Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 24

NarP 2 24.1

राजोवाच यत्त्वया व्याहृतं वाक्यं ममेदं गौतमेरितम् । मन्दरे पर्वतश्रेष्ठे हरिवासरभोजनम्

rājovāca yattvayā vyāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ mamedaṃ gautameritam / mandare parvataśreṣṭhe harivāsarabhojanam

The king said: This statement you have uttered to me, said (as if) spoken by Gautama on Mandara, best of mountains — that one may eat on Hari's day —

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NarP 2 24.2

अमतेन पुराणानां व्याहृतं यद्द्विजन्मना । क्षुद्रशास्त्रोपदेशेन लोलुपेन वरानने

amatena purāṇānāṃ vyāhṛtaṃ yaddvijanmanā / kṣudraśāstropadeśena lolupena varānane

was spoken contrary to the view of the Purāṇas by that twice-born, greedy and (going) by the teaching of some petty treatise, O fair-faced one.

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NarP 2 24.3

पुराणे निर्णयो ह्येष विद्वद्भिः समुदाहृतः । न शङ्खेन पिबेत्तोयं न हन्यात्कूर्मसूकरौ

purāṇe nirṇayo hyeṣa vidvadbhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ / na śaṅkhena pibettoyaṃ na hanyātkūrmasūkarau

For in the Purāṇa this decision has been declared by the learned: one should not drink water with a conch, one should not kill tortoise or boar,

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NarP 2 24.4

एकादश्यां न भोक्तव्यं पक्षयोरुभयोरपि । अगम्यागमने देवि अभक्ष्यस्य च भक्षणे

ekādaśyāṃ na bhoktavyaṃ pakṣayorubhayorapi / agamyāgamane devi abhakṣyasya ca bhakṣaṇe

one should not eat on the eleventh, in both fortnights. In approaching a woman who may not be approached, O goddess, and in eating what may not be eaten,

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NarP 2 24.5

अकार्यकरणे जन्तोर्गोसहस्रवधः स्मृतः । जानन्नपि कथं देवि भोक्ष्ये ऽहं हरिवासरे

akāryakaraṇe jantorgosahasravadhaḥ smṛtaḥ / jānannapi kathaṃ devi bhokṣye 'haṃ harivāsare

in the doing of what should not be done, a creature (incurs) what is reckoned as the slaughter of a thousand cows. Knowing this, how, O goddess, shall I eat on Hari's day?

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NarP 2 24.6

पुरोडाशो ऽपि वामोरु संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे । अभक्ष्येण समः प्रोक्तः किं पुनश्चात्तनक्रिया

puroḍāśo 'pi vāmoru saṃprāpte harivāsare / abhakṣyeṇa samaḥ proktaḥ kiṃ punaścāttanakriyā

Even the sacrificial cake, O fair-thighed one, when the day of Hari has arrived, is declared to be the same as forbidden food — how much more (ordinary) eating!

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NarP 2 24.7

अनुकूलं नृणां प्रोक्तं क्षीणानां वरवर्णिनि । मूलं फलं पयस्तोयमुपभोज्यं मुनीश्वरैः

anukūlaṃ nṛṇāṃ proktaṃ kṣīṇānāṃ varavarṇini / mūlaṃ phalaṃ payastoyamupabhojyaṃ munīśvaraiḥ

What has been declared suitable for men who are weakened, O you of lovely complexion, is: root, fruit, milk, water — these may be consumed, (as prescribed) by the lords of sages.

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NarP 2 24.8

नत्वत्र भोजनं कैश्चिदेकादश्यां प्रदर्शितम् । ज्वरिणां लङ्घनं शस्तं धार्मिकाणामुपोषणम्

natvatra bhojanaṃ kaiścidekādaśyāṃ pradarśitam / jvariṇāṃ laṅghanaṃ śastaṃ dhārmikāṇāmupoṣaṇam

But eating on the eleventh day has not been shown here by any (authority); for the feverish, abstention from food is prescribed; for the righteous, fasting.

