Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 27
NarP 1 27.1
सनक उवाच गृहस्थस्य सदाचारं वक्ष्यामि मुनिसत्तम । यद्रूतां सर्वपापानि नश्यन्त्येव न संशयः
sanaka uvāca gṛhasthasya sadācāraṃ vakṣyāmi munisattama / yadrūtāṃ sarvapāpāni naśyantyeva na saṃśayaḥ
Sanaka said: I shall declare the good conduct of the householder, O best of sages, by hearing which all sins perish indeed — there is no doubt.
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NarP 1 27.2
ब्राह्ने मुहूर्ते चोत्थाय पुरुषार्थाविरोधिनीम् । वृत्तिं संचिन्तयेद्विप्र कृतकेशप्रसाधनः
brāhne muhūrte cotthāya puruṣārthāvirodhinīm / vṛttiṃ saṃcintayedvipra kṛtakeśaprasādhanaḥ
Having risen in the hour of Brahmā, and having arranged his hair, the brahmin should consider a means of livelihood not opposed to the aims of man.
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NarP 1 27.3
दिवासंध्यासु कर्णस्थब्रह्मसूत्र उदड्मुखः । कुर्यान्मूत्रपुरीषे तु रात्रौ चेद्दक्षिणामुखः
divāsaṃdhyāsu karṇasthabrahmasūtra udaḍmukhaḥ / kuryānmūtrapurīṣe tu rātrau ceddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
By day and at the twilights, with the sacred thread placed on the ear, facing north, he should void urine and excrement; but at night, facing south.
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NarP 1 27.4
शिरः प्रावृत्य वस्त्रेण ह्यन्तर्द्धाय तृणैर्महीम् । वहन्काष्टं करेणैकं तावन्मौनी भवेद्द्विजः
śiraḥ prāvṛtya vastreṇa hyantarddhāya tṛṇairmahīm / vahankāṣṭaṃ kareṇaikaṃ tāvanmaunī bhaveddvijaḥ
Having covered his head with a cloth and screened the ground with grass, carrying a piece of wood in one hand, the twice-born should for that time keep silence.
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NarP 1 27.5
पथि गोष्टे नदीतीरे तडागगृहसन्निधौ । तथा वृक्षस्य च्छायायां कान्तारे वह्निसन्निधौ
pathi goṣṭe nadītīre taḍāgagṛhasannidhau / tathā vṛkṣasya cchāyāyāṃ kāntāre vahnisannidhau
On a path, in a cow-pen, on a river bank, near a tank or a house, likewise in the shade of a tree, in a forest, near fire,
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NarP 1 27.6
देवालये तथोद्याने कृष्टभूमौ चतुष्पथे । ब्राह्मणानां समीपे च तथा गोगुरुयोषिताम्
devālaye tathodyāne kṛṣṭabhūmau catuṣpathe / brāhmaṇānāṃ samīpe ca tathā goguruyoṣitām
in a temple, likewise in a garden, on ploughed ground, at a crossroads, and near brahmins, and likewise near cows, teachers, and women,
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NarP 1 27.7
तुषाङ्गारकपालेषु जलमध्ये तथैव च । एवमादिषु देशेषु मलमूत्रं न कारयेत्
tuṣāṅgārakapāleṣu jalamadhye tathaiva ca / evamādiṣu deśeṣu malamūtraṃ na kārayet
on husks, coals, or potsherds, and likewise in the midst of water — in these and such places he should not void excrement and urine.
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NarP 1 27.8
शौचे यत्नः सदा कार्यः शौचमूलो द्विजः स्मृतः । शौचाचारविहीनस्य समस्तं कर्म निष्फलम्
śauce yatnaḥ sadā kāryaḥ śaucamūlo dvijaḥ smṛtaḥ / śaucācāravihīnasya samastaṃ karma niṣphalam
Effort must always be made in purity; the twice-born is held to be rooted in purity. For one lacking the practice of purity, every rite is fruitless.
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NarP 1 27.9
शौचं तु द्विविधं प्रोक्तं ब्राह्ममाभ्यान्तरं तथा । मृज्जलाभ्यां बहिः शुद्धिर्भावशुद्धिस्तथान्तरम्
śaucaṃ tu dvividhaṃ proktaṃ brāhmamābhyāntaraṃ tathā / mṛjjalābhyāṃ bahiḥ śuddhirbhāvaśuddhistathāntaram
Purity is declared to be of two kinds: the outer and likewise the inner. Outer purification is by earth and water, and inner is purity of intention.
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NarP 1 27.10
गृहीतशिश्रश्चोत्थाय शौचार्थं मृदमाहरेत् ।। न मूषकादिखनितां फआलोत्कृष्टां तथैव च
gṛhītaśiśraścotthāya śaucārthaṃ mṛdamāharet /. na mūṣakādikhanitāṃ phaālotkṛṣṭāṃ tathaiva ca
Having risen with his penis held, he should fetch earth for the purpose of cleansing — not earth dug up by mice and the like, nor earth turned up by a ploughshare.
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NarP 1 27.11
वापीकूपतडागेभ्यो नाहरेदपि मृत्तिकाम् । शौचं कुर्यात्प्रयत्नेन समादाय शुभां मृदम्
vāpīkūpataḍāgebhyo nāharedapi mṛttikām / śaucaṃ kuryātprayatnena samādāya śubhāṃ mṛdam
Nor should he fetch earth from step-wells, wells, or tanks; taking clean earth, he should perform the cleansing with care.
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NarP 1 27.12
लिङ्गे मृदेका दातव्या तिस्रो वा मेढ्रयोर्द्वयोः । एतन्मूत्रमुत्सर्गे शौचमाहूर्मनीषिणः
liṅge mṛdekā dātavyā tisro vā meḍhrayordvayoḥ / etanmūtramutsarge śaucamāhūrmanīṣiṇaḥ
One (lump of) earth is to be applied to the penis, or three to the two (parts of the) organ; the wise call this the cleansing at the voiding of urine.
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NarP 1 27.13
एका लिङ्गे गुदे पञ्च दश वामे तथोभयोः । सत्प तिस्रः प्रदातव्याः पादयोर्मृत्तिकाः पृथक्
ekā liṅge gude pañca daśa vāme tathobhayoḥ / satpa tisraḥ pradātavyāḥ pādayormṛttikāḥ pṛthak
One (lump of earth) on the penis, five on the anus, ten on the left (hand), and seven on both (hands); three lumps of earth are to be applied to each of the feet separately.
