Chapter 6

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vyāsa uvāca |
upakārāya sādhūnāṃ gṛhasthāśramavāsinām |
yathā ca kriyate dharmo yathāvatkathayāmi te || 1 ||
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vatsa gārhasthyamāsthāya naraḥ sarvamidaṃ jagat |
puṣṇāti tena lokāṃśca sa jayatyabhivāṃchitān || 2 ||
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pitaro munayo devā bhūtāni manujāstathā |
krimikīṭapataṃgāśca vayāṃsi pitaro'surāḥ || 3 ||
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gṛhasthamupajīvaṃti tatastṛptiṃ prayāṃti ca |
mukhaṃ vāsya nirīkṣaṃte apo no dāsyatīti ca || 4 ||
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sarvasyādhārabhūtā ye vatsa dhenustrayīmayī |
asyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ viśvaṃ viśvahetuśca yā matā || 5 ||
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ṛkpṛṣṭhāsau yajuḥsaṃdhyā sāmakukṣipayodharā |
iṣṭāpūrtaviṣāṇā ca sādhusūktatanūruhā || 6 ||
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śāṃti puṣṭiśakṛnmūtrā varṇapādapratiṣṭhitā |
upajīvyamānā jagatāṃ padakramajaṭāghanaiḥ || 7 ||
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svāhākārasvadhākārau vaṣaṭkāraśca putraka |
hantakārastathai vānyastasyāḥ stanacatuṣṭayam || 8 ||
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svāhākārastanaṃ devāḥ pitaraśca svadhāmayam |
munayaśca vaṣaṭkāraṃ devabhūtasureśvarāḥ || 9 ||
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hantakāraṃ manuṣyāśca pibaṃti satataṃ stanam |
evamadhyāpayedeva vedānāṃ pratyahaṃ trayīm || 10 ||
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teṣāmucchedakarttā yaḥ puruṣo'naṃtapāpakṛt |
sa tamasyaṃdhatāmisre narake hi nimajjati || 11 ||
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yastvenāṃ mānavo dhenuṃ svarvatsairamarādibhiḥ |
pūjayatyucite kāle sa svargāyopapadyate || 12 ||
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tasmātputra manuṣyeṇa devarṣi pitṛmānavāḥ |
bhūtāni cānudivasaṃ poṣyāṇi svatanuryathā || 13 ||
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tasmātsnātaḥ śucirbhūtvā devarṣipitṛtarpaṇam |
yajñasyāṃte tathaivādbhiḥ kāle kuryātsamāhitaḥ || 14 ||
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sumanogandhapuṣpaiśca devānabhyarcya mānavaḥ |
tatognestarpaṇaṃ kuryāddyāccāpi balīṃstathā || 15 ||
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naktaṃcarebhyo bhūtebhyo balimākāśato haret |
pitṝṇāṃ nirvapettadvaddakṣiṇābhimukhastataḥ || 16 ||
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gṛhasthastatparo bhūtvā samāhitamānasaḥ |
tatastoyamupādāya teṣvevārpaṇa satkriyām || 17 ||
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sthāneṣu nikṣipetprājño nāmnā tūdiśya devatāḥ |
evaṃ baliṃ gṛhe dattvā gṛhe gṛhapatiḥ śuciḥ || 18 ||
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ācamya ca tataḥ kuryātprājño dvārāvalokanam |
muhūrtasyāṣṭamaṃ bhāgamudīkṣetātithiṃ tataḥ || 19 ||
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atithiṃ tatra saṃprāptamarghyapādyodakena ca |
bubhukṣumāgataṃ śrāṃtaṃ yācamānamakiṃcanam || 20 ||
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brāhmaṇaṃ prāhuratithiṃ saṃpūjya śaktito budhaiḥ |
na pṛchettatrācaraṇaṃ svādhyāyaṃ cāpi paṃḍitaḥ || 21 ||
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śobhanāśobhanākāraṃ taṃ manyeta prajāpatim |
anityaṃ hi sthito yasmāttasmādatithirucyate || 22 ||
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tasmai dattvā tu yo bhuṃkte sa tu bhuṃkte'mṛtaṃ naraḥ |
atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhātprati nivartate || 23 ||
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sa dattvā duṣkṛtaṃ tasmai puṇyamādāya gacchati |
api vā śākadānena yadvā toyapradānataḥ |
pūjayettaṃ naraḥ bhaktyā tenaivāto vimucyate || 24 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
vivāhā brāhmadaivārṣāḥ prājāpatyāsurau tathā |
gāṃdharvo rākṣasaścāpi paiśācoṣṭama ucyate || 25 ||
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eteṣāṃ ca vidhiṃ brūhi tathā kāryaṃ ca tattvataḥ |
gṛhasthānāṃ tathā dharmānbrūhi me tvaṃ viśeṣataḥ || 26 ||
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parāśara uvāca |
sa brāhmo varamāhūya yatra kanyā svalaṃkṛtā |
dīyate tatsutaḥ pūyātpuruṣānekaviṃśatim || 27 ||
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yajñasthāyartvije daivastajjaḥ pāti caturdaśa |
varādādāya godvandvamārṣastajjaḥ punāti ṣaṭ || 28 ||
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sahobhau caratāṃ dharmaṃ prājāpatyaḥ sa īritaḥ |
varavadhvoḥ svecchayrā ca gāṃdharvo'nyonyamaitrataḥ |
prasahya kanyāharaṇādrākṣaso ninditaḥ satām || 29 ||
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chalena kanyāharaṇātpaiśāco garhito'ṣṭamaḥ |
prāyaḥ kṣatraviśoruktā gāṃdharvāsurarākṣasāḥ || 30 ||
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aṣṭamastveṣa pāpiṣṭhaḥ pāpiṣṭhānāṃ ca saṃbhavaḥ |
savarṇayā karo grāhyo dhāryaḥ kṣatriyayā śaraḥ || 31 ||
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pratodo vaiśyayā dhāryo vāsoṃtaḥ śūdrayā tathā |
asavarṇā sveṣa vidhiḥ smṛtau dṛṣṭaśca vedane || 32 ||
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savarṇābhistu sarvābhiḥ pāṇirgrāhyastvayaṃ vidhiḥ |
dharmye vivāhe jāyaṃte dharmyāḥ putrāḥ śatāyuṣaḥ || 33 ||
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adharmyāddharmmarahitā maṃdabhāgyadhanāyuṣaḥ |
kṛtakālābhigamane dharmoyaṃ gṛhiṇaḥ paraḥ || 34 ||
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strīṇāṃ varamanusmṛtya yathākāmyathavā bhavet |
divābhigamanaṃ puṃsāmanāyuṣyaṃ paraṃ matam || 35 ||
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śrāddhārhaḥ sarvaparvāṇi na gaṃtavyāni dhīmatā |
tatra gachanstriyaṃ mohārddharmātpracyavate parāt || 36 ||
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ṛtukālābhigāmī yaḥ svadāranirataśca yaḥ |
sa sadā brahmacārī hi vijñeyaḥ sa gṛhāśramī || 37 ||
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ārṣe vivāhe godvaṃdvaṃ yaduktaṃ tatra śasyate |
śulkamaṇvapi kanyāyāḥ kanyāvikrayapāpakṛt || 38 ||
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apatyavikrayātkalpaṃ vasedviṭkṛmibhojane |
ato nāṇvapi kanyāyā upajīvyaṃ narairdhanam || 39 ||
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tatra tuṣṭā mahālakṣmīrnivaseddānavāriṇā |
vāṇijyaṃ nīcasevā ca vedānadhyayanaṃ tathā || 40 ||
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kuvivāhaḥ kriyālopaḥ kule patanahetavaḥ |
kuryādvaivāhike cāgnau gṛhyakarmmānvahaṃ gṛhī || 41 ||
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pañcayajñakriyāṃ cāpi paktiṃ dainaṃdinīmapi |
gṛhasthāśramiṇaḥ pañcasūnākarma dinedine || 42 ||
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kuṇḍanī peṣaṇī cullī hyudakumbhī tu mārjanī |
tāsāṃ ca paṃcasūnānāṃ nirākaraṇahetavaḥ |
kratavaḥ paṃca nirddiṣṭā gṛhiśreyobhivarddhanāḥ || 43 ||
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paṭhanaṃ brahmayajñaḥ syāttarpaṇaṃ ca pitṛkratuḥ |
homo daivo balirbhauta ātithyaṃ nṛkratuḥ kramāt || 44 ||
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vaiśvadevāṃtare prāptaḥ sūryoḍho vātithiḥ smṛtaḥ |
atitherāditopyete bhojyā nātra vicāraṇā || 45 ||
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pitṛdevamanuṣyebhyo dattvāśnātyamṛtaṃ gṛhī |
adattvānnaṃ ca yo bhuṃkte kevalaṃ svodaraṃbhariḥ || 46 ||
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vaiśvadevena ye hīnā ātithyena vivarjitāḥ |
sarve te vṛṣalā jñeyāḥ prāptavedā api dvijāḥ || 47 ||
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akṛtvā vaiśvadevaṃ tu bhuñjate ye dvijādhamāḥ |
iha lokennahīnāḥ syuḥ kākayoniṃ vrajaṃtyatho || 48 ||
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vedoktaṃ viditaṃ karmma nityaṃ kuryādataṃdritaḥ |
yadi kuryādyathāśakti prāpnuyātsadgatiṃ parām || 49 ||
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ṣaṣṭhyaṣṭamyorvasetpāpaṃ taile māṃse sadaiva hi |
caturdaśyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ tathaiva ca kṣure bhage || 50 ||
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udayantaṃ na vīkṣeta nāstaṃ yaṃtaṃ na mastake |
na rāhuṇopaspṛṣṭaṃ ca nāṃḍasthaṃ vīkṣayedravim || 51 ||
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na vīkṣetātmano rūpamapsu dhāvenna kardame |
na nagnāṃ striyamīkṣeta na nagno jalamāviśet || 52 ||
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devatāyatanaṃ vipraṃ dhenuṃ madhu mṛdaṃ tathā |
jātivṛddhaṃ vayovṛddhaṃ vidyāvṛddhaṃ tathaiva ca || 53 ||
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aśvatthaṃ caityavṛkṣaṃ ca guruṃ jalabhṛtaṃ ghaṭam |
siddhānnaṃ dadhisiddhārthaṃ gacchankuryātpradakṣiṇam || 54 ||
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rajasvalāṃ na seveta nāśnīyātsaha bhāryayā |
ekavāsā na bhuñjīta na bhuñjītotkaṭāsane || 55 ||
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nāśuciṃ striyamīkṣeta teja skāmo dvijottamaḥ |
asaṃtarpya pitṝndevānnādyādannaṃ ca kutracit || 56 ||
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pakvānnaṃ cāpi no māṃsaṃ dīrghakālaṃ jijīviṣuḥ |
na mūtraṇaṃ vraje kuryānna valmī ke na bhasmani || 57 ||
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na gatteṃṣu sasattveṣu na tiṣṭhanna vrajannapi |
brāhmaṇaṃ sūryamagniṃ ca caṃdraṛkṣagurūnapi || 58 ||
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abhipaśyanna kurvīta malamūtravisarja nam |
mukhenopadhamennāgniṃ nagnāṃ nekṣeta yoṣitam || 59 ||
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nāṃghrī pratāpayedagnau na vastu aśuci kṣipet |
prāṇihiṃsāṃ na kurvīta nāśnīyātsaṃdhya yordvayoḥ || 60 ||
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na saṃviśecca saṃdhyāyāṃ prātaḥ sāyaṃ kvacidbudhaḥ |
nācakṣīta dhayaṃtīṃ gāṃ neṃdracāpaṃ pradarśayet || 61 ||
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naikaḥ supyātkvacicchūnye na śayānaṃ prabodhayet |
paṃthānaṃ naikalo yāyānna vāryyaṃjalinā pibet || 62 ||
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na divoddhṛtasāraṃ ca bhakṣayeddadhi no niśi |
strīdharmiṇī nābhivadennādyādātṛpti rātriṣu || 63 ||
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tauryatrikapriyo na syātkāṃsye pādau na dhāvayet |
śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā paraśrāddhe yo'śnīyājjñānavarjitaḥ || 64 ||
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dātuḥ śrāddhaphalaṃ nāsti bhoktā kilbiṣabhugbhavet |
na dhārayedanyabhuktaṃ vāsaścopānahāvapi || 65 ||
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na bhinnabhājane'śnīyānnāsītāgnyādidūṣite |
ārohaṇaṃ gavāṃ pṛṣṭhe pretadhūmaṃ sarittaṭam || 66 ||
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bālātapaṃ divāsvāpaṃ tyajeddīrghaṃ jijīviṣuḥ |
snātvā na mārjayedgātraṃ visṛjenna śikhāṃ pathi || 67 ||
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hastau śiro na dhunuyānnākarṣedāsanaṃ padā |
kareṇa no mṛjedgātraṃ snānavastreṇa vā punaḥ || 68 ||
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śunocchiṣṭaṃ bhavedgātraṃ punaḥ snānena śudhyati |
notpāṭayellomanakhaṃ daśanena kadācana || 69 ||
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karajaiḥ karajacchedaṃ vivarjayecchubhāya tu |
yadāyatyāṃ tyajettanna kuryātkarma prayatnataḥ || 70 ||
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advāreṇa na gantavyaṃ svaveśmāpi kadācana |
krīḍennājñaiḥ sahāsīta na dharmmaghnairna rogibhiḥ || 71 ||
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na śayīta kvacinnagnaḥ pāṇau bhuṃjīta naiva ca |
ārdrapādakarāsyo'śnandīrghakālaṃ na jīvati || 72 ||
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saṃviśennārdracaraṇo nocchiṣṭaḥ kvacidāvrajet |
śayanastho na cāśnīyānna pibecca jalaṃ dvijaḥ || 73 ||
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sopānatko nopaviśenna jalaṃ cotthitaḥ pibet |
sarvvamamlamayaṃ nādyādārogyasyābhilāṣukaḥ || 74 ||
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na nirīkṣeta viṇmūtre nocchiṣṭaḥ saṃspṛśecchiraḥ |
nādhitiṣṭhettuṣāṃgāra bhasmakeśakapālikāḥ || 75 ||
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patitaiḥ saha saṃvāsaḥ patanāyaiva jāyate |
dadyādāsanaṃ maṃcaṃ na śūdrāya kadācana || 76 ||
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brāhmaṇyāddhīyate vipraḥ śūdro dharmācca hīyate |
dharmopadeśaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ svaśreyaḥ pratighātayet || 77 ||
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dvijaśuśrūṣaṇaṃ dharmmaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ hi paro mataḥ |
kaṇḍūyanaṃ hi śirasaḥ pāṇibhyāṃ na śubhaṃ matam || 78 ||
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ādiśedvaidikaṃ maṃtraṃ na śūdrāya kadācana |
brāhmaṇyā dīyate vipraḥ śūdro dharmmācca hīyate || 79 ||
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ātāḍanaṃ karābhyāṃ ca krośanaṃ keśaluṃcanam |
aśāstravartanaṃ bhūyo lubdhātkṛtvā pratigraham || 80 ||
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brāhmaṇaḥ sa ca vai yāti narakānekaviṃśatim |
akālameghastanite varṣartau pāṃsuvarṣaṇe || 81 ||
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mahābāladhvanau rātrāvanadhyāyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ |
ulkāpāte ca bhūkaṃpe digdāhe madhyarātriṣu || 82 ||
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madhyayorvṛṣalopānte rājyahāre ca sūtake |
daśāṣṭakāsu bhūtāyāṃ śrāddhāhe pratipadyapi || 83 ||
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pūrṇimāyāṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ viḍvare rāṣṭraviplave |
upākarmaṇi cotsarge kalpādiṣu yugādiṣu || 84 ||
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āraṇyakamadhītyāpi bāṇasāmnorapi dhvanau |
anadhyāyeṣu caiteṣu cādhīyīta na vai kvacit || 85 ||
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bhūtāṣṭamyoḥ pañcadaśyorbrahmacārī sadā bhavet |
anāyuṣyakaraṃ ceha paradāropasarpaṇam |
tasmāttaddūratastyājya vairiṇāṃ copasevanam || 86 ||
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pūrvarddhibhiḥ parityaktamātmānaṃ nāvamānayet |
sadodyamavatāṃ yasmācchriyo vidyā na durlabhāḥ || 87 ||
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satyaṃ brūyātpriyaṃ būyānna brūyātsatyamapriyam |
priyaṃ ca nānṛtaṃ brūyādeṣa dharmo vidhīyate || 88 ||
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vācovegaṃ manāvegaṃ jihvāvegaṃ ca varja yet |
guhyajānyapi lomāni tatsparśādaśucirbhaveta || 89 ||
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pādadhautodakaṃ mūtramucchiṣṭānyudakāni ca |
niṣṭhīvanaṃ ca śleṣmāṇaṃ dūrāddūraṃ viniḥ kṣipeta || 90 ||
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aharnniśaṃ śruterjāpyācchaucācāraniṣevaṇāta |
adrohavatyā buddhyā ca pūrvajanma mmareddvijaḥ || 91 ||
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vṛddhānprayatnādvaṃdeta dadyātteṣāṃ svamāsanama |
vinamrakandharo bhūyādanuyāyāttataśca tān || 92 ||
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śrutibhūdevadevānāṃ nṛpasādhutapasvinām |
pativratānāṃ nārīṇāṃ nindāṃ kuryānna karhi cita || 93 ||
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uddhṛtya pañcamṛtpiṃḍānsnāyātparajalāśaye |
śraddhayā pātramāsādya yatkiṃciddīyate vasu || 94 ||
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deśe kāle ca vidhinā tadānaṃtyāya kalpate |
bhūprado maṇḍalādhīśaḥ sarvatra sukhito'nnadaḥ || 95 ||
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toyadātā surūpaḥ syātpuṣṭaścānnaprado bhaveta |
pradīpado nirmalākṣo godātāryamaloka bhāk || 96 ||
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svarṇadātā ca dīrghāyustiladaḥ syācca suprajaḥ |
veśmado'tyuccasaudheśo vastradaścandralokabhāk || 97 ||
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hayaprado divyadeho lakṣmīvānvṛṣabha pradaḥ |
subhāryaḥ śibikādātā suparyaṃkaprado'pi ca || 98 ||
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śraddhayā pratigṛhṇāti śraddhayā yaḥ prayacchati |
svargiṇau tāvubhau syātāṃ patato'śradrayā tvadhaḥ || 99 ||
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anṛtena kṣaredyajñastapo vismayataḥ kṣaret |
kṣaretkīrtirvinādānamāyurviprāpamānataḥ || 100 ||
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gaṃdhaṃ puṣpaṃ kuśā gāvaḥ śākaṃ māṃsaṃ payo dadhi |
maṇimatsyagahaṃ dhānyaṃ grāhyametadupasthitam || 101 ||
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madhūdakaṃ phalaṃ mūlamedhāṃsyabhayadakṣiṇā |
abhyudyatāni grāhyāṇi tvetānyapi nikṛṣṭataḥ || 102 ||
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dāsanāpitagopālakulamitrārddhasīriṇaḥ |
bhojyānnāḥ śūdravargemī tathātmavinivedakaḥ || 103 ||
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itthamācāradharmoyaṃ dharmāraṇyanivāsinām |
śrutismṛtyuktadharmo'yaṃ yudhiṣṭhira niveditaḥ || 104 ||
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