अध्याय ५०
श्लोक 1
[[इति श्रीविष्णुपुराणे तृतीयांशे एकादशो ऽध्यायः ]] देवगोब्राह्मणान् सिद्धवृद्धाचार्यांस् तथार्चयेत् द्विकालं च नमेत् संध्याम् अग्नीन् उपचरेत् तथा
[[iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe tṛtīyāṃśe ekādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ]] devagobrāhmaṇān siddhavṛddhācāryāṃs tathārcayet dvikālaṃ ca namet saṃdhyām agnīn upacaret tathā
हिन्दी अर्थ
हे पुरुषोत्तम आपका जो क्रूरता और मायासे
English
AuRVA said : — The householder should venerate, gods, king, BrShmanas, saints, aged persons and holy preceptors, He should also observe duly the two Sandhyas and offer oblations to fire. He should use untorn garments, delicate herbs and flowers, wear emeralds and other precious stones, keep his hair neat and clean, perfume his body with delicious unguents and should always go out handsomely dressed and decorated with garlands and white flowers. He should not misappropriatc another's property nor should treat him unkindly. He should alvvays speak amiably and the truthand should not speak out publicly another's faults. foremost of men, he should not envy another's prosperity — nor shauld he create enmity with another ; he should not use a broken conveyance, nor shsuld he sit under the shadow of a tree on the banks of a river. The wise should not make friends witn, nor should they wend the same way with, one who ís hated, who is a sinner or a drunkard, who has niany enemies, or who is lousy with a harlot or her gallant, with a pauper or a Ii* r i with a prodigal, a slanderer or a knave. A man sbould » ot batbe in river when it is ebb-tide, should not enler a hou« e