Mitakshara · Chapter 1

yogīśvaraṃ yājñavalkyaṃ saṃpūjya munayo 'bruvan |
varṇāśrametarāṇāṃ no brūhi dharmān aśeṣataḥ ||

mithilāsthaḥ sa yogīndraḥ kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvābravīn munīn |
yasmin deśe mṛgaḥ kṛṣṇas tasmin dharmān nibodhata ||

purāṇanyāyamīmāṃsādharmaśāstrāṅgamiśritāḥ |
vedāḥ sthānāni vidyānāṃ dharmasya ca caturdaśa ||

manvatriviṣṇuhārītayājñavalkyośano 'ṅgirāḥ |
yamāpastambasaṃvartāḥ kātyāyanabṛhaspatī ||

parāśaravyāsaśaṅkhalikhitā dakṣagautamau |
śātātapo vasiṣṭhaś ca dharmaśāstraprayojakāḥ ||

deśe kāla upāyena dravyaṃ śraddhāsamanvitam |
pātre pradīyate yat tat sakalaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam ||

śrutiḥ smṛtiḥ sadācāraḥ svasya ca priyam ātmanaḥ |
samyaksaṃkalpajaḥ kāmo dharmamūlam idaṃ smṛtam ||

ijyācāradamāhiṃsādānasvādhyāyakarmaṇām |
ayaṃ tu paramo dharmo yad yogenātmadarśanam ||

catvāro vedadharmajñāḥ parṣat traividyam eva vā |
sā brute yaṃ sa dharmaḥ syād eko vādhyātmavittamaḥ ||

brahmakṣatriyaviṭśūdrā varṇās tv ādyās trayo dvijāḥ |
niṣekādyāḥ śmaśānāntās teṣāṃ vai mantrataḥ kriyāḥ ||

garbhādhānam ṛtau puṃsaḥ savanaṃ spandanāt purā |
ṣaṣṭhe 'ṣṭame vā sīmanto māsy ete jātakarma ca ||

ahany ekādaśe nāma caturthe māsi niṣkramaḥ |
ṣaṣṭhe 'nnaprāśanaṃ māsi cūḍā kāryā yathākulam ||

garbhāṣṭame 'ṣṭame vābde brāhmaṇasyopanāyanam |
rājñām ekādaśe saike viśām eke yathākulam ||

upanīya guruḥ śiṣyaṃ mahāvyāhṛtipūrvakam |
vedam adhyāpayed enaṃ śaucācārāṃś ca śikṣayet ||

divāsaṃdhyāsu karṇasthabrahmasūtra udaṅmukhaḥ |
kuryān mūtrapurīṣe ca rātrau ced dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ ||

gṛhītaśiśnaś cotthāya mṛdbhir abhyuddhṛtair jalaiḥ |
gandhalepakṣayakaraṃ śaucaṃ kuryād atandritaḥ ||

antarjānu śucau deśa upaviṣṭa udaṅmukhaḥ |
prāg vā brāhmeṇa tīrthena dvijo nityam upaspṛśet ||

kaniṣṭhādeśinyaṅguṣṭhamūlāny agraṃ karasya ca |
prajāpatipitṛbrahmadevatīrthāny anukramāt ||

triḥ prāsyāpo dvir unmṛjya khāny adbhiḥ samupaspṛśet |
adbhis tu prakṛtisthābhir hīnābhiḥ phenabudbudaiḥ ||

hṛtkaṇṭhatālugābhis tu yathāsaṃkhyaṃ dvijātayaḥ |
śūdhyeran strī ca śūdraś ca sakṛt spṛṣṭābhir antataḥ ||

snānam abdaivatair mantrair mārjanaṃ prāṇasaṃyamaḥ |
sūryasya cāpy upasthānaṃ gāyatryāḥ pratyahaṃ japaḥ ||

gāyatrīṃ śirasā sārdhaṃ japed vyāhṛtipūrvikām |
pratipraṇavasaṃyuktāṃ trir ayaṃ prāṇasaṃyamaḥ ||

prāṇān āyamya saṃprokṣya tṛcenābdaivatena tu |
japann āsīta sāvitrīṃ pratyag ā tārakodayāt ||

āhūtaś cāpy adhīyīta labdhaṃ cāsmai nivedayet |
hitaṃ tasya acaren nityaṃ manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ ||

kṛtajñādrohimedhāviśucikalyānasūyakāḥ |
adhyāpyā dharmataḥ sadhuśaktāptajñānavittadāḥ ||

ādimadhyāvasāneṣu bhavacchabdopalakṣitā |
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ bhaikṣacaryā yathākramam ||

kṛtāgnikāryo bhuñjīta vāgyato gurvanujñayā |
apośanakriyāpūrvaṃ satkṛtyānnam akutsayan ||

brahmacarye sthito naikam annam adyād anāpadi |
brāhmaṇaḥ kāmam aśnīyāc chrāddhe vratam apīḍayan ||

madhumāṃsāñjanocchiṣṭaśuktastrīprāṇihiṃsanam |
bhāskarālokanāślīlaparivādādi varjayet ||

sa gurur yaḥ kriyāḥ kṛtvā vedam asmai prayacchati |
upanīya dadad vedam ācāryaḥ sa udāhṛtaḥ ||

ekadeśam upādhyāya ṛtvig yajñakṛd ucyate |
ete mānyā yathāpūrvam ebhyo mātā garīyasī ||

prativedaṃ brahmacaryaṃ dvādaśābdāni pañca vā |
grahaṇāntikam iti eke keśāntaś caiva ṣoḍaśe ||

ā ṣoḍaśād ā dvaviṃśāc caturviṃśāc ca vatsarāt |
brahmakṣatraviśāṃ kāla aupanāyanikaḥ paraḥ ||

ata ūrdhvaṃ patanty ete sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ |
sāvitrīpatitā vrātyā vrātyastomād ṛte kratoḥ ||

mātur yad agre jāyante dvitīyaṃ mauñjibandhanāt |
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśas tasmād ete dvijāḥ smṛtāḥ ||

yajñānāṃ tapasāṃ caiva śubhānāṃ caiva karmaṇām |
veda eva dvijātīnāṃ niḥśreyasakaraḥ paraḥ ||

madhunā payasā caiva sa devaṃs tarpayed dvijaḥ |
pitṝn madhughṛtābhyāṃ ca ṛco 'dhīte hi yo 'nvaham ||

yajūṃṣi śaktito 'dhīte yo 'nvahaṃ sa ghṛtāmṛtaiḥ |
prīṇāti devān ājyena madhunā ca pitṝṃs tathā ||

sa tu somaghṛtair devāṃs tarpayed yo 'nvahaṃ paṭhet |
sāmāni tṛptiṃ kuryāc ca pitṝṇāṃ madhusarpiṣā ||

medasā tarpayed devān atharvāṅgirasaḥ paṭhan |
pitṝṃś ca madhusarpirbhyām anvahaṃ śaktito dvijaḥ ||

vākovākyaṃ purāṇaṃ ca nārāśaṃsīś ca gāthikāḥ |
itihāsāṃs tathā vidyāḥ śaktyādhīte hi yo 'nvaham ||

māṃsakṣīraudanamadhutarpaṇaṃ sa divaukasām |
karoti tṛptiṃ kuryāc ca pitṝṇāṃ madhusarpiṣā ||

trir vittapūrṇapṛthivīdānasya phalam aśnute |
tapasaś ca parasyeha nityasvādhyāyavān dvijaḥ ||

