Vamana Purana — Chapter 14
VamP 14.1
ऋषय ऊचुः । अहिंसा सत्यमस्तं दानं क्षान्तिर्दमः शमः । अकार्पण्यं च शौचं च तपश्च रजनीचर
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / ahiṃsā satyamastaṃ dānaṃ kṣāntirdamaḥ śamaḥ / akārpaṇyaṃ ca śaucaṃ ca tapaśca rajanīcara
The sages said: Non-injury, truth, non-stealing, giving, forbearance, self-restraint, calm, freedom from meanness, purity, and austerity, O night-walker—
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VamP 14.2
दशाङ्गो राक्षसश्रेष्ठ धर्मो ऽसौ सार्ववर्णिकः । ब्राह्मणस्यापि विहिता चातुराश्रम्यकल्पना
daśāṅgo rākṣasaśreṣṭha dharmo 'sau sārvavarṇikaḥ / brāhmaṇasyāpi vihitā cāturāśramyakalpanā
this dharma with its ten members, O best of rākṣasas, belongs to all the classes; but for the brahmin the scheme of the four stages of life is also prescribed.
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VamP 14.3
सुकेशिरुवाच । विप्राणां चातुराश्रम्यं विस्तरान्मे तपोधनाः । आचक्षध्वं न मे तृप्तिः शृण्वतः प्रतिपद्यते
sukeśiruvāca / viprāṇāṃ cāturāśramyaṃ vistarānme tapodhanāḥ / ācakṣadhvaṃ na me tṛptiḥ śṛṇvataḥ pratipadyate
Sukeśin said: Tell me in detail, O you whose wealth is austerity, the four life-stages of the brahmins; no satiety comes to me as I listen.
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VamP 14.4
ऋषय ऊचुः । कृतोपनयनः सम्यग् ब्रह्मचारी गुरौ वसेत् । तत्र धर्मो ऽस्य यस्तं च कथ्यमानं निशामय
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / kṛtopanayanaḥ samyag brahmacārī gurau vaset / tatra dharmo 'sya yastaṃ ca kathyamānaṃ niśāmaya
The sages said: Having duly had his initiation performed, as a student of sacred lore he should dwell with his teacher. Hear now, as it is told, what his duty is in that state.
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VamP 14.5
स्वाध्यायो ऽथाग्निशुश्रुषा स्नानं भिक्षाटनं तथा । गुरोर्निंवेद्य तच्चाद्यमनुज्ञातेन सर्वदा
svādhyāyo 'thāgniśuśruṣā snānaṃ bhikṣāṭanaṃ tathā / gurorniṃvedya taccādyamanujñātena sarvadā
Private recitation, tending the (sacred) fire, bathing, and likewise going about for alms; and having presented that food to the teacher, (he should eat) always only when permitted.
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VamP 14.6
गुरोः कर्मणि सोद्योगः सम्यक्प्रीत्युपपादनम् । तेनाहूतः पठेच्चैव तत्परो नान्यमानसः
guroḥ karmaṇi sodyogaḥ samyakprītyupapādanam / tenāhūtaḥ paṭheccaiva tatparo nānyamānasaḥ
Being diligent in the teacher's work, properly producing his affection; and when called by him he should recite, intent on that, his mind on nothing else.
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VamP 14.7
एकं द्वौ सकलान् वापि वेदान् प्राप्य सुरोर्मुखात् । अनुज्ञातो वरं दत्त्वा गुरवे दक्षिणां ततः
ekaṃ dvau sakalān vāpi vedān prāpya surormukhāt / anujñāto varaṃ dattvā gurave dakṣiṇāṃ tataḥ
Having obtained from the teacher's mouth one, or two, or all of the Vedas, then, being given leave and having given the teacher a chosen gift as his fee,
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VamP 14.8
गार्हस्थ्याश्रमकामस्तु गार्हस्थ्याश्रममावसेत् । वानप्रस्थाश्रमं वापि चतुर्थं स्वेच्छयात्मनः
gārhasthyāśramakāmastu gārhasthyāśramamāvaset / vānaprasthāśramaṃ vāpi caturthaṃ svecchayātmanaḥ
if he desires the householder's stage, he should enter the householder's stage; or else the forest-dweller's stage, or the fourth, according to his own wish.
