Dharmasūtra · Chapter 8

dvau loke dhṛtavratau rājā brāhmaṇaś ca bahuśrutaḥ |

tayoś caturvidhasya manuṣyajātasyāntaḥsaṃjñānāmcalanapatanasarpaṇānām āyattaṃ jīvanam |

prasūtirakṣaṇam asaṃkaro dharmaḥ |

sa eva bahuśruto bhavati |

lokavedavedāṅgavit |

vākovākyetihāsapurāṇakuśalaḥ |

tadapekṣas tadvṛttiḥ |

catvāriṃśat saṃskāraiḥ saṃskṛtaḥ |

triṣu karmasv abhirataḥ |

ṣaṭsu vā |

sāmayācārikeṣv abhivinītaḥ |

ṣaḍbhiḥ parihāryo rājñā |

avadhyaś cābandhyaś cādaṇḍyaś cābahiṣkāryaścāparivādyaś cāparihāryaś ceti |

garbhādhānapuṃsavanasīmantonnayanajātakarmanāmakaraṇānnaprāśanacaulopanayanam |

catvāri vedavratāni |

snānaṃ sahadharmacāriṇīsaṃyogaḥ |

pañcānāṃ yajñānām anuṣṭhānaṃdevapitṛmanuṣyabhūtabrāhmaṇām |

eteṣāṃ ca |

aṣṭakā pārvaṇaḥ śrāddham śrāvaṇyāgrahāyaṇīcaitryāśvayujīti sapta pākayajñasamsthāḥ |

agnyādheyam agnihotraṃ darśapūrṇamāsāvāgrayaṇaṃ cāturmāsyāni nirūḍhapaśubandhaḥ sautrāmaṇīti saptahaviryajñasamsthāḥ |

agniṣṭomo 'tyagniṣṭoma ukthyaḥ ṣoḍaśīvājapeyo 'tirātro 'ptoryāma iti sapta somasaṃsthāḥ |

ity ete catvāriṃśatsaṃskārāḥ |

athāṣṭāv ātmaguṇāḥ |

dayā sarvabhūteṣu kṣāntir anasūyā śaucam anāyāsomaṅgalam akārpaṇyam aspṛheti |

yasyaite catvāriṃśatsaṃskārā na cāṣṭāv ātmaguṇāna sa brahmaṇaḥ sāyujyaṃ sālokyaṃ gacchati |

yasya tu khalu saṃskārāṇām ekadeśo 'py aṣṭāv ātmaguṇā atha sa brahmaṇaḥ sāyujyaṃ sālokyaṃ cagacchati |