गायत्रं च ऋचश्चैव त्रिवृत्सोमं रथन्तरम् । अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात्
From his mouth, he created the Gāyatra and Ṛc verses, the Trivṛt Sāma, the Rathantara Sāma, and the Agniṣṭoma among sacrifices.
यजूंषि त्रैष्टुभं छन्दः स्तोमं पंचदशं तथा । बृहत्साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात्
From his right side, he produced the Yajus verses, the Triṣṭubh meter, the Pañcadaśa Stoma, the Bṛhat Sāma, and the Uktha.
सामानि जगतीछन्दः स्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा । वैरूपमतिरात्रं च पश्चिमादसृजन्मुखात्
From his left side, he brought forth the Sāma verses, the Jagatī meter, the Saptadaśa Stoma, the Vairūpa, and the Atirātra.
एकविंशमथर्वाणमाप्तोर्यामाणमेव च । अनुष्टुभं च वैराजमुत्तरादसृजन्मुखात्
From his back, he created the Ekaviṃśa of the Atharvāṇa, the Āptoryāma, the Anuṣṭubh meter, and the Vairāja.
उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे । देवासुरपितॄन् सृष्ट्वा मनुष्यांश्च प्रजापतिः
From his limbs were born beings of various forms; after creating the gods, asuras, ancestors, and humans, Prajāpati continued.
ततः पुनः ससर्जादौ संकल्पस्य पितामहः । यक्षान् पिशाचान्गन्धर्वान् तथैवाप्सरसां गणान्
Then again, at the beginning, the grandfather of resolve created Yakṣas, Piśācas, Gandharvas, and groups of Apsarases.
नरकिन्नररक्षांसि वयः पशुमृगोरगान् । अव्ययं च व्ययं चैव यदिदं स्थाणुजंगमम्
He created Nāgas, Kinnaras, Rākṣasas, birds, animals, cattle, serpents, the perishable and imperishable, all that is stationary and moving.
तत्ससर्ज तदा ब्रह्म भगवानादिकृत्प्रभुः । तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्ट्यां प्रतिपेदिरे । तान्येव ते प्रपद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनःपुनः
At that time, the blessed Brahmā, the primordial lord, created them; whatever actions they had previously acquired before creation, those same actions they take up again, being created repeatedly.
हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्मधर्मावृतानृते । तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते
Violent and nonviolent, gentle and harsh, righteous and unrighteous, truth and falsehood—shaped by these, they attain what corresponds, and thus it pleases them.
इन्द्रि यार्थेषु भूतेषु शरीरेषु च स प्रभुः । नानात्वं विनियोगं च धातैवं व्यसृजत्स्वयम्
In the objects of the senses, in beings, and in bodies, the lord himself assigned diversity and allocation.
नाम रूपं च भूतानां कृत्यानां च प्रपंचनम् । वेदशब्देभ्य एवादौ देवादीनां चकार सः
He established the names and forms of beings, the manifestations of their actions, from the words of the Vedas, at the beginning, for gods and others.
ऋषीणां नामधेयानि यथा वेदश्रुतानि वै । तथा नियोगयोग्यानि ह्यन्येषामपि सोऽकरोत्
He made the names of the sages as heard in the Vedas, and likewise assigned appropriate duties to others according to their suitability.
यथर्तुष्वृतुलिंगानि नानारूपाणि पर्य ये । दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा भावा युगादिषु
Just as the signs of the seasons and their various forms are seen, so too are the states at the beginning of each age.
करोत्येवंविधां सृष्टिं कल्पादौ स पुनःपुनः । सिसृक्षाशक्तियुक्तोसौ सृज्यशक्तिप्रचोदितः
Thus, at the start of each cycle, he repeatedly creates such a creation, endowed with the power of desire and impelled by the power of creation.
(गृहस्थसदाचाराणां मूत्रपुरीषोत्सर्गविधेश्च वर्णनम्) सगर उवाच गृहस्थस्य सदाचारं श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं मुने । लोकादस्मात् परस्माच्च यमातिष्ठन्न हीयते
Sagara said: I wish to hear, O sage, the proper conduct for a householder, which, when observed, does not diminish him in this world or the next.
और्व उवाच श्रूयतां पृथिवीपाल सदाचारस्य लक्षणम् । सदाचारवता पुंसा जितौ लोकावुभावपि
Aurva said: Let the characteristics of proper conduct be heard, O protector of the earth; one who possesses proper conduct conquers both worlds.
साधवः क्षीणदोषास्तु सच्छब्दः साधुवाचकः । तेषामाचरणं यस्तु सदाचारस्स उच्यते
The virtuous, whose faults are few, are called by the word 'good'; the conduct of those is what is termed proper conduct.
सप्तर्षयोऽथ मनवः प्रजानां पतयस्तथा । सदाचारस्य वक्तारः कर्तारश्च महीपते
The seven sages, the Manus, and the lords of creatures are the speakers and performers of proper conduct, O king.
ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त्ते चोत्थाय मनसा मतिमान्नृप । प्रबुद्धश्चिन्तयेद्धर्ममर्थं चाप्यविरोधिनम्
At the Brahma-muhurta, O wise king, rising up, one should contemplate with the mind upon righteousness and also upon wealth that is not opposed to it.
अपीडया तयोः काममुभयोरपि चिन्तयेत् । दृष्टादृष्टविनाशाय त्रिवर्गे समदर्शिता
Without causing harm to either, one should also consider desire in both, seeing the three aims of life equally, for the destruction of seen and unseen faults.
परित्यजेदर्थकामौ धर्मपीडाकरौ नृप । धर्ममप्यसुखोदर्कं लोकविद्वेष्टमेव च
One should abandon wealth and desire, O king, if they cause harm to righteousness; and also righteousness that leads to suffering or is hated by people.
ततः कल्यं समुत्थाय कुर्यान्मैत्रं नरेश्वर
Then, rising in the morning, O lord of men, one should act with friendliness.
नैरृत्यामिषुविक्षेपमतीत्याभ्यधिकं भुवः । दूरादावसथान्मूत्रं पुरीषं च विसर्जयेत्
Having gone beyond the southwest direction, farther than the house, one should discharge urine and feces at a distance.
पादावनेजनोच्छिष्टे प्रक्षिपेन्न गृहाङ्गणे
One should not throw the water used for washing the feet or for rinsing the mouth into the courtyard of the house.
आत्मच्छायां तरुच्छायां गोसूर्याग्न्यनिलांस्तथा । गुरुद्विजादींस्तु बुधो नाधिमेहेत् कदाचन
A wise person should never urinate upon his own shadow, the shadow of a tree, a cow, the sun, fire, wind, or upon a teacher or a Brahmin.
न कृष्टे सस्यमध्ये वा गोव्रजे जनसंसदि । न वर्त्मनि न नद्यादितीर्थेषु पुरुषर्षभ
One should not do so in a ploughed field, in the midst of crops, in a cow-pen, among people, on a path, or at river fords, O best of men.
नाप्सु नैवाम्भसस्तीरे श्मशाने न समाचरेत् । उत्सर्गं वै पुरीषस्य मूत्रस्य च विसर्जनम्
One should not perform the act of voiding feces or urine in water, nor on the bank of water, nor in a cremation ground.
उदङ्मुखो दिवा मूत्रं विपरीतमुखो निशि । कुर्वीतानापदि प्राज्ञो मूत्रोत्सर्गं च पार्थिव
Facing north by day, and facing south by night, a wise person should discharge urine, O king, except in times of distress.
तृणैरास्तीर्य वसुधां वस्त्रप्रावृतमस्तकः । तिष्ठेन्नातिचिरं तत्र नैव किंचिदुदीरयेत्
Spreading grass upon the ground, with the head covered by a cloth, one should not remain there too long, nor utter anything at that place.
वल्मीकमूषिकोद्भूतां मृदं नान्तर्जलां तथा । शौचावशिष्टां गेहाच्च नादद्याल्लेपसम्भवाम्
One should not take earth for cleansing that has come from an anthill, from a mouse-hole, from under water, or from a house, as it may be impure.