Narasimha Purana · Chapter 58

kṣatrādīnāṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāvad anupūrvaśaḥ
yena yena pravartante vidhinā kṣatriyādayaḥ //

rājyasthaḥ kṣatriyaś caiva prajā dharmeṇa pālayet
kuryād adhyayanaṃ samyag yajed yajñān yathāvidhi //

dadyād dānaṃ dvijāgryebhyo dharmabuddhisamanvitaḥ
svadāranirato nityaṃ paradāravivarjitaḥ //

nītiśāstrārthakuśalaḥ saṃdhivigrahatattvavit
devabrāhmaṇabhaktaś ca pitṛkāryaparas tathā //

dharmeṇaiva jayaṃ kāṅkṣed adharmaṃ parivarjayet
uttamāṃ gatim āpnoti kṣatriyo 'thaivam ācaran //

gorakṣākṛṣivāṇijyaṃ kuryād vaiśyo yathāvidhi
dānadharmaṃ yathāśaktyā guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ tathā //

lobhadambhavinirmuktaḥ satyavāg anasūyakaḥ
svadāranirato dāntaḥ paradāravivarjitaḥ //

dhanair viprān samarceta yajñakāle tvarānvitaḥ
yajñādhyayanadānāni kuryān nityam atandritaḥ //

pitṛkāryaṃ ca tatkāle narasiṃhārcanaṃ tathā
etad vaiśyasya karmoktaṃ svadharmam anutiṣṭataḥ //

etad āsevamānas tu sa svargī syān na saṃśayaḥ
varṇatrayasya śuśrūṣāṃ kuryāc chūdraḥ prayatnataḥ //

dāsavad brāhmaṇānāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa samācaret
ayācitaṃ pradātavyaṃ kṛṣiṃ vṛttyartham ācaret //

grahāṇāṃ māsikaṃ kāryaṃ pūjanaṃ nyāyadharmataḥ
dhāraṇaṃ jīrṇavastrasya viprasyocchiṣṭamārjanam //

svadāreṣu ratiṃ kuryāt paradāravivarjitaḥ
purāṇaśravaṇaṃ viprān narasiṃhasya pūjanam //

tathā vipranamaskāraṃ kāryaṃ śraddhāsamanvitam
satyasaṃbhāṣaṇaṃ caiva rāgadveṣavivarjanam //

itthaṃ kurvan sadā śūdro manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ
sthānam aindram avāpnoti naṣṭapāpas tu puṇyabhāk //

varṇeṣu dharmā vividhā mayoktā yathākramaṃ brāhmaṇavaryasādhitāḥ
śṛṇudhvam atrāśramadharmam ādyaṃ mayocyamānaṃ kramaśo munīndrāḥ //

upanīto māṇavako vased gurukule sadā
guroḥ priyahitaṃ kāryaṃ karmaṇā manasā girā //

brahmacaryam adhaḥśayyā tathā vahner upāsanam
udakumbhaṃ guror dadyāt tathā cendhanam āharet //

kuryād adhyayanaṃ pūrvaṃ brahmacārī yathāvidhi
vidhiṃ hitvā prakurvāṇo na svādhyāyaphalaṃ labhet //

yat kiṃcit kurute karma vidhiṃ hitvā nirātmakaḥ
na tatphalam avāpnoti kurvāṇo vidhivicyutaḥ //

tasmād evaṃ vratānīha caret svādhyāyasiddhaye
śaucācāram aśeṣaṃ tu śikṣayed gurusaṃnidhau //

ajinaṃ daṇḍakāṣṭhaṃ ca mekhalāṃ copavītakam
dhārayed apramattas tu brahmacārī samāhitaḥ //

sāyaṃ prātaś cared bhaikṣaṃ bhojanaṃ saṃyatendriyaḥ
guroḥ kule na bhikṣeta na jñātikulabandhuṣu //

alābhe tv anyagehānāṃ pūrvapurvaṃ ca varjayet
ācamya prayato nityam aśnīyād gurvanujñayā //

śayanāt pūrvam utthāya darbhamṛddantaśodhanam
vastrādikam athānyac ca gurave pratipādayet //

snāne kṛte gurau paścāt snānaṃ kurvīta yatnavān
brahmacārī vratī nityaṃ na kuryād dantaśodhanam //

chatropānaham abhyaṅgaṃ gandhamālyāni varjayet
nṛtyagītakathālāpaṃ maithunaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ //

varjayen madhu māṃsaṃ ca rasāsvādaṃ tathā striyaḥ
kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca parivādaṃ tathā nṛṇām //

strīṇāṃ ca prekṣaṇālambham upaghātaṃ parasya ca
ekaḥ śayīta sarvatra na retaḥ skandayet kvacit //

svapne siktvā brahmacārī dvijaḥ śukram akāmataḥ
snātvārkam arcayitvāgniṃ punar mām ity ṛcaṃ japet //

