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प्रज्ञावृद्धं धर्मवृद्धं स्वबन्धुं विद्यावृद्धं वयसा चापि वृद्धम् । कार्याकार्ये पूजयित्वा प्रसाद्य यः संपृच्छेन्न स मुह्येत्कदाचित्॥५-४०-२१॥
One who, in matters of what should and should not be done, honors and conciliates an elder—mature in wisdom, mature in dharma, a trusted kinsman, mature in learning, and also advanced in age—and then consults him, is never deluded.
english translation
धृत्या शिश्नोदरं रक्षेत्पाणिपादं च चक्षुषा । चक्षुःश्रोत्रे च मनसा मनो वाचं च कर्मणा॥५-४०-२२॥
By steadiness one should restrain sexual impulse and appetite; by the eye one should regulate the hands and feet; by the mind one should govern the eye and ear; and by disciplined action one should govern speech.
english translation
नित्योदकी नित्ययज्ञोपवीती नित्यस्वाध्यायी पतितान्नवर्जी । ऋतं ब्रुवन्गुरवे कर्म कुर्वन्न ब्राह्मणश्च्यवते ब्रह्मलोकात्॥५-४०-२३॥
A brāhmaṇa who is constant in ritual purity, constant in wearing the sacrificial thread, constant in Vedic study, who avoids improper food, who speaks truth, and who serves the teacher—does not fall away from the Brahma-world.
english translation
अधीत्य वेदान्परिसंस्तीर्य चाग्नीनिष्ट्वा यज्ञैः पालयित्वा प्रजाश्च । गोब्राह्मणार्थे शस्त्रपूतान्तरात्मा हतः संग्रामे क्षत्रियः स्वर्गमेति॥५-४०-२४॥
Having studied the Vedas, duly maintained the sacred fires, performed sacrifices, and protected the people, a kṣatriya—whose inner being is purified through disciplined use of arms—if he falls in battle for the sake of cattle and brāhmaṇas, attains heaven.
english translation
वैश्योऽधीत्य ब्राह्मणान्क्षत्रियांश्च धनैः काले संविभज्याश्रितांश्च । त्रेतापूतं धूममाघ्राय पुण्यं प्रेत्य स्वर्गे देवसुखानि भुङ्क्ते॥५-४०-२५॥
A vaiśya, having learned from brāhmaṇas and kṣatriyas, and distributing wealth at the proper time to dependents and those who seek refuge, partakes of merit—likened to the sanctified smoke of the sacred fire—and after death enjoys divine felicities in heaven.
english translation