Narada Purana · Chapter 1.24

iti śrībṛhannāradīye purāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde vratākhyāne ekādaśīvratamahimānuvarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo 'yāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
etanniśamya sanakoditamaprameyaṃ puṇyaṃ harerdinabhavaṃ nikhilottamaṃ ca /
pāpaughaśāntikaraṇaṃ vratasāramevaṃ brahmātmajaḥ punarabhāṣata harṣayuktaḥ

nārada uvāca
kathitaṃ bhavatā sarvaṃ mune tattvārthakovida /
vratākhyānaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ yathāvaddharibhaktidam

idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi varṇācacāravidhiṃ mune /
tathā sarvāśramācāraṃ prāyaścittavidhiṃ tathā

etatsarvaṃ mahābhāga sarvatattvārthakovida /
kṛpayā parayā mahyaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi

sanaka uvāca
śṛṇuṣva muniśārdūla yathā bhaktapriyaṅkaraḥ /
varṇāśramācāraparaiḥ pūjyate hariravyayaḥ

manvādyairuditaṃ yacca varṇāśramanibandhanam /
tatte vakṣyāmi vidhivadbhakto 'si tvamadhokṣaje

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāścatvāra eva te /
varṇā iti samākhyātā eteṣu brāhmaṇo 'dhikaḥ

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyā dvijāḥ proktāstrayastāthā /
mātṛtaścopanayanāddi jatvaṃ prāpyate tribhiḥ

etairvarṇaiḥ sarvadharmāḥ kāryā varṇānurupataḥ /
svavarṇadharmatyagena pāṣaṇḍaḥ procyate budhaiḥ

svagṛhyacoditaṃ karmadvijaḥ kurvankṛtī bhavet /
anyathā patito bhūyātsarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ

yugadharmaḥ parigāryā verṇairetairyathocitam /
deśācārāstathāgrāhyāḥ smṛtidharmāvirodhataḥ

karmaṇā manasā vācā yatnāddharṃmaṃ samācaret /
asvargyaṃ lokavidviṣṭaṃ dharmyamapyācarennatu

samudrayātrāsvīkāraḥ kamaṇḍaluvidhāraṇam /
dvijānāmasavarṇāsu kanyā sūpayamastathā

devarācca sutotpattirmadhuparke paśorvadhaḥ /
māṃsādanaṃ tathā śrāddhe vānaprasthaāśramastathā

dattākṣatāyāḥ kanyāyāḥ punardānaṃ varāya ca /
naiṣṭikaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca naramedhāścamedhakau

mahāprasthānagamanaṃ gomedhaśca tathā makhaḥ /
etāndharmānkaliyuke varjyānāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

deśācārāḥ parigrāhyāstattaddeśagatairnaraiḥ /
anyathā patito jñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ

brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca dvijottamā /
kriyāḥ sāmānyato vakṣye tacchṛṇuṣva samāhitaḥ

dānaṃ dadyārdvahmaṇebhyastathā yajñairyajetsurān /
vṛttyarthaṃ yācayeccaiva anyānadhyāpayettathā

yājayedyajane yogyānvipro nityodakī bhavet /
kuryyācca vedagrahaṇaṃ tathāgreśca parigraham

grāhyer dvye ca pārakye samabuddhirbhavettathā /
sarvalokahitaṃ kṛryānmṛduvākyamudīrayet

ṛtāvabhigamaḥ patnyāṃ śasyate brāhmaṇasya vai /
na kasyāpyahitaṃ brūyādviṣṇupūjāparo bhavet

dadyāddānāni viprebhyaḥ kṣatriyo 'pi dvijottama /
kuryyācca vedagrahaṇaṃ yajñairddevānyajettathā

śastrājīvī bhaveccaiva pālayeddharmato mahīm /
duṣṭānāṃ śāsanaṃ kuryyācchiṣṭānāṃ pālanaṃ tathā

pāśupālyaṃ ca vāṇijyaṃ kṛṃṣiśca dvijasattama /
vedasyādhyayanaṃ caiva vaiśyasyāpi prakīrttitam

kuryācca dāragrahaṇaṃ dharmāścaiva samācaret /
krayavikrayajarvāpi dhanaiḥ kārukriyodbhavaiḥ

dadyāddānāni śūdro 'pi pākayajñairyajenna ca /
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śuśrūṣāni rato bhavet

ṛtukālābhigāmīca svadāreṣu bhavettathā /
sarvalokahitoṣitvaṃ maṅgalaṃ priyavāditā

anāyāso manoharṣastitikṣā nātimānitā /
sāmānyaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ munibhiḥ parikīrtitam

sarve ca munitāṃ yānti svāśramocitakarmaṇā /
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyācāramāśrayedāpadi dvija

kṣatriyo 'pi ca viḍvṛttimatyāpadi samāśrayet /
nāśrayecchūdravṛttiṃ tu atyāpadyapi vai dvijaḥ

yadyāśrayeddijo mūḍhastadā cāṇḍāsatāṃ vrajet /
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ trayāṇāṃ munisattama

catvāra āśramāḥ proktāḥ pañcamo nopapadyate /
brahmacārī gṛhī vānaprastho bhikṣuśca sattama

caturbhirāśramairebhiḥ sādhyate dharma uttamaḥ /
viṣṇustuṣyati viprendra karmayogaratātmanaḥ

niḥspṛhāśāntamanasaḥ svakarmaniratasya ca /
tato yāti paraṃ sthānaṃ yato nāvarttate punaḥ