Vamana Purana · Chapter 14

itī śrīvāmanapurāṇe trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
ahiṃsā satyamastaṃ dānaṃ kṣāntirdamaḥ śamaḥ /
akārpaṇyaṃ ca śaucaṃ ca tapaśca rajanīcara

daśāṅgo rākṣasaśreṣṭha dharmo 'sau sārvavarṇikaḥ /
brāhmaṇasyāpi vihitā cāturāśramyakalpanā

sukeśiruvāca /
viprāṇāṃ cāturāśramyaṃ vistarānme tapodhanāḥ /
ācakṣadhvaṃ na me tṛptiḥ śṛṇvataḥ pratipadyate

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
kṛtopanayanaḥ samyag brahmacārī gurau vaset /
tatra dharmo 'sya yastaṃ ca kathyamānaṃ niśāmaya

svādhyāyo 'thāgniśuśruṣā snānaṃ bhikṣāṭanaṃ tathā /
gurorniṃvedya taccādyamanujñātena sarvadā

guroḥ karmaṇi sodyogaḥ samyakprītyupapādanam /
tenāhūtaḥ paṭheccaiva tatparo nānyamānasaḥ

ekaṃ dvau sakalān vāpi vedān prāpya surormukhāt /
anujñāto varaṃ dattvā gurave dakṣiṇāṃ tataḥ

gārhasthyāśramakāmastu gārhasthyāśramamāvaset /
vānaprasthāśramaṃ vāpi caturthaṃ svecchayātmanaḥ

tatraiva vā gurorgehe dvijo niṣṭhāmavāpnuyāt /
gurorabhāve tatputre tacchiṣye tatsutaṃ vinā

śuśrūṣan nirabhīmāno brahmacaryāśramaṃ vaset /
evaṃ jayati mṛtyuṃ sa dvijaḥ śālakaṭaṅkaṭa

upāvṛttastatastasmād gṛhasthāśramakāmyayā /
asamānarṣikulajāṃ kanyāmudvahed niśācara

svakarmaṇā dhanaṃ labdhvā pitṛdevātithīnapi /
samyak saṃprīṇayed bhaktyā sadācārarato dvijaḥ

sadācāro nigadito yuṣmābhirmama suvratāḥ /
lakṣaṇaṃ śrotumicḥāmi kathayadhvaṃ tamadya me

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
sadācāro nigaditastava yo 'smābhirādarāt /
lakṣaṇaṃ tasya vakṣyāmastacchṛṇuṣva niśācara

gṛhasthena sadā kāryamācāraparipālanam /
na hyācāravihinasya bhadramatra paratra ca

yajñadānatapāṃsīha puruṣasya na bhūtaye /
bhavanti yaḥ samullaṅghya sadācāraṃ pravartate

hurācāro hi puruṣo neha nāmutra nandate /
kāryo yatnaḥ sadācāre ācāro hantyalakṣaṇam

tasya svarūpaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ sadācārasya rākṣasa /
śṛṇuṣvaikamanāstacca yadi śreyo 'bhivāñchasi

dharmo 'sya mūlaṃ dhanamasya śākhā puṣpaṃ ca kāmaḥ phalamasya mokṣaḥ /
asau sadācārataruḥ sukeśin saṃsevito yena sa puṇyabhokta

brahmo muhūrte prathamaṃ vibudhyedanusmared devavarān maharṣīn /
prābhātikaṃ maṅgalameva vācyaṃ yaduktavān devapatistrinetraḥ

sukeśiruvāca /
kiṃ taduktaṃ suprabhātaṃ śaṅkareṇa mahātmanā /
prabhāte yat paṭhan martyo mucyate pāpabandhanāt

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
śrūyatāṃ rākṣasaśreṣṭha suprabhātaṃ haroditam /
śrutvā smṛtvā paṭhitvā ca sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

brahma murāristripurāntakārī bhānuḥ śaśī bhūmisuto budhaśca /
guruśca śukraḥ saha bhānujena kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam

bhṛgurvasiṣṭhaḥ kraturaṅgirāśca manuḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ sagautamaḥ /
raibhyo marīciścyavano ṛbhuśca kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam

sanatkumāraḥ sanakaḥ sanandanaḥ sanātano 'pyāsuripiṅgalau ca /
sapta svarāḥ sapta rasātalāśca kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam

pṛthvī sagandhā sarasāstathā'paḥ sparśaśca vāyurjvalanaḥ satejāḥ /
nabhaḥ saśabdaṃ mahatā sahaiva yacchantu sarve mama suprabhātam

saptārṇavāḥ sapta kulācalāśca saptarṣayo dvīpavarāśca sapta /
bhūrādi kṛtvā bhuvanāni sapta dadantu sarve mama suprabhātam

itthaṃ prabhāte paramaṃ pavitraṃ paṭhet smaredvā śṛmuyācca bhaktyā /
duḥsvapnanāśo 'nagha suprabhātaṃ bhavecca satyaṃ bhagavatprasādāt

tataḥ samutthāya vicintayena dharmaṃ tathārthaṃ ca vihāya śayyām /
utthāya paścāddharirityudīrya gacchet tadotsargavidhiṃ hi kartum

na devagobrāhmaṇavahnimārge na rājamārge na catuṣpathe ca /
kuryādathotsargamapīha goṣṭhe pūrvāparāṃ caiva samāśrito gām

tatastu śaucārthamupāharenmṛdaṃ gude trayaṃ pāṇitale ca sapta /
tathobhayoḥ pañca catustathaikāṃ liṅge tathaikāṃ mṛdamāhareta

nāntarjalādrākṣasa mūṣikasthalāt śaucāvaśiṣṭā śaraṇāt tathānyā /
valmīkamṛccaiva hi śaucanāya grāhya sadācāravidā nareṇa

udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vāpi vidvān prakṣālya pādau bhuvi saṃniviṣṭaḥ /
samācamedadbhiraphenilābhirādau parimṛjya mukhaṃ dviradbhiḥ

tataḥ spṛśetkhāni śiraḥ kareṇa saṃdhyāmupāsīta tataḥ krameṇa /
keśāṃstu saṃśodhya ca dantadhāvanaṃ kṛtvā tathā darpaṇadarśanaṃ ca

kṛtvā śiraḥsnānamathāṅiḍkaṃ vā saṃpūjya toyena pitṝn sadevān /
homaṃ ca kṛtvālabhanaṃ śubhānāṃ kṛtvā bahirnirgamanaṃ praśastam

dūrvādadhisarpirathodakumbhaṃ dhenuṃ savatsāṃ vṛṣabhaṃ suvarṇam /
mṛdgomayaṃ svastikamakṣatāni lājāmadhu brāhmaṇakanyakāṃ ca

śvetāni puṣpāṇyatha śobhanāni hutāśanaṃ candamarkabimbam /
aśvatthavṛkṣaṃ ca samālabheta tatastu kuryānnijajātidharmam

deśānuśiṣṭaṃ kula dharmamagryaṃ svagotradharmaṃ na hi saṃtyajet /
tenārthasiddhiṃ samupācareta nāsatpralāpaṃ na ca satyahīnam

na niṣṭhuraṃ nāgamaśāstrahīnaṃ vākyaṃ vadetsādhujanena yena /
nindyo bhavennaiva ca dharmaḥedī saṃgaṃ na cāsatsu nareṣu kuryāt

saṃdhyāsu varjyaṃ surataṃ divā ca sarvāsu yonīṣu parābalāsu /
āgāraśūnyeṣu mahītaleṣu rajasvalāsveva jaleṣu vīra

vṛthāṭanaṃ thā dānaṃ vṛthā ca paśumāraṇam /
na karttavyaṃ gṛhasthena vṛtā dāraparigraham

vṛthāṭanānnityahānirvṛthādānāddhanakṣayaḥ /
vṛthā paśughnaḥ prāpnoti pātakaṃ narakapradam

saṃtatyā hāniraślāghayā varṇasaṃkarato bhayam /
bhetavyaṃ ca bhavelloke vṛthādāraparigrahāt

parasve paradāre ca na kāryā buddhiruttamaiḥ /
parasvaṃ narakāyaiva paradārāśca mṛtyave

nekṣet parastriyaṃ nagnāṃ na saṃbhāṣena taskarān /
udkyādarśanaṃ sparśaṃ saṃbhāṣaṃ ca vivarjayet

naikāsane tathā stheyaṃ sodaryā parajāyayā /
tathaiva syānna mātuśca tathā svaduhitustvapi

na ca snāyīta vai nagno na śayīta kadācana /
digvāsaso 'pi na tathā paribhramaṇamiṣyate/ /
bhinnāsanabhājanādīn dūrataḥ parivarjayet

nandāsu nābhyaṅgamupācareta kṣauraṃ ca riktāsu jayāsu māṃsam /
pūrṇāsu yoṣitparivarjayeta bhadrāsu sarvāṇi samācareta

nābhyaṅgamarke na ca bhūmiputre kṣauraṃ ca śukre ravije ca māṃsam /
budheṣu yoṣinna samācareta śeṣeṣu sarvāṇi sadaiva kuryāt

citrāsu haste śravaṇe ca tailaṃ kṣauraṃ viśākhāsvabhijitsuvarjyam /
mūle mṛge bhāgrapadāsu māṃsaṃ yoṣinmaghākṛttikayottarāsu

sadaiva jarjyaṃ śayanamudakśirās tathā pratīcyāṃ rajanīcareśa /
bhuñjīta naiveha ca dakṣiṇāmukho na ca pratīcyāmabhibhojanīyam

devālayaṃ caityataruṃ catuṣpathaṃ vidyādhikaṃ cāpi guruṃ pradakṣiṇam /
mālyānnapānaṃ vasanāni yatnato nānyairdhṛtāṃścāpi hi dhārayed budhaḥ

snāyācchiraḥsnānatayā ca nityaṃ na kāraṇaṃ caiva vinā niśāsu /
grahoparāge svajanāpayāte muktvā ca janmarkṣagate śaśaṅke

nābhyaṅgitaṃ kāyamupaspṛśecca snāto na keśān vidhunīta cāpi /
gātrāṇi caivāmbarapāṇinā ca snāto vimṛjyād rajanīcareśa

vasecca deśeṣu surājakeṣu susaṃhiteṣveva janeṣu nityam /
akrodhanā nyāyaparā amatsarāḥ kṛṣīvalā hyoṣadhayaśca yatra

na teṣu deśeṣu vaseta buddhimān sadā nṛpo daṇḍarucistvaśaktaḥ /
jano 'pi nityotsavabaddhavairaḥ sadā jigīṣuśca niśācarendra