Vayu Purana — Uttarardha — Chapter 16
VaP 2 16.1
।।बृहस्पतिरुवाच।। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि दानानि च फलानि च। श्राद्धकर्म्माणि मेध्यानि वर्जनीयानि यानि च
||bṛhaspatiruvāca|| ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi dānāni ca phalāni ca| śrāddhakarmmāṇi medhyāni varjanīyāni yāni ca
Bṛhaspati said: Next I shall declare the gifts and their fruits, the pure rites of the śrāddha, and the things that are to be avoided.
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VaP 2 16.2
हिमप्रपतने कुर्य्यादाहरेद्वा हिमन्ततः। अग्निहोत्रमतः पुण्यं परमं हि ततः स्मृतम्
himaprapatane kuryyādāharedvā himantataḥ| agnihotramataḥ puṇyaṃ paramaṃ hi tataḥ smṛtam
One should perform (the rite) at the falling of snow, or else afterwards bring in snow; hence the agnihotra is held to be the supreme merit thereafter.
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VaP 2 16.3
नक्तन्तु वर्जयेच्छ्राद्धं राहोरन्यत्र दर्शनात्। सर्व्वस्वेनापि कर्त्तव्यं क्षिप्रं वै राहुदर्शने
naktantu varjayecchrāddhaṃ rāhoranyatra darśanāt| sarvvasvenāpi karttavyaṃ kṣipraṃ vai rāhudarśane
One should avoid the śrāddha by night, except when Rāhu is seen; but at the sighting of Rāhu (an eclipse) it must be performed at once, even with all one's possessions.
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VaP 2 16.4
उपरागे न कुर्य्याद्यः पङ्के गौरिव सीदति। कुर्वाणस्तूद्धरेत्पापान्मग्नान्नौरिव सागरे
uparāge na kuryyādyaḥ paṅke gauriva sīdati| kurvāṇastūddharetpāpānmagnānnauriva sāgare
He who does not perform (it) at an eclipse sinks like an ox in mud; but he who performs it lifts up the sunk from their sins, like a boat in the ocean.
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VaP 2 16.5
विश्वदेवञ्च सौम्यञ्च बहुमांसपरं हविः । विषाणं वर्जयेत्खाड्गमसूयानाशनाय वै
viśvadevañca saumyañca bahumāṃsaparaṃ haviḥ | viṣāṇaṃ varjayetkhāḍgamasūyānāśanāya vai
The oblation (for) the All-gods and (for) Soma is chiefly of much meat; but one should avoid the rhinoceros horn, so as not to destroy (the rite) through censure.
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VaP 2 16.6
त्वष्टा वै वार्य्यमाणस्तु देवेशेन महात्मना। पिबञ्छचीपतेः सोमं पृथिव्यामपतत्पुरा
tvaṣṭā vai vāryyamāṇastu deveśena mahātmanā| pibañchacīpateḥ somaṃ pṛthivyāmapatatpurā
Tvaṣṭā indeed, though forbidden by the great-souled lord of the gods, while drinking the soma of Śacī's husband, fell to the earth long ago.
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VaP 2 16.7
श्यामाकास्तु तथोत्पन्नाः पित्रर्थमपि पूजिताः। विप्रुषस्तस्य नासाभ्यामसक्ताभ्यां तथैव च
śyāmākāstu tathotpannāḥ pitrarthamapi pūjitāḥ| vipruṣastasya nāsābhyāmasaktābhyāṃ tathaiva ca
And thus the śyāmāka grains arose, honoured also for the sake of the ancestors; and likewise the drops from his two nostrils, which did not cling.
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VaP 2 16.8
श्लेष्माणः शीतला हृद्या मधुराश्च तथेक्षवः। श्यामाकैरिक्षुभिश्चैव पितॄणां सार्व्वकामिकम्। कुर्य्यादाग्रयणं यस्तु स शीघ्रं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात्
śleṣmāṇaḥ śītalā hṛdyā madhurāśca tathekṣavaḥ| śyāmākairikṣubhiścaiva pitṝṇāṃ sārvvakāmikam| kuryyādāgrayaṇaṃ yastu sa śīghraṃ siddhimāpnuyāt
Mucilaginous, cooling, pleasant to the heart and sweet are the sugar-canes; with śyāmāka grains and sugar-canes there is fulfilment of every wish for the ancestors. And whoever performs the āgrayaṇa offering (thus) would swiftly attain success.
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VaP 2 16.9
श्यामाका हस्तिनामा च पटोलं बृहतीफलम्। अगस्त्यस्य शिखा तीव्रा कषायाः सर्व्व एव च
śyāmākā hastināmā ca paṭolaṃ bṛhatīphalam| agastyasya śikhā tīvrā kaṣāyāḥ sarvva eva ca
Śyāmāka millet and the plant called hastināmā, paṭola, the fruit of bṛhatī, the spike of agastya, sharp (pungent) things, and all astringent things —
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VaP 2 16.10
एवमातीनि चान्यानि स्वादूनि मधुराणि च । नागरं चात्र वै देयं दीर्घमूलकमेव च
evamātīni cānyāni svādūni madhurāṇi ca | nāgaraṃ cātra vai deyaṃ dīrghamūlakameva ca
— these and other such things, sweet and pleasant-tasting; and here ginger too is to be given, and long radish.
