लघ्वाशी नियताहारः सकृदन्नं निषेवयेत्। कपालं वृक्षमूलानि कुचेलमसहायता
Eating little, with regulated food, he should partake of a single meal; a bowl, the roots of trees, a worn cloth, and solitude are his companions.
उपेक्षा सर्वभूतानामेतावद्भिक्षु लक्षणम्। यस्मिन्वाचः प्रविशंति कूपे प्राप्ता मृता इव
Indifference toward all beings—this is the mark of a mendicant; in whom words, entering, are as if fallen into a well, dead and gone.
न वक्तारं पुनर्यांति स कैवल्याश्रमे वसेत्। नैव पश्येन्न शृणुयादवाच्यं जातु कस्यचित्
Words do not return to the speaker—he should dwell in the hermitage of liberation; he should neither see nor hear anything improper from anyone.
ब्राह्मणानां विशेषेण नैतद्भूयात्कथंचन। यद्ब्राह्मणस्यानुकूलं तदेव सततं वदेत्
Especially among Brahmins, this should never occur; whatever is agreeable to a Brahmin, that alone should always be spoken.
तूष्णीमासीत निंदायां कुर्वन्भैषज्यमात्मनः। येन पूर्णमिवाकाशं भवत्येकेन सर्वदा
He should sit in silence when reviled, applying a remedy to himself; by whom, as if alone, the sky becomes full at all times.
शून्यं येन समाकीर्णं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
By whom the empty is filled—him the gods know as a Brahmin.
येनकेन चिदाछिन्नो येनकेन चिदाशितः। यत्र क्वचन शायी च तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
Whoever is cut by anyone, or eats whatever is given by anyone, or sleeps wherever it may be—him the gods know as a Brahmin.
अहेरिव जनाद्भीतः सुहृदो नरकादिव। कृपणादिव नारीभ्यस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
Who, like a snake, is feared by people; like a friend, is shunned as from hell; like a wretch, is avoided by women—him the gods know as a Brahmin.
न हृष्येत विषीदेत मानितो मानितस्तथा। सर्वभूतेष्वभयदस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
He does not rejoice nor grieve, whether honored or dishonored; who gives fearlessness to all beings—him the gods know as a Brahmin.
नाभिनंदेत मरणं नाभिनंदेत जीवितम्। कालमेव निरीक्षेत निर्देशं कृषको यथा
He should not delight in death nor in life; he should simply observe time, as a farmer awaits the proper season.
अनभ्याहतचित्तश्च दांतश्चाहतधीस्तथा। विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो नरो गच्छेत्ततो दिवम्
With mind unshaken, self-controlled, and with intellect undisturbed, freed from all sins, such a man goes to heaven.
अभयं सर्वभूतेभ्यो भूतानामभयं यतः। तस्य देहविमुक्तस्य भयं नास्ति कुतश्चन
He who gives fearlessness to all beings, and from whom beings have no fear—when his body is cast off, he has no fear from anywhere.
यथा नागपदेऽन्यानि पदानि पदगामिनाम्। सर्वाण्येवावलीयंते तथा ज्ञानानि चेतसि
Just as all the footprints of walking creatures are contained within the elephant's footprint, so all knowledges are gathered in the mind.
एवं सर्वमहिंसायां धर्मोऽर्थश्च महीयते। मृतः स नित्यं भवति यो हिंसां प्रतिपद्यते
Thus, in non-violence, all righteousness and purpose are exalted; but he who resorts to violence is as if dead, though living.
अहिंसकस्ततः सम्यग्धृतिमान्नियतेंद्रियः। शरण्यस्सर्वभूतानां गतिमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमाम्
He who is non-violent, steadfast, self-controlled, and a refuge for all beings attains the highest state.
एवं प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य निर्भयस्य मनीषिणः। न मृत्युरधिकोभावः सोमृतत्वं च गच्छति
For one who is wise, content in knowledge, and fearless, death has no power; he attains immortality.
विमुक्तः सर्वसंगेभ्यो मुनिराकाशवत्स्थितः। विष्णुप्रियकरः शांतस्तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
The sage who is free from all attachments, abiding like space, dear to Viṣṇu, and peaceful—the gods recognize him as a brāhmaṇa.
जीवितं यस्य धर्मार्थं धर्मोरत्यर्थमेव च। अहोरात्रादि पुण्यार्थं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
He whose life is devoted to righteousness, who delights only in dharma, and who spends day and night for merit—the gods recognize him as a brāhmaṇa.
