1 tImathiyaH 5

1 tvaM prAcInaM na bhartsaya kintu taM pitaramiva yUnazca bhrAtRniva

2 vRddhAH striyazca mAtRniva yuvatIzca pUrNazucitvena bhaginIriva vinayasva|

3 aparaM satyavidhavAH sammanyasva|

4 kasyAzcid vidhavAyA yadi putrAH pautrA vA vidyante tarhi te prathamataH svIyaparijanAn sevituM pitroH pratyupakarttuJca zikSantAM yatastadevezvarasya sAkSAd uttamaM grAhyaJca karmma|

5 aparaM yA nArI satyavidhavA nAthahInA cAsti sA IzvarasyAzraye tiSThantI divAnizaM nivedanaprArthanAbhyAM kAlaM yApayati|

6 kintu yA vidhavA sukhabhogAsaktA sA jIvatyapi mRtA bhavati|

7 ataeva tA yad aninditA bhaveyUstadartham etAni tvayA nidizyantAM|

8 yadi kazcit svajAtIyAn lokAn vizeSataH svIyaparijanAn na pAlayati tarhi sa vizvAsAd bhraSTo 'pyadhamazca bhavati|

9 vidhavAvarge yasyA gaNanA bhavati tayA SaSTivatsarebhyo nyUnavayaskayA na bhavitavyaM; aparaM pUrvvam ekasvAmikA bhUtvA

10 sA yat zizupoSaNenAtithisevanena pavitralokAnAM caraNaprakSAlanena kliSTAnAm upakAreNa sarvvavidhasatkarmmAcaraNena ca satkarmmakaraNAt sukhyAtiprAptA bhavet tadapyAvazyakaM|

11 kintu yuvatI rvidhavA na gRhANa yataH khrISTasya vaiparItyena tAsAM darpe jAte tA vivAham icchanti|

12 tasmAcca pUrvvadharmmaM parityajya daNDanIyA bhavanti|

13 anantaraM tA gRhAd gRhaM paryyaTantya AlasyaM zikSante kevalamAlasyaM nahi kintvanarthakAlApaM parAdhikAracarccAJcApi zikSamANA anucitAni vAkyAni bhASante|

14 ato mameccheyaM yuvatyo vidhavA vivAhaM kurvvatAm apatyavatyo bhavantu gRhakarmma kurvvatAJcetthaM vipakSAya kimapi nindAdvAraM na dadatu|

15 yata itaH pUrvvam api kAzcit zayatAnasya pazcAdgAminyo jAtAH|

16 aparaM vizvAsinyA vizvAsino vA kasyApi parivArANAM madhye yadi vidhavA vidyante tarhi sa tAH pratipAlayatu tasmAt samitau bhAre 'nAropite satyavidhavAnAM pratipAlanaM karttuM tayA zakyate|

17 ye prAJcaH samitiM samyag adhitiSThanti vizeSata IzvaravAkyenopadezena ca ye yatnaM vidadhate te dviguNasyAdarasya yogyA mAnyantAM|

18 yasmAt zAstre likhitamidamAste, tvaM zasyamarddakavRSasyAsyaM mA badhAneti, aparamapi kAryyakRd vetanasya yogyo bhavatIti|

19 dvau trIn vA sAkSiNo vinA kasyAcit prAcInasya viruddham abhiyogastvayA na gRhyatAM|

20 aparaM ye pApamAcaranti tAn sarvveSAM samakSaM bhartsayasva tenApareSAmapi bhIti rjaniSyate|

21 aham Izvarasya prabho ryIzukhrISTasya manonItadivyadUtAnAJca gocare tvAm idam AjJApayAmi tvaM kasyApyanurodhena kimapi na kurvvana vinApakSapAtam etAna vidhIn pAlaya|

22 kasyApi mUrddhi hastAparNaM tvarayA mAkArSIH| parapApAnAJcAMzI mA bhava| svaM zuciM rakSa|

23 aparaM tavodarapIDAyAH punaH puna durbbalatAyAzca nimittaM kevalaM toyaM na pivan kiJcin madyaM piva|

24 keSAJcit mAnavAnAM pApAni vicArAt pUrvvaM keSAJcit pazcAt prakAzante|

25 tathaiva satkarmmANyapi prakAzante tadanyathA sati pracchannAni sthAtuM na zaknuvanti|