Bhrigusmriti 1: Uddhṛtāni vacanāni

When two new moons occur while the sun stands in a single zodiacal sign, / an intercalary month is then to be known as the destroyer of rituals for gods and ancestors.

When there are two new moons while the sun stays in one sign, that is to be known as the intercalary month, which destroys rites for the gods and ancestors.

One should not perform a vṛddhiśrāddha, a soma sacrifice, the establishment of the sacred fires, a mahālaya, / a royal consecration, or an optional rite during [a month] skipped by the sun.

The śrāddha for prosperity, the Soma sacrifice, setting up the fires, the Mahālaya, a royal consecration and optional rites one should not perform in a month passed over by the sun.

[The share] that has been declared—by that very [standard] one should arrange the division of inheritance.

… by that (rule) he should arrange the partition of the inheritance.

White clothing is prescribed for a brāhmaṇa, bright red for a king, / yellow for a vaiśya, and dark blue, like soiled cloth, for a śūdra.

White clothing is prescribed for a Brahmin, bright red for a king, yellow for a Vaiśya, and dark blue or soiled for a Śūdra.

For many, or even for two, who have died at the same time, / having performed the cooking in a single procedure, one should perform the śrāddha separately [for each].

When many, or two, have died at the same time, one should cook (the food) together and perform the śrāddha for each separately.

Of servants, bards, and wrestlers, and of elephants, horses, and charioteers, / the leaders of each respective group are known as guild-heads.

The leaders of the several groups of slaves, bards, wrestlers, elephants, horse, chariots and cavalry are called heads of guilds (vargin).

In matters of suspicion, however, one should never assign a head[-ordeal] or the sacred libation ordeal.

In (mere) suspicions one should never impose (the ordeal of) the head or the sacred libation.

The annual śrāddha for those who died in an intercalary month / is to be performed precisely in an intercalary month, but never for others.

The annual śrāddha of those who died in an intercalary month is to be performed in an intercalary month, never for others.

If the sun and the moon reach sunset while still eclipsed, / a man may eat on the following day after ascertaining their rising.

If the sun or moon sets while eclipsed, a man should eat only after seeing their rising on the next day.

Where an ekādaśī is complete, and it occurs again at dawn, / the second one should be observed by fasting there, if a dvādaśī follows afterward.

Where the eleventh is complete and is there again in the morning, the second (day) is to be fasted on, if the twelfth follows.

One sacred thread is prescribed for a student, and two for the other two [stages of life]; / there should be only one for ascetics: such is the determination of the scripture.

One sacred thread for the student, two for the other two; for ascetics only one: this is the decision of the treatise.

When an offence is committed by people of good conduct / involuntarily and through fate alone, one should not impose a punishment in that case.

When an offence is committed by persons of good conduct involuntarily, by fate, one should not impose a punishment.

In that case too, one should determine thus for those with offences equal to these: / for children, the elderly, the sick, and women, punishment is not beating, [but] verbal restraint.

For those whose offence is equal to these, one should impose the same; for children, the old, the sick and women there is no punishment by beating, (only) a fine.

Rites beginning with parting the hair and birth, and ending with first feeding, / should be performed in order; there is no fault when the sun has entered Leo.

The rites from the parting of the hair and the birth rite to the first feeding are to be done in order: there is no fault when the sun is in Leo.