न गच्छंस्तु पठेद्वापि न चैव स्वशिरः स्पृशेत् । न दंतैर्नखरोमाणि च्छिंद्यात्सुप्तं न बोधयेत्
One should not read while walking, nor touch one's own head; one should not cut nails or hair with the teeth, nor wake someone who is sleeping.
नाबालातपमासेवेत्प्रेतधूमं विवर्जयेत् । नैव स्वप्याच्छून्यगेहे स्वयं नोपानहौ हरेत्
One should not expose oneself to the sun as a child, nor approach funeral smoke; one should not sleep in an empty house, nor wear shoes oneself indoors.
नाकारणाद्वा निष्ठीवेन्न बाहुभ्यां नदीं तरेत् । न पादक्षालनं कुर्यात्पादेनैव कदाचन
One should not spit without cause, nor cross a river with both arms; one should never wash the feet with the foot itself.
नाग्नौ प्रतापयेत्पादौ न कांस्ये धावयेद्बुधः । नाभिप्रसारयेद्देवं ब्राह्मणान्गामथापि वा
One should not warm the feet at the fire, nor wash them in a bronze vessel; one should not stretch out the feet toward a god, a Brahmin, a cow, or even a river.
वाय्वग्निनृपविप्रान्वा सूर्यं वा शशिनं प्रति । अशुद्धः शयनं पानं स्वाध्यायं स्नान भोजनम्
Toward wind, fire, king, Brahmins, sun, or moon, one should not, while impure, approach bed, drink, study, bathe, or eat.
बहिर्निष्क्रमणं चैव न कुर्वीत कदाचन । स्वप्नमध्ययनं स्नानमुद्वर्तं भोजनं गतिम्
One should never go outside, sleep, study, bathe, apply ointment, eat, or travel while impure.
उभयोः संध्ययोर्नित्यं मध्याह्ने चैव वर्जयेत् । न स्पृशेत्पाणिनोच्छिष्टो विप्रो गो ब्राह्मणानलान्
One should always avoid, during both twilights and at midday, touching with unwashed hands a cow, a Brahmin, or fire.
न चालनं पदा वापि न देवप्रतिमां स्पृशेत् । नाशुद्धोग्निं परिचरेन्न देवान्कीर्तयेदृषीन्
One should not move anything with the foot, nor touch an image of a deity; one should not tend to impure fire, nor recite the names of gods or sages.
नावगाहेदगाधांबु धावयेन्नाऽनिमित्ततः । न वामहस्तेनोद्धृत्य पिबेद्वक्त्रेण वा जलम्
One should not enter deep water or bathe without cause; nor should one drink water by lifting it with the left hand or by mouth.
नोत्तरेदनुपस्पृश्य नाप्सु रेतः समुत्सृजेत् । अमेध्यालिप्तमर्हं वा लोहितं वा विषाणि वा
One should not eat without rinsing the mouth, nor emit semen into water; nor touch what is smeared with filth, blood, or excrement.
व्यतिक्रामेन्न स्रवंतीं नाप्सु मैथुनमाचरेत् । चैत्यवृक्षं न वै छिंद्यान्नाप्सु ष्ठीवनमाचरेत्
One should not cross a flowing stream, nor engage in sexual acts in water; one should not cut a sacred tree, nor spit into water.
नास्थिभस्मकपालानि न केशान्न च कंटकान् । तुषांगारकरीषं वा नाधितिष्ठेत्कदाचन
One should never sit on bones, ashes, skulls, hair, thorns, husks, embers, or dung.
न चाग्निं लंघयेद्धीमान्नोपदध्यादधः क्वचित् । न चैनं पादतः कुर्य्याच्छूर्पेण न धमेद्बुधः
A wise person should not step over fire, nor place it below anything; nor should one touch it with the foot or fan it with a winnowing basket.
न वृक्षमवरोहेत नावेक्षेताशुचिः क्वचित् । अग्नौ न च क्षिपेदग्निं नाद्भिः प्रशमयेत्तथा
One should not climb a tree, nor look upon anything impure; one should not throw fire into fire, nor extinguish it with water.
सुहृन्मरणमात्रं वा स्वयं न श्रावयेत्परान् । अपण्यं कूटपण्यं वा विक्रयेन प्रयोजयेत्
One should not personally inform others of a friend's death; nor use for trade anything that is unfit or counterfeit.
न वह्निं मुखनिःश्वासैर्ज्वालयेन्नाशुचिर्बुधः । पुण्यस्थानोदकस्थाने सीमांतं वाहयेन्न तु
A wise person should not kindle fire with breath while impure; nor should one move boundary markers at holy places or water sources.
न भिंद्यात्पूर्वसमयमभ्युपेतं कदाचन । परस्परं पशून्व्याघ्रान्पक्षिणो न च योधयेत्
One should never break a prior agreement; nor make animals, tigers, or birds fight each other.
परबाधां न कुर्वीत जलवातातपादिभिः । कारयित्वा सुकर्माणि गुरून्पश्चान्न वंचयेत्
One should not harm others with water, wind, sun, or the like; nor deceive teachers after performing good deeds for them.
सायंप्रातर्गृहद्वारान्रक्षार्थं परिघट्टयेत् । बहिर्माल्यं सुगंधिं वा भार्यया सह भोजनम्
In the evening and morning, one should secure the house doors for protection; one should not eat outside, with fragrant garlands, or together with one's wife.
विगृह्य वादं कृत्वा वा प्रवेशं च विवर्जयेत् । नखादन्ब्राह्मणस्तिष्ठेन्न जल्पेद्वा हसेद्बुधः
After a quarrel or dispute, one should avoid entering; a Brahmin should not stand biting his nails, nor chatter or laugh.
स्वमग्निं चैव हस्तेन स्पृशेन्नाप्सुचिरं वसेत् । न पक्षकेणोपधमेन्न शूर्पेण च पाणिना
One should touch one's own fire with the hand, and not remain long in water; one should not fan with a wing or with a winnowing basket by hand.
मुखेनाग्निं समिंधीत मुखादग्निरजायत । परस्त्रियं न भाषेत नायाज्यं याजयेद्बुधः
One should kindle fire with the mouth, for fire was born from the mouth; one should not speak to another's wife, nor officiate at an unworthy sacrifice.
नैकश्चरेत्सदा विप्रः समुदायं च वर्जयेत् । न देवायतनं गच्छेत्कदाचिद्वाऽप्रदक्षिणम्
A Brahmin should not always wander alone, nor avoid company; one should never enter a temple without circumambulating it.
न पीडयेद्वा वस्त्राणि न देवायतने स्वपेत् । नैकोध्वानं प्रपद्येत नाधार्मिकजनै सह
One should not wring out clothes, nor sleep in a temple; one should not take a journey alone, nor associate with unrighteous people.
न व्याधिदूषितैर्वापि न शूद्रैः पतितेन वा । नोपानद्वर्जितो वाथ जलादिरहितस्तथा
Nor by those afflicted with disease, nor by Shudras, nor by the fallen; nor by one lacking footwear, nor by one deprived of water and the like.
न वर्त्मनि चितिं वाममतिक्रामेत्क्वचिद्द्विजः । न निंदेद्योगिनः सिद्धान्व्रतिनो वा यतींस्तथा
Let a twice-born never cross a funeral pyre on the path, nor ever disparage yogis, perfected beings, ascetics, or renunciants.
देवतायतनं प्राज्ञा देवानां चैव सत्रिणाम् । नाक्रामेत्कामतश्छायां ब्राह्मणानां च गोरपि
A wise person should not step upon the temple of a deity, nor upon the shade of sacrificial priests, nor upon the shade of Brahmins or cows, out of desire.
स्वां तु नाक्रामयेच्छायां पतिताद्यैर्न रोगिभिः । नांगारभस्मकेशादिष्वधितिष्ठेत्कदाचन
One should not step upon one's own shadow, nor upon the shadows of the fallen or the sick; nor ever stand upon embers, ashes, or hair and the like.
वर्जयेन्मार्जनी रेणुं स्नानवस्त्र घटोदकम् । न भक्षयेदभक्ष्याणि नापेयं च पिबेद्द्विजः
One should avoid dust from a broom, water from bathing clothes or a pot; a twice-born should not eat what is forbidden, nor drink what is not to be drunk.
व्यास उवाच- नाद्याच्छूद्रस्य विप्रोन्नं मोहाद्वा यदि कामतः । स शूद्रयोनिं व्रजति यस्तु भुंक्ते त्वनापदि
Vyasa said: A Brahmin should not eat food from a Shudra, whether out of delusion or desire; whoever eats it, except in distress, attains the birth of a Shudra.