āstiko 'har ahaḥ saṃdhyāṃ trikālaṃ saṃyatendriyaḥ
upāsīta yathānyāyaṃ brahmacārivrate sthitaḥ //

abhivādya guroḥ pādau saṃdhyākarmāvasānataḥ
yathāyogaṃ prakurvīta mātāpitros tu bhaktitaḥ //

eteṣu triṣu tuṣṭeṣu tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ
tad eṣāṃ śāsane tiṣṭhed brahmacārī vimatsaraḥ //

adhītya caturo vedān vedau vedam athāpi vā
gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā tadā svasvecchayā vaset //

viraktaḥ pravrajed vidvān saṃraktas tu gṛhī bhavet
sarāgo narakaṃ yāti pravrajan hi dhruvaṃ dvijaḥ //

yasyaitāni suśuddhāni jihvopasthodaraṃ giraḥ
saṃnyased akṛtodvāho brāhmaṇo brahmacaryavān //

evaṃ yo vidhim āsthāya nayet kālam atandritaḥ
tena bhūyaḥ prajāyeta brahmacārī dṛḍhavrataḥ //

yo brahmacārī vidhim etam āsthitaś caret pṛthivyāṃ gurusevane rataḥ
saṃprāpya vidyām api durlabhāṃ tāṃ phalaṃ hi tasyāḥ sakalaṃ hi vindati //

gṛhītavedādhyayanaḥ śrutiśāstrārthatattvavit
guror dattavaraḥ samyak samāvartanam ārabhet //

asamānanāmagotrāṃ kanyāṃ bhrātṛyutāṃ śubhām
sarvāvayavasaṃyuktāṃ sadvṛttām udvahet tataḥ //

nodvahet kapilāṃ kanyāṃ nādhikāṅgīṃ na rogiṇīm
vācālām atilomāṃ ca na vyaṅgāṃ bhīmadarśanām //

narkṣavṛkṣanadīnāmnīṃ nāntaparvatanāmikām
na pakṣiahipreṣyanāmnīṃ na ca bhīṣaṇanāmikām //

avyaṅgāṅgīṃ saumyanāmnīṃ haṃsavāraṇagāminīm
tanvoṣṭhakeśadaśanāṃ mṛdvaṅgīm udvahet striyam //

brāhmeṇa vidhinā kuryāt praśastena dvijottamaḥ
yathāyogaṃ tathā hy evaṃ vivāhaṃ varṇadharmataḥ //

uṣaḥkāle samutthāya kṛtaśauco dvijottamaḥ
kuryāt snānaṃ tato vidvān dantadhāvanapūrvakam //

mukhe paryuṣite nityaṃ yato 'pūto bhaven naraḥ
tasmāc chuṣkam athārdraṃ vā bhakṣayed dantadhāvanam //

khadiraṃ ca kadambaṃ ca karañjaṃ ca vaṭaṃ tathā
apāmārgaṃ ca bilvaṃ ca arkaś codumbaras tathā //

ete praśastāḥ kathitā dantadhāvanakarmaṇi
dantadhāvanakāṣṭhaṃ ca vakṣyāmi tatpraśastatām //

sarve kaṇṭakinaḥ puṇyāḥ kṣīriṇas tu yaśasvinaḥ
aṣṭāṅgulena mānena tatpramāṇam ihocyate //

prādeśamātram athavā tena dantān viśodhayet
pratipaddarśaṣaṣṭhīṣu navamyāṃ caiva sattamāḥ //

dantānāṃ kāṣṭhasaṃyogad dahaty āsaptamaṃ kulam
alābhe dantakāṣṭhasya pratiṣiddhe ca taddine //

apāṃ dvādaśagaṇḍūṣair mukhaśuddhir vidhīyate
snātvā mantravad ācamya punar ācamanaṃ caret //

mantravān prokṣya cātmānaṃ prakṣiped udakāñjalim
ādityena saha prātar mandehā nāma rākṣasāḥ //

yudhyanti varadānena brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ
udakāñjalivikṣepo gāyatryā cābhimantritaḥ //

tān hanti rākṣasān sarvān mandehān ravivairiṇaḥ
tataḥ prayāti savitā brāhmaṇai rakṣito divi //

marīcyādyair mahābhāgaiḥ sanakādyais ca yogibhiḥ
tasmān na laṅghayet saṃdhyāṃ sāyaṃ prātar dvijaḥ sadā //

ullaṅghayati yo mohāt sa yāti narakaṃ dhruvam
sāyaṃ mantravad ācamya prokṣya sūryasya cāñjalim //

dattvā pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā viśudhyati
pūrvāṃ saṃdhyāṃ sanakṣatrām upakramya yathāvidhi //

gāyatrīm abhyaset tāvad yāvad ṛkṣāṇi paśyati
tatas tv āvasathaṃ prāpya homaṃ kuryāt svayaṃ budhaḥ //

saṃcintya bhṛtyavargasya bharaṇārthaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ
tataḥ śiṣyahitārthāya svādhyāyaṃ kiṃcid ācaret //

īśvaraṃ caiva rakṣārtham abhigacched dvijottamaḥ
kuśapuṣpendhanādīni gatvā dūrāt samāharet //

mādhyāhnikīṃ kriyāṃ kuryāc *chucau deśe samāhitaḥ
vidhiṃ snānasya vakṣyāmi samāsāt pāpanāśanam //

snātvā yena vidhānena sadyo mucyeta kilbiṣāt
sudhīḥ snānārtham ādāya suklāṃ kuśatilaiḥ saha //

sumanāś ca tato gacchen nadīṃ śuddhāṃ manoramām
nadyāṃ tu vidyamānāyāṃ na snāyād alpavāriṣu //

śucau deśe samabhyukṣya sthāpayet kuśamṛttikām
mṛttoyena svakaṃ deham abhiprakṣālya yatnataḥ //

snānāc charīraṃ saṃśodhya kuryād ācamanaṃ budhaḥ
śubhe jale praviśyātha named varuṇam appatim //

harim eva smaraṃś citte nimajjec ca bahūdake
tataḥ snānaṃ samāsādyā apa ācamya mantrataḥ //

prokṣayed varuṇaṃ devaṃ tair mantraiḥ pāvamānibhiḥ
kuśāgrasthena toyena prokṣyātmānaṃ prayatnataḥ //

ālabhen mṛttikāṃ gātre idaṃ viṣṇur iti tridhā
tato nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ saṃsmaran praviśej jalam //

nimajjyāntarjale samyak triḥ paṭhed aghamarṣaṇam
snātvā kuśatilais tadvad devarṣīn pitṛbhiḥ saha //

tarpayitvā jalāt tasmān niṣkramya ca samāhitaḥ
jalatīraṃ samāsādya dhaute śukle ca vāsasī //

paridhāyottarīyaṃ ca na kuryāt keśadhūnanam
na raktam ulbaṇaṃ vāso na nīlaṃ tat praśasyate //

malāktaṃ tu daśāhīnaṃ varjayed ambaraṃ budhaḥ
tataḥ prakṣālayet pādau mṛttoyena vicakṣaṇaḥ //

triḥ pibed vīkṣitaṃ toyam āsyaṃ dviḥ parimārjayet
pādau śirasi cābhyukṣet trir ācamya tu saṃspṛśet //

aṅguṣṭhena pradeśinyā nāsikāṃ samupaspṛśet
aṅguṣṭhakaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ nābhau hṛdi talena ca //

śiraś cāṅgulibhiḥ sarvair bāhuṃ caiva tataḥ spṛśet
anena vidhinācamya brāhmaṇaḥ śuddhamānasaḥ //

darbhe tu darbhapāṇiḥ syāt prāṅmukhaḥ susamāhitaḥ
prāṇāyāmāṃs tu kurvīta yathāśāstram atandritaḥ //

japayajñaṃ tataḥ kuryād gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram
trividho japayajñaḥ syāt tasya bhedaṃ nibodhata //

vācikaś ca upāṃśuś ca mānasas trividhaḥ smṛtaḥ
trayāṇāṃ japayajñānāṃ śreyaḥ syād uttarottamam //

yad uccanīcasvaritaiḥ spaṣṭaśabdavadakṣaraiḥ
śabdam uccārayed vācā japayajñaḥ sa vācikaḥ //

śanair uccārayen mantram īṣad oṣṭhau pracālayet
kiṃcin mantraṃ svayaṃ vindyād upāṃśuḥ sa japaḥ smṛtaḥ //

dhiyā yad akṣaraśreṇyā varṇād varṇaṃ padāt padam
śabdārthacintanaṃ dhyānaṃ tad uktaṃ mānasaṃ japaḥ //

japena devatā nityaṃ stūyamānā prasīdati
prasannā vipulān bhogān dadyān muktiṃ ca śāśvatīm //

yakṣarakṣaḥ piśācāś ca grahāḥ sūryādidūṣaṇāḥ
jāpinaṃ nopasarpanti dūrad evāpayānti te //

ṛkṣādikaṃ parijñāya japayajñam atandritaḥ
japed ahar ahaḥ snātvā sāvitrīṃ tanmanā dvijaḥ //

sahasraparamāṃ devīṃ śatamadhyāṃ daśāvarām
gāyatrīṃ yo japen nityaṃ na sa pāpair hi lipyate //

atha puṣpāñjaliṃ dattvā bhānave cordhvabāhukaḥ
udutyaṃ ca japen mantraṃ citraṃ taccakṣur ity api //

pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya namas kuryād divākaram
svena tīrthena devādīn adbhiḥ saṃtarpayed budhaḥ //

devān devagaṇāṃś caiva ṛṣīn ṛṣigaṇāṃs tathā
pitṝn pitṛgaṇāṃś caiva nityaṃ saṃtarpayed budhaḥ //

snānavastraṃ tataḥ pīḍya punar ācamanaṃ caret
darbheṣu darbhapāṇiḥ syād brahmayajñavidhānataḥ //

prāṅmukho brahmayajñaṃ tu kuryād buddhisamanvitaḥ
tato 'rghaṃ bhānave dadyāt tilapuṣpajalānvitam //

utthāya mūrdhaparyantaṃ haṃsaḥ śuciṣad ity ṛcā
jale devaṃ namaskṛtya tato gṛhagataḥ punaḥ //

vidhinā puruṣasūktena tatra viṣṇuṃ samarcayet
vaiśvadevaṃ tataḥ kuryād balikarma yathāvidhi //

godohamātram atithiṃ prativīkṣeta vai gṛhī
adṛṣṭapūrvam atithim āgataṃ prāk samarcayet //

āgatya ca punar dvāraṃ pratyutthānena sādhunā
svāgatenāgnayas tuṣṭā bhavanti gṛhamedhinām //

āsanena tu dattena prīto bhavati devarāṭ
pādaśaucena pitaraḥ prītim āyānti tasya ca //

annādyena ca dattena tṛpyatīha prajāpatiḥ
tasmād atithaye kāryaṃ pūjanaṃ gṛhamedhinā //

bhaktyā ca bhaktimān nityaṃ viṣṇum abhyarcya cintayet
bhikṣāṃ ca bhikṣave dadyāt parivrāḍbrahmacāriṇe //

ākalpitānnād uddhṛtya sarvavyañjanasaṃyutam
dadyāc ca manasā nityaṃ bhikṣāṃ bhikṣoḥ prayatnataḥ //

akṛte vaiśvadeve tu bhikṣau bhikṣārtham āgate
avaśyam eva dātavyaṃ svargasopānakārakam //

uddhṛtya vaiśvadevānnaṃ bhikṣāṃ dattvā visarjayet
vaiśvadevākṛtaṃ doṣaṃ śakto bhikṣur vyapohitum //

suvāsinīḥ kumārīś ca bhojayitvāturān api
bālavṛddhāṃs tataḥ śeṣaṃ svayaṃ bhuñjīta vai gṛhī //

prāṅmukhodaṅmukho vāpi maunī ca mitabhāṣaṇaḥ
annaṃ pūrvaṃ namaskṛtya prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā //

pañca prāṇāhutīḥ kuryāt sa mantreṇa pṛthak pṛthak
tataḥ svādukaraṃ cānnaṃ bhuñjīta susamāhitaḥ //

ācamya devatām iṣṭāṃ saṃsmared udaraṃ spṛśan
itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ kaṃcit kālaṃ nayed budhaḥ //

tataḥ saṃdhyām upāsīta bahir gatvā vidhānataḥ
kṛtahomaś ca bhuñjīta rātrāv atithim arcayet //

sāyaṃ prātar dvijātīnām aśanaṃ śruticoditam
nāntarā bhojanaṃ kuryād agnihotrasamo vidhiḥ //

śiṣyān adhyāpayet tadvad anadhyāyaṃ vivarjayet
smṛtyuktān sakalān pūrvaṃ purāṇoktān api dvijaḥ //

mahānavamyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ bharaṇyām api caiva hi
tathākṣayyatṛtīyāyāṃ śiṣyān nādhyāpayed budhaḥ //

māghamāse tu saptamyāṃ rathyām adhyayanaṃ tyajet
adhyāpanam athābhyajya snānakāle vivarjayet //

dānaṃ ca vidhinā deyaṃ gṛhasthena hitaiṣiṇā
hiraṇyadānaṃ godānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ viśeṣataḥ //

etāni yaḥ prayaccheta śrotriyebhyo dvijottamaḥ
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ svargaloke mahīyate //

maṅgalācārayuktaś ca śuciḥ śraddhāparo gṛhī
śrāddhaṃ ca śraddhayā kuryāt sa yāti brahmaṇaḥ padam //

jātāv utkarṣam āyāti narasiṃhaprasādataḥ
sa tasmān muktim āpnoti brahmaṇā saha sattamāḥ //

evaṃ hi viprāḥ kathito mayā vaḥ samāsataḥ śāśvatadharmarāśiḥ
samyag gṛhasthasya sato hi dharmaṃ kurvan prayatnād dharim eti muktaḥ //