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NarP 2 24.9

शुभं गतिप्रदं प्रोक्तं संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे । ज्वरमध्ये कृतं पथ्यं निधनाय प्रकल्पते

śubhaṃ gatipradaṃ proktaṃ saṃprāpte harivāsare / jvaramadhye kṛtaṃ pathyaṃ nidhanāya prakalpate

It is declared auspicious and granting (a good) destiny, when the day of Hari has arrived; wholesome food taken in the midst of a fever turns out to be fatal.

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NarP 2 24.10

वैष्णवे तु दिने भुक्तं नरकायैव केवलम् । माग्रहं कुरु वामोरु व्रतभङ्गो भवेन्मम

vaiṣṇave tu dine bhuktaṃ narakāyaiva kevalam / māgrahaṃ kuru vāmoru vratabhaṅgo bhavenmama

But eating on the day of Viṣṇu leads only to hell; do not insist, O fair-thighed one — my vow would be broken.

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NarP 2 24.11

यदन्यद्वोचते तुभ्यं तत्कर्तास्मि न संशयः । मोहिन्युवाच न चान्यद्रोचते राजन्विना वै भोजनं तव

yadanyadvocate tubhyaṃ tatkartāsmi na saṃśayaḥ / mohinyuvāca na cānyadrocate rājanvinā vai bhojanaṃ tava

Whatever else pleases you, that I shall do, no doubt. Mohinī said: Nothing else pleases (me), O king, except your eating.

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NarP 2 24.12

जीवितस्यापि दानेन न मे किञ्चित्प्रयोदजनम् । न च वेदेषु दृष्टो ऽयमुपवासो हरेर्दिने

jīvitasyāpi dānena na me kiñcitprayodajanam / na ca vedeṣu dṛṣṭo 'yamupavāso harerdine

Even by the gift of (your) life there is no purpose of any kind for me; and this fast on Hari's day is not seen in the Vedas.

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NarP 2 24.13

अग्निमन्तो न विप्रा हि मन्यन्ते समुपोषणम् । वेदबाह्य कथं धर्मं भवांश्चरितुमिच्छति

agnimanto na viprā hi manyante samupoṣaṇam / vedabāhya kathaṃ dharmaṃ bhavāṃścaritumicchati

For brahmins who maintain the sacred fires do not approve of fasting; how does your honour wish to practise a dharma that is outside the Veda?

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NarP 2 24.14

वचो निशम्य मोहिन्या राजा वेदविदां वरः । उवाच मानसे क्रुद्धः प्रहसन्निव भूपते

vaco niśamya mohinyā rājā vedavidāṃ varaḥ / uvāca mānase kruddhaḥ prahasanniva bhūpate

Having heard Mohinī's words, the king, best of those who know the Veda, angry in his mind, spoke as if laughing, O lord of the earth.

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NarP 2 24.15

शृणु मोहिनि मद्वाक्यं वेदो ऽयं बहुधा स्थितः । यज्ञकर्मक्रिया वेदः स्मृतिर्वेदो गृहाश्रमे

śṛṇu mohini madvākyaṃ vedo 'yaṃ bahudhā sthitaḥ / yajñakarmakriyā vedaḥ smṛtirvedo gṛhāśrame

Hear my words, Mohinī: this Veda exists in many forms. The Veda is the performance of sacrificial rites; in household life the Veda is smṛti.

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NarP 2 24.16

स्मृतिर्वेदः क्रियावेदः पुराणेषु प्रतिष्ठितः । पुराणपुंरुषाज्जातं यथेदं जगदद्भुतम्

smṛtirvedaḥ kriyāvedaḥ purāṇeṣu pratiṣṭhitaḥ / purāṇapuṃruṣājjātaṃ yathedaṃ jagadadbhutam

The smṛti-Veda and the ritual-Veda are established in the Purāṇas. Just as this wondrous world arose from the ancient Person,

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NarP 2 24.17

तथेदं वाङ्मयं जातं पुराणेभ्यो न संशयः । वेदार्थादधिकं मन्ये पुराणार्थं वरानने

tathedaṃ vāṅmayaṃ jātaṃ purāṇebhyo na saṃśayaḥ / vedārthādadhikaṃ manye purāṇārthaṃ varānane

so this (world) made of speech arose from the Purāṇas — of that there is no doubt. I hold the meaning of the Purāṇas to be greater than the meaning of the Veda, O fair-faced one.