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VaP 2 16.11
वंशीकरीराः सुरसाः सर्ज्जकं भूस्तृणानि च। वर्जनीयानि वक्ष्यामि श्राद्धकर्म्मणि नित्यशः
vaṃśīkarīrāḥ surasāḥ sarjjakaṃ bhūstṛṇāni ca| varjanīyāni vakṣyāmi śrāddhakarmmaṇi nityaśaḥ
Bamboo shoots, sacred basil (surasā), the sarjaka, and fragrant grasses (bhūstṛṇa) — I shall declare the things always to be avoided in the rite of śrāddha.
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VaP 2 16.12
लशुनं गृञ्जनञ्चैव पलाण्डुः पिण्डमूलकम्। करम्भाद्यानि चान्यानि हीनानि रसगन्धतः
laśunaṃ gṛñjanañcaiva palāṇḍuḥ piṇḍamūlakam| karambhādyāni cānyāni hīnāni rasagandhataḥ
Garlic and gṛñjana (a kind of carrot or onion), onion, the bulbous radish, karambha and other such things, and (things) deficient in taste and smell —
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VaP 2 16.13
श्राद्धकर्म्मणि वर्ज्यानि कारणञ्चात्र वक्ष्यते। पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे निर्जितस्य बलेः सुरैः
śrāddhakarmmaṇi varjyāni kāraṇañcātra vakṣyate| purā devāsure yuddhe nirjitasya baleḥ suraiḥ
— (these) are to be shunned in the rite of śrāddha; and the reason for this will be told. Formerly, in the battle of the gods and the asuras, when Bali had been defeated by the gods,
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VaP 2 16.14
व्रणेभ्यो विस्फुरन्तो वै पतिता रक्तबिन्दवः। तत एतानि वर्ज्यानि श्राद्धकर्म्मणि नित्यशः
vraṇebhyo visphuranto vai patitā raktabindavaḥ| tata etāni varjyāni śrāddhakarmmaṇi nityaśaḥ
drops of blood, spurting from his wounds, fell (to the earth). Therefore these things are always to be shunned in the rite of śrāddha.
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VaP 2 16.15
अथ वेदोक्तनिर्यासान् लवणान्यूषरणानि च। श्राद्ध कर्म्मणि वर्ज्यानि याश्च नार्यो रजस्वलाः
atha vedoktaniryāsān lavaṇānyūṣaraṇāni ca| śrāddha karmmaṇi varjyāni yāśca nāryo rajasvalāḥ
Next, the exudations (of trees) spoken of in the Veda, salts and saline products are to be shunned in the rite of śrāddha, and likewise women who are menstruating.
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VaP 2 16.16
दुर्गन्धं फेनिलं चैव तथा वै पल्वलोदकम्। न लभेद्यत्र गौस्तृप्तिं नक्तं यच्चैव गृह्यते
durgandhaṃ phenilaṃ caiva tathā vai palvalodakam| na labhedyatra gaustṛptiṃ naktaṃ yaccaiva gṛhyate
Also what is foul-smelling and frothy, and likewise water from a pond, (water) in which a cow does not find satisfaction, and whatever is drawn at night.
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VaP 2 16.17
आविकं मार्गमौष्ट्रं च सर्व्वमेकशफं च यत्। माहिषञ्चामरञ्चैव पयो वर्ज्यं विजानता
āvikaṃ mārgamauṣṭraṃ ca sarvvamekaśaphaṃ ca yat| māhiṣañcāmarañcaiva payo varjyaṃ vijānatā
Sheep's milk, deer's and camel's, and that of every single-hoofed animal, and buffalo's and that of the yak — such milk is to be avoided by one who knows.
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VaP 2 16.18
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि वर्ज्यान् देशान् प्रयत्नतः। न द्रष्टव्यं च यैः श्राद्धं शौचाशौचं च कृत्स्नशः
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi varjyān deśān prayatnataḥ| na draṣṭavyaṃ ca yaiḥ śrāddhaṃ śaucāśaucaṃ ca kṛtsnaśaḥ
Hereafter I shall carefully declare the regions to be avoided, and those by whom the śrāddha must not be looked upon, and purity and impurity in full.
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VaP 2 16.19
वन्यमूलफलाहारैः श्राद्धं कुर्य्यात्तु श्रद्धया। राष्ट्रमिष्टमवाप्नोति स्वर्गं मोक्षं यशस्करम्
vanyamūlaphalāhāraiḥ śrāddhaṃ kuryyāttu śraddhayā| rāṣṭramiṣṭamavāpnoti svargaṃ mokṣaṃ yaśaskaram
But (if) one performs the śrāddha with faith, with forest roots and fruits as the offering, he obtains a kingdom to his liking, heaven, and liberation, (all) conferring fame.
