विवाहो यस्य न भवेन्न पश्यति सुतं तु यः । हरिभक्तिविहीनो यो ब्रह्महत्यां लभेत्तु सः
He whose marriage does not take place, who does not see his own son, or who is devoid of devotion to Hari—such a one incurs the sin of killing a Brahmin.
हरेरनैवेद्यभोजी नित्यं विष्णुं न पूजयेत् । पुण्यं पार्थिवलिङ्गं च ब्रह्महासौ प्रकीर्तितः
One who habitually eats food offered to Hari but does not worship Viṣṇu, or who treats the sacred liṅga of the earth as mere merit, is declared to be a Brahmin-slayer.
गोप्रहारं प्रकुर्वन्तं दृष्ट्वा यो न निवारयेत् । याति गोविप्रयोर्मध्ये गोहत्या तु लभेत्तु सः
Whoever, seeing someone striking a cow, does not restrain him, obtains the sin of cow-killing between the cow and the Brāhmaṇa.
दण्डैर्गोस्ताडयेन्मूढो यो विप्रो वृषवाहनः । दिने दिने गोवधं च लभते नात्र संशयः
A foolish Brāhmaṇa who strikes a cow with sticks, or who daily kills cows, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing—of this there is no doubt.
ददाति गोभ्य उच्छिष्टं भोजयेद् वृषवाहकम् । भुनक्ति वृषवाहान्नं स गोहत्यां लभेद् ध्रुवम्
Whoever gives leftovers to cows, feeds a Brāhmaṇa such food, or eats food meant for Brāhmaṇas, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing.
वृषलीपतिं याजयेद्यो भुङ्क्तेऽन्नं तस्य यो नरः । गोहत्याशतकं सोऽपि लभते नात्र संशयः
He who officiates a sacrifice for a Śūdra or eats his food—such a man certainly incurs the sin of killing a hundred cows; of this there is no doubt.
पादं ददाति वह्नौ यो गाश्च पादेन ताडयेत् । गेहं विशेदधौताङ्घ्रिः स्नात्वा गोवधमाप्नुयात्
Whoever puts his foot in the fire, strikes cows with his foot, or enters the house with unwashed feet after bathing, attains the sin of cow-killing.
यो भुङ्क्ते स्निग्धपादेन शेते स्निग्धाङ्घ्रिरेव च । सूर्योदये च यो भुङ्क्ते स गोहत्यां लभेद् ध्रुवम्
He who eats with oily feet, sleeps with oily feet, or eats at sunrise, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing.
अवीरान्नं च यो भुङ्क्ते योनिजीव्यस्य च द्विजः । यस्त्रिसन्ध्याविहीनश्च गोहत्या लभते च सः
A twice-born who eats food not offered in sacrifice, or lives by base means, or neglects the three daily sandhyā rituals, incurs the sin of cow-killing.
स्वभर्तरि च देवे वा भेदबुद्धिं करोति या । कटूक्त्या ताडयेत् कान्तं सा गोहत्यां लभेद् ध्रुवम्
A woman who harbors divisive thoughts toward her husband or toward a deity, or who strikes her beloved with harsh words, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing.
गोमार्गवर्जनं कृत्वा ददाति सस्यमेव वा । तडागे वा तु दुर्गे वा स गोहत्यां लभेद् ध्रुवम्
Whoever, avoiding the cow's path, gives grain in a pond or a fort, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing.
प्रायश्चित्ते गोवधस्य यः करोति व्यतिक्रमम् । पुत्रलोभादथाज्ञानात्स गोहत्या लभेद् ध्रुवम्
Whoever, out of greed for a son or out of ignorance, neglects the prescribed atonement for cow-killing, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing.
राजके दैवके यत्नाद् गोस्वामी गां न रक्षति । दुःखं ददाति यो मूढो गोहत्यां स लभेद् ध्रुवम्
A foolish cow-owner who, despite the efforts of the king or the deity, does not protect his cows and causes them suffering, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing.
प्राणिनो लङ्घयेद्यो हि देवार्चामनलं जलम् । नैवेद्यं पुष्पमन्नं च स गोहत्यां लभेद् ध्रुवम्
Whoever allows living beings to cross over the worship of the deity, fire, or water, or consumes the deity's offerings, flowers, or food, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing.
शश्वन्नास्तीति यो वादी मिथ्यावादी प्रतारकः । देवद्वेषी गुरुद्वेषी स गोहत्यां लभेद् ध्रुवम्
One who always proclaims 'there is no afterlife,' who speaks falsehoods or deceives, who hates the gods or the guru, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing.
देवताप्रतिमां दृष्ट्वा गुरुं वा ब्राह्मणं सति । सम्भ्रमान्न नमेद्यो हि स गोहत्या लभेद् ध्रुवम्
Whoever, upon seeing a deity's image, a guru, or a worthy Brāhmaṇa, does not bow with reverence, certainly incurs the sin of cow-killing.
न ददात्याशिषं कोपात्प्रणताय च यो द्विजः । विद्यार्थिने च विद्यां च स गोहत्यां लभेद् ध्रुवम्
A twice-born who, out of anger, does not grant blessings to one who bows, or does not impart knowledge to a seeker of learning, certainly incurs the sin equal to cow slaughter.
गोहत्या विप्रहत्या च कथिता चातिदेशिकी । गम्यां स्त्रियं नृणामेव निबोध कथयामि ते
The sins of cow slaughter and killing a Brahmin have been described, along with their extensions; now listen as I tell you about women who are to be approached or not by men.
स्वस्त्री गम्या च सर्वेषामिति वेदानुशासनम् । अगम्या च तदन्या या चेति वेदविदो विदुः
According to the Vedic injunction, one's own wife is permitted for all; any other woman is considered forbidden—so say those who know the Veda.
सामान्यं कथितं सर्वं विशेषं शृणु सुन्दरि । अत्यगम्या हि या याश्च निबोध कथयामि ताः
The general rule has been stated; now hear the specifics, O beautiful one. I will tell you about those women who are especially forbidden.
शूद्राणां विप्रपत्नी च विप्राणां शूद्रकामिनी । अत्यगम्या च निन्द्या च लोके वेदे पतिव्रते
For Śūdras, the wife of a Brahmin, and for Brahmins, a Śūdra woman, are especially forbidden and condemned in the world, in the Veda, and among chaste women.
शूद्रश्च ब्राह्मणीं गत्वा ब्रह्महत्याशतं लभेत् । तत्समं ब्राह्मणी चापि कुम्भीपाकं लभेद् ध्रुवम्
If a Śūdra approaches a Brahmin woman, he incurs the sin of a hundred Brahmin murders; likewise, a Brahmin woman who does so certainly attains the hell called Kumbhīpāka.
शूद्राणां विप्रपत्नी च विप्राणां शूद्रकामिनी । यदि शूद्रा व्रजेद्विप्रो वृषलीपतिरेव सः
For Śūdras, the wife of a Brahmin, and for Brahmins, a Śūdra woman—if a Brahmin goes to a Śūdra woman, he is indeed considered the husband of an outcaste.
स भ्रष्टो विप्रजातेश्च चाण्डालात्सोऽधमः स्मृतः । विष्ठासमश्च तत्पिण्डो मूत्रं तस्य च तर्पणम्
He falls from the Brahmin caste and is regarded as lower than a Cāṇḍāla; his food is like excrement, and urine is his libation.
न पितॄणां सुराणां च तद्दत्तमुपतिष्ठति । कोटिजन्मार्जितं पुण्यं तस्यार्चात्तपसार्जितम्
Offerings given by such a one do not reach the ancestors or the gods; all merit accumulated over millions of births through worship and austerity is destroyed.
द्विजस्य वृषलीलोभान्नश्यत्येव न संशयः । ब्राह्मणश्च सुरापीतिर्विड्भोजी वृषलीपतिः
A twice-born who, out of desire for an outcaste woman, is utterly ruined—there is no doubt; a Brahmin who drinks liquor, eats excrement, or becomes the husband of an outcaste woman—
तप्तमुद्रादग्धदेहस्तप्तशूलाङ्कितस्तथा । हरिवासरभोजी च कुम्भीपाकं व्रजेद् द्विजः
—whose body is branded with hot marks, who is marked with heated spears, or who eats on the day of Hari (Ekādaśī)—such a twice-born goes to the hell called Kumbhīpāka.
गुरुपत्नीं राजपत्नीं सपत्नीं मातरं ध्रुवम् । सुतां पुत्रवधूं श्वश्रूं सगर्भां भगिनीं सतीम्
The wife of the teacher, the wife of the king, a co-wife, one's own mother, daughter, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, a pregnant woman, and a virtuous sister—
सहोदरभ्रातृजायां मातुलानीं पितुः प्रसूम् । मातुः प्रसूं तत्स्वसारं भगिनीं भ्रातृकन्यकाम्
—the wife of a uterine brother, the wife of the maternal uncle, the father's sister, the mother's sister, her daughter, one's own sister, and the brother's daughter—
शिष्यां शिष्यस्य पत्नीं च भागिनेयस्य कामिनीम् । भ्रातुः पुत्रप्रियां चैवात्यगम्या आह पद्मजः
—a female disciple, the wife of a disciple, the beloved of a nephew, and the beloved of a brother's son—these are declared by Padmaja as especially forbidden.