Kurma Purana

नोच्छिष्टः संविशेन्नित्यं न नग्नः स्नानमाचरेत्

One should never lie down while impure, nor should one bathe while naked.

न दन्तैर्नखरोमाणि छिन्द्यात् सुप्तं न बोधयेत्

One should not cut hair, nails, or body hair with the teeth, nor wake someone who is sleeping.

नैकः सुप्याच्छून्यगृहे स्वयं नोपानहौ हरेत्

One should not sleep alone in an empty house, nor carry sandals oneself.

न पादक्षालनं कुर्यात् पादेनैव कदाचन

One should never wash the feet with the foot itself.

वाय्वग्निगुरुविप्रान् वा सूर्यं वा शशिनं प्रति

Toward wind, fire, teacher, brahmin, sun, or moon—

बहिर्निष्क्रमणं चैव न कुर्वोत कथञ्चन

One should never go outside to relieve oneself in their presence.

उभयोः संध्ययोर्नित्यं मध्याह्ने चैव वर्जयेत्

One should always avoid this at both twilights and at midday.

न चासनं पदा वापि न देवप्रतिमां स्पृशेत्

One should not touch a seat or an image of a deity with the foot.

नावगाहेदगाधाम्बु धारयेन्नानिमित्ततः

One should not enter deep water or carry water without reason.

नोत्तरेदनुपस्पृश्य नाप्सु रेतः समुत्सृजेत्

One should not clean oneself after urination without rinsing, nor discharge semen in water.

चैत्यं वृक्षं न वै छिन्द्यान्नाप्सु ष्ठीवनमाचरेत्

One should not cut down a sacred tree, nor spit in water.

तुषाङ्गारकरीषं वा नाधितिष्ठेत् कदाचन

One should never sit upon husks, embers, or dung.

न चैनं पादतः कुर्यान्मुखेन न धमेद् बुधः

Nor should one touch it with the foot, nor blow upon it with the mouth, the wise say.

अग्नौ न च क्षिपेदग्निं नाद्भिः प्रशमयेत् तथा

One should not throw fire into fire, nor extinguish fire with water.

अपण्यं कूटपण्यं वा विक्रये न प्रयोजयेत्

One should not use unfit or counterfeit goods for sale.

पुण्यस्थानोदकस्थाने सीमान्तं वा कृषेन्न तु

One should not mark boundaries in places of merit or at water sources.

परस्परं पशून् व्यालान् पक्षिणो नावबोधयेत्

One should not disturb animals, wild beasts, or birds among each other.

सायंप्रातर् गृहद्वारान् भिक्षार्थं नावघट्टयेत्

One should not knock at house doors in the evening or morning seeking alms.

विगृह्य वादं कुद्वारप्रवेशं च विवर्जयेत्

One should avoid disputes and entering through improper doors.

स्वमग्निं नैव हस्तेन स्पृशेन्नाप्सु चिरं वसेत्

One should not touch one's own fire with the hand, nor remain long in water.

मुखे नैव धमेदग्निं मुखादग्निरजायत

One should not blow upon fire with the mouth, for fire arose from the mouth.

नैकश्चरेत् सभां विप्रः समवायं च वर्जयेत्

A Brahmin should not go alone to an assembly, nor join a gathering.

न वीजयेद् वा वस्त्रेण न देवायतने स्वपेत्

One should not fan oneself with cloth, nor sleep in a temple.

न व्याधिदूषितैर्वापि न शूद्रैः पतितेन वा

Nor with those afflicted by disease, nor with Shudras or the fallen.

नाग्निगोब्राह्मणादीनामन्तरेण व्रजेत् क्वचित्

One should never pass between fire, cow, or Brahmin.

न निन्देद् योगिनः सिद्धान् व्रतिनो वायतींस्तथा

One should not revile yogis, siddhas, ascetics, or those who have taken vows.

नाक्रामेत् कामतश्छायां ब्राह्मणानां च गोरपि

One should not step upon the shadow of Brahmins or cows out of desire.

नाङ्गारभस्मकेशादिष्वधितिष्ठेत् कदाचन

One should never sit upon embers, ashes, or hair.

न भक्षयेदभक्ष्याणि नापेयं च पिबेद् द्विजः

A twice-born should not eat what is forbidden, nor drink what is unfit.