Chapter 6A

janamejaya uvāca śruto mayā mahāprājño budhapautro mahāmatiḥ || 1 ||
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tattrorvaśīsamutpannaḥ kathaṃ kṣātramavāptavān || 2 ||
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ātreyasya kathaṃ loke paradārābhimarśanāt || 3 ||
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niṣkṛtiḥ kīdṛśī dṛṣṭā tanme brūhi mahāmate || 4 ||
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kīdṛśo brāhmaṇo loke svarūpaṃ tadvadasva me || 5 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca hanta te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu pārthivasattama || 6 ||
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mukhabāhūrūpādebhyo viprādīnasṛjatprabhuḥ || 7 ||
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uttamāṅgodbhavājjyaiṣṭhyādvedasyādhyāpanāttathā || 8 ||
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sarvasyaivāsya sargasya dharmato brāhmaṇaḥ prabhuḥ || 9 ||
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yasyāsyena sadāśnanti havyāni tridivaukasaḥ || 10 ||
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kavyāni caiva pitaraḥ kiṃ bhūtā adhikaṃ tataḥ || 11 ||
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brāhmaṇyāṃ brāhmaṇājjātaḥ saṃskṛto brāhmaṇo bhavet || 12 ||
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jñeyaṃ kṣatriyaviṭśūdrā jñeyāḥ svebhyaḥ svayonijāḥ || 13 ||
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adhyāpanaṃ cādhyayanaṃ yajanaṃ yājanaṃ tathā || 14 ||
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dānaṃ pratigrahaśceti ṣaṭ karmāṇyagrajanmanām || 15 ||
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vedameva sadābhyāsettapastaptaṃ dvijottamaḥ || 16 ||
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vedābhyāso hi viprasya tapaḥ paramihocyate || 17 ||
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itihāsapurāṇajñaḥ padavākyapramāṇavit || 18 ||
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aṅgopakāravedī ca vedārthaṃ jñātumarhati || 19 ||
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pāṇinyādīni tantrāṇi hyadhītyāṅgāni sarvaśaḥ || 20 ||
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itihāsapurāṇānāṃ śrutīnāmapi sarvadā || 21 ||
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padavākyapramāṇajñaḥ pravaktā phalamaśnute || 22 ||
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śrotā caivānyathā cetsyānnarakāyaiva kalpate || 23 ||
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na vedapāṭhamātreṇa saṃtuṣyedvai dvijottamaḥ || 24 ||
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pāṭhamātrāvasānastu paṅke gauriva sīdati || 25 ||
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janmano'nantaraṃ kāryaṃ jātakarma yathāvidhi || 26 ||
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nāmadheyaṃ daśamyāṃ tu dvādaśyāmatha kārayet || 27 ||
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ṣaṣṭhe'nnaprāśanaṃ māsi cūḍā kāryā yathākulam || 28 ||
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prāpte tu pañcame varṣe tvakṣarābhyāsamucyate || 29 ||
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garbhāṣṭamābde kurvīta brāhmaṇasyopanāyanam || 30 ||
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yajñopavītaṃ kurvīta sūtreṇa navatantukam || 31 ||
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brāhmaṇo bilvapālāśau daṇḍau vā dhārayeta saḥ || 32 ||
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guruṃ raviṃ samabhyarcya bhaikṣeta niyataḥ śuciḥ || 33 ||
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niṣekādīni karmāṇi yaḥ karoti yathāvidhi || 34 ||
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saṃbhāvayati cānnena sa vipro gururucyate || 35 ||
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upanīya tu yaḥ śiṣyaṃ vedamadhyāpayeta tam || 36 ||
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tadarthabodhakaścaiva tamācāryaṃ pracakṣate || 37 ||
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ekadeśaṃ tu vedasya vedāṅgānyapi vā punaḥ || 38 ||
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yo'dhyāpayati vṛttyarthamupādhyāyaḥ sa ucyate || 39 ||
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upādhyāyāddaśācāryā ācāryāṇāṃ śataṃ pitā || 40 ||
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sahasraṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ tu caibhyo mātā garīyasī || 41 ||
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guruśuśrūṣayā vidyāṃ saṃprāpya vidhivaddvijaḥ || 42 ||
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snāyīta tadanujñāto dattvāsmai dakṣiṇāṃ hi gām || 43 ||
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guruṇānumataḥ snātvā samāvṛtto yathāvidhi || 44 ||
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udvaheta dvijo bhāryāṃ lakṣaṇāṃ bandhuśālinīm || 45 ||
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bandhuhīnāṃ ca yāṃ kanyāṃ rogiṇīṃ ca parityajet || 46 ||
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mantropadeśe cārtvijye vivāhe śrāddhabhojane || 47 ||
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svabandhuṣveva kartavyamiti manvādiśāsanam || 48 ||
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ādadhīta tataḥ paścādvidhānenaiva sarvaśaḥ || 49 ||
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brāhme muhūrte cotthāya hariṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum || 50 ||
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dhyātvā samāhitaḥ paścādviṣṭhāmūtraṃ visarjayet || 51 ||
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nairṛte dakṣiṇe bhāge tṛṇamācchādya vai punaḥ || 52 ||
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loṣṭaiśca lepanaṃ kṛtvā śaucaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi || 53 ||
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mṛdbhiḥ śodhya gude pādau pāṇau gaṇḍūṣamācaret || 54 ||
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ācamya prayato bhūtvā tataḥ snānaṃ samācaret || 55 ||
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jale nimajya hṛdaye nārāyaṇamanāmayam || 56 ||
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dhyātvotthāya tataḥ kuryādardhyaṃ sūryāya bhūmipa || 57 ||
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sahasrakṛtvaḥ paramāṃ devīṃ japtvā samāhitaḥ || 58 ||
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upasthāyaiva tigmāṃśuṃ homaṃ kuryāddvitīyake || 59 ||
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vedamadhyāpya vidhivadvedāṅgāni tṛtīyake || 60 ||
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mūhūrte kusumādīni hṛtvā gacchettamīśvaram || 61 ||
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yogakṣemārthalābhāya snātvā mādhyāhnikīṃ kriyām || 62 ||
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kṛtvā puruṣasūktaiśca harimaṣṭākṣareṇa ca || 63 ||
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saṃpūjya toṣayitvātha vaiśvadevaṃ yathāvidhi || 64 ||
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kṛtvaivātithyapūjāṃ ca bhojanaṃ ca yathākramam || 65 ||
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itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ ṣaṣṭhasaptamayorbudhaḥ || 66 ||
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kālakṣepaṃ prakurvāṇastāmbūlaṃ carvayedbudhaḥ || 67 ||
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upāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ homaṃ kuryādatandritaḥ || 68 ||
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brāhmaṇeṣu ca vidvāṃso vidvatsu kṛtabuddhayaḥ || 69 ||
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kṛtabuddhiṣu kartāraḥ kartṛṣu brahmavādinaḥ || 70 ||
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śreṣṭhāste brāhmaṇā loke dānapātraṃ sadā matam || 71 ||
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prathamaṃ tu gurordānaṃ dadyācchraiṣṭhyaṃ ca sarvadā || 72 ||
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mātāpitrośca yaddattaṃ bhrātṛsvasṛsutāsu ca || 73 ||
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bhaginyai bhāgineyāya mātulānāṃ pitṛṣvasuḥ || 74 ||
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daridrāṇāṃ ca bandhūnāṃ dānaṃ vedavide'kṣayam || 75 ||
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pituḥ śataguṇaṃ dānaṃ sahasraṃ māturucyate || 76 ||
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saṃnikṛṣṭamadhīyānamatikrāmati yo dvijaḥ || 77 ||
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dāne tu kavyabhojye ca dahatyāsaptamaṃ kulam || 78 ||
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dviguṇaṃ brāhmaṇe dadyātsamaṃ tu brāhmaṇabruve || 79 ||
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prādhīte śatasāhasramanantaṃ vedapārage || 80 ||
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prāyaścittāni śāstrāṇi pātakeṣūpapātake || 81 ||
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teṣāmevādhikārāṇi karmabhūmiṣu janminām || 82 ||
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devānāṃ nādhikāro'sti teṣu rājandivaukasām || 83 ||
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vairājakanyājātastu budhādila iti smṛtaḥ || 84 ||
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mātāmahaprabhāvena kṣatriyatvamupeyivān || 85 ||
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tathāpyatriprabhāvena prāyaścittena śodhitaḥ || 86 ||
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śaśāṅkastu kṣayānmuktaḥ sarvalokasupūjitaḥ || 87 ||
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