Chapter 2

[Vol. I, Part 2:]

ataḥ paraṃ gṛhasthasya karmācāraṃ kalau yuge /

dharmaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ śaktyā cāturvarṇyāśramāgatam (I,2, p. 1) // Par_2.1 //

taṃ pravakṣyāmy ahaṃ pūrvaṃ parāśaravaco yathā /

ṣaṭkarmasahito vipraḥ kṛṣikarma ca kārayet (I,2, p. 3) // Par_2.2 //

kṣudhitaṃ tṛṣitaṃ śrāntaṃ balīvardaṃ na yojayet /

hīnāṅgaṃ vyādhitaṃ klībaṃ vṛṣaṃ vipro na vāhayet (I,2, p. 6) // Par_2.3 //

sthirāṅgaṃ nīrujaṃ tṛptaṃ sunardaṃ ṣaṇḍhavarjitam /

vāhayed divasasyārdhaṃ paścāt snānaṃ samācaret // Par_2.4 //

japyaṃ devārcanaṃ homaṃ svādhyāyaṃ caivam abhyaset /

ekadvitricatur viprān bhojayet snātakān dvijaḥ (I,2, p. 8) // Par_2.5 //

svayaṃkṛṣṭe tathā kṣetre dhānyaiś ca svayamarjitaiḥ /

nirvapet pañca yajñāṃś ca kratudīkṣāṃ ca kārayet (I,2, p. 9) // Par_2.6 //

tilā rasā na vikreyā vikreyā dhānyatatsamāḥ /

viprasyaivaṃvidhā vṛttis tṛṇakāṣṭhādivikrayaḥ // Par_2.7 //

brāhmaṇaś cet kṛṣiṃ kuryāt tanmahādoṣam āpnuyāt /

saṃvatsareṇa yat pāpaṃ matsyaghātī samāpnuyāt (I,2, p. 13) // Par_2.8 //

ayomukhena kāṣṭhena tad ekāhena lāṅgalī /

pāśako matsyaghātī ca vyādhaḥ śākunikas tathā // Par_2.9 //

adātā karṣakaś caiva sarve te samabhāginaḥ /

vṛkṣaṃ chittvā mahīṃ bhittvā hatvā ca kṛmikīṭakān // Par_2.10 //

karṣakaḥ khalayajñena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /

yo na dadyād dvijātibhyo rāśimūlam upāgataḥ (I,2, p. 14) // Par_2.11 //

sa cauraḥ sa ca pāpiṣṭho brahmaghnaṃ taṃ vinirdiśet /

rājñe dattvā tu ṣaḍbhāgaṃ devānāṃ caikaviṃśakam (I,2, p. 15) // Par_2.12 //

viprāṇāṃ triṃśakaṃ bhāgaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /

kṣatriyo 'pi kṛṣiṃ kṛtvā devān viprāṃś ca pūjayet // Par_2.13 //

vaiśyaḥ śūdras tathā kuryāt kṛṣivāṇijyaśilpakam /

vikarma kurvate śūdrā dvijaśuśrūṣayojjhitāḥ (I,2, p. 16) // Par_2.14 //

bhavanty alpāyuṣas te vai nirayaṃ yānty asaṃśayaṃ /

caturṇām api varṇānām eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ // Par_2.15 //