pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: न्यग्रोधे जम्बुवृक्षश्च पिप्पल: शाल्मलिस्तथा। शिंशपा मेषशृश्च तथा कीचकवेणवः॥
English: There is no doubt in this that in this world, the Nyagrodha, the Jambu, the Pippala, the Shalmali, the Shinshapa, the Meshashringa, and the Kichaka, are the foremost ones among trees.
Sanskrit: एते दुमाणां राजानो लोकेऽस्मिन् नात्र संशयः। हिमवान् पारियात्रश्च सह्यो विन्ध्यस्त्रिकूटवान्॥ श्वेतो नीलश्च भासश्च कोष्ठवांश्चैव पर्वतः। गुरुस्कन्धो महेन्द्रश्च माल्यवान् पर्वतस्तथा॥ एते पर्वतराजानो गणानां मरुतस्तथा।
English: Himavat, Pariyatra, Pariyatra, Sahya, Vindhya, Trikutavat, Shveta, Nila, Bhasa, Kushthavat, Guruskandha, Mahendra, and Malayavat, these are the foremost of mountains. Likewise the Maruts are the foremost of the Ganas.
Sanskrit: सूर्यो ग्रहाणामधिपो नक्षत्राणां च चन्द्रमाः॥ यमः पितॄणामधिपः सरितामथ सागरः।
English: The Sun is the lord of all the planets, and the Moon of all the constellations. Yama is the lord of the departed manes; Ocean is the lord of all rivers.
Sanskrit: अम्भसां वरुणो राजा मरुतामिन्द्र उच्यते॥ अर्कोऽधिपतिरुष्णानां ज्योतिषामिन्दुरुच्यते।
English: Varuna is the king of the waters. Indra is said to be the king of the Maruts. Arka is the king of all hot bodies, and Indra of all luminous bodies.
Sanskrit: अग्निभूतपतिर्नित्यं ब्राह्मणानां बृहस्पतिः॥ ओषधीनां पतिः सोमो विष्णुर्बलवतां वरः।
English: Agni is the eternal lord of the elements, and Brihaspati of the Brahmanas. Soma is the lord herbs, and Vishnu is the foremost of all that are gifted with might.
Sanskrit: त्वष्टाधिराजो रूपाणां पशूनामीश्वरः शिवः॥ दीक्षितानां तथा यज्ञो दैवानां मघवा तथा।
English: Tvashtri is the king of Rudras, and Shiva of all creatures. Sacrifice is the foremost of all initiatory rites and Maghavat of the celestials.
Sanskrit: दिशामुदीची विप्राणां सोमो राजा प्रतापवान्॥ कुबेरः सर्वरत्नानां देवतानां पुरंदरः।
English: The North is the lord of all the points of the compass; the energetic Soma is the lord of all learned Brahmanas. Kubera is the lord of all precious gems, and Purandara of all the celestials.
Sanskrit: एष भूताधिपः सर्गः प्रजानां च प्रजापतिः॥ सर्वेषामेव भूतानामहं ब्रह्ममयो महान्।
English: Such is the highest creation among all entities. Prajapati is the lord of all creatures. Of all entities whatever, I, who am full of Brahma, am the foremost.
Sanskrit: भूतं परतरं मत्तो विष्णोर्वाऽपि न विद्यते॥ राजाधिराजः सर्वेषां विष्णुर्ब्रह्ममयो महान्। ईश्वरत्वं विजानीध्वं कर्तारमकृतं हरिम्॥
English: There is no entity that is higher than myself or Vishnu. The great Vishnu, who is full of Brahma, is the king of kings over all. Know him to be the king, the creator, the uncreated Hari.
Sanskrit: नरकिन्नरयक्षाणां गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम्। देवदानवनागानां सर्वेषामीश्वरो हि सः॥
English: He is the ruler of men and Kinnaras and Yakshas and Gandharvas, and snakes and Rakshasas, and celestials and Danavas and Nagas.
Sanskrit: भगदेवानुयातानां सर्वासा वामलोचना। माहेश्वरी महादेवी प्रोच्यते पार्वती हि सा॥
English: Among those that are followed by persons full of desire is the great goddess Mahesvari having beautiful eyes.
Sanskrit: उमां देवीं विजानीध्वं नारीणामुत्तमां शुभाम्। रतीनां वसुमत्यस्तु स्त्रीणामप्सरसस्तथा॥
English: She is otherwisc called by the name of Parvati. Know that the goddess Uma is the foremost and the most auspicious of women. Ainong women who are a source of pleasure, the foremost are the Apsaras who are endued with great splendour.
Sanskrit: राजानो ब्राह्मणा धर्मसेतवः। तस्माद् राजा द्विजातीनां प्रयतेत स्म रक्षणे॥
English: Kings are desirous of acquiring piety, and Brahmanas are causeways of Piety. Therefore, the king should always strive to protect the twice-born ones.
Sanskrit: धर्मकामाश्च राज्ञां हि विषये येषामवसीदन्ति साधवः। हीनास्ते स्वगुणैः सर्वैः प्रेत्य चोन्मार्गगामिनः॥
English: Those kings in whose kingdoms good men languish are considered as bereft of the virtues of their order. Hereafter they have to go into wrong paths.
Sanskrit: राज्ञां हि विषये येषां साधवः परिरक्षिताः। तेऽस्मिँल्लोके प्रमोदन्ते सुखं प्रेत्य च भुञ्जते॥
English: Those kings in whose territories good men are protected, rejoice in this world and enjoy happiness in the next.
Sanskrit: प्राप्नुवन्ति महात्मान इति वित्त द्विजर्षभाः। अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि नियतं धर्मलक्षणम्॥
English: Indeed, those great ones attain to the highest seat. Understand this, you foremost of twice-born ones! I shall after this describe the eternal characteristics of duties.
Sanskrit: अहिंसा परमो धर्मो हिंसा चाधर्मलक्षणा। प्रकाशलक्षणा देवा मनुष्याः कर्मलक्षणाः॥
English: Abstention from injury is the highest duty, Injury is a mark of sin. Splendour is the mark of the deities. Men have acts for their characteristics.
Sanskrit: शब्दलक्षणमाकाशं वायुस्तु स्पर्शलक्षणः। ज्योतिषां लक्षणं रूपमापश्च रसलक्षणाः॥
English: Ether (or space) has sound for its characteristic. Wind has touch for its characteristic. The characteristic of luminous bodies is colour, and water has taste for its characteristic.
Sanskrit: धारिणी सर्वभूतानां पृथिवी गन्धलक्षणा। स्वरव्यञ्जनसंस्कारा भारती शब्दलक्षणा॥
English: Earth, which holds all entities, has smell for its characteristic. Speech has words for its characteristic, refined into vowels and consonants.
Sanskrit: मनसो लक्षणं चिन्ता चिन्तोक्ता बुद्धिलक्षणा। मनसा चिन्तितानर्थान् बुद्ध्या चेह व्यवस्यति॥
English: Mind has thought for its characteristic. Thought has again, been said to be the characteristic of the understanding. The thing thought of by the mind are determined with accuracy by the understanding.
Sanskrit: बुद्धिर्हि व्यवसायेन लक्ष्यते नात्र संशयः। लक्षणं मनसो ध्यानमव्यक्तं साधुलक्षणम्॥
English: There is no doubt in this, viz., that the understanding, by perseverance, perceives all things. The characteristic of mind is meditation. The characteristic of the good man is that he does not allow his acts to be noticed.
Sanskrit: प्रवृत्तिलक्षणो योगो ज्ञानं संन्यासलक्षणम्। तस्माज्ज्ञानं पुरस्कृत्य संन्यसेदिह बुद्धिमान्॥
English: Devotion has acts for its characteristic. Knowledge is the characteristic of renunciation. Therefore, kecping knowledge before his view, the man of understanding should practise renunciation.
Sanskrit: संन्यासी ज्ञानसंयुक्तः प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्। अतीतो द्वन्द्वमभ्येति तमोमृत्युजरातिगः॥
English: The man who follows renunciation and who is endued with knowledge, who is above all pairs of opposites, as also darkness, death, and decrepitude, attains to the highest goal.
Sanskrit: धर्मलक्षणसंयुक्तमुक्तं वो विधिवन्मया। गुणानां ग्रहणं सम्यग् वक्ष्याम्यहमतः परम्॥
English: I have thus described to you duly what the characteristics are of duty. I shall, after this tell you of the comprehension of qualities.
Sanskrit: पार्थिवो यस्तु गन्धो वै घ्राणेन हि स गृह्यते। घ्राणस्थश्च तथा वायुर्गन्धज्ञाने विधीयते॥
English: Smell, which belongs to earth, is seized by the nose. The wind, which dwells in the nose is likewise appointed as an agent) in the perception of smell.
Sanskrit: अपां धातू रसो नित्यं जिह्वया स तु गृह्यते। जिह्वास्थश्च तथा सोमो रसज्ञाने विधीयते॥
English: Taste is the essence of water. That is perceived by the tongue. Soma, who lives in the tongue, is appointed likewise in the perception of taste.
Sanskrit: ज्योतिषश्च गुणो रूपं चक्षुषा तच्च गृह्यते। चक्षुःस्थश्च सदाऽऽदित्यो रूपज्ञाने विधीयते।।३शा
English: The quality of a lighted body is colour. That is apprehended by the eye. Aditya who always lives in the eye has been appointed in the perception of colour.
Sanskrit: वायव्यस्तु सदा स्पर्शस्त्वचा प्रज्ञायते च सः। त्वक्स्थश्चैव सदा वायुः स्पर्शने स विधीयते॥
English: Touch always belongs to the wind (as its quality). That is perceived by the skin. The wind that always lives in the skin has been appointed in apprehending touch.
Sanskrit: आकाशस्य गुणो ह्येष श्रोत्रेण च स गृह्यते। श्रोत्रस्थाश्च दिशः सर्वाः शब्दज्ञाने प्रकीर्तिताः॥
English: The quality of a ether is sound. That is seized by the car. All the quarters, which live in the ear, have been appointed in apprehending sound.
Sanskrit: मनसश्च गुणश्चिन्ता प्रज्ञया स तु गृह्यते। हृदिस्थश्चेतनो धातुर्मनोज्ञाने विधीयते॥
English: The quality of the mind is thought. That is seized by the understanding. The upholder of consciousness, living in the heart, has been appointed in apprehending the mind.
Sanskrit: बुद्धिरध्यवसायेन ज्ञानेन च महांस्तथा। निश्चित्य ग्रहणाद् व्यक्तमव्यक्तं नात्र संशयः॥
English: The understanding is appended in the form of determination or certitude, and principle of Greatness in the form of knowledge. The unperceived (Nature) has been, it is evident, appointed for the seizure of all things after certitude. There is no doubt in this.
Sanskrit: अलिग्रहणो नित्यः क्षेत्रज्ञे निर्गुणात्मकः। तस्मादलिङ्गः क्षेत्रज्ञः केवलं ज्ञानलक्षणः॥
English: The Kshetrajna which is eternal and is shorn of qualities about its essence, is incapable of being seized by symbols. Hence, the characteristic of the Kshetrajna, which is without symbols, is purely knowledge.
Sanskrit: अव्यक्तं क्षेत्रमुद्दिष्टं गुणानां प्रभवाप्ययम्। सदा पश्याम्यहं लीनो विजानामि शृणोमि च॥
English: The unmanifest lives in the symbol called. Kshetra, and is that in which the qualities are produced and absorbed. I always see, know, and hear it (though) it is hidden.
Sanskrit: पुरुषस्तद् विजानीते तस्मात् क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते। गुणवृत्तं तथा वृत्तं क्षेत्रज्ञः परिपश्यति॥
English: Purusha knows it; therefore is he called Kshetrajna. The Kshetrajna perceives also the action of the qualities and absence of their actions.
Sanskrit: आदिमध्यावसानान्तं सृज्यमानमचेतनम्। न गुणा विदुरात्मानं सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः॥
English: The qualities, which are created repeatedly, do not know themselves, being unintelligent, as entities to be created and gifted with a beginning, middle, and end.
Sanskrit: न सत्यं विन्दते कश्चित् क्षेत्रज्ञस्त्वेव विन्दति। गुणानां गुणभूतानां यत् परं परमं महत्॥
English: No one else, but the Kshetrajna, comes by that which is the highest and great and which is above the qualities and those entities which are born of the qualities.
Sanskrit: तस्माद् गुणांश्च सत्त्वं च परित्यज्येह धर्मवित्। क्षीणदोषो गुणातीतः क्षेत्रमं प्रविशत्यथ॥
English: Hence, who understands duties, renouncing qualities and the understanding, and having his destroyed, and transcending the qualities, enters the Kshetrajna.
Sanskrit: निर्द्वन्द्वो निमस्कारो नि:स्वाहाकार एव च। अचलश्चानिकेतश्च क्षेत्रज्ञः स परो विभुः॥
English: One who is free from all pairs of opposites, who never bends his head to any one, who is divested of Svaha, who is immovable, and hom ess, is the Kshetrajna. He is the Supreme Lord. one sons
Sanskrit: यदादिमध्यपर्यन्तं ग्रहणोपायमेव च। नामलक्षणसंयुक्तं सर्वं वक्ष्यामि तत्त्वतः॥
English: Brahmana said I shall now tell you truly about all that which has a beginning, middle, and end, and which has name and characteristics, together, the means of apprehension.
Sanskrit: अहः पूर्वं ततो रात्रिर्मासाः शुक्लादयः स्मृताः। श्रवणादीनि ऋक्षाणि ऋतवः शिशिरादयः॥
English: It has been said that the Day came first. Then came Night. The Months are said to have the lighted fortnights first. The constellations have Shravana for their first; the Seasons have that of dews (viz., Winter) for their first.
Sanskrit: भूमिरादिस्तु गन्धानां रसानामाप एव च। रूपाणां ज्योतिरादित्यः स्पर्शानां वायुरुच्यते॥
English: Earth is the source of all smells; and Water of all tastes. The Solar light is the source of all colours; the wind of all sensations of touch.
Sanskrit: शब्दस्यादिस्तथाऽऽकाशमेष भूतकृतो गुणः। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि भूतानामादिमुत्तमम्॥
English: Likewise of sound the source is space (or Ether). These are the qualities of elements. I shall, after this, describe that which is the first and the highest of all entities.
Sanskrit: आदित्यो ज्योतिषामादिरग्निर्भूतादिरुच्यते। सावित्री सर्वविद्यानां देवतानां प्रजापतिः॥
English: The sun is the first of all luminous bodies. Fire is said to be the first of all the elements, Savitri is the first of all branches of learning. Prajapati is the first of all the celestials.
Sanskrit: ओङ्कारः सर्ववेदानां वचसां प्राण एव च। यदस्मिन् नियतं लोके सर्वं सावित्रिरुच्यते॥
English: The syllable Om is the first of all the Vedas, and the vital air Prana is the first of all winds. Savitri is the first of all religious observances.
Sanskrit: गायत्री च्छन्दसामादिः प्रजानां सर्ग उच्यते। गावश्चतुष्पदामादिर्मनुष्याणां द्विजातयः॥
English: The Gayatri is the first of all metres, goat is the first of all (sacrificial) animals, Kin are the first of all quadrupeds. The twice-born ones are the first of all human beings.
Sanskrit: श्येनः पतत्रिणामादिर्यज्ञानां हुतमुत्तमम्। सरीसृपाणां सर्वेषां ज्येष्ठः सर्पो द्विजोत्तमाः॥
English: The hawk is the first of all birds. Of sacrifices the first is the pouring of clarified butter on the fire. Of all reptiles the first, O foremost of twice-born ones, is the snake.
Sanskrit: कृतमादिर्युगानां च सर्वेषां नात्र संशयः। हिरण्यं सर्वरत्नामोषधीनां यवास्तथा॥
English: The Krita is the first of all the cycles; there is no doubt in this. Gold is the first of all precious things.
Sanskrit: सर्वेषां भक्ष्यभोज्यानामन्नं परममुच्यते। द्रवाणां चैव सर्वेषां पेयानामाप उत्तमाः॥
English: Barely is the first of all plants. Food is the first of all things to be eaten or swallowed. Water is the first of all liquid substances to be drunk.
Sanskrit: स्थावराणां तु भूतानां सर्वेषामविशेषतः। ब्रह्मक्षेत्रं सदा पुण्यं प्लक्षः प्रथमतः स्मृतः॥
English: Of all immobile objects without distinction, Plaksha is said to be the first, that ever holy field of Brahman.
Sanskrit: अहं प्रजापतीनां च सर्वेषां नात्र संशयः। मम विष्णुरचिन्त्यात्मा स्वयम्भूरिति स स्मृतः॥
English: Of all the Prajapatis I am the first. There is no doubt in this, Of inconceivable soul, the self consistent Vishnu is said to be my superior.
Sanskrit: पर्वतानां महामेरुः सर्वेषामग्रजः स्मृतः। दिशां च प्रदिशां चोर्ध्वं दिक्पूर्वा प्रथमा तथा॥
English: Of all the mountains the great Meru is said to be the first-born. Of all the cardinal and subsidiary points of the horizon, the eastern is said to be the foremost and first-born.
Sanskrit: तथा त्रिपथगा गङ्गा नदीनामग्रजा स्मृता। तथा सरोदपानानां सर्वेषां सागरोऽग्रजः॥
English: Ganga having three courses is said to be first-born of all rivers. Likewise, of all wells and reservoirs of waters, the ocean is said to be the first born.
Sanskrit: देवदानवभूतानां पिशाचोरगरक्षसाम्। नरकिन्नरयक्षाणां सर्वेषामीश्वरः प्रभुः॥
English: Ishvara is the Supreme Lord of all the celestials and Danavas and ghosts and Pishachas and snakes and Rakshasas, and human beings and Kinnaras and Yakshas.
Sanskrit: आदिर्विश्वस्य जगतो विष्णुर्ब्रह्ममयो महान्। भूतं परतरं यस्मात् त्रैलोक्ये नेह विद्यते॥
English: The great Vishnu, who is full of Brahma, than whom there is no higher being in the three worlds is the first of all the universe.
Sanskrit: आश्रमाणां च सर्वेषां गार्हस्थ्यं नात्र संशयः। लोकानामादिरव्यक्तं सर्वस्यान्तस्तदेव च॥
English: Of all the modes of life, that of the householder is the first. Of this there is not doubt. The Unmanifest is the source of all the worlds as well as is the end of every thing.
Sanskrit: अहान्यस्तमयान्तानि उदयान्ता च शर्वरी। सुखस्यान्तं सदा दुःखं दुःखस्यान्तं सदा सुखम्॥१८
English: Days end with the sun's setting and Nights with the sun's rising. The end of pleasure is always sorrow, and the end of sorrow is always pleasure.
Sanskrit: सर्वं क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः। संयोगाश्च वियोगान्ता मरणान्तं च जीवितम्॥
English: All collections have expenditure for their end, ana all ascents have falls for their end. All associations have dissociations for their end, and life has death for its end.
Sanskrit: सर्वं कृतं विनाशान्तं जातस्य मरणं ध्रुवम्। अशाश्वतं हि लोकेऽस्मिन् सदा स्थावरजङ्गमम्॥
English: All action ends in destruction, and all that is born is certain to meet with death. Every mobile and immobile thing in this world is fickle.
Sanskrit: इष्टं दत्तं तपोऽधीतं व्रतानि नियमाश्च ये। सर्वमेतद् विनाशान्तं ज्ञानस्यान्तो न विद्यते॥
English: Sacrifice, gift, penances, study, vow, observances, all these have destruction to their end. Of knowledge, there is no end.
Sanskrit: तस्माज्ज्ञानेन शुद्धेन प्रशान्तात्मा जितेन्द्रियः। निर्ममो निरहङ्कारो मुच्यते सर्वपाप्मभिः॥
English: Hence, one who has a tranquil soul, who has subjugated his senses, who is freed from the sense of mineness, who is devoid of egoism, is freed from all sins by pure knowledge.
Sanskrit: बुद्धिसारं मनःस्तम्भमिन्द्रियग्रामबन्धनम्। महाभूतपरिस्कन्धं निवेशपरिवेशनम्॥
English: Brahman said The wheel of life moves on. It has the understanding for its strength; the mind for the pole; the group of senses for its fetters, the (five) great elements for its have, and home for its circumference.
Sanskrit: जराशोकसमाविष्टं व्याधिव्यसनसम्भवम्। देशकालविचारीदं श्रमव्यायामनिःस्वनम्॥
English: It is possessed by decrepitude and sorrow and it has diseases and calamities for its progeny. That wheel relates in time and place. It has toil and exercise for its noise.
Sanskrit: अहोरात्रपरिक्षेपं शीतोष्णपरिमण्डलम्। सुखदुःखान्तसंश्लेषं क्षुत्पिपासावकीलकम्॥
English: Day and Night are the rotations of that wheel. It is encircled by heat and cold. Pleasure and pain are its joints, are hunger and thirst are the nails fixed into it.
Sanskrit: छायातपविलेखं च निमेषोन्मेषविह्वलम्। घोरमोहजलाकीर्णं वर्तमानमचेतनम्॥
English: Sun-shine and shade are the ruts. It is capable of being moved during even such a short space of time as is taken up by the opening and the closing of the eyelid. It is covered with the dreadful waters of delusion. It is ever revolving and void of consciousness.
Sanskrit: मासार्धमासगणितं विषमं लोकसंचरम्। तमोनियमपङ्कं च रजोवेगप्रवर्तकम्॥
English: It is measured by months and half-months. It is not uniform (being ever changing), and moves through all the worlds. Penance and vows are its mud, Passions' force is its mover.
Sanskrit: महाहंकारदीप्तं च गुणसंजातवर्तनम्। अरतिग्रहणानीकं शोकसंहारवर्तनम्॥
English: It is lighted up by the great egoism, and is sustained by the qualities. Vexations are the fastenings that bind it around. It revolves in the midst of grief and destruction.
Sanskrit: क्रियाकारणसंयुक्तं रागविस्तारमायतम्। लोभेप्सापरिविक्षोभं विचित्राज्ञानसम्भवम्॥
English: It has actions and the instruments of action. It is large and is extended by attachments. It is rendered unsteady by cupidity and desire. It is produced by varicgated Ignorance.
Sanskrit: भयमोहपरीवारं भूतसम्मोहकारकम्। आनन्दप्रीतिचारं च कामक्रोधपरिग्रहम्॥
English: It is full of fear and delusion, and is the cause of the delusion of all beings. It moves towards joy and pleasure, and has desire and anger for its possession.
Sanskrit: महदादिविशेषान्तमसक्तं प्रभवाव्ययम्। मनोजवं मनःकान्तं कालचक्र प्रवर्तते॥
English: It is made up of principles beginning with greatness and ending with the gross elements. It is marked by production and destruction going on ceaselessly. Its speed is like that of the mind, and it has the mind for its limit.
Sanskrit: एतद् द्वन्द्वसमायुक्तं कालचक्रमचेतनम्। विसृजेत् संक्षिपेच्चापि बोधयेत् सामरं जगत्॥
English: This wheel of life which is connected with pairs of opposites and devoid of consciousness, the universe with the very immortals should cast away, abridge, and chcek.
Sanskrit: कालचक्रप्रवत्तिं च निवृत्तिं चैव तत्त्वतः। यस्तु वेद नरो नित्यं न स भूतेषु मुह्यति॥
English: That man who ever understands correctly the motion and stoppage of this whcel of life, is never seen to be deluded, among all creatures.
Sanskrit: विमुक्तः सर्वसंस्कारैः सर्वद्वन्द्वविवर्जितः। विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यः प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्॥
English: Freed from all impressions, divested of all Pairs of opposites, freed froin all sins, he। attains to the highest goal.
Sanskrit: गृहस्थो ब्रह्मचारी च वानप्रस्थोऽथ भिक्षुकः। चत्वार आश्रमाः प्रोक्ताः सर्वे गार्हस्थ्यमूलकाः॥
English: The householder, the Brahmacharin the hermit and the mendicant, these are modes of life have all been said to the householder's mode for their root.
Sanskrit: यः कश्चिदिह लोकेऽस्मिन्नागमः परिकीर्तितः। तस्यान्तगमनं श्रेयः कीर्तिरेषा सनातनी॥
English: The observance of every system of rules is prescribed in this world. Such observance has always been highly spoken of.
Sanskrit: संस्कारैः संस्कृतः पूर्वं यथावच्चरितव्रतः। जातौ गुणविशिष्टायां समावर्तेत तत्त्ववित्॥
English: He who has been first purified by ceremonies, who has duly observed vows, who belongs by birth to a family of high qualifications, and who understands the Vedas, should return (from his preceptor's house).
Sanskrit: स्वदारनिरतो नित्यं शिष्टाचारो जितेन्द्रियः। पञ्चभिश्च महायज्ञैः श्रद्दधानो यजेदिह॥
English: Always devoted to his married wife, acting like a good man, with his senses under control, and full of faith, one should in this world perform the five sacrifice.
Sanskrit: देवतातिथिशिष्टाशी निरतो वेदकर्मसु। इज्याप्रदानयुक्तश्च यथाशक्ति यथासुखम्॥ न पाणिपादचपलो न नेत्रचपलो मुनिः। न च वागङ्गचपल इति शिष्टस्य गोचरः॥
English: He who cats the residue after fecding celestials and guests, who is given to the observance of Vedic rites, who duly celebrates, according to his means, sacrifices and gifts, who is unduly active with his hands and feet, who is unduly active with his eye, who is devoted to penances, who is not unduly active with his words and limits, comes under the category of Shishta or the good.
Sanskrit: नित्यं यज्ञोपवीती स्याच्छुक्लवासाः शुचिव्रतः। नियतो यमदानाभ्यां सदा शिष्टैश्च संविशेत्॥
English: One should always bear the sacred thread, wear white (clean) cloths, observe pure vows, and should always mix with good men, making gifts and practising self-control.
Sanskrit: जितशिश्नोदरो मैत्रः शिष्टाचारसमन्वितः। वैणवीं धारयेद् यष्टिं सोदकं च कमण्डलुम्॥
English: One should govern his lust and stomach, practise universal compassion, and be characterised by good conduct. One should bear a bamboo-stick, and a water-pot filled with water.
Sanskrit: अधीत्याध्यापनं कुर्यात् तथा यजनयाजने। दानं प्रतिग्रहं वापि षड्गुणां वृत्तिमाचरेत्॥
English: Having studied, one should teach likewise should celebrate sacrifices himself and officiate at the sacrifices of others. One should also make gifts made to oneself. Indeed, one's conduct should be marked by these six deeds.
Sanskrit: त्रीणि कर्माणि जानीत ब्राह्मणानां तु जीविका। याजनाध्यापने चोभे शुद्धाच्चापि प्रतिग्रहः॥
English: Know that three of these acts should form the livelihood of the Brahmanas, viz., teaching (pupils), officiating at the sacrifices of others, and the acceptance of gifts from a person who is pure.
Sanskrit: अथ शेषाणि चान्यानि त्रीणि कर्माणि यानि तु। दानमध्ययनं यज्ञो धर्मयुक्तानि तानि तु॥
English: As to the other duties which remain, numberir:g three viz., making of gifts, study, and sacrifice, these are accompanied by merit.
Sanskrit: तेष्वप्रमादं कुर्वीत त्रिषु कर्मसु धर्मवित्। दान्तो मैत्रः क्षमायुक्तः सर्वभूतसमो मुनिः॥
English: Observant of penances, self-controlled, practising universal mercy and forgiveness, and loO king upon all creatures impartially, the man who is conversant with duties should never be careless about those three acts.
Sanskrit: सर्वमेतद् यथाशक्ति विप्रो निर्वर्तयशुचिः। एवं युक्तो जयेत् स्वर्ग गृहस्थः संशितव्रतः॥
English: The learned Brahmana of pure hear, who leads the domestic mode of life and practise rigid vows, thus devoted and thus performing all duties to the best of his power, succeeds in conquering the celestial region.
Sanskrit: एवमेतेन मार्गेण पूर्वोक्तेन यथाविधि। अधीतवान् यथाशक्ति तथैव ब्रह्मचर्यवान्॥ स्वधर्मनिरतो विद्वान् सर्वेन्द्रिययतो मुनिः। गुरोः प्रियहिते युक्तः सत्यधर्मपरः शुचिः॥ गुरुणा समनुज्ञातो भुञ्जीतान्नमकुत्सयन्। हविष्यभैक्ष्यभुक् चापि स्थानासनविहारवान्॥
English: Properly studying thus to the best of his power, in the way described above, and likewise living as a Brahmacharin, one who performs the duties of his own order, endued with learning, observant of penances, and with all the senses under control, devoted to what is agreeable and beneficial to the preceptor, steady in practising the duty of truth, and always pure, should, with the permission of the preceptor, eat his food without decrying it. He should eat Havishya made from what is got in alms, and should stand, sit, and take exercise (as directed).
Sanskrit: द्विकालमग्निं जुह्वानः शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः। धारयीत सदा दण्डं बैल्वं पालाशमेव वा॥
English: He should pour libations on the fire twice a day, having purified himself and with concentrated mind. He should always carry a staff made of Bilva or Palasha.