निवारितसमारंभं निर्नमस्कारमस्तुतिम्। अक्षीणं क्षीणकर्माणं तं देवा ब्राह्मणं विदुः
He who has restrained all undertakings, who neither bows nor praises, whose actions are exhausted though his body endures—the gods recognize him as a brāhmaṇa.
सर्वाणि भूतानि सुखं रमंते सर्वाणि दुःखानि भृशं भवंति। तेषां भवोत्पादनजातखेदः कुर्यात्तु कर्माणि च श्रद्दधानः
All beings find happiness, and all suffer greatly; understanding the pain of their birth and arising, the faithful should act accordingly.
दानं हि भूताभयदक्षिणायाः सर्वाणि दानान्यधितिष्ठतीह। तीक्ष्णे तनुं यः प्रथमं जुहोति सोनंतमाप्नोत्यभयं प्रजाभ्यः
Indeed, the gift of fearlessness to beings is the highest charity; among all gifts, it stands supreme. He who first offers his own body in sacrifice attains endless fearlessness for all creatures.
उत्तानमास्येन हविर्जुहोति अनंतमाप्नोत्यभितः प्रतिष्ठाम्। तस्यांगसंगादभिनिष्कृतं च वैश्वानरं सर्वमिदं प्रपेदे
He who offers oblations with upturned face attains endless, firm establishment. From his bodily connection, all this world receives the Vaiśvānara fire.
प्रादेशमात्रं हृदभिस्रुतं यत्तस्मिन्प्राणेनात्मयाजी जुहोति। तस्याग्निहोत्रे हुतमात्मसंस्थं सर्वेषु लोकेषु सदैव तेषु
When one offers, with the breath, in the heart the size of a thumb, the self as sacrifice, then in his agnihotra, the offering abides in himself and in all worlds, always.
देवं विधातुं त्रिवृतं सुवर्णं ये वै विदुस्तं परमार्थभूतम्। ते सर्वभूतेषु महीयमाना देवाः समर्था अमृतं व्रजंति
Those who know the god, the creator, the triple-formed, the golden, who is the highest reality—they, honored among all beings, the gods, attain immortality, being capable.
वेदांश्च वेद्यं च विधिं च कृत्स्नमथो निरुक्तं परमार्थतां च। सर्वं शरीरात्मनि यः प्रवेद तस्याभिसर्वे प्रचरंति नित्यम्
He who knows all the Vedas, what is to be known, all ritual, etymology, and the highest reality, and perceives all this in the embodied self—for him, all gods always move in accord.
भूमावसक्तं दिवि चाप्रमेयं हिरण्मयं तं च समंडलांते। प्रदक्षिणं दक्षिणमंतरिक्षे यो वेदनाप्यात्मनि दीप्तरश्मिः
He who knows that which is established in the earth, immeasurable in the sky, golden, at the end of the circle, moving to the right in the southern mid-region, and whose rays shine within himself—
आवर्तमानं च विवर्तमानं षण्नेमि यद्द्वादशारं त्रिपर्व। यस्येदमास्यं परिपाति विश्वं तत्कालचक्रं निहितं गुहायाम्
That which revolves and evolves, with six spokes and twelve rims, triple-jointed, whose mouth protects the universe—that wheel of time is set within the cave.
यतः प्रसादं जगतः शरीरं सर्वांश्च लोकानधिगच्छतीह। तस्मिन्हि संतर्पयतीह देवान्स वै विमुक्तो भवतीह नित्यम्
By whose grace the body of the world and all realms are attained—he who satisfies the gods therein becomes ever liberated here.
तेजोमयो नित्यमतः पुराणो लोके भवत्यर्थभयादुपैति। भूतानि यस्मान्नभयं व्रजंति भूतेभ्यो यो नो द्विजते कदाचित्
He who is radiant, eternal, ancient, and, out of fear of him, the world exists; from whom beings do not fear, and who never causes fear among beings—
अगर्हणीयो न च गर्हतेन्यान्स वै विप्रः प्रवरं स्वात्मनीक्षेत्। विनीतमोहोप्यपनीतकल्मषो न चेह नामुत्र च योर्थमृच्छति
He who is not to be censured, nor censures others, that brāhmaṇa should see the highest self; freed from delusion and sin, he seeks no gain here or hereafter.