Skip to content
navigationtools

Manusmriti

Progress:42.4%

x

विधूमे सन्नमुसले व्यङ्गारे भुक्तवज्जने । वृत्ते शरावसम्पाते भिक्षां नित्यं यतिश्चरेत् ॥ ५६ ॥

When no smoke ascends from (the kitchen), when the pestle lies motionless, when the embers have been extinguished, when the people have finished their meal, when the remnants in the dishes have been removed, let the ascetic always go to beg.

english translation

अलाभे न विषदी स्यात्लाभे चैव न हर्षयेत् । प्राणयात्रिकमात्रः स्यात्मात्रासङ्गाद् विनिर्गतः ॥ ५७ ॥

Let him not be sorry when he obtains nothing, nor rejoice when he obtains (something), let him (accept) so much only as will sustain life, let him not care about the (quality of his) utensils.

english translation

अभिपूजितलाभांस्तु जुगुप्सेतैव सर्वशः । अभिपूजितलाभैश्च यतिर्मुक्तोऽपि बध्यते ॥ ५८ ॥

Let him disdain all (food) obtained in consequence of humble salutations, (for) even an ascetic who has attained final liberation, is bound (with the fetters of the Samsara) by accepting (food given) in consequence of humble salutations.

english translation

अल्पान्नाभ्यवहारेण रहःस्थानासनेन च । ह्रियमाणानि विषयैरिन्द्रियाणि निवर्तयेत् ॥ ५९ ॥

By eating little, and by standing and sitting in solitude, let him restrain his senses, if they are attracted by sensual objects.

english translation

इन्द्रियाणां निरोधेन रागद्वेषक्षयेण च । अहिंसया च भूतानाममृतत्वाय कल्पते ॥ ६० ॥

By the restraint of his senses, by the destruction of love and hatred, and by the abstention from injuring the creatures, he becomes fit for immortality.

english translation