Vamana Purana — Chapter 15
VamP 15.1
ऋषय ऊचुः । यच्च जर्ज्यं महाबाहो सदाधर्मस्थितैर्नरैः । यद्भोज्यं च समुद्दिष्टं कथयिष्यामहे वयम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / yacca jarjyaṃ mahābāho sadādharmasthitairnaraiḥ / yadbhojyaṃ ca samuddiṣṭaṃ kathayiṣyāmahe vayam
The sages said: What is to be avoided, O mighty-armed one, by men ever established in dharma, and what has been declared fit to be eaten—that we shall relate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.2
भोज्यमन्नं पर्युषितं स्नेहाक्तां चिरसंभृतम् । अस्नेहा व्रीहयः श्लक्ष्णा विकाराः पयसस्तथा
bhojyamannaṃ paryuṣitaṃ snehāktāṃ cirasaṃbhṛtam / asnehā vrīhayaḥ ślakṣṇā vikārāḥ payasastathā
Cooked food that has gone stale (is still fit to eat) if smeared with oil, (as is) what has long been stored; unoiled rice-grains, polished (grains), and likewise preparations of milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.3
शशकः शल्यको गोधा श्वाविधो मत्स्यकच्छपौ । तद्वद् द्विदलकादीनि भोज्यानि मनुरब्रवीत्
śaśakaḥ śalyako godhā śvāvidho matsyakacchapau / tadvad dvidalakādīni bhojyāni manurabravīt
The hare, the porcupine, the iguana, the hedgehog, the fish and the tortoise, and likewise (foods) beginning with the two-lobed pulses — these Manu declared to be edible.
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VamP 15.4
मणिरत्नप्रवालानां तद्वन्मुक्ताफलस्य च । शैलदारुमयानां च तृणमूलौषधान्यपि
maṇiratnapravālānāṃ tadvanmuktāphalasya ca / śailadārumayānāṃ ca tṛṇamūlauṣadhānyapi
So too of gems, jewels and coral, and of pearls, and of things made of stone and wood, and of grasses, roots and herbs —
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VamP 15.5
शूर्पधान्याजिनानां च संहतानां च वाससाम् । वल्कलानामशेषाणामम्बुना शुद्धिरिष्यते
śūrpadhānyājinānāṃ ca saṃhatānāṃ ca vāsasām / valkalānāmaśeṣāṇāmambunā śuddhiriṣyate
— and of winnowing-baskets, grain and skins, and of woven garments, and of bark-cloths, of all of them purification by water is prescribed.
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VamP 15.6
सस्नेहानामथोष्णेन तिलकल्केन वारिणा । कार्पासिकानां वस्त्राणां सुद्धिः स्यात्सह भस्मना
sasnehānāmathoṣṇena tilakalkena vāriṇā / kārpāsikānāṃ vastrāṇāṃ suddhiḥ syātsaha bhasmanā
But of those (garments) soaked with grease, (purification is) by hot water with a paste of sesame; of cotton garments purification comes about together with ashes.
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VamP 15.7
नागदन्तास्थिशृङ्गाणां तक्षणाच्छुद्धिरिष्यते । पुनः पाकेन भाण्डानां मृन्मयानां च मेध्यता
nāgadantāsthiśṛṅgāṇāṃ takṣaṇācchuddhiriṣyate / punaḥ pākena bhāṇḍānāṃ mṛnmayānāṃ ca medhyatā
Of elephant-tusk, bone and horn, purification is prescribed by scraping; and clean state of earthen vessels (comes) by firing them again.
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VamP 15.8
शुचि भैक्षं कारुहस्तः पण्यं योषिन्मुखं तथा । रथ्यागतमविज्ञातं दासवर्गेण यत्कृतम्
śuci bhaikṣaṃ kāruhastaḥ paṇyaṃ yoṣinmukhaṃ tathā / rathyāgatamavijñātaṃ dāsavargeṇa yatkṛtam
Alms is pure, the craftsman's hand, goods for sale, and a woman's mouth; (also) what has come along the street unnoticed, and what has been done by the servant class.
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VamP 15.9
वाक्प्रशस्तं चिरातीतमनेकान्तरितं लघु । चेष्टितं बालवृद्धानां बालस्य च मुखं शुचि
vākpraśastaṃ cirātītamanekāntaritaṃ laghu / ceṣṭitaṃ bālavṛddhānāṃ bālasya ca mukhaṃ śuci
What is commended by speech, what is long past, what has passed through many (hands) in between, what is trifling, the doings of children and the aged, and a child's mouth — (these are) pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.10
कर्मान्ताङ्गारशालासु स्तनन्धयसुताः स्त्रियः । वाग्विप्रुषो द्विजेन्द्राणां संतप्ताश्चाम्बुबिन्दवः
karmāntāṅgāraśālāsu stanandhayasutāḥ striyaḥ / vāgvipruṣo dvijendrāṇāṃ saṃtaptāścāmbubindavaḥ
In workshops and charcoal-sheds, women who have infants at the breast, the spray from the speech of the best of the twice-born, and heated drops of water (are pure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.11
भूमिर्विशुध्यते खातदाहमार्जनगोक्रमैः । लेपादुल्लेखनात् सेकाद् वेश्म संमार्जनार्जनात्
bhūmirviśudhyate khātadāhamārjanagokramaiḥ / lepādullekhanāt sekād veśma saṃmārjanārjanāt
Ground is purified by digging, burning, sweeping, and the treading of cows; a dwelling (is purified) by plastering, scraping, sprinkling and sweeping clean.
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VamP 15.12
केशकीटावपन्ने ऽन्ने गोघ्राते मक्षिकान्विते । मृदम्बुभस्मक्षाराणि प्रक्षेप्तव्यानि शुद्धये
keśakīṭāvapanne 'nne goghrāte makṣikānvite / mṛdambubhasmakṣārāṇi prakṣeptavyāni śuddhaye
When food has hair or insects fallen into it, has been smelt by a cow, or is beset with flies, earth, water, ashes and alkali are to be thrown in for purification.
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VamP 15.13
औदुम्बराणां चाम्लेन क्षारेण त्रपुसीसयोः । भस्माम्बिभिश्च कांस्यानां शुद्धिः प्लावोद्रवस्य च
audumbarāṇāṃ cāmlena kṣāreṇa trapusīsayoḥ / bhasmāmbibhiśca kāṃsyānāṃ śuddhiḥ plāvodravasya ca
Of copper vessels (purification is) by an acid, of tin and lead by an alkali, and of bronze vessels by ashes and water, and (likewise) of ... that which flows.
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VamP 15.14
अमेध्याक्तस्य मृत्तोयैर्गन्धापहरणेन च । अन्येषामपि द्रव्याणां शुद्धिर्गन्धापहारतः
amedhyāktasya mṛttoyairgandhāpaharaṇena ca / anyeṣāmapi dravyāṇāṃ śuddhirgandhāpahārataḥ
Of what is smeared with something impure, (purification comes) by earth and water and by the removal of the smell; and of other substances too purification is by the removal of the smell.
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VamP 15.15
मातुः प्रस्रवणे वत्सः शकुनिः फलपातने । गर्दभो भारवाहित्वे श्वा मृगग्रहणे शुचिः
mātuḥ prasravaṇe vatsaḥ śakuniḥ phalapātane / gardabho bhāravāhitve śvā mṛgagrahaṇe śuciḥ
A calf is pure at the flowing of the mother's milk, a bird at the making of fruit fall, a donkey in the carrying of loads, a dog in the seizing of game.
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VamP 15.16
रथ्याकर्दमतोयानि नावः पथि तृणानि च । मारुतेनैव सुद्ध्यन्ति पक्वेष्टकचितानि च
rathyākardamatoyāni nāvaḥ pathi tṛṇāni ca / mārutenaiva suddhyanti pakveṣṭakacitāni ca
Street mud and waters, boats, grasses on the road, and structures built of baked bricks are purified by the wind alone.
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VamP 15.17
शृतं द्रोणाढकस्यान्नममेध्याभिप्लुतं भवेत् । अग्रमुद्धृत्य संत्याज्यं शेषस्य प्रोक्षणं स्मृतम्
śṛtaṃ droṇāḍhakasyānnamamedhyābhiplutaṃ bhavet / agramuddhṛtya saṃtyājyaṃ śeṣasya prokṣaṇaṃ smṛtam
If cooked food of a droṇa or an āḍhaka measure becomes flooded with something impure, the top is to be taken off and thrown away; for the remainder sprinkling is prescribed.
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VamP 15.18
उपवासं त्रिरात्रं वा दूषितान्नस्य भोजने । अज्ञाते ज्ञातपूर्वे च नैव शुद्धिर्विधीयते
upavāsaṃ trirātraṃ vā dūṣitānnasya bhojane / ajñāte jñātapūrve ca naiva śuddhirvidhīyate
For eating polluted food, a fast or three nights (is the penance); but when it is not known, though known before, no purification at all is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.19
उदक्याश्वाननग्नांश्च सूतिकान्त्यावसायिनः । स्पृष्ट्वा स्नायीत शौचार्थं तथैव मृतहारिणः
udakyāśvānanagnāṃśca sūtikāntyāvasāyinaḥ / spṛṣṭvā snāyīta śaucārthaṃ tathaiva mṛtahāriṇaḥ
Having touched a menstruating woman, a dog, naked persons, a woman recently delivered, and outcastes, one should bathe for the sake of purity; and likewise (after touching) corpse-bearers.
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VamP 15.20
सस्नेहमस्थि संस्पृस्य सवासाः स्नानमाचरेत् । आचम्यैव तु निःस्नेहं गामालभ्यार्कमीक्ष्य च
sasnehamasthi saṃspṛsya savāsāḥ snānamācaret / ācamyaiva tu niḥsnehaṃ gāmālabhyārkamīkṣya ca
Having touched a bone with fat on it, one should bathe with one's garment on; but (having touched) one without fat, merely by sipping water, by touching a cow, and by looking at the sun (he is pure).
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VamP 15.21
न लङ्घयेत्पुरीषासृक्ष्ठीवनोद्वर्त्तनानि च । गृहादुच्छिष्टविण्मूत्रे पादाम्भांसि क्षिपेद् बहिः
na laṅghayetpurīṣāsṛkṣṭhīvanodvarttanāni ca / gṛhāducchiṣṭaviṇmūtre pādāmbhāṃsi kṣiped bahiḥ
One should not step over excrement, blood, spittle, or the scrapings of (bodily) rubbing; one should throw out leftovers, excrement and urine, and foot-water outside the house.
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VamP 15.22
पञ्चपिण्डाननुद्धत्य न स्नायात् परवारिणि । स्नायीत देवखातेषु सरोहदसरित्सु च
pañcapiṇḍānanuddhatya na snāyāt paravāriṇi / snāyīta devakhāteṣu sarohadasaritsu ca
Without first taking out five lumps (of earth), one should not bathe in water belonging to another; one should bathe in god-made pools and in rivers that have lotuses.
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VamP 15.23
नोद्यानादौ विकालेषु प्राज्ञस्तिष्ठेत् कदाचन । नालपेद् जनविद्विष्टं वीरहीनां तथा स्त्रियम्
nodyānādau vikāleṣu prājñastiṣṭhet kadācana / nālaped janavidviṣṭaṃ vīrahīnāṃ tathā striyam
The wise man should never at any time linger in gardens and such places at improper hours; nor should he speak with one whom people detest, nor with a woman who has no husband.
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VamP 15.24
देवतापितृसच्छास्त्रयज्ञवेदादिनिन्दकैः । कृत्वा तु स्पर्शमालापं शुद्ध्यतेर्ऽकावलोकनात्
devatāpitṛsacchāstrayajñavedādinindakaiḥ / kṛtvā tu sparśamālāpaṃ śuddhyater'kāvalokanāt
But having made contact or conversation with those who revile the gods, the ancestors, the true scriptures, sacrifice, the Veda and the rest, one becomes pure by gazing at the sun.
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VamP 15.25
अभोज्याः सूतिकाषण्ढमार्जाराखुश्वकुक्कुटाः । पतितापविद्धनग्नाश्चाण्डालाद्यधमाश्च ये
abhojyāḥ sūtikāṣaṇḍhamārjārākhuśvakukkuṭāḥ / patitāpaviddhanagnāścāṇḍālādyadhamāśca ye
Whose food is not to be eaten: the woman in childbed, the eunuch, the cat, the mouse, the dog, the cock; the fallen, the cast-off, the naked, and those low ones beginning with the cāṇḍāla.
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VamP 15.26
सुकेशिरुवाच । भवद्भिः कीर्तिताभोज्या य एते सूतिकादयः । अमीषां श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतो लक्षणानि हि
sukeśiruvāca / bhavadbhiḥ kīrtitābhojyā ya ete sūtikādayaḥ / amīṣāṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvato lakṣaṇāni hi
Sukeśin said: Those whose food is not to be eaten, whom you have named — the woman in childbed and the rest — of these I wish to hear the defining marks exactly as they are.
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VamP 15.27
ऋषय ऊचुः । ब्राह्मणी ब्राह्मणस्यैव यावरोधत्वमागता । तावुभौ सूतिकेत्युक्तौ तयोरन्नं विगर्हितम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / brāhmaṇī brāhmaṇasyaiva yāvarodhatvamāgatā / tāvubhau sūtiketyuktau tayorannaṃ vigarhitam
The seers said: A brahmin woman who has come into the state of a kept woman of a brahmin — those two are both called 'sūtikā'; their food is to be shunned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.28
न जुहोत्युचिते काले न स्नाति न ददाति च । पितृदेवार्चनाद्धीनः स षण्ढः परिगीयते
na juhotyucite kāle na snāti na dadāti ca / pitṛdevārcanāddhīnaḥ sa ṣaṇḍhaḥ parigīyate
He does not make the oblation at the proper time, does not bathe, and does not give; being devoid of the worship of the ancestors and the gods, he is spoken of as the 'eunuch'.
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VamP 15.29
दम्भार्थं जपते यश्च तप्यते यजते तथा । न परत्रार्थमुद्यक्तो स मार्जारः प्रकीर्तितिः
dambhārthaṃ japate yaśca tapyate yajate tathā / na paratrārthamudyakto sa mārjāraḥ prakīrtitiḥ
And he who mutters prayers for the sake of show, and likewise practises austerity and sacrifices, not being intent on the goal of the world beyond — he is declared the 'cat'.
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VamP 15.30
विभवे सति नैवात्ति न ददाति जुहोति च । तमाहुराखुं तस्यान्नं भुक्त्वा कृच्छ्रेण सुद्ध्यति
vibhave sati naivātti na dadāti juhoti ca / tamāhurākhuṃ tasyānnaṃ bhuktvā kṛcchreṇa suddhyati
Though wealth is at hand he neither eats, nor gives, nor offers oblation — him they call the 'mouse'; having eaten his food one is purified by a penance (kṛcchra).
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VamP 15.31
यः परेषां हि मर्माणि निकृन्तन्निव भाषते । नित्यं परगुणद्वेषी स श्वान इति कथ्यते
yaḥ pareṣāṃ hi marmāṇi nikṛntanniva bhāṣate / nityaṃ paraguṇadveṣī sa śvāna iti kathyate
He who speaks as if cutting into the vital parts of others, always hating the good qualities of others — he is called the 'dog'.
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VamP 15.32
सभागतानां यः सभ्यः पक्षपातं समाश्रयेत् । तमाहुः कुक्कुटं देवास्तस्याप्यन्नं विगर्हितम्
sabhāgatānāṃ yaḥ sabhyaḥ pakṣapātaṃ samāśrayet / tamāhuḥ kukkuṭaṃ devāstasyāpyannaṃ vigarhitam
That assembly-member who takes sides among those who come before the assembly — him the gods call the 'cock'; his food too is to be shunned.
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VamP 15.33
स्वघर्मं यः सुत्सृज्य परधर्मं समाश्रयेत् । अनापदि स विद्वद्भिः पतितः परिकीर्त्यते
svagharmaṃ yaḥ sutsṛjya paradharmaṃ samāśrayet / anāpadi sa vidvadbhiḥ patitaḥ parikīrtyate
He who abandons his own duty and resorts to the duty of another when there is no emergency — he is proclaimed by the learned to be 'fallen'.
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VamP 15.34
देवत्यागी पितृत्यागी गुरुभक्त्यरतस्तथा । गोब्राह्मणस्त्रीवधकृदपविद्धः स कीर्त्यते
devatyāgī pitṛtyāgī gurubhaktyaratastathā / gobrāhmaṇastrīvadhakṛdapaviddhaḥ sa kīrtyate
One who forsakes the gods, forsakes the ancestors, and likewise takes no delight in devotion to his teacher, and who kills a cow, a brahmin or a woman — he is called 'cast-off'.
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VamP 15.35
येषां कुले न वेदो ऽस्ति न सास्त्रं नैव च व्रतम् । ते नग्नाः कीर्तिताः सद्भिस् तेषामन्नं विगर्हितम्
yeṣāṃ kule na vedo 'sti na sāstraṃ naiva ca vratam / te nagnāḥ kīrtitāḥ sadbhis teṣāmannaṃ vigarhitam
Those in whose family there is no Veda, no scripture, and no observance at all — they are called the 'naked' by the good; their food is to be shunned.
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VamP 15.36
आशार्तानामदाता च दातुश्च प्रतिषेधकः । शरणागतं यस्त्यजति स चाण्डालो ऽधमो नरः
āśārtānāmadātā ca dātuśca pratiṣedhakaḥ / śaraṇāgataṃ yastyajati sa cāṇḍālo 'dhamo naraḥ
He who gives nothing to those tormented by hope, and who hinders one who would give, and who abandons a man come for refuge — he is a cāṇḍāla, the lowest of men.
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VamP 15.37
यो बान्धवैः परित्यक्तः साधुभिर्ब्राह्मणैरपि । कुण्डाशी यश्च तस्यान्नं भुक्त्वा चान्द्रायणं चरेत्
yo bāndhavaiḥ parityaktaḥ sādhubhirbrāhmaṇairapi / kuṇḍāśī yaśca tasyānnaṃ bhuktvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret
He who has been cast off by his kinsmen and also by good men and brahmins, and he who eats from another's bowl — having eaten his food, one should perform the cāndrāyaṇa observance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.38
यो नित्यकर्मणो हानिं कुर्यान्नैमित्तिकस्य च । भुक्त्वान्नं तस्य शुद्ध्येत त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः
yo nityakarmaṇo hāniṃ kuryānnaimittikasya ca / bhuktvānnaṃ tasya śuddhyeta trirātropoṣito naraḥ
He who causes the lapse of the daily rites and of the occasional rites — having eaten his food, a man becomes pure by fasting for three nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.39
गणकस्य निषादस्य गणिकाभिषजोस्तथा । कदर्यस्यापि शुद्ध्येत त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः
gaṇakasya niṣādasya gaṇikābhiṣajostathā / kadaryasyāpi śuddhyeta trirātropoṣito naraḥ
And in the case of an astrologer, a Niṣāda, a courtesan, a physician, and also a miser, a man becomes pure by fasting for three nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.40
नित्यस्य कर्मणो हानिः केवलं मृतजन्मसु । न तु नैमित्तिकोच्छेदः कर्त्तव्यो हि कथञ्चन
nityasya karmaṇo hāniḥ kevalaṃ mṛtajanmasu / na tu naimittikocchedaḥ karttavyo hi kathañcana
Lapse of the daily rites (is allowed) only at deaths and births; but suspension of the occasional rites is not to be made on any account.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.41
जाते पुत्रे पितुः स्नानं सचैलस्य विधीयते । मृते च सर्वबन्धूनामित्याह भगवान् भृगुः
jāte putre pituḥ snānaṃ sacailasya vidhīyate / mṛte ca sarvabandhūnāmityāha bhagavān bhṛguḥ
When a son is born, bathing with one's clothes on is prescribed for the father; and when someone dies, for all the kinsmen — so said the lord Bhṛgu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.42
प्रेताय सलिलं देयं बहिर्दग्ध्वा तु गोत्रजैः । प्रमे ऽह्नि चतुर्थे वा सप्तमे वास्थिसंचयम्
pretāya salilaṃ deyaṃ bahirdagdhvā tu gotrajaiḥ / prame 'hni caturthe vā saptame vāsthisaṃcayam
Water is to be offered to the deceased; and the burning (of the body) is to be done outside (the village) by those of the same lineage; on the (first?) day, or on the fourth or the seventh, the gathering of the bones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.43
ऊर्द्ध्वं संचयनात्तेषामङ्गस्पर्शो विधीयते । सोदकैस्तु क्रिया कार्या संशुद्धैस्तु सपिण्डजैः
ūrddhvaṃ saṃcayanātteṣāmaṅgasparśo vidhīyate / sodakaistu kriyā kāryā saṃśuddhaistu sapiṇḍajaiḥ
After the gathering (of the bones), touching the bodies of those (mourners) is permitted. The rites are to be performed by those sharing the piṇḍa offering, once purified, together with water-offerings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.44
विषोद्बन्धनशस्त्राम्बुवह्निपातमृतेषु च । बाले प्रव्राजि संन्यासे देशान्तरमृते तथा
viṣodbandhanaśastrāmbuvahnipātamṛteṣu ca / bāle pravrāji saṃnyāse deśāntaramṛte tathā
And in the case of those dead by poison, by hanging, by a weapon, by water, by fire, or by a fall; in the case of a child, of a wandering mendicant, of a renouncer, and likewise of one who has died in another country —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.45
सद्यः शौचं भवेद्वीर तच्चाप्युक्तं चतुर्विधम् । गर्भस्रावे तदेवोक्तं पूर्णकालेन चेतरे
sadyaḥ śaucaṃ bhavedvīra taccāpyuktaṃ caturvidham / garbhasrāve tadevoktaṃ pūrṇakālena cetare
— purification is immediate, O hero; and that too is said to be of four kinds. The same is declared in the case of a miscarriage, but for the others (the rule holds) with the full term.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.46
ब्रह्मणानामहोरात्रं क्षत्रियाणां दिनत्रयम । षड्रात्रं चैव वैश्यानां शूद्राणां द्वादशाह्निकम्
brahmaṇānāmahorātraṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ dinatrayama / ṣaḍrātraṃ caiva vaiśyānāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ dvādaśāhnikam
For brahmins a day and a night, for kṣatriyas three days, for vaiśyas six nights, and for śūdras a period of twelve days.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.47
दशद्वादशमासार्द्धमाससंख्यैर्दिंश्च तैः । स्वाः स्वाः कर्मक्रियाः कुर्युः सर्वे वर्णा यथाक्रामम्
daśadvādaśamāsārddhamāsasaṃkhyairdiṃśca taiḥ / svāḥ svāḥ karmakriyāḥ kuryuḥ sarve varṇā yathākrāmam
And with those days numbering ten, twelve, a month, and half a month, all the classes should perform their own proper ritual acts, each in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.48
प्रेतमुद्दिस्य कर्त्तव्यमेकोद्दिष्टं विधानतः । सपिण्डीकरणं कार्यं प्रेते आवत्सरान्नरैः
pretamuddisya karttavyamekoddiṣṭaṃ vidhānataḥ / sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ prete āvatsarānnaraiḥ
The ekoddiṣṭa rite, directed at the deceased, is to be performed according to the prescription; and the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is to be done by men for the deceased within a year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.49
ततः पितृत्वमापन्ने दर्शपूर्णादिभिः सुभैः । प्रीणनं तस्य कर्त्तव्यं यथा श्रुतिनिदर्शनात्
tataḥ pitṛtvamāpanne darśapūrṇādibhiḥ subhaiḥ / prīṇanaṃ tasya karttavyaṃ yathā śrutinidarśanāt
Then, when he has attained the status of a father (pitṛ), his gratification is to be effected with the auspicious darśa and pūrṇamāsa rites and the rest, in accordance with the instruction of scripture.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.50
पितुरर्थं समुद्दिश्य भूमिदानादिकं स्वयम् । कुर्याद्येनास्य सुप्रीताः पितरो यान्ति राक्षस
piturarthaṃ samuddiśya bhūmidānādikaṃ svayam / kuryādyenāsya suprītāḥ pitaro yānti rākṣasa
Designating it as for the sake of his father, one should himself make gifts of land and the like, by which his fathers go (on their way) well pleased, O rākṣasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.51
यद् यदिष्टतमं किञ्चिद् यच्चास्य दयितं गृहे । तत्तद् गुणवते देयं तदेवाक्षयमिच्छता
yad yadiṣṭatamaṃ kiñcid yaccāsya dayitaṃ gṛhe / tattad guṇavate deyaṃ tadevākṣayamicchatā
Whatever thing is most desired, and whatever is dear to him in the house — each such thing should be given to a worthy man by one who wishes it to become imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.52
अध्येतव्या त्रयी नित्यं भाव्यं च विदुषा सदा । धर्मतो धनमाहार्यं यष्टव्यं चापि शक्तितः
adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhāvyaṃ ca viduṣā sadā / dharmato dhanamāhāryaṃ yaṣṭavyaṃ cāpi śaktitaḥ
The threefold Veda is to be recited constantly, and the learned man should ever be reflective; wealth is to be acquired in accordance with dharma, and sacrifice is to be offered according to one's capacity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.53
यच्चापि कुर्वतो नात्मा जुगुप्सामेति राक्षस । तत् कर्त्तव्यमशङ्केन यन्न गोप्यं महाजने
yaccāpi kurvato nātmā jugupsāmeti rākṣasa / tat karttavyamaśaṅkena yanna gopyaṃ mahājane
And that at whose doing one's own self feels no disgust, O rākṣasa — that is to be done without hesitation, that which need not be concealed before the multitude.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.54
एवमाचरतो लोके पुरुषस्य गृहे सतः । धर्मार्थकामसंप्राप्तिः परत्रेह च शोभनम्
evamācarato loke puruṣasya gṛhe sataḥ / dharmārthakāmasaṃprāptiḥ paratreha ca śobhanam
For a man who conducts himself thus in the world while remaining in the household, there is the attainment of dharma, wealth and pleasure, and what is good both hereafter and here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.55
एष दूद्देशतः प्रोक्तो गृस्थाश्रम उत्तमः । वानप्रस्थाश्रमं धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामो ऽवधार्यताम्
eṣa dūddeśataḥ prokto gṛsthāśrama uttamaḥ / vānaprasthāśramaṃ dharmaṃ pravakṣyāmo 'vadhāryatām
This excellent householder's stage of life has been declared summarily. We shall now set forth the dharma of the forest-dweller's stage; let it be attended to.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.56
अपत्यसंततिं दृष्ट्वा प्राज्ञो देहस्य चानतिम् । वानप्रस्थाश्रमं धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामो ऽवधार्यताम्
apatyasaṃtatiṃ dṛṣṭvā prājño dehasya cānatim / vānaprasthāśramaṃ dharmaṃ pravakṣyāmo 'vadhāryatām
Having seen the continuance of his offspring and the decline of his body, the wise man (retires). We shall set forth the dharma of the forest-dweller's stage; let it be attended to.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 15.57
तत्रारण्योपभोगैश्च तपोभिश्चात्मकर्षणम् । भूमौ शय्या ब्रह्मचर्यं पितृदेवातिथिक्रिया
tatrāraṇyopabhogaiśca tapobhiścātmakarṣaṇam / bhūmau śayyā brahmacaryaṃ pitṛdevātithikriyā
Therein: the wearing down of the self by living on forest produce and by austerities, a bed on the ground, chastity, and the rites for the fathers, the gods and guests;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.58
होमस्त्रिषवणं स्नानं जटावल्कलधारणम् । वन्यस्नेहनिषेवित्वं वानप्रस्थविधिस्त्वयम्
homastriṣavaṇaṃ snānaṃ jaṭāvalkaladhāraṇam / vanyasnehaniṣevitvaṃ vānaprasthavidhistvayam
the fire-oblation, bathing at the three junctures of the day, wearing matted hair and bark garments, using only such oils as the forest yields — this is the rule for the forest-dweller.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.59
सर्वसङ्गपरित्यागो ब्रह्मचर्यममानिता । जितेन्द्रियत्वमावासे नैकस्मिन् वसतिश्चिरम्
sarvasaṅgaparityāgo brahmacaryamamānitā / jitendriyatvamāvāse naikasmin vasatiściram
The complete abandonment of all attachment, chastity, freedom from conceit, mastery of the senses, and not dwelling long in any one abode;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.60
अननारम्भस्तथाहारो भैक्षान्नं नातिकोपिता । आत्मज्ञानावबोधेच्छा तथा चात्मावबोधनम्
ananārambhastathāhāro bhaikṣānnaṃ nātikopitā / ātmajñānāvabodhecchā tathā cātmāvabodhanam
the undertaking of no (worldly) enterprise, food consisting of begged alms, not being given to anger, the desire to understand knowledge of the self, and likewise the awakening to the self —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.61
चतुर्थे त्वाश्रमे धर्मा अस्माभिस्ते प्रकीर्तिताः । वर्णधर्माणि चान्यानि निशामय निशाचर
caturthe tvāśrame dharmā asmābhiste prakīrtitāḥ / varṇadharmāṇi cānyāni niśāmaya niśācara
these dharmas of the fourth stage of life have been proclaimed to you by us; now hear the other dharmas of the classes, O night-roamer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.62
गार्हस्थ्यं ब्रह्मचर्यं च वानप्रस्थं त्रयाश्रमाः । क्षत्रियस्यापि कथिता ये चाचारा द्विजस्य हि
gārhasthyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca vānaprasthaṃ trayāśramāḥ / kṣatriyasyāpi kathitā ye cācārā dvijasya hi
Householdership, studentship, and forest-dwelling — (these) three stages (are the kṣatriya's); and for the kṣatriya too are declared those very observances that belong to the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.63
वैखानसत्वं गार्हस्थ्यमाश्रमद्वितयं विशः । गार्हस्थ्ययमुत्तमं त्वेकं शूद्रस्य क्षणदाचर
vaikhānasatvaṃ gārhasthyamāśramadvitayaṃ viśaḥ / gārhasthyayamuttamaṃ tvekaṃ śūdrasya kṣaṇadācara
Being a forest hermit and householdership — a pair of stages — (belong) to the vaiśya; but for the śūdra there is only the one, householdership, as the highest, O night-roamer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.64
स्वानि वर्णाश्रमोक्तानि धर्माणीह न हापयेत् । यो हापयति तस्यासौ परिकुप्यति भास्करः
svāni varṇāśramoktāni dharmāṇīha na hāpayet / yo hāpayati tasyāsau parikupyati bhāskaraḥ
One should not let fall here one's own duties as prescribed for (one's) class and stage of life; at him who lets them fall, yonder sun becomes greatly angry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.65
कुपितः कुलनाशाय ईश्वरो रोगवृद्धये । भानुर्वै यतते तस्य नरस्य क्षणदाचर
kupitaḥ kulanāśāya īśvaro rogavṛddhaye / bhānurvai yatate tasya narasya kṣaṇadācara
Angered, the lord, the sun, exerts himself for the destruction of that man's family and for the increase of his disease, O night-roamer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.66
तस्मात् स्वरधर्मं न हि संत्यजेत न हापयेच्चापि हि नात्मवंशम् । यः संत्यजेच्चापि निजं हि धर्मं तस्मै प्रकुप्येत दिवाकरस्तु
tasmāt svaradharmaṃ na hi saṃtyajeta na hāpayeccāpi hi nātmavaṃśam / yaḥ saṃtyajeccāpi nijaṃ hi dharmaṃ tasmai prakupyeta divākarastu
Therefore one should not abandon one's own duty, nor should one let it fall, nor (destroy) one's own lineage; and at whoever abandons his own duty, the maker of day would grow wrathful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 15.67
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्तो मुनिभिः सुकेशी प्रणम्य तान् ब्रह्मनिधीन् महर्षीन् । जगाम चोत्पत्य पुरं स्वकीयं मुहुर्मुहुर्धर्ममवेक्षमाणः
pulastya uvāca / ityevamukto munibhiḥ sukeśī praṇamya tān brahmanidhīn maharṣīn / jagāma cotpatya puraṃ svakīyaṃ muhurmuhurdharmamavekṣamāṇaḥ
Pulastya said: Addressed thus by the sages, Sukeśin bowed to those great seers, treasuries of brahman, and flew up and went to his own city, pondering the dharma again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition