Conduct

The agent who is undisciplined, vulgar, stubborn, deceitful, dishonest, lazy, despondent, and procrastinating — that agent is called tamasic.

अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः | विषादी दीर्घसूत्री च कर्ता तामस उच्यते ||१८-२८||

'Do not neglect the duties to the gods and the ancestors. Be one to whom the mother is a god. Be one to whom the father is a god. Be one to whom the teacher is a god. Be one to whom the guest is a god. Those deeds that are blameless are to be practiced, not others. Whatever good conduct there is in us, that you should adopt,

देवपितृकार्याभ्यां न प्रमदितव्यम् । मातृदेवो भव । पितृदेवो भव । आचार्यदेवो भव । अतिथिदेवो भव । यान्यनवद्यानि कर्माणि । तानि सेवितव्यानि । नो इतराणि । यान्यस्माकꣳसुचरितानि । तानि त्वयोपास्यानि ॥ २॥

Demonic people do not understand what should be done and what should be avoided. Neither purity, nor good conduct, nor truth is found in them.

प्रवृत्तिं च निवृत्तिं च जना न विदुरासुराः | न शौचं नापि चाचारो न सत्यं तेषु विद्यते ||१६-७||

"A stealer of gold, a drinker of liquor, one who defiles his teacher's bed, a killer of a Brahmin—these four fall, and, fifth, one who keeps company with them."

स्तेनो हिरण्यस्य सुरां पिबꣳश्च गुरोस्तल्पमावसन्ब्रह्महा चैते पतन्ति चत्वारः पञ्चमश्चाचरꣳस्तैरिति

not other conduct. Those Brahmins who are superior to us—you should comfort them by offering them a seat. One should give with faith; one should not give without faith; one should give with plenty; one should give with modesty; one should give with awe; one should give with sympathy. Now, if you have doubt about a course of action or about conduct,

नो इतराणि । ये के चास्मच्छ्रेयाꣳसो ब्राह्मणाः । तेषां त्वयाऽऽसनेन प्रश्वसितव्यम् । श्रद्धया देयम् । अश्रद्धयाऽदेयम् । श्रिया देयम् । ह्रिया देयम् । भिया देयम् । संविदा देयम् । अथ यदि ते कर्मविचिकित्सा वा वृत्तविचिकित्सा वा स्यात् ॥ ३॥

Now those whose conduct here has been pleasant can expect to enter a pleasant womb—the womb of a Brahmin, a Kshatriya, or a Vaishya. But those whose conduct here has been foul can expect to enter a foul womb—the womb of a dog, a pig, or an outcaste.

तद्य इह रमणीयचरणा अभ्याशो ह यत्ते रमणीयां योनिमापद्येरन्ब्राह्मणयोनिं वा क्षत्रिययोनिं वा वैश्ययोनिं वाथ य इह कपूयचरणा अभ्याशो ह यत्ते कपूयां योनिमापद्येरञ्श्वयोनिं वा सूकरयोनिं वा चण्डालयोनिं वा

'If someone answers his father, mother, brother, sister, teacher, or a brahmin harshly, people say to him: "Shame on you! You are a slayer of your father, a slayer of your mother, a slayer of your brother, a slayer of your sister, a slayer of your teacher, a slayer of a brahmin."'

स यदि पितरं वा मातरं वा भ्रातरं वा स्वसारं वाचार्यं वा ब्राह्मणं वा किंचिद्भृशमिव प्रत्याह धिक्त्वास्त्वित्येवैनमाहुः पितृहा वै त्वमसि मातृहा वै त्वमसि भ्रातृहा वै त्वमसि स्वसृहा वै त्वमस्याचार्यहा वै त्वमसि ब्राह्मणहा वै त्वमसीति

And people say, 'Saman for us indeed!' when something is good, meaning 'Good indeed!'; and they say, 'A-saman for us!' when something is not good, meaning 'Not good indeed!'

अथोताप्याहुः साम नो बतेति यत्साधु भवति साधु बतेत्येव तदाहुरसाम नो बतेति यदसाधु भवत्यसाधु बतेत्येव तदाहुः

And so people say, 'He approached him with saman,' meaning 'He approached him with goodness'; and 'He approached him with a-saman,' meaning 'He approached him with what is not good.'

तदुताप्याहुः साम्नैनमुपागादिति साधुनैनमुपागादित्येव तदाहुरसाम्नैनमुपागादित्यसाधुनैनमुपगादित्येव तदाहुः

One who knows the Revatis thus woven upon animals comes to possess animals, lives his full span, lives long, becomes great in offspring and cattle, great in fame. His rule of life is not to speak ill of animals.

स य एवमेता रेवत्यः पशुषु प्रोता वेद पशुमान्भवति सर्वमायुरेति ज्योग्जीवति महान्प्रजया पशुभिर्भवति महान्कीर्त्या पशून्न निन्देत्तद्व्रतम्

One who knows the Shakvaris thus woven upon the worlds comes to possess the worlds, lives his full span, lives long, becomes great in offspring and cattle, great in fame. His rule of life is not to speak ill of the worlds.

स य एवमेताः शक्वर्यो लोकेषु प्रोता वेद लोकी भवति सर्वमायुरेति ज्योग्जीवति महान्प्रजया पशुभिर्भवति महान्कीर्त्या लोकान्न निन्देत्तद्व्रतम्

One who knows the Brihat thus woven upon the sun becomes brilliant and an eater of food, lives his full span, lives long, becomes great in offspring and cattle, great in fame. His rule of life is not to speak ill of the burning sun.

स य एवमेतद्बृहदादित्ये प्रोतं वेद तेजस्व्यन्नादो भवति सर्वमायुरेति ज्योग्जीवति महान्प्रजया पशुभिर्भवति महान्कीर्त्या तपन्तं न निन्देत्तद्व्रतम्

One should not turn anyone away from one's dwelling; that is the rule. Therefore, by whatever means, one should obtain abundant food. They say: 'Food is made ready for him.' If this food is offered first, food is offered to him first. If this food is offered in the middle way, food is offered to him in the middle way. If this food is offered last, food is offered to him last.

न कञ्चन वसतौ प्रत्याचक्षीत । तद्व्रतम् । तस्माद्यया कया च विधया बह्वन्नं प्राप्नुयात् । अराध्यस्मा अन्नमित्याचक्षते । एतद्वै मुखतोऽन्नꣳराद्धम् । मुखतोऽस्मा अन्नꣳराध्यते । एतद्वै मध्यतोऽन्नꣳराद्धम् । मध्यतोऽस्मा अन्नꣳराध्यते । एदद्वा अन्ततोऽन्नꣳराद्धम् । अन्ततोऽस्मा अन्न राध्यते ॥ १॥