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.
स्तेन नास्तिकयोरन्नं देवतानिंदकस्य च । सोमविक्रयिणश्चान्नं श्वपाकस्य विशेषतः
The food of thieves, atheists, blasphemers of the gods, sellers of Soma, and especially of those who cook for outcastes should be avoided.
भार्य्याजितस्य चैवान्नं यस्य चोपपतिर्गृहे । उत्सृष्टस्य कदर्यस्य तथैवोच्छिष्टभोजिनः
The food of one defeated by his wife, one whose wife has a paramour in the house, the abandoned, the miser, and one who eats leftovers should also be avoided.
पापीयोन्नं च संघान्नं शस्त्राजीवस्य चैव हि । भीतस्य रुदितस्यान्नमवक्रुष्टं परिक्षतम्
The food of sinners, food eaten in a group, of one who lives by the sword, of one who is frightened or weeping, food that is despised or damaged should also be avoided.
ब्रह्मद्विषः पापरुचेः श्राद्धान्नं मृतकस्य च । वृथापाकस्य चैवान्नं शावान्नं चातुरस्य च
The food of a hater of Brahman, one of evil taste, funeral offerings, food of the dead, food cooked in vain, food from a corpse, and of a four-eyed person should be avoided.
अप्रजानां तु नारीणां कृतघ्नस्य तथैव च । कारुकान्नं विशेषेण शस्त्रविक्रयिणस्तथा
The food of women without children, of the ungrateful, of artisans especially, and of sellers of weapons should also be avoided.
शौंडान्नं घांटिकान्नं च भिषजामन्नमेव च । विद्वत्प्रजननस्यान्नं परिवेत्रन्नमेव च
The food of drunkards, of those who sell bells, of physicians, of those who beget children for others, and of servants should also be avoided.
पुनर्भुवो विशेषेण तथैव दिधिषूपतेः । अवज्ञातं चावधूतं सरोषं विस्मयान्वितम्
Especially the food of remarried women, of those who desire another's wife, food that is disdained, rejected, given in anger, or with astonishment should be avoided.
गुरोरपि न भोक्तव्यमन्नं संस्कारवर्जितम् । दुष्कृतं हि मनुष्यस्य सर्वमन्ने व्यवस्थितम्
Even the food of a teacher should not be eaten if it lacks proper purification, for all the evil deeds of a person are established in food.
यो यस्यान्नं समश्नाति स तस्याश्नाति किल्बिषम् । अर्द्धका कुलं मित्रं च गोपालो वाहनापि तौ
Whoever eats another's food truly partakes of that person's sin; half of it goes to the family, friends, the cowherd, and even the vehicle.
एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना यश्चात्मानं निवेदयेत् । कुशीलवः कुंभकश्च क्षेत्रकर्मक एव च
These are the foods to be eaten among Śūdras: one who offers himself, an actor, a potter, and a field laborer.