[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.95 # Garudapurana 1.95 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.95 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.95.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.33) — 1 part ### [1.95.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 95 yājñavalkya uvāca / śṛṇvantu munayo dharmān gṛhasthasya yatavratāḥ / gurave ca dhanaṃ dattvā snātvā ca tadanujñayā // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa — 95 / Yājñavalkya said: / Let the sages who have restrained their vows hear the duties of the householder. / Having given wealth to the guru and bathed with his permission, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.2) samāpitabrahmacaryo lakṣaṇyāṃ striyamudvahet / ananyapūrvikāṃ kāntāmasapiṇḍāṃ yavīyasīm // > having completed his celibate studenthood, he should marry an auspicious woman / who has not belonged to another before, lovely, not a sapīṇḍa, younger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.3) arogiṇīṃ bhrātṛmatīmasamānārṣagotrajām / pañcamātsaptamādūrdhvaṃ mātṛtaḥ pitṛtastathā // > free from disease, having brothers, not born of the same ṛṣi or lineage, / beyond the fifth degree on the mother's side and beyond the seventh on the father's, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.4) daśapūruṣavikhyātācchrotriyāṇāṃ mahākulāt / savarṇaḥ śrotriyo vidvānvaro doṣānvito na ca // > from an illustrious great family of learned scholars renowned for ten generations. / The groom should be of the same caste, learned in the Veda, wise, and not possessed of faults. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.5) yaducyate dvijātīnāṃ śūdrāddāropasaṃgrahaḥ / na tanmama mataṃ yasmāttatrāyaṃ jāyate svayam // > As for what is said regarding twice-born men taking wives from the śūdra caste, / that is not my opinion, because one is born therein himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.6) tisro varṇānupūrvyeṇa dve tathaikā yathākramam / brāhmaṇakṣattriyaviśāṃ bhāryāḥ svā śūdrajanmanaḥ // > Three wives in order of caste \[for a brāhmaṇa\], two \[for a kṣatriya\], and one for a vaiśya respectively; / for a śūdra-born man, \[only\] his own \[caste\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.7) brāhmo vivāha āhūya dīyate śaktyalaṅkṛtā / tajjaḥ punātyubhayataḥ puruṣonekaviṃśatim // > A Brāhma marriage is when \[the bride\], adorned according to one's ability, is given after summoning \[the groom\]. / The son born of it purifies twenty-one men on both sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.8) yajñasthāyartvije daivamādāyārṣastu goyugam / caturdaśa prathamajaḥ punātyuttarajaśca ṣaṭū // > The Daiva is to an officiating priest engaged in a sacrifice; the Ārṣa is when taking a pair of cattle. / The son born of the former purifies fourteen, and the son born of the latter, six. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.9) ityuktvā caratāṃ dharmaṃ saha yā dīyate 'rthine / sa kāyaḥ pāvayettajjaḥ ṣaḍvaṃśyānātmanā saha // > She who is given to a suitor after saying, “May the two of you practice dharma together,” / is the Prājāpatya. The son born of it purifies six descendants along with himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.10) āsuro draviṇādānādgāndharvaḥ samayānmithaḥ / rākṣaso yuddhaharaṇātpaiśācaḥ kanyakācchalāt // > The Āsura is through taking wealth; the Gāndharva is by mutual consent; / the Rākṣasa is by abduction in battle; the Paiśāca is by deceiving a maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.11) catvāro brāhmaṇasyādyāstathā gāndharvarākṣasau / rājñastathāsuro vaiśye śūdre cāntyastu garhitaḥ // > The first four are for a brāhmaṇa, as well as the Gāndharva and Rākṣasa \[forms\]; > \[the same\] for a king; likewise the Āsura for a vaiśya; but for a śūdra the last is condemned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.12) pāṇirgrāhyaḥ savarṇāsu gṛhṇīta kṣattriyā śaram / vaiśyā pratodamādadyādvedane cāgrajanmanaḥ // > The hand should be grasped with women of the same caste; a kṣatriya woman should hold an arrow; > a vaiśya woman should take a goad at her wedding to a twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.13) pitā pitāmaho bhrātā sakulyo jananī tathā / kanyāpradaḥ pūrvanāśe prakṛtīsthaḥ paraḥ paraḥ // > The father, the grandfather, a brother, a kinsman, and likewise the mother— > each subsequent one gives away the maiden if the prior one is absent, provided they are of sound mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.14) aprayacchansamāpnoti bhrūṇahatyāmṛtāvṛtau / eṣāmabhāve dātṝṇāṃ kanyā kuryāt svayaṃvaram // > If he does not give her away, he incurs \[the sin of\] destroying an embryo at every season. > In the absence of these givers, the maiden may choose her own husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.15) sakṛtpradīyate kanyā haraṃstāṃ coradaṇḍabhāk / aduṣṭāṃ hi tyajandaṇḍyaḥ suduṣṭāṃ tu parityajet // > A maiden is given away once; he who abducts her incurs the punishment of a thief. > One who abandons an uncorrupted woman is to be punished, but a very depraved woman he should abandon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.16) aputrā gubapujñāto devaraḥ putrakānyagā / sapiṇḍo vā samotro vā ghṛtābhyakta ṛtāviyāt // > A sonless woman, known \[and permitted\] by the elders, may go to a brother-in-law desiring a son, > or a sapiṇḍa or one of the same gotra, anointed with clarified butter, during her season. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.17) āgarbhasambhavaṃ gacchetpatitastvanyathā bhavet / anena vidhinā jāta kṣetrapasya bhavetsutaḥ // > He should approach her until conception takes place; otherwise, he becomes fallen. > Born by this rite, he is the son of the owner of the field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.18) hṛtādhikārāṃ malināṃ piṇḍamātropasevinīm / paribhūtāmadhaḥ śayyāṃ vāsayedyvabhicāriṇīm // > Deprived of her rights, unkempt, partaking only of a morsel of food, > humiliated, sleeping on the ground—thus he should cause an adulteress to dwell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.19) somaḥ śaucaṃ dadau tāsāṃ gandharvaśca subhāṃ giram / pāvakaḥ sarvamedhyatvaṃ medhyā vai yoṣito yataḥ // > Soma gave them purity, a Gandharva sweet speech, > and the Fire all-cleansing power; therefore women are indeed pure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.20) vyabhicārādṛtauśuddhirgarbhetyāgaṃ karoti ca / garbhabhartṛvadhe tāsāṃ tathā mahati pātake // > Her purification from infidelity occurs at her season, but conception causes her abandonment; > \[so also\] in the killing of a fetus or a husband, and likewise in a major sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.21) surāpi vyādhitā dveṣṭrī vandhyārthaghnyapriyaṃvadā / adhivinnā ca bhartavyā mahadenonyathā bhavet // > A woman who drinks liquor, is diseased, malicious, barren, wasteful, or speaks harshly, > when superseded by another wife, must still be maintained; otherwise it would be a great sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.22) yatrāvirodho dampatyostrivargastattra vardhate / mṛte jīvati yā patyau yā nānyamupagacchati // > Where there is harmony between husband and wife, there the threefold aim of life flourishes. > She who, whether her husband is dead or alive, does not go to another man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.23) seha kīrtimavāpnoti modate comayā saha / śuddhāṃ tyajaṃstṛtīyāṃśaṃ dadyādāmaraṇaṃ striyāḥ // > attains renown in this world and rejoices with Umā. > He who abandons a pure woman should give a third of his property to her until death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.24) strībhirbharturvacaḥ kāryameṣa dharmaḥ paraḥ striyāḥ / ṣoḍaśartuniśāḥ strīṇāṃ tāsu yugmāsu saṃviśet // > Women must obey the husband's word; this is the highest dharma for a woman. > There are sixteen nights in a woman's fertile period; on the even ones among them he should lie with her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.25) brahmacārī ca parvāṇyādyāśtatastrastu varjayet / evaṃ gacchaṃ striyaṃ kṣāmāṃ maghāṃ mūlāṃ ca varjayet // > Remaining celibate, he should avoid the parvan days and the first \[nights\]. > Approaching the woman thus, he should avoid a wasted woman, as well as the Maghā and Mūla asterisms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.26) lakṣaṇyaṃ janayedeva putraṃ rogavivarjitam / yathā kāmī bhavedvāpi strīṇāṃ (sma) valamanusmaran // > He will certainly beget an auspicious son free from disease. > Or he may act according to desire, bearing in mind the pledge of women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.27) svadāranirataścaiva striyo rakṣyā yatastataḥ / bhartṛbhrātṛpitṛjñātiśvaśrūśvaśuradevaraiḥ // > Devoted to his own wife, women should be protected by him from every \[danger\]. > By a husband, brother, father, kinsmen, mother-in-law, father-in-law, and brothers-in-law, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.28) bandhubhiśca striyaḥ pūjyā bhūṣaṇācchādanāśanaiḥ / saṃyato paskarā dakṣā hṛṣṭā vyayaparāṅmukhī // > and by relatives, women are to be honored with ornaments, clothing, and food. > Restrained in household utensils, skilled, cheerful, averse to expenditure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.29) śvaśrūśvaśurayoḥ kuryātpādayorvandanaṃ sadā / krīḍāśarīrasaṃskārasamājotsavadaśanam // > she should always perform obeisance to the feet of her mother-in-law and father-in-law. > Pastimes, bodily adornment, attending festive assemblies, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.30) hāsyaṃ paragṛhe yānaṃ tyajetpreṣitabhartṛkā / rakṣetkanyāṃ pitā bālye yauvane patireva tām // > laughter, and going to another's house—a woman whose husband is abroad should avoid these. > A father should protect a maiden in childhood, the husband indeed in her youth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.31) vārdhakye rakṣate putro hyanyathā jñātayastathā / patiṃ vinā na tiṣṭhettu divā vā yadi vā niśi // > and a son protects her in old age; otherwise, her kinsmen \[protect her\]. > She should not stay without a protector by day or by night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.32) jyeṣṭhāṃ dharmavidhau kuryānna kaniṣṭhāṃ kadācana / dāhayedagnihotreṇa striyaṃ vṛttavatīṃ patiḥ // > He should employ the senior wife in religious rites, never the junior. > The husband should cremate a virtuous wife with the agnihotra fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.33) āharedvidhivaddārānagniṃ caivāvilambitaḥ / hitā bharturdivaṃ gacchediha kīrtīravāpya ca // > He should take another wife according to the rule and the fire without delay. > She who is devoted to the welfare of her husband attains heaven after acquiring fame in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.95.33.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95.33.p1) iti śrāgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe yājñavalkyoktagṛhalthadharmanirṇayo nāma pañcanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninety-fifth chapter, titled 'Determination of the Duties of a Householder Spoken by Yājñavalkya,' in the Ācārakāṇḍa of the first part in the Pūrvakhaṇḍa of the glorious Mahāpurāṇa composed by Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.95.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.58) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Daśanirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.dasanirnaya.4.p121) — Veṅkaṭanātha Vaidikasārvabhauma, Sanskrit - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.4.p27) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.95) · Pramāṇa