सर्वं गङ्गासमं तोयं सर्वे व्याससमा द्विजाः
All water is like the Gaṅgā, and all twice-born are like Vyāsa.
आतिदेशिकहत्याया वास्तवश्च चतुर्गुणः
The result of killing a preceptor is four times greater than that of an actual killing.
आतिदेशिकहत्याया भेदश्च कथितः सति
The distinction regarding the killing of a preceptor has thus been explained.
स्वस्त्री गम्या च सर्वेषामिति वेदे निरूपिता
In the Veda, it is declared that one’s own wife is proper for all.
सामान्यं कथितं सर्वं विशेषं शृणु सुन्दरि
All that is general has been stated; now listen to the specifics, O beautiful one.
शूद्राणां विप्रपत्नी च विप्राणां शूद्रकामिनी
For Śūdras, the wife of a brāhmaṇa; for brāhmaṇas, a Śūdra woman.
शूद्रश्चेद्ब्राह्मणीं गच्छेद्ब्रह्महत्याशतं लभेत्
If a Śūdra approaches a brāhmaṇa woman, he incurs the sin of a hundred brahma-murders.
यदि शूद्रां व्रजेद्विप्रो वृषलीपतिरेव सः
If a brāhmaṇa goes to a Śūdra woman, he becomes merely the husband of an outcaste.
विष्ठासमश्च तत्पिंडो मूत्रतुल्यं च तर्पणम् 2.30.
His offering of food is like excrement, and his libation is as impure as urine.
कोटिजन्मार्जितं पुण्यं सन्ध्यार्चातपसाऽर्जितम्
The merit accumulated over millions of births, gained by worship, twilight rites, and austerity,
ब्राह्मणश्च सुरापीती विड्भोजी वृषलीपतिः
A brāhmaṇa who drinks liquor, eats excrement, or is the husband of an outcaste woman—
गुरुपत्नीं राजपत्नीं सपत्नीमातरं प्रसूम्
The guru’s wife, the king’s wife, a co-wife’s mother, or one’s own mother,
सोदरभ्रातृजायां च मातुलानीं पितृप्रसूम्
The wife of a brother from the same womb, the wife of a maternal uncle, or the wife of one’s father,
शिष्यां च शिष्यपत्नीं च भगिनेयस्य कामिनीम्
A female disciple, the wife of a disciple, or the beloved of a sister’s son—
एतास्वेकामनेकां वा यो व्रजेन्मानवोऽधमः
Whoever among men approaches any one or more of these women is the lowest of men.
अकर्म्मार्होऽपि सोऽस्पृश्यो लोके वेदेऽति निन्दितः
Even if he is not fit for any ritual, he is untouchable in the world and exceedingly condemned in the Veda.
करोत्यशुद्धां सन्ध्यां च सन्ध्यां वा न करोति यः
Who performs the twilight worship impurely, or who does not perform the twilight worship,
वैष्णवं च तथा शैवं शाक्तं सौरं च गाणपम्
The Vaiṣṇava, likewise the Śaiva, the Śākta, the Saurya, and the Gāṇapatya,
प्रवाहमवधिं कृत्वा यावद्धस्तचतुष्टयम् 2.30.
Having set the flow as the limit, up to the extent of four handfuls,
तत्र नारायणक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे हरेः पदे
There, in the field of Nārāyaṇa, in Kurukṣetra, at the abode of Hari,
पुष्करे भास्करक्षेत्रे प्रभासे रासमण्डले
At Puṣkara, at the field of Bhāskara, at Prabhāsa, and in the circle of the rāsa,
सरस्वतीनदीतीरे पुण्ये वृन्दावने वने
On the bank of the Sarasvatī river, in the holy Vṛndāvana forest,
एष्वन्यत्र च यो दानं प्रतिगृह्णाति कामतः
Whoever, elsewhere or in these places, accepts gifts out of desire,
शूद्रातिरिक्तयाजी यो ग्रामयाजी च कीर्त्तितः
He who is a sacrificer beyond the Śūdra, and he who is a village sacrificer is described,
शूद्रपाकोपजीवी यः सूपकार इति स्मृतः
He who lives by cooking for Śūdras, is remembered as a cook,
उक्तं पूर्वप्रकरणे लक्षणं वृषलीपतेः
The mark of the lord of the outcast woman has been stated in the previous section,
कुंडान्यन्यानि ते यान्ति निबोध कथयामि ते
Other pits go to them; listen, I will tell you.
यम उवाच शुभकर्म्म स्वर्गबीजं नरकं च कुकर्म्मतः
Yama said: Virtuous deeds are the seed of heaven, and evil deeds lead to hell.
पुंश्चल्यन्नं च यो भुंक्ते वेश्यान्नं च पतिव्रते
Whoever eats the food of a wanton woman, or a chaste woman eats the food of a courtesan,
शतवर्षं कालसूत्रे स्थित्वा शूद्रो भवेद्ध्रुवम्
Having remained for a hundred years in the thread of time, he certainly becomes a Śūdra.