एषां मध्ये महाकुष्ठास्त्रय एव प्रकीर्तिताः। कालकुष्ठस्तथा शुक्लस्तरुणश्चातिदारुणः
Among these, three are called the great leprosies: black leprosy, white leprosy, and the severe youthful form.
महापातकभावानां ज्ञानात्संसर्गतोपि वा। अतिपातकिनामेव त्रयो देहे भवंति वै
From knowledge or association with those who commit great sins, these three types arise in the bodies of the most sinful.
संसर्गात्सहसंबंधाद्रोगः संचरते नृणाम्। दूरात्परित्यजेद्धीरः स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानं समाचरेत्
Through association and close contact, disease spreads among people; the wise should avoid from afar, and bathe after touching.
पतितं कुष्ठसंयुक्तं चांडालं च गवाशिनम्। श्वानं रजस्वलां भिल्लं स्पृष्ट्वा स्नानं समाचरेत्
After touching one who has fallen, afflicted with leprosy, an outcaste, a cow-eater, a dog, a menstruating woman, or a hunter, one should bathe.
दुरितस्यानुरूपेण देहे कुष्ठा व्यवस्थिताः। इहलोके परत्रैवाप्यत्र नास्ति तु संशयः
According to the nature of the sin, leprosy is established in the body, in this world and the next; there is no doubt about this.
न्यायेनोपार्जितां वृत्तिं ब्रह्मस्वं हरते तु यः। अक्षयं नरकं प्राप्य पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
Whoever steals Brahmin property acquired lawfully, attains endless hell and does not have rebirth.
पिशुनो यस्तु विप्राणां रंध्रान्वेषणतत्परः। तं दृष्ट्वाप्यथवा स्पृष्ट्वा सचेलो जलमाविशेत्
One who is slanderous, always seeking faults in Brahmins, upon seeing or touching him, should enter water clothed.
ब्रह्मस्वं प्रणयाद्भुक्तं दहत्यासप्तमं कुलम्। विक्रमेण तु भुंजानो दशपूर्वान्दशापरान्
Brahmin property consumed out of affection burns up to the seventh generation; but if taken by force, it destroys ten ancestors and ten descendants.
न विषं विषमित्याहुर्ब्रह्मस्वं विषमुच्यते। विषमेकाकिनं हंति ब्रह्मस्वं पुत्रपौत्रकम्
They do not call poison 'poison'; Brahmin property is called poison. Poison kills one alone, but Brahmin property destroys sons and grandsons.
मोहाच्च मातरं गत्वा ब्राह्मणीं च गुरोस्त्रियम्। पतित्वा रौरवे घोरे पुनरुत्पत्तिदुर्लभः
Out of delusion, approaching one's mother or the wife of a Brahmin or teacher, one falls into the dreadful Raurava hell, and rebirth becomes difficult.
पतंति पितरस्तस्य कुंभीपाकेथ तापने। अवीचिकालसूत्रे च महारौरवरौरवे
His ancestors fall into Kumbhipaka, Tāpana, Avīci, Kālasūtra, Mahāraurava, and Raurava.
कदाचिदपि वा तेषां निष्कृतिं नानुमेनिरे। प्राणं हत्वा द्विजातीनां स्वयं यात्यपुनर्भवम्
At no time did they allow atonement for them; having killed the life of twice-borns, he himself attains no rebirth.
पतंति पुरुषास्तस्य रौरवे च सहस्रशः। नारद उवाच-। सर्वेषामेव विप्राणां वधे च पातकं समम्
Thousands of men fall into Raurava because of him. Narada said: In the killing of all Brahmins, the sin is equal.
विषमं वा कुतस्तिष्ठेत्तत्त्वतो वक्तुमर्हसि। ब्रह्मोवाच-। हत्वा विप्रं ध्रुवं पुत्र पातकं यदुदाहृतम्
How could there be any difference? You should speak the truth of it. Brahma said: Having killed a Brahmin, O son, the sin described is certain.
लभते ब्रह्महा घोरं वक्तव्यं चापरं शृणु। लक्षकोटिसहस्राणां ब्राह्मणानां वधं भजेत्
The killer of a Brahmin attains a terrible fate; hear also another to be spoken: he incurs the killing of a hundred thousand crores of Brahmins.
वेदशास्त्रयुतं हत्वा श्रोत्रियं विजितेंद्रियम्। विप्रं च वैष्णवं हत्वा तस्माद्दशगुणोत्तरम्
Having killed a learned Brahmin versed in Veda and scripture, with controlled senses, or a Vaishnava Brahmin, the sin is ten times greater.
स्ववंशान्पातयित्वा तु पुनर्जन्म न विंदते। त्रिवेदं स्नातकं हत्वा वधस्यांतं न विन्दते
Having caused his own lineage to fall, he does not attain rebirth; having killed a Triveda graduate, he finds no end to the killing.
श्रोत्रियं च सदाचारं तीर्थमंत्रप्रपूतकम्। ईदृशं ब्राह्मणं हन्तुः पापस्यांतो न विद्यते
If one kills a Brahmin who is learned, of good conduct, purified by pilgrimage and mantra, for such a Brahmin's killer, there is no end to sin.
अपकारं समुद्दिश्य द्विजः प्राणान्परित्यजेत्। दृश्यते येन चान्येन ब्रह्महा स भवेन्नरः
If a Brahmin gives up his life because of harm intended, and is seen by another, that man becomes a Brahmin-killer.
वचोभिः परुषैर्वृत्तैः पीडितस्ताडितो द्विजः। यमुद्दिश्य त्यजेत्प्राणांस्तमाहुर्ब्रह्मघातिनम्
If a Brahmin, afflicted by harsh words and conduct, is struck and gives up his life because of someone, they call him a Brahmin-slayer.
ऋषयो मुनयो देवाः सर्वे ब्रह्मविदस्तथा। देशानां पार्थिवानां च स च वध्यो भवेदिह
All sages, ascetics, gods, and knowers of Brahman, as well as rulers of lands, declare that he is to be killed here.
अतो ब्रह्मवधं प्राप्य पितृभिः सह पच्यते। प्रायोपवेशकं विप्रं बुधः संमानयेद्ध्रुवम्५० 1.48.
Therefore, having committed Brahmin-killing, he is cooked together with his ancestors; a wise man should certainly honor a Brahmin who fasts unto death.
दोषैश्चापि विनिर्मुक्तमुद्दिश्य प्राणमुत्सृजेत्। स प्रलिप्तो वधैर्घोरैर्न तु यं परिकीर्तयेत्
If, being free from faults, he gives up his life for another, he is stained by terrible killings, but not the one for whom it is done.
आत्मघातं द्रुमारोहं कोटरै रूपजीविनं। यः कुर्यादात्मनोघातं स्ववंशे ब्रह्महा भवेत्
Self-killing, climbing trees, living in caves, or taking the form of a beast—whoever kills himself becomes a Brahmin-killer in his own lineage.
भ्रूणं च घातयेद्यस्तु शिशुं वा आतुरं गुरुम्। ब्रह्महा स्वयमेव स्यान्न तु यं परिकीर्तयेत्
Whoever kills a fetus, a child, a sick person, or a teacher, becomes himself a Brahmin-killer, but not the one for whom it is done.
मारयेच्च सगोत्रं वा ब्राह्मणं ब्राह्मणाधमः। तस्यैव तद्भवेत्पापं न तु यं परिकीर्त्तयेत्
If a low Brahmin kills a Brahmin of his own lineage, the sin belongs to him alone, not to the one for whom it is done.
पीडयित्वा द्विजं शूद्रः स्वकार्यं चापि साधयेत्। तत्रापापे च शूद्रस्य पातकं नान्यथा भवेत्
If a Shudra, having oppressed a Brahmin, accomplishes his own purpose, then the sin of killing falls upon the Shudra and not otherwise.
तात्कालिक वधं हत्वा हंतारमाततायिनं। न च हंता च तत्पापैर्लिप्यते द्विजसत्तम
Having killed a murderer at that time, neither the killer nor the murdered is tainted by those sins, O best of Brahmins.
आततायिनमायांतमपि वेदांतगं रणे। जिघांसंतं जिघांसेच्च न तेन ब्रह्महा भवेत्
If one kills, in battle, even a learned Vedic scholar who comes as an assailant with intent to kill, one does not become a slayer of a Brahmin by that act.
अग्निदो गरदश्चैव धनहारी च सुप्तघः। क्षेत्रदारापहारी च षडेते ह्याततायिनः
An arsonist, a poisoner, a thief of wealth, a killer of those asleep, and one who abducts land or a wife—these six are called assailants.