सर्वांश्चतुष्पदान्हत्वा अहोरात्रो षितो जपेत् । शूद्रं हत्वा चरेत्कृच्छ्रमतिकृच्छ्रं तु वैश्यहा । क्षत्त्रं चान्द्रायणं विप्रं द्वाविंशात्रिंशमाहरे (वहे) त् ॥ १,१०७.
Having killed any quadruped, one should recite for a day and night; having killed a Śūdra, one should perform the kṛcchra penance, for killing a Vaiśya, the atikṛcchra; for a Kṣatriya, the cāndrāyaṇa; for a Brāhmaṇa, twenty-two or thirty-three (days of penance).
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् १०८ सूत उवाच । नीतिसारं प्रवक्ष्यामि अर्थशास्त्रादिसंश्रितम् । राजादिभ्यो हितं पुण्यमायुः स्वर्गादिदायकम् ॥ १,१०८.
Sūta said: I will declare the essence of ethics, drawn from the Arthaśāstra and similar texts, beneficial and meritorious for kings and others, bestowing long life, heaven, and more.
सद्भिः सङ्गं प्रकुर्वीत सिद्धिकामः सदा नरः । नासद्भिरिहलोकाय परलोकाय वा हितम् ॥ १,१०८.
A man who desires success should always associate with the virtuous; nothing good comes in this world or the next from associating with the wicked.
वर्जयेत्क्षुद्रसंवादमदुष्टस्य तु दर्शनम् । विरोधं सह मित्रेण संप्रीतिं शत्रुसेविना ॥ १,१०८.
One should avoid trivial conversation, seeing the wicked, conflict with a friend, and intimacy with one who serves enemies.
मूर्खशिष्योपदेशेन दुष्टस्त्रीभरणेन च । दुष्टानां संप्रयोगेण पण्डितोऽप्यवसीदति ॥ १,१०८.
Even a learned man is ruined by instructing a foolish student, maintaining a wicked wife, or associating with the wicked.
ब्राह्मणं बालिशं क्षत्त्रमयोद्धारं विशं जडम् । शूद्रमक्षरसंयुक्तं दूरतः परिवर्जयेत् ॥ १,१०८.
One should avoid from afar a childish Brāhmaṇa, a Kṣatriya who flees battle, a dull Vaiśya, and a Śūdra who knows letters.
कालेन रिपुणासन्धिः काले मित्रेण विग्रहः । कार्यकारणमाश्रित्य कालं क्षिपति पण्डितः ॥ १,१०८.
At the proper time, one makes peace with an enemy, and at the proper time, conflict with a friend; the wise act according to the requirements of the time.
कालः पचति भूतानि कालः संहरते प्रजाः । कालः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥ १,१०८.
Time ripens all beings, time withdraws all creatures; time is awake when all sleep, for time is indeed insurmountable.
कालेषु हरते वीर्यं काले गर्भे च वर्तते । कालो जनयते सृष्टिं पुनः कालोऽपि संहरेत् ॥ १,१०८.
In time, strength is taken away; in time, it abides in the womb; time produces creation, and again, time withdraws it.
कालः सूक्ष्मगतिर्नित्यं द्विविधश्चेह भाव्यते । स्थूलसंग्रहचारेण सूक्ष्मचारान्तरेण च ॥ १,१०८.
Time always moves subtly and is considered twofold here: by its gross, collective movement and by its subtle, inner motion.
नीतिसारं सुरेन्द्राय इममूच बृहस्पतिः । सर्वज्ञो येन चेन्द्रोऽभूद्दैत्यान्हत्वाप्नुयाद्दिवम् ॥ १,१०८.
Bṛhaspati spoke this essence of policy to the lord of the gods, by which Indra, becoming all-knowing, slew the demons and attained heaven.
राजर्षिब्राह्मणैः कार्यं देवविप्रादिपूजनम् । अश्वमेधेन यष्टब्यं महापातकनाशनम् ॥ १,१०८.
Kings, sages, and brahmins should worship the gods and learned priests; one should perform the Aśvamedha sacrifice, which destroys great sins.
उत्तमैः सह साङ्गत्यं पण्डितैः सह सत्कथाम् । अलुब्धैः सह मित्रत्वं कुर्वाणो नावसीदति ॥ १,१०८.
One who associates with the best, converses with the learned, and befriends those free from greed, never comes to ruin.
परीवादं परार्थं च परिहासं परस्त्रियम् । परवेश्मनि वासं च न कुर्वीत कदाचन ॥ १,१०८.
One should never engage in slander, act for another’s gain, indulge in mockery, desire another’s wife, or dwell in another’s house.
परोऽपि हितवाबन्धुर्बन्धुरप्यहितः परः । अहितो देहजो व्याधिर्हितमारण्यमौषधम् ॥ १,१०८.
Even a stranger who is helpful is a friend, and a relative who is harmful is an outsider; a disease arising in the body is an enemy, while a healing herb from the forest is a friend.
स बन्धुर्यो हिते युक्तः स पिता यस्तु पोषकः । तन्मित्रं यत्र विश्वासः स देशो यत्र जीव्यते ॥ १,१०८.
He alone is a friend who acts for one’s welfare; he is a father who provides nourishment; that is a true friend in whom there is trust; that is a land where one can live.
स भृत्यो यो विधेयस्तु तद्बीजं यत्प्ररोहति । सा भार्या या प्रियं ब्रूते स पुत्रो यस्तु जीवति ॥ १,१०८.
He is a servant who is obedient; that is a seed which sprouts; she is a wife who speaks kindly; he is a son who is alive.
स जीवति गुणा यस्य धर्मो यस्य स जीवति । गुणधर्मविहीनो यो निष्फल तस्य जीवनम् ॥ १,१०८.
He lives who possesses virtues; he lives who has righteousness; but one devoid of virtue and righteousness, his life is fruitless.
सा भार्या या गृहे दक्षा सा भार्याया प्रियंवदा । सा भार्या या पतिप्राणा सा भार्या या पतिव्रता ॥ १,१०८.
She is a wife who is skilled at home, who speaks kindly, who regards her husband as her life, and who is devoted to her husband.
नित्य स्नाता सुगन्धा च नित्यं च प्रियवादिनी । अल्पभुक्ताल्पभाषी च सततं मङ्गलैर्युता ॥ १,१०८.
She is always bathed, fragrant, ever speaks pleasantly, eats little, speaks little, and is always adorned with auspicious marks.
सततं धर्मबहुला सततं च पतिप्रिया । सततं प्रियवक्री च सततं त्वृतुकामिनी ॥ १,१०८.
She is always abundant in virtue, ever devoted to her husband, always speaks sweetly, and always desires union at the proper time.
एतदादिक्रियायुक्ता सर्वसौ भाग्यवर्धिनी । यस्येदृशी भवेद्भाय्या स देवेन्द्रोन मानुषः ॥ १,१०८.
A wife endowed with such qualities as these increases all prosperity; the man whose wife is like this is like Indra among men.
यस्य भार्या विरूपाक्षी कश्मला कलहप्रिया । उत्तरोत्तरवादा स्या सा जरा न जरा जरा ॥ १,१०८.
A wife who is ugly-eyed, impure, fond of quarrels, and always argumentative—she is old age, not old age, but truly old age.
यस्य भार्या श्रितान्यञ्च परवेश्माभिकाङ्क्षिणी । कुक्रिया त्यक्तलज्जा च सा जरा न जरा जरा ॥ १,१०८.
A wife who seeks another, desires another’s house, acts wickedly, and is shameless—she is old age, not old age, but truly old age.
यस्य भार्या गुणज्ञा च भर्तारमनुगामिनी । अल्पाल्पेन तु सन्तुष्टा सा प्रिया न प्रिया प्रिया ॥ १,१०८.
A wife who knows virtue, follows her husband, and is content with little—she is dear, not merely dear, but truly dear.
दुष्टा भार्या शठं मित्रं भृत्यश्चोत्तरदायकः । ससर्पे च गृहे वासोमृत्युरेव न संशयः ॥ १,१०८.
An evil wife, a deceitful friend, a servant who answers back, and a snake in the house—these are surely death, without doubt.
त्यज दुर्जनसंसर्गं भज साधुसमागमम् । कुरु पुण्यमहोरात्र स्मर नित्यमनित्यताम् ॥ १,१०८.
Avoid the company of the wicked, seek the association of the good, perform virtuous deeds day and night, and always remember impermanence.
व्यालीकण्ठप्रदेशाह्यपि च फणभृद्भाषणा या च रौद्री या कृष्णा व्याकुलागी रुधिरनयनसंव्याकुला व्याघ्रकल्पा । क्रोधे यैवोग्रवक्त्रा स्फुरदनलशिखा काकजिह्वा कराला सेव्या न स्त्री विदग्धा परपुरगमना भ्रान्तचित्ता विराक्त ॥ १,१०८.
A woman who is fierce as a serpent, dark, agitated, with bloodshot eyes, tiger-like, whose face is terrible in anger, whose tongue is sharp as a crow’s, and who is cruel—such a woman, skilled in intrigue, wandering to other men’s houses, with a disturbed mind and lacking affection, should not be served.
सक्तिः सुतोके सुकृतं कृतघ्ने शतिं च वह्नौ (सीतापहौ ह्यतपयैव)?हैमे । उत्पद्यते दैववशात्कदाचिद्वेश्यासु रागो न भवेत्कदाचित् ॥ १,१०८.
Power may arise in a child, virtue in one who is ungrateful, and a hundredfold fire in gold; sometimes, by fate, passion arises for courtesans, and sometimes it does not.
भुजङ्गमे वेश्मनि दृष्टिदृष्टे व्याधौ चिकित्साविनिवर्तिते च । देहे च बाल्यादिवयोऽन्विते च काला वृतोऽसौ लभते धृतिं कः ॥ १,१०८.
Who can remain steadfast when a snake is seen in the house, when disease resists treatment, or when the body is afflicted by childhood or old age, all at the appointed time?