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VamP 14.9
तत्रैव वा गुरोर्गेहे द्विजो निष्ठामवाप्नुयात् । गुरोरभावे तत्पुत्रे तच्छिष्ये तत्सुतं विना
tatraiva vā gurorgehe dvijo niṣṭhāmavāpnuyāt / gurorabhāve tatputre tacchiṣye tatsutaṃ vinā
Or the twice-born may attain his final standing right there in the teacher's house; in the teacher's absence, in (the service of) his son, or of his pupil apart from his son,
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VamP 14.10
शुश्रूषन् निरभीमानो ब्रह्मचर्याश्रमं वसेत् । एवं जयति मृत्युं स द्विजः शालकटङ्कट
śuśrūṣan nirabhīmāno brahmacaryāśramaṃ vaset / evaṃ jayati mṛtyuṃ sa dvijaḥ śālakaṭaṅkaṭa
serving and free of pride, he may dwell in the stage of studenthood; thus that twice-born conquers death, O Śālakaṭaṅkaṭa.
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VamP 14.11
उपावृत्तस्ततस्तस्माद् गृहस्थाश्रमकाम्यया । असमानर्षिकुलजां कन्यामुद्वहेद् निशाचर
upāvṛttastatastasmād gṛhasthāśramakāmyayā / asamānarṣikulajāṃ kanyāmudvahed niśācara
Then, having returned from that (studenthood) out of desire for the householder's stage, he should marry a maiden not born of the same seer's lineage, O night-roamer.
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VamP 14.12
स्वकर्मणा धनं लब्ध्वा पितृदेवातिथीनपि । सम्यक् संप्रीणयेद् भक्त्या सदाचाररतो द्विजः
svakarmaṇā dhanaṃ labdhvā pitṛdevātithīnapi / samyak saṃprīṇayed bhaktyā sadācārarato dvijaḥ
Having gained wealth by his own proper work, the twice-born, devoted to good conduct, should duly gratify with devotion the ancestors, the gods, and guests as well.
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VamP 14.13
सदाचारो निगदितो युष्माभिर्मम सुव्रताः । लक्षणं श्रोतुमिच्ःआमि कथयध्वं तमद्य मे
sadācāro nigadito yuṣmābhirmama suvratāḥ / lakṣaṇaṃ śrotumicḥāmi kathayadhvaṃ tamadya me
Good conduct has been named by you to me, O you of excellent vows; I wish to hear its defining marks—tell me that now.
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VamP 14.14
ऋषय ऊचुः । सदाचारो निगदितस्तव यो ऽस्माभिरादरात् । लक्षणं तस्य वक्ष्यामस्तच्छृणुष्व निशाचर
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / sadācāro nigaditastava yo 'smābhirādarāt / lakṣaṇaṃ tasya vakṣyāmastacchṛṇuṣva niśācara
The sages said: The good conduct which we have named to you respectfully—we shall state its defining marks; hear that, O night-roamer.
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VamP 14.15
गृहस्थेन सदा कार्यमाचारपरिपालनम् । न ह्याचारविहिनस्य भद्रमत्र परत्र च
gṛhasthena sadā kāryamācāraparipālanam / na hyācāravihinasya bhadramatra paratra ca
By a householder the safeguarding of (right) conduct must always be done; for one destitute of conduct there is no welfare here or in the world beyond.
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VamP 14.16
यज्ञदानतपांसीह पुरुषस्य न भूतये । भवन्ति यः समुल्लङ्घ्य सदाचारं प्रवर्तते
yajñadānatapāṃsīha puruṣasya na bhūtaye / bhavanti yaḥ samullaṅghya sadācāraṃ pravartate
Sacrifices, gifts and austerities here do not make for the prosperity of a man who acts having overstepped good conduct.
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VamP 14.17
हुराचारो हि पुरुषो नेह नामुत्र नन्दते । कार्यो यत्नः सदाचारे आचारो हन्त्यलक्षणम्
hurācāro hi puruṣo neha nāmutra nandate / kāryo yatnaḥ sadācāre ācāro hantyalakṣaṇam
For a man of bad conduct rejoices neither here nor hereafter; effort must be made in good conduct—conduct destroys the (inauspicious) mark.
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VamP 14.18
तस्य स्वरूपं वक्ष्यामः सदाचारस्य राक्षस । शृणुष्वैकमनास्तच्च यदि श्रेयो ऽभिवाञ्छसि
tasya svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ sadācārasya rākṣasa / śṛṇuṣvaikamanāstacca yadi śreyo 'bhivāñchasi
We shall declare to you the very form of good conduct, O demon; listen to it with a single mind, if you desire what is best.
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VamP 14.19
धर्मो ऽस्य मूलं धनमस्य शाखा पुष्पं च कामः फलमस्य मोक्षः । असौ सदाचारतरुः सुकेशिन् संसेवितो येन स पुण्यभोक्त
dharmo 'sya mūlaṃ dhanamasya śākhā puṣpaṃ ca kāmaḥ phalamasya mokṣaḥ / asau sadācārataruḥ sukeśin saṃsevito yena sa puṇyabhokta
Dharma is its root, wealth is its branches, pleasure its flower, and release its fruit: this is the tree of good conduct, Sukeśin, and whoever tends it well enjoys merit.
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VamP 14.20
ब्रह्मो मुहूर्ते प्रथमं विबुध्येदनुस्मरेद् देववरान् महर्षीन् । प्राभातिकं मङ्गलमेव वाच्यं यदुक्तवान् देवपतिस्त्रिनेत्रः
brahmo muhūrte prathamaṃ vibudhyedanusmared devavarān maharṣīn / prābhātikaṃ maṅgalameva vācyaṃ yaduktavān devapatistrinetraḥ
One should first wake at the hour of Brahmā and call to mind the foremost gods and the great seers; and the auspicious morning (formula) should be spoken, which the lord of gods, the three-eyed one, declared.
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VamP 14.21
सुकेशिरुवाच । किं तदुक्तं सुप्रभातं शङ्करेण महात्मना । प्रभाते यत् पठन् मर्त्यो मुच्यते पापबन्धनात्
sukeśiruvāca / kiṃ taduktaṃ suprabhātaṃ śaṅkareṇa mahātmanā / prabhāte yat paṭhan martyo mucyate pāpabandhanāt
Sukeśin said: What is that "good dawn" (formula) spoken by the great-souled Śaṅkara, which a mortal, reciting at daybreak, is freed from the bondage of sin?
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VamP 14.22
ऋषय ऊचुः । श्रूयतां राक्षसश्रेष्ठ सुप्रभातं हरोदितम् । श्रुत्वा स्मृत्वा पठित्वा च सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / śrūyatāṃ rākṣasaśreṣṭha suprabhātaṃ haroditam / śrutvā smṛtvā paṭhitvā ca sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
The seers said: Let it be heard, best of demons, the "good dawn" uttered by Hara; by hearing, remembering and reciting it one is wholly freed from all sins.
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VamP 14.23
ब्रह्म मुरारिस्त्रिपुरान्तकारी भानुः शशी भूमिसुतो बुधश्च । गुरुश्च शुक्रः सह भानुजेन कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्
brahma murāristripurāntakārī bhānuḥ śaśī bhūmisuto budhaśca / guruśca śukraḥ saha bhānujena kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam
Brahmā, the foe of Mura, the destroyer of Tripura, the sun, the moon, the son of earth (Mars) and Mercury, and Jupiter and Venus together with the son of the sun (Saturn) — may they all make my morning good.