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VaP 2 16.20
अनिष्ट शब्दसङ्कीर्णं जन्तुव्याप्तमथापि वा। पूतिगन्धां तथा भूमिं श्राद्धकर्म्मणि वर्जयेत्
aniṣṭa śabdasaṅkīrṇaṃ jantuvyāptamathāpi vā| pūtigandhāṃ tathā bhūmiṃ śrāddhakarmmaṇi varjayet
A ground filled with inauspicious sounds, or overrun with vermin, or of putrid smell — such a ground one should avoid for the rite of śrāddha.
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VaP 2 16.21
नद्यः सागरपर्य्यन्ता द्वारं दक्षिणपूर्व्वतः । त्रिशङ्कुं वर्जयेद् देशं सर्व्वं द्वादशयोजनम्
nadyaḥ sāgaraparyyantā dvāraṃ dakṣiṇapūrvvataḥ | triśaṅkuṃ varjayed deśaṃ sarvvaṃ dvādaśayojanam
(Where) the rivers reach as far as the sea, the gateway to the south and east — one should avoid the whole Triśaṅku region for twelve yojanas.
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VaP 2 16.22
उत्तरेण महानद्या दक्षिणेन च कैकटात्। देशस्त्रैशङ्कवो नाम वर्जितः श्राद्धकर्म्मणि
uttareṇa mahānadyā dakṣiṇena ca kaikaṭāt| deśastraiśaṅkavo nāma varjitaḥ śrāddhakarmmaṇi
To the north of the Mahānadī and to the south of Kaikaṭa is the region named Traiśaṅkava, excluded in the rite of śrāddha.
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VaP 2 16.23
कारङ्कराः कलिङ्गाश्च सिन्धोरुत्तरमेव च। प्रनष्टाश्रमधर्म्माश्च वर्ज्या देशाः प्रयत्नतः
kāraṅkarāḥ kaliṅgāśca sindhoruttarameva ca| pranaṣṭāśramadharmmāśca varjyā deśāḥ prayatnataḥ
The Kāraṅkaras and the Kaliṅgas, and (the land) north of the Sindhu, and (lands) where the duties of the (four) stages of life have perished — these regions are to be avoided with care.
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VaP 2 16.24
नग्नादयो न पश्येयुः श्राद्धमेव व्ययस्थितम्। गच्छन्ति तैस्तैर्दृष्टानि न पितॄन्न पितामहान्
nagnādayo na paśyeyuḥ śrāddhameva vyayasthitam| gacchanti taistairdṛṣṭāni na pitṝnna pitāmahān
The naked ones and the rest should not look upon the śrāddha as it is set out; whatever things have been seen by such as these go neither to the fathers nor to the grandfathers.
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VaP 2 16.25
।।शंयुरुवाच।। नग्नादीन् भगवन् सम्यङ्ममाद्य परिपृच्छतः। कथय द्विजमुख्याग्र विस्तरेण यथातथम्
||śaṃyuruvāca|| nagnādīn bhagavan samyaṅmamādya paripṛcchataḥ| kathaya dvijamukhyāgra vistareṇa yathātatham
Śaṃyu said: O lord, foremost among the chief twice-born, tell me rightly and in full detail, just as it is, of the naked ones and the rest, since I now ask you.
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VaP 2 16.26
एवमुक्तो महातेजा बृहस्पतिरुवाच तम्। सर्वेषामेव भूतानां त्रयीसंवरणं स्मृतम्
evamukto mahātejā bṛhaspatiruvāca tam| sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ trayīsaṃvaraṇaṃ smṛtam
Thus addressed, the greatly splendid Bṛhaspati said to him: For all beings whatsoever the threefold Veda is declared to be the covering (protection).
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VaP 2 16.27
परित्यजति यो मोहात्ते वै नग्ना द्विजोत्तमाः। प्रलीयते नरो यः स्यान्निरालम्बश्च यो वृषः
parityajati yo mohātte vai nagnā dvijottamāḥ| pralīyate naro yaḥ syānnirālambaśca yo vṛṣaḥ
He who out of delusion abandons it — those, O best of the twice-born, are the naked. Whoever the man may be that is dissolved (thereby), and (whoever's) dharma is without support —
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VaP 2 16.28
वृषं यश्च परित्यज्य मोक्षमन्यत्र मार्गति । वृषो वेदसमस्तस्मिन् यो वै सम्यङ्न पश्यति
vṛṣaṃ yaśca parityajya mokṣamanyatra mārgati | vṛṣo vedasamastasmin yo vai samyaṅna paśyati
— and whoever, abandoning dharma (vṛṣa), seeks liberation elsewhere: dharma is the whole of the Veda, and in that he does not see rightly.
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VaP 2 16.29
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्या वृषलाश्चैव सर्व्वशः। पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे निर्जितैरसुरैस्तदा
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyā vṛṣalāścaiva sarvvaśaḥ| purā devāsure yuddhe nirjitairasuraistadā
Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and Shudras in every way (were created); but formerly, in the war of gods and demons, by the demons then defeated —
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VaP 2 16.30
पाषण्डवैकृतस्थाने नैषा सृष्टिः स्वयम्भुवा। द्विश्राद्धकश्च निर्ग्रन्थाः शाक्या पुष्टिकलंशकाः
pāṣaṇḍavaikṛtasthāne naiṣā sṛṣṭiḥ svayambhuvā| dviśrāddhakaśca nirgranthāḥ śākyā puṣṭikalaṃśakāḥ
— in the place of heretical and deformed (creations): this creation is not by the Self-existent One. And (there are) the twice-performers of śrāddha, the Nirgranthas (Jains), the Śākyas (Buddhists), the Puṣṭikalaṃśakas.
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VaP 2 16.31
ये धर्म्मं नानुवर्त्तन्ते ते वै नग्नादयो जनाः। वृथाजटी वृथामुद्री वृथानग्नश्च यो द्विजः
ye dharmmaṃ nānuvarttante te vai nagnādayo janāḥ| vṛthājaṭī vṛthāmudrī vṛthānagnaśca yo dvijaḥ
Those who do not follow the dharma — they indeed are the people beginning with the naked ones: the twice-born who wears matted hair to no purpose, who wears sect-marks to no purpose, who goes naked to no purpose,
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VaP 2 16.32
वृथाव्रती वृथा जापी ते वै नग्नादयो जनाः। कुलन्धमा निषादाश्च तथा पुष्टिविनाशकाः
vṛthāvratī vṛthā jāpī te vai nagnādayo janāḥ| kulandhamā niṣādāśca tathā puṣṭivināśakāḥ
who keeps vows to no purpose, who mutters prayers to no purpose — they indeed are the people beginning with the naked ones: the destroyers of families, the Niṣādas, and likewise the ruiners of prosperity.
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VaP 2 16.33
कृतकर्म्माक्षितास्त्वेते कुपथाः परिकीर्त्तिताः। एभिर्निर्वृत्तं दृष्टं वा श्राद्धं गच्छन्ति मानवाः
kṛtakarmmākṣitāstvete kupathāḥ parikīrttitāḥ| ebhirnirvṛttaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ vā śrāddhaṃ gacchanti mānavāḥ
These, whose (ritual) acts once done are undone, are declared to be men of evil paths; a śrāddha completed by them, or (merely) seen (by them) — (such) men go (to ruin).
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VaP 2 16.34
ब्रह्मघ्नश्च कृतघ्नश्च नास्तिका गुरुतल्पगाः। दस्यवश्च नृशंसाश्च दर्शनेनैव वर्जिताः
brahmaghnaśca kṛtaghnaśca nāstikā gurutalpagāḥ| dasyavaśca nṛśaṃsāśca darśanenaiva varjitāḥ
The slayer of a Brahmin, the ungrateful man, unbelievers, those who violate the teacher's bed, robbers and cruel men are excluded by their very sight (of the rite).
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VaP 2 16.35
ये चान्ये पाप कर्म्माणः सर्व्वांस्तान् परिवर्जयेत्। देवदेवर्षिनिन्दायां रतांश्चैव विशेषतः
ye cānye pāpa karmmāṇaḥ sarvvāṃstān parivarjayet| devadevarṣinindāyāṃ ratāṃścaiva viśeṣataḥ
And whatever others are doers of evil deeds — all of them one should shun, and especially those given to reviling the gods and the divine sages.
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VaP 2 16.36
असुरान् यातुधानांश्च दृष्टमेभिर्व्रजन्त्युत। ब्राह्मं कृतयुगं प्रोक्तं त्रेता तु क्षत्रियं स्मृतम्
asurān yātudhānāṃśca dṛṣṭamebhirvrajantyuta| brāhmaṃ kṛtayugaṃ proktaṃ tretā tu kṣatriyaṃ smṛtam
Indeed, (the offerings) seen by these go to the Asuras and the Yātudhānas. The Kṛta age is called Brahmin; the Tretā is remembered as Kshatriya;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.37
वैश्यं द्वापरमित्याहुः शूद्रं कलियुगं स्मृतम् ।। ।।पितर ऊचुः ।। वेदाः कृतयुगे पूज्यास्त्रेतायां तु सुरास्तथा
vaiśyaṃ dvāparamityāhuḥ śūdraṃ kaliyugaṃ smṛtam || ||pitara ūcuḥ || vedāḥ kṛtayuge pūjyāstretāyāṃ tu surāstathā
the Dvāpara they call Vaishya; the Kali age is remembered as Shudra. The Fathers said: In the Kṛta age the Vedas are honoured, in the Tretā likewise the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.38
युद्धानि द्वापरे नित्यं पाषण्डाश्च कलौ युगे। अपमानापवित्रश्च कुक्कुटो ग्रामसूकरः
yuddhāni dvāpare nityaṃ pāṣaṇḍāśca kalau yuge| apamānāpavitraśca kukkuṭo grāmasūkaraḥ
in the Dvāpara wars are constant, and in the Kali age heretics. Dishonouring and impure are the cock and the village pig;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.39
श्वा चैव दर्शनादेव हन्ति श्राद्धं न संशयः। शावसूतकसंस्पृष्टो दीर्घरोगिभिरेव च
śvā caiva darśanādeva hanti śrāddhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ| śāvasūtakasaṃspṛṣṭo dīrgharogibhireva ca
and the dog too, by the mere sight (of it), destroys the śrāddha — there is no doubt. One touched by a corpse or by a birth-impurity, and those with chronic disease,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.40
मलिनैः पतितैश्चैव न द्रष्टव्यं कथञ्चन। अन्नं पश्येयुरेते वै नैतत्स्याद्धव्यकव्ययोः
malinaiḥ patitaiścaiva na draṣṭavyaṃ kathañcana| annaṃ paśyeyurete vai naitatsyāddhavyakavyayoḥ
and by the filthy and the outcastes it must in no way be looked upon. If these should see the food, it would not be fit for offerings to gods and to the Fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.41
तत्संस्पृष्टं प्रधानार्थं संस्कारश्वापदो भवेत्। हविषां संहतानां तु पूर्व्वमेव विवर्जितम्। मृत्संयुक्ताभिरद्भिश्च प्रोक्षणं च विधीयते
tatsaṃspṛṣṭaṃ pradhānārthaṃ saṃskāraśvāpado bhavet| haviṣāṃ saṃhatānāṃ tu pūrvvameva vivarjitam| mṛtsaṃyuktābhiradbhiśca prokṣaṇaṃ ca vidhīyate
What has been touched by that, (though) meant for the principal purpose, becomes (as if) a beast of prey with respect to the consecration. And of the oblations that have been heaped together, it is rejected beforehand; and sprinkling with water mixed with earth is prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.42
सिद्धार्थकैः कृष्णतिलैः कार्य्यं वाप्यवकीरणम्। गुरुसूर्य्याग्निवस्तूनां दर्शनं वापि यत्नतः
siddhārthakaiḥ kṛṣṇatilaiḥ kāryyaṃ vāpyavakīraṇam| gurusūryyāgnivastūnāṃ darśanaṃ vāpi yatnataḥ
Or a scattering should be made with white mustard seeds and black sesame; or else, with effort, the sight of the teacher, the sun, the fire, (and such) objects (should be procured).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.43
आसनारूढमानेषु पादोपहतमेव च। अमेध्यैर्जङ्गमैर्दृष्टं शुष्कं पर्युषितं च यत्
āsanārūḍhamāneṣu pādopahatameva ca| amedhyairjaṅgamairdṛṣṭaṃ śuṣkaṃ paryuṣitaṃ ca yat
Among things placed upon the seat, and that which has been struck by a foot; and what is seen by impure moving creatures, what is dried up and what has stood overnight,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.44
असितं परिदुष्टं च तथैवाग्रावलेहितम्। शर्कराकेशपाषाणैः कीटैर्यच्चाप्युपद्रुतम्
asitaṃ pariduṣṭaṃ ca tathaivāgrāvalehitam| śarkarākeśapāṣāṇaiḥ kīṭairyaccāpyupadrutam
what is blackened and thoroughly spoiled, and likewise what has been licked at its top, what is beset with gravel, hairs, stones or insects,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.45
पिण्याकमथितं चैव तथा तिलयवादिषु। सिद्धाक्षताश्च ये भक्ष्याः प्रत्यक्षलवणीकृताः
piṇyākamathitaṃ caiva tathā tilayavādiṣu| siddhākṣatāśca ye bhakṣyāḥ pratyakṣalavaṇīkṛtāḥ
and what is churned with oil-cake, and so among sesame, barley and the rest; and those cooked, unhusked foods which have been salted in plain sight,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.46
वाससा चावधूतानि वर्ज्यानि श्राद्धकर्मणि। सन्ति वेदविरोधेन केचिद्विज्ञानमानिनः
vāsasā cāvadhūtāni varjyāni śrāddhakarmaṇi| santi vedavirodhena kecidvijñānamāninaḥ
and things shaken off with a garment — (all these) are to be avoided in the śrāddha rite. There are some who, in contradiction of the Veda, fancy themselves possessed of knowledge:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.47
अजज्ञपतयो नाम ते श्राद्धस्य यथा रजः। दधि शाकं तथाऽभक्ष्याः शुक्तं चैव विवर्जितम्
ajajñapatayo nāma te śrāddhasya yathā rajaḥ| dadhi śākaṃ tathā'bhakṣyāḥ śuktaṃ caiva vivarjitam
they are named 'lords of ignorance' (ajajña-patis); they are, as it were, the dust of the śrāddha. Likewise curds and greens are not to be eaten, and what is sour is to be rejected.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.48
वार्ताकुं वर्जयेद्दद्यात्सर्वानभिषवानपि। सैन्धवं लवणं यच्च तथा मानससम्भवम्
vārtākuṃ varjayeddadyātsarvānabhiṣavānapi| saindhavaṃ lavaṇaṃ yacca tathā mānasasambhavam
One should avoid the brinjal; but one may give all pressed (juices) as well; and the rock salt, and that salt which arises from the mind(?),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.49
पवित्रं परमं ह्येतत् प्रत्यक्षमपि वर्त्तते। अग्नौ निक्षिप्य बध्नीयाद्धस्तौ प्रक्षिप्य यत्नतः
pavitraṃ paramaṃ hyetat pratyakṣamapi varttate| agnau nikṣipya badhnīyāddhastau prakṣipya yatnataḥ
For this is the supreme means of purification, and it is present to the eye as well. Having cast (it) into the fire, he should bind (it); having carefully thrust in the two hands,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.50
गमयेन्मस्तकं चैव ब्रह्मतीर्थं हि तत्स्मृतम्। द्रव्याणां प्रोक्षणं कार्य्यं तथैवावपनं पुनः
gamayenmastakaṃ caiva brahmatīrthaṃ hi tatsmṛtam| dravyāṇāṃ prokṣaṇaṃ kāryyaṃ tathaivāvapanaṃ punaḥ
and he should bring (it) to the head; for that is called the brahma-tīrtha. The sprinkling of the substances is to be performed, and likewise again the scattering (of them),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.51
निधाय चाद्भिः सिञ्चेत तथैवाप्सु निवेशनम्। अरिष्टतुमुले बिल्वं त्विङ्गुदश्वदनान्यपि
nidhāya cādbhiḥ siñceta tathaivāpsu niveśanam| ariṣṭatumule bilvaṃ tviṅgudaśvadanānyapi
and having set (them) down, he should sprinkle (them) with water, and likewise (there is) the placing (of them) in water; ariṣṭa, tumula(?), bilva, and also iṅgudī and aśvadana(?).
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VaP 2 16.52
विदलानाञ्च सर्व्वेषां धर्मवच्छौचमिष्यते। तथा दन्तास्थिदारूणां श्रृङ्गाणाञ्चावलेखनम्
vidalānāñca sarvveṣāṃ dharmavacchaucamiṣyate| tathā dantāsthidārūṇāṃ śrṛṅgāṇāñcāvalekhanam
For all split (bamboo) wares purification is prescribed according to dharma; and likewise for things of tooth, bone and wood, and for horns, (purification is) by scraping.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.53
सर्वेषां मृन्मयानान्तु पुनर्दाह उदाहृतः। मणिवज्रप्रवालानां मुक्ताशङ्खमणेस्तथा
sarveṣāṃ mṛnmayānāntu punardāha udāhṛtaḥ| maṇivajrapravālānāṃ muktāśaṅkhamaṇestathā
But for all earthenware, a second firing is declared (as the means of purity); for gems, diamonds and corals, and likewise for pearls and the conch-gem,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.54
सिद्धार्थकानां कल्केन तिलकल्केन वा पुनः । स्याच्छौचं सर्ववालानामाविकानाञ्च सर्वशः
siddhārthakānāṃ kalkena tilakalkena vā punaḥ | syācchaucaṃ sarvavālānāmāvikānāñca sarvaśaḥ
purification comes about by a paste of white mustard seeds, or again by a paste of sesame; and for all hair-goods and woollen goods, in every way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.55
आवि कानाञ्च सर्व्वेषां मृद्भिरद्भिर्विधीयते। आद्यन्तयोस्तु शौचानामद्भिः प्रक्षालनं पुनः
āvi kānāñca sarvveṣāṃ mṛdbhiradbhirvidhīyate| ādyantayostu śaucānāmadbhiḥ prakṣālanaṃ punaḥ
And for all woollen things it is prescribed (to be done) with earths and with waters; but at the beginning and end of the purifications, again a washing with water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.56
तथा कार्प्पासिकानाञ्च भस्मना समुदाहृतम्। फलपुष्प शलाकानां प्लावनञ्चाद्भिरिष्यते
tathā kārppāsikānāñca bhasmanā samudāhṛtam| phalapuṣpa śalākānāṃ plāvanañcādbhiriṣyate
And likewise for cotton things it is declared (to be) with ashes; and for fruits, flowers and small sticks, a rinsing with water is enjoined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.57
संमार्जनं प्रोक्षणञ्च भूमेश्चैवोपलेपनम्। निष्क्रम्य बाह्यतो ग्रामाद्वायुपूता वसुन्धरा
saṃmārjanaṃ prokṣaṇañca bhūmeścaivopalepanam| niṣkramya bāhyato grāmādvāyupūtā vasundharā
Sweeping, sprinkling, and also the smearing of the ground (are the purification of the ground); when one has gone outside the village, the earth is purified by the wind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.58
धनुष्मत्पक्षिणाञ्चैव मृद्भिः शौचं विधीयते। एवमेष समुद्दिष्टः शौचानां विधिरुत्तमः। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि तन्मे निगदतः श्रृणु
dhanuṣmatpakṣiṇāñcaiva mṛdbhiḥ śaucaṃ vidhīyate| evameṣa samuddiṣṭaḥ śaucānāṃ vidhiruttamaḥ| ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi tanme nigadataḥ śrṛṇu
And for archers(?) and for birds, purification is prescribed with earths. Thus this excellent rule of the purifications has been set forth. Beyond this I shall declare (further); hear that from me as I speak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.59
प्रातर्गृहात्पश्चिमदक्षिणेन इषुक्षेपञ्चाक्षमात्रं पदञ्च। कुर्य्यात्पुरीषं शिरोवगुण्ठ्य न च स्पृशेत्तत्र शिरः करेण
prātargṛhātpaścimadakṣiṇena iṣukṣepañcākṣamātraṃ padañca| kuryyātpurīṣaṃ śirovaguṇṭhya na ca spṛśettatra śiraḥ kareṇa
In the morning, to the south-west of the house, at an arrow's throw and an akṣa's measure and a pace (away), he should void excrement, having veiled his head; and he should not there touch his head with his hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.60
शुष्कैस्तृणैर्वा काष्ठैर्वा पत्रैर्वेणुदलेन वा। मृण्मयैर्भाजनैर्वापि तिरोधाय वसुन्धराम्
śuṣkaistṛṇairvā kāṣṭhairvā patrairveṇudalena vā| mṛṇmayairbhājanairvāpi tirodhāya vasundharām
With dry grasses, or with pieces of wood, or with leaves, or with a strip of bamboo, or else with earthen vessels, having covered over the ground (he should do it),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.61
उद्धृतोदकमादाय मृत्तिकाञ्चैव वाग्यतः। दिवा उदङ्मुखः कुर्य्याद्रात्रौ वै दक्षिणामुखः
uddhṛtodakamādāya mṛttikāñcaiva vāgyataḥ| divā udaṅmukhaḥ kuryyādrātrau vai dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
having taken water drawn up (from the well) and also clay, keeping silence; by day he should do it facing north, but by night facing south.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.62
दक्षिणेन च हस्तेन गृह्णीयाद्वै कमण्डलुम्। शौचञ्च वामहस्तेन गुदे तिस्रस्तु मृत्तिकाः
dakṣiṇena ca hastena gṛhṇīyādvai kamaṇḍalum| śaucañca vāmahastena gude tisrastu mṛttikāḥ
And with the right hand he should take hold of the water-pot, and the cleansing (is) with the left hand: three lumps of clay on the anus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.63
दश चापि पुनर्दद्याद्वामहस्तक्रमेण तु । द्वाभ्यां वापि पुनर्दद्याद्धस्तानां पञ्च मृत्तिकाः
daśa cāpi punardadyādvāmahastakrameṇa tu | dvābhyāṃ vāpi punardadyāddhastānāṃ pañca mṛttikāḥ
and he should further apply ten in succession with the left hand; or with both (hands) he should further apply five lumps of clay for the hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.64
मृदा प्रक्षाल्य पादौ च आचम्य च यथाविधि। आपस्त्याज्यास्त्रयश्चैव सूर्य्याग्निपवनाम्भसाम्
mṛdā prakṣālya pādau ca ācamya ca yathāvidhi| āpastyājyāstrayaścaiva sūryyāgnipavanāmbhasām
And having washed the feet with clay and rinsed the mouth as prescribed — and three waters are to be discarded — of the sun, fire, wind and water...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.65
कुर्य्यात् सन्निहितं नित्यं प्राज्ञस्तीर्थे कमण्डलुम्। असत्कार्यं कार्यमेतैर्यथावत्पादधावनम्
kuryyāt sannihitaṃ nityaṃ prājñastīrthe kamaṇḍalum| asatkāryaṃ kāryametairyathāvatpādadhāvanam
The wise man should always keep the water-pot at hand at the water-place; with these (waters) the impure act is to be done, and the washing of the feet as prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.66
आचमनं द्वितीयेन देवकार्यं ततः परम्। उपवास स्त्रिरात्रन्तु दुष्टहस्ते ह्युदाहृतः
ācamanaṃ dvitīyena devakāryaṃ tataḥ param| upavāsa strirātrantu duṣṭahaste hyudāhṛtaḥ
Rinsing of the mouth (is done) with the second (water); after that, the rite for the gods. But a fast of three nights is declared for one whose hand is defiled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.67
विप्रकृष्टेन कृच्छ्रेण प्रायश्चित्तमुदाहृतम्। स्पृष्ट्वा श्वानं श्वपाकं वा तप्तकृच्छ्रं समाचरेत्
viprakṛṣṭena kṛcchreṇa prāyaścittamudāhṛtam| spṛṣṭvā śvānaṃ śvapākaṃ vā taptakṛcchraṃ samācaret
By a prolonged(?) kṛcchra penance the expiation is declared; having touched a dog or a dog-cooker (caṇḍāla), one should perform the tapta-kṛcchra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 2 16.68
मानुषास्थीनि संस्पृश्य उपोष्यं शुद्धिकारणम् । त्रिरात्रमुक्तं सस्नेहमेकरात्रमतोऽन्यथा
mānuṣāsthīni saṃspṛśya upoṣyaṃ śuddhikāraṇam | trirātramuktaṃ sasnehamekarātramato'nyathā
Having touched human bones, fasting is the means of purification: three nights is stated if (the bones are) greasy, but one night otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 2 16.69
कारस्कराः पुलिन्दाश्च तथान्धशबरादय। पीत्वा चापोभूतिलये गत्वा चैव युगन्धराम्
kāraskarāḥ pulindāśca tathāndhaśabarādaya| pītvā cāpobhūtilaye gatvā caiva yugandharām
The Kāraskaras and Pulindas, and likewise the Andhras, Śabaras and the rest — having drunk the waters (there) at the dissolution of beings, and having gone to Yugandharā (one is defiled).
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VaP 2 16.70
सिन्धोरुत्तरपर्य्यन्तं तथा दिव्यन्तरे शतम्। पापदेशाश्च ये केचित्पापरध्युषिता जनैः
sindhoruttaraparyyantaṃ tathā divyantare śatam| pāpadeśāśca ye kecitpāparadhyuṣitā janaiḥ
(The lands) up to the northern limit of the Sindhu, and likewise a hundred within the divine (region) — and whatever sinful lands are inhabited by sinful people,
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VaP 2 16.71
शिष्टैश्च वर्जिता ये च ब्राह्मणैर्वेदपारगैः। गत्वा देशानपुण्यांस्तु कृत्स्नं पापं समश्नुते
śiṣṭaiśca varjitā ye ca brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ| gatvā deśānapuṇyāṃstu kṛtsnaṃ pāpaṃ samaśnute
and those which are shunned by the cultivated and by brahmins who have gone to the end of the Vedas — by going to (such) unmeritorious lands one incurs the whole of the sin.
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VaP 2 16.72
मनोव्यक्तिरथाग्निश्च काले चैवोपलेपनम्। विख्यापनञ्च शौचानां नित्यमज्ञानमेव च
manovyaktirathāgniśca kāle caivopalepanam| vikhyāpanañca śaucānāṃ nityamajñānameva ca
The mind's declaration, and then fire, and smearing (the ground) at the (proper) time, and the proclaiming of the purifications, and constant unawareness (of impurity)—
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VaP 2 16.73
अतोन्यथा तु यः कुर्य्यान्मोहाच्छौचस्य सङ्करम्। पिशाचान् यातुधानांश्च फलं गच्छत्यसंशयम्
atonyathā tu yaḥ kuryyānmohācchaucasya saṅkaram| piśācān yātudhānāṃśca phalaṃ gacchatyasaṃśayam
But whoever, otherwise than this, out of delusion makes a confusion of purity, he goes without doubt to the state of piśācas and yātudhānas.
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VaP 2 16.74
शौचमश्रद्दधानश्च म्लेच्छजातिषु जायते। अयज्ञाश्चैव पापो वा तिर्य्यग्योनिगतोऽपि वा
śaucamaśraddadhānaśca mlecchajātiṣu jāyate| ayajñāścaiva pāpo vā tiryyagyonigato'pi vā
And he who does not have faith in purity is born among the mleccha castes; he is one without sacrifices, or sinful, or else gone to an animal womb.
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VaP 2 16.75
शौचेन मोक्षं कुर्वाणः स्वर्गवासी भवेन्नरः। शुचिकामा हि देवा वै देवैरेतदुदाहृतम्
śaucena mokṣaṃ kurvāṇaḥ svargavāsī bhavennaraḥ| śucikāmā hi devā vai devairetadudāhṛtam
A man who effects release through purity becomes a dweller in heaven; for the gods desire the pure — this has been declared by the gods.
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VaP 2 16.76
बीभत्समशुचिञ्चैव वर्जयन्ति सुराः सदा। त्रीणि शौचानि कुर्वन्ति न्यायतः शुभकर्मणः
bībhatsamaśuciñcaiva varjayanti surāḥ sadā| trīṇi śaucāni kurvanti nyāyataḥ śubhakarmaṇaḥ
The gods always avoid what is loathsome and impure; those of auspicious deeds perform the three purifications according to rule.
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VaP 2 16.77
ब्रह्मण्यायातिथेयाय शौचयुक्ताय धीमते। पितृभक्ताय दान्ताय सानुक्रोशाय च द्विजाः
brahmaṇyāyātitheyāya śaucayuktāya dhīmate| pitṛbhaktāya dāntāya sānukrośāya ca dvijāḥ
To one devoted to brahmins, hospitable to guests, endowed with purity, wise, devoted to his ancestors, self-controlled and compassionate, O twice-born—
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VaP 2 16.78
तैस्तैः प्रीताः प्रयच्छन्ति पितरो योगवर्द्धनाः। मनसा कांक्षितान् कामांस्त्रैलोक्यप्रभवानिति
taistaiḥ prītāḥ prayacchanti pitaro yogavarddhanāḥ| manasā kāṃkṣitān kāmāṃstrailokyaprabhavāniti
pleased by these several (qualities), the ancestors, who increase (the power of) yoga, grant the desires longed for in the mind, (even those) arising from the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain