Narada on Abandoning a Wife and on Worthy Brahmins

Verse 1 (13.59.1)

श्रुतं बलं प्रभावश्च योषितां मुनिसत्तम । एकस्य बहुभार्यस्य धर्ममिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥

śrutaṃ balaṃ prabhāvaśca yoṣitāṃ munisattama | ekasya bahubhāryasya dharmamicchāmi veditum

I have heard of the strength and the power of women, best of sages. Now I wish to learn the dharma of a man who has many wives.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0184-0185). The page's speaker heading (`मार्कण्डेय उवाच, 13-59-1x) had slipped into the verse text with a stray backtick; removed and made the speaker (the input had no speaker).

Verse 2 (13.59.2)

बहुभार्यासु सक्तस्य नारीभोगेषु गेहिनः । ऋतौ विमुञ्चमानस्य सांनिध्ये भ्रूणहा स्मृतः ॥

bahubhāryāsu saktasya nārībhogeṣu gehinaḥ | ṛtau vimuñcamānasya sāṃnidhye bhrūṇahā smṛtaḥ

A householder attached to many wives and to the pleasures of women, who neglects one of them in her season while he is near, is said to be a slayer of an embryo.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0186-0187).

Verse 3 (13.59.3)

वृद्धां वन्ध्यां सुव्रतां च मृतापत्यामपुष्पिणीम् । कन्यां च बहुपुत्रां च वर्जयन्मुच्यते भयात् ॥

vṛddhāṃ vandhyāṃ suvratāṃ ca mṛtāpatyāmapuṣpiṇīm | kanyāṃ ca bahuputrāṃ ca varjayanmucyate bhayāt

By passing over an aged woman, a barren one, a woman of good vows, one whose children have died, one who has not yet flowered, a maiden, and the mother of many sons, a man is freed from that fear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0188-0189). Corrected सुव्रता च → सुव्रतां च (misprint in Wikisource; the accusative is needed in this list, dropped म्, CE suvratāṃ ca).

Verse 4 (13.59.4)

व्याधितो बन्धनस्थो वा प्रवासेष्वथ पर्वसु । ऋतुकाले तु नारीणां भ्रूणहत्यां प्रमुञ्चति ॥

vyādhito bandhanastho vā pravāseṣvatha parvasu | ṛtukāle tu nārīṇāṃ bhrūṇahatyāṃ pramuñcati

A man who is ill, in bonds, away from home, or observing the parva days is freed from the guilt of embryo-slaying in his wives' fertile seasons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0190-0191).

Verse 5 (13.59.5)

वैश्यनारीषु वै जाताः परप्रेष्यासु वा सुताः । कस्य ते बन्धुदायादा भवन्ति हि महामुने ॥

vaiśyanārīṣu vai jātāḥ parapreṣyāsu vā sutāḥ | kasya te bandhudāyādā bhavanti hi mahāmune

Sons born of Vaishya women, or of other men's maidservants — whose kinsmen and heirs are they, great sage?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0192-0193). The CE has veśanārīṣu (courtesans) for वैश्यनारीषु; the Wikisource word is valid Sanskrit and is kept.

Verse 6 (13.59.6)

पण्यस्त्रीषु प्रसूता ये यस्य स्त्री तस्य ते सुताः । क्रयाच्च कृत्रिमाः पुत्राः प्रदानाच्चैव दत्रिमाः ॥

paṇyastrīṣu prasūtā ye yasya strī tasya te sutāḥ | krayācca kṛtrimāḥ putrāḥ pradānāccaiva datrimāḥ

Those born of courtesans are the sons of the man whose woman she is. Sons obtained by purchase are the made sons, and those obtained by gift are the given sons.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0194-0195). Corrected पुत्रा प्रदानाच्चैव → पुत्राः प्रदानाच्चैव (misprint in Wikisource; dropped visarga, CE putrāḥ).

Verse 7 (13.59.7)

पण्यनारीष्वनियतः पुंसोऽर्थो वर्तते ध्रुवम् । अत्र चाहितगर्भायाः कस्य पुत्रं वदन्ति तम् ॥

paṇyanārīṣvaniyataḥ puṃso'rtho vartate dhruvam | atra cāhitagarbhāyāḥ kasya putraṃ vadanti tam

With courtesans a man's claim is surely unsettled. In such a case, whose son do they say the child is, when the woman has conceived?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0196-0197).

Verse 8 (13.59.8)

तीर्थभूतासु नारीषु ज्ञायते योऽभिगच्छति । ऋतौ तस्य भवेद्गर्भो यं वा नारी न शङ्कते ॥

tīrthabhūtāsu nārīṣu jñāyate yo'bhigacchati | ṛtau tasya bhavedgarbho yaṃ vā nārī na śaṅkate

With women who are like public fords, the child belongs to the man who is known to have gone to her in her fertile season, or to the man about whom the woman herself has no doubt.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0198-0199).

Verse 9 (13.59.9)

नराणां त्यजतां भार्यां कामक्रोधाद्गुणान्विताम् । अप्रसूतां प्रसूतां वा तेषां पृच्छामि निष्कृतिम् ॥

narāṇāṃ tyajatāṃ bhāryāṃ kāmakrodhādguṇānvitām | aprasūtāṃ prasūtāṃ vā teṣāṃ pṛcchāmi niṣkṛtim

As for men who abandon a wife full of good qualities out of desire or anger, whether she has borne a child or not — I ask what atonement there is for them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0200-0201).

Verse 10 (13.59.10)

अपापां त्यजमानस्य साध्वीं मत्वैवमादितः । आत्मवंशस्वधर्मो वा त्यजतो निष्कृतिर्न तु ॥

apāpāṃ tyajamānasya sādhvīṃ matvaivamāditaḥ | ātmavaṃśasvadharmo vā tyajato niṣkṛtirna tu

For one who abandons a blameless wife, whom he took from the start to be virtuous, there is no atonement; for in doing so he abandons his own line and his own duty.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0202-0203). Corrected मत्वा यमादितः → मत्वैवमादितः (misprint in Wikisource; यमादितः gives no sense here, CE matvaivam āditaḥ).

Verse 11 (13.59.11)

यो नरस्त्यजते भार्यां पुष्पिणीमप्रसूतिकाम् । स नष्टवंशः पितृभिर्युक्तस्त्यज्येत दैवतैः ॥

yo narastyajate bhāryāṃ puṣpiṇīmaprasūtikām | sa naṣṭavaṃśaḥ pitṛbhiryuktastyajyeta daivataiḥ

The man who abandons a wife who is in her season but has borne no child has his line ruined, and is forsaken by the ancestors and by the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0204-0205). Corrected भार्या पुष्पिणीमप्रसूतिकाम् → भार्यां पुष्पिणीमप्रसूतिकाम् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped anusvara, the accusative is needed, CE bhāryāṃ).

Verse 12 (13.59.12)

भार्यामपत्यसञ्जातां प्रसूतां पुत्रपौत्रिणीम् । पुत्रदारपरित्यागी न स प्राप्नोति निष्कृतिम् ॥

bhāryāmapatyasañjātāṃ prasūtāṃ putrapautriṇīm | putradāraparityāgī na sa prāpnoti niṣkṛtim

A man who abandons a wife who has borne him children, who has given birth, who has sons and grandsons — abandoning his sons and his wife — finds no atonement.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0206-0207).

Verse 13 (13.59.13)

एवं हि भार्यां त्यजतां नराणां नास्ति निष्कृतिः । नार्हन्ति प्रमदास्त्यक्तुं पुत्रपौत्रप्रतिष्ठिताः ॥

evaṃ hi bhāryāṃ tyajatāṃ narāṇāṃ nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ | nārhanti pramadāstyaktuṃ putrapautrapratiṣṭhitāḥ

Thus there is no atonement for men who abandon their wives. Women who are established by sons and grandsons must not be abandoned.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0208-0209).

Verse 14 (13.59.14)

कीदृशीं संत्यजन्भार्यां नरो दोषैर्न लिप्यते । एतदिच्छामि तत्वेन विज्ञातुमृषिसत्तम ॥

kīdṛśīṃ saṃtyajanbhāryāṃ naro doṣairna lipyate | etadicchāmi tatvena vijñātumṛṣisattama

What kind of wife can a man abandon without being stained by fault? I wish to know this truly, best of sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0210-0211).

Verse 15 (13.59.15)

मोक्षधर्मस्थितानां तु अन्योन्यमनुजानताम् । भार्यापतीनां मुक्तानामधर्मो न विधीयते ॥

mokṣadharmasthitānāṃ tu anyonyamanujānatām | bhāryāpatīnāṃ muktānāmadharmo na vidhīyate

No unrighteousness is laid down for wives and husbands who abide in the dharma of liberation, who have been freed and who consent to each other.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0212-0213).

Verse 16 (13.59.16)

अन्यसङ्गां गतापत्यां शूद्रगां परगामिनीम् । परीक्ष्य त्यजमानानां नराणां नास्ति पातकम् ॥

anyasaṅgāṃ gatāpatyāṃ śūdragāṃ paragāminīm | parīkṣya tyajamānānāṃ narāṇāṃ nāsti pātakam

For men who, after examining her, abandon a wife who consorts with another, who has borne a child, who goes with a Shudra, or who goes to other men, there is no sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0214-0215).

Verse 17 (13.59.17)

पातकेऽपि तु भर्तव्यौ द्वौ तु माता पिता तथा ॥

pātake'pi tu bhartavyau dvau tu mātā pitā tathā

Even when they have fallen into sin, two persons must still be supported: the mother and the father.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, line 13.22.19d@007A_0216). The page prints this verse as a single line (13-59-17a); the CE also has it as one line (@007A_0216), so nothing is lost.

Verse 18 (13.59.18)

भार्यायां व्यभिचारिण्यां नरस्य त्यजतो रुषा । कथं धर्मोऽप्यधर्मो वा भवतीह महामते ॥

bhāryāyāṃ vyabhicāriṇyāṃ narasya tyajato ruṣā | kathaṃ dharmo'pyadharmo vā bhavatīha mahāmate

When a wife is adulterous and her husband abandons her in anger, how can it be dharma or adharma, O greatly wise one?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0217-0218).

Verse 19 (13.59.19)

अनृतेऽपि हि सत्ये वा यो नारीं दूषितां त्यजेत् । अरक्षमाणः स्वां भार्यां नरो भवति भ्रूणहा ॥

anṛte'pi hi satye vā yo nārīṃ dūṣitāṃ tyajet | arakṣamāṇaḥ svāṃ bhāryāṃ naro bhavati bhrūṇahā

Whether the charge be false or true, the man who abandons a woman accused of fault, failing to protect his own wife, becomes a slayer of an embryo.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0219-0220).

Verse 20 (13.59.20)

अपत्यहेतोर्या नारी भर्तारमतिलङ्घयेत् । लोलेन्द्रियेति सा रक्ष्या न सन्त्याज्या कथञ्चन ॥

apatyahetoryā nārī bhartāramatilaṅghayet | lolendriyeti sā rakṣyā na santyājyā kathañcana

A woman who, for the sake of offspring, steps beyond her husband — 'she is of wanton senses' — is to be guarded and must on no account be cast off.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0221-0222).

Verse 21 (13.59.21)

नद्यश्च नार्यश्च समस्वभावा । नैताः प्रमुञ्चन्ति नरावगाढाः । स्रोतांसि नद्यो वहते निपातं । नारी रजोभिः पुनरेति शौचम् ॥

nadyaśca nāryaśca samasvabhāvā | naitāḥ pramuñcanti narāvagāḍhāḥ | srotāṃsi nadyo vahate nipātaṃ | nārī rajobhiḥ punareti śaucam

Rivers and women are alike in nature: though men plunge into them, they do not let go of their nature. Rivers carry their streams down to the fall; a woman becomes pure again through her monthly courses.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0223-0226). Four-line verse (13-59-21a,b,c,d; CE @007A_0223-0226). The CE has praduṣyanti ("are not defiled") for प्रमुञ्चन्ति (variant, kept).

Verse 22 (13.59.22)

एवं नार्यो न दुष्यन्ति व्यभिचारेऽपि भर्तृणाम् । मासिमासि भवेद्रागस्ततः शुद्धा भवन्त्युत ॥

evaṃ nāryo na duṣyanti vyabhicāre'pi bhartṛṇām | māsimāsi bhavedrāgastataḥ śuddhā bhavantyuta

Thus women are not stained even by adultery against their husbands; each month the flow comes, and after it they are pure.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0227-0228). The CE has tyāgaḥ for रागः (variant, kept).

Verse 23 (13.59.23)

कानि तीर्थानि भगवन्नृणां देहाश्रितानि वै । तानि वै शंस भगवन्याथातथ्येन पृच्छतः ॥

kāni tīrthāni bhagavannṛṇāṃ dehāśritāni vai | tāni vai śaṃsa bhagavanyāthātathyena pṛcchataḥ

Which are the holy fords (tirthas) that dwell in the bodies of men, revered sir? Tell me those truly, as I ask.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0229-0230).

Verse 24 (13.59.24)

सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वज्ञ किं तीर्थं परमं नृणाम् । यत्रोपस्पृश्य पूतो यो नरो भवति नित्यशः ॥

sarvatīrtheṣu sarvajña kiṃ tīrthaṃ paramaṃ nṛṇām | yatropaspṛśya pūto yo naro bhavati nityaśaḥ

Among all tirthas, O all-knowing one, which is the highest for men, where a man, having touched the water, becomes forever pure?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0231-0232).

Verse 25 (13.59.25)

देवर्षिपितृतीर्थानि ब्राह्मं मध्येऽथ वैष्णवम् । नृणां तीर्थानि पञ्चाहुः पाणौ सन्निहितानि वै ॥

devarṣipitṛtīrthāni brāhmaṃ madhye'tha vaiṣṇavam | nṛṇāṃ tīrthāni pañcāhuḥ pāṇau sannihitāni vai

The tirthas of the gods, the sages, and the ancestors, the tirtha of Brahma in the middle, and the Vaishnava one: these, they say, are the five tirthas of men, present in the hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0233-0234). Corrected मध्येऽथं → मध्येऽथ (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara, CE madhye 'tha).

Verse 26 (13.59.26)

आद्यतीर्थं तु तीर्थानां वैष्णवो भाग उच्यते । यत्रोपस्पृश्य वर्णानां चतुर्णां वर्धते कुलम् । पितृदैवतकार्याणि वर्धन्ते प्रेत्य चेह च ॥

ādyatīrthaṃ tu tīrthānāṃ vaiṣṇavo bhāga ucyate | yatropaspṛśya varṇānāṃ caturṇāṃ vardhate kulam | pitṛdaivatakāryāṇi vardhante pretya ceha ca

The Vaishnava portion is said to be the first of all tirthas. By touching water there the family of the four varnas prospers, and the rites for ancestors and gods flourish, in the next world and here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0235-0237). Three-line verse (13-59-26a,b,c; CE @007A_0235-0237).

Verse 27 (13.59.27)

नराणां कामवृत्तानां या नार्यो निरवग्रहाः । यासामभिग्रहो नास्ति ता मे कथय नारद ॥

narāṇāṃ kāmavṛttānāṃ yā nāryo niravagrahāḥ | yāsāmabhigraho nāsti tā me kathaya nārada

Among men who live as they please, there are women who have no restraint, whom nothing holds back. Tell me about them, Narada.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0238-0239).

Verse 28 (13.59.28)

पाशुर्वैश्या नटी गोपी तान्तुकी तुन्नवायिकी । नारी किराती शबरी नर्तकी चानवग्रहा ॥

pāśurvaiśyā naṭī gopī tāntukī tunnavāyikī | nārī kirātī śabarī nartakī cānavagrahā

The woman of the snare-folk, the Vaishya woman, the actress, the cowherd woman, the weaver woman, the tailor woman, the Kirata woman, the Shabara woman, and the dancer — these are unrestrained.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0240-0241). पाशुः is kept as printed; the CE has vāgur (a fowler or snarer) and veśyā (courtesan) for पाशुः and वैश्या. The sense of पाशुः is uncertain and is rendered "woman of the snare-folk" after the CE.

Verse 29 (13.59.29)

एतासु जाता नारीषु सर्ववर्णेषु ये सुताः । केषु के बन्धुदायादा भवन्ति ऋषिसत्तम ॥

etāsu jātā nārīṣu sarvavarṇeṣu ye sutāḥ | keṣu ke bandhudāyādā bhavanti ṛṣisattama

Of the sons born of these women among men of all varnas, best of sages — to whom are they kin and heirs?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0242-0243).

Verse 30 (13.59.30)

य एताः परिगृह्णन्ति तेषामेव हि ते सुताः । सर्वत्र तु प्रवृत्तासु बीजं नश्यति देहिनाम् ॥

ya etāḥ parigṛhṇanti teṣāmeva hi te sutāḥ | sarvatra tu pravṛttāsu bījaṃ naśyati dehinām

They are the sons of those very men who take these women as their own. For among women who go with everyone, the seed of embodied men is lost.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0244-0245).

Verse 31 (13.59.31)

सर्वस्त्रीषु प्रवृत्ताश्च साधुवेदविवर्जिताः । मानवाः काण्डपृष्ठाश्च वेदमन्त्रबहिष्कृताः । नियुक्ता हव्यकव्येषु तेषां दत्तं कथं भवेत् ॥

sarvastrīṣu pravṛttāśca sādhuvedavivarjitāḥ | mānavāḥ kāṇḍapṛṣṭhāśca vedamantrabahiṣkṛtāḥ | niyuktā havyakavyeṣu teṣāṃ dattaṃ kathaṃ bhavet

Men who have gone with all women, devoid of virtue and of the Veda, the so-called 'arrow-backed,' shut out from the Vedic mantras — if such men are appointed to the rites for gods and ancestors, how will what is given to them fare?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0246-0248). Three-line verse (13-59-31a,b,c; CE @007A_0246-0248).

Verse 32 (13.59.32)

नार्हन्ति हव्यकव्यानि सावित्रीवर्जिता द्विजाः । व्रात्येष्वन्नप्रदानं तद्यथा शूद्रेषु वै तथा ॥

nārhanti havyakavyāni sāvitrīvarjitā dvijāḥ | vrātyeṣvannapradānaṃ tadyathā śūdreṣu vai tathā

Twice-born men without the Savitri are not fit for the offerings to gods and ancestors. Giving food to vratyas is just like giving it to Shudras.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0249-0250).

Verse 33 (13.59.33)

धर्मेष्वधिकृतानां तु नराणां मुह्यते मनः । कथं न विघ्नो भवति एतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥

dharmeṣvadhikṛtānāṃ tu narāṇāṃ muhyate manaḥ | kathaṃ na vighno bhavati etadicchāmi veditum

The minds of men entrusted with the duties of dharma become confused. How is it that this does not become an obstacle? I wish to know.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0251-0252).

Verse 34 (13.59.34)

अर्थाश्च नार्यश्च समानमेन- । च्छ्रेयांसि पुंसामिह मोहयन्ति । रतिप्रमोदात्प्रमदा हरन्ति । भोगैर्धनं चाप्युपहन्ति धर्मान् ॥

arthāśca nāryaśca samānamena- | cchreyāṃsi puṃsāmiha mohayanti | ratipramodātpramadā haranti | bhogairdhanaṃ cāpyupahanti dharmān

Wealth and women alike confuse the good of men in this world. Women carry it away through the delights of love, and wealth, through enjoyments, destroys the dharmas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0253-0256). Four-line verse (13-59-34a-d; CE @007A_0253-0256). The word समानमेन- is split across the line break, as the page prints it (एनत् for CE etat: samānam etac chreyāṃsi); kept.

Verse 35 (13.59.35)

हव्यं कव्यं च धर्मात्मा सर्वं तच्छ्रोत्रियोऽर्हति । दत्तं हि श्रोत्रिये साधौ ज्वलिताग्नाविवाहुतिः ॥

havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca dharmātmā sarvaṃ tacchrotriyo'rhati | dattaṃ hi śrotriye sādhau jvalitāgnāvivāhutiḥ

A righteous shrotriya deserves all oblations and funeral offerings; for what is given to a good shrotriya is like an offering poured into a blazing fire.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0257-0258).

Verse 36 (13.59.36)

श्रोत्रियाणां कुले जाता वेदार्थविदितात्मनाम् । हित्वा कस्मात्त्रयीं विद्यां वार्तां वृत्तिमुपाश्रिताः ॥

śrotriyāṇāṃ kule jātā vedārthaviditātmanām | hitvā kasmāttrayīṃ vidyāṃ vārtāṃ vṛttimupāśritāḥ

Born in the families of shrotriyas, with selves informed of the meaning of the Vedas, why have some abandoned the threefold knowledge and taken up the livelihood of farming and trade?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0259-0260).

Verse 37 (13.59.37)

चातुर्वर्ण्यं पुरा न्यस्तं सुविद्वत्सु द्विजातिषु । तस्माद्वर्णैः संविभज्या वृत्तिः सङ्करवर्जिता ॥

cāturvarṇyaṃ purā nyastaṃ suvidvatsu dvijātiṣu | tasmādvarṇaiḥ saṃvibhajyā vṛttiḥ saṅkaravarjitā

In ancient times the fourfold order was entrusted to the learned among the twice-born. Therefore livelihood should be apportioned among the varnas, free of mixture.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0261-0262). Corrected वर्णौः → वर्णैः (misprint in Wikisource; wrong vowel sign, instrumental plural needed, CE varṇaiḥ).

Verse 38 (13.59.38)

ये चान्ये श्रोत्रिया जाताः संस्कृताः पुत्रगृध्नुभिः । पूर्वनिर्वाणनिर्वृत्तां जातां वृत्तिमुपाश्रिताः ॥

ye cānye śrotriyā jātāḥ saṃskṛtāḥ putragṛdhnubhiḥ | pūrvanirvāṇanirvṛttāṃ jātāṃ vṛttimupāśritāḥ

And those other shrotriyas who, born and consecrated by parents eager for sons, have taken up a livelihood that arose from an earlier extinction.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0263-0264).

Verse 39 (13.59.39)

असंस्कृताः श्रोत्रियजाः संस्कृता ज्ञानिजाः कथम् ॥

asaṃskṛtāḥ śrotriyajāḥ saṃskṛtā jñānijāḥ katham

How can those born of shrotriyas be unconsecrated, and those born of the learned be consecrated?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, line 13.22.19d@007A_0265). The page prints this verse as a single line (13-59-39a); the CE also has it as one line (@007A_0265), so nothing is lost.

Verse 40 (13.59.40)

असंस्कारो वैदिकश्च स मान्यः श्रोत्रियात्मजः । शुद्धान्वयः श्रोत्रियस्तु सुविद्वद्भिः समोऽन्यथा ॥

asaṃskāro vaidikaśca sa mānyaḥ śrotriyātmajaḥ | śuddhānvayaḥ śrotriyastu suvidvadbhiḥ samo'nyathā

A son of a shrotriya who lacks the sacraments yet is versed in the Veda is to be honoured. A shrotriya of pure lineage equals the very learned; otherwise he does not.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0266-0267). The CE has na mānyaḥ ("is not honoured") for स मान्यः; the Wikisource reading is good Sanskrit and is kept.

Verse 41 (13.59.41)

अनधीयानपुत्राश्च वेदसंस्कारवर्जिताः । तस्मात्ते वेदविज्ञाऽपि विप्राः श्रुतिनिकारिणः ॥

anadhīyānaputrāśca vedasaṃskāravarjitāḥ | tasmātte vedavijñā'pi viprāḥ śrutinikāriṇaḥ

Those whose sons have not studied and are devoid of the Vedic sacraments — therefore such Brahmins, though they know the Veda, bring disgrace on the Shruti.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0268-0269).

Verse 42 (13.59.42)

ब्रह्मराशौ पुरा सृष्टा वेदसंस्कारसंस्कृताः । तस्मात्तेष्वेव ते जाताः साधवः कुलधारिणः ॥

brahmarāśau purā sṛṣṭā vedasaṃskārasaṃskṛtāḥ | tasmātteṣveva te jātāḥ sādhavaḥ kuladhāriṇaḥ

In ancient times they were created in the host of Brahmins, consecrated with the Vedic sacraments; therefore those born among them are good men and upholders of the family.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0270-0271).

Verse 43 (13.59.43)

स्वयं क्रीतासु प्रेष्यासु प्रसूयन्ते तु ये नराः । कस्य नार्यः सुताश्चैव भवन्ति ऋषिसत्तम ॥

svayaṃ krītāsu preṣyāsu prasūyante tu ye narāḥ | kasya nāryaḥ sutāścaiva bhavanti ṛṣisattama

As for men who are born of maidservants whom a man has bought outright, to whom do the women and the sons belong, best of sages?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0272-0273).

Verse 44 (13.59.44)

स्वदास्यां यो नरो मोहात्प्रसूयेत स पापकृत् । इहाभिनिन्दितः प्रेत्य अपत्यं प्रेष्यतां नयेत् ॥

svadāsyāṃ yo naro mohātprasūyeta sa pāpakṛt | ihābhininditaḥ pretya apatyaṃ preṣyatāṃ nayet

A man who out of delusion begets a child on his own slave-woman is a sinner; censured here, after death he leads his offspring into servitude.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0274-0275).

Verse 45 (13.59.45)

सा तस्य भार्या पुत्रा ये हव्यकव्यप्रदास्तु ते । तस्या ये बान्धवाः केचिद्विषक्ताः प्रेष्यतां गताः । सर्वे तस्यास्तु सम्बन्धा मुच्यन्ते प्रेष्यकर्मसु ॥

sā tasya bhāryā putrā ye havyakavyapradāstu te | tasyā ye bāndhavāḥ kecidviṣaktāḥ preṣyatāṃ gatāḥ | sarve tasyāstu sambandhā mucyante preṣyakarmasu

She is his wife, and her sons are the givers of his oblations and funeral offerings. Any kinsmen of hers who, being bound, have fallen into servitude — all her relatives are freed from servants' work.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0276-0278). Three-line verse (13-59-45a,b,c; CE @007A_0276-0278).

Verse 46 (13.59.46)

एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं यदभिव्याहृतं त्वया । अथवा संशयः कश्चिद्भूयः सम्प्रष्टुमर्हसि ॥

etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yadabhivyāhṛtaṃ tvayā | athavā saṃśayaḥ kaścidbhūyaḥ sampraṣṭumarhasi

I have told you all that you asked. Or if you have any further doubt, you may ask again.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0279-0280).

Verse 47 (13.59.47)

अमिथ्यादर्शनो लोके नारदः सर्वकोविदः । प्रत्यक्षदर्शी लोकानां स्वयंभुरिव सत्तमः ॥

amithyādarśano loke nāradaḥ sarvakovidaḥ | pratyakṣadarśī lokānāṃ svayaṃbhuriva sattamaḥ

Narada's vision in the world never errs; he knows everything and sees the worlds directly, the best of beings, like the Self-existent One.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0281-0282). Corrected अमिथ्यादर्शनालोके → अमिथ्यादर्शनो लोके (misprint in Wikisource; two words run together with the wrong vowel, CE amithyādarśano loke). The CE prints its bhīṣmaḥ label before the second line of this couplet; the page's heading (Bhishma from the next verse) is followed.

Verse 48 (13.59.48)

इति सम्भाष्य ऋषिभिर्मार्कण्डेयो महातपाः । नारदं चापि सत्कृत्य तेन चैवाभिसत्कृतः । आमन्त्रयित्वा ऋषिभिः प्रययावाश्रमं मुनिः ॥

iti sambhāṣya ṛṣibhirmārkaṇḍeyo mahātapāḥ | nāradaṃ cāpi satkṛtya tena caivābhisatkṛtaḥ | āmantrayitvā ṛṣibhiḥ prayayāvāśramaṃ muniḥ

Having talked thus with the sages, the greatly ascetic Markandeya honoured Narada and was honoured by him in turn; and, taking leave of the sages, the sage went to his hermitage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0283-0285). Three-line verse (13-59-48a,b,c; CE @007A_0283-0285). Narration by Bhishma (page heading 13-59-48x).

Verse 49 (13.59.49)

ऋषयश्चापि तीर्थानां परिचर्यां प्रचक्रमुः ॥

ṛṣayaścāpi tīrthānāṃ paricaryāṃ pracakramuḥ

And the sages, too, began the service of the tirthas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, line 13.22.19d@007A_0286). The page prints this verse as a single line (13-59-49a); the CE also has it as one line (@007A_0286), so nothing is lost.

Verse 50 (13.59.50)

सुक्षेत्रबीजसंस्कारविशुद्धो ब्रह्मचर्यया । नित्यनैमित्तिकात्स्नातो मनश्शुद्ध्या च शुद्ध्यति ॥

sukṣetrabījasaṃskāraviśuddho brahmacaryayā | nityanaimittikātsnāto manaśśuddhyā ca śuddhyati

A man purified by a good field, good seed and the sacraments, who has bathed in accordance with the daily and occasional rites, who lives in chastity, becomes pure by purity of mind as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: part of the CE's inline Appendix I passage No. 7A (printed after 13.22.19, lines 13.22.19d@007A_0287-0288). Corrected ब्रह्मिचर्यया → ब्रह्मचर्यया (misprint in Wikisource; stray vowel sign, CE brahmacaryayā). Stray closing quote mark (।।') after the verse removed. The page ends here with the colophon.