Padma Purana · Chapter 3.51

ṛṣaya ūcu-
karmayogaḥ kathaṃ sūta yena cārādhito hariḥ /
prasīdati mahābhāga vada no vadatāṃ vara

yenāsau bhagavānīśaḥ samārādhyo mumukṣubhiḥ /
tadvadākhilalokānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ dharmasaṃgraham

taṃ karmayogaṃ vada naḥ sūta mūrtimayastu yaḥ /
iti śuśrūṣavo viprā bhavadagre vyavasthitāḥ

sūta uvāca-
evameva purā pṛṣṭo vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ /
ṛṣibhiragnisaṃkāśairvyāsastānāha tacchṛṇu

vyāsa uvāca-
śṛṇudhvaṃmṛṣayaḥ sarve vakṣyamāṇaṃ sanātanam /
karmayogaṃ brāhmaṇānāmātyaṃtikaphalapradam

āmnāyasiddhamakhilaṃ brāhmaṇārthaṃ pradarśitam /
ṛṣīṇāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ pūrvaṃ manurāha prajāpatiḥ

sarvavyādhiharaṃ puṇyamṛṣisaṃghairniṣevitam /
samāhitadhiyo yūyaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ gadato mama

kṛtopanayano vedānadhīyīta dvijottamaḥ /
garbhāṣṭame'ṣṭamevābde svasūtroktavidhānataḥ

daṃḍī ca mekhalī sūtrī kṛṣṇājinadharo muniḥ /
bhikṣāhāro guruhito vīkṣyamāṇo gurormukham

kārpāsamupavītārthaṃ nirmitaṃ brahmaṇā purā /
brāhmaṇānāṃ trivṛtsūtraṃ kauśaṃ vā vastrameva vā

sadopavītī caiva syātsadābaddha śikho dvijaḥ /
anyathā yatkṛtaṃ karmma tadbhavatyayathākṛtam

vasedavikṛtaṃ vāsaḥ kārpāsaṃ vā kaṣāyakam /
tadeva paridhānīyaṃ śuklaṃ tāṃtavamuttamam

uttaraṃ tu samāmnātaṃ vāsaḥ kṛṣṇājinaṃ śubham /
abhāve gāvayamapi rauravaṃ vā vidhīyate

uddhṛtya dakṣiṇaṃ bāhuṃ savyabāhau samarpitam /
upavītaṃ bhavennityaṃ nivītaṃ kaṃṭhasajjane

savyabāhuṃ samuddhṛtya dakṣiṇe tu dhṛtaṃ dvijāḥ /
prācīnāvītamityuktaṃ pitryekarmaṇi yojayet

agnyāgāre gavāṃ goṣṭhe home tapye tathaiva ca /
svādhyāye bhojane nityaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca sannidhau

upāsane gurūṇāṃ ca saṃdhyayoḥ sādhusaṃgame /
upavītī bhavennityaṃ vidhireṣa sanātanaḥ

mauṃjī trivṛtsamāṃ śliṣṭāṃ kuryādviprasya mekhalām /
muṃjābhāve kuśenāhurgraṃthinaikena vā tribhiḥ

dhārayedvaiṇavapālāśau daṃḍau keśāṃtikau dvijaḥ /
yajñārhavṛkṣajaṃ vātha saumyamavraṇameva ca

sāyaṃprātardvijaḥ saṃdhyāmupāsīta samāhitaḥ /
kāmāllobhādbhayānmohāttyaktvaināṃ patito bhavet

agnikāryaṃ tataḥ kuryātsāyaṃprātaḥ prasannadhīḥ /
snātvā saṃtarpayeddevānṛṣīnpitṛgaṇāṃstathā

devatābhyarcanaṃ kuryātpuṣpaiḥ patrairyavāṃbubhiḥ /
abhivādanaśīlaḥ syānnityaṃ vṛddheṣu dharmataḥ

asāvahaṃ bho nāmeti samyakpraṇatipūrvakam /
āyurārogyasiddhyarthaṃ taṃdrādiparivarjitaḥ

āyuṣmānbhava saumyeti vaco vipro'bhivādane /
ākāraścāsya nāmnoṃ'te vācyaḥ pūrvākṣaraplutaḥ

yo na vettyabhivādasya vipraḥ pratyabhivādanam /
nābhivādyaḥ sa viduṣā yathā śūdrastathaiva saḥ

vyatyastapāṇinā kāryaṃ pādasaṃgrahaṇaṃ guroḥ /
savyena savyaḥ spraṣṭavyo dakṣiṇena tu dakṣiṇaḥ

laukikaṃ vaidikaṃ vāpi tathādhyātmikameva vā /
avāpya prayato jñānaṃ taṃ pūrvamabhivādayet

nodakaṃ dhārayedbhaikṣyaṃ puṣpāṇi samidhastathā /
evaṃvidhāni cānyāni na devārtheṣu karmmasu

brāhmaṇaṃ kuśalaṃ pṛcchetkṣatrabaṃdhumanāmayam /
vaiśyaṃ kṣemaṃ samāgamya śūdramārogyameva ca

upādhyāyaḥ pitā jyeṣṭho bhrātā trātā ca bhītitaḥ /
mātulaḥ śvaśuraścaiva mātāmaha pitāmahau

varṇaśreṣṭhaḥ pitṛvyaśca puṃso'tra guravaḥ smṛtāḥ /
mātā mātāmahī gurvī piturmātuśca sodarāḥ

śvaśrūḥ pitāmahī jyeṣṭhā dhātrī ca guravaḥ striyaḥ /
jñeyastu guruvargo'yaṃ mātṛtaḥ pitṛto dvijāḥ

anuvartanameteṣāṃ manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ /
gurūndṛṣṭvā samuttiṣṭhedabhivādya kṛtāñjali

naitairupaviśetsārddhaṃ vivadennātmakāraṇāt /
jīvitārthamapi dveṣādgurubhirnaiva bhāṣaṇam

udrikto'pi guṇairanyairgurudveṣī patatyadhaḥ /
gurūṇāmapi sarveṣāṃ paṃca pūjyā viśeṣataḥ

teṣāmādyāstrayaḥ śreṣṭhāsteṣāṃ mātā supūjitā /
yo bhāvayati yā sūte yena vidyopadiśyate

jyeṣṭho bhrātā ca bhartā ca paṃcaite guravaḥ smṛtāḥ /
ātmanaḥ sarvayatnena prāṇatyāgena vā punaḥ

pūjanīyā viśeṣeṇa paṃcaite bhūtimicchatā /
yāvatpitā ca mātā ca dvāvetau nirvikāriṇau

tāvatsarvaṃ parityajya putraḥ syāttatparāyaṇaḥ /
pitā mātā ca suprītau syātāṃ putraguṇairyadi

sa putraḥ sakalaṃ dharmaṃ prāpnuyāttena karmaṇā /
nāsti mātṛsamaṃ daivaṃ nāsti pitṛsamo guruḥ

tayoḥ pratyupakāro'pi na kathaṃcana vidyate /
tayornityaṃ priyaṃ kuryātkarmaṇā manasā girā

na tābhyāmananujñāto dharmamanyaṃ samācaret /
varjayitvā muktiphalaṃ nityaṃ naimittikaṃ tathā

dharmasāraḥ samuddiṣṭaḥ pretyānaṃtaphalapradaḥ /
samyagārādhya vaktāraṃ visṛṣṭastadanujñayā

śiṣyo vidyāphalaṃ bhuṃkte pretya cāpadyate divi /
yo bhrātaraṃ pitṛsamaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ mūḍho'vamanyate

tena doṣeṇa saṃpretya nirayaṃ ghoramṛcchati /
puṃsāṃ vartmani sṛṣṭena pūjyo bhartā tu sarvadā

api mātari loke'sminnupakārāddhi gauravam /
mātulāṃśca pitṛvyāṃśca śvaśurānṛtvijo gurūn

asāvahamiti brūyātpratyutthāyābhivādayet /
avācyo dīkṣito nāmnā yavīyānapi yo bhavet

bho bhavatpūrvakaṃ tvenamabhibhāṣeta dharmavit /
abhivādyaśca pūjyaśca śirasānamya eva ca

brāhmaṇakṣatriyādyaiśca śrīkāmaiḥ sādaraṃ sadā /
nābhivādyāśca vipreṇa kṣatriyādyāḥ kathaṃcana

jñānakarmaguṇopetā yadyapyete bahuśrutāḥ /
brāhmaṇaḥ sarvavarṇānāṃ svasti kuryāditi śrutiḥ

savarṇena savarṇānāṃ kāryamevābhivādanam /
gururagnirdvijātīnāṃ varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo guruḥ

patireko guruḥ strīṇāṃ sarvatrābhyāgato guruḥ /
vidyākarmavayobaṃdhurvittaṃ bhavati paṃcamam

mānyasthānāni paṃcāhuḥ pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ gurūttarāt /
paṃcānāṃ triṣu varṇeṣu bhūyāṃsi balavaṃti ca

yatra syuḥ so'tra mānārhaḥ śūdro'pi daśamīṃ gataḥ /
paṃthā deyo brāhmaṇāya striyai rājñe vicakṣuṣe

vṛddhāya bhārabhagnāya rogiṇe durbalāya ca /
bhikṣāmāhṛtya śiṣṭānāṃ gṛhebhyaḥ prayato'nvaham

nivedya guruve'śnīyādvāgyatastadanujñayā /
bhavatpūrvaṃ caredbhaikṣyamupavītī dvijottamaḥ

bhavanmadhyaṃ tu rājanyo vaiśyastu bhavaduttaram /
mātaraṃ vā svasāraṃ vā māturvā bhaginīṃ nijām

bhikṣeta bhikṣāṃprathamaṃ yācainaṃ na vimānayet /
sajātīyagṛheṣveva sārvavarṇikameva vā

bhaikṣyasyācaraṇaṃ proktaṃ patitā divi varjitam /
vedayajñairahīnānāṃ praśastānāṃ svakarmmasu

brahmacāryyāharedbhaikṣyaṃ gṛhebhyaḥ prayato'nvaham /
guroḥ kule na bhikṣeta na jñātikulabaṃdhuṣu

alābhetvanyagehānāṃ pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ vivarjayet /
sarvaṃ vā vicaredgrāmaṃ pūrvoktānāmasaṃbhave

niyamya prayato vācaṃ diśastvanavalokayan /
samāhṛtya tu bhaikṣyānnaṃ yāvadarthamamāyayā

bhuṃjīta prayato nityaṃ vāgyato'nanyamānasaḥ /
bhaikṣyeṇa vartayennityaṃ naivekānno bhavedvratī

bhaikṣyaiṇa varttino vṛttirupavāsasamā smṛtā /
pūjayedaśanaṃ nityamadyāccainamakutsayan

dṛṣṭvā hṛṣyetprasīdecca pratinaṃdecca sarvaśaḥ /
anārogyamanāyuṣyamasvargyaṃ cātibhojanam

apuṇyaṃ lokavidviṣṭaṃ tasmāttatparivarjayet /
prāṅmukho'nnāni bhuṃjīta sūryābhimukhameva vā

nādyādudaṅmukho nityaṃ vidhireṣa sanātanaḥ /
prakṣālya pāṇipādau ca bhuṃjāno dvirupaspṛśet

śuddhe deśe samāsīno bhuktvā ca dvirupaspṛśet

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe karmayogakathanaṃ nāma ekapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