Garuda Purana

कुर्यात्कृष्यादिकं तद्वदविक्रेया हयास्तथा । बुभुक्षितस्त्र्यं स्थित्वा दृष्ट्वा वृत्तिविवर्जितम् । राजा धर्म्यां प्रकुर्वीत वृत्तिं विप्रादिकस्य च ॥ १,१०६.

He may do agriculture and similar work, but horses should not be sold; if a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya, or vaiśya is destitute and without means, the king should provide a righteous livelihood for him.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् १०७ सूत उवाच । पराशरोऽब्रवीद्व्यासं धर्मं वर्णाश्रमादिकम् । कल्पेकल्पे क्षयोत्पत्त्या क्षीयन्ते नु प्रजादयः ॥ १,१०७.

Sūta said: Parāśara spoke to Vyāsa about dharma regarding varṇa and āśrama; in each cycle, with destruction and creation, do beings diminish or arise?

श्रुतिः स्मृतिः सदाचरो यः कश्चिद्वे दकर्तृकः । वेदाः स्मृता ब्राह्मणादौ धर्मा मन्वादिभिः सदा ॥ १,१०७.

The Veda, Smṛti, and good conduct—whatever is established by the Veda—are always remembered as dharma for brāhmaṇas and others, as taught by Manu and the rest.

दानं कलियुगे धर्मः कर्तारं च कलौ त्यजेत् । पापकृत्यं तु तत्रैव शापं फलति वर्षतः ॥ १,१०७.

In the Kali age, giving is dharma, but in Kali, the doer is abandoned; sinful acts there bear fruit for years as a curse.

आचारात्प्राप्नुयात्सर्वं षट्कर्माणि दिनेदिने । सन्ध्या स्नानं जपो होमो देवातिथ्यादिपूजनम् ॥ १,१०७.

By proper conduct, one attains all six daily duties: twilight worship, bathing, recitation, fire offering, and worship of gods, guests, and others.

अपूर्वः सुव्रती विप्रो ह्यपूर्वा यतयस्तदा । क्षत्त्रियः परसैन्यानि जित्वा पृथ्वीं प्रपालयेत् ॥ १,१०७.

A brāhmaṇa who is steadfast in vows is unprecedented, as are ascetics then; a kṣatriya, having conquered enemy armies, should rule the earth.

वणिक्कृष्यादि वैश्ये स्याद्द्विजभक्तिश्च शूद्रके । अभक्ष्यभक्षणाच्चौर्यादगम्या गमनात्पतेत् ॥ १,१०७.

A vaiśya should engage in trade and agriculture; a śūdra should be devoted to the twice-born. One falls by eating the forbidden, stealing, or approaching the forbidden.

कृषिं कुर्वन्द्विजः श्रान्तं बलीवर्दं न वाहयेत् । दिनार्धं स्नानयोगादिकारी विप्रांश्च भोजयेत् ॥ १,१०७.

A twice-born, while farming, should not overwork a tired ox; for half the day, he should engage in bathing and related duties, and feed brāhmaṇas.

निर्वपेत्पञ्च यज्ञानि क्रूरे निन्दां च कारयेत् । तिलाज्यं न विक्रीणित सूनायज्ञमघान्वितः ॥ १,१०७.

He should perform the five sacrifices, avoid harsh criticism, and not sell sesame oil; a sacrifice performed in a slaughterhouse is sinful.

राज्ञो दत्त्वा तु षड्भागं देवतानां च विंशतिम् । त्रयस्त्रिंशच्च विप्राणां कृषिकर्ता न लिप्यते ॥ १,१०७.

Having given one-sixth to the king, one-twentieth to the gods, and thirty-three to the brāhmaṇas, the cultivator is not tainted.

कर्षकाः क्षत्त्रविट्छूद्राः खलेऽदत्त्वा तु चौरकः । दिनत्रयेण शुध्येत ब्राह्मणः प्रेतसूतके ॥ १,१०७.

Farmers—kṣatriya, brāhmaṇa, and śūdra—if they do not give the due share, are thieves; a brāhmaṇa is purified from impurity due to death or birth within three days.

क्षत्त्रो दशाहाद्वैश्यास्तु द्वादशाहान्मासि शूद्रकः । याति विप्रो दशाहात्तु क्षत्त्रो द्वादशकाद्दिनात् ॥ १,१०७.

A kṣatriya is purified in ten days, a vaiśya in twelve days, and a śūdra in a month; a brāhmaṇa is purified after ten days, a kṣatriya after twelve.

पञ्चदशाहाद्वैश्यस्तु शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति । एकपिण्डास्तु दायादाः पृथग्द्वारनिकेतनाः ॥ १,१०७.

A vaiśya is purified after fifteen days, a śūdra in a month; heirs who live separately, with different doors and houses, each offer one ball of rice.

जन्मना च विपत्तौ च भवेत्तेषां च सूतकम् । चतुर्थे दशरात्रं स्यात्षण्णिशाः पुंसि पञ्चमे ॥ १,१०७.

At birth and at misfortune, impurity arises for them; for four days and ten nights, and for six nights in the case of a male, and five in the fifth.

षष्ठे चतुर हाच्छुद्धिः सप्तमे च दिनत्रयम् । देशान्तरे मृते बाले सद्यः शुद्धिर्यतो मृते ॥ १,१०७.

On the sixth day, purity returns after four nights; on the seventh, after three days. If a child dies in a distant land, purity is immediate, because the deceased is a child.

अजातदन्ता ये बाला ये च गर्भाद्विनिः सृताः । न तेषामग्निसंस्कारो न पिण्डं नोदकक्रिया ॥ १,१०७.

Children who have not yet grown teeth, and those who are born prematurely, do not require the fire ritual, nor the offering of rice balls, nor the water rites.

यदि गर्भो विपद्यत स्त्रवते वापि योषितः । यावन्मासं स्थितो गर्भस्तावद्दिनानि सूतकम् ॥ १,१०७.

If the fetus is lost or expelled from a woman, impurity lasts for as many days as the months the fetus remained in the womb.

आनामकरणात्सद्य आचूडान्तादहर्निशम् । आव्रतात्तु त्रिरात्रेण तदूर्ध्वन्दशभिर्दिनैः ॥ १,१०७.

From the naming ceremony, purity is immediate; from the first haircut, it lasts a day and night; from the vow, it lasts three nights; thereafter, it lasts ten days.

आचतुर्थाद्भवेत्स्त्रवः पातः पञ्चमषष्ठयोः । ब्रह्मचर्या दग्निहोत्रान्नाशुद्धिः सङ्गवर्जनात् ॥ १,१०७.

From the fourth day, there is discharge; on the fifth and sixth, there is loss. For students and those who maintain the sacred fire, purity comes from abstaining from contact.

शिल्पिनः कारवो वैद्या दासीदासाश्च भृत्यकाः । अग्निमाञ्छ्रोत्रियो राजा सद्यः शौचाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥ १,१०७.

Artisans, craftsmen, physicians, female and male servants, and retainers, as well as those possessing fire, those learned in the Vedas, and kings, are declared to be immediately pure.

दशाहाच्छुध्यते माता स्नानात्सूते पिता शुचिः । सङ्गात्सूतौ सूतकं स्यादुपस्पृश्य पिता शुचिः ॥ १,१०७.

The mother becomes pure after ten days, the father is purified by bathing at birth; impurity arises from contact, but after sprinkling water, the father is pure.

विवाहोत्सवयज्ञेषु अन्तरा मृतसूतके । पूर्वसंकल्पितादन्यवर्जनं च विधीयते ॥ १,१०७.

If death or impurity occurs during weddings, festivals, or sacrifices, avoidance of anything other than what was previously resolved is prescribed.

मृतेन शुध्यते सूतिः मृतवज्जातकं जनौ । गोग्रहादौ विपन्नानामेकरात्रं तु सूतकम् ॥ १,१०७.

Impurity is purified by the deceased; birth is treated like death for the people. For those who die in cattle raids or similar events, impurity lasts only one night.

अनाथप्रेतवहनात्प्राणायामेन शुध्यति । प्रेतशूद्रस्य वहनान्त्रिरात्रमशुचिर्भवेत् ॥ १,१०७.

Impurity from carrying the body of an orphan is purified by breath control; from carrying the body of a deceased Shudra, impurity lasts three nights.

आत्मघातिविषोद्वन्धकृमिदष्टे न संस्कृतिः । गोहतं कृमिदष्टं च स्पृष्ट्वा कृच्छ्रेण शुध्यति ॥ १,१०७.

There is no ritual for those who die by suicide, poison, darkness, or snakebite. After touching a cow killed by a snake or one bitten by worms, purification is achieved with difficulty.

अदुष्टापतितं भार्या यौवने या परित्यजेत् । सप्तजन्म भवेत्स्त्रीत्वं वैधव्यं च पुनः पुनः ॥ १,१०७.

A wife who abandons her husband in youth without fault or disgrace will be born as a woman for seven lifetimes and will repeatedly experience widowhood.

बालहत्या त्वगमनादृतौ च स्त्री तु सूकरि । अगम्या व्रतकारिण्यो भ्रष्टपानोदकक्रियाः ॥ १,१०७.

A woman who commits infanticide, approaches forbidden men, or acts improperly, is called 'sūkari.' Those who associate with forbidden men, perform vows, or commit grave sins lose the right to water rites.

औरसः क्षेत्रजः पुत्रः पितृजौ पिण्डदौ पितुः । परिवित्तेस्तु कृच्छ्रं स्यात्कन्यायाः कृच्छ्रमेव च ॥ १,१०७.

A son born from the womb or from the field, and those born from the father, offer rice balls to the father; for adopted sons and daughters, purification is difficult.

अतिकृच्छ्रं चरेद्दाता होता चान्द्रायणञ्चरेत् । कुब्जवामनषण्डेषु गद्गदेषु जडेषु च ॥ १,१०७.

The giver and the officiant should perform the most severe penance, and also the lunar penance, for those who are hunchbacked, dwarfs, eunuchs, stammerers, or dull-witted.