकं श्राद्धं पिता पुत्रघस्य वाग्यतः । कुर्वीत नामनिर्द्देशं सूतकान्ते यथाविधि
kṛtvābhyudayikaṃ śrāddhaṃ pitā putraghasya vāgyataḥ / kurvīta nāmanirddeśaṃ sūtakānte yathāvidhi
Having performed the prosperity-śrāddha (ābhyudayika), the father of the son, restraining his speech, should carry out the assigning of the name at the end of the impurity period, according to rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.8
अस्पष्टमर्थहीनं च ह्यतिगुर्व क्षरान्वितम् । न दद्यान्नाम विप्रेन्द तथा च विषथमाक्षरम्
aspaṣṭamarthahīnaṃ ca hyatigurva kṣarānvitam / na dadyānnāma viprenda tathā ca viṣathamākṣaram
O best of brahmins, one should not give a name that is indistinct, devoid of meaning, or containing too heavy syllables, nor one whose syllables are harsh/inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 25.9
तृतीयवर्षे चौलं च पञ्चमे षष्टसंमिते । सत्पमे चाष्टमे वापि कुर्याद् गृह्योक्तमार्गतः
tṛtīyavarṣe caulaṃ ca pañcame ṣaṣṭasaṃmite / satpame cāṣṭame vāpi kuryād gṛhyoktamārgataḥ
The tonsure (caula) should be done in the third year, or in the fifth, or when the sixth is completed, or in the seventh or eighth, according to the manner stated in the Gṛhya (texts).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.10
दैवयोगादतिक्रान्ते गर्भाधानादिकर्मणि । कर्तव्यः पादकृच्छ्रो वै चौले त्वर्द्धं प्रकल्पयेत्
daivayogādatikrānte garbhādhānādikarmaṇi / kartavyaḥ pādakṛcchro vai caule tvarddhaṃ prakalpayet
If through fate's conjunction the rite of impregnation and the rest has been passed over, a quarter-penance (pādakṛcchra) must indeed be performed; but in the case of the tonsure one should assign half (a penance).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.11
गर्भाष्टमे ऽष्टमे वाब्दे बटुकस्योपनायनम् । आषोडशाब्दपर्यन्तं गौणं कालमुशन्ति च
garbhāṣṭame 'ṣṭame vābde baṭukasyopanāyanam / āṣoḍaśābdaparyantaṃ gauṇaṃ kālamuśanti ca
The initiation of a young brahmin (baṭuka) is in the eighth year from conception or in the eighth year (of age); and they hold the secondary period to extend up to the sixteenth year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.12
गर्भैकादशमे ऽब्दे तु राजन्यस्योपनायनम् । आद्वाविंशाब्दपर्यन्तं कालमाहुर्विपश्चितः
garbhaikādaśame 'bde tu rājanyasyopanāyanam / ādvāviṃśābdaparyantaṃ kālamāhurvipaścitaḥ
But the initiation of the kṣatriya is in the eleventh year from conception; the learned declare the (permissible) time to extend up to the twenty-second year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.13
वैश्वोपनयनं प्रोक्तं गर्भाद्द्वादशमे तथा । चतुर्विंशाब्दपर्यन्तं गौणमाहुर्मनीषिणः
vaiśvopanayanaṃ proktaṃ garbhāddvādaśame tathā / caturviṃśābdaparyantaṃ gauṇamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
The initiation of the vaiśya is likewise declared to be in the twelfth year from conception; the wise call the period up to the twenty-fourth year the secondary one.
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NarP 1 25.14
एतत्कालावधेर्यस्य द्विजस्यातिक्रमो भवेत् । सावित्रीपतितं विद्यात्तं तु नैवालपेत्कदा
etatkālāvadheryasya dvijasyātikramo bhavet / sāvitrīpatitaṃ vidyāttaṃ tu naivālapetkadā
For whatever twice-born man there is a transgression of this limit of time, one should know him as fallen from the Sāvitrī, and should never converse with him.
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NarP 1 25.15
द्विजोपनयने विप्र मुख्यकालव्यतिक्रमे । द्वादशाब्दं चरेत्कृच्छ्रं पश्चाज्चान्द्रायणं तथा । सांतपनद्वयं चैव कृत्वा कर्म समाचरेत्
dvijopanayane vipra mukhyakālavyatikrame / dvādaśābdaṃ caretkṛcchraṃ paścājcāndrāyaṇaṃ tathā / sāṃtapanadvayaṃ caiva kṛtvā karma samācaret
O brahmin, in the initiation of a twice-born, when the primary time has been overstepped, one should practice the kṛcchra penance for twelve years, and afterwards the cāndrāyaṇa, and also the two sāṃtapanas; having done (these) he may perform the rite.
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NarP 1 25.16
अन्यथआ पतितं विद्यात्कर्त्तापि ब्रह्महा भवेत् । र्मौञ्जी विप्रस्य विज्ञेया धनुर्ज्या क्षत्त्रियस्य तु
anyathaā patitaṃ vidyātkarttāpi brahmahā bhavet / rmauñjī viprasya vijñeyā dhanurjyā kṣattriyasya tu
Otherwise one should know (him) as fallen, and the performer too becomes a slayer of a brahmin. The girdle of muñja grass is to be known for the brahmin, but a bowstring for the kṣatriya.
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NarP 1 25.17
आवी वैश्यस्य विज्ञेया श्रूयतामजिने तथा । विप्रस्य चोक्तमैणेयं रौरवं क्षत्रियस्य तु
āvī vaiśyasya vijñeyā śrūyatāmajine tathā / viprasya coktamaiṇeyaṃ rauravaṃ kṣatriyasya tu
For the vaiśya it is to be known as of wool; now hear likewise about the skins: for the brahmin the black-antelope skin is prescribed, and for the kṣatriya that of the ruru deer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.18
आजं वेश्यस्य विज्ञेयं दण्डान्वक्ष्ये यथाक्रमम् । पालाशं ब्राह्मणस्योक्तं नृपस्यौदुम्बरं तथा
ājaṃ veśyasya vijñeyaṃ daṇḍānvakṣye yathākramam / pālāśaṃ brāhmaṇasyoktaṃ nṛpasyaudumbaraṃ tathā
For the vaiśya it is to be known as goat's (skin). I shall declare the staffs in order: for the brahmin the palāśa is prescribed, and for the king the udumbara.
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NarP 1 25.19
बैल्वं वैश्यस्य विज्ञेय तत्प्रमाणं शृणुष्व मे । विप्रस्य केशमानं स्यादाललाटं नृपस्य च
bailvaṃ vaiśyasya vijñeya tatpramāṇaṃ śṛṇuṣva me / viprasya keśamānaṃ syādālalāṭaṃ nṛpasya ca
For the vaiśya it is to be known as of bilva wood. Hear from me their measure: for the brahmin it should reach the hair, and for the king up to the forehead.
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NarP 1 25.20
नासाग्रसंमितं दण्डं वैश्यस्याहुर्विपश्चितः । तथा वासांसि वक्षघ्यामि विप्रादीनां यथाक्रमम्
nāsāgrasaṃmitaṃ daṇḍaṃ vaiśyasyāhurvipaścitaḥ / tathā vāsāṃsi vakṣaghyāmi viprādīnāṃ yathākramam
The learned say the staff of the vaiśya measures up to the tip of the nose; likewise I shall speak of the garments of the brahmin and the rest in order.
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NarP 1 25.21
कषायं चैव माञ्जिष्टं हारिद्रं च प्रकीर्तितम् । उपनीतो द्विजो विप्र परिचर्यापरो गुरोः
kaṣāyaṃ caiva māñjiṣṭaṃ hāridraṃ ca prakīrtitam / upanīto dvijo vipra paricaryāparo guroḥ
The reddish-brown (kaṣāya), the madder-red, and the turmeric-yellow are declared. O brahmin, the twice-born who has been initiated should be devoted to the service of his teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.22
वेदग्रहणपर्यन्तं निवसेद्गुरुवेश्मनि । प्रातः स्नायी भवेद्वर्णी समित्कुशफलादिकान्
vedagrahaṇaparyantaṃ nivasedguruveśmani / prātaḥ snāyī bhavedvarṇī samitkuśaphalādikān
He should dwell in the guru's house until the acquisition of the Veda; the student should be one who bathes at dawn, and firewood, kuśa grass, fruits and the like
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NarP 1 25.23
गुर्वर्थमाहरेन्नित्यं कल्ये कल्ये मुनीश्वर । यज्ञोपवीतमजिनं दण्डं च मुनिसत्तम
gurvarthamāharennityaṃ kalye kalye munīśvara / yajñopavītamajinaṃ daṇḍaṃ ca munisattama
he should fetch daily for the guru's sake, morning after morning, O lord of sages. The sacred thread, the (antelope) skin and the staff, O best of sages —
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NarP 1 25.24
नष्टे भ्रष्टे नवं मन्त्राद्धृत्वा भ्रष्टं जले क्षिपेत् । वर्णिनो वर्त्तनं प्राहुर्भिक्षान्नेनैव केवलम्
naṣṭe bhraṣṭe navaṃ mantrāddhṛtvā bhraṣṭaṃ jale kṣipet / varṇino varttanaṃ prāhurbhikṣānnenaiva kevalam
when (they are) lost or spoiled, having taken up a new one with a mantra, he should cast the spoiled one into water. They say the student's livelihood is by alms-food alone.
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NarP 1 25.25
भिक्षा च श्रोत्रियागारादाहरेत्प्रयतेन्द्रियः । भवत्पूर्वं ब्राह्मणस्य भवन्मध्यं नृपस्य च
bhikṣā ca śrotriyāgārādāharetprayatendriyaḥ / bhavatpūrvaṃ brāhmaṇasya bhavanmadhyaṃ nṛpasya ca
And with restrained senses he should fetch alms from the house of a śrotriya: with "bhavat" first for a brahmin, with "bhavat" in the middle for a kṣatriya,
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NarP 1 25.26
भवदत्यं विशः प्रोक्तं भिक्षाहरणकं वचः । सांयप्रातर्वह्निकार्यं यथाचारं जितेन्द्रियः
bhavadatyaṃ viśaḥ proktaṃ bhikṣāharaṇakaṃ vacaḥ / sāṃyaprātarvahnikāryaṃ yathācāraṃ jitendriyaḥ
and with "bhavat" at the end is the alms-fetching formula declared for a vaiśya. Evening and morning the fire-rite (is to be done) according to custom, with senses conquered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.27
कुर्यात्प्रतिदिनं वर्णीं ब्रह्मयज्ञं च तर्पणम् । अग्निकार्यपरित्यागी पतितः प्रोच्यते बुधैः
kuryātpratidinaṃ varṇīṃ brahmayajñaṃ ca tarpaṇam / agnikāryaparityāgī patitaḥ procyate budhaiḥ
The student should perform daily the brahma-sacrifice (recitation) and the water-libation; one who abandons the fire-rite is called fallen by the wise.
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NarP 1 25.28
ब्रह्मयज्ञविहीनश्च ब्रह्महा परिकीर्तितः । देवताभ्यर्च्चनं कुर्याच्छुश्रूषानुपदं गुरोः
brahmayajñavihīnaśca brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ / devatābhyarccanaṃ kuryācchuśrūṣānupadaṃ guroḥ
And one who neglects the brahma-sacrifice is declared a slayer of brahman. He should perform worship of the deities, and immediately after that service of the guru.
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NarP 1 25.29
भिक्षान्नं भोजयेन्नित्यं नैकान्नाशी कदाचन । आनीयानिन्द्यविप्राणां गृहाद्भिक्षां जितेन्द्रियः
bhikṣānnaṃ bhojayennityaṃ naikānnāśī kadācana / ānīyānindyaviprāṇāṃ gṛhādbhikṣāṃ jitendriyaḥ
He should always eat alms-food; never one who eats the food of a single house. Having brought alms, with senses conquered, from the houses of unblameworthy brahmins,
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NarP 1 25.30
निवेद्य गुरवे ऽश्रीयाद्वाग्यतस्तदनुघज्ञया । मधुस्त्रीमांसलवणं ताम्बूलं दन्तधावनम्
nivedya gurave 'śrīyādvāgyatastadanughajñayā / madhustrīmāṃsalavaṇaṃ tāmbūlaṃ dantadhāvanam
having presented it to the guru, he should eat it in silence with his permission. Honey, women, meat, salt, betel, tooth-cleaning,
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NarP 1 25.31
उच्छिष्टभोजनं चैव दिवास्वापं च वर्जयेत् । छात्रघपादुक गन्धांश्च तथा माल्यानुलेपनम्
ucchiṣṭabhojanaṃ caiva divāsvāpaṃ ca varjayet / chātraghapāduka gandhāṃśca tathā mālyānulepanam
eating leftovers, and sleeping by day he should avoid; and umbrella, sandals, perfumes, and likewise garlands and unguents,
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NarP 1 25.32
जलकेलिं नृत्यगीतवाद्यं तु परिवर्जयेत् । परिवादं चोपतापं विप्रलापं तथाञ्जनम्
jalakeliṃ nṛtyagītavādyaṃ tu parivarjayet / parivādaṃ copatāpaṃ vipralāpaṃ tathāñjanam
water-play, dancing, singing and instrumental music he should shun; and slander, causing distress, idle chatter, and eye-salve,
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NarP 1 25.33
पाषण्ड जनसंयोगं शूद्रसंगं च वर्जयेत् । अभिवादनशीलः स्याद् वृद्धेषु च यथाक्रमम्
pāṣaṇḍa janasaṃyogaṃ śūdrasaṃgaṃ ca varjayet / abhivādanaśīlaḥ syād vṛddheṣu ca yathākramam
association with heretics and company with śūdras he should avoid. He should be in the habit of respectful greeting toward elders, in due order.
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NarP 1 25.34
ज्ञानवृद्धास्तपोवृद्धा वयोवृद्धा इति त्रयः । आध्यात्मिका दिदुःखानि निवारयति यो गुरुः
jñānavṛddhāstapovṛddhā vayovṛddhā iti trayaḥ / ādhyātmikā diduḥkhāni nivārayati yo guruḥ
Elders in knowledge, elders in austerity, elders in years — these three; and the guru who wards off the sufferings beginning with those of the self (ādhyātmika),
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NarP 1 25.35
वेदशास्त्रोपदेशेन तं पूर्वमभिवादयेत् । असावहमिति ब्रूयाद्दिजो वै ह्यभिवादने
vedaśāstropadeśena taṃ pūrvamabhivādayet / asāvahamiti brūyāddijo vai hyabhivādane
by his teaching of the Veda and the śāstras — him he should greet first; and in greeting the twice-born should say, "I am so-and-so."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.36
नाभिवाद्याश्च विप्रेण क्षघत्रियाद्याः कथञ्चन । नास्तिकं भिन्नमर्यादं कृतन्घं ग्रामयाजकम्
nābhivādyāśca vipreṇa kṣaghatriyādyāḥ kathañcana / nāstikaṃ bhinnamaryādaṃ kṛtanghaṃ grāmayājakam
And kṣatriyas and the rest are on no account to be greeted by a brahmin. An unbeliever, one who has broken the bounds (of conduct), an ingrate, a village-priest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.37
स्तेनं च कितवं चैव कदाचिन्नाभिवादयेत् । पाषण्डं पतितं व्रात्यं तथा नक्षघत्रजीविनम्
stenaṃ ca kitavaṃ caiva kadācinnābhivādayet / pāṣaṇḍaṃ patitaṃ vrātyaṃ tathā nakṣaghatrajīvinam
a thief and a gambler he should never greet; nor a heretic, one fallen, an uninitiated outcast (vrātya), and likewise one who lives by (reading) the constellations,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.38
तथा पातकिनं चैव कदाचिन्नाभिवादयेत् । उन्मत्तं च शठं धूर्त्तं धावन्तमशुचिं तथा
tathā pātakinaṃ caiva kadācinnābhivādayet / unmattaṃ ca śaṭhaṃ dhūrttaṃ dhāvantamaśuciṃ tathā
and likewise a great sinner he should never greet; nor a madman, a cheat, a rogue, one who is running, and one who is impure,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.39
अभ्यक्तशिरसं चैव जपन्तं नाभिवादयेत् । विवादशीलिनं चञ्जं वमन्तं जलमध्यगम्
abhyaktaśirasaṃ caiva japantaṃ nābhivādayet / vivādaśīlinaṃ cañjaṃ vamantaṃ jalamadhyagam
and one whose head is anointed (with oil), or one reciting silently, he should not greet; nor a quarrelsome man, one who is vomiting, one standing in the middle of water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 25.40
भिक्षान्नधारिणं चैव शयानं नाभिवादयेत् । भर्तृन्घीं पुष्पिणीं जारां सूतिकां गर्भपातिनीम्
bhikṣānnadhāriṇaṃ caiva śayānaṃ nābhivādayet / bhartṛnghīṃ puṣpiṇīṃ jārāṃ sūtikāṃ garbhapātinīm
and one carrying alms-food, or one lying down, he should not greet; nor a woman who has killed her husband, one in her menses, an adulteress, one recently delivered, one who has aborted a child,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.41
कृतन्घीं च तथा चण्डीं कदाचिन्नाभिवादयेत् । सभायां यज्ञशालायां देवतायतनेष्वपि
kṛtanghīṃ ca tathā caṇḍīṃ kadācinnābhivādayet / sabhāyāṃ yajñaśālāyāṃ devatāyataneṣvapi
and likewise an ungrateful woman or a violent-tempered one he should never greet. In an assembly, in a sacrificial hall, and in temples too,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.42
प्रत्येकं तु नमस्कारो हॄन्ति पुण्यं पुराकृतम् । श्राद्धं व्रतं तथा दानं देवताभ्यार्चनं तथा
pratyekaṃ tu namaskāro hṝnti puṇyaṃ purākṛtam / śrāddhaṃ vrataṃ tathā dānaṃ devatābhyārcanaṃ tathā
Each single salutation (to such persons) carries off the merit earned before; likewise the śrāddha, the vow, the gift, and the worship of the deities—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 25.43
यज्ञं च तर्पणं चैव कुर्वन्तं नाभिवादयेत् । कृते ऽभिवादने यस्तु न कुर्या त्प्रतिवादनम्
yajñaṃ ca tarpaṇaṃ caiva kurvantaṃ nābhivādayet / kṛte 'bhivādane yastu na kuryā tprativādanam
and one should not salute a man while he is performing a sacrifice or the water-libation (tarpaṇa). And he who, when a salutation has been made, does not make a return-greeting—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.44
नाभिवाद्यः स विज्ञेयो यया शूद्रस्तथैव सः । प्रक्षाल्य पादावाचम्य गुरोरभिमुखः सदा
nābhivādyaḥ sa vijñeyo yayā śūdrastathaiva saḥ / prakṣālya pādāvācamya gurorabhimukhaḥ sadā
he is to be known as one not to be saluted, for he is just like a śūdra. Having washed his feet and sipped water, always facing the teacher,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 25.45
तस्य पादौ च संगृह्य अधीयीत विचक्षणः । अष्टकासु चतुर्दश्यां प्रतिपत्पर्वणोस्तथा
tasya pādau ca saṃgṛhya adhīyīta vicakṣaṇaḥ / aṣṭakāsu caturdaśyāṃ pratipatparvaṇostathā
and having clasped his feet, let the discerning man study. On the aṣṭakās, on the fourteenth, on the first day, and at the two junctures (of the fortnights),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.46
महाभरण्यां विप्रेद्रं श्रवणद्वादशीदिने । भाद्रपदापरपक्षे द्वितीयायां तथैव च
mahābharaṇyāṃ vipredraṃ śravaṇadvādaśīdine / bhādrapadāparapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ tathaiva ca
on the Great Bharaṇī, O best of brahmins, on the day of the Śravaṇa twelfth, and in the dark fortnight of Bhādrapada on the second likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.47
माघस्य शुक्लसत्पम्यां नवम्यामाश्रिनस्य च । परिवेषं गते सूर्ये श्रोत्रिये गृहमागते
māghasya śuklasatpamyāṃ navamyāmāśrinasya ca / pariveṣaṃ gate sūrye śrotriye gṛhamāgate
on the bright seventh of Māgha and on the ninth of Āśvina; when the sun has gone into a halo, when a Vedic scholar has come to the house,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.48
बन्धिते ब्रह्मणे चैव प्रवृद्धकलहे तथा । संध्यायां गर्जिते मेघे ह्यकाले परिवर्षणे
bandhite brahmaṇe caiva pravṛddhakalahe tathā / saṃdhyāyāṃ garjite meghe hyakāle parivarṣaṇe
and when a brahmin has been bound, and when a quarrel has broken out, at twilight, when a cloud has thundered, when there is rain out of season,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.49
उल्काशनिप्रपाते च तथा विप्रे ऽवमानिते । मन्वादिषु च देवर्षे युगादिषु चतुर्ष्वपि
ulkāśaniprapāte ca tathā vipre 'vamānite / manvādiṣu ca devarṣe yugādiṣu caturṣvapi
and when a meteor or a thunderbolt has fallen, and likewise when a brahmin has been insulted; and on the Manu-beginnings, O divine sage, and on the four Yuga-beginnings too—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.50
नाधीयीत द्विजः कश्चित्सर्वकर्मफलोत्सुकः । तृतीया प्राधवे शुक्ला भाद्रे कृष्णा त्रघयोदशी
nādhīyīta dvijaḥ kaścitsarvakarmaphalotsukaḥ / tṛtīyā prādhave śuklā bhādre kṛṣṇā traghayodaśī
on these no twice-born man eager for the fruit of all rites should study. The bright third in Mādhava (Vaiśākha), the dark thirteenth in Bhādra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 25.51
कार्त्तिके नवमी शुद्धा माघे पञ्चदशी तिथिः । एता युगाद्याः कथिता दत्तस्याक्षयकारिकाः
kārttike navamī śuddhā māghe pañcadaśī tithiḥ / etā yugādyāḥ kathitā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ
the pure (bright) ninth in Kārttika, the fifteenth lunar day in Māgha—these are declared to be the Yuga-beginnings, which make what is given imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.52
मन्वादींश्च प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व सुसमाहितः । अक्षयुक्छुक्लनवमी कार्तिके द्वादशी सिता
manvādīṃśca pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ / akṣayukchuklanavamī kārtike dvādaśī sitā
And I shall declare the Manu-beginnings; listen with full attention. The bright ninth of Āśvayuja, the bright twelfth in Kārttika,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.53
तृतीया चैघत्रमासस्य तथा भाद्रपदस्य च । आषाढशुक्लदशमी सिता माघस्य सत्पमी
tṛtīyā caighatramāsasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca / āṣāḍhaśukladaśamī sitā māghasya satpamī
the third of the month of Caitra and likewise of Bhādrapada, the bright tenth of Āṣāḍha, the bright seventh of Māgha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.54
श्रावणस्याष्टमी कृष्णा तथाषाढी च पूर्णमा । फआल्गुनस्य त्वमावास्या पौषस्यैकादशी सिता
śrāvaṇasyāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhī ca pūrṇamā / phaālgunasya tvamāvāsyā pauṣasyaikādaśī sitā
the dark eighth of Śrāvaṇa and the full moon of Āṣāḍha, the new-moon day of Phālguna, the bright eleventh of Pauṣa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.55
कार्तिकी फआल्गुनी चैघत्रीं ज्यैष्ठी पञ्चदशी सिता । मन्वादयः समाख्याता दत्तस्याक्षयकारिकाः
kārtikī phaālgunī caighatrīṃ jyaiṣṭhī pañcadaśī sitā / manvādayaḥ samākhyātā dattasyākṣayakārikāḥ
the full moons of Kārttika, Phālguna, Caitra and Jyeṣṭha, the bright fifteenth—these are declared the Manu-beginnings, which make what is given imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.56
द्विजैः श्रद्धं चकर्त्तव्यं मन्वादिषु युगादिषु । श्राद्धे निमन्त्रिते चैवग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः
dvijaiḥ śraddhaṃ cakarttavyaṃ manvādiṣu yugādiṣu / śrāddhe nimantrite caivagrahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ
A śrāddha is to be performed by the twice-born on the Manu-beginnings and the Yuga-beginnings. (One should not study) when invited to a śrāddha, and at an eclipse of the moon or the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.57
अयनद्वितये चैव तथा भूकंपने मुने । गलग्रहे दुर्द्दिने च नाधीयीत कदाचना
ayanadvitaye caiva tathā bhūkaṃpane mune / galagrahe durddine ca nādhīyīta kadācanā
and at the two solstices, and likewise during an earthquake, O sage, at a galagraha and on a foul day—one should never study.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.58
एवमादिषु सर्वेषु अनध्यायेषु नारद । अधीयतां सुमूढानांप्रजांप्रज्ञांयशः श्रियम्
evamādiṣu sarveṣu anadhyāyeṣu nārada / adhīyatāṃ sumūḍhānāṃprajāṃprajñāṃyaśaḥ śriyam
In all these and the like, in the non-study times, O Nārada, of those utterly foolish men who do study, Yama himself cuts off offspring, wisdom, fame, prosperity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.59
आयुष्यं बलमारोग्यं निकृन्तति यमः स्वयम् । अनध्याये तु यो ऽधीते तं विद्याद्व्रह्मघातकम्
āyuṣyaṃ balamārogyaṃ nikṛntati yamaḥ svayam / anadhyāye tu yo 'dhīte taṃ vidyādvrahmaghātakam
long life, strength and health. And him who studies at a non-study time one should know to be a slayer of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.60
न तं संभाषयेद्विप्रन तेन सह संवसेत् । कुण्डगोलकयोः केचिज्जडादीनां च नारद
na taṃ saṃbhāṣayedviprana tena saha saṃvaset / kuṇḍagolakayoḥ kecijjaḍādīnāṃ ca nārada
A brahmin should not converse with him, nor should he dwell together with him. Some, O Nārada, (speak) of the kuṇḍa and the golaka and of the dull-witted and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 25.61
वदन्ति चोपनयनं तत्पुत्रादिषु केचन । अनधीत्य तु यो वेदमन्यत्र कुरुते श्रमम्
vadanti copanayanaṃ tatputrādiṣu kecana / anadhītya tu yo vedamanyatra kurute śramam
and some declare the investiture with the sacred thread for their sons and the rest. But he who, without having studied the Veda, expends his effort elsewhere,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.62
शूद्रतुल्यः स विज्ञेयो नरकस्य प्रियो ऽतिथिः । अनधीतश्रुतिर्विप्र आचार प्रतिपद्यते
śūdratulyaḥ sa vijñeyo narakasya priyo 'tithiḥ / anadhītaśrutirvipra ācāra pratipadyate
He is to be known as equal to a śūdra, a welcome guest of hell. A brahmin who has not studied the Veda (yet) undertakes the (prescribed) observances,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 25.63
नाचारफलमान्पोति यथा शूद्रस्तथैव सः । नित्यं नैमित्तिकं काम्यं यच्चान्यत्कर्म वैदिकम्
nācāraphalamānpoti yathā śūdrastathaiva saḥ / nityaṃ naimittikaṃ kāmyaṃ yaccānyatkarma vaidikam
(but) he does not obtain the fruit of the observance: as a śūdra (does not), just so does he. The daily, the occasional, the optional, and whatever other Vedic rite there is —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition