[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) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Angirasasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras) › 2.5 # Angirasasmriti 2.5: pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ Āṅgirasasmṛti 2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.14) — 1 part ### pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.1) cāturvedyo vikalpī ce aṅgaviddharmapāṭhakaḥ / trayaścāśramiṇo mukhyā parṣadeṣā daśāvarā // > One versed in the four Vedas, an interpreter of alternatives, one who knows the auxiliary sciences, a reciter of sacred law, / and the foremost men of the three life-stages: this assembly consists of at least ten members. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.2) caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ pāragā ye dvijottamāḥ / svaiḥ svairaṅgairvināpyete cāturvedyā iti smṛtāḥ // > The highest among the twice-born who have mastered all four Vedas, / even without their respective auxiliary sciences, are traditionally known as masters of the four Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.3) dharmamya parṣadaścaiva prāyaścittakramasya ca / trayāṇāṃ yaḥ pramāṇajñaḥ sa vikalpī bhaveddvijaḥ // > One who knows the authority for religious duty, for the assembly, / and for the sequence of expiation—that twice-born man is an interpreter of alternatives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.4) śabde chandasi kalpe ca śikṣāyāṃ caiva niścayaḥ / jyotiṣāmayane caiva sanirukte 'ṅgavidbhavet // > He who has ascertainment in grammar, meter, ritual handbook, and phonetics, / and in the course of astronomy together with etymology, is a knower of the auxiliary sciences. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.5) vedavidyāvratasnātaḥ kulaśīlasamanvitaḥ / anekadharmaśāstrajñaḥ paṭhyate dharmapāṭhakaḥ // > One who has completed his ablution after Vedic study and vows, possessed of good lineage and character, / and who knows manifold treatises on religious duty, is recited as a reciter of sacred law. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.6) brahmacaryāśramādūrdhvam āśramādvṛddha ucyate / eṣāmeva tu vṛddhānāṃ ya ete saṃprakīrtitāḥ // > Beyond the student stage of life, one is called senior in life-stages; / and among these seniors, those who are proclaimed above \[belong to the assembly\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.7) pariṣadbrāhmaṇānāṃ ca rājñāṃ sā dviguṇā smṛtā / vaiśyānāṃ triguṇā caiva parṣadvacca vrataṃ smṛtam // > The assembly for Brahmins is \[as stated\]; for kings it is traditionally declared to be double, / and for Vaiśyas threefold; and the vow is traditionally known to correspond to the assembly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.8) brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇānāṃ tu kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu pāṭhakaḥ / vaiśyānāṃ caiva yo praṣṭā ta eva vratadāḥ smṛtāḥ // > A Brahmin \[instructs\] Brahmins, but a reciter of sacred law \[instructs\] Kṣatriyas, / and an inquirer \[instructs\] Vaiśyas—these alone are remembered as givers of vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.9) aguruḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu vaiśyānāṃ cāpyayājakaḥ / prāyaścittaṃ samādiśya taptakṛcchraṃ samācaret // > One who is not a guru to Kṣatriyas, or not a sacrificing priest to Vaiśyas, / having prescribed an expiation, must perform the taptakṛcchra penance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.10) evamuddiśya varṇeṣu kṣatriyādiṣu darśanam / pravṛttānāṃ tu vakṣyāmi prāyaścittamanuttamam // > Having thus indicated the doctrine among the classes beginning with Kṣatriyas, / I shall state the supreme expiation for those who have transgressed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.11) śūdraḥ kālena śudhyeta gobrāhmaṇahite rataḥ / dānairvāpyupavāsairvā dvijaśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ // > A Śūdra becomes purified over time, intent on the welfare of cows and Brahmins, / or through gifts or fasts, intent on attendance upon the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.12) api vā mārgamālambya kṣatradharmeṣu tiṣṭhataḥ / antarā brāhmaṇaṃ kṛtvā tato 'sya vratamādiśet // > Or else, taking the path of one abiding in the duties of a warrior, / having placed a Brahmin as an intermediary, one should then enjoin his vow upon him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.13) tasmācchūdraṃ samāsādya tathā dharmapathe sthitaḥ / prāyaścittaṃ pradātavyaṃ dharmavedavivarjitam // > Therefore, approaching a Śūdra who stands thus on the path of religious duty, / an expiation should be given that is free from the sacred law of the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.14) āpanno yena vā dharmo vrataṃ vā yena tuṣyati / brāhmaṇānāṃ prasādena saṃtāryaḥ sarva eva hi // > Either the religious duty that is appropriate, or the vow by which he is contented: / through the favor of Brahmins, everyone must indeed be carried across. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.5.14.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5.14.p1) ityāṅgirasadharmaśāstre prāyaścittaniyantukathanaṃ nāma pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fifth chapter, named 'Declaration of the Prescribers of Expiation', in the Dharmaśāstra of Aṅgiras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras~en-mt.2.5.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.3.2.32.85) — Sanskrit - [Prāyaścittamayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayascitta.bhatta.prayascittamayukha.1.126) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita, Sanskrit - [Smṛtimuktāphala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtimuktaphala.5.22.4) — Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita 1575, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.5) · Pramāṇa