Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 26
NarP 1 26.1
सनक उवाच वेदग्रहणपर्यन्तं शुश्रूषानियतो गुरोः । अनुज्ञातस्ततस्तेन कुर्यादग्निपरिग्रहम्
sanaka uvāca vedagrahaṇaparyantaṃ śuśrūṣāniyato guroḥ / anujñātastatastena kuryādagniparigraham
Sanaka said: Until the Veda has been mastered, (he should remain) bound to the service of the teacher; then, permitted by him, he should undertake the taking up of the (household) fires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.2
वेदाश्च धर्मशास्त्राणि वेदाङ्गान्यपि च द्विजः । अधीत्य गुरवे दत्त्वा दक्षिणां संविशेद्वृहम्
vedāśca dharmaśāstrāṇi vedāṅgānyapi ca dvijaḥ / adhītya gurave dattvā dakṣiṇāṃ saṃviśedvṛham
And when the twice-born has studied the Vedas, the dharma treatises, and also the Vedic auxiliaries, and has given the teacher his fee, he should take a wife.
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NarP 1 26.3
रुपलावण्यसंपन्नां सगुणां सुकुलोद्भवाम् । द्विजः समुद्वहेत्कन्यां सुशीलां धर्म चारिणीम्
rupalāvaṇyasaṃpannāṃ saguṇāṃ sukulodbhavām / dvijaḥ samudvahetkanyāṃ suśīlāṃ dharma cāriṇīm
The twice-born should marry a girl endowed with beauty and loveliness, possessed of good qualities, born of a good family, of good character, and practising dharma.
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NarP 1 26.4
मातृतः पञ्चमीं धीमान्पिततः सत्पमीं तथा । द्विजः समुद्वहेत्कन्यथा गुरुतल्पराः
mātṛtaḥ pañcamīṃ dhīmānpitataḥ satpamīṃ tathā / dvijaḥ samudvahetkanyathā gurutalparāḥ
The wise twice-born should marry a girl who is the fifth (in descent) on the mother's side and the seventh on the father's side... (those who are) defilers of the teacher's bed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 26.5
रोगिणीं चैव वृत्ताक्षीं सरोगकुलसंभवाम् । अतिकेशामकेशामकेशां च वाचालां नोद्वहेद्वुधः
rogiṇīṃ caiva vṛttākṣīṃ sarogakulasaṃbhavām / atikeśāmakeśāmakeśāṃ ca vācālāṃ nodvahedvudhaḥ
The wise man should not marry a sickly girl, one with round eyes, one born in a family with disease, one with excessive hair or no hair, or one who is talkative.
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NarP 1 26.6
कोपानां वामनां चैव दीर्घदेहां विरुपिणीम् । न्यानाधिकाङ्गीमुन्मत्तां पिशुनां नोद्वहेद् बुधः
kopānāṃ vāmanāṃ caiva dīrghadehāṃ virupiṇīm / nyānādhikāṅgīmunmattāṃ piśunāṃ nodvahed budhaḥ
The wise man should not marry an irascible girl, a dwarfish one, one with a long body, one deformed, one with a deficient or extra limb, a mad one, or a malicious one.
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NarP 1 26.7
स्थूलगुल्फआं दीर्घजङ्घां तथैव पुरुषाकृतिम् । श्मश्रुव्यञ्जनसंयुक्तां कुब्जां चैवाद्वहेन्न च
sthūlagulphaāṃ dīrghajaṅghāṃ tathaiva puruṣākṛtim / śmaśruvyañjanasaṃyuktāṃ kubjāṃ caivādvahenna ca
Nor should he marry one with thick ankles, one with long shanks, one of masculine form, one furnished with a beard or (facial) marks, or a hunchbacked one.
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NarP 1 26.8
वृथाहास्यमुखीं चैव सदान्यगृह वासिनीम् । विवादशीलां भ्रमितां निष्ठुरां नोद्वहेद्रुधः
vṛthāhāsyamukhīṃ caiva sadānyagṛha vāsinīm / vivādaśīlāṃ bhramitāṃ niṣṭhurāṃ nodvahedrudhaḥ
And the wise man should not marry one whose face laughs without cause, one always dwelling in another's house, one given to quarrelling, one who wanders about, or a harsh one.
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NarP 1 26.9
बह्वशिनीं स्थीलदन्तां स्थूलोष्ठीं घुर्घुरस्वनाम् । अतिकृष्णां रक्तवर्णां धूर्तां नैवोद्वहे द्वुधः
bahvaśinīṃ sthīladantāṃ sthūloṣṭhīṃ ghurghurasvanām / atikṛṣṇāṃ raktavarṇāṃ dhūrtāṃ naivodvahe dvudhaḥ
The wise man should certainly not marry one who eats much, one with big teeth, one with thick lips, one whose voice rattles, one excessively dark, one red in colour, or a cunning one.
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NarP 1 26.10
सदा रोदनशीलां च पाण्डुराभां च कुत्सिताम् । तासश्वासादिसंयुक्तां निद्राशीलां च नोद्वहेत्
sadā rodanaśīlāṃ ca pāṇḍurābhāṃ ca kutsitām / tāsaśvāsādisaṃyuktāṃ nidrāśīlāṃ ca nodvahet
He should not marry one always given to weeping, one of pale hue, one who is despised, one afflicted with coughing, wheezing and the like, or one given to sleep.
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NarP 1 26.11
अनर्थभाषिणीं चैव लोकद्वेष परायणाम् । परापवादनिरतां तस्कारां नोद्वहेद्वुधः
anarthabhāṣiṇīṃ caiva lokadveṣa parāyaṇām / parāpavādaniratāṃ taskārāṃ nodvahedvudhaḥ
And the wise man should not marry one who speaks to no purpose, one intent on hating people, one delighting in slandering others, or a thievish one.
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NarP 1 26.12
दीर्घनासां च कितवां तनूरुहविभूषिगताम् । गर्वितां बकवृत्तिं च सर्वथा नोद्वहेद्वुधः
dīrghanāsāṃ ca kitavāṃ tanūruhavibhūṣigatām / garvitāṃ bakavṛttiṃ ca sarvathā nodvahedvudhaḥ
And the wise man should in no way marry one with a long nose, a deceitful one, one adorned with (excessive) body hair, a proud one, or one of crane-like habits (i.e. hypocritical).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 26.13
बालभावादविज्ञातस्वभावामुद्वहेद्यदि । प्रगल्भां वागुणां ज्ञात्वा सर्वथा तां परित्यजेत्
bālabhāvādavijñātasvabhāvāmudvahedyadi / pragalbhāṃ vāguṇāṃ jñātvā sarvathā tāṃ parityajet
If he should marry one whose nature is unknown because of her childhood, then, on learning that she is forward or without good qualities, he should abandon her altogether.
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NarP 1 26.14
भर्त्तृपुत्रेषु या नारी सर्वदा निष्ठुरा भवेत् । परानुकूलिनी या च सर्वथा तां परित्यजेत्
bharttṛputreṣu yā nārī sarvadā niṣṭhurā bhavet / parānukūlinī yā ca sarvathā tāṃ parityajet
A woman who is always harsh toward her husband and sons, and one who is compliant toward other (men) — he should abandon her altogether.
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NarP 1 26.15
विवाहाश्चाष्टधा ज्ञेया ब्राह्माद्या मुनिसत्तम । पूर्वः पूर्वो वरो ज्ञेयः पूर्वाभावे परः परः
vivāhāścāṣṭadhā jñeyā brāhmādyā munisattama / pūrvaḥ pūrvo varo jñeyaḥ pūrvābhāve paraḥ paraḥ
Marriages are to be known as eightfold, beginning with the brāhma, O best of sages. Each earlier one is to be known as preferable; in the absence of the earlier, each later one (is to be used).
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NarP 1 26.16
ब्राह्नो दैवस्तथैवार्षः प्राजापत्यस्तथासुरः । गान्धर्वो राक्षसश्चैव पैशाचश्चाष्टमो मतः
brāhno daivastathaivārṣaḥ prājāpatyastathāsuraḥ / gāndharvo rākṣasaścaiva paiśācaścāṣṭamo mataḥ
The brāhma, the daiva, likewise the ārṣa, the prājāpatya, then the āsura, the gāndharva, the rākṣasa, and the paiśāca is held to be the eighth.
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NarP 1 26.17
ब्राह्मेण च विवाहेन वैवाह्यो वै द्विजोत्तमः । दैवेनाप्यथवा विप्र केचिदार्षं प्रचक्षते
brāhmeṇa ca vivāhena vaivāhyo vai dvijottamaḥ / daivenāpyathavā vipra kecidārṣaṃ pracakṣate
The best of the twice-born is indeed to be married by the brāhma marriage, or else by the daiva, O brahmin; and some declare the ārṣa (also allowable).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.18
प्राजापत्यादयो विप्र विवाहाः पञ्चज गर्हिताः । अभावेषु तु पूर्वेषां कुर्यादेव परान्बुधः
prājāpatyādayo vipra vivāhāḥ pañcaja garhitāḥ / abhāveṣu tu pūrveṣāṃ kuryādeva parānbudhaḥ
The five marriages beginning with the prājāpatya, O brahmin, are censured; but in the absence of the earlier ones the wise man may indeed use the later ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.19
यज्ञोपवीतद्वितयं सोत्तरीयं च धारयेत् । सुवर्णकुण्डले चैव धौतवस्त्रद्वयं तथा
yajñopavītadvitayaṃ sottarīyaṃ ca dhārayet / suvarṇakuṇḍale caiva dhautavastradvayaṃ tathā
He should wear a pair of sacred threads together with an upper garment, and golden earrings, and likewise two washed garments.
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NarP 1 26.20
अनुलेपनलित्पाङ्गः कृत्तकेशनखः शुचिः । धारयेद्वैणवं दण्डं सोदकं च कमण्डलुम्
anulepanalitpāṅgaḥ kṛttakeśanakhaḥ śuciḥ / dhārayedvaiṇavaṃ daṇḍaṃ sodakaṃ ca kamaṇḍalum
With ointment applied and his limbs anointed, with hair and nails trimmed, pure, he should carry a bamboo staff and a water-pot filled with water.
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NarP 1 26.21
उष्णीषममलं छत्रं पादुके चाप्युपानहौ । धारयेत्पुष्पमाल्ये च सुगन्धं प्रियदर्शनः
uṣṇīṣamamalaṃ chatraṃ pāduke cāpyupānahau / dhārayetpuṣpamālye ca sugandhaṃ priyadarśanaḥ
He should carry a turban, a clean parasol, wooden sandals and also leather shoes, and flower garlands and fragrance, being pleasant to look at.
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NarP 1 26.22
नित्यं स्वाध्यायशीलः स्याद्यथाचारं समाचरेत् । परान्नं नैव भुञ्जीत परवादं च वर्जयेत्
nityaṃ svādhyāyaśīlaḥ syādyathācāraṃ samācaret / parānnaṃ naiva bhuñjīta paravādaṃ ca varjayet
He should be constantly devoted to the recitation of the Veda; he should conduct himself according to (right) custom; he should not eat another's food, and he should avoid speaking ill of others.
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NarP 1 26.23
पादेन नाक्रमेत्पादमुच्छिष्टं नैव लङ्घयेत् । न संहताभ्यां हस्ताभ्यां कण्डूयेदात्मनः शिरः
pādena nākrametpādamucchiṣṭaṃ naiva laṅghayet / na saṃhatābhyāṃ hastābhyāṃ kaṇḍūyedātmanaḥ śiraḥ
He should not tread on a foot with his foot, and he should not step over what is left over (from a meal); nor should he scratch his own head with both hands joined together.
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NarP 1 26.24
पूज्यं देवालयं चैव नापसव्यं व्रजेद्दिजः । देवार्चाचमनस्नानव्रतश्राद्धक्रियादिषु
pūjyaṃ devālayaṃ caiva nāpasavyaṃ vrajeddijaḥ / devārcācamanasnānavrataśrāddhakriyādiṣu
A twice-born should not pass a venerable person or a temple keeping them on his left — (nor) in worship of the gods, sipping of water, bathing, vows, śrāddha rites and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 26.25
न भवेन्मुक्तकेशश्च नैकवस्त्रधरस्तथा । नारोहेदुष्ट्रयानं च शुष्कवादं च वर्जयेत्
na bhavenmuktakeśaśca naikavastradharastathā / nāroheduṣṭrayānaṃ ca śuṣkavādaṃ ca varjayet
He should not be with his hair loose, nor wear a single garment; he should not mount a camel-vehicle, and he should avoid fruitless argument.
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NarP 1 26.26
अन्य स्त्रियं न गच्छेच्च पैशुन्यं परिवर्जयेत् । नापसव्यं व्रजेद्विप्र गोश्चत्थानलपर्वतान्
anya striyaṃ na gacchecca paiśunyaṃ parivarjayet / nāpasavyaṃ vrajedvipra goścatthānalaparvatān
He should not go to another's wife, and he should wholly avoid slander; O brahmin, he should not pass a cow, an aśvattha tree, fire, or mountains keeping them on his left.
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NarP 1 26.27
चतुष्पथं चैत्यवृक्षर्ं देवखातं नृपं तथा । असूयां मत्सरत्वं च दिवास्वापं च वर्जयेत्
catuṣpathaṃ caityavṛkṣarṃ devakhātaṃ nṛpaṃ tathā / asūyāṃ matsaratvaṃ ca divāsvāpaṃ ca varjayet
(Nor) a crossroads, a sacred tree, a god-made pool (natural tank), or a king; and he should avoid envy, jealousy, and sleeping by day.
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NarP 1 26.28
न वदेत्परपापानि स्वपुण्यं न प्रकाशयेत् । स्वकं नाम स्वनक्षत्रं मानं चैवातिगोपयेत्
na vadetparapāpāni svapuṇyaṃ na prakāśayet / svakaṃ nāma svanakṣatraṃ mānaṃ caivātigopayet
He should not tell others' sins, nor make his own merit known; he should keep well hidden his own name, his own birth-star, and his self-esteem.
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NarP 1 26.29
न दुर्जनैः सह वसे न्नाशास्त्रं शृणुयात्तथा । आसवद्यूतगीतेषु द्विजस्तु न रर्तिं चरेत्
na durjanaiḥ saha vase nnāśāstraṃ śṛṇuyāttathā / āsavadyūtagīteṣu dvijastu na rartiṃ caret
He should not dwell together with wicked men, nor should he listen to what is not scripture; and a twice-born should not take pleasure in liquor, gambling and songs.
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NarP 1 26.30
आर्द्रास्थि च तथोच्छिष्टं शूद्रं च पतितं तथा । सर्पं च भषणं स्पृष्ट्वा सचैलं स्नानमाचरेत्
ārdrāsthi ca tathocchiṣṭaṃ śūdraṃ ca patitaṃ tathā / sarpaṃ ca bhaṣaṇaṃ spṛṣṭvā sacailaṃ snānamācaret
Having touched a moist bone, or leavings of food, or a śūdra, or a fallen man, or a snake, or a dog, he should bathe together with his clothes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 26.31
चितिं च चितिकाष्टं च यूपं चाण्डालमेव च । स्पृष्ट्वा देवलकं चैव सवासा जलमाविशेत्
citiṃ ca citikāṣṭaṃ ca yūpaṃ cāṇḍālameva ca / spṛṣṭvā devalakaṃ caiva savāsā jalamāviśet
Having touched a funeral pyre, pyre-wood, a sacrificial post, a caṇḍāla, or a temple-priest (who lives by images), he should enter the water with his clothes on.
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NarP 1 26.32
दीपखट्वातनुच्छायाकेशवस् त्रकटोदकम् । अजामार्जंनिमार्जाररेणुर्द्दैवं शुभं हरेत्
dīpakhaṭvātanucchāyākeśavas trakaṭodakam / ajāmārjaṃnimārjārareṇurddaivaṃ śubhaṃ haret
The shadow of a lamp, a bedstead, or (one's own) body, hair, garment, mat, water, the dust from a she-goat, a broom, or a cat carries away good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 26.33
शूर्प्पवातं प्रेतधूमं तथा शूद्रान्नभोजनम् । वृषलीपतिसङ्गं च दूरतः परिवर्जयेत्
śūrppavātaṃ pretadhūmaṃ tathā śūdrānnabhojanam / vṛṣalīpatisaṅgaṃ ca dūrataḥ parivarjayet
The wind of a winnowing basket, the smoke of a corpse, and eating a śūdra's food, and the company of a man married to a low-born woman — these he should avoid from afar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.34
असच्छार्स्त्रार्थमननं खादनं नखकेशयोः । तथैव नग्नशयनं सर्वदा परिवर्जयेत्
asacchārstrārthamananaṃ khādanaṃ nakhakeśayoḥ / tathaiva nagnaśayanaṃ sarvadā parivarjayet
Pondering the sense of unworthy scriptures, biting the nails and the hair, and likewise sleeping naked — these he should always avoid.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.35
शिरोभ्यङ्गावशिष्टेन तैलेनाङ्गं न लेपयेत् । तांबूलमशुचिं नाद्यात्तथा सुप्तं न बोधयेत्
śirobhyaṅgāvaśiṣṭena tailenāṅgaṃ na lepayet / tāṃbūlamaśuciṃ nādyāttathā suptaṃ na bodhayet
He should not smear his body with oil left over from anointing the head; he should not eat impure betel, and likewise he should not wake one who is asleep.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.36
नाशुद्धो ऽग्निं परिचरेत्पूजयेद्गुरुदेवताः । न वामहस्तेनैकेन पिबेद्वक्रेण वा जलम्
nāśuddho 'gniṃ paricaretpūjayedgurudevatāḥ / na vāmahastenaikena pibedvakreṇa vā jalam
Being impure he should not tend the fire nor worship his teachers and the deities; he should not drink water with the left hand alone, nor with his mouth (directly).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.37
न चाक्रमेद्गुरोश्छायां तदाज्ञां च मुनीश्वर । न निन्देद्योगिनो विप्रान्व्रतिनो ऽपि यतींस्तथा
na cākramedgurośchāyāṃ tadājñāṃ ca munīśvara / na nindedyogino viprānvratino 'pi yatīṃstathā
And he should not step on the shadow of his teacher, nor (transgress) his command, O lord of sages; he should not censure yogins, brahmins, holders of vows, or ascetics.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.38
परस्परस्य मर्माणि न कदापि वदेद्द्विजः । दर्शे च पौर्णमास्यां च यागं कुर्याद्यथाविधि
parasparasya marmāṇi na kadāpi vadeddvijaḥ / darśe ca paurṇamāsyāṃ ca yāgaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi
A twice-born should never speak of one another's vulnerable points; and on the new moon and the full moon he should perform the sacrifice according to rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.39
उपसनं च होतव्यं सायं प्रातर्द्विजातिभिः । उपासनपरित्यागी सुरापीत्युच्यते बुधैः
upasanaṃ ca hotavyaṃ sāyaṃ prātardvijātibhiḥ / upāsanaparityāgī surāpītyucyate budhaiḥ
And the twice-born should offer the upāsana (evening and morning fire-oblation) at dusk and at dawn; one who abandons the upāsana is called a drinker of liquor by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.40
अयने विषुवे चैव युगादिषु चतुर्ष्वपि । दर्शे च प्रेतपक्षे च श्राद्धं कुर्याद्गृही द्विजः
ayane viṣuve caiva yugādiṣu caturṣvapi / darśe ca pretapakṣe ca śrāddhaṃ kuryādgṛhī dvijaḥ
At the solstice, at the equinox, and at the four beginnings of the ages, at the new moon and in the fortnight of the ancestors, the householder twice-born should perform the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.41
मन्वादिषु मृदाहे च अष्टकासु च नारद । नावधान्ये समायाते गृही श्राद्धं समाचरेत्
manvādiṣu mṛdāhe ca aṣṭakāsu ca nārada / nāvadhānye samāyāte gṛhī śrāddhaṃ samācaret
On the (days) beginning with Manu, on the day of death, and on the aṣṭakās, O Nārada, and when new grain has come in, the householder should perform the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 26.42
श्रोत्रिये गृहमायाते ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्योः । पुण्यक्षेत्रेषु तीर्थेषु गृही श्राद्धं समाचरेत्
śrotriye gṛhamāyāte grahaṇe candrasūryoḥ / puṇyakṣetreṣu tīrtheṣu gṛhī śrāddhaṃ samācaret
When a Vedic scholar has come to the house, at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, in holy places and at pilgrimage fords, the householder should perform the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.43
यज्ञो दानं तपो होमः स्वाध्यायः पितृतर्पणम् । वृथा भवति तत्सर्वमूर्द्धपुण्ड्रं विना कृतम्
yajño dānaṃ tapo homaḥ svādhyāyaḥ pitṛtarpaṇam / vṛthā bhavati tatsarvamūrddhapuṇḍraṃ vinā kṛtam
Sacrifice, giving, austerity, oblation, private recitation of the Veda, the refreshing of the ancestors — all that, done without the upright brow-mark, becomes futile.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.44
उर्द्धपुण्ड्रं च तुलसीं श्राद्धे नेच्छन्ति केचन । वृथाचारः परित्याज्यस्तस्माच्छ्रेयो ऽर्थिभिर्द्विजैः
urddhapuṇḍraṃ ca tulasīṃ śrāddhe necchanti kecana / vṛthācāraḥ parityājyastasmācchreyo 'rthibhirdvijaiḥ
Some do not want the upright brow-mark and the tulasī at a śrāddha; but futile practice is to be wholly abandoned by twice-born men who seek what is best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.45
इत्येवमादयो धर्माः स्मृतिमार्गप्रचोदिताः । कार्या द्विजातिभिः सम्यक्सर्वकर्मफलप्रदाः
ityevamādayo dharmāḥ smṛtimārgapracoditāḥ / kāryā dvijātibhiḥ samyaksarvakarmaphalapradāḥ
These and such duties, enjoined by the way of the smṛti, are to be done rightly by the twice-born; they bestow the fruit of every rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 26.46
सदा चारपरा ये तु तेषां विष्णुः प्रसीदति । विष्णौ प्रसन्नतां याते किमसाध्यं द्विजोत्तम
sadā cāraparā ye tu teṣāṃ viṣṇuḥ prasīdati / viṣṇau prasannatāṃ yāte kimasādhyaṃ dvijottama
But those who are always devoted to (right) conduct — with them Viṣṇu is pleased; and when Viṣṇu has come to be pleased, what is unattainable, O best of the twice-born?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition