वास्तु मण्डन (मण्डन सूत्रधार - गृह, राजप्रासाद, दुर्ग एवं नगर-वास्तु सटीक)

170 वास्तुमण्डनम्
क्षणमध्ये न दातव्या ५न चैते विषमाः शुभाः ।
६प्राग्भूमेरूर्ध्वभूमिं च विस्तारे वोदयेऽधिकाम् ॥१७॥
७संलग्नान्यासनं कुम्भी स्तम्भो भरणाशीर्षके ।
पट्टश्च तन्त्रिके मानिन ८कुर्यात्सर्ववेश्मसु ॥१८॥
अल्पलेपं बहुलेपं समसन्धिः शिरोगुरूः ।
सशल्यं पादहीनं च वास्तु शीघ्रं विनश्यति ॥१९॥
अन्यवास्तुचितं द्रव्यं न युञ्जादन्यवास्तुनि ।
प्रासादे न भवेत्पूजा गेहे क्रीडन्ति राक्षसाः ॥२०॥
मयः ॥
विनष्टवास्तुसंजातं द्रव्यं सर्वविपत्करम् ॥
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन शुद्धद्रव्यं ९प्रगृह्यताम् ॥२१॥
अन्यपृष्ठे यदा चान्यत्प्रासादं मन्दिरं पुरम् ।
खादकं नाम तद्वास्तु परस्परविरोधकृत् ॥२२॥
कुक्षिद्वारं गृहे वापि यत्र स्यात्सुरसद्मनि ।
विभ्रमं नाम तद्वास्तु भ्रामयेत्तत्पतिं गृहात् ॥२३॥
कुक्षिभागे गृहं चान्यत्कुक्षिदन्त विरोधकृत् ।
अग्रोन्नतं न तन्मध्ये १०उद्धतं हन्ति सन्ततिम् ॥२४॥
अधिकं विस्तरे कर्णे पञ्चहस्ताधिकोच्छ्रयम् ।
यद्बहुद्रव्यकाष्ठाढ्यं न भवेच्छाश्वतं गृहम् ॥२५॥
५. न वैते in B, D, E,
६. प्राग्भूमंमेरूभूमिं in B
७. संलग्राभ्यासनं in A, B, D, E
८. कुर्याद्र्णवेश्मसु in A
९. विधीयताम् in B
१०. उद्धतं हते in A उद्धृतं in D उद्धृतं in E

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16b-17. A peg, balancing beam, and latticed windows towards the founda-
tion wall should not be placed directing towards the centre, they
are not regarded auspicious if uneven. The upper part of the
floor should not be greater in length and breadth than the lower
part.
18. It should not be attached with the base of a column and pillar
which is ornamented on the top. A broad rectangular fillet (Paṭṭa)
should be measured with a chord in all types of houses.
19. The Vāstu will collapse soon if it is less plastered or plastered
heavily, if the joints are one over the other in one line, if the
upper portion of the construction is heavy, and if the ground has
nails in it and if it is without any columns.
20. Materials meant for one Vāstu should not be applied to another.
Then there will be no ceremony in the palace and the demons
will overpower the house.
Maya
21. Materials³ for Vāstu may be dangerous, if they are collected from
a demolished house. So, one should procure pure materials with
the utmost care.
22. If a palace, temple, or city is constructed otherwise than on the
surface prescribed, it is known as Khādaka, and that Vāstu stands
in contradiction with each other.
23. If a door is erected in the center of a house or temple, that type
of Vāstu is known as Vibhrama and it will cause the owner to leave
the house.
24. If a house is constructed in the central part, which contradicts
another house in the centre, the front should not be raised high
between the two houses, as in such a case it kills the progeny.
25. If the corner part is projected more (than the prescribed mea-
surement) and its height is more than five hands and if the wood
is used in excess for construction, then that house does not stand
for long.
3. Similar Ślokas in S.S. chapter 48

172 वास्तुमण्डनम्
भोजः ॥
द्रव्यं द्रव्याधिकं हन्ति कुलमायामतोऽधिकम् ।
उच्छ्रयाभ्यधिकं पूजां सन्ततिं विस्तराधिकम् ॥२६ ॥
कर्णशाला यदा लग्ना आग्नेयां दिशिमाश्रिताम् ।
अग्निदं नाम तद्वास्तु कुरुतेऽग्निभयं फलम् ॥२७ ॥
नैर्ऋत्ये बाह्यतो लग्ना नैर्ऋतं व्याधिमृत्युकृत् ।
११वायव्ये शालिका लग्ना वायव्यं वायुभीतिदम् ॥२८ ॥
ईशाने बाह्यतो लग्ना दैविकं देवदोषकृत् ।
दिशायां विदिशायां वा वास्तुवेधविशोधनम् ॥२९ ॥
जीर्णे नीचानां नीचमेवेष्टं श्रेष्ठानां श्रेष्ठमिष्यते ।
नवतरे वापि वेधदोषं विवर्जयेत् ।
श्रेष्ठमानं निकृष्टानां सर्वथा न प्रयोजयेत् ॥३० ।।
अधोभूमिक्रियायुक्तिः स्यादूर्ध्वोर्ध्वतलं प्रति ।३१ ॥
विपरीते विपत्तिः स्यादिति शास्त्रार्थनिश्चयः ॥
कुर्याद्ब्रह्मपदं न्यस्तो भार १२पट्टः कुलक्षयम् ॥३२ ॥
ब्रह्मस्थलोर्ध्वगद्रव्यसन्धानं विपदां पदम् ।
ब्रह्मस्थानस्थितः स्तम्भः स्वामिनस्तु विनाशनम् ॥३३ ॥
तुलादीन्युपरि १३द्रव्याण्यत्र दोषो न विद्यते ।
गर्भाधानञ्च क्रमणं स्वभित्तिं मुखवासके ॥३४ ॥
१४शिलास्तम्भतलं कुंड्यं नृणां वासे न कारयेत् ।
अन्योन्यद्रव्यविद्धं च हीनमित्युत्तमाङ्गकम् ॥३५ ॥
११. व्यायव्ये A, B, D
१२. प्रद in A
१३. द्रव्याणामत्र in D द्रव्याणां यत्र E
१४. Similar veres are found in Mayamatam ch 27 v 95

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 173
Bhoja
26. Excess of materials will cause loss of the same and excess of
length will cause the destruction of the family, excess of height
will be inauspicious and excess of breadth will cause harm to the
progeny.
27. If the corner hall is directed towards the South-East corner of the
land, that Vāstu is termed Agnida and it will cause fear from fire.
28. If a Śālā is attached to the South-West corner externally, it is
termed Nairṛtam, which causes illness and death. If the hall is
attached to the North-West corner of the plot, it is
termed Vāyavya which causes fear from wind.
29. (If a Śālā) is attached to the North-East corner externally, it is
termed Daivika and causes providential disturbance (Devadoṣa).
Whether in the right direction or in the wrong direction the ob-
struction of Vāstu should be corrected.
30. In an old house or in a new one, the fault of obstruction should
be discarded. The inferior one is best suited for the inferior,
while the superior one is best for the superior.
31. By no means should the best measurement be applied for the
worst one. Construction of the base (plinth) is advisable accord-
ing to the type of upper storied construction, and the reverse will
cause negative results – this is the essence of the teaching of
the Śāstras.
32-33. If the weight of the broad rectangular fillet is put on the
Brahmapada, it destroys one’s family. Assembling of materials
above the Brahmasthala brings in danger and if a pillar is erected
on the Brahmasthāna, it is disastrous for the owner.
34. Materials kept over the beam will not produce any ill effect. The
foundation deposit’s location, verandah and the median partition
wall are in the principal building.
35. Neither the pillars, nor the base, nor the walls of houses meant
for common men should be made of stone. At the time of con-
struction, other materials should not be mixed up and if the
foundation is weak and the upper structure is strong, this is not
recommended.

174 वास्तुमण्डनम्
त्यक्त श्रेण्यूर्ध्वमूलस्थस्तम्भं स्तम्भविवर्जितम् ।
गृहं हीनाधिकं स्तम्भं विषमस्थं तुलातलम् ॥३६॥
आदि१५पदानुसारेण १६न्युनाधिकायुतं बहिः ।
भिन्नं प्राग्भुविमुखाभिद्वारै रंविकरानिलैः ॥३७॥
मुखे नतं हीनमध्यं १७पट्टानुगजलप्लवम् ।
भिन्नशालं मानहीनं दुष्पदं प्रविभाजितम् ॥३८॥
विकृतं च गृहं भर्तुरनिष्टफलदायकम् ।
मूलगृहात्समीपस्थं कुर्यान्नोच्चं १८न चाधिकम् ॥३९॥
यत्स्यान्मुखविनिष्क्रान्तं चलितं तत्प्रकीर्तितम् ।
वलितं पृष्ठनिष्क्रान्तं दिङ्‌मूढं भ्रान्तमुच्यते ॥४० ।।
विसूत्रं कर्णहीनं स्यात्फलमेषां प्रचक्षते ।
चलिते चलति स्थानं बलिते विग्रहो भवेत् ॥४१॥
भ्रान्तं योषिद्विनाशाय विसूत्रं भूरिशत्रुकृत् ।
भर्तुस्तुल्याभिधानं च गृहं दूरात्परित्यजेत् ॥४२॥
सर्वदोषकरी ज्ञेया गर्भे चन्द्रावलोकनी ।
मुखाद्वित्तविनाशाय कामोच्छित्यै गवाक्षकः ॥४३॥
द्वौ स्तम्भौ क्षणमध्ये वा दद्याद्गर्भं न पीडयेत् ।
एकोऽलिन्दो न कर्तव्यो वामतः पृष्ठतस्तथा ॥४४॥
१५. पट्टा in A
१६. न्यूनाधिक्य in B, D, E
१७. पदा in B, C, D, E
१८. नवा in B, C, D, E

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 175
36. One should discard the pillar standing in the foremost part (Śreṇī)
of the wall, a house without pillars, with excess of pillars or short-
age of pillars, and having uneven lintels.
37. Following the measurement of the first part, the outer surface will
be made small or large. The door facing other than the Eastern
side or in the wrong direction will be devoid of sunshine and
wind.
38. If the front part is low and middle part is less, then the slab is
considered to be flooded with water. If Śālās are different from
the prescribed measurement, they are considered short of the
standard.
39. The Vikṛta type of house brings evil fortune to the owner of the
house. If it is to be constructed near the main house, it should be
neither high nor broad.
40 That house, the forefront of which juts out is called Calita, and
the house whose back part juts out is known as the Valita
Bhrānta type of house is bewildered of right direction.
41. The Visūtra type of house is without any corners and the results
of these varieties are described herein. In the Calita type of house
the place changes. There will be disturbances in the Valita type of
house.
42. The Bhrānta type of house causes death of women folk and Visūtra
brings lots of enmity. The house which has been named after the
owner should be avoided from a distance.
43. That construction is to be considered defective in all respects if
the Candrāvalokanī is built in the centre. If the window is placed
in an unplanned manner, then it causes loss of wealth and proper
ventilation.
44. Two pillars can be erected towards the centre, but the plinth area
should not be disturbed. The single portico should not be erected
from the left or from the back side.

176 वास्तुमण्डनम्
भोजः ॥
यद्द्विशालं त्रिशालं वा चतुःशालमथापि वा ।
अलिन्दरहितं वेश्म तदनिष्टफलप्रदम् ॥४५ ॥
ग्रन्थान्तरे ॥
पुरतः पृष्ठतः पार्श्वे यदि वाऽलिन्दवर्जिता ।
न शस्यते शाला देवागारे तु शस्यते ॥४६ ॥
न देवधूर्त्तसचिवःचत्वाराणां समीपतः ।
कारयेद्भवनं प्राज्ञो दुःखशोक १९भयं ततः ॥४७ ॥
तथा च ।
सुरवैरिनृपामात्यचौरपाषण्डपापिनाम् ।
चत्वारां त्यज धूर्त्तानां समीपे दुःखदं गृहम् ॥४८ ॥
न कुर्यादर्हतः पृष्ठे अग्रतः शिवसूर्ययोः ।
पार्श्वयो र्ब्रह्मविष्णोश्च गृहं चण्डयाः समन्ततः ॥४९ ॥
शिवसूर्यजिनादीनामन्तरे न शुभं गृहम् ।
मार्गश्चैको यदा गच्छेदुभयोर्गृह२० पार्श्वयोः ॥५० ॥
मार्गवेधस्तदा स स्याच्छोकसन्तापकारकः ।
गृहपृष्ठं समालोक्य प्रवेशो न शुभङ्करः ॥५१ ॥
मार्गान्तरे त्वादिभूमिः समभित्त्या न दूषणम् ॥ ५२ ॥
मत्स्यमते ।
स्तम्भं वा भवनं वापि द्वारं वासगृहं तथा ।
दिङ्मूढे कुलनाशः स्यान्न च सम्बद्धयेद्गृहम् ॥५३ ॥
१९. फलं in A
२०. पृष्ठयो in B

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 177
Bhoja
45. Whether it is Dviśālā, Triśālā or Catuśśālā a building without any
portico yields bad results.
According to another work
46. A Śālā house without any portico in the front, back or side is
inauspicious, but it is praiseworthy for a temple.
47. A wise man should not build a house near a temple or near a
wicked person's house or a councilor's residence or near the sac-
rificial ground as these cause fear or grief and sorrow.
Also
48. A house gives painful results if built near a temple, or the house
of a warrior, enemy, King, councilor, thief, heretic, sinful men.
One should avoid building near a courtyard or a cunning person's
house.
49. One should not build one's house in the rear of a Buddhist
temple or in the front of a Śiva and Sūrya temple, nor on the side
of a Brahma and Viṣṇu temple, nor around a Caṇḍī temple.
50. A house, if built in between the temple of Śiva, Sūrya or Jina and
if the road runs by both sides of a house, it is not regarded as
auspicious.
51. Then it is known as obstruction of road and it causes grief and
sorrow. The entrance facing the exit is not auspicious.
52. But if the main plot of land is on the other side of the road and it
is equal to the wall there is no fault.
So says the Matsyapurāṇa
53. If the correct orientation is not done for a pillar, house, door, as
well as a dwelling place, then there will be destruction of one's
family, and one should not extend his house in such a manner.

178 वास्तुमण्डनम्
यदि सम्बर्द्धयेद्गेहं सर्वमेव विवर्द्धयेत्।
प्राग्वर्धिते मित्रवैरं याम्ये शत्रुभयं गृहे ॥५४॥
पश्चिमेऽर्थविनाशस्यान्मनस्तापस्तथोत्तरे।
आग्नेयेऽग्निभयं विन्द्याद्राक्षसे तु शिशुक्षयम् ॥५५॥
२१वायव्येऽनिल २२रुक्कोपं ईशाने शस्यसंक्षयम् ॥५६॥
मयः॥
वृद्धिं गृहादिवास्तूनामिच्छेद्यदि समृद्धितः।
प्रागुत्तरे सर्वतो वा वर्धयेन्नान्यतो गृहम् ॥५७॥
ग्रन्थान्तरे।
संवर्धनं च वास्तूनां वास्तुसम्बरणानि च।
द्वाराणां परिवृत्तिश्च मृत्यवे स्यान्न संशयः ॥५८॥
मयः।
इष्टव्यासायामं प्रागेवालं विचिन्त्य कर्तव्यम्।
तस्माद्धीनं यत्तत्सततं विपदांपदं भवति ॥५९॥
भोजः।
स्थापितद्वार२३ संरोधे गृहिणो जायतेऽश्मरी।
कृतानि यत्र चीयन्ते गवाक्षालोकनानि च ॥६०॥
तत्र प्रसूतिर्न भवेन्निष्पन्नापि विनश्यति।
कुड्यं भित्त्वा न कर्तव्यं द्वारं तत्र सुखेप्सुभिः ॥६१॥
२१. व्ययब्ये. in A
२२. सष्कोपं. in A
२३. मम्बोध. in DE

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 179
54. If there is any occasion of extension of the house, one should
extend it in all directions. If any extension is done in the East
there may be quarrel with friends, if in the South there is a fear
from enemies.
If extended in the West there is loss of wealth, and if in the
North there will be mental agony.
55-56. If in the South-East, there will be fear from fire. In the South-
West, there will be loss of child, and if in the North-West there
will be fear from the wind and there will be loss of grains if in
the North-East.
Maya
57. If one wants to extend his house or Vāstu with prosperity, he should
extend it towards the East, North or on all sides, not on other
sides of the house.
In other works
58. While carrying out extension or diminution of a house, the alter-
ation of a door will cause death, and there is no doubt about this.
Maya
59. Desired length and breadth should be ascertained properly, (be-
fore starting a construction). If less than the prescribed measure-
ment, it always brings danger.
60. If there is any obstruction to the constructed door and if the
windows already set up and other sources of light are diminished
or cut down, the inmates of the house will turn into gravel.
61. Then there will be no birth, and those conceived will be lost. So,
one who wants to attain happiness should not build a door by
breaking the wall.

180 वास्तुमण्डनम्
द्वारे च जलनिःस्रावं नैव कुर्याद्विचक्षणः ।
निम्नोन्नतं करालं च सम्मुखं पृष्ठदेशगम् ॥६२ ॥
वामावर्त्तं च न शुभं द्वारमग्रतरं गृहे ।
स्तम्भं द्वारं च भित्तिं च विपरीतं न कारयेत् ॥६३ ॥
कटुकण्टकि दुर्गन्धिः गुह्यकाद्याश्रयान्द्रुमान् ।
न धारयेत् समीपस्थान्पुरप्रासादवेश्मनाम् ॥६४ ॥
२४शालासु भिन्नशालासु सन्धिकर्म न कारयेत् ।
देवतास्थापनं पिण्डशालासु न विधीयते ॥६५ ॥
अन्योन्यसन्धिबद्धं च शिखा कीलस्य वेधनम् ।
धर्मार्थकामसौख्यानां विनाशं नित्यमादिशेत् ॥६६ ॥
अज्ञैः सन्तापवद्भिर्वा परद्रव्यैश्च निर्मितम् ।
त्वरितं २५पूर्णतां नीतं स्थपतिद्वयकारितम् ॥६७ ॥
विनष्टवास्तुसञ्जातद्रव्यैरपि विनिर्मितम् ।
अतृप्तवास्तुदेवं यद्गर्भन्यासवर्जितम् ॥६८ ॥
अक्रमेण कृतं वापि वास्तु तद्याति शून्यताम् ।
अनुवंशं न भुञ्जीत न शयीत कदाचन ॥६९ ॥
भुञ्जानस्यार्थनाशस्याच्छयानस्य न निवृत्तिः ।
यत्र भुक्तं यथास्थानं पात्रधान्याम्बरादिकम् ॥७० ॥
भग्नभाण्डगतं चान्नं मुखवातोपसाधितम् ।
रजस्वला श्वा न दृष्टं सन्ध्ययोर्वा विदिङ्मुखम् ॥७१ ॥
२४. Similar verse in Mayamatam ch 27 v 73 cd 74 ab
२५. पूर्णतानान्तं in A

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 181
62-63. A wise person should never make a water-outlet through the door.
The front and back part of the door should not be too high or low
or frightening. A door should not to be made in such a way as to
turn to the left from the front of the house. The pillar, door and
wall should not stand in opposition to each other.
64. Thorny, pungent, foul smelling trees, and others inhabited by ghosts
should not be planted near a city, palace, or residential building.
65. One should not attach one type of Śālā with another type. One
should not consecrate a deity in the Piṇḍaśālā (disjoined house).
66. If the joinings clings to one another and the tenor obstructs the
nail (peg), it always indicates the destruction of Dharma,
Artha, Kāma, and Soukhya (friendship).
67-68. If a house is built by an ignorant or distressed person with other
than the prescribed material or if it is completed quickly by two
architects or if a house is built with the material collected from
waste, and if the plinth is devoid of a ground plan, the Vāstudeva is
dissatisfied.
69. If a house is built without any order, it becomes useless. One
must not sleep or take food on supporting floorboards (or ge-
nealogical table).
70. A man eating food there suffers monetary loss, and one sleeping
there suffers prolonged drowsiness. It is not proper to leave uten-
sils, rice and clothing in an open place ( then it brings no good).
71. And in the same place if the food is kept in a broken utensil, the
food is cooled by the mouth-wind, the place is covered with dust,
it is not visible in the evening or is in the wrong direction, then it
brings no good.

182 वास्तुमण्डनम्
भग्नासनगतैर्यद्वा २६आसन्दीस्थैश्च भुज्यते ।
यत्रोपघातवत्किञ्चिद्भक्ष्यं पेयमथापि वा ॥७२ ॥
पंक्तिभेदो वृथापाकः पाकभेदः सदाकलिः ॥७३ ॥
आभ्युक्षणं च संध्यायां यत्र कण्टकिनो द्रुमाः ।
भार्या पुनर्भूवल्मीकं यत्र निष्पातवल्लरी ॥७४ ॥
मुसलोलूखले स्त्रीणामास्या ( ? ) तद्वदुदुम्बरे ।
२७मन्त्रस्यावस्करे शस्त्रः पक्वा पक्वान्नलङ्घनम् ॥७५ ॥
स्थालीपिधाने वा दर्व्यास्तलेनाग्निसमर्पणम् ।
उच्चैर्वदन्ति वा रात्रौ नीचैर्ज्वलति वानलः ॥७६ ॥
पितॄनभिवन्दत्येवं पुत्रभार्यास्तथा पतीन् ।
यत्र धान्यं विप्रकीर्णं काकमूषिकभोजनम् ॥७७ ॥
अपावृतं पयस्त्विष्टे उच्छिष्टैः स्पृश्यते घृतम् ।
बालानां प्रेक्षमाणानां वृद्धा भक्ष्यं च भुञ्जते ॥ ७८ ॥
पाचयन्त्यात्मनोऽर्थेऽन्नं वृथैवं मांसभक्षणः ।
उत्सूरशायिनो यत्र पुरुषाश्च प्रागे निशाः ॥७९ ॥
आश्रमस्थान्विधर्मस्थाः प्रद्विषन्ति परस्परम् ।
परस्वा २८दानुरुचयो विपण्यव्यवहारिणः ॥८० ॥
अशुश्रूषुर्गुरोः शिष्यो यत्र शिष्यसखागुरुः ।
शास्तिप्रेष्यांश्च भर्तारं गुरूणां परतो वधुः ॥८१ ॥
कृतघ्ना नास्तिकाः पापा निर्मर्यादा हतः त्विषः ।
अभक्ष्यभक्षिणो यस्मिन्नाचाररहिता नराः ॥८२ ॥
२६. आदिस्यैश्च तु in B, C, D, E
२७. मन्त्रश्चाव in B, C, D, E
२८. दान्नरु in A

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 183
72. (If in the same place) one sits on a broken seat, or eats food
sitting on a small couch, where small amount of food as well as
drinks are treated like an oblation (it brings no good).
73. If one deviates from the proper method of cooking (Paṅktibheda),
then the cooking becomes waste and wrongly cooked food is al-
ways the cause of difference of opinions (it brings no good).
74. In the evening the wife should sprinkle water where the thorny
trees grow, in ant hills where the creepers are without leaves.
75. A pestle, wooden mortar and the seats for ladies will be made out
of the fig tree. The pollution of chanting of the Śastras is same as
the spoiling of cooked rice.
76. It is harmful if one puts fire under the lid of a utensil, or under
the ladle, or if one speaks out loudly at night and the fire burns at
a very low flame.
77. (It is equally harmful) if one endears one's son, wife or husband
in the same way as showing obeisance to one's father and where
the grains are scattered to feed the cows or rats.
78- 79. Also, if the milk which is desired for sacrifice is kept uncovered,
and the clarified butter is touched by impure hands, and if in
front of the children, who are watching eagerly, the elder persons
eat edibles ( it is despisable). Like the male persons who sleep in
the evening before nightfall, those meat eaters who cook rice for
their own interest are also despisable.
80, 81. Residents of Āśramas and those who belong to different faiths are
jealous of each other. They are greedy of the wealth of others and
consume articles from the shop. When a disciple is disobedient
to his Guru, and when the disciple is like a friend to his Guru,
and when the wife wants punishment for her husband in front of
his Guru (this situation is not acceptable).
82. Ungrateful (persons), heretics, sinners, those who transgress the
law, wretchedly drunk, those who eat inedible foods and where
the people do not follow any custom (the situation is not desir-
able).

184 वास्तुमण्डनम्
भर्त्तादीपश्च भवने यत्र पश्यति मार्जनीम्।
अमार्जितानि भाण्डानि तत्रालक्ष्मीभयं सदा ॥८३॥
वेदशास्त्रविहीनं यन्नास्तिका क्रान्तमद्द्विजम्।
ऊर्णनाभादिलालाभिः कीर्णं संस्कारवर्जितम् ॥८४॥
स्त्रीजितं स्वामिहीनं च लिङ्गिभिः परिवारितम्।
श्लेष्मवातोच्छिष्टमलैः प्रलिप्तं गोरसादिभिः ॥८५॥
केशभस्मतुषाङ्गारप्रेतवृक्षैर्युतं गृहम्।
कपालास्थिसमाकीर्णं श्वापदैः परिपूरितम् ॥८६॥
मार्जारनकुलादीनां संघुष्टं कलहारवैः।
द्रव्याश्मकाष्ठैर्देवानां पूर्णं तद्विलयं व्रजेत् ॥८७॥
तस्माद्दोषान्परित्यज्य शुभं ग्राह्यं गृहादिषु ॥ ८८ ॥
अथ शुभानि-
सुमङ्गलकथोपेतं सुश्रद्धाह्याष्टरूपकम्।
वृषाजविषमध्वाज्य वीणाभरणचन्दनैः ॥८९॥
ताम्रपात्रहयादर्शस्वर्णैर्नित्यं समन्वितम्।
सदानुलिप्तं सन्ध्यासु गृहमम्बुसमुक्षितम् ॥९०॥
कृतपुष्पबलिं नित्यं सूर्यावेक्षितदीपकम्।
नित्याग्निसलिलं सूर्योद्दिष्टं ²⁹श्रेयं श्रियःप्रदम् ॥९१॥
यत्र देवपितृब्रह्माऽतिथिगुर्वर्चनं सदा।
मिथो मैत्रीबालवृद्धं बन्धुं स्वजनयोषिताम् ॥९२॥

२९. Omitted in BD

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 185
83. If the master of a house looks at the lamp as well as the brooms,
and the utensils are unwashed, there is always fear of loss of
property and affluence.
84. And (the house which is ) without the chanting of the Vedas,
which is infested by heretics, and devoid of Brahmins, full of
cobwebs and devoid of any rituals (is not praiseworthy).
85. A house which is controlled by the womenfolk and without a
master, full of persons belonging to other religious faiths, full of
mucous, rheum, and full of impure things and besmeared with
the urine of cows ( is not praiseworthy).
86. A house with hairs, ashes, smouldering fires, trees resided by
ghosts, full of skull and bones and full of wild beasts (is not
praiseworthy).
The house which resounds with cries of the quarrels of cats and
mongooses and where the substances, stones and wood forming
the idols are scattered, that house will shortly be destroyed.
87-88. So, one should discard the vices and include auspicious items in
the house.
Now the auspicious elements :
89-90. The house is to be full of holy discussions, which are of great
veneration and of pleasing character. It will be always adorned
with bulls, goats, water, honey, ghee, Viṇā (flute), ornaments, san-
dal wood, copper vessels, gold. The house will be always deco-
rated and sprinkled with water in the evening.
91. There should always be offering of flowers and the lamps will
face the Sun. Daily offering of fire and water dedicated to the Sun
is desirable and beneficial.
92. Where there will be daily worship of gods, manes (Pitṛ), Brahmā,
guests and preceptors and where there are good relations among
children and old people friends, relations and women.

186 वास्तुमण्डनम्
सुशीला योषितो योग्यं वयः शयनासनम्।
तिष्ठत्सु गुरुवृद्धेषु कनीयांसो न चासते ॥९३ ॥
यत्र पद्मो महापद्मौ सुरभिर्मोदकाशिनी।
वृषभैरावतौ ३०तद्वत्कल्यं ते धान्य३१सञ्चयः ॥९४॥
अशस्त्रा देवता यत्र सशस्त्राश्चहवं विना।
आश्वासनं विषण्णार्त्तदीनानां त्रस्तरोगिणाम् ॥९५ ॥
यत्र भूतदयादानं तपः शौचं तथोद्यमः।
बहुद्वाराणि न यत्र गृहे तत्र सुखं श्रियः ॥९६ ॥
इति श्री सूत्रधारमण्डनविरचिते ३२वास्तुशास्त्रे वास्तुमण्डने
दूषणभूषणाध्यायः सप्तमः श्लोकाः ९६ ॥

३०. omitted in B, D
३१. सेचयः in B
३२ वास्तुमण्डने वास्तुशास्त्रे in B, C, D, E,

Ch. VII – Dūṣaṇabhūṣaṇāni 187
93. Where the ladies are obedient, and where the seats and beds are
worthy of age. Where the juniors will not take their seats in the
presence of the preceptor and aged people.
94. Where lilies and lotuses are fragrant and pleasing, and where
there are bulls and elephants with proportionate storing of paddy.
95. Where there are Gods without weapons, and if decorated with
weapons it will be without battle. Where there is consolation for
the depressed, the distressed and the frightened having diseases.
96. Where there is compassion and charity for living beings and pen-
ance, purity and enterprise. Where there is not a multiplicity of
doors, in that house happiness and prosperity stay forever.
Here ends the 7th chapter titled Defects and Decorations, in
Vāstumaṇḍana, the Vāstuśāstra written by Maṇḍana Sūtradhāra.

अष्टमोऽध्यायः
[प्रकीर्णकाध्यायः]
गृहप्रकाराः
शाला तु शुद्धा सम्बद्धा संयुता च परिभ्रमाः ॥
छन्दभिन्ना प्रतिभिन्ना सम्पुटा च प्रतिक्रमाः ॥१ ॥
अलिन्दरहिता शाला शुद्धोक्ता केवला बुधैः ।
अग्रालिन्देन सहिता सम्बद्धा स्याद्दशान्तकम् ॥२ ॥
अलिन्दवेष्टिता बाह्ये शालाश्रेणिस्तु संयुताः ।
पृथगैकैकशालाया अलिन्दश्चान्तरे यदा ॥३ ॥
परिभ्रमा तदा ज्ञेया सर्वशान्तिकरी नृणाम् ।
छन्दभिन्नापवरके फलकेभित्तिकान्तरे ॥४ ॥
शालामध्ये तु षड्दारौ प्रतिभिन्ना सदोत्तमा ।
भित्तिमध्ये यदालिन्दास्तथा बाह्ये च सम्पुटा ॥५ ॥
पृथक्शालाग्र कपिलाद्यलिन्दाग्रे प्रतिक्रमा ।
गृहमाला गृहनाभिः गृहसंघट्ट एव च ॥६ ॥
गृहाणकश्च विज्ञेयं गृहभेदचतुष्टयम् ।
गृहमाला गृहैः कुक्षौ पृष्ठेऽग्रे पंक्तितः स्थितैः ॥७ ॥
दिग्विदिक्ष्वग्रतः पृष्ठे कुक्षौ संघट्ट ईरितः ।
नानाकारापवरकैः सालिन्दैर्गृहनाभिका ॥८ ॥

Chapter VIII
[Prakīrṇakādhyāyaḥ]
Now the varieties of the houses.
Śālā houses may be of eight types, they are Śuddhā, Sambaddhā,

1. Saṁyutā, Paribhramā, Chandabhinnā, Pratibhinnā, Sampuṭā and
   Pratikramā.
2. A Śālā house without any corridor is known as Śuddhā by the
   learned people. Sambaddhā type of Śālā is connected with the front
   corridor.
   3-4. When rows of Śālā houses are surrounded by corridors from
   outside - they are known as Saṁyutā. In each of the
   separate Śālā houses, if there are corridors in between they are
   known as Paribhramā. It bestows all sorts of peace to the human
   being. When the inner chamber is endowed with a slab in be-
   tween the partition wall, it is known as Chandabhinnā.
3. When a contrivance made of six logs of wood, is placed inside
   the Śālā (which is) beneficial at all times, it is known as Pratibhinnā.
   When the corridors are inside the wall, as well as outside, it is
   known as Sampuṭā.
   6-7a. In front of each separate Śālā, if there is a corridor designated as
   Kapilā and others then the Śālā is named as Pratikramā. There
   are four varieties of houses known as Gṛhamālā,
   Gṛhanābhi, Gṛhasaṁghaṭṭa and Gṛhāṇaka.
   7b. In the Gṛhamālā type of houses, there will be rows of rooms in
   the front, centre, as well as in the back.
4. The Saṁghaṭṭā variety of houses will have rooms on all sides, in
   the front, back and in the centre. Gṛhanābhi is known to have
   different sizes of inner apartments and corridors.