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NarP 1 27.14
एतच्छौचं विडुत्सर्गे गन्धलेपापनुत्तये । एतच्छौचं गृहस्थस्य द्विगुणं ब्रह्मचारिणाम्
etacchaucaṃ viḍutsarge gandhalepāpanuttaye / etacchaucaṃ gṛhasthasya dviguṇaṃ brahmacāriṇām
This is the cleansing at the voiding of excrement, for the removal of smell and smear. This cleansing is for the householder; for celibate students it is twofold.
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NarP 1 27.15
त्रिगुणां तु वनस्थानां यतीनां तच्चर्गुणम् । स्वस्थाने पूर्णशौचं स्यात्पथ्यर्द्धं मुनिसत्तम
triguṇāṃ tu vanasthānāṃ yatīnāṃ taccarguṇam / svasthāne pūrṇaśaucaṃ syātpathyarddhaṃ munisattama
Threefold for forest-dwellers, and for ascetics it is fourfold; in one's own place the cleansing should be complete, but on a journey (only) half, O best of sages.
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NarP 1 27.16
आतुरे नियमो नास्ति महापदि तथैव च । गन्धलेपक्षयकरं शौर्चं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः
āture niyamo nāsti mahāpadi tathaiva ca / gandhalepakṣayakaraṃ śaurcaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ
For a sick person there is no rule, and likewise in great distress; a discerning man should perform such cleansing as removes smell and smear.
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NarP 1 27.17
स्त्रीणामनुपनीतानां गन्धलेपक्षयावधि । व्रतस्थानां तु सर्वेषां यतिवच्छौचमिष्यते
strīṇāmanupanītānāṃ gandhalepakṣayāvadhi / vratasthānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ yativacchaucamiṣyate
For women and for the uninitiated, (cleansing is) up to the removal of smell and smear; but for all those observing a vow, cleansing like that of an ascetic is prescribed.
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NarP 1 27.18
विधवानां च विर्पेन्द्र एतदेव निगद्यते । एवं शौचं तु निर्वर्त्य पश्चाद्वै सुसमाहितः
vidhavānāṃ ca virpendra etadeva nigadyate / evaṃ śaucaṃ tu nirvartya paścādvai susamāhitaḥ
And for widows, O best of brahmins, just this same is declared. Having thus completed the cleansing, then, well composed,
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NarP 1 27.19
प्रागास्य उदगास्यो वाप्याचामेत्प्रयर्तेन्द्रियः । त्रिश्चतुर्धा पिबेदापो गन्धफेनादिवर्जिताः
prāgāsya udagāsyo vāpyācāmetprayartendriyaḥ / triścaturdhā pibedāpo gandhaphenādivarjitāḥ
facing east or else facing north, he should sip water with his senses restrained; three or four times he should drink water free of smell, froth, and the like.
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NarP 1 27.20
द्विर्मार्जयेत्कपोलं च तलेनोष्ठौ च सत्तम । तर्जन्यङ्गुष्ठयोगेन नासारन्ध्रद्वयं स्पृशेत्
dvirmārjayetkapolaṃ ca talenoṣṭhau ca sattama / tarjanyaṅguṣṭhayogena nāsārandhradvayaṃ spṛśet
He should wipe the cheeks twice, and the lips with the palm, O best one; with the forefinger joined to the thumb he should touch the two nostrils.
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NarP 1 27.21
अगुंष्टानामिकाभ्यां च चक्षुः श्रोत्रे यथाक्रमम् । कनिष्टाङ्गुष्टयोगेन नाभिदेशे स्पृशेद्द्विजः
aguṃṣṭānāmikābhyāṃ ca cakṣuḥ śrotre yathākramam / kaniṣṭāṅguṣṭayogena nābhideśe spṛśeddvijaḥ
And with the thumb and ring finger (he should touch) the eyes and the ears in order; with the little finger joined to the thumb the twice-born should touch the region of the navel.
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NarP 1 27.22
तलेनोरःस्थलं चैव अङ्गुल्यग्रैः शिरः स्पृशेत् । तलेन चाङ्गुलाग्रैर्वा स्पृशेदंसौ विचक्षणः
talenoraḥsthalaṃ caiva aṅgulyagraiḥ śiraḥ spṛśet / talena cāṅgulāgrairvā spṛśedaṃsau vicakṣaṇaḥ
He should touch the chest with the palm and the head with the fingertips; and with the palm or with the fingertips the discerning man should touch the two shoulders.
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NarP 1 27.23
एवमाचम्य विप्रेद्र शुद्धिमान्पोत्यनुत्तमाम् । दन्तकाष्टं ततः खादेत्सत्वचं शस्तवृक्षजम्
evamācamya vipredra śuddhimānpotyanuttamām / dantakāṣṭaṃ tataḥ khādetsatvacaṃ śastavṛkṣajam
Having sipped water thus, O chief of brahmins, he attains the highest purity. Then he should chew a tooth-stick with its bark, from an approved tree,
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NarP 1 27.24
बिल्वासनापामार्गणां निम्बान्मार्कादिशाखिनाम् । प्रक्षाल्य वारिणा चैव मन्त्रेणाप्यभिमन्त्रितम्
bilvāsanāpāmārgaṇāṃ nimbānmārkādiśākhinām / prakṣālya vāriṇā caiva mantreṇāpyabhimantritam
from the bilva, asana, apāmārga, nimba, mārka and other trees, having washed it with water and also consecrated it with a mantra:
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NarP 1 27.25
आयुर्बलं यशो वर्चः प्रजाः पशुवसूनि च । ब्रह्म प्रज्ञां च मेधां च त्वन्नो धेहि वनस्पते
āyurbalaṃ yaśo varcaḥ prajāḥ paśuvasūni ca / brahma prajñāṃ ca medhāṃ ca tvanno dhehi vanaspate
"Life, strength, fame, splendour, offspring, cattle and wealth, sacred knowledge, insight and intelligence—place these in us, O lord of the forest!"
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NarP 1 27.26
कनिष्टाग्रसमं स्थौल्ये विप्रः खादेद्दशाङ्गुलम् । नवाङ्गुलं क्षत्रियश्च वैश्यश्चाष्टाङ्गुलोन्मितम्
kaniṣṭāgrasamaṃ sthaulye vipraḥ khādeddaśāṅgulam / navāṅgulaṃ kṣatriyaśca vaiśyaścāṣṭāṅgulonmitam
As thick as the tip of the little finger: a brahmin should chew one ten fingers long, a kṣatriya one nine fingers, and a vaiśya one measuring eight fingers,
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NarP 1 27.27
शूद्रो वेदाङ्गुलमितं वनिता च मुनीश्वर । अलाभे दैतकाष्टानां गण्डूषैर्भानुसंमितैः
śūdro vedāṅgulamitaṃ vanitā ca munīśvara / alābhe daitakāṣṭānāṃ gaṇḍūṣairbhānusaṃmitaiḥ
a śūdra one measuring four fingers, and a woman likewise, O lord of sages. When tooth-sticks are not to be had, with mouthfuls (of water) numbering twelve
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NarP 1 27.28
मुथशुद्धिर्विधीयेत तृणपत्रसमन्वितैः । करेणादाय वामेन संचर्वेद्वामदंष्ट्रया
muthaśuddhirvidhīyeta tṛṇapatrasamanvitaiḥ / kareṇādāya vāmena saṃcarvedvāmadaṃṣṭrayā
purification of the mouth should be effected, together with grass and leaves. Taking (the stick) with the left hand, he should chew with the left teeth.
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NarP 1 27.29
द्विजान्संघर्ष्य गोदोहं ततः प्रक्षाल्य पाटयेत् । जिह्वामुल्लिख्य ताभ्यां तु दलुभ्यां नियतेन्द्रियः
dvijānsaṃgharṣya godohaṃ tataḥ prakṣālya pāṭayet / jihvāmullikhya tābhyāṃ tu dalubhyāṃ niyatendriyaḥ
Having rubbed the teeth for the time of a cow's milking, he should then wash it and split it; and having scraped the tongue with those two halves, his senses controlled,
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NarP 1 27.30
प्रक्षाल्य प्रक्षिपेदू दूरे भूयश्चाचम्य पूर्ववत् । ततः स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत नद्यादौ विमले जले
prakṣālya prakṣipedū dūre bhūyaścācamya pūrvavat / tataḥ snānaṃ prakurvīta nadyādau vimale jale
he should wash them and throw them far away, and sip water again as before. Then he should perform the bath in a river or the like, in clear water.
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NarP 1 27.31
तटं प्रक्षाल्य दर्भाश्च विन्यस्य प्रविशेज्जलम् । प्रणम्य तत्र तीर्थानि आवाह्य रविमण्डलात्
taṭaṃ prakṣālya darbhāśca vinyasya praviśejjalam / praṇamya tatra tīrthāni āvāhya ravimaṇḍalāt
Having washed the bank and laid down darbha grass, he should enter the water; there, having bowed to the sacred fords and invoked them from the orb of the sun,
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NarP 1 27.32
गन्धाद्यैर्मण्डलं कृत्वा ध्यात्वा देवं जनार्दनम् । स्नायान्मन्त्रान्स्मरन्पुण्यांस्तीर्थानि च विरिञ्चिज
gandhādyairmaṇḍalaṃ kṛtvā dhyātvā devaṃ janārdanam / snāyānmantrānsmaranpuṇyāṃstīrthāni ca viriñcija
having made a circle with sandal-paste and the rest, and having meditated on the god Janārdana, he should bathe while recalling the holy mantras and the sacred fords, O son of Viriñca.
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NarP 1 27.33
गङ्गे च यमुने चैव गोदावरि सरस्वति । नर्मदे सिंधुकावेरि जले ऽस्मिन्सन्निधिं कुरु
gaṅge ca yamune caiva godāvari sarasvati / narmade siṃdhukāveri jale 'sminsannidhiṃ kuru
O Gaṅgā, and Yamunā, and Godāvarī, Sarasvatī, Narmadā, Sindhu, Kāverī — make (your) presence in this water.
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NarP 1 27.34
पुष्कराद्यानि तीर्थानि गङ्गाद्याः सरितस्तथा । आगच्छन्तु महाभागाः स्नानकाले सदा मम
puṣkarādyāni tīrthāni gaṅgādyāḥ saritastathā / āgacchantu mahābhāgāḥ snānakāle sadā mama
May the sacred fords beginning with Puṣkara, and the rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā — those greatly blessed ones — always come at the time of my bathing.
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NarP 1 27.35
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशीं काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका । पुरी द्वारावती ज्ञेया सत्पैता मोक्षदायिकाः
ayodhyā mathurā māyā kāśīṃ kāñcī hyavantikā / purī dvārāvatī jñeyā satpaitā mokṣadāyikāḥ
Ayodhyā, Mathurā, Māyā (Haridvāra), Kāśī, Kāñcī, and Avantikā, and the city Dvāravatī are to be known: these seven bestow liberation.
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NarP 1 27.36
ततो ऽधमर्षण जप्त्वा यतासुर्वारिसंप्लुतः । स्नानाङ्गं तर्पणं कृत्वाचम्यार्ध्यं भानवेर्ऽपयेत्
tato 'dhamarṣaṇa japtvā yatāsurvārisaṃplutaḥ / snānāṅgaṃ tarpaṇaṃ kṛtvācamyārdhyaṃ bhānaver'payet
Then, having muttered the Aghamarṣaṇa (hymn), with senses restrained and immersed in the water, and having performed the tarpaṇa that is part of the bath, he should sip water and offer the arghya to the sun.
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NarP 1 27.37
ततो ध्यात्वा विवस्वन्तं जलान्निर्गत्य नारद । परिधायाहतं धौतं द्वितीयं परिवीय च
tato dhyātvā vivasvantaṃ jalānnirgatya nārada / paridhāyāhataṃ dhautaṃ dvitīyaṃ parivīya ca
Then, having meditated on Vivasvat (the sun), O Nārada, and come out of the water, having put on an unbleached, washed (garment), and wrapped a second one around,
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NarP 1 27.38
कुशासने समाविश्य संध्याकर्म समारभेत् । ईशानाभिमुखो विप्र गायत्र्याचम्य वै द्विज
kuśāsane samāviśya saṃdhyākarma samārabhet / īśānābhimukho vipra gāyatryācamya vai dvija
having seated himself on a kuśa mat he should begin the twilight rite; facing the northeast, O brāhmaṇa, sipping water with the Gāyatrī, O twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.39
ऋतमित्यभिमन्त्र्यार्थ पुनरेवामेद् बुधः । ततस्तु वारिणात्मानं वेष्टयित्वा समुक्ष्य च
ṛtamityabhimantryārtha punarevāmed budhaḥ / tatastu vāriṇātmānaṃ veṣṭayitvā samukṣya ca
Having consecrated (the water) with the (verse) beginning 'ṛtam', the wise man should sip again; then, having encircled himself with water and sprinkled himself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.40
संकल्प्य प्रणवान्ते तु ऋषिच्छन्दः सुरान्स्मरन् । भूरादिभिर्व्याहृतिभिः सत्पभिः प्रोक्ष्य मस्तकम्
saṃkalpya praṇavānte tu ṛṣicchandaḥ surānsmaran / bhūrādibhirvyāhṛtibhiḥ satpabhiḥ prokṣya mastakam
having made the resolve (saṃkalpa) — after the praṇava — while recalling the seer, the metre and the deities, and having sprinkled the head with the seven utterances beginning with 'bhūḥ',
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.41
न्यासं समाचरेन्मन्त्री पृथगेव कराङ्गयोः । विन्यस्य हृदये तारं भूः शिरस्यथ विन्यसेत्
nyāsaṃ samācarenmantrī pṛthageva karāṅgayoḥ / vinyasya hṛdaye tāraṃ bhūḥ śirasyatha vinyaset
the reciter of the mantra should perform the placing (nyāsa) separately on the hands and on the limbs; having placed the tāra (oṃ) on the heart, he should then place 'bhūḥ' on the head,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.42
भुवः शिखायां स्वश्चैव कवये भूर्भुवो ऽक्षिषु । भूर्भुवः स्वस्तथात्रास्त्रं दिक्षु तालत्रयं न्यसेत्
bhuvaḥ śikhāyāṃ svaścaiva kavaye bhūrbhuvo 'kṣiṣu / bhūrbhuvaḥ svastathātrāstraṃ dikṣu tālatrayaṃ nyaset
'bhuvaḥ' on the crown-lock, and 'svaḥ' on the armour, 'bhūr bhuvaḥ' on the eyes, and 'bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ' as the weapon; he should make the three claps toward the directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.43
तत आवाहयेत्संध्यां प्रातः कोकनस्थिताम् । आगच्छ वरदे देवि त्र्यक्षरे ब्रह्मवादिनि
tata āvāhayetsaṃdhyāṃ prātaḥ kokanasthitām / āgaccha varade devi tryakṣare brahmavādini
Then he should invoke the Twilight (goddess), in the morning as seated on a red lotus: "Come, O boon-giving goddess, of three syllables, speaker of the Brahman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.44
गायत्रि च्छन्दसां मातर्ब्रह्मयोने नमो ऽस्तु ते । मध्याह्ने वृषभारुढां शुक्लांबरसमावृताम्
gāyatri cchandasāṃ mātarbrahmayone namo 'stu te / madhyāhne vṛṣabhāruḍhāṃ śuklāṃbarasamāvṛtām
O Gāyatrī, mother of metres, womb of Brahman, homage be to you." At midday, (he should invoke her) as mounted on a bull, clothed in white garments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.45
सावित्रीं रुद्रयोनिं चावाहयेद्रुद्रवादिनीम् । सायं तु गरुडारुढां पीतांबरसमावृत्ताम्
sāvitrīṃ rudrayoniṃ cāvāhayedrudravādinīm / sāyaṃ tu garuḍāruḍhāṃ pītāṃbarasamāvṛttām
as Sāvitrī, having Rudra for her womb, speaking of Rudra, he should invoke her; but in the evening as mounted on Garuḍa, clothed in yellow garments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.46
सरस्वतीं विष्णुयोनिमाह्वयेद्विष्णुवादिनीम् । तारं च व्याहृतीः सत्प त्रिपदां च समुच्चरन्
sarasvatīṃ viṣṇuyonimāhvayedviṣṇuvādinīm / tāraṃ ca vyāhṛtīḥ satpa tripadāṃ ca samuccaran
he should call her as Sarasvatī, having Viṣṇu for her womb, speaking of Viṣṇu, uttering the tāra (oṃ), the seven utterances, and the three-footed (Gāyatrī).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.47
शिरः शिखां च संपूर्य कुभयित्वा विरेचयेत् । वाममध्यात्परैर्वायुं क्रमेण प्राणसंयमे
śiraḥ śikhāṃ ca saṃpūrya kubhayitvā virecayet / vāmamadhyātparairvāyuṃ krameṇa prāṇasaṃyame
Having filled the head and the crown-lock (with breath) and held it, he should let it out; (drawing) the breath from the left, the middle, and the others in sequence in the restraint of breath.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.48
द्विराचामेत्ततः पश्चात्प्रातः सूर्यश्चमेति च । आपः पुनन्तु मध्याह्ने सायमग्निश्चमेति च
dvirācāmettataḥ paścātprātaḥ sūryaścameti ca / āpaḥ punantu madhyāhne sāyamagniścameti ca
Then afterwards he should sip twice: in the morning with 'sūryaś ca mā', at midday with 'āpaḥ punantu', and in the evening with 'agniś ca mā'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.49
आपो हिष्ठेति तिसृभिर्मार्जनं च ततश्चरेत् । सुमुत्रिया न इत्युक्त्वा नासास्पृष्टजलेन च
āpo hiṣṭheti tisṛbhirmārjanaṃ ca tataścaret / sumutriyā na ityuktvā nāsāspṛṣṭajalena ca
Then he should perform the wiping with the three (verses) beginning 'āpo hi ṣṭhā', and having recited 'sumṛḍīkā naḥ', with water that has touched the nose,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.50
द्विषद्वर्गं समुत्सार्य द्रुपदां शिरसि क्षिपेत् । ऋतं च सत्यमेतेन कृत्वा चैवाधमर्षणम्
dviṣadvargaṃ samutsārya drupadāṃ śirasi kṣipet / ṛtaṃ ca satyametena kṛtvā caivādhamarṣaṇam
having driven off the host of enemies, he should throw the 'drupadā' (verse-water) on his head; and having done 'ṛtaṃ ca satyam' and thereby the Aghamarṣaṇa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.51
अन्तश्चरसि मन्त्रेण सकृदेव पिबेदपः । ततः सूर्याय विधिवद्गन्धं पुष्पं जलाञ्जलिम्
antaścarasi mantreṇa sakṛdeva pibedapaḥ / tataḥ sūryāya vidhivadgandhaṃ puṣpaṃ jalāñjalim
with the mantra 'antaś carasi' he should drink water just once; then, duly (offering) to the Sun scent, a flower, and a handful of water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.52
क्षिप्त्वोपतिष्ठेद्देवर्षे भास्करं स्वस्तिकाञ्जलिम् । ऊर्द्धूबाहुरधोबाहुः क्रमात्कल्यादिके त्रिके
kṣiptvopatiṣṭheddevarṣe bhāskaraṃ svastikāñjalim / ūrddhūbāhuradhobāhuḥ kramātkalyādike trike
having cast (it), O divine seer, he should stand before the Sun with hands joined in the svastika (gesture); with arms raised, arms lowered, in sequence in the three (rites) beginning at dawn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.53
उहुत्यं चित्रं तच्चक्षुरित्येतत्त्रितयं जपेत् । सौराञ्छैवान्वैष्णवांश्च मन्त्रानन्यांश्च नारद
uhutyaṃ citraṃ taccakṣurityetattritayaṃ japet / saurāñchaivānvaiṣṇavāṃśca mantrānanyāṃśca nārada
He should recite these three, 'ud u tyam', 'citram' and 'tac cakṣuḥ', and solar, Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava mantras, and others too, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.54
तेजो ऽसि गायत्र्यसीति प्रार्थयेत्सवितुर्महः । ततो ऽङ्गानि त्रिरावर्त्य ध्यायेच्छक्तीस्तदात्मिकाः
tejo 'si gāyatryasīti prārthayetsaviturmahaḥ / tato 'ṅgāni trirāvartya dhyāyecchaktīstadātmikāḥ
With 'You are radiance, you are Gāyatrī' he should entreat the glory of Savitṛ. Then, repeating the limb(-mantra)s three times, he should meditate on the powers that consist of him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.55
ब्रह्मणी चतुराननाक्षवलया कुम्भं करैः स्रुक्स्त्रवौ बिभ्राणा त्वरुणेन्दुकान्तिवदना ऋग्रूपिणी बालिका । हंसारोहणकेलिखण्खण्मणेर्बिबार्चिता भूषिता गायत्री परिभाविता भवतु नः संपत्समृद्ध्यै सदा
brahmaṇī caturānanākṣavalayā kumbhaṃ karaiḥ srukstravau bibhrāṇā tvaruṇendukāntivadanā ṛgrūpiṇī bālikā / haṃsārohaṇakelikhaṇkhaṇmaṇerbibārcitā bhūṣitā gāyatrī paribhāvitā bhavatu naḥ saṃpatsamṛddhyai sadā
Brahmāṇī, four-faced, with a rosary, bearing in her hands a water-pot and the sacrificial ladle and spoon, her face bright as the reddish moon, having the form of the Ṛg(-veda), a young girl, riding on a goose in play, ... jewel ..., worshipped and adorned — may Gāyatrī, thus meditated upon, be always for our abundance of prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.56
रुद्राणी नवयौवना त्रिनयना वैयाघ्नचर्मांबरा खट्वाङ्गत्रघिशिखाक्षसूत्रवलयाभीतिश्रियै चास्तु नः । विद्युद्दामजटाकलापविलसद्वार्लेदुमौलिर्मुदा सावित्री वृषवाहना सिततनुर्ध्येया यजूरूपिणी
rudrāṇī navayauvanā trinayanā vaiyāghnacarmāṃbarā khaṭvāṅgatraghiśikhākṣasūtravalayābhītiśriyai cāstu naḥ / vidyuddāmajaṭākalāpavilasadvārledumaulirmudā sāvitrī vṛṣavāhanā sitatanurdhyeyā yajūrūpiṇī
Rudrāṇī, in fresh youth, three-eyed, garmented in tiger-skin, with skull-staff, trident(?), crest, rosary and bracelet — may she be for our fearlessness and splendour; with her mass of matted hair gleaming like streaks of lightning, crowned with the crescent moon, joyful, mounted on a bull, white-bodied — Sāvitrī is to be meditated on, having the form of the Yajus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.57
ध्येया सा च सरस्वती भगवती पीतांबरालङ्कृता श्यामा श्यामतनुर्जरोपरिलसद्गात्राञ्चिता वैष्णवी । तार्क्ष्यस्था मणिनूपुराङ्गदलसद्ग्रैवेयभूषोज्ज्वला हस्तालङ्कृतशङ्खचक्रसुगदापह्माश्रियै चास्तु नः
dhyeyā sā ca sarasvatī bhagavatī pītāṃbarālaṅkṛtā śyāmā śyāmatanurjaroparilasadgātrāñcitā vaiṣṇavī / tārkṣyasthā maṇinūpurāṅgadalasadgraiveyabhūṣojjvalā hastālaṅkṛtaśaṅkhacakrasugadāpahmāśriyai cāstu naḥ
And she is to be meditated on as Sarasvatī, the goddess, adorned with a yellow garment, dark, dark-bodied, her limbs marked ... , the Vaiṣṇavī; standing on Garuḍa, brilliant with jewelled anklets, armlets and a shining necklace as ornaments, her hands adorned with conch, discus, fine mace and lotus — may she be for our splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.58
एवं ध्यात्वा जपेत्तिष्ठन्प्रातर्मध्याह्नके तथा । सायङ्काले समासीनो भक्त्या तद्गतमानसः
evaṃ dhyātvā japettiṣṭhanprātarmadhyāhnake tathā / sāyaṅkāle samāsīno bhaktyā tadgatamānasaḥ
Having meditated thus, he should recite standing in the morning and likewise at midday, and seated at evening, with devotion, his mind fixed on that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.59
सहस्रपरमां देवीं शतमध्यां दशावराम् । त्रिपदां प्रणवोपेतां भूर्भुवः स्वरुपक्रमाम्
sahasraparamāṃ devīṃ śatamadhyāṃ daśāvarām / tripadāṃ praṇavopetāṃ bhūrbhuvaḥ svarupakramām
(He should recite) the Goddess, a thousand at most, a hundred as the middling amount, ten at the least — the three-footed one, joined with the praṇava, having bhūr, bhuvaḥ, svar in sequence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.60
षट्तारः संपुटो वापि व्रतिनश्च यतेर्जपः । गृहस्थस्य सत्तारः स्याज्जप्य एवंविधो मुने
ṣaṭtāraḥ saṃpuṭo vāpi vratinaśca yaterjapaḥ / gṛhasthasya sattāraḥ syājjapya evaṃvidho mune
For one under a vow and for an ascetic the recitation is with six praṇavas, or else enclosed (between them); for a householder there should be one praṇava. Such is the recitation, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.61
ततो जप्त्वा यथाशक्ति सवित्रे विनिवेद्य च । गायत्र्यै च सवित्रे च प्रक्षिपेदञ्जलिद्रूयम्
tato japtvā yathāśakti savitre vinivedya ca / gāyatryai ca savitre ca prakṣipedañjalidrūyam
Then, having recited as far as he is able and having made offering to Savitṛ, he should cast three handfuls (of water) to Gāyatrī and to Savitṛ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.62
ततो विसृज्य तां विप्र उत्तरे इति मन्त्रतः । ब्रह्मणेशेन हरिणानुज्ञाता गच्छ सादरम्
tato visṛjya tāṃ vipra uttare iti mantrataḥ / brahmaṇeśena hariṇānujñātā gaccha sādaram
Then, O brahmin, dismissing her with the mantra beginning 'uttare', (saying) 'Permitted by Brahmā, by Īśa, by Hari, go' — respectfully.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.63
दिरभ्यो दिग्देवताभ्यश्च नमस्कृत्य कृताञ्जलिः । प्रातरादेः परं कर्म कुर्यादपि विधानतः
dirabhyo digdevatābhyaśca namaskṛtya kṛtāñjaliḥ / prātarādeḥ paraṃ karma kuryādapi vidhānataḥ
Having bowed with joined palms to the directions and to the deities of the directions, he should then also perform, according to rule, the rite that follows the morning (worship) and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.64
प्रातर्मध्यन्दिने चैव गृहस्थः स्नानमाचरेत् । वानप्रस्थश्च देवर्षे स्नायात्र्निषवणं यतिः
prātarmadhyandine caiva gṛhasthaḥ snānamācaret / vānaprasthaśca devarṣe snāyātrniṣavaṇaṃ yatiḥ
In the morning and at midday the householder should perform bathing, and so the forest-dweller, O divine sage; the ascetic should bathe at each of the three junctures.
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NarP 1 27.65
आतुराणां तु रोगद्यैः पान्थानां च सकृन्मतम् । ब्रह्मयज्ञं ततः कुर्याद्दर्भपाणिर्मुनीश्वर
āturāṇāṃ tu rogadyaiḥ pānthānāṃ ca sakṛnmatam / brahmayajñaṃ tataḥ kuryāddarbhapāṇirmunīśvara
But for the sick, on account of disease and the like, and for travellers, once is held (sufficient). Then, with darbha grass in hand, he should perform the brahma-sacrifice, O lord of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.66
दिवोदितानि कर्माणि प्रमादादकृतानि चेत् । शर्वर्याः प्रथमे यामे तानि कुर्याद्यथाक्रमम्
divoditāni karmāṇi pramādādakṛtāni cet / śarvaryāḥ prathame yāme tāni kuryādyathākramam
If the rites enjoined for the daytime have been left undone through negligence, he should perform them in due order in the first watch of the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.67
नोपास्ते यो द्विजः संध्यां धूर्तबुद्धिरनापदि । पाषण्डः स हि विज्ञेयः सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृतः
nopāste yo dvijaḥ saṃdhyāṃ dhūrtabuddhiranāpadi / pāṣaṇḍaḥ sa hi vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ
The twice-born who, of rogue mind, does not attend upon the saṃdhyā when there is no emergency — he is to be known as a heretic, excluded from all dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.68
यस्तु संध्यादिकर्माणि कूटयुक्तिविशारदः । परित्यजति तं विद्यान्महापातकिनां वरम्
yastu saṃdhyādikarmāṇi kūṭayuktiviśāradaḥ / parityajati taṃ vidyānmahāpātakināṃ varam
But he who, expert in fraudulent arguments, abandons the saṃdhyā and the other rites — know him to be the foremost of the great sinners.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.69
ये द्विजा अभिभाषन्ते त्यक्तसंध्यादिकर्मणः । ते यान्ति नरकान्घोरान्यावच्चन्द्रार्कतारकम्
ye dvijā abhibhāṣante tyaktasaṃdhyādikarmaṇaḥ / te yānti narakānghorānyāvaccandrārkatārakam
Those twice-born who converse with men who have abandoned the saṃdhyā and other rites go to dreadful hells for as long as moon, sun and stars (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.70
देवार्चनं ततः कुर्याद्वैश्वदेवं यथाविधि । तत्रात्यमतिथिं सम्यगन्नाद्यैश्च प्रपूजयेत्
devārcanaṃ tataḥ kuryādvaiśvadevaṃ yathāvidhi / tatrātyamatithiṃ samyagannādyaiśca prapūjayet
Then he should perform worship of the gods and the Vaiśvadeva rite according to rule; and there he should duly honour with food and the rest the guest who has come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.71
वक्तव्या मधुरा वाणी तेष्वप्यभ्यागतेषु तु । जलान्नकन्दमूलैर्वा गृहदानेन चार्चयेत्
vaktavyā madhurā vāṇī teṣvapyabhyāgateṣu tu / jalānnakandamūlairvā gṛhadānena cārcayet
Sweet speech is to be spoken to them when they arrive; and one should honour (them) with water, food, bulbs and roots, or by the gift of a dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.72
अतिथिर्यस्य भग्नाशो गृहत्प्रतिनिवर्तिते । सतस्मैदुष्कृतं दत्त्वा पुण्यमादाय गच्छति
atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhatpratinivartite / satasmaiduṣkṛtaṃ dattvā puṇyamādāya gacchati
The guest whose hope is broken, who is turned back from the house — he goes away giving that man his own evil deed and taking (his) merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.73
अज्ञातगोत्रनामानमन्यग्रामादुपागतम् । विपश्चितो ऽतिथिं प्राहुर्विष्णुवत्तं प्रपूजयेत्
ajñātagotranāmānamanyagrāmādupāgatam / vipaścito 'tithiṃ prāhurviṣṇuvattaṃ prapūjayet
One whose lineage and name are unknown, who has come from another village — him the wise call a guest; one should honor him as (one honors) Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.74
स्वग्रामवासिनं त्वेकं श्रोत्रियं विष्णुतत्परम् । अन्नाद्यैः प्रत्यहं विप्रपितॄनुद्दिश्य तर्पयेत्
svagrāmavāsinaṃ tvekaṃ śrotriyaṃ viṣṇutatparam / annādyaiḥ pratyahaṃ viprapitṝnuddiśya tarpayet
But (as for) one dwelling in one's own village, a learned Vedic scholar devoted to Viṣṇu — with food and the like one should daily satisfy him, designating (the offering) for the brahmins and the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.75
पञ्चयज्ञपरित्यागी ब्रह्माहेत्युच्यते बुधैः । कुर्यादहरहस्तस्मात्पञ्चयज्ञान्प्रयन्ततः
pañcayajñaparityāgī brahmāhetyucyate budhaiḥ / kuryādaharahastasmātpañcayajñānprayantataḥ
One who abandons the five sacrifices is called a brahmin-slayer by the wise; therefore one should perform the five sacrifices day after day with care.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.76
देवयज्ञो भूतयज्ञः तितृयज्ञस्तथैव च । नृपज्ञो ब्रह्मयज्ञश्च पञ्चयज्ञान्प्रचक्षते
devayajño bhūtayajñaḥ titṛyajñastathaiva ca / nṛpajño brahmayajñaśca pañcayajñānpracakṣate
The sacrifice to the gods, the sacrifice to beings, and likewise the sacrifice to the ancestors, the sacrifice to men and the sacrifice to Brahman (i.e. Vedic recitation) — these they declare to be the five sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.77
भृत्यमित्रादिसंयुक्तः स्वयं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः । द्विजानां भोज्यमश्री यात्पात्रं नैव परित्यजेत्
bhṛtyamitrādisaṃyuktaḥ svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ / dvijānāṃ bhojyamaśrī yātpātraṃ naiva parityajet
Together with servants, friends and the rest, he should himself eat, restrained in speech; he should not eat what is (properly) food for the twice-born, nor should he leave his dish (unfinished).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.78
संस्थाप्य स्वासमे पादौ वस्त्रार्द्धं परिधाय च । मुखेन वमितं भुक्त्वा सुरापीत्युच्यते बुधैः
saṃsthāpya svāsame pādau vastrārddhaṃ paridhāya ca / mukhena vamitaṃ bhuktvā surāpītyucyate budhaiḥ
Having placed his feet on the seat and wrapped himself in (only) half a garment, one who eats what has been vomited from the mouth is called a drinker of liquor by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.79
खादितार्द्धं पुनः खादेन्मोदकांश्च फलानि च । प्रत्यक्षं लवणं चैव गोमांसशीति गद्यते
khāditārddhaṃ punaḥ khādenmodakāṃśca phalāni ca / pratyakṣaṃ lavaṇaṃ caiva gomāṃsaśīti gadyate
If one should eat again half of what has (already) been eaten, and sweetmeats and fruits, and salt directly (by itself), that is said to be (like eating) beef.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.80
अपोशाने वाचमने अद्यद्रव्येषु च द्विजः । शब्द न कारयेद्विप्रस्तं कुर्वन्नारकी भवेत्
apośāne vācamane adyadravyeṣu ca dvijaḥ / śabda na kārayedviprastaṃ kurvannārakī bhavet
At the sipping of water (before eating), at the rinsing of the mouth, and among other substances, a brahmin should make no sound; doing so, the brahmin becomes a dweller in hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.81
पथ्यमन्नं प्रभुञ्जीत वाग्यतो ऽन्नमसुत्सयनम् । अमृतोपस्तरणमसि अपोशानं भुजेः पुरः
pathyamannaṃ prabhuñjīta vāgyato 'nnamasutsayanam / amṛtopastaraṇamasi apośānaṃ bhujeḥ puraḥ
He should eat wholesome food, restrained in speech; before eating, the sipping (of water is done with the words) "you are the underlayer of the nectar (for) the food".
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.82
अमृतापिधानमसि भोज्यान्ते ऽपः सकृत्पिबेत् । प्राणाद्या आहुतीर्दत्त्वाचम्य भोजनमाचरेत्
amṛtāpidhānamasi bhojyānte 'paḥ sakṛtpibet / prāṇādyā āhutīrdattvācamya bhojanamācaret
"You are the covering of the nectar" — at the end of the meal he should drink water once; having offered the oblations beginning with "to prāṇa" and rinsed the mouth, he should proceed with the eating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.83
ततश्चाचम्य विप्रेन्द्र शास्त्रचिन्तापरो भवेत् । रात्रावपि यथाशक्ति शयनासनभोजनैः
tataścācamya viprendra śāstracintāparo bhavet / rātrāvapi yathāśakti śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ
And then, having rinsed his mouth, O best of brahmins, he should be intent on reflection on the scriptures; and at night too, according to his ability, with (proper) sleeping, sitting and eating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.84
एवं गृही सदाचारं कुर्यात्प्रतिदिनं मुने । यदाऽचारपरित्यागी प्रायश्चित्ती तदा भवेत्
evaṃ gṛhī sadācāraṃ kuryātpratidinaṃ mune / yadā'cāraparityāgī prāyaścittī tadā bhavet
Thus the householder should practice good conduct every day, O sage; when he abandons (this) conduct, he then becomes one requiring expiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.85
दूषितां स्वतनुं दृष्ट्वा पालिताद्यैश्च सत्तम । पुत्रेषु भार्यां निःक्षिप्य वनं गच्छेत्सहैव वा
dūṣitāṃ svatanuṃ dṛṣṭvā pālitādyaiśca sattama / putreṣu bhāryāṃ niḥkṣipya vanaṃ gacchetsahaiva vā
Seeing his own body decayed, O best of the good, and (his sons) grown up and able to protect (the household), having entrusted his wife to his sons he should go to the forest — or go together with her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.86
भवेत्रिषवणस्नायी नखश्मश्रुजटाधरः । अधः शायी ब्रह्मचारी पञ्चयज्ञपरायणः
bhavetriṣavaṇasnāyī nakhaśmaśrujaṭādharaḥ / adhaḥ śāyī brahmacārī pañcayajñaparāyaṇaḥ
He should become one who bathes at the three junctures of the day, wearing (unshorn) nails, beard and matted hair, sleeping on the ground, celibate, devoted to the five sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.87
फलमूलाशनो नित्यं स्वाध्यायनिरतास्तथा । दयावान्सर्वभूतेषु नारायणपरायणः
phalamūlāśano nityaṃ svādhyāyaniratāstathā / dayāvānsarvabhūteṣu nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ
Eating fruits and roots, always devoted to recitation of the Veda, compassionate toward all beings, given over to Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.88
वर्जये द्ग्रामजातानि पुष्पाणि च फलानि च । अष्टौ ग्रासांश्च भुञ्जीत न कुर्याद्रात्रिभोजनम्
varjaye dgrāmajātāni puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca / aṣṭau grāsāṃśca bhuñjīta na kuryādrātribhojanam
He should avoid flowers and fruits grown in the village; he should eat eight mouthfuls, and should not eat at night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.89
अत्यन्तं वर्जयेत्तैलं वानप्रस्थसमाश्रमी । व्यवायं वर्जयेच्चैव निद्रालस्ये तथैव च
atyantaṃ varjayettailaṃ vānaprasthasamāśramī / vyavāyaṃ varjayeccaiva nidrālasye tathaiva ca
One residing in the forest-dweller's stage of life should altogether avoid oil; and he should avoid sexual intercourse, and likewise sleep and idleness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.90
शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिं नित्यं नारायणं स्मरेत् । वानप्रस्थः प्रकुर्वीत तपश्चान्द्रायणादिकम्
śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ nityaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ smaret / vānaprasthaḥ prakurvīta tapaścāndrāyaṇādikam
He should constantly remember Nārāyaṇa, who holds conch, discus and mace in his hands; the forest-dweller should perform austerities such as the cāndrāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.91
सहेत शीततापादिवह्निं परिचरेत्सदा । यदा मनसि वैराग्यं जातं सर्वेषु वस्तुषु
saheta śītatāpādivahniṃ paricaretsadā / yadā manasi vairāgyaṃ jātaṃ sarveṣu vastuṣu
He should endure cold, heat and the rest, and should always tend the sacred fire; when detachment toward all things has arisen in his mind—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.92
तदैव संन्यसेद्विप्र पतितस्त्वन्यथा भवेत् । वेदान्ताभ्यासनिरतः शान्तो दान्तो जितेन्द्रियः
tadaiva saṃnyasedvipra patitastvanyathā bhavet / vedāntābhyāsanirataḥ śānto dānto jitendriyaḥ
then and only then, O brahmin, should he renounce; otherwise he becomes fallen. (He should be) devoted to the practice of Vedānta, calm, self-controlled, with his senses conquered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.93
निर्द्वेद्वो निरहॄङ्कारो निर्ममः सर्वदा भवेत् । शमादिगुणसंयुक्तः कामक्रोधविवर्जितः
nirdvedvo nirahṝṅkāro nirmamaḥ sarvadā bhavet / śamādiguṇasaṃyuktaḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ
He should always be free from duality, without ego, without the sense of "mine," endowed with the virtues beginning with tranquillity, and rid of desire and anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.94
नग्नो वा जीर्णकौपीनौ भवेन्मुण्डो यतिर्द्विजः । समः शत्रौ च मित्रे च तथा मानापमानयोः
nagno vā jīrṇakaupīnau bhavenmuṇḍo yatirdvijaḥ / samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca tathā mānāpamānayoḥ
The twice-born ascetic should be naked or (wear) a worn-out loincloth, and shaven-headed, the same toward enemy and friend, and likewise in honour and dishonour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.95
एकरात्रं वसेद्ग्रामे त्रिरात्रं नगरे तथा । भैक्षेण वर्त्तयेन्नित्यं नैकान्नादीभवेद्यतिः
ekarātraṃ vasedgrāme trirātraṃ nagare tathā / bhaikṣeṇa varttayennityaṃ naikānnādībhavedyatiḥ
He should dwell one night in a village and likewise three nights in a town; he should always subsist by begged food; the ascetic should not become one who eats (habitually) from a single house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.96
अनिन्दितद्विजगृहे व्यङ्गारे भुक्तिवर्जिते । विवादरहिते चैव भिक्षार्थं पर्यटेद्यतिः
aninditadvijagṛhe vyaṅgāre bhuktivarjite / vivādarahite caiva bhikṣārthaṃ paryaṭedyatiḥ
The ascetic should wander for the sake of alms at the house of an unblamed twice-born, where the coals (of cooking) are out and the eating is over, and which is free from quarrelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 27.97
भवेत्रिषवणस्नायी नारायणपरायणः । जपेच्च प्रणवं नित्यं जितात्मा विजितेन्द्रियः
bhavetriṣavaṇasnāyī nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ / japecca praṇavaṃ nityaṃ jitātmā vijitendriyaḥ
He should bathe at the three junctures of the day, be devoted to Nārāyaṇa, and should always mutter the praṇava (OM), self-controlled, with senses fully subdued.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.98
एकान्नादी भवेद्यस्तु कदाचिल्लंपटो यतिः । न तस्य निष्कृतिर्द्दष्टा प्रायश्चित्तायुतैरपि
ekānnādī bhavedyastu kadācillaṃpaṭo yatiḥ / na tasya niṣkṛtirddaṣṭā prāyaścittāyutairapi
But that ascetic who eats from a single house, being at some time greedy for it—for him no expiation is seen, even by ten thousand penances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.99
लोभाद्यदि यतिर्विप्र तनुपोषपरो भवेत् । स चण्डालसमो ज्ञेयो वर्णाश्रमविगर्हितः
lobhādyadi yatirvipra tanupoṣaparo bhavet / sa caṇḍālasamo jñeyo varṇāśramavigarhitaḥ
If out of greed, O brahmin, an ascetic becomes intent on nourishing the body, he is to be known as equal to a Caṇḍāla, censured by (all) classes and stages of life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.100
आत्मानां चिन्तयेद्द्रेवं नारायणमनामयम् । निर्द्वन्द्रं निर्ममंशान्तं मायातीतममत्सरम्
ātmānāṃ cintayeddrevaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam / nirdvandraṃ nirmamaṃśāntaṃ māyātītamamatsaram
He should contemplate the Self as the god Nārāyaṇa, free from affliction, free from the pairs of opposites, without the sense of "mine," tranquil, beyond māyā, without envy;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.101
अव्ययं परिपूर्णं च सदानन्दैकविग्रहम् । ज्ञानस्वरुपममलं परं ज्योतिः सनातनम्
avyayaṃ paripūrṇaṃ ca sadānandaikavigraham / jñānasvarupamamalaṃ paraṃ jyotiḥ sanātanam
imperishable and wholly complete, whose single form is everlasting bliss, of the nature of knowledge, stainless, the supreme, eternal light;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.102
अविकारमनाद्यन्तं जगच्चैतन्यकारणम् । निर्गुणं परमं ध्यायेदात्मानं परतः परम्
avikāramanādyantaṃ jagaccaitanyakāraṇam / nirguṇaṃ paramaṃ dhyāyedātmānaṃ parataḥ param
changeless, without beginning or end, the cause of consciousness in the world; he should meditate on the Self as attributeless, supreme, higher than the highest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.103
पठेदुपनिषद्वाक्यं वेदान्तार्थांश्च चिन्तयेत् । सहस्रशीर्षं देवं च सदा ध्यायेज्जितेन्द्रियः
paṭhedupaniṣadvākyaṃ vedāntārthāṃśca cintayet / sahasraśīrṣaṃ devaṃ ca sadā dhyāyejjitendriyaḥ
He should recite the utterance of the Upaniṣad and reflect on the meanings of the Vedānta, and with senses subdued should always meditate on the thousand-headed god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.104
एवं ध्यानपरो यस्तु यतिर्विगतमत्सरः । स याति परमानन्दं परं ज्योतिः सनातनम्
evaṃ dhyānaparo yastu yatirvigatamatsaraḥ / sa yāti paramānandaṃ paraṃ jyotiḥ sanātanam
The ascetic who is thus devoted to meditation, with envy gone, goes to the supreme bliss, the supreme, eternal light.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.105
इत्येवमाश्रमाचारान्यः करोति द्विजः क्रमात् । स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र गत्वा न शोचयति
ityevamāśramācārānyaḥ karoti dvijaḥ kramāt / sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra gatvā na śocayati
The twice-born who thus performs the observances of the stages of life in due order goes to the highest abode, where, having gone, one does not grieve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 27.106
वर्णाश्रमाचाररताः सर्वपापविवर्जिताः । नारायणपरा यान्ति तद्विष्णः परमं पदम्
varṇāśramācāraratāḥ sarvapāpavivarjitāḥ / nārāyaṇaparā yānti tadviṣṇaḥ paramaṃ padam
Those who delight in the observances of class and stage of life, freed from all sin, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, go to that supreme station of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition