बीजपूरं कुसुंभं च लोहितं शृंगमेव च । अररुं नालिकेरं च कूष्मांडकं तथैव च
Avoid citron, safflower, red fruits, araru, coconut, and also pumpkin.
कोविदारफलं तैलपक्वं मानवजं पयः । वार्ध्रीणस खरी दुग्धं सूतिका क्षीरमाविकम्
Avoid the fruit of the kovidāra tree, milk cooked with oil, human milk, buffalo and donkey milk, milk from a woman after childbirth, and sheep's milk.
औष्ट्रमेकशफक्षीरं मार्गमाजं नृसंभवम् । विवत्सासंधिनीक्षीरं लवणं चैव योगि यत्
Avoid camel's milk, milk from one-hoofed animals, meat from wild animals, milk from cows whose calves have died, and salt, O yogi.
नालिकेररसं कांस्ये ताम्रे मधु च सीसके । काचे तक्रं करंभांश्च घृताक्तान्नैव कारयेत्
Do not prepare coconut juice in bronze or copper vessels, honey in lead, buttermilk in glass, or food mixed with ghee in these.
होमं तु मृण्मये पात्रे पुरोडाशं तु राजते । न सेवेत परं लोके शुभार्थी तु विचक्षणः
Perform homa in an earthen vessel, and puroḍāśa in a silver one; a wise person seeking auspiciousness should not use other vessels in the world.
पात्रांतश्चूर्णलेपोऽपि तत्र भक्षणमेव च । क्रमुकस्य तथा भक्षश्चूर्णपत्रस्य चैव हि
Do not eat food with powder applied inside the vessel, nor the fruit of betel, nor powdered betel leaves.
क्रमुकस्यापि पक्वस्य भक्षणं क्रमियोगिनः । पायसे लवणं चैव केवलं च करार्पितम्
Even for the yogi, eating cooked betel fruit, adding salt to rice pudding, or simply placing it in the hand is to be avoided.
सिंधुसौराष्ट्रकांबोजमागधेषु च सिंहले । न दोषाय भवेत्तत्र क्षीरं च लवणान्वितम्
In Sindh, Saurāṣṭra, Kāṃboja, Magadha, and Siṃhala, milk mixed with salt is not blameworthy.
क्षीराणि च समस्तानि लवणानि च योगतः । देशेष्वन्येषु दोषाय पाने चैवेह संशयः
All kinds of milk and salt, when combined, are blameworthy in other regions; there is doubt about their use here.
किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन सद्भिर्निंद्यं विवर्जयेत् । शंभुरुवाच- एवं तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणस्य महात्मनः
What need is there for many words? The virtuous should avoid what is censured.
स्वमेव भवनं गत्वा चिंतयामास दुःखितः । रात्रौ मृत्युर्दिवा चेति न जानाति महानपि
Returning to his own house, he sat thinking in distress: even a great person does not know whether death comes by night or by day.
परलोके सुखं दुःखमिह भोगविनोदनम् । क्रिमिकीटमनुष्याद्यैः सुख दुःखैः पृथक्पृथक्
In the next world there is happiness or suffering; here, enjoyment brings pleasure and pain, each experienced differently by worms, insects, humans, and others.
प्रतिजीवंतु हेतूनां भेदोऽपि सुविनिश्चयः । एकस्यापि हि जीवस्य नास्ति चैकविधा स्थितिः
It is well established that the causes for each living being are distinct; for even a single soul, there is not just one kind of existence.
जन्मकाले महाऽज्ञानं शैशवेत्यल्पबोधनम् । स्खलत्पदेल्पविज्ञानं बाल्ये चाल्पं तथैव च
At birth there is great ignorance; in infancy, little understanding; in childhood, faltering steps and limited knowledge, and so it remains.
कौमारे क्रीडनरतिर्यौवने विषयोषितम् । यौवने विनिवृत्ते तु द्रव्यसंपादनेषणा
In boyhood, one delights in play; in youth, in sensual pleasures and women; when youth has passed, there is the pursuit of wealth and possessions.
वार्द्धके भोगलिप्सा च न भोक्तुं क्षमतेपि च । दूषिका श्लेष्मलालाभिर्वलीपलितकंपनैः
In old age, there is desire for enjoyment, but one is unable to partake; afflicted by phlegm, saliva, wrinkles, gray hair, and trembling.
श्वासकासानिलाक्षिप्तैर्हृषीकैर्विकलैर्युतः । किंचिद्धर्तुं न शक्नोति न च जानाति किंचन
Assailed by breathlessness, coughing, wind, and impaired senses, he cannot hold on to anything, nor does he know anything.
तिष्ठंतीषु परस्त्रीषु गुह्यस्थानं प्रदर्शयेत् । कोशकंडूयनपरः क्रूरो जीवितलक्षणैः
While women stand nearby, he exposes his private parts, preoccupied with scratching himself, harsh in his ways, marked by the signs of life.
कंडूयते स्फिचौ वस्त्रमुद्धृत्य च विचालयन् । भुंजानः श्लेष्मणा ग्रासं ग्रसितुं न च शक्नुयात्
He scratches his buttocks, lifting and moving his garment; while eating, phlegm chokes his food, and he is unable to swallow.
यदा कासस्तदा जज्ञे पायुवायुश्च शब्दवान् । निःसृतिश्च मलस्यापि श्लेष्मनिर्गम एव च
When he coughs, then wind passes from the anus with sound; excretion of waste and discharge of phlegm also occur.
स्नुषादिभर्त्सनं बाल तालहास्यनिदर्शनम् । गुरुनिर्गमनादीनि संचिंत्य च पुनः पुनः
He is scolded by his daughter-in-law and others, mocked by children, and repeatedly recalls things like the departure of elders.
आहूतो भोजनाद्यर्थं भोज्यान्नादि विनिंदयन् । चिरमुष्णं च निर्भर्त्स्य पुनश्चिंतामवाप सः
When called for food and such, he criticizes the meal, reproaching it for being long cold, and again falls into anxious thought.
अतिदुष्कृतिकर्म्माहं कथं भोक्ष्ये कथं स्वपे । कथं तिष्ठे कथं गच्छे परलोकः कथं भवेत्
"Having done such wicked deeds, how shall I eat, how shall I sleep, how shall I stand, how shall I go, and what will become of the next world?"
इति चिंताकुलो नित्यं न नमत्यपरान्वितः । द्विजस्य सदनं गत्वा पुराणज्ञस्य राघव
Thus, always troubled by such thoughts, he does not bow to others; going to the house of a learned Brahmin, O Raghava,
लज्जावाक्कृतवक्त्रश्च किंकरोमीत्यभाषत । न किंचिदप्युवाचासौ द्विजः पौराणिकस्तदा
With a face cast down in shame, he said, "What should I do?" But the Brahmin versed in the Puranas said nothing at all.
पापोयमिति विज्ञाय शिष्येण निरगामयत् । गौतमोपि विनिर्गम्य द्वार्येव च बहिः स्थितः
Recognizing him as a sinner, he had his disciple send him away; Gautama too went out and stood just outside the door.
भुव्यासीनं तु विज्ञाय पुराणार्थविचारकम् । कथं कथमपि प्राप्य पीठं दत्तं च नाभजत्
Seeing him seated on the ground, pondering the meaning of the Puranas, he somehow approached but did not accept the seat offered.
निषण्णो भूतले राम पुराणज्ञमभाषत । प्रायश्चित्तं करिष्यामि तदत्रैव विधीयताम्
Sitting on the earth, O Rama, he spoke to the knower of the Puranas: "I wish to perform atonement; let it be prescribed here itself."
ब्राह्मण उवाच- पापानि कीर्तयस्व त्वं सर्वथैव कृतानि तु । स चापि नाऽकृतं किंचिन्मया पापमितीरयन्
The Brahmin said: Proclaim all the sins you have committed, without exception; and he, declaring, 'There is not a single sin I have not committed,' spoke thus.
रुदन्पपात भूम्यां च कथं तातेति पीडितः । ब्राह्मणस्तमथ प्राह प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते
Weeping, he fell to the ground, tormented, saying, 'How, father?' Then the Brahmin said to him, 'There is no expiation.'