सावित्रीपतिता व्रात्या व्रात्यस्तोमादृते क्रतोः 94.
One whose Sāvitrī is lost is an outcaste, unless he performs the Vrātyastoma sacrifice.
ब्राह्मणक्षत्त्रिय विशस्तस्मादेते द्विजातयः 94.
Therefore, Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, and Vaiśyas are the twice-born.
वेद एव द्विजातीनां निः श्रेयसकरः परः 94.
For the twice-born, the Veda alone is the supreme means to the highest good.
पितॄन्मधुघृताभ्यां च ऋचोऽधीते हि सोऽन्वहम् 94.
He who studies the Ṛks daily offers to the ancestors with honey and ghee.
सन्तर्पयेत्पितॄन्देवान्सोऽन्वहं हि घृतामृतैः 94.
He should daily satisfy the ancestors and the gods with offerings of ghee and nectar.
इतिहासांस्तथा विद्या योऽधीते शक्तितोऽन्वहम् 94.
Whoever studies the histories and sciences each day, according to his ability,
ते तृप्तास्तर्पयन्त्येनं सर्वकामफलैः शुभैः 94.
Those ancestors, being satisfied, bestow upon him all auspicious rewards of desire.
भूमिदानस्य तपसः स्वाध्यायफलभाग्द्विजः 94.
A twice-born who gives land, performs austerity, or recites the Veda partakes of their fruit.
तदभावेऽस्य तनये पत्न्यां वैश्वानरेऽपि वा ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति न चेह जायते पुनः ॥ 94.
If he lacks a son, then through his wife or through the fire, he attains the world of Brahma and is not born again here.
इत श्रीगारुडे महापुराणे पूर्वखण्डे प्रथमांशाक्ये आचारकाण्डे याज्ञवल्क्योक्तवर्णधर्मनिरूपणं नाम चतुर्नवतितमोऽध्यायः
Here ends the ninety-fourth chapter, entitled 'An Inquiry into the Duties of Castes as Declared by Yājñavalkya,' in the Conduct Section of the First Part of the Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa.
श्रृण्वन्तु मुनयो धर्मान् गृहस्थस्य यतव्रताः 95.
Let the sages who are devoted to vows listen to the duties of a householder.
समापितब्रह्मचर्य्यो लक्षण्यां स्त्रियमुद्वहेत् 95.
Having completed the stage of studentship, one should marry a woman of good qualities.
अरोगिणीं भ्रातृमतीमसमानार्षगोत्रजाम् 95.
She should be healthy, have brothers, and not belong to the same paternal or maternal lineage.
दशपुरुषविख्याताच्छ्रोत्रियाणां महाकुलात् 95.
She should come from a renowned family of ten generations of learned and noble lineage.
यदुच्यते द्विजातीनां शूद्राद्दारोपसंग्रहः 95.
As for what is said about twice-born men taking a wife from the Śūdra class,
तिस्रो वर्णानुपूर्व्येण द्वे तथैका यथाक्रमम् 95.
There are three, two, and one, respectively, in order, according to the classes.
ब्राह्मो विवाह आहूय दीयते शक्त्यलङ्कृता 95.
The Brāhma marriage is when, after inviting, she is given, adorned according to ability.
यज्ञस्थायर्त्विजे दैवमादायार्षस्तु गोयुगम् 95.
The Daiva marriage is when she is given to a priest officiating at a sacrifice; the Ārṣa is when a pair of cows is accepted.
इत्युक्त्वा चरतां धर्मं सह या दीयतेऽर्थिने 95.
Having spoken thus, the marriage in which she is given to a suitor who will practice righteousness with her,
आसुरो द्रविणादानाद्गान्धर्वः समयान्मिथः 95.
The Āsura marriage is by accepting wealth; the Gāndharva is by mutual agreement.
चत्वारो ब्राह्मणस्याद्यास्तथा गान्धर्वराक्षसौ 95.
Of these, the first four are for a Brāhmaṇa, as well as the Gāndharva and Rākṣasa types.
पाणिर्ग्राह्यः सवर्णासु गृह्णीत क्षत्त्रिया शरम् 95.
He should take the hand of a woman of his own class; a Kṣatriya should take a bow.
पिता पितामहो भ्राता सकुल्यो जननी तथा 95.
Father, paternal grandfather, brother, kinsman, and likewise the mother—
अप्रयच्छन्समाप्नोति भ्रूणहत्यामृतावृतौ 95.
Whoever does not give (the bride) to them incurs the sin of killing an embryo, both in this world and the next.
सकृत्प्रदीयते कन्या हरंस्तां चोरदण्डभाक् 95.
A maiden is given only once; whoever takes her away becomes liable to the punishment for theft.
अपुत्रीगुर्वनुज्ञातो देवरः पुत्रकान्यगा 95.
If a woman without a son is permitted by her elders, her brother-in-law may beget a son upon her.
आगर्भसम्भवं गच्छेत्पतितस्त्वन्यथा भवेत् 95.
This should be done only until conception; otherwise, both become fallen.
हृताधिकारां मलिनां पिण्डमात्रोपसेविनीम् 95.
A woman deprived of her rights, defiled, or who partakes only of the funeral offering—
सोमः शौचं ददौ तासां गन्धर्वश्च शुभां गिरम् 95.
Soma granted them purity, and the Gandharva gave them sweet speech.
व्यभिचारादृतौशुद्धिर्गर्भेत्यागं करोति च 95.
Through adultery, purity is lost in this world; in the womb, it causes abandonment.