उभयोः संध्ययोर्नित्यं मध्याह्ने चैव वर्जयेत् । न स्पृशेत्पाणिनोच्छिष्टो विप्रो गो ब्राह्मणानलान्
At both twilights and at midday, one should always avoid these; one who is impure should not touch with the hand food, a Brahmin, a cow, or fire.
न चालनं पदा वापि न देवप्रतिमां स्पृशेत् । नाशुद्धोग्निं परिचरेन्न देवान्कीर्तयेदृषीन्
One should not move with the feet, nor touch an image of a deity; one should not tend an impure fire, nor praise gods or sages at such a time.
नावगाहेदगाधांबु धावयेन्नाऽनिमित्ततः । न वामहस्तेनोद्धृत्य पिबेद्वक्त्रेण वा जलम्
One should not enter deep water, nor wash without cause; one should not drink water by lifting it with the left hand or with the mouth.
नोत्तरेदनुपस्पृश्य नाप्सु रेतः समुत्सृजेत् । अमेध्यालिप्तमर्हं वा लोहितं वा विषाणि वा
One should not perform the morning cleansing without rinsing, nor emit semen in water; one should not touch anything smeared with impurity, blood, or horns.
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 in water.
नास्थिभस्मकपालानि न केशान्न च कंटकान् । तुषांगारकरीषं वा नाधितिष्ठेत्कदाचन
One should never sit upon bones, ashes, skulls, hair, thorns, chaff, coals, or dung.
न चाग्निं लंघयेद्धीमान्नोपदध्यादधः क्वचित् । न चैनं पादतः कुर्य्याच्छूर्पेण न धमेद्बुधः
A wise person should not step over fire, nor ever place it below; nor should he touch it with his foot, nor fan it with a winnowing basket.
न वृक्षमवरोहेत नावेक्षेताशुचिः क्वचित् । अग्नौ न च क्षिपेदग्निं नाद्भिः प्रशमयेत्तथा
He should not climb a tree, nor look upon it while impure; nor should he throw fire into fire, nor extinguish it with water.
सुहृन्मरणमात्रं वा स्वयं न श्रावयेत्परान् । अपण्यं कूटपण्यं वा विक्रयेन प्रयोजयेत्
He should not make others hear of a friend's death, nor his own; nor should he sell goods that are forbidden or fraudulent.
न वह्निं मुखनिःश्वासैर्ज्वालयेन्नाशुचिर्बुधः । पुण्यस्थानोदकस्थाने सीमांतं वाहयेन्न तु
A wise person, being impure, should not kindle fire with his breath; nor should he cause water from a sacred place or boundary to be carried.
न भिंद्यात्पूर्वसमयमभ्युपेतं कदाचन । परस्परं पशून्व्याघ्रान्पक्षिणो न च योधयेत्
He should never break a prior agreement; nor should he make animals, tigers, or birds fight each other.
परबाधां न कुर्वीत जलवातातपादिभिः । कारयित्वा सुकर्माणि गुरून्पश्चान्न वंचयेत्
He should not cause harm to others by water, wind, sun, or the like; nor, after having done good deeds for teachers, should he deceive them.
सायंप्रातर्गृहद्वारान्रक्षार्थं परिघट्टयेत् । बहिर्माल्यं सुगंधिं वा भार्यया सह भोजनम्
In the evening and morning, he should bolt the house doors for protection; he may eat outside, with garlands or fragrance, together with his wife.
विगृह्य वादं कृत्वा वा प्रवेशं च विवर्जयेत् । नखादन्ब्राह्मणस्तिष्ठेन्न जल्पेद्वा हसेद्बुधः
After a quarrel or dispute, he should avoid entering; a Brahmin should stand without biting his nails, chattering, or laughing.
स्वमग्निं चैव हस्तेन स्पृशेन्नाप्सुचिरं वसेत् । न पक्षकेणोपधमेन्न शूर्पेण च पाणिना
He should touch his own fire with his hand, but not stay long in water; nor should he fan it with a wing or with a winnowing basket by hand.
मुखेनाग्निं समिंधीत मुखादग्निरजायत । परस्त्रियं न भाषेत नायाज्यं याजयेद्बुधः
He should kindle fire with his mouth, for fire arose from the mouth; a wise person should not speak to another's wife, nor perform a sacrifice for the unworthy.
नैकश्चरेत्सदा विप्रः समुदायं च वर्जयेत् । न देवायतनं गच्छेत्कदाचिद्वाऽप्रदक्षिणम्
A Brahmin should not always go alone, nor join a crowd; he should never enter a temple without circumambulating it.
न पीडयेद्वा वस्त्राणि न देवायतने स्वपेत् । नैकोध्वानं प्रपद्येत नाधार्मिकजनै सह
He should not wring out clothes, nor sleep in a temple; he should not take a single path, nor associate with unrighteous people.
न व्याधिदूषितैर्वापि न शूद्रैः पतितेन वा । नोपानद्वर्जितो वाथ जलादिरहितस्तथा
He should not associate with those afflicted by disease, nor with Shudras or the fallen; nor should he go without sandals, or without water and the like.
न वर्त्मनि चितिं वाममतिक्रामेत्क्वचिद्द्विजः । न निंदेद्योगिनः सिद्धान्व्रतिनो वा यतींस्तथा
A twice-born should never cross a funeral pyre on the road; nor should he criticize yogis, siddhas, ascetics, or renunciants.
देवतायतनं प्राज्ञा देवानां चैव सत्रिणाम् । नाक्रामेत्कामतश्छायां ब्राह्मणानां च गोरपि
A wise person should not step on the shadow of a temple, of the gods or sacrificial priests, nor on the shadow of Brahmins or cows, out of desire.
स्वां तु नाक्रामयेच्छायां पतिताद्यैर्न रोगिभिः । नांगारभस्मकेशादिष्वधितिष्ठेत्कदाचन
He should not step on his own shadow, nor on that of the fallen or the sick; nor should he ever stand on ashes, burning coals, or hair and the like.
वर्जयेन्मार्जनी रेणुं स्नानवस्त्र घटोदकम् । न भक्षयेदभक्ष्याणि नापेयं च पिबेद्द्विजः
He 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 without necessity is born in the Shudra womb.
षण्मासान्यो द्विजो भुंक्ते शूद्रस्यान्नं विगर्हितम् । जीवन्नेव भवेच्छूद्रो मृतः श्वा चाभिजायते
If a twice-born eats the condemned food of a Śūdra for six months, he becomes a Śūdra while still alive, and upon death, he is born as a dog.
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्रस्य च मुनीश्वराः । यस्यान्नेनोदरस्थेन मृतस्तद्योनिमाप्नुयात्
O best of sages, among Brāhmaṇas, Kṣatriyas, Vaiśyas, and Śūdras, whoever dies with the food of another in his belly is born in the womb of that very class.
राजान्नं वर्तकान्नं च षंढान्नं चर्म्मकारिणाम् । गणान्नं गणिकान्नं च षडन्नं च विवर्जयेत्
One should avoid the food of a king, a fowler, a eunuch, a leather-worker, a guild, a courtesan, and six kinds of food.
चक्रोपजीवि रजक तस्करध्वजिनां तथा । गांधर्वलोहकारान्नं मृतकान्नं विवर्जयेत्
One should avoid the food of those who live by the wheel (potters), washermen, thieves, banner-bearers, musicians, blacksmiths, and the dead.
कुलाल चित्रकारान्नं वार्धुषेः पतितस्य च । पौनर्भवच्छत्रिकयोरभिशप्तस्य चैव हि
The food of potters, painters, barbers, the fallen, remarried women, umbrella-makers, and the cursed must also be avoided.
सुवर्णकार शैलूष व्याध वंध्यातुरस्य च । चिकित्सकस्य चैवान्नं पुंश्चल्या दंडकस्य च
The food of goldsmiths, actors, hunters, barren or sick persons, physicians, prostitutes, and executioners should also be avoided.