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NarP 2 24.18

वेदाः प्रतिष्ठिताः सर्वे पुराणेष्वेव सर्वदा । बिभेत्यल्पश्रुताद्वेदो मामयं प्रहरिष्यति

vedāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ sarve purāṇeṣveva sarvadā / bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ prahariṣyati

All the Vedas are always established in the Purāṇas alone. The Veda is afraid of a man of little learning: "He will strike at me!"

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NarP 2 24.19

न वेदे ग्रहसंचारो न शुद्धिः कालबोधिनी । तिथिवृद्धिक्षयो वापि पर्वग्रहविनिर्णयः

na vede grahasaṃcāro na śuddhiḥ kālabodhinī / tithivṛddhikṣayo vāpi parvagrahavinirṇayaḥ

In the Veda there is no motion of the planets, no purification that indicates the (proper) time, nor the increase and loss of lunar days, nor the determination of conjunctions and eclipses.

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NarP 2 24.20

इति हासपुराणैस्तु निश्चयो ऽयं कृतः पुरा । यन्न दृष्टं हि वेदेषु तत्सर्वं लक्ष्यते स्मृतौ

iti hāsapurāṇaistu niścayo 'yaṃ kṛtaḥ purā / yanna dṛṣṭaṃ hi vedeṣu tatsarvaṃ lakṣyate smṛtau

Thus this conclusion was reached of old by the epics and Purāṇas: whatever is not seen in the Vedas, all that is observed in smṛti;

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NarP 2 24.21

उभयोर्यन्न दृष्टं हि तत्पुराणैः प्रगीयते । प्रायश्चित्तं तु हत्यायामातुरस्यौषधं प्रिये

ubhayoryanna dṛṣṭaṃ hi tatpurāṇaiḥ pragīyate / prāyaścittaṃ tu hatyāyāmāturasyauṣadhaṃ priye

and whatever is not seen in either of the two, that is proclaimed by the Purāṇas — as expiation for killing, and medicine for the sick, dear one.

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NarP 2 24.22

न चापि पापशुद्धिः स्यादात्मनश्च परस्य वा । यद्वेदैर्गीयते सुभ्रु उपाङ्गैर्यत्प्रगीयते

na cāpi pāpaśuddhiḥ syādātmanaśca parasya vā / yadvedairgīyate subhru upāṅgairyatpragīyate

Nor would there be purification from sin, for oneself or for another. What is sung by the Vedas, O fair-browed one, what is proclaimed by the ancillary texts,

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NarP 2 24.23

पुराणैः स्मृतिभिश्चैव वेद एव निगद्यते । रटन्तीह पुराणानि भूयो भूयो वरानने

purāṇaiḥ smṛtibhiścaiva veda eva nigadyate / raṭantīha purāṇāni bhūyo bhūyo varānane

by the Purāṇas and by the smṛtis — it is the Veda alone that is being uttered. Here the Purāṇas cry out again and again, O fair-faced one:

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NarP 2 24.24

न भोक्तव्यं न भोक्तव्यं संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे । पुराणमन्यथा मत्वा तिर्यग्योनिमवाप्नुयात्

na bhoktavyaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ saṃprāpte harivāsare / purāṇamanyathā matvā tiryagyonimavāpnuyāt

"One must not eat, one must not eat, when the day of Hari has arrived!" Holding the Purāṇa to be otherwise, one would attain birth as an animal.

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NarP 2 24.25

संस्रातो ऽपि सुदान्तो ऽपि न गतिं प्राप्नुयादिति । पितरं को न वन्देत मातरं को न पूजयेत्

saṃsrāto 'pi sudānto 'pi na gatiṃ prāpnuyāditi / pitaraṃ ko na vandeta mātaraṃ ko na pūjayet

"Even one who has bathed (at holy places), even one well self-controlled, would not attain (a good) destiny" — so (they say). Who would not salute his father? Who would not honour his mother?

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NarP 2 24.28

को न गच्छेत्सरिच्छ्रेष्ठां को भुङ्क्ते हरिवासरे । को हि दूषयते वेदं ब्राह्मणं को निपातयेत् ॥ नर्प्_२,२४।२६ ॥ को गच्छेत्परदारान् हि को भुङ्क्ते हरिवासरे ॥ नर्प्_२,२४।२७ ॥ नहीदृशं पापमिहास्ति जन्तोर्विमूढचित्तस्य दिने हरेः प्रिये । यद्भोजनेनात्मनिपातकारिणा यमस्य रवातेषु चिरं सुलोचने

ko na gacchetsaricchreṣṭhāṃ ko bhuṅkte harivāsare / ko hi dūṣayate vedaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ko nipātayet // narp_2,24.26 // ko gacchetparadārān hi ko bhuṅkte harivāsare // narp_2,24.27 // nahīdṛśaṃ pāpamihāsti jantorvimūḍhacittasya dine hareḥ priye / yadbhojanenātmanipātakāriṇā yamasya ravāteṣu ciraṃ sulocane

Who would not go to the best of rivers? Who eats on Hari's day? Who indeed defiles the Veda? Who would strike down a brahmin? // Who would go to another man's wife? Who eats on Hari's day? // There is no sin here like this for a creature of deluded mind, on the day dear to Hari, (the sin) of that eating which brings about one's own downfall, (leading) for a long time into the (hells) of Yama, O fair-eyed one.

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NarP 2 24.29

मोहिन्युवाच शीघ्रमानय विप्रांस्त्वं घूर्णिके वेदपारगान् । येषां वाक्येन युक्तो ऽयं राजा कुर्याद्धि भोजनम्

mohinyuvāca śīghramānaya viprāṃstvaṃ ghūrṇike vedapāragān / yeṣāṃ vākyena yukto 'yaṃ rājā kuryāddhi bhojanam

Mohinī said: Quickly bring here, O Ghūrṇikā, brahmins who have gone to the far shore of the Veda, by whose word this king, being joined (to it), may indeed take food.

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NarP 2 24.30

सा तद्वाक्यमुपाकर्ण्य ब्राह्मणान्वेदशालिनः । गौतमादीन्समाहूय मोहिनीपार्श्वमानयत

sā tadvākyamupākarṇya brāhmaṇānvedaśālinaḥ / gautamādīnsamāhūya mohinīpārśvamānayata

She, having heard that speech, summoned brahmins distinguished in the Veda, Gautama and the rest, and brought them to Mohinī's side.

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NarP 2 24.31

तान्विप्रानागतान्दृष्ट्वा वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान् । मोहिनी सहिता राज्ञा ववन्दे कार्यतत्परा

tānviprānāgatāndṛṣṭvā vedavedāṅgapāragān / mohinī sahitā rājñā vavande kāryatatparā

Seeing those brahmins arrived, who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, Mohinī, together with the king, bowed to them, intent upon her purpose.

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NarP 2 24.32

उपविष्टास्तु ते सर्वे शातकैंभमयेषु च । आसनेषु महीपाल ज्वलदग्निसमप्रभाः

upaviṣṭāstu te sarve śātakaiṃbhamayeṣu ca / āsaneṣu mahīpāla jvaladagnisamaprabhāḥ

And they all sat down, O protector of the earth, on seats made of gold, (they being) of splendour equal to blazing fire.

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NarP 2 24.33

तेषां मध्ये वयोवृद्धो गौतमो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । वयं समागता देवि नानाशास्त्रविशारदाः

teṣāṃ madhye vayovṛddho gautamo vākyamabravīt / vayaṃ samāgatā devi nānāśāstraviśāradāḥ

Among them Gautama, advanced in years, spoke these words: We have come, O goddess, skilled in the various śāstras,

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NarP 2 24.34

सर्वसंदेहहर्तारो यदर्थं ते समाहुताः । तच्छत्वा वचनं तेषां मोहिनी ब्रह्मणः सुता

sarvasaṃdehahartāro yadarthaṃ te samāhutāḥ / tacchatvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ mohinī brahmaṇaḥ sutā

removers of every doubt, for whatever purpose we have been summoned. Hearing that speech of theirs, Mohinī, the daughter of a brahmin,

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NarP 2 24.35

सर्वासाध्यकृतं कर्तुं प्रवृत्तांस्तानुवाच ह । मोहिन्युवाच संदेहस्तु जडौ ह्येष स्वल्पो वा स्वमतिर्यथा

sarvāsādhyakṛtaṃ kartuṃ pravṛttāṃstānuvāca ha / mohinyuvāca saṃdehastu jaḍau hyeṣa svalpo vā svamatiryathā

spoke to them, who were set upon doing what is unachievable by all: Mohinī said: This doubt is indeed a dull one, or a small one, according to my own understanding.

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NarP 2 24.36

सो ऽयं वदति राजा वै नाहं भोक्ष्ये हरेर्दिने । अन्नाधारमिदं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्

so 'yaṃ vadati rājā vai nāhaṃ bhokṣye harerdine / annādhāramidaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam

This king here says: 'I will not eat on Hari's day.' But this whole world, moving and unmoving, has food for its support.

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NarP 2 24.37

मृता ह्यपि तथान्नेन प्रीयन्ते पितरो दिवि । कर्कन्धुमात्रं प्रहुतं पुरोडाशं हि देवताः

mṛtā hyapi tathānnena prīyante pitaro divi / karkandhumātraṃ prahutaṃ puroḍāśaṃ hi devatāḥ

For even the dead, the fathers in heaven, are gratified by food; and the gods (are gratified by) a sacrificial cake offered though it be but the size of a jujube berry.

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NarP 2 24.38

कामयन्ति द्विजश्रेष्ठास्ततो ऽन्नं ह्यमृतं परम् । पिपीलिकापि क्षुधिता मुखेनादाय तण्डुलम्

kāmayanti dvijaśreṣṭhāstato 'nnaṃ hyamṛtaṃ param / pipīlikāpi kṣudhitā mukhenādāya taṇḍulam

(This) the best of the twice-born desire; therefore food is the supreme nectar. Even a hungry ant, taking up a grain of rice in its mouth,

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NarP 2 24.39

बिलं व्रजति दुःखेन कस्यान्नं नहि रोचते । अयं खादति नान्नाद्यं संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे

bilaṃ vrajati duḥkhena kasyānnaṃ nahi rocate / ayaṃ khādati nānnādyaṃ saṃprāpte harivāsare

goes with difficulty to its hole. To whom is food not pleasing? Yet this man eats no food when Hari's day arrives,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 24.40

निजधर्मं परित्यज्य परधर्मे व्यवस्थितः । विधावानां यतीनां च युज्यते व्रतसेवनम्

nijadharmaṃ parityajya paradharme vyavasthitaḥ / vidhāvānāṃ yatīnāṃ ca yujyate vratasevanam

abandoning his own duty and established in another's duty. The practice of vows is fitting for widows and for ascetics.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 2 24.41

परधर्मरतो यः स्यात्स्वधर्मविमुखो नरः । स्ॐऽधे तमसि मज्जेत यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्द्दश

paradharmarato yaḥ syātsvadharmavimukho naraḥ / soṃ'dhe tamasi majjeta yāvadindrāścaturddaśa

The man who is devoted to another's duty and turned away from his own duty would sink in blind darkness for as long as fourteen Indras (endure).

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NarP 2 24.42

उपवासादिकरणं भूभुजां नोदितं क्वचित् । प्रजासंरक्षणं त्यक्त्वा चतुर्वर्गफलप्रदम्

upavāsādikaraṇaṃ bhūbhujāṃ noditaṃ kvacit / prajāsaṃrakṣaṇaṃ tyaktvā caturvargaphalapradam

The performance of fasting and the like is nowhere enjoined for kings, (nor) the abandoning of the protection of subjects, which bestows the fruit of the four aims.

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NarP 2 24.43

नारीणां भर्तृशूश्रूषा पुत्राणां पितृसेवनम् । शूद्राणां द्विजसेवा च लोकरक्षा महीभृताम्

nārīṇāṃ bhartṛśūśrūṣā putrāṇāṃ pitṛsevanam / śūdrāṇāṃ dvijasevā ca lokarakṣā mahībhṛtām

For women, service to the husband; for sons, attendance on the father; for śūdras, service to the twice-born; and for kings, the protection of the world.

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NarP 2 24.44

स्वकं कर्म परित्यज्य यो ऽन्यत्र कुरुते श्रमम् । अज्ञानाद्वा प्रमादाच्च पतितः स न संशयः

svakaṃ karma parityajya yo 'nyatra kurute śramam / ajñānādvā pramādācca patitaḥ sa na saṃśayaḥ

He who, abandoning his own work, expends his effort elsewhere, whether from ignorance or from negligence, is fallen — there is no doubt.

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NarP 2 24.45

सो ऽयमद्य महीपालो यतिधर्म्मे व्यवस्थितः । सुबुद्ध्याचारशीलश्च वेदोक्तं त्यजति द्विजाः

so 'yamadya mahīpālo yatidharmme vyavasthitaḥ / subuddhyācāraśīlaśca vedoktaṃ tyajati dvijāḥ

And this king here today is established in the duty of an ascetic; though of good understanding and good conduct, he abandons what is declared in the Veda, O twice-born ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 24.46

स्वेच्छाचारा तु या नारी यो ऽविनीतः सुतो द्विजाः । एकान्तशीलो नृपतिर्भृत्यः कर्मविवर्जितः

svecchācārā tu yā nārī yo 'vinītaḥ suto dvijāḥ / ekāntaśīlo nṛpatirbhṛtyaḥ karmavivarjitaḥ

A woman who acts as she pleases, a son who is undisciplined, O twice-born ones, a king whose disposition is solitary, a servant devoid of (his) work —

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NarP 2 24.47

सर्वे ते नरकं यान्ति ह्यप्रतिष्ठश्च यो द्विजाः । अयं हि नियमोपेतो हरिपूजनतत्परः

sarve te narakaṃ yānti hyapratiṣṭhaśca yo dvijāḥ / ayaṃ hi niyamopeto haripūjanatatparaḥ

all these go to hell, and (so does) he who is without standing, O twice-born ones. For this man, endowed with observances, is intent on the worship of Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 24.48

आक्रन्दे वर्त्तमाने तु न यद्येष प्रधावति । व्यपोह्य हरिपूजां वै ब्रह्महत्यां तु विन्दति

ākrande varttamāne tu na yadyeṣa pradhāvati / vyapohya haripūjāṃ vai brahmahatyāṃ tu vindati

But when an outcry is going on, if he does not rush forth, setting aside the worship of Hari, then he incurs the guilt of killing a brahmin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 2 24.49

क्षीणदेहे हरिदिने कथं संयमयिष्यति । अन्नात्प्रभवति प्राणः प्राणाद्देहविचेष्टनम्

kṣīṇadehe haridine kathaṃ saṃyamayiṣyati / annātprabhavati prāṇaḥ prāṇāddehaviceṣṭanam

When the body is wasted away on Hari's day, how will he restrain (the wicked)? From food arises the breath, from the breath the body's activity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 24.50

चेष्टया रिपुनाशश्च तद्धीनः परिभूयते । एवं ज्ञात्वा मया राजा बोध्यमानो न बुद्ध्यति

ceṣṭayā ripunāśaśca taddhīnaḥ paribhūyate / evaṃ jñātvā mayā rājā bodhyamāno na buddhyati

By activity comes the destruction of enemies; one who lacks it is overpowered. Though the king is instructed by me who knows this, he does not understand.

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NarP 2 24.51

एतदेव व्रतं राज्ञो यत्प्रजापालनं चरेत् । न व्रतं किञ्चिदस्त्यन्यन्नृपस्य द्विजसत्तमाः

etadeva vrataṃ rājño yatprajāpālanaṃ caret / na vrataṃ kiñcidastyanyannṛpasya dvijasattamāḥ

This alone is the king's vow, that he should practise the protection of his subjects; there is no other vow whatever for a king, O best of the twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 24.52

किं देव कार्येण नराधिपस्य कृत्वा हि मन्युं विषयस्थितानाम् । तद्देवकार्यं स च यज्ञहोमो यद्रक्तपातो न भवेत् स्वराष्ट्रे

kiṃ deva kāryeṇa narādhipasya kṛtvā hi manyuṃ viṣayasthitānām / taddevakāryaṃ sa ca yajñahomo yadraktapāto na bhavet svarāṣṭre

What has a ruler of men to do with duty to the gods, when he has shown wrath toward those dwelling in his realm? That is his duty to the gods, and that his sacrifice and oblation: that no blood be shed in his own kingdom.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain