Chapter 55

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vyāsa uvāca |
na hiṃsyātsarvabhūtāni nānṛtaṃ vāvadetkvacit |
nāhitaṃ nāpriṃyaṃ vācyaṃ na stenaḥ syātkadācana || 1 ||
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tṛṇaṃ vā yadi vā śākaṃ mṛdaṃ vā jalameva ca |
parasyāpaharañjaṃturnarakaṃ pratipadyate || 2 ||
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na rājñaḥ pratigṛhṇīyānna śūdrātpatitādapi |
na cānyasmādaśaktaścenniṃditānvarjayedbudhaḥ || 3 ||
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nityaṃ yācanako na syātpunastaṃ naiva yācayet |
prāṇānapaharatyevaṃ yācakastasya durmateḥ || 4 ||
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na devadravyahārī syādviśeṣeṇa dvijottamaḥ |
brahmasvaṃ vā nāpaharedāpatsvapi kadācana || 5 ||
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na viṣaṃ viṣamityāhurbrahmasvaṃ viṣamucyate |
devasvaṃ cāpi yatnena sadā pariharettataḥ || 6 ||
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puṣpaṃ śākodakaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ tathā mūlaṃ phalaṃ tṛṇam |
adattāni ca na steyaṃ manuḥ prāha prajāpatiḥ || 7 ||
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gṛhītavyāni puṣpāṇi devārcanavidhau dvijaḥ |
naikasmādeva niyatamananujñāya kevalam || 8 ||
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tṛṇaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ phalaṃ puṣpaṃ prakāśaṃ vai haredbudhaḥ |
dharmārthaṃ kevalaṃ prāhuranyathā patito bhavet || 9 ||
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tilamudgayavādīnāṃ muṣṭirgrāhyā pathisthitaiḥ |
kṣudhitairnānyathā viprā dharmādibhiriti sthitiḥ || 10 ||
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na dharmasyāpadeśena pāpaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ caret |
vratena pāpaṃ vyāguhya kurvanstrīśūdra daṃbhanam || 11 ||
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pretyeha cedṛśo vipro garhyate brahmavādibhiḥ |
chadmanācaritaṃ yacca vrataṃ rakṣāṃsi gacchati || 12 ||
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aliṃgī liṃgiveṣeṇa yo vṛttimupatiṣṭhati |
saligiṃno haredenastiryagyonau ca jāyate || 13 ||
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yācanaṃ yonisaṃbaṃdhaṃ sahavāsaṃ ca bhāṣaṇam |
kurvāṇaḥ patate nityaṃ tasmādyatnena varjayet || 14 ||
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devadrohaṃ na kurvīta gurudrohaṃ tathaiva ca |
devadrohādgurudrohaḥ koṭikoṭiguṇādhikaḥ || 15 ||
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janāpavādo nāstikyaṃ tasmātkoṭiguṇādhikam |
gobhiśca daivatairvipraiḥ kṛṣyā rājopasevayā || 16 ||
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kulānyakulatāṃ yāṃti yāni hīnāni dharmmataḥ |
kuvicāraiḥ kriyālopairvedānadhyayanena ca || 17 ||
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kulānyakulatāṃ yāṃti brāhmaṇā'tikrameṇa ca |
anṛtātpāradāryācca tathā'bhakṣyasya bhakṣaṇāt || 18 ||
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agotradharmmācaraṇātkṣipraṃ naśyati vai kulam |
aśrotriyeṣu dānāccā vṛṣaleṣu tathaiva ca || 19 ||
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vihitācārahīneṣu kṣipraṃ naśyati vai kulam |
adhārmikairvṛte grāme na vyādhibahule vaset || 20 ||
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śūdrarājye ca na vasenna pākhaṃḍajanairvṛte |
himavadviṃdhyayormadhyaṃ pūrvapaścimayoḥ śubham || 21 ||
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muktvā samudrayordeśaṃ nānyatra nivaseddvijaḥ |
kṛṣṇo vā yatra carati mṛgo nityaṃ svabhāvataḥ || 22 ||
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puṇyā vā viśrutā nadyastatra vā nivaseddvijaḥ |
arddhakośaṃ nadīkūlaṃ varjayitvā dvijottamaḥ || 23 ||
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nānyatra nivasetpuṇyaṃ nāṃtyajagrāmasannidhau |
na saṃvasecca patitairna cāṃḍālairna pulkasaiḥ || 24 ||
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na mūrkhairnāvaliptaiśca nānyairjāyāvasāyibhiḥ |
ekaśayyāsane paṃktirbhāṃḍe pakvānnamiśraṇam || 25 ||
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yajanādhyāpane yonistathaiva sahabhojanam |
sahādhyāyastu daśamaḥ sahayājanameva ca || 26 ||
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ekādaśa samuddiṣṭā doṣāḥ sāṃkaryasaṃsthitāḥ |
samīpe cāpyavasthānātpāpaṃ saṃkramate nṛṇām || 27 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena sāṃkaryyaṃ parivarjayet |
ekapaṃktyupaviṣṭā ye na spṛśaṃti parasparam || 28 ||
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bhasmanā kṛtamaryyādā na teṣāṃ saṃkaro bhavet |
agninā bhasmanā caiva salilena vilekhataḥ || 29 ||
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dvāreṇa staṃbhamārgeṇa ṣaḍbhiḥ paṃktirvibhidyate |
na kuryācchuṣkavairāṇi vivādaṃ na ca paiśunam || 30 ||
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parakṣetre gāṃ caraṃtīṃ na cācakṣīta karhicit |
na saṃvasetsūcakena na kaṃ vai marmaṇi spṛśet || 31 ||
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na sūryapariveṣaṃ vā neṃdracāpaṃ parāhnikam |
parasmai kathayedvidvānśaśinaṃ vātha kāṃcanam || 32 ||
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na kuryādbahubhiḥ sārddhaṃ virodhaṃ baṃdhubhistathā |
ātmanaḥ pratikūlāni pareṣāṃ na samācaret || 33 ||
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tithiṃ pakṣasya na brūyānnakṣatrāṇi na nirdiśet |
nodakyāmabhibhāṣeta nāśuciṃ vā dvijottamaḥ || 34 ||
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na devaguruviprāṇāṃ dīyamānaṃ tu vārayet |
na cātmānaṃ praśaṃsedvā paraniṃdāṃ ca varjayet || 35 ||
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vedaniṃdāṃ devaniṃdāṃ prayatnena vivarjayet |
yastu devānṛṣīṃścaiva vedānvā niṃdate dvijaḥ || 36 ||
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na tasya niṣkṛtirdṛṣṭā śāstreṣviha munīśvarāḥ |
niṃdayedvā guruṃ devaṃ vedaṃ vāsopabṛṃhaṇam || 37 ||
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kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ raurave pacyate naraḥ |
tūṣṇīmāsīta niṃdāyāṃ na brūyātkiṃciduttaram || 38 ||
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karṇau pidhāya gaṃtavyaṃ na cainamavalokayet |
varjjayedvai rahasyāni pareṣāṃ garhaṇaṃ budhaḥ || 39 ||
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vivādaṃ svajanaiḥ sārddhaṃ nakuryyādvai kadācana |
na pāpaṃ pāpināṃ brūyādapāpaṃ vā dvijottamaḥ || 40 ||
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satyena tulyo doṣaḥ syādasatyāddoṣavānbhavet |
nṛṇāṃ mithyābhiśastānāṃ pataṃtyaśrūṇi rodanāt || 41 ||
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tāni putrānpaśūnghnaṃti teṣāṃ mithyābhiśaṃsinām |
brahmahatyā surāpāne steye gurvaṃganāgame || 42 ||
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dṛṣṭaṃ vai śodhanaṃ vṛddhairnāsti mithyābhiśaṃsane |
nekṣetodyaṃtamādityaṃ śaśinaṃ vā'nimittataḥ || 43 ||
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nāstaṃ yāṃtaṃ na vāristhaṃ nopaspṛṣṭaṃ na madhyagam |
tirohitaṃ samīkṣeta nādarśādyanugāminam || 44 ||
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na nagnāṃ striyamīkṣeta puruṣaṃ vā kadācana |
na ca mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā na ca saṃsṛṣṭamaithunam || 45 ||
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nāśuciḥ sūryasomādīngrahānālokayedbudhaḥ |
nābhibhāṣeta ca paramucchiṣṭo vāvaguṃṭhitaḥ || 46 ||
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na paśyetpretasaṃsparśaṃ na kruddhasya gurormukham |
na tailodakayośchāyāṃ na paṃktiṃ bhojane sati || 47 ||
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na muktabaṃdhanaṃ paśyennonmattaṃ gajameva vā |
nāśnīyādbhāryayā sārddhaṃ naināmīkṣeta cāśnatīm || 48 ||
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kṣuvatīṃ jṛṃbhamāṇāṃ vā nāsanasthāṃ yathāsukham |
nodake cātmano rūpaṃ śubhaṃ vāśubhameva vā || 49 ||
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na laṃghayecca matimānnādhitiṣṭhetkadācana |
na śūdrāya matiṃ dadyātkṛsaraṃ pāyasaṃ dadhi || 50 ||
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nocchiṣṭaṃ vā madhu ghṛtaṃ na ca kṛṣṇājinaṃ haviḥ |
na caivāsmai vrataṃ brūyānna ca dharmaṃ vadedbudhaḥ || 51 ||
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na ca krodhavaśaṃ gaccheddveṣaṃ rāgaṃ ca varjayet |
lobhaṃ daṃbhaṃ tathā śāṭhyaṃ hyasūyāṃ jñānakutsanam || 52 ||
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īrṣyāṃ madaṃ tathāśokaṃ mohaṃ ca parivarjayet |
na kuryātkasyacitpīḍāṃ sutaṃ śiṣyaṃ tu tāḍayet || 53 ||
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na hīnānupaseveta na ca tṛṣṇāmatiḥ kvacit |
nātmānaṃ cāvamanyeta dainyaṃ yatnena varjayet || 54 ||
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na viśiṣṭamasatkuryānnātmānaṃ vāsanādbudhaḥ |
na nakhena likhedbhūmiṃ gāṃ ca saṃveśayannahi || 55 ||
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na nadīṣu nadīṃ brūyātparvateṣu ca parvatān |
āvāse bhojane vāpi na tyajetsahayāyinam || 56 ||
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nāvagāhedapo nagno vahniṃ nātivrajettathā |
śirobhyaṃgāvaśiṣṭena tailenāṃgaṃ na lepayet || 57 ||
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na sarpa śastraiḥ krīḍeta svāni khāni na saṃspṛśet |
romāṇi ca rahasyāni nāśiṣṭena saha vrajet || 58 ||
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na pāṇi pāda vāṅnetra cāpalyaṃ samupāśrayet |
na śiśnodaracāpalyaṃ na ca śravaṇayoḥ kvacit || 59 ||
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na cāṃganakhavādyaṃ vai kuryānnāṃjalinā pibet |
nābhihanyājjalaṃ padbhyāṃ pāṇinā vā kadācana || 60 ||
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na śātayediṣṭikābhirmūlāni ca phalāni ca |
na mlecchabhāṣaṇaṃ śikṣennākarṣecca padāsanam || 61 ||
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nakhabhedanamāsphoṭaṃ chedanaṃ vā vilekhanam |
kuryyādvimarddanaṃ dhīmānnākasmādeva niṣphalam || 62 ||
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notsaṃge bhakṣayedbhakṣyaṃ vṛthā ceṣṭāṃ na cācaret |
na nṛtyedathavā gāyenna vāditrāṇi vādayet || 63 ||
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na saṃhatābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ kaṃḍūyedātmanaḥ śiraḥ |
na laukikaistavairdevāṃstoṣayedvākpaterapi || 64 ||
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nākṣaiḥ krīḍenna dhāveta nāpsu viṇmūtramācaret |
nocchiṣṭaḥ saṃviśennityaṃ na nagnaḥ snānamācaret || 65 ||
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na gacchaṃstu paṭhedvāpi na caiva svaśiraḥ spṛśet |
na daṃtairnakharomāṇi cchiṃdyātsuptaṃ na bodhayet || 66 ||
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nābālātapamāsevetpretadhūmaṃ vivarjayet |
naiva svapyācchūnyagehe svayaṃ nopānahau haret || 67 ||
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nākāraṇādvā niṣṭhīvenna bāhubhyāṃ nadīṃ taret |
na pādakṣālanaṃ kuryātpādenaiva kadācana || 68 ||
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nāgnau pratāpayetpādau na kāṃsye dhāvayedbudhaḥ |
nābhiprasārayeddevaṃ brāhmaṇāngāmathāpi vā || 69 ||
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vāyvagninṛpaviprānvā sūryaṃ vā śaśinaṃ prati |
aśuddhaḥ śayanaṃ pānaṃ svādhyāyaṃ snāna bhojanam || 70 ||
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bahirniṣkramaṇaṃ caiva na kurvīta kadācana |
svapnamadhyayanaṃ snānamudvartaṃ bhojanaṃ gatim || 71 ||
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ubhayoḥ saṃdhyayornityaṃ madhyāhne caiva varjayet |
na spṛśetpāṇinocchiṣṭo vipro go brāhmaṇānalān || 72 ||
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na cālanaṃ padā vāpi na devapratimāṃ spṛśet |
nāśuddhogniṃ paricarenna devānkīrtayedṛṣīn || 73 ||
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nāvagāhedagādhāṃbu dhāvayennā'nimittataḥ |
na vāmahastenoddhṛtya pibedvaktreṇa vā jalam || 74 ||
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nottaredanupaspṛśya nāpsu retaḥ samutsṛjet |
amedhyāliptamarhaṃ vā lohitaṃ vā viṣāṇi vā || 75 ||
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vyatikrāmenna sravaṃtīṃ nāpsu maithunamācaret |
caityavṛkṣaṃ na vai chiṃdyānnāpsu ṣṭhīvanamācaret || 76 ||
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nāsthibhasmakapālāni na keśānna ca kaṃṭakān |
tuṣāṃgārakarīṣaṃ vā nādhitiṣṭhetkadācana || 77 ||
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na cāgniṃ laṃghayeddhīmānnopadadhyādadhaḥ kvacit |
na cainaṃ pādataḥ kuryyācchūrpeṇa na dhamedbudhaḥ || 78 ||
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na vṛkṣamavaroheta nāvekṣetāśuciḥ kvacit |
agnau na ca kṣipedagniṃ nādbhiḥ praśamayettathā || 79 ||
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suhṛnmaraṇamātraṃ vā svayaṃ na śrāvayetparān |
apaṇyaṃ kūṭapaṇyaṃ vā vikrayena prayojayet || 80 ||
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na vahniṃ mukhaniḥśvāsairjvālayennāśucirbudhaḥ |
puṇyasthānodakasthāne sīmāṃtaṃ vāhayenna tu || 81 ||
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na bhiṃdyātpūrvasamayamabhyupetaṃ kadācana |
parasparaṃ paśūnvyāghrānpakṣiṇo na ca yodhayet || 82 ||
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parabādhāṃ na kurvīta jalavātātapādibhiḥ |
kārayitvā sukarmāṇi gurūnpaścānna vaṃcayet || 83 ||
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sāyaṃprātargṛhadvārānrakṣārthaṃ parighaṭṭayet |
bahirmālyaṃ sugaṃdhiṃ vā bhāryayā saha bhojanam || 84 ||
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vigṛhya vādaṃ kṛtvā vā praveśaṃ ca vivarjayet |
nakhādanbrāhmaṇastiṣṭhenna jalpedvā hasedbudhaḥ || 85 ||
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svamagniṃ caiva hastena spṛśennāpsuciraṃ vaset |
na pakṣakeṇopadhamenna śūrpeṇa ca pāṇinā || 86 ||
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mukhenāgniṃ samiṃdhīta mukhādagnirajāyata |
parastriyaṃ na bhāṣeta nāyājyaṃ yājayedbudhaḥ || 87 ||
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naikaścaretsadā vipraḥ samudāyaṃ ca varjayet |
na devāyatanaṃ gacchetkadācidvā'pradakṣiṇam || 88 ||
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na pīḍayedvā vastrāṇi na devāyatane svapet |
naikodhvānaṃ prapadyeta nādhārmikajanai saha || 89 ||
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na vyādhidūṣitairvāpi na śūdraiḥ patitena vā |
nopānadvarjito vātha jalādirahitastathā || 90 ||
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na vartmani citiṃ vāmamatikrāmetkvaciddvijaḥ |
na niṃdedyoginaḥ siddhānvratino vā yatīṃstathā || 91 ||
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devatāyatanaṃ prājñā devānāṃ caiva satriṇām |
nākrāmetkāmataśchāyāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca gorapi || 92 ||
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svāṃ tu nākrāmayecchāyāṃ patitādyairna rogibhiḥ |
nāṃgārabhasmakeśādiṣvadhitiṣṭhetkadācana || 93 ||
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varjayenmārjanī reṇuṃ snānavastra ghaṭodakam |
na bhakṣayedabhakṣyāṇi nāpeyaṃ ca pibeddvijaḥ || 94 ||
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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe paṃcapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 55 ||
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