चातुर्मास्यमग्निहोत्रं पशुबंधो निरूढकाः
The cāturmāsya, agnihotra, and animal sacrifice are established rites.
अग्निष्टोमोऽत्यग्निष्टोम उक्थ्यः संषोडशी तथा
Agniṣṭoma, Atirātra, Ukthya, and Saṃṣoḍaśī are also prescribed.
दया स्यात्सर्वभूतेषु अनसूयाथ मंगलम्
Compassion should be shown to all beings, and freedom from envy brings auspiciousness.
सम्यगुक्तास्तु संस्कारा ब्रह्मप्राप्तिनिमित्तकाः
The rites properly performed are means to the attainment of Brahman.
ऋतामृते च विप्राणामृतं प्रमृतमेव च 1.186.
Among the twice-born, there are those who are truthful and untruthful, as well as those who are mixed.
आजीविकावृत्तयस्तु इत्याद्याः संप्रवर्तिताः
Livelihoods and professions have thus been established from the beginning.
नित्यं शुचिः सुगंधश्च स्नानशीलः प्रियंवदः
One should always be pure, fragrant, fond of bathing, and speak pleasantly.
नेक्षेतार्कं न नग्नां स्त्रीं न च संस्पृष्ट मैथुनम्
He should not look at the sun, nor at a naked woman, nor touch one engaged in intercourse.
शास्त्रोक्ता यंत्रणा या तु नानुक्तानि व्रतानि च
The restraints prescribed by scripture and the vows not mentioned therein—
नित्यानि केचिदिच्छंति काम्यानि च तथापरे
Some desire to perform the perpetual vows, while others wish for those that are optional.
व्रतानि मनसा त्विष्टसंकल्प इति मानसः
Vows undertaken with firm resolve in the mind are called mental vows.
अनध्यायं स्वयं सम्यग्वर्जयेत्फलसाधनम्
One should properly avoid prohibited days, as they are obstacles to the attainment of results.
अशुभानि निमित्तानि उत्पातो विकृतं तथा
Inauspicious omens, portents, and unnatural occurrences also arise.
अनध्यायाश्च दृष्टार्था अदृष्टार्थास्तथापरे
There are days when study is forbidden for seen and unseen reasons.
अभक्ष्यं सर्ववर्णानां शावाशौचं खगाधिप 1.186.
Food forbidden to all castes, impurity from corpses, O lord of birds,
जातिदुष्टं क्रियादुष्टं कालदुष्टं विभूषितम्
That which is corrupted by birth, by action, or by time, even if adorned,
लशुनं गृंजनं चैव पलांडुं कवकानि च
Garlic, asafoetida, onions, and mushrooms as well,
नो भुञ्जीत क्रियादुष्टं दुष्टं च पतितैः पृथक्
One should not eat what is corrupted by action, or what is defiled by the fallen, separately.
दधिभक्ष्यविकाराश्च मधुवर्ज्यास्तदिष्यते
Curd preparations and their derivatives are to be avoided with honey, as prescribed.
सुरालशुनसंस्पृष्टं पेयूषादिसमन्वितम्
That which has come into contact with liquor or garlic, or is mixed with gruel and the like,
शूद्रसक्तं खंडसक्तं ज्ञेयमाश्रयदूषितम्
Food associated with Shudras or with sugarcane, is to be known as tainted by association.
सहृल्लेखं तु तज्ज्ञेयं पुरीषं तु स्वभावतः
Food mixed with excrement is to be known as such, and excrement is by nature so.
पायसं क्षीरपाकादि तस्मिन्नेव दिने तथा
Rice cooked with milk and similar preparations, on the same day,
प्राणात्यये प्रोक्षितं च श्राद्धे च द्विजकाम्यया
In cases of life-threatening danger, or when purified, and at a śrāddha for the sake of a twice-born,
प्रेताशुद्धिः सपिंडानां तस्मिन्नेव मृते सति 1.186.
The impurity of death for relatives is observed only when the person has died.
दशाहादित्रिके भागे वर्णशो न भवंति हि
In the ten-day period and the threefold division, it does not apply by caste.
ऊर्ध्वं दशाहादेकाहश्रवणे सति जायते
After the ten days, if the news is heard on a single day, it arises.
समानोदकता प्रोक्ता जन्मनाम्नोरपर्यये
Equality of water-rites is declared when there is no interruption of birth names.
आ दंतजन्मनः सद्य आचूडान्नैष्ठिकी स्मृता
From the birth of teeth, the niṣṭhā purification is prescribed up to the cūḍā and annaprāśana rites.
तेषामपि तदेकं स्याद्वयोवस्थाप्यपेक्ष्यते
Even for them, that one rule applies, but it depends on the stage of life.