Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 16
VaP 1 16.1
।। वायुरुवाच ।। अत ऊद्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि शौचाचारस्य लक्षणम्। यदनुष्ठाय शुद्धात्मा प्रेत्य स्वर्गं हि चाप्नुयात्
|| vāyuruvāca || ata ūddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śaucācārasya lakṣaṇam| yadanuṣṭhāya śuddhātmā pretya svargaṃ hi cāpnuyāt
Vāyu said: Beyond this I shall declare the marks of the practice of purity, by carrying out which one, purified in self, may attain heaven after death.
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VaP 1 16.2
उदकार्थी तु शौचानां मुनीनामुत्तमं पदम् । यस्तु तेष्वप्रमत्तः स्यात् स मुनिर्न्नावसीदति
udakārthī tu śaucānāṃ munīnāmuttamaṃ padam | yastu teṣvapramattaḥ syāt sa munirnnāvasīdati
But one who seeks water — of the purifications of sages that is the highest station; he who is not heedless in them, that sage does not sink down.
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VaP 1 16.3
मानावमानौ द्वोवेतौ तावेवाहुर्विषामृते । अवमानं विषं तत्र मानन्त्वमृतमुच्यते
mānāvamānau dvovetau tāvevāhurviṣāmṛte | avamānaṃ viṣaṃ tatra mānantvamṛtamucyate
Honour and dishonour — these two: these very two they call poison and nectar. Of these, dishonour is the poison, while honour is called the nectar.
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VaP 1 16.4
यस्तु तेष्वप्रमत्तः स्यात् स मुनिर्न्नावसीदति । गुरोः प्रियहिते युक्तः स तु संवत्सरं वसेत्
yastu teṣvapramattaḥ syāt sa munirnnāvasīdati | guroḥ priyahite yuktaḥ sa tu saṃvatsaraṃ vaset
He who is not heedless in them, that sage does not sink down. Devoted to what is dear and beneficial to his teacher, he should dwell (with him) for a year.
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VaP 1 16.5
नियमेष्वप्रमत्तस्तु यमेषु च सदा भवेत् । प्राप्यानुज्ञान्ततश्चैव ज्ञानागमनमुत्तमम्। अविरोधेन धर्मस्य विचरेत् पृथिवीमिमाम्
niyameṣvapramattastu yameṣu ca sadā bhavet | prāpyānujñāntataścaiva jñānāgamanamuttamam| avirodhena dharmasya vicaret pṛthivīmimām
He should always be unheedless in the observances and in the restraints. Having obtained permission, and thereafter the highest acquisition of knowledge, he may wander over this earth without conflict with dharma.
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VaP 1 16.6
चक्षुः पूतं व्रजेन्मार्गं वस्त्रपूतं जलं पिबेत्। सत्यपूतां वदेद्वाणीमिति धर्मानुशासनम्
cakṣuḥ pūtaṃ vrajenmārgaṃ vastrapūtaṃ jalaṃ pibet| satyapūtāṃ vadedvāṇīmiti dharmānuśāsanam
He should walk on a road purified by the eye; he should drink water purified by a cloth; he should speak speech purified by truth — such is the teaching of dharma.
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VaP 1 16.7
आतिथ्यं श्राद्धयज्ञेषु न गच्छेद्योगवित् व्कचित्। एवं ह्यहिंसको योगी भवेदिति विचारणा
ātithyaṃ śrāddhayajñeṣu na gacchedyogavit vkacit| evaṃ hyahiṃsako yogī bhavediti vicāraṇā
One who knows yoga should never go for hospitality at śrāddhas and sacrifices; thus indeed the yogin becomes one who does no harm — such is the consideration.
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VaP 1 16.8
वह्नौ विधूमे व्यङ्गारे सर्वृस्मिन् भुक्तवज्जने। विचरेन्मतिमान् योगी न तु तेष्वेव नित्यशः
vahnau vidhūme vyaṅgāre sarvṛsmin bhuktavajjane| vicarenmatimān yogī na tu teṣveva nityaśaḥ
When the fire is without smoke and without embers, when everyone in the house has eaten, the intelligent yogin may go about (for alms) — but not always at those same (houses).
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VaP 1 16.9
यथैवमवमन्यन्ते यथा परिभवन्ति च। युक्तस्तथा चरेद्भैक्षं सतां धर्ममदूषयन्
yathaivamavamanyante yathā paribhavanti ca| yuktastathā caredbhaikṣaṃ satāṃ dharmamadūṣayan
Just as they despise (him) and just as they treat (him) with contempt, so, being disciplined, let him go about begging, not corrupting the law of the good.
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VaP 1 16.10
भैक्षं चरेद्गृहस्थेषु यथाचारगृहेषु च। श्रेष्ठा तु परमा चेयं वृत्तिरस्योपदिश्यते
bhaikṣaṃ caredgṛhastheṣu yathācāragṛheṣu ca| śreṣṭhā tu paramā ceyaṃ vṛttirasyopadiśyate
Let him beg among householders and in houses where proper conduct is observed; and this is declared to be the best and highest mode of livelihood for him.
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VaP 1 16.11
अत ऊर्द्ध्वं गृहस्थेषु शालीनेषु चरेद्द्विजः। श्रद्दधानेषु दान्तेषु श्रोत्रियेषु महात्मसु
ata ūrddhvaṃ gṛhastheṣu śālīneṣu careddvijaḥ| śraddadhāneṣu dānteṣu śrotriyeṣu mahātmasu
Beyond that, the twice-born may beg among householders who stay at home, who are faithful, self-controlled, learned in the Veda, and great-souled.
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VaP 1 16.12
अत ऊर्द्ध्वं पुनश्चापि अदुष्टपतितेषु च। भैक्षचर्या विवर्णेषु जघन्या वृत्तिरुच्यते
ata ūrddhvaṃ punaścāpi aduṣṭapatiteṣu ca| bhaikṣacaryā vivarṇeṣu jaghanyā vṛttirucyate
And beyond that again, going about for alms among those who are not corrupt and not fallen, (but) of low class, is called the lowest livelihood.
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VaP 1 16.13
भैक्षं यवागूं तक्रं वा पयो यावकमेव च। फळमूलं विपव्कं वा पिण्याकं शक्तितोपि वा
bhaikṣaṃ yavāgūṃ takraṃ vā payo yāvakameva ca| phal̤amūlaṃ vipavkaṃ vā piṇyākaṃ śaktitopi vā
Alms, gruel, buttermilk, or milk, or barley-broth, fruit and root, or cooked (food), or oil-cake — or according to (his) capacity.
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VaP 1 16.14
इत्येते वै मया प्रोक्ता योगिनां सिद्धिवर्द्धनाः। आहारास्तेषु सिद्धेषु श्रेष्ठं भैक्षमिति स्मृतम्
ityete vai mayā proktā yogināṃ siddhivarddhanāḥ| āhārāsteṣu siddheṣu śreṣṭhaṃ bhaikṣamiti smṛtam
Thus have these foods that increase the yogins' attainment been declared by me; among these adepts, alms is held to be the best.
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VaP 1 16.15
अब्बिन्दुं यः कुशाग्रेण मासे मासे समश्नुते। न्यायतो यस्तु भिक्षेत स पूर्वोक्ताद्विशिष्यते
abbinduṃ yaḥ kuśāgreṇa māse māse samaśnute| nyāyato yastu bhikṣeta sa pūrvoktādviśiṣyate
He who month after month consumes (only) a drop of water on the tip of a kuśa blade — but he who begs according to rule is superior to the one mentioned before.
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VaP 1 16.16
योगिनां चैव सर्वेषां श्रेष्ठं चान्द्रायणं स्मृतम् । एकं द्वे त्रीणि चत्वारि शक्तितो वा समाचरेत्
yogināṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam | ekaṃ dve trīṇi catvāri śaktito vā samācaret
And for all yogins the cāndrāyaṇa (lunar fast) is held to be the best; he may perform one, two, three, or four (of them), or according to his capacity.
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VaP 1 16.17
अस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यञ्च अलोभस्त्याग एव च। व्रतानि चैव भिक्षूणामहिंसा परमार्थिता
asteyaṃ brahmacaryañca alobhastyāga eva ca| vratāni caiva bhikṣūṇāmahiṃsā paramārthitā
Not stealing, chastity, freedom from greed, and renunciation — these are the vows of mendicants, (and) non-injury, (and) seeking the highest goal.
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VaP 1 16.18
अक्रोधो गुरुशुश्रूषा शौचमाहारलाघवम्। नित्यंस्वाध्याय इत्येते नियमाः परिकीर्तिताः
akrodho guruśuśrūṣā śaucamāhāralāghavam| nityaṃsvādhyāya ityete niyamāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
Freedom from anger, service to the teacher, purity, lightness of diet, constant recitation of one's own Veda — these are proclaimed to be the observances.
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VaP 1 16.19
बीचयोनिर्गुणवपुर्बद्धः कर्मभिरेव च। यथा द्विप इवारण्ये मनुष्याणां विधीयते
bīcayonirguṇavapurbaddhaḥ karmabhireva ca| yathā dvipa ivāraṇye manuṣyāṇāṃ vidhīyate
(The soul) with a body (formed) of the qualities, whose womb is the seed (of karma), and bound indeed by (its own) acts — as an elephant in the forest is subjugated by men,
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VaP 1 16.20
प्राप्यते वाचिरादेवाङ्कुशेनेव निवारितः। एवं ज्ञानेन शुद्धेन दग्धबीचो ह्यकल्मषः। विमुक्तबन्धः शान्तोऽसौ मुक्त इत्यभिधीयते
prāpyate vācirādevāṅkuśeneva nivāritaḥ| evaṃ jñānena śuddhena dagdhabīco hyakalmaṣaḥ| vimuktabandhaḥ śānto'sau mukta ityabhidhīyate
and is caught before long, held in check as if by a goad — so, by pure knowledge, one whose seed (of karma) is burnt up and who is free of stain, whose bonds are loosed and who is at peace, is called liberated.
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VaP 1 16.21
वेदैस्तुत्या सर्वयज्ञक्रियास्तु यज्ञे जप्यं ज्ञानिनामाहुरग्रयम्। ज्ञानाद्धयानं सङ्गरागव्यपेतं तस्मिन् प्राप्ते शाश्वतस्योपलब्धिः
vedaistutyā sarvayajñakriyāstu yajñe japyaṃ jñānināmāhuragrayam| jñānāddhayānaṃ saṅgarāgavyapetaṃ tasmin prāpte śāśvatasyopalabdhiḥ
(While) all sacrificial rites (are performed) with praise by the Vedas in the sacrifice, they call muttered recitation the foremost thing of the knowers; from knowledge (comes) meditation free of attachment and passion, and when that is attained (there is) the obtaining of the eternal.
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VaP 1 16.22
दमः शमः सत्यमकल्मषत्वं मौनं च भूतेष्वखिलेष्वथार्ज्जवम्। अतीन्द्रियज्ञानमिदं तथार्ज्जवं प्राहुस्तथा ज्ञानविशुद्धसत्त्वाः
damaḥ śamaḥ satyamakalmaṣatvaṃ maunaṃ ca bhūteṣvakhileṣvathārjjavam| atīndriyajñānamidaṃ tathārjjavaṃ prāhustathā jñānaviśuddhasattvāḥ
Restraint, calm, truth, freedom from stain, silence, and uprightness towards all beings — this is knowledge beyond the senses, and so too straightforwardness, say those whose being is purified by knowledge.
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VaP 1 16.23
समाहितो ब्रह्मपरोऽप्रमादी शुचिस्तथैवात्मरतिर्जीतेन्द्रियः। समाप्नुयुर्योगमिमं महाधियो महर्षयश्चैवमनिन्दितामलाः
samāhito brahmaparo'pramādī śucistathaivātmaratirjītendriyaḥ| samāpnuyuryogamimaṃ mahādhiyo maharṣayaścaivamaninditāmalāḥ
Composed, intent on brahman, free of negligence, pure, likewise delighting in the self, with senses conquered — thus the great-minded ones, and the great seers, blameless and stainless, may fully attain this yoga.
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