naiṣṭhiko brahmacārī tu vased ācāryasaṃnidhau |
tadabhāve 'sya tanaye patnyāṃ vaiśvānare 'pi vā ||

anena vidhinā dehaṃ sādhayan vijitendriyaḥ |
brahmalokam avāpnoti na ceha jāyate punaḥ ||

gurave tu varaṃ dattvā snāyīta tadanujñayā |
vedaṃ vratāni vā pāraṃ nītvā hy ubhayam eva vā ||

aviplutabrahmacaryo lakṣaṇyāṃ striyam udvahet |
ananyapūrvikāṃ kāntām asapiṇḍāṃ yavīyasīm ||

etair eva guṇair yuktaḥ savarṇaḥ śrotriyo varaḥ |
yatnāt parīkṣitaḥ puṃstve yuvā dhīmān janapriyaḥ ||

yad ucyate dvijātīnāṃ śūdrād dāropasaṃgrahaḥ |
naitan mama mataṃ yasmāt tatrāyaṃ jāyate svayam ||

tisro varṇānupūrvyeṇa dve tathaikā yathākramam |
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ bhāryā svā śūdrajanmanaḥ ||

brāhmo vivāha āhūya dīyate śaktyalaṃkṛtā |
tajjaḥ punāty ubhayataḥ puruṣān ekaviṃśatim ||

yajñasthaṛtvije daiva ādāyārṣas tu godvayam |
caturdaśa prathamajaḥ punāty uttarajaś ca ṣaṭ ||

ity uktvā caratāṃ dharmaṃ saha yā dīyate 'rthine |
sa kāyaḥ pāvayet tajjaḥ ṣaṭ ṣaḍ vaṃsyān sahātmanā ||

āsuro draviṇādānād gāndharvaḥ samayān mithaḥ |
rākṣaso yuddhaharaṇāt paisācaḥ kanyakāchalāt ||

pāṇir grāhyaḥ savarṇāsu gṛhṇīyāt kṣatriyā śaram |
vaiśyā pratodam ādadyād vedane tv agrajanmanaḥ ||

pitā pitamaho bhrātā sakulyo jananī tathā |
kanyāpradaḥ pūrvanāśe prakṛtisthaḥ paraḥ paraḥ ||

aprayacchan samāpnoti bhrūṇahatyām ṛtāv ṛtau |
gamyaṃ tv abhāve dātṝṇāṃ kanyā kuryāt svayaṃvaram ||

anākhyāya dadad doṣaṃ daṇḍya uttamasāhasam |
aduṣṭāṃ tu tyajan daṇḍyo dūṣayaṃs tu mṛṣā śatam ||

akṣatā ca kṣatā caiva punarbhūḥ saṃskṛtā punaḥ |
svairiṇī yā patiṃ hitvā savarṇaṃ kāmataḥ śrayet ||

āputrāṃ gurvanujñāto devaraḥ putrakāmyayā |
sapiṇḍo vā sagotro vā ghṛtābhyakta ṛtāv iyāt ||

ā garbhasaṃbhavād gacchet patitas tv anyathā bhavet |
anena vidhinā jātaḥ kṣetrajo 'sya bhavet sutaḥ ||

hṛtādhikārāṃ malināṃ piṇḍamātropajīvinīm |
paribhūtām adhaḥśayyāṃ vāsayed vyabhicāriṇīm ||

somaḥ śaucaṃ dadav āsāṃ gandharvaś ca śubhāṃ giram |
pāvakaḥ sarvamedhyatvaṃ medhyā vai yoṣito hy ataḥ ||

vyabhicārād ṛtau śuddhir garbhe tyāgo vidhīyate |
garbhabhartṛvadhādau ca tathā mahati pātake ||

surāpī vyādhitā dhūrtā vandhyārthaghny apriyaṃvadā |
strīprasūś cādhivettavyā puruṣadveṣiṇī tathā ||

adhivinnā tu bhartavyā mahad eno 'nyathā bhavet |
yatrānukūlyaṃ daṃpatyos trivargas tatra vardhate ||

mṛte jīvati vā patyau yā nānyam upagacchati |
seha kīrtim avāpnoti modate comayā saha ||

ājñāsaṃpādinīṃ dakṣāṃ vīrasūṃ priyavādinīm |
tyajan dāpyas tṛtīyāṃśam adravyo bharaṇaṃ striyāḥ ||

strībhir bhartṛvacaḥ kāryam eṣa dharmaḥ paraḥ striyāḥ ||
ā śuddheḥ saṃpradīkṣyo hi mahāpātakadūṣitaḥ ||

lokānantyaṃ divaḥ prāptiḥ putrapautraprapautrakaiḥ |
yasmāt tasmāt striyaḥ sevyāḥ kartavyāś ca surakṣitāḥ ||

ṣoḍaśartuniśāḥ strīṇāṃ tasmin yugmāsu saṃviśet |
brahmacāry eva parvāṇy ādyāḥ catasras tu varjayet ||

evaṃ gacchan striyaṃ kṣāmāṃ maghāṃ mūlaṃ ca varjayet |
sustha indau sakṛt putraṃ lakṣaṇyaṃ janayet pumān ||

yathākāmī bhaved vāpi strīṇāṃ varam anusmaran |
svadāranirataś caiva striyo rakṣyā yataḥ smṛtāḥ ||

bhartṛbhrātṛpitṛjñātiśvaśrūśvaśuradevaraiḥ |
bandhubhiś ca striyaḥ pūjyāḥ bhūṣaṇācchādanāśanaiḥ ||

saṃyatopaskarā dakṣā hṛṣṭā vyayaparāṅmukhī |
kuryāc chvaśurayoḥ pādavandanaṃ bhartṛtatparā ||

krīḍāṃ śarīrasaṃskāraṃ samājotsavadarśanam |
hāsyaṃ paragṛhe yānaṃ tyajet proṣitabhartṛkā ||

rakṣet kanyāṃ pita vinnāṃ patiḥ putrāś ca vārdhake |
abhāve jñātayas teṣāṃ na svātantryaṃ kvacit striyāḥ ||

pitṛmātṛsutabhrātṛśvaśrūśvaśuramātulaiḥ |
hīnā na syād vinā bhartrā garhaṇīyānyathā bhavet ||

patipriyahite yuktā svācārā vijitendriyā |
seha kīrtim avāpnoti pretya cānuttamāṃ gatim ||

satyām anyāṃ savarṇāyāṃ dharmakāryaṃ na kārayet |
savarṇāsu vidhau dharmye jyeṣṭhayā na vinetarā ||

dāhayitvāgnihotreṇa striyaṃ vṛttavatīṃ patiḥ |
āhared vidhivad dārān agnīṃś caivāvilambayan ||

savarṇebhyaḥ savarṇāsu jāyante hi sajātayaḥ |
anindyeṣu vivāheṣu putrāḥ saṃtānavardhanāḥ ||

viprān mūrghāvasikto hi kṣatriyāyāṃ viśaḥ striyāṃ |
ambaṣṭhaḥ śūdryāṃ niṣādo jātaḥ pāraśvo 'pi vā ||

vaiśyāśūdryos tu rājanyān māhiṣyograu sutau smṛtau |
vaiśyāt tu karaṇaḥ śūdryāṃ vinnāsv eṣa vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ ||

brāhmaṇyāṃ kṣatriyāt sūto vaiśyād vaidehakas tathā |
śūdrāj jātas tu caṇḍālaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ ||

kṣatriyā māgadhaṃ vaiśyāc chūdrāt kṣattāram eva ca |
śūdrād āyogavaṃ vaiśyā janayāmāsa vai sutam ||

māhiṣyeṇa karaṇyāṃ tu rathakāraḥ prajāyate |
asatsantas tu vijñeyāḥ pratilomānulomajāḥ ||

jātyutkarṣo yuge jñeyaḥ saptame pañcame 'pi vā |
vyatyaye karmaṇāṃ sāmyaṃ pūrvavac cādharottaram ||

karma smārtaṃ vivāhāgnau kurvīta pratyahaṃ gṛhī |
dāyakālāhṛte vāpi śrautaṃ vaitānikāgniṣu ||

śarīracintāṃ nirvartya kṛtaśaucavidhir dvijaḥ |
prātaḥsaṃdhyām upāsīta dantadhāvanapūrvakam ||

hutvāgnīn sūryadaivatyān japen mantrān samāhitaḥ |
vedārthān adhigacchec ca śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca ||

upeyād īśvaraṃ caiva yogakṣemārthasiddhaye ||
snātvā devān pitṝṃś caiva tarpayed arcayet tathā ||

vedātharvapurāṇi setihāsāni śaktitaḥ |
japayajñaprasiddharthaṃ vidyāṃ cādhyātmikīṃ japet ||

balikarmasvadhāhomasvādhyāyātithisatkriyāḥ |
bhūtapitramarabrahmamanuṣyāṇāṃ mahāmakhāḥ ||

annaṃ pitṛmanuṣyebho deyam apy anvahaṃ jalam |
svādhyāyaṃ satataṃ kuryān na paced annam ātmane ||

bālasvavāsinīvṛddhagarbhiṇyāturakanyakāḥ |
saṃbhojyātithibhṛtyāṃś ca dampatyoḥ śeṣabhojanam ||

āpośanenopariṣṭād adhastād aśnatā tathā |
anagnam mṛtaṃ caiva kāryam annaṃ dvijanmanā ||

atithitvena varṇānāṃ deyaṃ śaktyānupūrvaśaḥ |
apraṇodyo 'tithiḥ sāyam api vāgbhūtṛṇodakaiḥ ||

satkṛtya bhikṣave bhikṣā dātavyā suvratāya ca |
bhojayec cāgatān kāle sakhisaṃbandhibāndhavān ||

mahokṣaṃ vā mahājaṃ śrotriyāyopakalpayet |
satkriyānvāsanaṃ svādu bhojanaṃ sūnṛtaṃ vacaḥ ||

pratisaṃvatsaraṃ tv arghyāḥ snātakācāryapārthivāḥ |
priyo vivāhyaś ca tathā yajñaṃ praty ṛtvijaḥ punaḥ ||

adhvanīno 'tithir jṇeyaḥ śrotriyo vedapāragaḥ |
mānyāv etau gṛhasthasya brahmalokam abhīpsataḥ ||

parapākarucir na syād anindyāmantraṇād ṛte |
vākpāṇipādacāpalyaṃ varjayec cātibhojanam ||

atithiṃ śrotriyaṃ tṛptam ā sīmāntam anuvrajet |
ahaḥśeṣaṃ samāsīta śiṣṭair iṣṭaiś ca bandhubhiḥ ||

upāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ hutvāgnīṃs tān upāsya ca |
bhṛtyaiḥ parivṛto bhuktvā nātitṛpyātha saṃviśet ||

brāhme muhūrte cotthāya cintayed ātmano hitam |
dharmārthakāmān sve kāle yathāśakti na hāpayet ||

vidyākarmavayobandhuvittair mānyā yathākramam |
etaiḥ prabhūtaiḥ śūdro 'pi vārdhake mānam arhati ||

vṛddhabhārinṛpasnātastrīrogivaracakriṇām |
panthā deyo nṛpas teṣāṃ mānyaḥ snātaś ca bhūpateḥ ||

ijyādhyayanadānāni vaiśyasya kṣatriyasya ca |
pratigraho 'dhiko vipre yājanādhyāpane tathā ||

pradhānaṃ kṣatriye karma prajānāṃ paripālanam |
kusīdakṛṣivāṇijyapāśupālyaṃ viśaḥ smṛtam ||

śūdrasya dvijaśuśrūṣā tayājīvan vaṇig bhavet |
śilpair vā vividhair jīved dvijātihitam ācaran ||

bhāryāratiḥ śucir bhṛtyabhartā śrāddhakriyārataḥ |
namaskāreṇa mantreṇa pañcayājñān na hāpayet ||

ahiṃsā satyam asteyaṃ śaucam indriyanigrahaḥ |
dānaṃ damo dayā kṣāntiḥ sarveṣāṃ dharmasādhanam ||

vayobuddhyarthavāgveṣaśrutābhijanakarmaṇām |
ācaret sadṛśīṃ vṛttim ajihmām aśaṭhāṃ tathā ||

traivārṣikādhikānno yaḥ sa hi somaṃ pibed dvijaḥ |
prāksaumikīḥ kriyāḥ kuryād yasyānnaṃ vārṣikaṃ bhavet ||

pratisaṃvatsaraṃ somaḥ paśuḥ pratyayanaṃ tathā |
kartavyāgrayaṇeṣṭiś ca cāturmāsyāni caiva hi ||

eṣām asaṃbhave kuryād iṣṭiṃ vaiśvānarīṃ dvijaḥ |
hīnakalpaṃ na kurvīta sati dravye phalapradam ||

caṇḍālo jāyate yajñakaraṇāc chūdrabhikṣitāt |
yajñārthaṃ labdham adadad bhāsaḥ kāko 'pi vā bhavet ||

na svādhyāyavirodhyartham īheta na yatas tataḥ |
na viruddhaprasaṅgena saṃtoṣī ca bhavet sadā ||

rajāntevāsiyājyebhyaḥ sīdann icched dhanaṃ kṣudhā |
dambhihaitukapākhaṇḍibakavṛttīṃś ca varjayet ||

śuklāmbaradharo nīcakeśaśmaśrunakhaḥ śuciḥ |
na bhāryādarśane aśnīyān naikavāsā na saṃsthitaḥ ||

na saṃśayaṃ prapadyeta nākasmād apriyaṃ vadet |
nāhitaṃ nānṛtaṃ caiva na stenaḥ syān na vārdhiṣī ||

dākṣāyaṇī brahmasūtrī veṇumān sakamaṇḍaluḥ |
kuryāt pradakṣiṇaṃ devamṛdgovipravanaspatīn ||

na tu mehen nadīchāyāvartmagoṣṭhāmbubhasmasu |
na pratyagnyarkagosomasaṃdhyāmbustrīdvijanmanaḥ ||

nekṣetārkaṃ na nagnāṃ strīṃ na ca saṃsṛṣṭamaithunām |
na ca mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā nāśucī rāhutārakāḥ ||

ayaṃ me vajra ityevaṃ sarvaṃ mantram udīrayet |
varṣaty aprāvṛto gacchet svapet pratyakśirā na ca ||

