[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Decisions and rulings](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya) › [Nirnayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu) › 54.2.1 # Nirnayasindhu 54.2.1 Nirṇayasindhu 54.2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [54.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2.1) ” kriyānibandhe kātyāyanaḥ-“na ca mātā na ca pitā kuryātputrasya paitṛkam | nāgrajaśca tathā bhrātā bhrātṛṇāṃ tu kanīyasām ||” pṛthvīcandrodaye baudhāyanaḥ--“pitrā śrāddhaṃ na kartavyaṃ putrāṇāṃ tu kathaṃcana | bhrātrā caiva na kartavyaṃ bhrātṛṇāṃ ca kanīyasām || yadi snehena kuryāttāṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ vinā | gayāyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa jyāyānapi samācaret ||2||” anyābhāve pitrādirapi kuryāt || “ utsannavāndhavaṃ pretaṃ pitā bhrātāthavāgrajaḥ | jananī cāpi saṃskuryānmahadeno'nyathā bhavet” iti sumantūkteḥ brahmacāriṇāṃ tu śuddhiviveke pṛthvīcandrodaye ca brāhme-“asamāptavratasyāpi kartavyaṃ brahmacāriṇaḥ | śrāddhaṃ tu mātāpitṛbhirna tu teṣāṃ karoti saḥ ||” śrāddhaṃ māsikābdikādi sarvaṃ kāryamityarthaḥ || na tviti niṣedho'nyasattve || yattu chandogapariśiṣṭe-“na tyajetsūtakaṃ karma brahmacārī svayaṃ kvacit | na dīkṣaṇātparaṃ yajñe na kṛcchrādi tapaścaran || pitaryāpi mṛte naiṣāṃ doṣo bhavati karhicit | āśaucaṃ karmaṇonte syāt tryahaṃ vā brahmacāriṇām ||2||” yacca yājñavalkyaḥ-‘na brahmacāriṇaḥ kuryu rudakaṃ patitāstathā’ iti | tadapyanyasattve anyābhāve tu brahmacāriṇāpi kārya pūrvoktavṛddhamanuvacanāt || “ācāryānpitṛnupādhyāyānnirhṛtyāpi vratī vratī | saṃkaṭātnaṃ ca nāśrīyānna ca taiḥ saha saṃvaset” iti tenaivokteḥ ‘brahmacāriṇaḥ śavakarmmiṇo vratānivṛttiranyatra mātāpitroḥ iti vasiṣṭhokteḥ || atrāśaucamekāhaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ || prāgupanayanānmṛtasya tu pañcavarṣottaraṃsapiṇḍīkaraṇavarjyaṃ ṣoḍaśaśrāddhādi - [Previous: 53.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.53.6-2) - [Next: 54.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2.2) - [Up: 54.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudracarasiromani.1.p45) — Kṛṣṇaśeṣa 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2.1) · Pramāṇa