The Ten Paths of Action and Devotion to Narayana

Verse 1 (13.35.1)

किं कर्तव्यं मनुष्येण लोकयात्राहितार्थिना । कथं वै लोकयात्रां तु किंशीलश्च समाचरेत् ॥

kiṃ kartavyaṃ manuṣyeṇa lokayātrāhitārthinā | kathaṃ vai lokayātrāṃ tu kiṃśīlaśca samācaret

What should a man do who seeks the good of his course through the world? How, and with what conduct, should he go about the business of the world?

Verse 2 (13.35.2)

देवे नारायणे भक्तिः शंकरे साधुपूजया । ध्यानेनाथ जपः कार्यः स्वधर्मैः शुचिचेतसा ॥

deve nārāyaṇe bhaktiḥ śaṃkare sādhupūjayā | dhyānenātha japaḥ kāryaḥ svadharmaiḥ śucicetasā

Devotion is to be shown to the god Narayana, and to Shankara through due worship of the holy; then japa is to be performed, with meditation and with the duties proper to one's own station, in a pure mind.

Note on the text: Removed the stray backtick and closing quote marks. Not in the critical edition's numbered text: star passage 13,013.002*0070_01-02 (CE 'japaiḥ kāryā … śucitejasā' against Wikisource 'जपः कार्यः … शुचिचेतसा'; recension variant, kept). Not in Appendix I.

Verse 3 (13.35.3)

कायेन त्रिविधं कर्म वाचा चापि चतुर्विधम् । मनसा त्रिविधं चैव दश कर्मपथांस्त्यजेत् ॥

kāyena trividhaṃ karma vācā cāpi caturvidham | manasā trividhaṃ caiva daśa karmapathāṃstyajet

Action by the body is of three kinds, by speech of four kinds, and by the mind of three kinds: one should give up these ten paths of action.

Verse 4 (13.35.4)

प्राणातिपातः स्तैन्यं च परदाराभिमर्शनम् । त्रीणि पापानि कायेन सर्वतः परिवर्जयेत् ॥

prāṇātipātaḥ stainyaṃ ca paradārābhimarśanam | trīṇi pāpāni kāyena sarvataḥ parivarjayet

Taking life, theft, and touching another man's wife: these three sins of the body one should avoid completely.

Note on the text: = CE 13.13.3 (CE 'prāṇātipātaṃ stainyaṃ ca paradāram athāpi ca'; Wikisource's wording differs; recension variant, kept).

Verse 5 (13.35.5)

असत्प्रलापं पारुष्यं पैशुन्यमनृतं तथा । चत्वारि वाचा राजेन्द्र न जल्पेन्नानुचिन्तयेत् ॥

asatpralāpaṃ pāruṣyaṃ paiśunyamanṛtaṃ tathā | catvāri vācā rājendra na jalpennānucintayet

Idle talk, harshness, slander, and falsehood: these four sins of speech, O king of kings, one should neither utter nor dwell on in thought.

Verse 6 (13.35.6)

अनभिध्या परस्वेषु सर्वसत्वेषु सौहृदम् । कर्मणां फलमस्तीति त्रिविधं मनसा चरेत् ॥

anabhidhyā parasveṣu sarvasatveṣu sauhṛdam | karmaṇāṃ phalamastīti trividhaṃ manasā caret

Not coveting the property of others, goodwill toward all beings, and the conviction that actions bear fruit: this threefold course one should follow with the mind.

Verse 7 (13.35.7)

तस्माद्वाक्कायमनसा नाचरेदशुभं नरः । शुभान्येवाचरँल्लोके भक्तो नारायणस्य हि । तस्यैव तु पदं सूक्ष्मं प्रसादादश्नुयात्परम् ॥

tasmādvākkāyamanasā nācaredaśubhaṃ naraḥ | śubhānyevācaram̐lloke bhakto nārāyaṇasya hi | tasyaiva tu padaṃ sūkṣmaṃ prasādādaśnuyātparam

Therefore a man should not act wrongly by speech, body, or mind. Doing only good in the world, a devotee of Narayana would, by his grace, attain that very state of his, subtle and supreme.

Note on the text: Corrected वाक्वायमनसा → वाक्कायमनसा (misprint in Wikisource; CE 'vākkāyamanasā'). Removed the stray closing quote marks (।।'). Line 1 = CE 13.13.6a; lines 2-3 = CE star lines 13,013.006d*0071_01-02, which are not in the CE's numbered text. Not in Appendix I (the CE's Appendix I passage 3 follows these lines and is the matter of Wikisource adhyaya 36).