ṣṭhīvanāsṛkśakṛnmūtraretāṃsy apsu na nikṣipet |
pādau pratāpayen nāgnau na cainam abhilaṅghayet ||

jalaṃ piben nāñjalinā na śayānaṃ prabodhayet |
nākṣaiḥ krīḍen na dharmaghnair vyādhitair vā na saṃviśet ||

viruddhaṃ varjayet karma pretadhūmaṃ nadītaram |
keśabhasmatuṣāṅgārakapāleṣu ca saṃsthitim ||

nācakṣīta dhayantīṃ gāṃ nādvareṇa viśet kvacit |
na rājñaḥ pratigṛhṇīyāl lubdhasyocchāstravartinaḥ ||

pratigrahe sūnicakridhvajiveśyānarādhipāḥ |
duṣṭhā daśaguṇaṃ pūrvāt pūrvād ete yathākramam ||

adhyāyānām upākarma śrāvaṇyāṃ śravaṇena vā |
hastenauṣadhibhāve vā pañcamyāṃ śrāvaṇasya tu ||

pauṣamāsasya rohiṇyām aṣṭakāyām athāpi vā |
jalānte chandasāṃ kuryād utsargaṃ vidhivad bahiḥ ||

tryahaṃ preteṣv anadhyāyaḥ śiṣyartviggurubandhuṣu |
upākarmaṇi cotsarge svaśākhāśrotriye tathā ||

saṃdhyāgarjitanirghātabhūkampolkānipātane |
samāpya vedaṃ dyuniśam āraṇyakam adhītya ca ||

pañcadaśyāṃ caturdaśyām aṣṭamyāṃ rāhusūtake |
ṛtusaṃdhiṣu bhuktvā vā śrāddhikaṃ pratigṛhya ca ||

paśumaṇḍūkanakulaśvāhimārjāramūṣakaiḥ |
kṛte 'ntare tv ahorātraṃ śakrapāte tathocchraye ||

śvakroṣṭṛgardabholūkasāmabāṇārtaniḥsvane |
amedhyaśavaśūdrāntyaśmaśānapatitāntike ||

deśe 'śucāv ātmani ca vidyut stanitasaṃplave |
bhuktvārdrapāṇir ambho'ntar ardharātre 'timārute ||

pāṃsupratarṣe digdāhe saṃyānīhārabhītiṣu |
dhāvataḥ pūtigandhe ca śiṣṭe ca gṛham āgate ||

kharoṣṭrayānahastyaśvanauvṛkṣeriṇarohaṇe |
saptatriṃśad anadhyāyān etāṃs tātkālikān viduḥ ||

devartviksnātakācāryarājñāṃ chāyāṃ parastriyāḥ |
nākrāmed raktaviṇmūtraṣṭhīvanodvartanādi ca ||

viprāhikṣatriyātmāno nāvajñeyāḥ kadācana |
ā mṛtyoḥ śriyam ākāṅkṣen na kaṃcin marmaṇi spṛśet ||

dūrād ucchiṣṭaviṇmūtrapādāmbhāṃsi samutsṛjet |
śrutismṛtyuditaṃ samyaṅ nityam ācāram ācaret ||

gobrāhmaṇānalānnāni nocchiṣṭo na padā spṛśet |
na nindātāḍane kuryāt putraṃ śiṣyaṃ ca tāḍayet ||

karmaṇā manasā vācā yatnād dharmaṃ samācaret |
asvargyaṃ lokavidviṣṭaṃ dharmyam apy ācaren na tu ||

mātṛpitratithibhrātṛjāmisaṃbandhimātulaiḥ |
vṛddhabālāturācāryavaidyasaṃśritabāndhavaiḥ ||

ṛtvikpurohitāpatyabhāryādāsasanābhibhiḥ |
vivādaṃ varjayitvā tu sarvāṃl lokāñ jayed gṛhī ||

pañca piṇḍān anuddhṛtya na snāyāt paravāriṣu |
snāyān nadīdevakhātahṛdaprasravaṇeṣu ca ||

paraśayyāsanodyānagṛhayānāni varjayet |
adattāny agnihīnasya nānnam adyād anāpadi ||

kadaryabaddhacaurāṇāṃ klībaraṅgāvatāriṇām |
vaiṇābhiśastavārdhuṣyagaṇikāgaṇadīkṣiṇām ||

cikitsakāturakruddhapuṃścalīmattavidviṣām |
krūrograpatitavrātyadāmbhikocchiṣṭabhojinām ||

avīrāstrīsvarṇakārastrījitagrāmayājinām |
śastravikrayikarmāratantuvāyaśvavṛttinām ||

nṛśaṃsarājarajakakṛtaghnavadhajīvinām |
cailadhāvasurājīvasahopapativeśmanām ||

piśunānṛtinoś caiva tathā cākrikabandinām |
eṣām annaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ somavikrayiṇas tathā ||

śūdreṣu dāsagopālakulamitrārdhasīriṇaḥ |
bhojyānnā nāpitaś caiva yaś cātmānaṃ nivedayet ||

anarcitaṃ vṛthāmāṃsaṃ keśakīṭasamanvitam |
śuktaṃ paryuṣitocchiṣṭaṃ śvaspṛṣṭaṃ patitekṣitam ||

udakyāspṛṣṭasaṃghuṣṭaṃ paryāyānnaṃ ca varhayet |
goghrātaṃ śakunocchiṣṭaṃ padā spṛṣṭaṃ ca kāmataḥ ||

annaṃ paryuṣitaṃ bhojyaṃ snekāktaṃ cirasaṃsthitam |
asnehā api godhūmayavagorasavikriyāḥ ||

saṃdhinyanirdaśāvatsāgopayaḥ parivarjayet |
auṣṭram aikaśaphaṃ straiṇam āraṇyakam athāvikam ||

devatārthaṃ haviḥ śigru lohitān vraścanāṃs tathā |
anupākṛtamāṃsāni viḍjāni kavakāni ca ||

kravyādapakṣidātyūhaśukapratudaṭiṭṭibhān |
sārasaikaśaphān haṃsān sarvāṃś ca grāmavāsinaḥ ||

koyaṣṭiplavacakrāhvabalākābakaviṣkirān |
vṛthākṛsarasaṃyāvapāyasāpūpaśaṣkulīḥ ||

kalaviṅkaṃ sakākolaṃ kuraraṃ rajjudālakam |
jālapādān khañjarīṭān ajñātāṃś ca mṛgadvijān ||

cāṣāṃś ca raktapādāṃś ca saunaṃ vallūram eva ca |
matsyāṃś ca kāmato jagdhvā sopavāsas tryahaṃ vaset ||

palāṇḍuṃ viḍvarāhaṃ ca chatrākaṃ grāmakukkuṭam |
laśunaṃ gṛñjanaṃ caiva jagdhvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ caret ||

prāṇātyaye tathā śrāddhe prokṣite dvijakāmyayā |
devān pitṝn samabhyarcya khādan māṃsaṃ na doṣabhāk ||

sarvān kāmān avāpnoti hayamedhaphalaṃ tathā |
gṛhe 'pi nivasan vipro munir māṃsavivarjanāt ||

sauvarṇarājatābjānām ūrdhvapātragrahāśmanām |
śākarajjumūlaphalavāsovidalacarmaṇām ||

pātrāṇāṃ camasānāṃ ca vāriṇāṃ śuddhir iṣyate |
carusruksruvasasnehapātrāṇy uṣṇena vāriṇā ||

sphyaśūrpājinadhānyānāṃ musalolūkhalānasām |
prokṣaṇaṃ saṃhatānāṃ ca bahūnāṃ dhānyavāsasām |

takṣaṇaṃ dāruśṛṅgāsthnāṃ govālaiḥ phalasaṃbhuvām |
mārjanaṃ yajñapātrāṇāṃ pāṇinā yajñakarmaṇi ||

soṣarodakagomūtraiḥ śudhyaty āvikakauśikam |
saśrīphalair aṃśupaṭṭaṃ sāriṣṭaiḥ kutapaṃ tathā ||

sagaurasarṣapaiḥ kṣaumaṃ punaḥ pākān mahīmayam |
kāruhastaḥ śuciḥ paṇyaṃ bhaikṣaṃ yoṣinmukhaṃ tathā ||

goghrāte 'anne tathā keśamakṣikākīṭadūṣite |
salilaṃ bhasma mṛd vāpi prakṣeptavyaṃ viśuddhaye ||

trapusīsakatāmrāṇāṃ kṣārāmlodakavāribhiḥ |
bhasmādbhiḥ kāṃsyalohānāṃ śuddhiḥ plāvo dravsya tu ||

amedhyāktasya mṛttoyaiḥ śuddhir gandhādikarṣaṇāt |
vākśastam ambunirṇiktam ajñātaṃ ca sadā śuci ||

śuci gotṛptikṛt toyaṃ prakṛtisthaṃ mahīgatam |
tathā māṃsaṃ śvacaṇḍālakravyādādinipātitam ||

raśmir agnī rajaś chāyā gaur aśvo vasudhānilaḥ |
vipruṣo makṣikāḥ sparśe vatsaḥ prasnavane śuciḥ ||

ajāśvayor mukhaṃ medhyaṃ na gor na narajā malāḥ |
panthānaś ca viśudhyanti somasūryāṃśumārutaiḥ ||

mukhajā vipruṣo medhyās tathācamanabindavaḥ |
śmaśru cāsyagataṃ dantasaktaṃ tyaktvā tataḥ śuciḥ ||

snātvā pītvā kṣute supte bhuktvā rathyopasarpaṇe |
ācāntaḥ punar ācāmed vāso viparidhāya ca ||

rathyākardamatoyāni spṛṣṭāny antyaśvavāyasaiḥ |
mārutenaiva śudhyanti pakveṣṭakacitāni ca ||

tapas taptvāsṛjad brahmā brāhmaṇān vedaguptaye |
tṛptyarthaṃ pitṛdevānāṃ dharmasaṃrakṣaṇāya ca ||

sarvasya prabhavo viprāḥ śrutādhyayanaśīlinaḥ |
tebhyaḥ kriyāparāḥ śreṣṭhās tebhyo 'py adhyātmavittamāḥ ||

na vidyayā kevalayā tapasā vāpi pātratā |
yatra vṛttam ime cobhe tad dhi pātraṃ prakīrtitam ||

gobhūtilahiraṇyādi pātre dātavyam arcitam |
nāpātre viduṣā kiṃcid ātmanaḥ śreya icchatā ||

vidyātapobhyāṃ hīnena na tu grāhyaḥ pratigrahaḥ |
gṛhṇan pradātāram adho nayaty ātmānam eva ca ||

dātavyaṃ pratyahaṃ pātre nimitteṣu viśeṣataḥ |
yācitenāpi dātavyaṃ śraddhāpūtaṃ svaśaktitaḥ ||

hemaśṛṅgī śaphai raupyaiḥ suśīlā vastrasaṃyutā |
sakāṃsyapātrā dātavyā kṣīriṇī gauḥ sadakṣiṇā ||

dātāsyāḥ svargam āpnoti vatsarān romasaṃmitān |
kapilā cet tārayati bhūyaś cāsaptamaṃ kulam ||

savatsāromatulyāni yugāny ubhatomukhīm |
dātāsyāḥ svargam āpnoti pūrveṇa vidhinā dadat ||

yāvad vatsasya pādau dvau mukhaṃ yonyāṃ ca dṛśyate |
tāvad gauḥ pṛthivī jñeyā yāvad garbhaṃ na muñcati ||

yathākathaṃcid dattvā gāṃ dhenuṃ vā 'dhenum eva vā |
arogām aparikliṣṭāṃ dātā svarge mahīyate ||

śrāntasaṃvāhanaṃ rogiparicaryā surārcanam |
pādaśaucaṃ dvijocchiṣṭam ārjanaṃ gopradānavat ||

bhūdīpāś cānnavastrāmbhastilasarpiḥpratiśrayān |
naiveśikaṃ svarṇadhuryaṃ dattvā svarge mahīyate ||

gṛhadhānyābhayopānacchatramālyānulepanam |
yānaṃ vṛkṣaṃ priyaṃ śayyāṃ dattvātyantaṃ sukhī bhavet ||

sarvadharmamayaṃ brahma pradānebhyo 'dhikaṃ yataḥ |
tad dadat samavāpnoti brahmalokam avicyutam ||

pratigrahasamartho 'pi nādatte yaḥ pratigraham |
ye lokā dānaśīlānāṃ sa tān āpnoti puṣkalān ||

kuśāḥ śākaṃ payo matsyā gandhāḥ puṣpaṃ dadhi kṣitiḥ |
māṃsaṃ śayyāsanaṃ dhānāḥ pratyākhyeyaṃ na vāri ca ||

ayācitāhṛtaṃ grāhyam api duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ |
anyatra kulaṭāṣaṇḍhapatitebhyas tathā dvijaḥ ||

devātithyarcanakṛte gurubhṛtyārtham eva vā |
sarvataḥ pratigṛhṇīyād ātmavṛttyartham eva ca ||

amāvāsyāṣṭakā vṛddhiḥ kṛṣṇapakṣo 'yanadvayam |
dravyaṃ brāhmaṇasaṃpattir viṣuvat sūryasaṃkramaḥ ||

vyatīpāto gajacchāyā grahaṇaṃ candrasūryayoḥ |
śrāddhaṃ prati ruciś caiva śrāddhakālāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ||

agryāḥ sarveṣu vedeṣu śrotriyo brahmavid yuvā |
vedārthavij jyeṣṭhasāmā trimadhus trisuparṇikaḥ ||

svasrīyaṛtvigjāmātṛyājyaśvaśuramātulāḥ |
triṇāciketadauhitraśiṣyasaṃbandhibāndhavāḥ ||

karmaniṣṭhās taponiṣṭhāḥ pañcāgnir brahmacāriṇaḥ |
pitṛmātṛparāś caiva brāhmaṇāḥ śrāddhasaṃpadaḥ ||

rogī hīnātiriktāṅgaḥ kāṇaḥ paunarbhavas tathā |
avakīrṇī kuṇḍagolau kunakhī śyāvadantakaḥ ||

bhṛtakādhyāpakaḥ klībaḥ kanyādūsy abhiśastakaḥ |
mitradhruk piśunaḥ somavikrayī parivindakaḥ ||

mātāpitṛgurutyāgī kuṇḍāśī vṛṣalātmajaḥ |
parapūrvāpatiḥ stenaḥ karmaduṣṭāś ca ninditāḥ ||

nimantrayeta pūrvedyur brāhmaṇān ātmavāñ śuciḥ |
taiś cāpi saṃyatair bhāvyaṃ manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ ||

aparāhṇe samabhyarcya svāgatenāgatāṃs tu tān |
pavitrapāṇir ācāntān āsaneṣūpaveśayet ||

yugmān daive yathāśakti pitrye 'yugmāṃs tathaiva ca |
paristṛte śucau deśe dakṣiṇāpravaṇe tathā ||

dvau daive prāk trayaḥ pitrya udag ekaikam eva vā |
mātāmahānām apy evaṃ tantraṃ vā vaiśvadevikam ||

pāṇiprakṣālanaṃ dattvā viṣṭarārthaṃ kuśān api |
āvāhayed anujñāto viśvedevāsa ity ṛcā ||

yavair anvavakīryātha bhājane sapavitrake |
śaṃ no devyā payaḥ kṣiptvā yavo 'sīti yavāṃs tathā ||

dviguṇāṃs tu kuśān dattvā hy uśantas tvety ṛcā pitṝn |
āvāhya tadanujñāto japed āyantu nas tataḥ ||

apahatā iti tilān vikīrya ca samantataḥ |
yavārthās tu tilaiḥ kāryāḥ kuryād arghyādi pūrvavat ||

dattvārghyaṃ saṃsravāṃs teṣāṃ pātre kṛtvā vidhānataḥ |
pitṛbhyaḥ sthānam asīti nyubjaṃ pātraṃ karoty adhaḥ ||

agnau kariṣyann ādāya pṛcchaty annaṃ ghṛtaplutam |
kuruṣvety abhyanujñāto hutvāgnau pitṛyajñavat ||

hutaśeṣaṃ pradadyāt tu bhājaneṣu samāhitaḥ |
yathālābhopapanneṣu raupyeṣu ca viśeṣataḥ ||

dattvānnaṃ pṛthivīpātram iti pātrābhimantraṇam |
kṛtvedaṃ viṣṇur ity anne dvijāṅguṣṭhaṃ niveśayet ||

savyāhṛtikāṃ gāyatrīṃ madhuvātā iti tryṛcam |
japtvā yathāsukhaṃ vācyaṃ bhuñjīraṃs te 'pi vāgyatāḥ ||

annam iṣṭaṃ ca dadyād akrodhano 'tvaraḥ |
ā tṛptes tu pavitrāṇi japtvā pūrvajapaṃ tathā ||

annam ādāya tṛptāḥ stha śeṣaṃ caivānumānya ca |
tad annaṃ vikired bhūmau dadyāc cāpaḥ sakṛt sakṛt ||

sarvam annam upādāya satilaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ |
ucchiṣṭhasaṃnidhau piṇḍān dadyād vai pitṛyajñavat ||

mātāmahānām apy evaṃ dadyād ācamanaṃ tataḥ |
svastivācyaṃ tataḥ kuryād akṣayyodakam eva ca ||

dattvā tu dakṣiṇāṃ śaktyā svadhākāram udāharet |
vācyatām ity anujñātaḥ prakṛtebhyaḥ svadhocyatām ||

brūyur astu svadhety ukte bhūmau siñcet tato jalam |
viśvedāś ca prīyantāṃ vipraiś cokta idaṃ japet ||

dātāro no'bhivardhantāṃ vedāḥ saṃtatir eva ca |
śraddhā ca no māvyagamadbahudeyaṃ ca no'stviti ||

ity uktvoktvā priyā vācaḥ praṇipatya visarjayet |
vāje vāja iti prītaḥ pitṛpūrvaṃ visarjanam ||

yasmiṃs tu saṃsravāḥ pūrvam arghyapātre niveśitāḥ |
pitṛpātraṃ taduttānaṃ kṛtvā viprān visarjayet ||

pradakṣiṇam anuvrajya bhuñjīta pitṛsevitam |
brahmacārī bhavet tāṃ tu rajanīṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha ||

evaṃ pradakṣiṇāvṛtko vṛddhau nāndīmukhān pitṝn |
yajeta dadhikarkandhūmiśrān piṇḍān yavaiḥ kriyāḥ ||

ekoddiṣṭaṃ devahīnam ekārghyaikapavitrakam |
āvāhanāgnaukaraṇarahitaṃ hy apasavyavat ||

upatiṣṭhatām akṣayyasthāne vipravisarjane |s
abhiramyatām iti vaded brūyus te 'bhiratāḥ sma ha ||

gandhodakatilair yuktaṃ kuryāt pātracatuṣṭayam |
arghyārthaṃ pitṛpātreṣu pretapātraṃ prasecayet ||

ye samānā iti dvābhyāṃ śeṣaṃ pūrvavad ācaret |
etat sapiṇḍīkaraṇam ekoddiṣṭaṃ striyā api ||

arvāk sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ yasya saṃvatsarād bhavet |
tasyāpy annaṃ sodakumbhaṃ dadyāt saṃvatsaraṃ dvije ||

mṛte 'hani prakartavyaṃ pratimāsaṃ tu vatsaram |
pratisaṃvatsaraṃ caivam ādyam ekādaśe 'hani ||

piṇḍāṃs tu go'javiprebhyo dadyād agnau jale 'pi vā |
prakṣipet satsu vipreṣu dvijocchiṣṭaṃ na mārjayet ||

haviṣyānnena vai māsaṃ pāyasena tu vatsaram |
mātsyahāriṇakaurabhraśākunacchāgapārṣataiḥ ||

aiṇarauravavārāhaśāśair māṃsair yathākramam |
māsavṛddhyābhitṛpyanti dattair iha pitāmahāḥ ||

khaḍgāmiṣaṃ mahāśalkaṃ madhu munyannam eva vā |
lauhāmiṣaṃ mahāśākaṃ māṃsaṃ vārdhrīṇasasya ca ||

yad dadāti gayāsthaś ca sarvam ānantyam aśnute |
tathā varṣātrayodaśyāṃ maghāsu ca viśeṣataḥ ||

kanyāṃ kanyāvedinaś ca paśūn vai satsutān api |
dyūtaṃ kṛṣiṃ vaṇijyāṃ ca dviśaphaikaśaphāṃs tathā ||

brahmavarcasvinaḥ putrān svarṇarūpye sakupyake |
jñātiśraiṣṭhyaṃ sarvakāmān āpnoti śrāddhadaḥ sadā ||

pratipatprabhṛtiṣv ekāṃ varjayitvā caturdaśīm |
śastreṇa tu hatā ye vai tebhyas tatra pradīyate ||

svargaṃ hy apatyam ojaś ca śauryaṃ kṣetraṃ balaṃ tathā |
putraṃ śraiṣthyaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ samṛddhiṃ mukhyatāṃ śubhām ||

pravṛttacakratāṃ caiva vāṇijyaprabhṛtīn api |
arogitvaṃ yaśo vītaśokatāṃ paramāṃ gatim ||

dhanaṃ vedān bhiṣaksiddhiṃ kupyaṃ gā apy ajāvik am |
aśvān āyuś ca vidhivad yaḥ śrāddhaṃ saṃprayacchati ||

kṛttikādibharaṇyantaṃ sa kāmān āpnuyād imān |
āstikaḥ śraddadhānaś ca vyapetamadamatsaraḥ ||

vasurudrāditisutāḥ pitaraḥ śrāddhadevatāḥ |
prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇāṃ pitṝn śrāddhena tarpitāḥ ||

āyuḥ prajāṃ dhanaṃ vidyāṃ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ sukhāni ca |
prayacchanti tathā rājyaṃ prītā nṛṇāṃ pitāmahāḥ ||

vināyakaḥ karmavighnasiddhyarthaṃ viniyojitaḥ |
gaṇānām ādhipatye ca rudreṇa brahmaṇā tathā ||

tenopasṛṣṭo yas tasya lakṣaṇāni nibodhata |
svapne'vagāhate 'tyarthaṃ jalaṃ muṇḍāṃś ca paśyati ||

kāṣāyavāsasaś caiva kravyādāṃś cādhirohati |
antyajair gardabhair uṣṭraiḥ sahaikatrāvatiṣṭhate ||

tenopasṛṣṭo labhate na rājyaṃ rājanandanaḥ |
kumārī ca na bhartāram apatyaṃ garbham aṅganā ||

ācāryatvaṃ śrotriyaś ca na śiṣyo 'dhyayanaṃ tathā |
vaṇig lābhaṃ na cāpnoti kṛṣiṃ cāpi kṛṣīvalaḥ ||

sarvauṣadhaiḥ sarvagandhair viliptaśirasas tathā |
bhadrāsanopaviṣṭasya svastivācyā dvijāḥ śubhāḥ ||

aśvasthānād gajasthānād valmīkāt saṃgamād dhradāt |
mṛttikāṃ rocanāṃ gandhān guggulaṃ cāpsu nikṣipet ||

yā āhṛtā hy ekavarṇaiś caturbhiḥ kalaśair hradāt |
carmaṇy ānaḍuhe rakte sthāpyaṃ bhadrāsanaṃ tataḥ ||

sahasrākṣaṃ śatadhāram ṛṣibhiḥ pāvanaṃ kṛtam |
tena tvām abhiṣiñcāmi pāvamānyaḥ punantu te ||

bhagaṃ te varuṇo rājā bhagaṃ sūryo bṛhaspatiḥ |
bhagam indraś ca vāyuś ca bhagaṃ saptarṣayo daduḥ ||

yat te keśeṣu daurbhāgyaṃ sīmante yac ca mūrdhani |
lalāṭe karṇayor akṣṇor āpas tad ghnantu sarvadā ||

snātasya sārṣapaṃ tailaṃ sruveṇaudumbareṇa tu |
juhuyān mūrdhani kuśān savyena parigṛhya ca ||

mitaś ca saṃmitaś caiva tathā śālakaṭaṅkaṭau |
kūṣmāṇḍo rājaputraś cety ante svāhāsamanvitaiḥ ||

kṛtākṛtāṃs tandulāṃś ca palalaudanam eva ca |
matsyān pakvāṃs tathaivāmān māṃsam etāvad eva tu ||

puṣpaṃ citraṃ sugandhaṃ ca surāṃ ca trividhām api |
mūlakaṃ pūrikāpūpāṃs tathaivoṇḍerakasrajaḥ ||

dadhy annaṃ pāyasaṃ caiva guḍapiṣṭaṃ samodakam |
etān sarvān samāhṛtya bhūmau kṛtvā tataḥ śiraḥ ||

rūpaṃ dehi yaśo dehi bhagaṃ bhagavan dehi me |
putrān dehi dhanaṃ dehi sarvakāmāṃś ca dehi me ||

tataḥ śuklāmbaradharaḥ śuklamālyānulepanaḥ |
brāhmaṇān bhojayed dadyād vastrayugmaṃ guror api ||

evaṃ vināyakaṃ pūjya grahāṃś caiva vidhānataḥ |
karmaṇāṃ phalam āpnoti śriyaṃ cāpnoty anuttamām ||

ādityasya sadā pūjāṃ tilakaṃ svāminas tathā |
mahāgaṇapateś caiva kurvan siddhim avāpnuyāt ||

śrīkāṃaḥ śāntikāmo vā grahayajñaṃ samācaret |
vṛṣṭyāyuḥpuṣṭikāmo vā tathaivābhicaran api ||

sūryaḥ somo mahīputraḥ somaputro bṛhaspatiḥ |
śukraḥ śanaiścaro rāhuḥ ketuś ceti grahāḥ smṛtāḥ ||

tāmrakāt sphaṭikād raktacandanāt svarṇakād ubhau |
rājatād ayasaḥ sīsāt kāṃsyāt kāryā grahāḥ kramāt ||

gandhaś ca balayaś caiva dhūpo deyaś ca guguluḥ |
kartavyā mantravantaś ca caravaḥ pratidaivatam ||

ākṛṣṇena imaṃdevā agnir mūrdhā divaḥ kakut |
udbudhyasveti ca ṛco yathāsaṃkhyaṃ prakīrtitāḥ ||

bṛhaspate ati yad aryas tathaivānnāt parisrutaḥ |
śaṃ no devīs tathā kāṇḍāt ketuṃ kṛṇvann imāṃs tathā ||

arkaḥ palāśaḥ khadira apāmārgo 'tha pippalaḥ |
udumbaraḥ śamī dūrvā kuśāś ca samidhaḥ kramāt ||

ekaikasyātrāṣṭaśatam aṣṭāviṃśatir eva vā ||
hotavyā madhusarpirbhyāṃ daghnā kṣīreṇa vā yutāḥ ||

guḍaudanaṃ pāyasaṃ ca haviṣyaṃ kṣīraṣāṣṭikam |
dadhyodanaṃ haviś cūrṇaṃ māṃsaṃ citrānnameva ca ||

dadyād grahakramād evaṃ dvijebhyo bhojanaṃ budhaḥ |
śaktito vā yathālābhaṃ satkṛtya vidhipūrvakam ||

dhenuḥ śaṅkhas tathānaḍvān hema vāso hayaḥ kramāt |
kṛṣṇā gaur āyasaṃ chāga etā dakṣiṇāḥ smṛtāḥ ||

yasya yasya yadā duḥsthaḥ sa taṃ yatnena pūjayet |
brahmaṇaiṣāṃ varo dattaḥ pūjitāḥ pūjayiṣyatha ||

grahādhīnā narendrāṇām ucchrāyāḥ patanāni ca |
bhāvābhāvau ca jagatas tasmāt pūjyatamā grahāḥ ||

mahotsāhaḥ sthūlalakṣaḥ kṛtajño vṛddhasevakaḥ |
viṇītaḥ sattvasaṃpannaḥ kulīnaḥ satyavāk śuciḥ ||

adīrghasūtraḥ smṛtimān akṣudro 'paruṣas tathā |
dhārmiko 'vyasanaś caiva prājñaḥ śūro rahasyavit ||

svarandhragoptā 'nvīkṣikyāṃ daṇḍanītyāṃ tathaiva ca |
vinītas tv atha vārtāyāṃ trayyāṃ caiva narādhipaḥ ||

sa mantriṇaḥ prakurvīta prājñān maulān sthirāñ śucīn |
taiḥ sārdhaṃ cintayed rājyaṃ vipreṇātha tataḥ svayaṃ ||

purohitaṃ prakurvīta daivajñam uditoditaṃ |
daṇḍanītyāṃ ca kuśalam atharvāṅgirase tathā ||

śrautasmārtakriyāhetor vṛṇuyād eva cartvijaḥ |
yajñāṃś caiva prakurvīta vidhivad bhūridakṣiṇān ||

bhogāṃś ca dadyād viprebhyo vasūni vividhāni ca |
akṣayo 'yaṃ nidhī rājñāṃ yad vipreṣūpapāditam ||

askannam avyathaṃ caiva prāyaścittair adūṣitam |
agneḥ sakāśād viprāgnau hutaṃ śreṣṭham ihocyate ||

alabdham īhed dharmeṇa labdhaṃ yatnena pālayet |
pālitaṃ vardhayen nītyā vṛddhaṃ pātreṣu nikṣipet ||

dattvā bhūmiṃ nibandhaṃ vā kṛtvā lekhyaṃ tu kārayet |
āgāmibhadranṛpatiparijñānāya pārthivaḥ ||

paṭe vā tāmrapaṭṭe vā svamudroparicihnitam |
abhilekhyātmano vaṃśyān ātmānaṃ ca mahīpatiḥ ||

pratigrahaparīmāṇaṃ dānacchedopavarṇanam |
svahastakālasaṃpannaṃ śāsanaṃ kārayet sthiram ||

ramyaṃ paśavyam ājīvyaṃ jāṅgalaṃ deśam āvaset |
tatra durgāṇi kurvīta janakośātmaguptaye ||

tatra tatra ca niṣṇātānadhyakṣānkuśalāñśucīn |
prakuryādāyakarmāntavyayakarmasu codyatān ||

nātaḥ parataro dharmo nṛpāṇāṃ yad raṇārjitam |
viprebhyo dīyate dravyaṃ prajābhyaś cābhayaṃ sadā ||

ya āhaveṣu vadhyante bhūmyartham aparāṅmukhāḥ |
akūṭair āyudhair yānti te svargaṃ yogino yathā ||

padāni kratutulyāni bhagneṣv avinivartinām |
rājā sukṛtam ādatte hatānāṃ vipalāyinām ||

tavāhaṃvādinaṃ klībaṃ nirhetiṃ parasaṃgatam |
na hanyād vinivṛttaṃ ca yuddhaprekṣaṇakādikam ||

kṛtarakṣaḥ samutthāya paśyed āyavyayau svayam |
vyavahārāṃs tato dṛṣṭvā snātvā bhuñjīta kāmataḥ ||

hiraṇyaṃ vyāpṛtānītaṃ bhāṇḍāgāreṣu nikṣipet |
paśyec cārāṃs tato dūtān preṣayen mantrisaṃgataḥ ||

tataḥ svairavihārī syān mantribhir vā samāgataḥ |
balānāṃ darśanaṃ kṛtvā senānyā saha cintayet ||

saṃdhyām upāsya śṛṇuyāc cārāṇāṃ gūḍhabhāṣitam |
gītanṛtyaiś ca bhuñjīta paṭhet svādhyāyam eva ca ||

saṃviśet tūryaghoṣeṇa pratibudhyet tathaiva ca |
śāstrāṇi cintayed buddhyā sarvakartavyatās tathā ||

preṣayec ca tataś cārān sveṣv anyeṣu ca sādarān |
ṛtvikpurohitācāryair āśīrbhir abhinanditaḥ ||

dṛṣṭvā jyotirvido vaidyān dadyād gāṃ kāñcanaṃ mahīm |
naiveśikāni ca tataḥ śrotriyebhyo gṛhāṇi ca ||

brāhmaṇeṣu kṣamī snigdheṣv ajihmaḥ krodhano 'riṣu |
syād rājā bhṛtyavargeṣu prajāsu ca yathā pitā ||

puṇyāt ṣaḍbhāgam ādatte nyāyena paripālayan |
sarvadānādhikaṃ yasmāt prajānāṃ paripālanam ||

cāṭataskaradurvṛttamahāsāhasikādibhiḥ |
pīḍyamānāḥ prajā rakṣet kāyasthaiś ca viśeṣataḥ ||

arakṣyamāṇāḥ kurvanti yat kiṃcit kilbiṣaṃ prajāḥ |
tasmāt tu nṛpater ardhaṃ yasmād gṛhṇāty asau karān ||

ye rāṣṭrādhikṛtās teṣāṃ cārair jñātvā viceṣṭitam |
sādhūn saṃmānayed rājā viparītāṃś ca ghātayet ||

utkocajīvino dravyahīnān kṛtvā vivāsayet |
saddānamānasatkārāñ śrotriyān vāsayet sadā ||

anyāyena nṛpo rāṣṭrāt svakośaṃ yo 'bhivardhayet |
so 'cirād vigataśrīko nāśam eti sabāndhavaḥ ||

prajāpīḍanasaṃtāpāt samudbhūto hutāśanaḥ |
rājñāḥ kulaṃ śriyaṃ prāṇāṃś cā 'dagdhvā na nivartate ||

ya eva nṛpater dharmaḥ svarāṣṭraparipālane |
tam eva kṛtsnam āpnoti pararāṣṭraṃ vaśaṃ nayan ||

yasmin deśe ya ācāro vyavahāraḥ kulasthitiḥ ||
tathaiva paripālyo 'sau yadā vaśam upāgataḥ ||

mantramūlaṃ yato rājyaṃ tasmān mantraṃ surakṣitam ||
kuryād yathāsya na viduḥ karmaṇām ā phalodayāt ||

arir mitram udāsīno 'nantaras tatparaḥ paraḥ ||
kramaśo maṇḍalaṃ cintyaṃ sāmādibhir upakramaiḥ ||

upāyāḥ sāma dānaṃ ca bhedo daṇḍas tathaiva ca |
samyak prayuktāḥ siddhyeyur daṇḍas tv agatikā gatiḥ ||

saṃdhiṃ ca vigrahaṃ yānam āsanaṃ saṃśrayaṃ tathā |
dvaidhībhāvaṃ guṇān etān yathāvat parikalpayet ||

yadā sasyaguṇopetaṃ pararāṣṭraṃ tadā vrajet |
paraś ca hīna ātmā ca hṛṣṭavāhanapūruṣaḥ ||

daive puruṣakāre ca karmasiddhir vyavasthitā |
tatra daivam abhivyaktaṃ pauruṣaṃ paurvadehikam ||

kecid daivāt svabhāvād vā kālāt puruṣakārataḥ |
saṃyoge kecid icchanti phalaṃ kuśalabuddhayaḥ ||

yathā hy ekena cakreṇa rathasya na gatir bhavet |
evaṃ puruṣakāreṇa vinā daivaṃ na sidhyati ||

hiraṇyabhūmilābhebhyo mitralabdhir varā yataḥ |
ato yateta tatprāptyai rakṣet satyaṃ samāhitaḥ ||

svāmyamātyā jano durgaṃ kośo daṇḍas tathaiva ca |
mitrāṇy etāḥ prakṛtayo rājyaṃ saptāṅgam ucyate ||

tad avāpya nṛpo daṇḍaṃ durvṛtteṣu nipātayet |
dharmo hi daṇḍarūpeṇa brahmaṇā nirmitaḥ purā ||

sa netuṃ nyāyato 'śakyo lubdhenākṛtabuddhinā |
satyasaṃdhena śucinā susahāyena dhīmatā ||

yathāśāstraṃ prayuktaḥ san sadevāsuramānavam |
jagad ānandayet sarvam anyathā tat prakopayet ||

adharmadaṇḍanaṃ svargakīrtilokavināśanam |
samyaktu daṇḍanaṃ rājñaḥ svargakīrtijayāvaham ||

api bhrātā suto 'rghyo vā śvaśuro mātulo 'pi vā |
nādaṇḍyo nāma rājño 'sti dharmād vicalitaḥ svakāt ||

yo daṇḍyān daṇḍayed rājā samyag vadhyāṃś ca ghātayet |
iṣṭaṃ syāt kratubhis tena samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ ||

iti saṃcintya nṛpatiḥ kratutulyaphalaṃ pṛthak |
vyavahārān svayaṃ paśyet sabhyaiḥ parivṛto 'nvaham ||

kulāni jātiḥ śreṇīś ca gaṇāñ jānapadān api |
svadharmāc calitān rājā vinīya sthāpayet pathi ||

jālasūryamarīcisthaṃ trasareṇū rajaḥ smṛtam |
te 'ṣṭau likṣā tu tās tisro rājasarṣapa ucyate ||

gauras tu te trayaḥ ṣaṭ te yavo madhyas tu te trayaḥ |
kṛṣṇalaḥ pañca te māṣāsas te suvarṇas tu ṣodaśa ||

sāśītipaṇasāhasro daṇḍa uttamasāhasaḥ |
tadardhaṃ madhyamaḥ proktas tadardham adhamaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

dhigdaṇḍas tv atha vāgdaṇḍo dhanadaṇḍo vadhas tathā |
yojyā vyastāḥ samastā vā hy aparādhavaśād ime ||

jñātvā 'parādhaṃ deśaṃ ca kālaṃ balam athāpi vā |
vayaḥ karma ca vittaṃ ca daṇḍaṃ daṇḍyeṣu pātayet ||