Adhyaya 200

हिन्दी अर्थ

अपने हाथ या कण्ठमें बाँध ले। मन्त्र इस करें। आपके स्वरूपका कहीं अन्त नहीं है। प्रकार है-- आप हमें अपने उसी 'अनन्त' स्वरूपमें मिला अनन्तसंसारमहासमुद्रे मग्नान् समभ्युद्धर वासुदेव॥ लें। आप अनन्तरूप परमेश्वरको बारंबार अनन्तरूपे विनियोजयस्व हयानन्तरूपाय नमो नमस्ते। नमस्कार है।'' इस प्रकार अनन्तत्रतका अनुष्ठान “हे वासुदेव! संसाररूपी अपार पारावारमें करनेवाला मनुष्य परमानन्दका भागी होता डूबे हुए हम-जैसे प्राणियोंका आप उद्धार है

English

If a person abuses the sick and men having defective organs, by means of lampoons, whether true or untrue or otherwise, he should be fined thirteen and a half paas. The king should levy a fine of twentyfive (panas) on one that abuses another (with the words) *'I copulate with your sister or (1 copulate with your) mother**. A punishment should be awarded after due consideration of the higher or lower caste. (A man of the higher caste commi¬ tting adultery (on women) of the lower caste (should be levied) half (the fine) and (a man of the lower caste committing adultery) on (women) of the higher caste (should be levied) double (the fine).

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार आदि आग्नेय महापुराणमें “अनेक प्रकारके चतुर्दशी-व्रतोंका वर्णन” नामक एक सौ बानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

English

The men of lower orders of castes censuring the men of the next higher order should be levied double or three times the fine. But in the case of censures made by men of the higher orders on those of lower orders, half the fine should be levied. The fine (that should be levied) on a capable person uttering words threatening the injury of the hands, neck, eyes and thighs (of another) should be levied ( the j<f//aja) fine. It is half the fine, if it relates to the foot, nose, ear and arms. An incapable person who says as above should be levied a fine of ten panas. So also a capable person should give surety for the safety of that person.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निदेव कहते हैं- वसिष्ठ! अब मैं भोग और मोक्ष प्रदान करनेवाले शिवरात्रि-ब्रत' का वर्णन करता हूँ; एकाग्रचित्तसे उसका श्रवण करो। फाल्गुनके कृष्ण-पक्षकी चतुर्दशीको मनुष्य कामनासहित उपवास करे । व्रत करनेवाला रात्रिको जागरण करे और यह कहे--'मैं चतुर्दशीको भोजनका परित्याग करके शिवरात्रिका व्रत करता हुँ। मैं ब्रतयुक्त होकर रात्रि-जागरणके द्वारा

English

The middle sdhasa fine should be levied on that person who abuses one ascribing degrading sin (to him). The first kind of sdhasa should be levied onunc who ascribes (another) with minor sin of second degree. The highest sdhasa (should be levied) for offences villifying the brahmins, kings and gods. Middle {sdhasa) (should be levided for offences villifying) one*s own relatives and the members of the village assembly and the first {sdhasa) (for speaking ill of one's own) village or country. In the case of charge of murder without witness, (the judge) should pronounce ( the judgement) after considering the marks, reasoning and written testimony, in order to safeguard (himself) from being misled by false marks.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवका पूजन करता हूँ। मैं भोग और मोक्ष प्रदान करनेवाले शंकरका आवाहन करता हूँ।

English

The fine for touching (another) with ashes, mud or dust is said to be ten patjias and for touching with filth or the heels or spitting, double (that). (For offences against women) of one's own (caste) single (fine should be levied) and twice that in the case of other women as well as of higher castes. The fine is half in the The organ of anon-brahmin that inflicts pain on a brahmin should be cut off. First (sdhasa) punishment (should be prescribed) for one who raises ( one*s arms and strikes a* brahmin) and half that ( fine) if one touches.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिव! आप नरक-समुद्रसे पार करानेवाली नौकाके समान हैं; आपको नमस्कार है। आप प्रजा और राज्यादि प्रदान करनेवाले, मङ्गलमय एवं शान्तस्वरूप हैं; आपको नमस्कार है। आप सौभाग्य, आरोग्य, विद्या, धन और स्वर्ग-मार्गकी प्राप्ति करानेवाले हैं। मुझे धर्म दीजिये, धन दीजिये और कामभोगादि प्रदान कीजिये। मुझे गुण, कीर्ति और सुखसे सम्पन्न कीजिये तथा स्वर्ग और मोक्ष प्रदान

English

If the hand and the leg are held and pulled, the fine is ten and twenty (panas) respectively. If (several men) one by one (hold and pull), the scriptures (prescribe) the middle sShasa for all of them. The fine for pulling the feet or hair or the garment or hand is ten panas. The fine for causing affliction or pulling or dragging after putting cloth around or placing foot (on a person) is one hundered {panas).. One who causes misery by means of a log of wood etc. and (if there be) no blood (injury), should be fined thirtytwo panas. Double that (is the fine), if blood is seen.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कीजिये।' इस शिवरात्रि-व्रतके प्रभावसे पापात्मा सुन्दरसेन व्याधने भी पुण्य प्राप्त किया

English

If many persons (jointly) assault a man, each one of them (should be levied) double the (amount of) fine la«d down before. Articles (forcibly) taken away after a quarrel should be returned and the fine is said to be double. A person who causes grief should pay the cost of recovery (of the article) and the fine is said to be the same as laid down in the case of a quarrel. A ferry-man collecting a land-toll should be punished (to pay) ten panas. A brahmin (going to dine) at the neigh¬ bour's house uninvited, (shall be liable) for the same punish¬ ment).

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार आदि आग्नेय महापुराणमें "शिवरात्रि-व्रतका वर्णन” नामक एक सौ तिरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ अशोकपूर्णिमा आदि ब्रतोंका वर्णन

English

One has to be fined five, ten, twenty and sixty paijas respectively for assaulting, piercing, cutting and breaking the house (of another person). One should be fined sixteen panas for having thrown into another's house, an object, that would cause misery or death to another. The abettor should be fined the middle sahasa. One should duly be fined two panas onwards for having caused misery or bleeding injury or breaking the limbs of the body of a small animal.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निदेव कहते हैं-- अब मैं ' अशोकपूर्णिमा'के ' वृषोत्सर्गव्रत'के नामसे प्रसिद्ध है। आश्विनके

English

(One should be fined) the middle {sahasa) and should pay the price for having cut off the genital organ (of an animal) or having killed it. In the case of bigger animals, in these instances, the fine would be double ( the above). One who causes another to indulge in a violent act shall have to pay double the fine and one who says that he would pay (if fine is imposed) and causes another to do (a violent act) (shall be required to pay) four times (that fine). A washerman who wears the dress of others (given to him for washing) should be fined three pa. It is ten paii

हिन्दी अर्थ

भगवान् वराह और भूदेवीका पूजन करे। एक जो कुछ दिया जाता है, वह अक्षय होता है। वर्ष ऐसा करनेसे मनुष्य भोग और मोक्ष मनुष्य किसी वर्ष इस अमावास्याको उपवासपूर्वक दोनोंको प्राप्त कर लेता है। कार्तिकी पूर्णिमाको पितरोंका पूजन करके पापरहित होकर स्वर्गको वृषोत्सर्ग करके रात्रिव्रतका अनुष्ठान करे। इससे प्रात कर लेता है। माघ मासको अमावास्याको मनुष्य शिवलोकको प्राप्त होता है। यह उत्तम व्रत (सावित्रीसहित) ब्रह्माका पूजन करके मनुष्य

English

One who deals with those who make false (marks) on weights and measures and make counterfeit coins should be fined the highest {sdhasa). The coin-tester who declares the genuine as counter¬ feit and the counterfeit as genuine should be fined the first {sdhasa). A physician who gives wrong medical treatment to birds and animals, men ( in general) and men of royal ( house¬ hold), should be punished with the first, middle and the highest fine respectively.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सम्पूर्ण अभीष्ट कामनाओंको प्राप्त कर लेता है। अब मैं 'वटसावित्री '-सम्बन्धी अमावास्याके

English

(An officer) who keeps in custody a man that should not be kept incarcerated and allows an untried (criminal) to escape, should be fined the highest {sShasa). One who steals an eighth part (of the real weight) of an article, by means of ( false) scale or (fraudulent) measure¬ ment, should be fined twentytwo paas, no matter, whether (the real weight) has been increased or decreased by that fraction.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मोक्षकी प्राप्ति करानेवाली है। व्रत करनेवाली नारी (त्रयोदशीसे अमावास्यातक) 'त्रिरात्रव्रत' करे और ज्येष्ठकी अमावास्याको वटवृक्षके मूलभागमें महासती सावित्रीका सप्तधान्यसे पूजन करे। जब रात्रि कुछ शेष हो, उसी समय वटके कण्ठ- सूत्र लपेटकर कुङ्कुमादिसे उसका पूजन करे।

English

One who mixes low-standard (material) in medicines, oils, salts, perfumes, grains and molasses etc. should be fined sixteen panas. A trader should take five per cent profit on indigenous goods and ten percent (profit) on foreign goods that are bought and sold immediately. (A trader), after having added the incidental expenses relating to the goods, to (the price) of the goods, should settle its price with the seller or purchaser.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रभातकालमें वटके समीप नृत्य करे और गीत

English

A trader not delivering the goods to the purchaser from whom the cost has been collected, should be made to pay (the amount) along with the profit or the profit (allowed) on the foreign (goods) if (the goods) have come from the foreign (country). Goods that are sold (already) could (again) be sold, if the previous purclmser has not taken delivery (of the goods). The defects in the goods due to the purcliaser's fault should be borne only by the purchaser.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सावित्रीको नमस्कार है )--ऐसा कहकर सत्यवान्- सावित्रीको नमस्कार करे और उनको समर्पित किया हुआ नैवेद्य ब्राह्मणको दे। फिर अपने घर आकर ब्राह्मणोंको भोजन कराके स्वयं भी भोजन करे। “सावित्रीदेवी प्रीयताम्।' (सावित्रीदेवी प्रसन्न हों )--ऐसा कहकर व्रतका विसर्जन करे। इससे नारी सौभाग्य आदिको प्राप्त करती है

English

In the case of any damage to the goods caused by political disturbances or natural calamities, or due to non-deli¬ very at the desired time, the consequences have to be borne only by the seller. The fine payable by a seller for the damage or the apparent damage to goods sold through his agent would be double the value of the cost (of the goods). A trader who has purchased tlie goods without the knowledge of the decrease or increase (in their prices) should not reopen the negotiation. In case he does so, he should be punished ( to pay) one sixth ( of the value of the whole stock).

हिन्दी अर्थ

इस प्रकार आदि आग्नेय महापुराणमें 'तिथि-व्रतका वर्णन” नामक एक सौ चौरानबेवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

English

The king shall take a twentieth part (of the value) of the abandoned goods as tax. The contraband (goods) fit for royal use and sold (to someone) should go to the king. A deceitful purchaser or seller giving out false measures and going away from the toll office should be fined eight times (the value of the goods).

हिन्दी अर्थ

वार-सम्बन्धी व्रतोंका वर्णन अग्निदेव कहते हैं- वसिष्ठ! अब मैं भोग और मोक्ष प्रदान करनेवाले वार-सम्बन्धी व्रतोंका वर्णन करता हूँ। जब रविवारको हस्त अथवा पुनर्वसु नक्षत्रका योग हो, तब पवित्र सवौषधिमिश्रित

English

Relatives and rightful heirs who have come should get the properties of a person on his death or his settlement abroad and the king (should get) in the absence of them (the legal heirs). The (following) injunctions have been laid down for the officiating priest and ploughman: They should eschew dishones. They should not be greedy. They should get the task done by (employing) another in the case of (personal) incapacity. Stolen (articles) should be recovered from the thief and he should be put to death by different (methods). A brahmin (convicted of theft) should be branded and banished from his country.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जलसे स्नान करना चाहिए। इस प्रकार रविवारको श्राद्ध करनेवाला सात जन्मोंमें रोगसे पीडित नहीं होता। संक्रान्तिके दिन यदि रविवार हो, तो उसे पवित्र 'आदित्य-हृदय' माना गया है। उस दिन

English

The highest or the lowest (fine) (should be imposed) on those who kill a man or a woman. A woman who kills a man by giving poison should be fastened to a stone and thrown into water. A woman who kills by giving poison or setting fire to

हिन्दी अर्थ

अथवा हस्तनक्षत्रयुक्त रविवारको एक वर्षतक नक्तब्रत करके मनुष्य सब कुछ पा लेता है। चित्रानक्षत्रयुक्त सोमवारके सात व्रत करके मनुष्य सुख प्राप्त करता है। स्वातीनक्षत्रसे युक्त मङ्गलवारका इस प्रकार आदि आग्नेय महापृराणमें

English

Incendiaries of fields, dwelling houses, forests,, villages, pasture lands and threshing floors and a person who has had intercourse with the king's wife should be burnt by fire fed on straw placed around. A man should be caught by the hair when he is having adultery with other women. The highest {sdhasa) is the fine if (the woman belonged) to his own caste and middle fine ( is prescribed) if (the woman belonged) to the lower caste. A person (who mates) with a slave girl ora maid¬ servant held in captivity, though otherwise fit for cohabitation, should be fined fifty panas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

व्रत आरम्भ करे। इस प्रकार मङ्गलवारके सात नक्तब्रत करके मनुष्य दुःख-बाधाओंसे छुटकारा पाता है। बुध-सम्बन्धी ब्रतमें विशाखा नक्षत्रयुक्त बुधवारको ग्रहण करे। उससे आरम्भ करके

English

A person who adds or omits in copying the royal edict or one who releases a seducer should be fined the highest {sdhas). The two eyes should be plucked out in the case of a person who acts hostile to the king or the nation. A SUdra living like a brahmin (should be) fined eight hundred {pams).

हिन्दी अर्थ

बुधवारके सात नक्तव्रत करनेवाला बुधग्रहजनित पीड़ासे मुक्त हो जाता है। अनुराधानक्षत्रयुक्त गुरुवारसे आरम्भ करके सात नक्तब्रत करनेवाला बृहस्पति-ग्रहकी पीड़ासे, ज्येष्ठानक्षत्रयुक्त शुक्रबारको व्रत ग्रहण करके सात नक्तव्रत करनेवाला शुक्रग्रहकी पीड़ासे और मूलनक्षत्रयुक्त शनिवारसे आरम्भ करके सात नक्तव्रत करनेवाला शनिग्रहको पीड़ासे निवृत्त हो जाता है

English

If one has been defeated in the proper way, thinks that he is unconquered, he should be defeated ( again) when he comes and should be punished (to pay) double the (amount of) fine. A king who has fined a person unjustly should offer the amount to (lord) Varuna and pay thirty times (the amount) to the brahmins. Piety, wealth, fame, esteem of mankind, favour, love of the suljjects and permanent residence in heaven, dispensing justice even as (people) watch are the seven qualities of a king.