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This rule is recorded regarding wives \[married by twice-born men\]. > From a kṣatriya upon a brāhmaṇa woman is born a Sūta, and likewise from a vaiśya, a Vaidehaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.4) śūdrājjātastu cāṇḍālaḥ sarvavarṇavigarhitaḥ / kṣattriyā māgadhaṃ vaiśyācchūdrā kṣattārameva ca // > Born from a śūdra is a Cāṇḍāla, despised by all castes. > From a vaiśya upon a kṣatriya woman is a Māgadha, and upon a śūdra woman a Kṣattṛ; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.5) śūdrādayogavaṃ vaiśyā janayāmāsa vai sutam / māhiṣyeṇa karaṇyāṃ tu rathakāraḥ prajāyate // > from a śūdra upon a vaiśya woman is born an Ayogava son. > By a Māhiṣya upon a Karaṇa woman, a Rathakāra is brought forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.6) asatsantastu vai jñeyāḥ pratilomānulomajāḥ / jātyutkarṣāddvijo jñeyaḥ saptame pañcame 'pi vā // > Those born against the grain and in natural order are to be known as unrighteous and righteous respectively. > Due to the elevation of caste, one is known as a twice-born in the seventh or fifth generation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.7) vyatyaye karmaṇāṃ sāmyaṃ pūrvavaccottarāvaram / karma smārtaṃ vivāhāgnau kurvīta pratyahaṃ gṛhī // > In the case of inversion of duties, equality \[occurs\] as previously stated, lower and higher. > The householder should perform the domestic ritual daily in the wedding fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.8) dāyakālādṛte vāpi śrautaṃ vaitānikāgniṣu / śarīracintāṃ nirvartya kṛtaśaucavidhirdvijaḥ // > or, from the time of inheritance, the Vedic rites in the sacrificial fires. > Having relieved the body and performed the rules of purification, the twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.9) prātaḥ sandhyāmupāsīta dantadhāvanapūrvakam / hutvāgnau saryadevatyāñjapenmantrānsamāhitaḥ // > having first cleansed his teeth, should attend to the morning twilight devotion. > Having offered into the fire, he should with focused mind recite mantras dedicated to all deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.10) vedārthānadhigacchecca śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca / yogakṣomādisiddhyarthamupeyādīśvaraṃ gṛhī // > He should master the meanings of the Vedas and the various scriptures. > For the sake of acquiring and preserving wealth, the householder should approach the lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.11) snātvā devānpitṝṃścaiva tarpayedarcayettathā / vedānatha purāṇāni setihāsāni śaktitaḥ // > Having bathed, he should offer libations to the gods and the ancestors, and worship them, > as well as the Vedas, and the Purāṇas along with the Itihāsas, according to his ability. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.12) japayajñānusiddhyarthaṃ vidyāṃ cādhyātmikīṃ japet / balikarmasvadhāhomasvādhyāyātithisakriyāḥ // > For the accomplishment of the sacrifice of recitation, he should recite spiritual wisdom. > The offering of food-portions, svadhā-offerings, burnt offerings, private recitation, and hospitality to guests, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.13) bhūtapitramarabrahmamanuṣyāṇāṃ mahāmakhāḥ / devebhyastu hutaṃ cāgnau kṣipedbhūtabaliṃ haret // > are the great sacrifices for spirits, ancestors, gods, Brahman, and men. > He should cast what is offered into the fire for the gods, and present the portion for spirits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.14) annaṃ bhūmauśvacāṇḍālavāyasebhyaśca niḥ kṣipet / annaṃ pitṛmanuṣyebhyo deyamapyanvahaṃ jalam // > He should cast food on the ground for dogs, outcasts, and crows. > Food and water should also be given daily to the ancestors and to men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.15) svādhyāyamanvahaṃ kuryānna paceccānnamātmane / bālasvavāsinīvṛddhagarbhiṇyāturakanyakāḥ // > He should perform his daily recitation and not cook food for himself alone. > Children, married daughters living in the house, the elderly, pregnant women, the sick, and young maidens, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.16) saṃbhojyātithibhṛtyāṃśca dampatyoḥ śeṣabhojanam / prāṇāgnihotravidhināśrīyādannamakutsayan // > along with guests and servants, having been fed, the meal of the couple consists of the remnants. > He should eat the food without reviling it, according to the rule of the vital breath sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.17) mitaṃ vipākaṃ ca hitaṃ bhakṣyaṃ bālādipūrvakam / āpośānenopariṣṭādadhastāccaiva bhujyate // > Moderate, well-cooked, and wholesome food is to be eaten, following the feeding of children and others, > eaten with the sip of water taken above and below it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.18) anagnamamṛtaṃ caiva kāryamannaṃ dvijanmanā / atithibhyastu varṇebhyo deyaṃ śaktyānupūrvaśaḥ // > Food is to be made not naked and immortal by the twice-born. > To guests of the castes, \[food\] should be given according to capacity in proper order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.19) apraṇodyo 'tithiḥ sāyamapi nātra vicāraṇā / satkṛtya bhikṣave bhikṣā dātavyā suvratāya ca // > A guest arriving in the evening is not to be turned away; there is no question about this. > Having honored him, alms should be given to a mendicant and one of good vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.20) āgatān bhojayetsarvānmahokṣaṃ śrotriyāya ca / pratisaṃvatsaraṃ tvarcyāḥ snātakācāryapārthivāḥ // > He should feed all who have arrived, and \[offer\] a large ox to a learned brāhmaṇa. > Every year, however, a snātaka, a teacher, and a king are to be honored; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.21) priyo vivāhyaśca tathā yajñaṃ pratyṛrtvijaḥ punaḥ / adhvanīno 'tithiḥ proktaḥ śrotriyo vedapāragaḥ // > likewise a dear friend, a bridegroom, and officiating priests at a sacrifice. > A traveler is called an atithi, and a śrotriya is one who has crossed to the end of the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.22) mānyāvetau gṛhasthasya brahmalokamabhīpsataḥ / parapākarucirna syādanindyāmantraṇādṛte // > These two are worthy of respect by a householder who desires the world of Brahmā. > He should not take pleasure in the cooking of another, except upon an unblamable invitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.23) vākpāṇipādacāpalyaṃ varjayaccātibhojanam / śrotriyaṃ vātithiṃ tṛptamāsīmāntādanuvrajet // > One should avoid restlessness of speech, hands, and feet, as well as overeating; / and one should accompany a learned brāhmaṇa or a satisfied guest to the boundary. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.24) ahaḥ śeṣaṃ sahāsīta śiṣṭairiṣṭaiśca bandhubhiḥ / upāsya paścimāṃ sandhyāṃ hutvāgnau bhojanaṃ tataḥ // > One should spend the rest of the day with cultured, dear persons and kinsmen; / having attended to the evening twilight devotion and offered oblations into the fire, one should then take a meal, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.25) kuryādbhatyaiḥ samāyuktaiścintayedātmano hitam / brāhme muhūrte cotthāya mānyo vipro dhanādibhiḥ // > together with dependable servants, and contemplate one's own welfare. / Rising at the brāhma muhūrta, a brāhmaṇa should be honored with wealth and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.26) vṛddhārtānāṃ samādeyaḥ panthā vai bhāravāhinām / ijyādhyayanadānāni vaiśyasya kṣattriyasya ca // > The path must indeed be yielded to the aged, the afflicted, and those carrying loads. / Sacrificing, study of the Vedas, and giving gifts are the duties of the vaiśya and the kṣatriya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.27) pratigraho 'dhiko vipre yājanādhyāpane tathā / pradhānaṃ kṣattriye karma prajānāṃ paripālanam // > For the brāhmaṇa, receiving gifts is additional, as are officiating at sacrifices and teaching. / The foremost duty for the kṣatriya is the protection of the subjects. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.28) kusīdakṛṣivāṇijyaṃ pāśupālyaṃ viśaḥ smṛtam / śūdrasya dvijaśuśrūṣā dvijo yajñānna hāpayet // > Lending money at interest, agriculture, trade, and cattle-rearing are traditional for the vaiśya; / for the śūdra, service to the twice-born. A twice-born man should not neglect sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.29) ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ śaucamindriyasaṃyamaḥ / damaḥ kṣamārjavaṃ dānaṃ sarveṣāṃ dharmasādhanam // > Non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, purity, restraint of the senses, / self-control, forgiveness, uprightness, and generosity are the means of fulfilling dharma for all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.30) ācaretsadṛśīṃ vṛttimajihmāmaśaṭhāntathā / traivārṣikā dhikānno yaḥ sa somaṃ pātumarhati // > He should follow an occupation suited to himself, straightforward and devoid of deceit. / He who has grain exceeding \[provisions for\] three years is entitled to drink soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.31) syādannaṃ vārṣikaṃ yasya kuryātprakasaumikīṃ kriyām / pratisaṃvatsaraṃ somaḥ paśuḥ pratyayanaṃ tathā // > He who has food for a year should perform the rite prior to the soma sacrifice; / the soma sacrifice should be performed every year, and the animal sacrifice at every half-year solstice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.32) kartavyā'grahaṇeṣṭiśca cāturmāsyāni yatnataḥ / eṣāmasambhave kuryādiṣṭiṃ vaiśvānarīṃ dvijaḥ // > The harvest sacrifice (Āgrayaṇeṣṭi) and the four-month sacrifices (Cāturmāsya) should be performed diligently. / If unable to perform these, a twice-born man should perform the Vaiśvānarī sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.33) hīnakalpaṃ na kurvīta sati dravye phalapradam / caṇḍālo jāyate yajñakaraṇācchūdrabhikṣitāta // > He should not perform an inferior ritual when wealth is available that yields fruit. / A man is born as a caṇḍāla by performing a sacrifice using wealth begged from a śūdra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.34) yajñārthalabdhaṃ nādadyādbhāsaḥ kāko 'pi vā bhavet / kusūtakumbhīdhānyo vā tryāhikaḥ śvastano 'pi vā // > One should not take for personal use what was obtained for a sacrifice; \[otherwise\] he may become a vulture or a crow. / A man may possess grain to fill a granary, or a jar, or sufficient for three days, or for tomorrow alone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.35) jīvedvāpi śiloñchena śreyāneṣāṃ paraḥ paraḥ / na svādhyāyavirodhyarthamīheta na yatastataḥ // > or he may live by gleaning ears of grain; of these, each succeeding one is superior. / One should not strive for wealth that hinders Vedic study, nor seek it haphazardly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.36) rājāntevāsiyājyebhyaḥ sīdanniccheddhanaṃ kṣudhā / dambhahaitukapāṣaṇḍibakavṛttīṃśca varjayet // > Suffering from hunger, he may desire wealth from the king, a pupil, or a patron for whom he sacrifices. / One should avoid hypocrites, casuists, heretics, and those acting like cranes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.37) śuklāmbaradharo nīcakeśaśmaśrunakhaḥ śuciḥ / na bhāryādarśane 'śrīyānnaikavāsā na saṃsthitaḥ // > Wearing clean white garments, with trimmed hair, beard, and nails, pure, / he should not eat while his wife is looking, nor wearing a single garment, nor standing up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.38) apriyaṃ na vadejjātu brahmasūtrī vinītavān / devapradakṣiṇāṅkuryādyaṣṭimānsakamaṇḍaluḥ // > Wearing the sacred thread and well-behaved, he should never utter what is disagreeable; / carrying a staff and water pot, he should circumambulate the deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.39) na tu mehennadīcchāyābhasmagoṣṭāmbuvartmasu / na pratyagnyarkagosomasandhyāmbustrīdvijanmanām // > One should not urinate in a river, in shade, on ashes, in a cowshed, in water, or on a road, / nor facing fire, the sun, a cow, the moon, the twilight, water, a woman, or twice-born men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.40) nekṣetāgnyarkanagnāṃ strīṃ na ca saṃsṛṣṭamaithunām / na ca mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā svapetpratyakūśirā na ca // > One should not look at fire, the sun, a naked woman, or a woman engaged in sexual intercourse, / nor at urine or feces; and one should not sleep with the head facing west. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.41) ṣṭīvanāsṛkśakṛnmūtraviṣāṇyapsu na saṃkṣipet / pādau pratāpayennāgnau na cainamabhilaṅghayet // > One should not throw saliva, blood, feces, urine, or poison into water; / one should not warm the feet at a fire, nor step over it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.42) pibennāñjalinā toyaṃ na śayānaṃ prabodhayet / nākṣaiḥ krījecca kitavairvyādhitaiśca na saṃviśet // > One should not drink water with cupped hands, nor awaken someone who is sleeping, / nor play with dice and gamblers, nor associate with the sick. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.43) viruddhaṃ varjayetkama pretadhūmaṃ nadītaram / keśabhasmatuṣāṅgārakapāleṣu ca saṃsthitim // > One should avoid improper actions, smoke from a corpse, swimming across a river, / and stepping on hair, ashes, chaff, hot coals, or skull fragments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.44) nācakṣīta dhayantīṃ gāṃ nādvāreṇāviśetkracit / na rājñaḥ pratigṛhṇāyāllubdhasyocchāstravartinaḥ // > One should not point out a cow that is suckling, nor enter anywhere except by the door; / one should not accept gifts from a king who is greedy and acts contrary to scripture. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.45) adhyāyānāmupākarma śrāvaṇyāṃ śravaṇena vā / hastenauṣadhibhāve vā pañcamyāṃ śrāvaṇasya ca // > The commencement of Vedic study (Upākarma) is to be performed on the full-moon day of Śrāvaṇa, under the Śravaṇa asterism, / or under the Hasta asterism when herbs sprout, or on the fifth lunar day of Śrāvaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.46) pauṣamāsasya rohiṇyāmaṣṭakāyāmathāpi vā / jalānte chandasāṃ kuryādutsargaṃ vidhivadvahiḥ // > Under the Rohiṇī asterism in the month of Pauṣa, or during the Aṣṭakā, / he should duly perform the suspension of Vedic chanting (Utsarga) outside, at the edge of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.47) anadhyāyastryahaṃ prete śiṣyartviggurubandhuṣu / upākarmaṇi cotsarge svaśākhaśrotriye mṛte // > Study is suspended for three days on the death of a pupil, a sacrificial priest, a guru, or a kinsman, / at the Upākarma and Utsarga rites, and upon the death of a learned brāhmaṇa of one's own Vedic branch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.48) sandhyāgarjitanirghātabhūkampolkānipātane / samāpya vedaṃ dyuniśamāraṇyakamadhītya ca // > There is a break in study at the twilights, during thunder, thunderbolts, earthquakes, and meteor falls; / having finished the Veda, for a day and a night, and after studying the Āraṇyaka; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.49) pañcadaśyāṃ caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ rāhusūtake / ṛtusandhiṣu bhuktvā vā śrāddhikaṃ pratigṛhya ca // > on the fifteenth day, the fourteenth day, the eighth day, during an eclipse, / at the junction of seasons, or after eating at a memorial rite or receiving gifts from it; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.50) paśumaṇḍūkanakulaśvāhimārjārasūkaraiḥ / kṛte 'ntare tvahorātraṃ śakrapāte tathocchraye // > when a beast, a frog, a mongoose, a dog, a serpent, a cat, or a boar / passes between \[the teacher and pupil\], there is a break for a day and night, and likewise at the fall or raising of Indra's banner; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.51) śvakroṣṭugardabholūkasāmabāṇārtaniḥ svane / amedhyaśavaśūdrāntyaśmaśānapatitāntike // > at the howling of dogs or jackals, the braying of donkeys, the hoot of an owl, the sound of Sāmaveda chants, arrows, or cries of distress; / near impure things, a corpse, a śūdra, an outcaste, a cremation ground, or a fallen person; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.52) deśe 'śucāvātmani ca vidyutstanitasaṃplave / bhuktvārdrapāṇirambho 'ntarardharātre 'timārute // > in an impure place and when oneself is impure, during a storm of lightning and thunder; / having eaten with wet hands, while in water, at midnight, or in a fierce wind; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.53) digdāhe pāṃsuvarṣeṣu sandhyānī hārabhītiṣu / dhāvataḥ pūtigandhe ca śiṣṭe ca gṛhamāgate // > when the quarters seem ablaze, during dust storms, during the evening twilight, when fog or panic arises, / while running, when there is a foul odor, and when a distinguished guest arrives at the house; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.54) kharoṣṭrayānahastyaśvanauvṛkṣagirirohaṇe / saptatriṃśadanadhyāyānetāṃstātkālikānviduḥ // > while riding a donkey, camel, carriage, elephant, horse, or boat, or while climbing a tree or mountain. / These thirty-seven instances of non-study are known as temporary. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.55) vedadiṣṭaṃ tathācāryaṃ rājacchāyāṃ parastriyam / nākrāmedraktaviṇmūtraṣṭhīvanodvartanāni ca // > One should not step on the shadow of Vedic elders, a teacher, a king, or another man's wife, / nor on blood, feces, urine, saliva, or cosmetic pastes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.56) viprāhikṣattriyātmāno nāvajñeyāḥ kadācana / dūrāducchiṣṭaviṇmūtrapādāmbhāṃsi samutsṛjet // > A brāhmaṇa, a serpent, a kṣatriya, and oneself should never be despised. / From a distance one should cast away leftover food, feces, urine, and foot-washing water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.57) śrutismṛtyuktamācāraṃ kuryānmarmaṇi na spṛśet / na nindātāḍane kuryātsutaṃ śiṣyaṃ ca tāḍayet // > One should practice the conduct taught in the Śruti and Smṛti, and not strike vital parts; / one should not censure or strike others, though one may discipline a son and a student. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.58) ācaretsarvadā dharmaṃ tadviruddhaṃ tu nācaret / mātāpitratithībhyāḍhyairvivādaṃ nācaredgṛhī // > One should always practice dharma, and never act contrary to it; / a householder should not enter into a dispute with mother, father, guests, or eminent persons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.59) pañca piṇḍānanuddhṛtya na snāyātparavāriṣu / snāyānnadīprastravaṇadevakhātahradeṣu ca // > One should not bathe in another's water without first taking out five lumps of earth; / one should bathe in rivers, mountain torrents, sacred pools, and natural lakes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.60) varjayetparaśayyādi na cāśrīyādanāpadi / kadaryabaddhaco (vai) rāṇāṃ tathā cānamnikasya ca // > One should avoid another's bed and the like, and except in distress, one should not eat \[the food\] / of a miser, a prisoner, a thief, or one without an agnihotra fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.61) vaiṇābhiśastavārdhuṣyagaṇikāgaṇadīkṣiṇām / cikitsakāturakruddhaklībaraṅgopajīvinām // > of a bamboo-worker, an accused person, a usurer, a courtesan, or an initiate of a guild, / of a physician, a patient, an angry person, a eunuch, or a stage performer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.62) krūrograpatitavrātyadāmbhikocchiṣṭabhojinām / śāstravikrayiṇaścaiva strījitagrāmayājinām // > of the cruel, the fierce, the outcaste, the vrātya, the hypocrite, or those who eat leftovers, / of a seller of weapons, a henpecked husband, or one who performs sacrifices for a whole village, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.63) nṛśaṃsarājarajakakṛtaghnavadhajīvinām / piśunānṛtinoścaiva somavikrayiṇastathā // > of the malicious, a king, a washerman, an ungrateful person, or one who lives by killing, / of a slanderer, a liar, or a seller of soma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.64) bandināṃ svarṇakārāṇāmannameṣāṃ kadācana / na bhoktavyaṃ vṛthā māṃsaṃ keśakīṭasamanvitam // > of bards, or of goldsmiths—their food should never be eaten; / nor should meat slaughtered in vain, or food contaminated with hair and insects, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.65) bhaktaṃ paryuṣitocchiṣṭaṃ śvaspṛṣṭaṃ patito (te) kṣitam / udakyāspṛṣṭasaṃghuṣṭamaparyāptaṃ ca varjayet // > food that is stale, remnant, touched by a dog, looked upon by an outcaste, / touched by a menstruating woman, proclaimed loudly, or insufficient. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.66) ghoghrātaṃ śakunocchiṣṭaṃ pādaspṛṣṭa ca kāmataḥ / śūdreṣu dāsagopālakulamitrārdhasīriṇaḥ // > One should avoid food sniffed by a cow, pecked by a bird, or touched by a foot intentionally. / Among śūdras, one's slave, cowherd, family friend, and a sharecropper, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.67) bhojyānno nāpitaścaiva yaścātmānaṃ nivedayet / annaṃ paryuṣitaṃ bhojyaṃ snehāktaṃ cirasaṃbhṛ (sthi) tam // > a barber, and whoever surrenders himself—their food is edible. / Stale food that is prepared with oil or ghee and has stood for a long time may be eaten, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.68) asnehā api ghodhūmayavagorasavikriyāḥ / auṣṭramaikaśaphaṃ strīṇāṃ payaśca parivarjayet // > as well as un-oiled preparations of wheat, barley, and cow's milk products. / Milk from a camel, one-hoofed animals, and women should be avoided. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.69) kravyādapakṣidātyūhaśukamāṃsāni varjayet / sārasaikaśaphānhaṃsānbalākabakaṭiṭṭibhān // > One should avoid carnivorous birds, gallinules, and parrot meat, / cranes, one-hoofed animals, geese, egrets, herons, and lapwings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.70) vṛthā kṛsarasaṃyāva pāyasāpūpaśaṣkulīḥ / kuraraṃ jālapādaṃ ca khañjarīṭamṛgadvijān // > rice-and-pulse mash, barley cakes, sweet milk-rice, cakes, and pastry prepared in vain, / the osprey, web-footed birds, wagtails, carnivorous animals, and birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.71) cāṣānmatsyātraktapādañcagddhvā vai kāmato naraḥ / ballūraṃ kāmato jagddhvā sopa vāsastryahaṃ bhavet // > If a man intentionally eats blue jays, fish, red-legged birds, > or if he intentionally eats dried meat, he should fast for three days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.72) palāṇḍulaśunādīni jagddhvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret / śrāddhe devānpitṝnprārcya khādanmāṃsaṃ na doṣabhāk // > Having eaten onions, garlic, and the like, one should perform a cāndrāyaṇa fast. > Having worshipped the gods and ancestors at a śrāddha, one who eats meat incurs no guilt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.73) vasetsa narake ghora dināni paśuromataḥ / saṃmitāni durācāro yo hantyavidhinā paśūn / māṃsaṃ santyajya saṃprārthya kāmānyāti tato harim // > The vile person who slaughters animals contrary to the rule > shall reside in a terrible hell for as many days as there are hairs on the animal. > Renouncing meat and praying, one attains one's desires and thereafter goes to Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.96.73.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96.73.p1) iti śrīgāruje mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe yājñavalkyoktaśrāddhanirūpaṇaṃ nāma ṣaṇṇavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the ninety-sixth chapter, entitled "Exposition of the Śrāddha Declared by Yājñavalkya," in the section on conduct, in the first part called the pūrvakhaṇḍe of the auspicious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.96.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (13) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.104) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.162.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vallālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.16.12) — Ānandabhaṭṭa 1510, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.4.p30) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.29.p25) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Ācāraratna (Maṇirāma)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.bhatta.acararatna.19.136) — Maṇirāma 1630, Sanskrit - [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.19.136) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.18.7.6) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit - [Ācārabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarabhusana.24.1.32) — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit - [Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudracarasiromani.5.p32) — Kṛṣṇaśeṣa 1520, Sanskrit - [Āhnikaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.ahnikaprakasa.1.p24) — Mitramiśra, Sanskrit - [Kālaviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.kalaviveka.77.p1.17) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit - [Smṛtikaustubha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtikaustubha.4.p1.38) — Anantadeva 1638, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.96) · Pramāṇa