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Having well considered the (disgusting) origin of flesh and the (cruelty of) fettering and slaying corporeal beings, let him entirely abstain from eating flesh.
- समुत्पत्तिं च मांसस्य वधबन्धौ च देहिनाम् ।
प्रसमीक्ष्य निवर्तेत सर्वमांसस्य भक्षणात् । । ५.४९ । । (Ⅲ)
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He who, disregarding the rule (given above), does not eat meat like a Pisaka, becomes dear to men, and will not be tormented by diseases.
- न भक्षयति यो मांसं विधिं हित्वा पिशाचवत् ।
न लोके प्रियतां याति व्याधिभिश्च न पीड्यते । । ५.५० । । (Ⅲ)
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He who permits (the slaughter of an animal), he who cuts it up, he who kills it, he who buys or sells (meat), he who cooks it, he who serves it up, and he who eats it, (must all be considered as) the slayers (of the animal).
- अनुमन्ता विशसिता निहन्ता क्रयविक्रयी ।
संस्कर्ता चोपहर्ता च खादकश्चेति घातकाः । । ५.५१ । । (Ⅲ)
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There is no greater sinner than that (man) who, though not worshipping the gods or the manes, seeks to increase (the bulk of) his own flesh by the flesh of other (beings).
- स्वमांसं परमांसेन यो वर्धयितुं इच्छति ।
अनभ्यर्च्य पितॄन्देवांस्ततोऽन्यो नास्त्यपुण्यकृत् । । ५.५२ । । (Ⅲ)
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He who during a hundred years annually offers a horse-sacrifice, and he who entirely abstains from meat, obtain the same reward for their meritorious (conduct).
- वर्षे वर्षेऽश्वमेधेन यो यजेत शतं समाः ।
मांसानि च न खादेद्यस्तयोः पुण्यफलं समम् । । ५.५३ । । (Ⅲ)
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By subsisting on pure fruit and roots, and by eating food fit for ascetics (in the forest), one does not gain (so great) a reward as by entirely avoiding (the use of) flesh.
- फलमूलाशनैर्मेध्यैर्मुन्यन्नानां च भोजनैः ।
न तत्फलं अवाप्नोति यन्मांसपरिवर्जनात् । । ५.५४ । । (Ⅲ)
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'Me he (mam sah)' will devour in the next (world), whose flesh I eat in this (life); the wise declare this (to be) the real meaning of the word 'flesh' (mamsah).
- मां स भक्षयितामुत्र यस्य मांसं इहाद्म्यहम् ।
एतन्मांसस्य मांसत्वं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः । । ५.५५ । । (Ⅲ)
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There is no sin in eating meat, in (drinking) spirituous liquor, and in carnal intercourse, for that is the natural way of created beings, but abstention brings great rewards.
- न मांसभक्षणे दोषो न मद्ये न च मैथुने ।
प्रवृत्तिरेषा भूतानां निवृत्तिस्तु महाफला । । ५.५६ । । (Ⅲ)
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I will now in due order explain the purification for the dead and the purification of things as they are prescribed for the four castes (varna).
- प्रेतशुद्धिं प्रवक्ष्यामि द्रव्यशुद्धिं तथैव च ।
चतुर्णां अपि वर्णानां यथावदनुपूर्वशः । । ५.५७ । । (Ⅲ)
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When (a child) dies that has teethed, or that before teething has received (the sacrament of) the tonsure (Kudakarana) or (of the initiation), all relatives (become) impure, and on the birth (of a child) the same (rule) is prescribed.
- दन्तजातेऽनुजाते च कृतचूडे च संस्थिते ।
अशुद्धा बान्धवाः सर्वे सूतके च तथोच्यते । । ५.५८ ःः (Ⅲ)
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It is ordained (that) among Sapindas the impurity on account of a death (shall last) ten days, (or) until the bones have been collected, (or) three days or one day only.
- दशाहं शावं आशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते ।
अर्वाक्संचयनादस्थ्नां त्र्यहं एकाहं एव वा । । ५.५९ । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
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But the Sapinda-relationship ceases with the seventh person (in the ascending and descending lines), the Samanodaka-relationship when the (common) origin and the (existence of a common family)-name are no (longer) known.
- सपिण्डता तु पुरुषे सप्तमे विनिवर्तते ।
समानोदकभावस्तु जन्मनाम्नोरवेदने । । ५.६० । । (Ⅲ)
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As this impurity on account of a death is prescribed for (all) Sapindas, even so it shall be (held) on a birth by those who desire to be absolutely pure.
- यथेदं शावं आशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते ।
जननेऽप्येवं एव स्यान्निपुणं शुद्धिं इच्छताम् । । ५.६१ । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
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(Or while) the impurity on account of a death is common to all (Sapindas), that caused by a birth (falls) on the parents alone; (or) it shall fall on the mother alone, and the father shall become pure by bathing;
- सर्वेषां शावं आशौचं मातापित्रोस्तु सूतकम् ।
सूतकं मातुरेव स्यादुपस्पृश्य पिता शुचिः । । ५.६२[६१ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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But a man, having spent his strength, is purified merely by bathing; after begetting a child (on a remarried female), he shall retain the impurity during three days.
- निरस्य तु पुमाञ् शुक्रं उपस्पृस्यैव शुध्यति ।
बैजिकादभिसंबन्धादनुरुन्ध्यादघं त्र्यहम् । । ५.६३[६२ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
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Those who have touched a corpse are purified after one day and night (added to) three periods of three days; those who give libations of water, after three days.
- अह्ना चैकेन रात्र्या च त्रिरात्रैरेव च त्रिभिः ।
शवस्पृशो विशुध्यन्ति त्र्यहादुदकदायिनः । । ५.६४[६३ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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A pupil who performs the Pitrimedha for his deceased teacher, becomes also pure after ten days, just like those who carry the corpse out (to the burial-ground).
- गुरोः प्रेतस्य शिष्यस्तु पितृमेधं समाचरन् ।
प्रेतहारैः समं तत्र दशरात्रेण शुध्यति । । ५.६५[६४ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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(A woman) is purified on a miscarriage in as many (days and) nights as months (elapsed after conception), and a menstruating female becomes pure by bathing after the menstrual secretion has ceased (to flow).
- रात्रिभिर्मासतुल्याभिर्गर्भस्रावे विशुध्यति ।
रजस्युपरते साध्वी स्नानेन स्त्री रजस्वला । । ५.६६[६५ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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(On the death) of children whose tonsure (Kudakarman) has not been performed, the (Sapindas) are declared to become pure in one (day and) night; (on the death) of those who have received the tonsure (but not the initiation, the law) ordains (that) the purification (takes place) after three days.
- नृणां अकृतचूडानां विशुद्धिर्नैशिकी स्मृता ।
निर्वृत्तचूडकानां तु त्रिरात्राच्छुद्धिरिष्यते । । ५.६७[६६ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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A child that has died before the completion of its second year, the relatives shall carry out (of the village), decked (with flowers, and bury it) in pure ground, without collecting the bones (afterwards).
- ऊनद्विवार्षिकं प्रेतं निदध्युर्बान्धवा बहिः ।
अलंकृत्य शुचौ भूमावस्थिसंचयनादृते । । ५.६८[६७ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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69
Such (a child) shall not be burnt with fire, and no libations of water shall be offered to it; leaving it like a (log of) wood in the forest, (the relatives) shall remain impure during three days only.
- नास्य कार्योऽग्निसंस्कारो न च कार्योदकक्रिया ।
अरण्ये काष्ठवत्त्यक्त्वा क्षपेयुस्त्र्यहं एव तु । । ५.६९[६८ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
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The relatives shall not offer libations to (a child) that has not reached the third year; but if it had teeth, or the ceremony of naming it (Namakarman) had been performed, (the offering of water is) optional.
- नात्रिवर्षस्य कर्तव्या बान्धवैरुदकक्रिया ।
जातदन्तस्य वा कुर्युर्नाम्नि वापि कृते सति । । ५.७०[६९ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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If a fellow-student has died, the Smriti prescribes an impurity of one day; on a birth the purification of the Samanodakas is declared (to take place) after three (days and) nights.
- सब्रह्मचारिण्येकाहं अतीते क्षपणं स्मृतम् ।
जन्मन्येकोदकानां तु त्रिरात्राच्छुद्धिरिष्यते । । ५.७१[७०ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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(On the death) of females (betrothed but) not married (the bridegroom and his) relatives are purified after three days, and the paternal relatives become pure according to the same rule.
- स्त्रीणां असंस्कृतानां तु त्र्यहाच्छुध्यन्ति बान्धवाः ।
यथोक्तेनैव कल्पेन शुध्यन्ति तु सनाभयः । । ५.७२[७१ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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Let (mourners) eat food without factitious salt, bathe during three days, abstain from meat, and sleep separate on the ground.
- अक्षारलवणान्नाः स्युर्निमज्जेयुश्च ते त्र्यहम् ।
मांसाशनं च नाश्नीयुः शयीरंश्च पृथक्क्षितौ । । ५.७३[७२ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
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The above rule regarding impurity on account of a death has been prescribed (for cases where the kinsmen live) near (the deceased); (Sapinda) kinsmen and (Samanodaka) relatives must know the following rule (to refer to cases where deceased lived) at a distance (from them).
- संनिधावेष वै कल्पः शावाशौचस्य कीर्तितः ।
असंनिधावयं ज्ञेयो विधिः संबन्धिबान्धवैः । । ५.७४[७३ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
75
He who may hear that (a relative) residing in a distant country has died, before ten (days after his death have elapsed), shall be impure for the remainder of the period of ten (days and) nights only.
- विगतं तु विदेशस्थं शृणुयाद्यो ह्यनिर्दशम् ।
यच्छेषं दशरात्रस्य तावदेवाशुचिर्भवेत् । । ५.७५[७४ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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If the ten days have passed, he shall be impure during three (days and) nights; but if a year has elapsed (since the occurrence of the death), he becomes pure merely by bathing.
- अतिक्रान्ते दशाहे च त्रिरात्रं अशुचिर्भवेत् ।
संवत्सरे व्यतीते तु स्पृष्ट्वैवापो विशुध्यति । । ५.७६[७५ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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If within the ten days (of impurity) another birth or death happens, a Brahmana shall remain impure only until the (first) period of ten days has expired.
- अन्तर्दशाहे स्यातां चेत्पुनर्मरणजन्मनी ।
तावत्स्यादशुचिर्विप्रो यावत्तत्स्यादनिर्दशम् । । ५.७९[७८ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
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They declare that, when the teacher (akarya) has died, the impurity (lasts) three days; if the (teacher's) son or wife (is dead, it lasts) a day and a night; that is a settled (rule).
- त्रिरात्रं आहुराशौचं आचार्ये संस्थिते सति ।
तस्य पुत्रे च पत्न्यां च दिवारात्रं इति स्थितिः । । ५.८०[७९ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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81
For a Srotriya who resides with (him out of affection), a man shall be impure for three days; for a maternal uncle, a pupil, an officiating priest, or a maternal relative, for one night together with the preceding and following days.
- श्रोत्रिये तूपसंपन्ने त्रिरात्रं अशुचिर्भवेत् ।
मातुले पक्षिणीं रात्रिं शिष्यर्त्विग्बान्धवेषु च । । ५.८१[८०ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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If the king in whose realm he resides is dead, (he shall be impure) as long as the light (of the sun or stars shines), but for (an intimate friend) who is not a Srotriya (the impurity lasts) for a whole day, likewise for a Guru who knows the Veda and the Angas.
- प्रेते राजनि सज्योतिर्यस्य स्याद्विषये स्थितः ।
अश्रोत्रिये त्वहः कृत्स्नं अनूचाने तथा गुरौ । । ५.८२[८१ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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A Brahmana shall be pure after ten days, a Kshatriya after twelve, a Vaisya after fifteen, and a Sudra is purified after a month.
- शुद्ध्येद्विप्रो दशाहेन द्वादशाहेन भूमिपः ।
वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहेन शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति । । ५.८३[८२ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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Let him not (unnecessarily) lengthen the period of impurity, nor interrupt the rites to be performed with the sacred fires; for he who performs that (Agnihotra) rite will not be impure, though (he be) a (Sapinda) relative.
- न वर्धयेदघाहानि प्रत्यूहेन्नाग्निषु क्रियाः ।
न च तत्कर्म कुर्वाणः सनाभ्योऽप्यशुचिर्भवेत् । । ५.८४[८३ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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When he has touched a Kandala, a menstruating woman, an outcast, a woman in childbed, a corpse, or one who has touched a (corpse), he becomes pure by bathing.
- दिवाकीर्तिं उदक्यां च पतितं सूतिकां तथा ।
शवं तत्स्पृष्टिनं चैव स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानेन शुध्यति । । ५.८५[८४ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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He who has purified himself by sipping water shall, on seeing any impure (thing or person), always mutter the sacred texts, addressed to Surya, and the Pavamani (verses).
- आचम्य प्रयतो नित्यं जपेदशुचिदर्शने ।
सौरान्मन्त्रान्यथोत्साहं पावमानीश्च शक्तितः । । ५.८६[८५ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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Copper, iron, brass, pewter, tin, and lead must be cleansed, as may be suitable (for each particular case), by alkaline (substances), acids or water.
- ताम्रायःकांस्यरैत्यानां त्रपुणः सीसकस्य च ।
शौचं यथार्हं कर्तव्यं क्षाराम्लोदकवारिभिः । । ५.११४[११३ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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The purification prescribed for all (sorts of) liquids is by passing two blades of Kusa grass through them, for solid things by sprinkling (them with water), for (objects) made of wood by planing them.
- द्रवाणां चैव सर्वेषां शुद्धिरुत्पवनं स्मृतम् ।
प्रोक्षणं संहतानां च दारवाणां च तक्षणम् । । ५.११५[११४ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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At sacrifices the purification of (the Soma cups called) Kamasas and Grahas, and of (other) sacrificial vessels (takes place) by rubbing (them) with the hand, and (afterwards) rinsing (them with water).
- मार्जनं यज्ञपात्राणां पाणिना यज्ञकर्मणि ।
चमसानां ग्रहाणां च शुद्धिः प्रक्षालनेन तु । । ५.११६[११५ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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The Karu and (the spoons called) Sruk and Sruva must be cleaned with hot water, likewise (the wooden sword, called) Sphya, the winnowing-basket (Surpa), the cart (for bringing the grain), the pestle and the mortar.
- चरूणां स्रुक्स्रुवाणां च शुद्धिरुष्णेन वारिणा ।
स्फ्यशूर्पशकटानां च मुसलोलूखलस्य च । । ५.११७[११६ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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The manner of purifying large quantities of grain and of cloth is to sprinkle them with water; but the purification of small quantities is prescribed (to take place) by washing them.
- अद्भिस्तु प्रोक्षणं शौचं बहूनां धान्यवाससाम् ।
प्रक्षालनेन त्वल्पानां अद्भिः शौचं विधीयते । । ५.११८[११७ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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119
Skins and (objects) made of split cane must be cleaned like clothes; vegetables, roots, and fruit like grain;
- चैलवच्चर्मणां शुद्धिर्वैदलानां तथैव च ।
शाकमूलफलानां च धान्यवच्छुद्धिरिष्यते । । ५.११९[११८ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
87
A Brahmana who has touched a human bone to which fat adheres, becomes pure by bathing; if it be free from fat, by sipping water and by touching (afterwards) a cow or looking at the sun.
- नारं स्पृष्ट्वास्थि सस्नेहं स्नात्वा विप्रो विशुध्यति ।
आचम्यैव तु निःस्नेहं गां आलभ्यार्कं ईक्ष्य वा । । ५.८७[८६ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
88
He who has undertaken the performance of a vow shall not pour out libations (to the dead) until the vow has been completed; but when he has offered water after its completion, he becomes pure in three days only.
- आदिष्टी नोदकं कुर्यादा व्रतस्य समापनात् ।
समाप्ते तूदकं कृत्वा त्रिरात्रेणैव शुध्यति । । ५.८८[८७ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
89
Libations of water shall not be offered to those who (neglect the prescribed rites and may be said to) have been born in vain, to those born in consequence of an illegal mixture of the castes, to those who are ascetics (of heretical sects), and to those who have committed suicide,
- वृथासंकरजातानां प्रव्रज्यासु च तिष्ठताम् ।
आत्मनस्त्यागिनां चैव निवर्तेतोदकक्रिया । । ५.८९[८८ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
90
To women who have joined a heretical sect, who through lust live (with many men), who have caused an abortion, have killed their husbands, or drink spirituous liquor.
- पाषण्डं आश्रितानां च चरन्तीनां च कामतः ।
गर्भभर्तृद्रुहां चैव सुरापीनां च योषिताम् । । ५.९०[८९ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
91
A student does not break his vow by carrying out (to the place of cremation) his own dead teacher (akarya), sub-teacher (upadhyaya), father, mother, or Guru.
- आचार्यं स्वं उपाध्यायं पितरं मातरं गुरुम् ।
निर्हृत्य तु व्रती प्रेतान्न व्रतेन वियुज्यते । । ५.९१[९०ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
92
Let him carry out a dead Sudra by the southern gate of the town, but (the corpses of) twice-born men, as is proper, by the western, northern, or eastern (gates).
- दक्षिणेन मृतं शूद्रं पुरद्वारेण निर्हरेत् ।
पश्चिमोत्तरपूर्वैस्तु यथायोगं द्विजन्मनः । । ५.९२[९१ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
93
The taint of impurity does not fall on kings, and those engaged in the performance of a vow, or of a Sattra; for the (first are) seated on the throne of Indra, and the (last two are) ever pure like Brahman.
- न राज्ञां अघदोषोऽस्ति व्रतिनां न च सत्त्रिणाम् ।
ऐन्द्रं स्थानं उपासीना ब्रह्मभूता हि ते सदा । । ५.९३[९२ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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5.
94
For a king, on the throne of magnanimity, immediate purification is prescribed, and the reason for that is that he is seated (there) for the protection of (his) subjects.
- राज्ञो महात्मिके स्थाने सद्यःशौचं विधीयते ।
प्रजानां परिरक्षार्थं आसनं चात्र कारणम् । । ५.९४[९३ं] । । (Ⅲ)
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