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VamP 14.24
भृगुर्वसिष्ठः क्रतुरङ्गिराश्च मनुः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः सगौतमः । रैभ्यो मरीचिश्च्यवनो ऋभुश्च कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्
bhṛgurvasiṣṭhaḥ kraturaṅgirāśca manuḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ sagautamaḥ / raibhyo marīciścyavano ṛbhuśca kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam
Bhṛgu, Vasiṣṭha, Kratu and Aṅgiras, Manu, Pulastya, Pulaha with Gautama, Raibhya, Marīci, Cyavana and Ṛbhu — may they all make my morning good.
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VamP 14.25
सनत्कुमारः सनकः सनन्दनः सनातनो ऽप्यासुरिपिङ्गलौ च । सप्त स्वराः सप्त रसातलाश्च कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्
sanatkumāraḥ sanakaḥ sanandanaḥ sanātano 'pyāsuripiṅgalau ca / sapta svarāḥ sapta rasātalāśca kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam
Sanatkumāra, Sanaka, Sanandana, and Sanātana too, and Āsuri and Piṅgala, the seven notes and the seven netherworlds — may they all make my morning good.
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VamP 14.26
पृथ्वी सगन्धा सरसास्तथाऽपः स्पर्शश्च वायुर्ज्वलनः सतेजाः । नभः सशब्दं महता सहैव यच्छन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्
pṛthvī sagandhā sarasāstathā'paḥ sparśaśca vāyurjvalanaḥ satejāḥ / nabhaḥ saśabdaṃ mahatā sahaiva yacchantu sarve mama suprabhātam
Earth with its smell, the waters with their taste, and touch, wind, blazing fire with its heat, and space with sound, together with the great (principle) — may they all grant me a good morning.
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VamP 14.27
सप्तार्णवाः सप्त कुलाचलाश्च सप्तर्षयो द्वीपवराश्च सप्त । भूरादि कृत्वा भुवनानि सप्त ददन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्
saptārṇavāḥ sapta kulācalāśca saptarṣayo dvīpavarāśca sapta / bhūrādi kṛtvā bhuvanāni sapta dadantu sarve mama suprabhātam
The seven oceans and the seven principal mountains, the seven seers and the seven best islands, and the seven worlds beginning with Bhūḥ — may they all give me a good morning.
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VamP 14.28
इत्थं प्रभाते परमं पवित्रं पठेत् स्मरेद्वा शृमुयाच्च भक्त्या । दुःस्वप्ननाशो ऽनघ सुप्रभातं भवेच्च सत्यं भगवत्प्रसादात्
itthaṃ prabhāte paramaṃ pavitraṃ paṭhet smaredvā śṛmuyācca bhaktyā / duḥsvapnanāśo 'nagha suprabhātaṃ bhavecca satyaṃ bhagavatprasādāt
Thus at dawn one should recite, or remember, or hear with devotion this supremely purifying (hymn); the destruction of bad dreams (follows), O sinless one, and truly there will be a good morning by the Lord's grace.
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VamP 14.29
ततः समुत्थाय विचिन्तयेन धर्मं तथार्थं च विहाय शय्याम् । उत्थाय पश्चाद्धरिरित्युदीर्य गच्छेत् तदोत्सर्गविधिं हि कर्तुम्
tataḥ samutthāya vicintayena dharmaṃ tathārthaṃ ca vihāya śayyām / utthāya paścāddharirityudīrya gacchet tadotsargavidhiṃ hi kartum
Then, having risen and left the bed, one should reflect on dharma and on wealth; and having got up, afterwards, having uttered "Hari," one should go to perform the rite of evacuation.
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VamP 14.30
न देवगोब्राह्मणवह्निमार्गे न राजमार्गे न चतुष्पथे च । कुर्यादथोत्सर्गमपीह गोष्ठे पूर्वापरां चैव समाश्रितो गाम्
na devagobrāhmaṇavahnimārge na rājamārge na catuṣpathe ca / kuryādathotsargamapīha goṣṭhe pūrvāparāṃ caiva samāśrito gām
Not on a path (used) by gods, cows, brahmins or fire, not on a royal road, and not at a crossroads, nor in a cowpen should one relieve oneself here; and (not) facing east or west, nor having taken shelter of a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 14.31
ततस्तु शौचार्थमुपाहरेन्मृदं गुदे त्रयं पाणितले च सप्त । तथोभयोः पञ्च चतुस्तथैकां लिङ्गे तथैकां मृदमाहरेत
tatastu śaucārthamupāharenmṛdaṃ gude trayaṃ pāṇitale ca sapta / tathobhayoḥ pañca catustathaikāṃ liṅge tathaikāṃ mṛdamāhareta
Then, for cleansing, one should fetch earth: three (lumps) for the anus, and seven for the palm of the hand, and five for both (hands), and four, and likewise one; and one lump of earth for the organ.
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VamP 14.32
नान्तर्जलाद्राक्षस मूषिकस्थलात् शौचावशिष्टा शरणात् तथान्या । वल्मीकमृच्चैव हि शौचनाय ग्राह्य सदाचारविदा नरेण
nāntarjalādrākṣasa mūṣikasthalāt śaucāvaśiṣṭā śaraṇāt tathānyā / valmīkamṛccaiva hi śaucanāya grāhya sadācāravidā nareṇa
Not from within water, O demon, nor from a mouse-hole, nor earth left over from (another's) cleansing, nor from a house, nor any other such, nor anthill earth is to be taken for cleansing by a man who knows good conduct.
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VamP 14.33
उदङ्मुखः प्राङ्मुखो वापि विद्वान् प्रक्षाल्य पादौ भुवि संनिविष्टः । समाचमेदद्भिरफेनिलाभिरादौ परिमृज्य मुखं द्विरद्भिः
udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vāpi vidvān prakṣālya pādau bhuvi saṃniviṣṭaḥ / samācamedadbhiraphenilābhirādau parimṛjya mukhaṃ dviradbhiḥ
Facing north or else facing east, the learned man, having washed his feet and seated himself on the ground, should sip water that is not frothy, having first wiped his mouth twice with water.
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VamP 14.34
ततः स्पृशेत्खानि शिरः करेण संध्यामुपासीत ततः क्रमेण । केशांस्तु संशोध्य च दन्तधावनं कृत्वा तथा दर्पणदर्शनं च
tataḥ spṛśetkhāni śiraḥ kareṇa saṃdhyāmupāsīta tataḥ krameṇa / keśāṃstu saṃśodhya ca dantadhāvanaṃ kṛtvā tathā darpaṇadarśanaṃ ca
Then he should touch the orifices and the head with his hand, and then in due order worship the twilight; having tidied the hair, done the cleaning of the teeth, and likewise looked into a mirror,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.35
कृत्वा शिरःस्नानमथाङिड्कं वा संपूज्य तोयेन पितॄन् सदेवान् । होमं च कृत्वालभनं शुभानां कृत्वा बहिर्निर्गमनं प्रशस्तम्
kṛtvā śiraḥsnānamathāṅiḍkaṃ vā saṃpūjya toyena pitṝn sadevān / homaṃ ca kṛtvālabhanaṃ śubhānāṃ kṛtvā bahirnirgamanaṃ praśastam
having bathed the head, or else (only) the body, and having honoured the fathers together with the gods with water, and having made the fire-offering, and having touched auspicious things — then going out is commended.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.36
दूर्वादधिसर्पिरथोदकुम्भं धेनुं सवत्सां वृषभं सुवर्णम् । मृद्गोमयं स्वस्तिकमक्षतानि लाजामधु ब्राह्मणकन्यकां च
dūrvādadhisarpirathodakumbhaṃ dhenuṃ savatsāṃ vṛṣabhaṃ suvarṇam / mṛdgomayaṃ svastikamakṣatāni lājāmadhu brāhmaṇakanyakāṃ ca
Dūrvā grass, curds, ghee, and a water-pot, a cow with her calf, a bull, gold, earth, cow-dung, a svastika, unbroken grains, parched grain, honey, and a brahmin girl,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.37
श्वेतानि पुष्पाण्यथ शोभनानि हुताशनं चन्दमर्कबिम्बम् । अश्वत्थवृक्षं च समालभेत ततस्तु कुर्यान्निजजातिधर्मम्
śvetāni puṣpāṇyatha śobhanāni hutāśanaṃ candamarkabimbam / aśvatthavṛkṣaṃ ca samālabheta tatastu kuryānnijajātidharmam
and white flowers, and beautiful things, the fire, the disc of the moon and the sun, and the aśvattha tree — these he should touch; and then he should perform the duty of his own class.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.38
देशानुशिष्टं कुल धर्ममग्र्यं स्वगोत्रधर्मं न हि संत्यजेत् । तेनार्थसिद्धिं समुपाचरेत नासत्प्रलापं न च सत्यहीनम्
deśānuśiṣṭaṃ kula dharmamagryaṃ svagotradharmaṃ na hi saṃtyajet / tenārthasiddhiṃ samupācareta nāsatpralāpaṃ na ca satyahīnam
One should not abandon the custom taught in (one's) region, the foremost law of (one's) family, nor the law of one's own lineage; by that one should pursue the accomplishment of one's aims, and (should utter) no vain babble and nothing devoid of truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.39
न निष्ठुरं नागमशास्त्रहीनं वाक्यं वदेत्साधुजनेन येन । निन्द्यो भवेन्नैव च धर्मःएदी संगं न चासत्सु नरेषु कुर्यात्
na niṣṭhuraṃ nāgamaśāstrahīnaṃ vākyaṃ vadetsādhujanena yena / nindyo bhavennaiva ca dharmaḥedī saṃgaṃ na cāsatsu nareṣu kuryāt
One should not speak a harsh word, nor one lacking (the authority of) scripture and tradition, by which a good man (would be offended); nor should one become blameworthy, nor a transgressor of dharma, nor keep company with wicked men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 14.40
संध्यासु वर्ज्यं सुरतं दिवा च सर्वासु योनीषु पराबलासु । आगारशून्येषु महीतलेषु रजस्वलास्वेव जलेषु वीर
saṃdhyāsu varjyaṃ surataṃ divā ca sarvāsu yonīṣu parābalāsu / āgāraśūnyeṣu mahītaleṣu rajasvalāsveva jaleṣu vīra
Sexual union is to be avoided at the twilights and by day, in all (improper) orifices, with the wives of others, in houseless places, on the bare ground, and with menstruating women, and in water, O hero.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.41
वृथाटनं था दानं वृथा च पशुमारणम् । न कर्त्तव्यं गृहस्थेन वृता दारपरिग्रहम्
vṛthāṭanaṃ thā dānaṃ vṛthā ca paśumāraṇam / na karttavyaṃ gṛhasthena vṛtā dāraparigraham
Wandering to no purpose, giving to no purpose, and killing animals to no purpose, and taking a wife to no purpose—these a householder should not do.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.42
वृथाटनान्नित्यहानिर्वृथादानाद्धनक्षयः । वृथा पशुघ्नः प्राप्नोति पातकं नरकप्रदम्
vṛthāṭanānnityahānirvṛthādānāddhanakṣayaḥ / vṛthā paśughnaḥ prāpnoti pātakaṃ narakapradam
From purposeless wandering comes loss of (the observance of) daily rites; from purposeless giving, loss of wealth; one who kills animals to no purpose incurs the sin that leads to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.43
संतत्या हानिरश्लाघया वर्णसंकरतो भयम् । भेतव्यं च भवेल्लोके वृथादारपरिग्रहात्
saṃtatyā hāniraślāghayā varṇasaṃkarato bhayam / bhetavyaṃ ca bhavelloke vṛthādāraparigrahāt
From taking a wife to no purpose there is loss of progeny, disrepute, danger from the mixing of castes—and in the world (such a man) is to be feared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 14.44
परस्वे परदारे च न कार्या बुद्धिरुत्तमैः । परस्वं नरकायैव परदाराश्च मृत्यवे
parasve paradāre ca na kāryā buddhiruttamaiḥ / parasvaṃ narakāyaiva paradārāśca mṛtyave
The best of men should set no thought upon another's property or another's wife; another's property leads only to hell, and another's wives to death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.45
नेक्षेत् परस्त्रियं नग्नां न संभाषेन तस्करान् । उद्क्यादर्शनं स्पर्शं संभाषं च विवर्जयेत्
nekṣet parastriyaṃ nagnāṃ na saṃbhāṣena taskarān / udkyādarśanaṃ sparśaṃ saṃbhāṣaṃ ca vivarjayet
One should not look at another's wife naked, nor converse with thieves; one should avoid the sight, the touch, and conversation with a menstruating woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.46
नैकासने तथा स्थेयं सोदर्या परजायया । तथैव स्यान्न मातुश्च तथा स्वदुहितुस्त्वपि
naikāsane tathā stheyaṃ sodaryā parajāyayā / tathaiva syānna mātuśca tathā svaduhitustvapi
Nor should one sit on the same seat with a full sister or with another's wife; and so it should be with one's mother, and likewise with one's own daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.47
न च स्नायीत वै नग्नो न शयीत कदाचन । दिग्वाससो ऽपि न तथा परिभ्रमणमिष्यते। । भिन्नासनभाजनादीन् दूरतः परिवर्जयेत्
na ca snāyīta vai nagno na śayīta kadācana / digvāsaso 'pi na tathā paribhramaṇamiṣyate/ / bhinnāsanabhājanādīn dūrataḥ parivarjayet
One should not bathe naked, nor ever lie down (naked); nor is it approved to wander about clothed in the (bare) directions; one should keep far away from broken seats, vessels and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.48
नन्दासु नाभ्यङ्गमुपाचरेत क्षौरं च रिक्तासु जयासु मांसम् । पूर्णासु योषित्परिवर्जयेत भद्रासु सर्वाणि समाचरेत
nandāsu nābhyaṅgamupācareta kṣauraṃ ca riktāsu jayāsu māṃsam / pūrṇāsu yoṣitparivarjayeta bhadrāsu sarvāṇi samācareta
On the Nandā (days) one should not undertake oil-massage, nor shaving on the Riktā, nor meat on the Jayā; on the Pūrṇā one should avoid women; on the Bhadrā one may do all things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.49
नाभ्यङ्गमर्के न च भूमिपुत्रे क्षौरं च शुक्रे रविजे च मांसम् । बुधेषु योषिन्न समाचरेत शेषेषु सर्वाणि सदैव कुर्यात्
nābhyaṅgamarke na ca bhūmiputre kṣauraṃ ca śukre ravije ca māṃsam / budheṣu yoṣinna samācareta śeṣeṣu sarvāṇi sadaiva kuryāt
No oil-massage on the sun's day nor on Mars' day, no shaving on Venus' or Saturn's day, no meat (then); on Mercury's days one should not resort to a woman; on the remaining (days) one may always do all things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.50
चित्रासु हस्ते श्रवणे च तैलं क्षौरं विशाखास्वभिजित्सुवर्ज्यम् । मूले मृगे भाग्रपदासु मांसं योषिन्मघाकृत्तिकयोत्तरासु
citrāsu haste śravaṇe ca tailaṃ kṣauraṃ viśākhāsvabhijitsuvarjyam / mūle mṛge bhāgrapadāsu māṃsaṃ yoṣinmaghākṛttikayottarāsu
Oil on Citrā, Hasta and Śravaṇa; shaving is to be avoided on Viśākhā and Abhijit; meat on Mūla, Mṛgaśiras and the Bhādrapadās; a woman on Maghā, Kṛttikā and the Uttarā (asterisms).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 14.51
सदैव जर्ज्यं शयनमुदक्शिरास् तथा प्रतीच्यां रजनीचरेश । भुञ्जीत नैवेह च दक्षिणामुखो न च प्रतीच्यामभिभोजनीयम्
sadaiva jarjyaṃ śayanamudakśirās tathā pratīcyāṃ rajanīcareśa / bhuñjīta naiveha ca dakṣiṇāmukho na ca pratīcyāmabhibhojanīyam
Sleeping with the head to the north is always to be shunned, and likewise to the west, O lord of the night-walkers; here too one should not eat facing south, nor should one eat facing west.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 14.52
देवालयं चैत्यतरुं चतुष्पथं विद्याधिकं चापि गुरुं प्रदक्षिणम् । माल्यान्नपानं वसनानि यत्नतो नान्यैर्धृतांश्चापि हि धारयेद् बुधः
devālayaṃ caityataruṃ catuṣpathaṃ vidyādhikaṃ cāpi guruṃ pradakṣiṇam / mālyānnapānaṃ vasanāni yatnato nānyairdhṛtāṃścāpi hi dhārayed budhaḥ
(One should keep to the right) a temple, a sacred tree, a crossroads, and one superior in learning, and a teacher—circumambulation is (due to them); and the wise man should not, if he can help it, use garlands, food and drink, or garments that have been worn by others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 14.53
स्नायाच्छिरःस्नानतया च नित्यं न कारणं चैव विना निशासु । ग्रहोपरागे स्वजनापयाते मुक्त्वा च जन्मर्क्षगते शशङ्के
snāyācchiraḥsnānatayā ca nityaṃ na kāraṇaṃ caiva vinā niśāsu / grahoparāge svajanāpayāte muktvā ca janmarkṣagate śaśaṅke
One should bathe regularly with a bath including the head; and (one should) not (bathe) at night without a reason—except at an eclipse of the heavenly bodies, at the death of a relative, and when the moon stands in one's birth asterism.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 14.54
नाभ्यङ्गितं कायमुपस्पृशेच्च स्नातो न केशान् विधुनीत चापि । गात्राणि चैवाम्बरपाणिना च स्नातो विमृज्याद् रजनीचरेश
nābhyaṅgitaṃ kāyamupaspṛśecca snāto na keśān vidhunīta cāpi / gātrāṇi caivāmbarapāṇinā ca snāto vimṛjyād rajanīcareśa
One should not touch the body that has been anointed; when bathed, one should not shake out one's hair; and, having bathed, one should wipe one's limbs with a cloth held in the hand, O lord of the night-walkers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 14.55
वसेच्च देशेषु सुराजकेषु सुसंहितेष्वेव जनेषु नित्यम् । अक्रोधना न्यायपरा अमत्सराः कृषीवला ह्योषधयश्च यत्र
vasecca deśeṣu surājakeṣu susaṃhiteṣveva janeṣu nityam / akrodhanā nyāyaparā amatsarāḥ kṛṣīvalā hyoṣadhayaśca yatra
One should dwell always in regions that have a good king, among people who are well united, where (men are) free from anger, devoted to justice, without envy, and where there are farmers and herbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 14.56
न तेषु देशेषु वसेत बुद्धिमान् सदा नृपो दण्डरुचिस्त्वशक्तः । जनो ऽपि नित्योत्सवबद्धवैरः सदा जिगीषुश्च निशाचरेन्द्र
na teṣu deśeṣu vaseta buddhimān sadā nṛpo daṇḍarucistvaśaktaḥ / jano 'pi nityotsavabaddhavairaḥ sadā jigīṣuśca niśācarendra
The wise man should not dwell in those regions where the king is always fond of punishment yet powerless, and where the people too are given to constant festivity, harbour enmity, and are always eager to conquer, O lord of the night-walkers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition