The Secret of the Shraddha and the Three Pindas

Verse 1 (13.188.1)

जन्म मानुष्यकं प्राप्य कर्मक्षेत्रं सुदुर्लभम् । श्रेयोर्थिना दरिद्रेण किं कर्तव्यं पितामह ॥

janma mānuṣyakaṃ prāpya karmakṣetraṃ sudurlabham | śreyorthinā daridreṇa kiṃ kartavyaṃ pitāmaha

Having attained a human birth, the rarest field of action, what should a poor man who seeks his highest good do, O grandsire?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0001-0002 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0001-0002). Wikisource's first row ran together the speaker heading ('*युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।', page row 13-188-1x) with the verse; the heading is dropped from the Sanskrit and made the speaker. This whole adhyaya is vulgate/southern-manuscript only: in the CE it is part of App. I No. 14 (13,125.038d@014_0000-0169 for this adhyaya's text), inserted after 13.125.38; the CE's heading yudhiṣṭhiraḥ is line 0000.

Verse 2 (13.188.2)

दानानामुत्तमं यच्च देयं यच्च यथायथा । मान्यान्पूज्यांश्च गाङ्गेय रहस्यं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

dānānāmuttamaṃ yacca deyaṃ yacca yathāyathā | mānyānpūjyāṃśca gāṅgeya rahasyaṃ vaktumarhasi

Which is the best of gifts, what should be given and in what manner, and whom one should honour and revere: you ought to tell me this secret, O son of Ganga.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0003-0004 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0003-0004).

Verse 3 (13.188.3)

एवं पृष्टो नरेन्द्रेण पाण्डवेन यशस्विना । धर्माणां परमं गुह्यं भीष्मः प्रोवाच पार्थिवम् ॥

evaṃ pṛṣṭo narendreṇa pāṇḍavena yaśasvinā | dharmāṇāṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ bhīṣmaḥ provāca pārthivam

Questioned in this way by the glorious Pandava, the lord of men, Bhishma told the king the highest secret of the dharmas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0005-0006 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0005-0006).

Verse 4 (13.188.4)

शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्धर्मगुह्यानि भारत । यथाहि भगवान्व्यासः पुरा कथितवान्मयि ॥

śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājandharmaguhyāni bhārata | yathāhi bhagavānvyāsaḥ purā kathitavānmayi

Listen attentively, O king, O Bharata, to the secrets of dharma, just as the blessed Vyasa told them to me long ago.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0007-0008 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0007-0008).

Verse 5 (13.188.5)

देवगुह्यमिदं राजन्यमेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा । नियमस्थेन युक्तेन तपसो महतः फलम् ॥

devaguhyamidaṃ rājanyamenākliṣṭakarmaṇā | niyamasthena yuktena tapaso mahataḥ phalam

O king, this is a secret of the gods: it is the fruit of great austerity, won through self-restraint by one whose deeds are untroubled and who is steady in his observances and disciplined.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0009-0010 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0009-0010).

Verse 6 (13.188.6)

येन यः प्रीयते देवः प्रीयन्ते पितरस्तथा । ऋषयः प्रमथाः श्रीश्च चित्रगुप्तो दिशां गजाः ॥

yena yaḥ prīyate devaḥ prīyante pitarastathā | ṛṣayaḥ pramathāḥ śrīśca citragupto diśāṃ gajāḥ

It is that by which the god is pleased, and the ancestors are pleased, and so too the sages, the Pramathas, Shri, Chitragupta and the elephants of the quarters.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0011-0012 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0011-0012).

Verse 7 (13.188.7)

ऋषिधर्मः स्मृतो यत्र सरहस्यो महाफलः । महादानफलं चैव सर्वयज्ञफलं तथा ॥

ṛṣidharmaḥ smṛto yatra sarahasyo mahāphalaḥ | mahādānaphalaṃ caiva sarvayajñaphalaṃ tathā

In it the dharma of the sages is recalled together with its secret, and it bears great fruit: the fruit of great gifts and likewise the fruit of all sacrifices.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0013-0014 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0013-0014).

Verse 8 (13.188.8)

यश्चैतदेवं जानीयाज्ज्ञात्वा वा कुरुतेऽनघ । सदोषोऽदोषवांश्चेह तैर्गुणैः सह युज्यते ॥

yaścaitadevaṃ jānīyājjñātvā vā kurute'nagha | sadoṣo'doṣavāṃśceha tairguṇaiḥ saha yujyate

He who knows this thus, or, having known it, acts upon it, O sinless one, whether he be faulty or faultless in this world, is joined with those merits.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0015-0016 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0015-0016).

Verse 9 (13.188.9)

दशसूनासमं चक्रं दशचक्रसमो ध्वजः । दशध्वजसमा वेश्या दशवेश्यासमो नृपः ॥

daśasūnāsamaṃ cakraṃ daśacakrasamo dhvajaḥ | daśadhvajasamā veśyā daśaveśyāsamo nṛpaḥ

The wheel (the oil-press) equals ten slaughter-houses; the banner (the tavern) equals ten wheels; a courtesan equals ten banners; and a king equals ten courtesans.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0017-0018 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0017-0018).

Verse 10 (13.188.10)

अर्धेनैतानि सर्वाणि नृपतिः कथ्यतेऽधिकः । त्रिवर्गसहितं शास्त्रं पवित्रं पुण्यलक्षणम् ॥

ardhenaitāni sarvāṇi nṛpatiḥ kathyate'dhikaḥ | trivargasahitaṃ śāstraṃ pavitraṃ puṇyalakṣaṇam

A king is said to exceed all of these by a half again. A scripture that treats of the three aims of life is purifying and marked by merit;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0019-0020 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0019-0020). Corrected अर्घेनैतानि → अर्धेनैतानि (misprint in Wikisource; the word is not valid as printed (a retroflex-less अर्घेन); the critical edition reads अर्धेन, 'by a half').

Verse 11 (13.188.11)

धर्मव्याकरणं पुण्यं रहस्यश्रवणं महत् । श्रोतव्यं धर्मसंयुक्तं विहितं त्रिदशैः स्वयम् ॥

dharmavyākaraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ rahasyaśravaṇaṃ mahat | śrotavyaṃ dharmasaṃyuktaṃ vihitaṃ tridaśaiḥ svayam

an exposition of dharma is meritorious, and the hearing of a secret is a great thing; what is joined with dharma, and was itself ordained by the gods, is to be heard,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0021-0022 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0021-0022). Corrected धर्मिव्याकरणं → धर्मव्याकरणं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads धर्मव्याकरणं, 'exposition of dharma').

Verse 12 (13.188.12)

पितॄणां यत्र गुह्यानि प्रोच्यन्ते श्राद्धकर्मणि । देवतानां च सर्वेषां रहस्यं कथ्यतेऽखिलम् ॥

pitṝṇāṃ yatra guhyāni procyante śrāddhakarmaṇi | devatānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ rahasyaṃ kathyate'khilam

in which the secrets of the ancestors concerning the śrāddha rite are told, and the secret of all the gods is related in full.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0023-0024 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0023-0024).

Verse 13 (13.188.13)

ऋषिधर्मः स्मृतो यत्र सरहस्यो महाफलः । महायज्ञफलं चैव सर्वदानफलं तथा ॥

ṛṣidharmaḥ smṛto yatra sarahasyo mahāphalaḥ | mahāyajñaphalaṃ caiva sarvadānaphalaṃ tathā

Where the dharma of the sages is recalled with its secret, of great fruit, with the fruit of great sacrifices and likewise of all gifts.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0025-0026 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0025-0026).

Verse 14 (13.188.14)

ये पठन्ति सदा मर्त्या येषां चैवोपतिष्ठति । श्रुत्वा च फलमाचष्टे स्वयं नारायणः प्रभुः ॥

ye paṭhanti sadā martyā yeṣāṃ caivopatiṣṭhati | śrutvā ca phalamācaṣṭe svayaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ

Of those mortals who always recite it, and to whom it comes to mind, the Lord Narayana himself, having heard, declares the fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0027-0028 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0027-0028).

Verse 15 (13.188.15)

गवां फलं तीर्थफलं यज्ञानां चैव यत्फलम् । एतत्फलमवाप्नोति यो नरोऽतिथिपूजकः ॥

gavāṃ phalaṃ tīrthaphalaṃ yajñānāṃ caiva yatphalam | etatphalamavāpnoti yo naro'tithipūjakaḥ

The fruit of cows, the fruit of holy fords, and whatever fruit belongs to sacrifices: this fruit is gained by the man who honours his guests.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0029-0030 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0029-0030).

Verse 16 (13.188.16)

श्रोतारः श्रद्धधानाश्च येषां शुद्धं च मानसम् । तेषां व्यक्तं जिता लोकाः श्रद्दधानेन साधुना ॥

śrotāraḥ śraddhadhānāśca yeṣāṃ śuddhaṃ ca mānasam | teṣāṃ vyaktaṃ jitā lokāḥ śraddadhānena sādhunā

For listeners who are full of faith and whose minds are pure, the worlds are surely won, by a good man who hears with faith.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0031-0032 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0031-0032).

Verse 17 (13.188.17)

मुच्यते किल्बिषाच्चैव न स पापेन लिप्यते । धर्मं च लभते नित्यं प्रेत्य लोकगतो नरः ॥

mucyate kilbiṣāccaiva na sa pāpena lipyate | dharmaṃ ca labhate nityaṃ pretya lokagato naraḥ

He is freed from sin and is not smeared by evil; and when he goes to the world beyond, he gains dharma always.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0033-0034 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0033-0034).

Verse 18 (13.188.18)

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य देवदूतो यदृच्छया । स्थितो ह्यन्तर्हितो भूत्वा पर्यभाषत वासवम् ॥

kasyacittvatha kālasya devadūto yadṛcchayā | sthito hyantarhito bhūtvā paryabhāṣata vāsavam

Then, after some time, a messenger of the gods, as it chanced, stood there made invisible and addressed Vasava.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0035-0036 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0035-0036).

Verse 19 (13.188.19)

यौ तौ कामगुणोपेतावश्विनौ भिषजां वरौ । आज्ञयाऽहं तयोः प्राप्तः सनरान्पितृदैवतान् ॥

yau tau kāmaguṇopetāvaśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau | ājñayā'haṃ tayoḥ prāptaḥ sanarānpitṛdaivatān

Those two Ashvins, the best of physicians, endowed with every desirable quality: by their command I have come to the ancestors and the gods, together with the sages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0037-0038 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0037-0038). Corrected यो तौ → यौ तौ (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads यौ तौ; 'यो' is a misprint). Speaker: the page prints no new heading, but verses 19-21 are the divine messenger's own speech to the ancestors and gods (introduced in verse 18), so they are given to him; the input carried over Bhishma.

Verse 20 (13.188.20)

कस्माद्धि मैथुनं श्राद्धे दातुर्भोक्तुश्च वर्जितम् । किमर्थं च त्रयः पिण्डाः प्रविभक्ताः पृथक्पृथक् ॥

kasmāddhi maithunaṃ śrāddhe dāturbhoktuśca varjitam | kimarthaṃ ca trayaḥ piṇḍāḥ pravibhaktāḥ pṛthakpṛthak

Why is sexual union forbidden in a śrāddha, to both the giver and the eater? And why are the three piṇḍas divided separately?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0039-0040 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0039-0040). Corrected केमर्थं → किमर्थं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads kimarthaṃ).

Verse 21 (13.188.21)

प्रथमः कस्य दातव्यो मध्यमः क्व च गच्छति । उत्तरश्च स्मृतः कस्य एतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥

prathamaḥ kasya dātavyo madhyamaḥ kva ca gacchati | uttaraśca smṛtaḥ kasya etadicchāmi veditum

To whom is the first to be given, where does the middle one go, and for whom is the last prescribed? This I wish to know.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0041-0042 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0041-0042).

Verse 22 (13.188.22)

श्रद्दधानेन दूतेन भाषितं धर्मसंहितम् । पूर्वस्थास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे पितरः पूज्य खेचरम् ॥

śraddadhānena dūtena bhāṣitaṃ dharmasaṃhitam | pūrvasthāstridaśāḥ sarve pitaraḥ pūjya khecaram

Such were the words, full of dharma, spoken by the faithful messenger; and all the gods and the ancestors who were present first honoured the sky-ranging visitor.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0043-0044 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0043-0044).

Verse 23 (13.188.23)

स्वागतं तेऽस्तु भद्रं ते श्रूयतां खेचरोत्तम । गूढार्थः परमः प्रश्नो भवता समुदीरितः ॥

svāgataṃ te'stu bhadraṃ te śrūyatāṃ khecarottama | gūḍhārthaḥ paramaḥ praśno bhavatā samudīritaḥ

Welcome to you, and blessings on you; listen, best of those who roam the sky. The question you have put is of deep and hidden meaning.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0045-0046 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0045-0046).

Verse 24 (13.188.24)

श्राद्धं दत्त्वा च भुक्त्वा च पुरुषो यः स्त्रियं व्रजेत् । पितरस्तस्य तं मासं तस्मिन्रेतसि शेरते ॥

śrāddhaṃ dattvā ca bhuktvā ca puruṣo yaḥ striyaṃ vrajet | pitarastasya taṃ māsaṃ tasminretasi śerate

A man who, having given a śrāddha and having eaten at it, goes to a woman: his ancestors lie in that semen for that month.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0047-0048 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0047-0048).

Verse 25 (13.188.25)

प्रविभागं तु पिण्डानां प्रवक्ष्याम्यनुपूर्वशः । पिण्डो ह्यधस्ताद्गच्छंस्तु अप आविश्य भावयेत् ॥

pravibhāgaṃ tu piṇḍānāṃ pravakṣyāmyanupūrvaśaḥ | piṇḍo hyadhastādgacchaṃstu apa āviśya bhāvayet

I shall explain in order the division of the piṇḍas. The piṇḍa that goes downward enters the waters and nourishes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0049-0050 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0049-0050).

Verse 26 (13.188.26)

पिण्डं तु मध्यमं तत्र पत्नीत्वेका समश्नुते । पिण्डस्तृतीयो यस्तेषां तं दद्याज्जातवेदसि । एष श्राद्धविधिः प्रोक्तो यथा धर्मो न लुप्यते ॥

piṇḍaṃ tu madhyamaṃ tatra patnītvekā samaśnute | piṇḍastṛtīyo yasteṣāṃ taṃ dadyājjātavedasi | eṣa śrāddhavidhiḥ prokto yathā dharmo na lupyate

The middle piṇḍa his wife alone eats. The third piṇḍa of those one should give to the fire, Jatavedas. This is the rule of the śrāddha as declared, so that dharma is not lost.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0051-0053 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0051-0053).

Verse 27 (13.188.27)

पितरस्तस्य तुष्यन्ति प्रहृष्टमनसः सदा । प्रजा विवर्धते चास्य अक्षयं चोपतिष्ठति ॥

pitarastasya tuṣyanti prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ sadā | prajā vivardhate cāsya akṣayaṃ copatiṣṭhati

His ancestors are pleased and always glad at heart; his progeny increases, and imperishable merit comes to him.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0054-0055 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0054-0055).

Verse 28 (13.188.28)

आनुपूर्व्येण पिण्डानां प्रविभागः पृथक्पृथक् । पितॄणां त्रिषु सर्वेषां निरुक्तं कथितं त्वया ॥

ānupūrvyeṇa piṇḍānāṃ pravibhāgaḥ pṛthakpṛthak | pitṝṇāṃ triṣu sarveṣāṃ niruktaṃ kathitaṃ tvayā

You have declared, one after another and separately, the division of the piṇḍas for all three kinds of ancestors, with its explanation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0056-0057 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0056-0057).

Verse 29 (13.188.29)

एकः समुद्धृतः पिण्डो ह्यधस्तात्कस्य गच्छति । कं वा प्रीणयते देवं कथं तारयते पितॄन् ॥

ekaḥ samuddhṛtaḥ piṇḍo hyadhastātkasya gacchati | kaṃ vā prīṇayate devaṃ kathaṃ tārayate pitṝn

The one piṇḍa that is taken up and goes downward: to whom does it go? Which god does it please, and how does it carry the ancestors across?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0058-0059 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0058-0059).

Verse 30 (13.188.30)

मध्यमं तु तदा पत्नी भुङ्क्तेऽनुज्ञातमेव हि । किमर्थं पितरस्तस्य कव्यमेव च भुञ्जते ॥

madhyamaṃ tu tadā patnī bhuṅkte'nujñātameva hi | kimarthaṃ pitarastasya kavyameva ca bhuñjate

And the middle one, the wife eats only when permitted. For what reason do his ancestors, then, eat the offering for the ancestors?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0060-0061 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0060-0061).

Verse 31 (13.188.31)

अत्र यस्त्वन्तिमः पिण्डो गच्छते जातवेदसम् । भवते का गतिस्तस्य कं वा समनुगच्छति ॥

atra yastvantimaḥ piṇḍo gacchate jātavedasam | bhavate kā gatistasya kaṃ vā samanugacchati

And the last piṇḍa, which goes to Jatavedas: what is its end, and whom does it follow?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0062-0063 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0062-0063).

Verse 32 (13.188.32)

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं पिण्डेषु त्रिषु या गतिः । फलं वृत्तिं च मार्गं च यश्चैनं प्रतिपद्यते ॥

etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ piṇḍeṣu triṣu yā gatiḥ | phalaṃ vṛttiṃ ca mārgaṃ ca yaścainaṃ pratipadyate

This I wish to hear: the course of the three piṇḍas, their fruit, their function and their path, and who it is that receives it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0064-0065 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0064-0065).

Verse 33 (13.188.33)

सुमहानेष प्रश्नो वै यस्त्वया समुदीरितः । रहस्यमद्भुतं चापि पृष्टाः स्म गगनेचर ॥

sumahāneṣa praśno vai yastvayā samudīritaḥ | rahasyamadbhutaṃ cāpi pṛṣṭāḥ sma gaganecara

This is a very great question you have raised; and you have asked us a wonderful secret, O roamer of the sky.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0066-0067 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0066-0067).

Verse 34 (13.188.34)

एतदेव प्रशंसन्ति देवाश्च मुनयस्तथा । तेऽप्येवं नाभिजानन्ति पितृकार्यविनिश्चयम् । वर्जयित्वा महात्मानं चिरजीविनमुत्तमम् ॥

etadeva praśaṃsanti devāśca munayastathā | te'pyevaṃ nābhijānanti pitṛkāryaviniścayam | varjayitvā mahātmānaṃ cirajīvinamuttamam

The gods and the sages praise just this, yet even they do not know thus the settled rule of the ancestral rites, save only the great-souled, long-lived, supreme one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0068-0070 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0068-0070).

Verse 35 (13.188.35)

पितृभक्तस्तु यो विप्रो वरलब्धो महायशाः । त्रयाणामपि पिण्डानां श्रुत्वा भगवतो गतिम् ॥

pitṛbhaktastu yo vipro varalabdho mahāyaśāḥ | trayāṇāmapi piṇḍānāṃ śrutvā bhagavato gatim

The brahmin devoted to his ancestors, of great renown, who had won a boon, heard from the Lord the course of all three piṇḍas;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0071-0072 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0071-0072). Corrected वलब्धो → वरलब्धो (misprint in Wikisource; dropped syllable; the critical edition reads varalabdho, 'one who has obtained a boon').

Verse 36 (13.188.36)

देवदूतेन यः पृष्टः श्राद्धस्य विधिनिश्चयः । गतिं त्रयाणां पिण्डानां शृणुष्वावहितो मम ॥

devadūtena yaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ śrāddhasya vidhiniścayaḥ | gatiṃ trayāṇāṃ piṇḍānāṃ śṛṇuṣvāvahito mama

the settled rule of the śrāddha about which the divine messenger asked: listen attentively to me concerning the course of the three piṇḍas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0073-0074 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0073-0074). Corrected विदिनिश्चयः → विधिनिश्चयः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads vidhiniścayaḥ).

Verse 37 (13.188.37)

अपो गच्छति यो ह्यत्र शशिनं ह्येष प्रीणयेत् । शशी प्रीणयते देवान्पितॄंश्चैव महामते ॥

apo gacchati yo hyatra śaśinaṃ hyeṣa prīṇayet | śaśī prīṇayate devānpitṝṃścaiva mahāmate

The piṇḍa that goes into the water here pleases the moon, and the moon in turn pleases the gods and the ancestors, O wise one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0075-0076 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0075-0076).

Verse 38 (13.188.38)

भुङ्क्ते तु पत्नी यं चैषामनुज्ञाता तु मध्यमम् । पुत्रकामाय पुत्रं तु प्रयच्छन्ति पितामहाः ॥

bhuṅkte tu patnī yaṃ caiṣāmanujñātā tu madhyamam | putrakāmāya putraṃ tu prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ

The middle piṇḍa, which the wife eats when permitted: the grandfathers give a son to one who desires a son.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0077-0078 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0077-0078). Corrected पत्नीं यं → पत्नी यं (misprint in Wikisource; the nominative पत्नी is required (the critical edition reads patnī yaṃ)).

Verse 39 (13.188.39)

हव्यवाहे तु यः पिण्डो दीयते तन्निबोध मे । पितरस्तेन तृप्यन्ति प्रीताः कामान्दिशन्ति च । एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं त्रिषु पिण्डेषु या गतिः ॥

havyavāhe tu yaḥ piṇḍo dīyate tannibodha me | pitarastena tṛpyanti prītāḥ kāmāndiśanti ca | etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ triṣu piṇḍeṣu yā gatiḥ

Now learn of the piṇḍa that is given to the fire, the bearer of oblations. By it the ancestors are satisfied, and, pleased, they grant desires. All this I have told you, the course of the three piṇḍas.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0079-0081 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0079-0081).

Verse 40 (13.188.40)

ऋत्विग्यो यजमानस्य पितृत्वमनुगच्छति । तस्मिन्नहनि मन्यन्ते परिहार्यं हि मैथुनम् ॥

ṛtvigyo yajamānasya pitṛtvamanugacchati | tasminnahani manyante parihāryaṃ hi maithunam

The officiating priest takes on the position of the sacrificer's father; therefore on that day union is held to be something to avoid.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0082-0083 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0082-0083).

Verse 41 (13.188.41)

शुचिना तु सदा श्राद्धं भोक्तव्यं खेचरोत्तम । ये मया कथिता दोषास्ते तथा स्युर्न चान्यथा ॥

śucinā tu sadā śrāddhaṃ bhoktavyaṃ khecarottama | ye mayā kathitā doṣāste tathā syurna cānyathā

A śrāddha must always be eaten in purity, O best of sky-rangers; the faults I have described will arise, and not otherwise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0084-0085 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0084-0085).

Verse 42 (13.188.42)

तस्मात्स्नातः शुचिः क्षान्तः श्राद्धं भुञ्जीत वै द्विजः । प्रजा विवर्धते चास्य यश्चैवं सम्प्रयच्छति ॥

tasmātsnātaḥ śuciḥ kṣāntaḥ śrāddhaṃ bhuñjīta vai dvijaḥ | prajā vivardhate cāsya yaścaivaṃ samprayacchati

Therefore a twice-born should eat at a śrāddha after bathing, pure and patient; the progeny of one who gives in this way increases.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0086-0087 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0086-0087). Corrected विवर्दते → विवर्धते (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads vivardhate). Corrected चश्चैवं → यश्चैवं (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads yaś caivaṃ).

Verse 43 (13.188.43)

ततो विद्युत्प्रभो नाम ऋषिराह महातपाः । आदित्यतेजसा तस्य तुल्यं रूपं प्रकाशते ॥

tato vidyutprabho nāma ṛṣirāha mahātapāḥ | ādityatejasā tasya tulyaṃ rūpaṃ prakāśate

Then a sage named Vidyutprabha, of great austerity, spoke; his form shone like the radiance of the sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0088-0089 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0088-0089). Speaker: the input carried over the Pitaras; the verse is narration of the frame (Bhishma).

Verse 44 (13.188.44)

स च धर्मरहस्यानि श्रुत्वा शक्रमथाब्रवीत् ॥

sa ca dharmarahasyāni śrutvā śakramathābravīt

Having heard these secrets of dharma, he said to Shakra:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line 0090 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0090). The line stands alone as a half-verse in Wikisource, as it does in the CE. Speaker: narration (Bhishma); the input carried over the Pitaras.

Verse 45 (13.188.45)

तिर्यग्योनिगतान्सत्वान्मर्त्या हिंसन्ति मोहिताः । कीटान्पिपीलिकान्सर्पान्मेषान्समृगपक्षिणः । किल्बिषं सुबहु प्राप्ताः किंस्विदेषां प्रतिक्रिया ॥

tiryagyonigatānsatvānmartyā hiṃsanti mohitāḥ | kīṭānpipīlikānsarpānmeṣānsamṛgapakṣiṇaḥ | kilbiṣaṃ subahu prāptāḥ kiṃsvideṣāṃ pratikriyā

Deluded, mortals harm creatures born in animal wombs: insects, ants, snakes, sheep, together with beasts and birds. Having incurred much sin, what is the remedy for them?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0091-0093 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0091-0093). Speaker: Vidyutprabha's own question (the input carried over the Pitaras).

Verse 46 (13.188.46)

ततो देवगणाः सर्वे ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः । पितरश्च महाभागाः पूजयन्ति स्म तं मुनिम् ॥

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ | pitaraśca mahābhāgāḥ pūjayanti sma taṃ munim

Then all the hosts of gods, the sages rich in austerity, and the great-souled ancestors honoured that sage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0094-0095 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0094-0095). Speaker: narration (Bhishma); the input carried over the Pitaras.

Verse 47 (13.188.47)

कुरुक्षेत्रं गयां गङ्गां प्रभासं पुष्कराणि च । एतानि मनसा ध्यात्वा अवगाहेत्ततो जलम् । तथा मुच्यति पापेन राहुणा चन्द्रमा यथा ॥

kurukṣetraṃ gayāṃ gaṅgāṃ prabhāsaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca | etāni manasā dhyātvā avagāhettato jalam | tathā mucyati pāpena rāhuṇā candramā yathā

Let him bathe in water, having called to mind Kurukshetra, Gaya, the Ganga, Prabhasa and the Pushkaras; thus he is freed from sin as the moon is freed from Rahu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0096-0098 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0096-0098). Corrected पापेनि → पापेन (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads pāpena).

Verse 48 (13.188.48)

त्र्यहं स्नातः स भवति निराहारश्च वर्तते । स्पृशते यो गवां पृष्ठं वालधिं च नमस्यति ॥

tryahaṃ snātaḥ sa bhavati nirāhāraśca vartate | spṛśate yo gavāṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ vāladhiṃ ca namasyati

For three days he should bathe and remain without food; and he who touches a cow's back and bows to her tail —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0099-0100 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0099-0100).

Verse 49 (13.188.49)

ततो विद्युत्प्रभो वाक्यमभ्यभाषत वासवम् । अयं सूक्ष्मतरो धर्मस्तं निबोध शतक्रतो ॥

tato vidyutprabho vākyamabhyabhāṣata vāsavam | ayaṃ sūkṣmataro dharmastaṃ nibodha śatakrato

Then Vidyutprabha spoke to Vasava: "This dharma is subtler still; understand it, O Shatakratu."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0101-0102 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0101-0102). Speaker: the first line is narration and the second is Vidyutprabha's speech; given to the narrator (Bhishma). The printed heading is still Shakra's, carried over from verse 47.

Verse 50 (13.188.50)

घृष्टो वटकषायेण अनुलिप्तः प्रियङ्गुणा । क्षीरेण षष्टिकान्भुक्त्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥

ghṛṣṭo vaṭakaṣāyeṇa anuliptaḥ priyaṅguṇā | kṣīreṇa ṣaṣṭikānbhuktvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Rubbed with a decoction of the banyan, anointed with priyangu, and having eaten sixty-day rice with milk, he is freed from all sins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0103-0104 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0103-0104). Corrected वटकषायेणि → वटकषायेण (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads vaṭakaṣāyeṇa). Speaker: Vidyutprabha continues his own speech (the page's heading still reads Shakra, carried over from verse 47).

Verse 51 (13.188.51)

श्रूयतां चापरं गुह्यं रहस्यमृषिचिन्तितम् । श्रुतं मे भाषमाणस्य स्थाणोः स्थाने बृहस्पतेः । रुद्रेण सह देवेश तन्निबोध शचीपते ॥

śrūyatāṃ cāparaṃ guhyaṃ rahasyamṛṣicintitam | śrutaṃ me bhāṣamāṇasya sthāṇoḥ sthāne bṛhaspateḥ | rudreṇa saha deveśa tannibodha śacīpate

Hear also another secret, a mystery pondered by the sages, which I heard Brihaspati speak at Sthanu's place, together with Rudra: understand it, O lord of the gods, husband of Shachi.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0105-0107 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0105-0107). Speaker: Vidyutprabha (the page's heading still reads Shakra).

Verse 52 (13.188.52)

पर्वतारोहणं कृत्वा एकपादो विभावसुम् । निरीक्षेत निराहार ऊर्ध्वबाहुः कृताञ्जलिः । तपसा महता युक्त उपवासफलं लभेत् ॥

parvatārohaṇaṃ kṛtvā ekapādo vibhāvasum | nirīkṣeta nirāhāra ūrdhvabāhuḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ | tapasā mahatā yukta upavāsaphalaṃ labhet

Having climbed a mountain, standing on one foot, he should gaze at the Sun, fasting, with arms raised and palms joined; joined with great austerity, he would obtain the fruit of a fast.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0108-0110 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0108-0110). Speaker: Vidyutprabha (the page's heading still reads Shakra).

Verse 53 (13.188.53)

रश्मिभिस्तापितोऽर्कस्य सर्वपापमपोहति । ग्रीष्मकालेऽथवा शीते एवं पापमपोहति ॥

raśmibhistāpito'rkasya sarvapāpamapohati | grīṣmakāle'thavā śīte evaṃ pāpamapohati

Heated by the rays of the sun, he casts off all sin; in summer, or likewise in winter, he casts off sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0111-0112 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0111-0112). Speaker: Vidyutprabha (the page's heading still reads Shakra).

Verse 54 (13.188.54)

ततः पापात्प्रमुक्तस्य द्युतिर्भवति शाश्वती । तेजसा सूर्यवद्दीप्तो भ्राजते सोमवत्पुनः ॥

tataḥ pāpātpramuktasya dyutirbhavati śāśvatī | tejasā sūryavaddīpto bhrājate somavatpunaḥ

Then, freed from sin, an everlasting radiance is his; blazing with a brilliance like the sun's, he shines again like the moon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0113-0114 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0113-0114). Corrected सोमवत्पनः → सोमवत्पुनः (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads somavat punaḥ). Speaker: Vidyutprabha (the page's heading still reads Shakra).

Verse 55 (13.188.55)

मध्ये त्रिदशवर्गस्य देवराजः शतक्रतुः । उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं बृहस्पतिमनुत्तमम् ॥

madhye tridaśavargasya devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ | uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ bṛhaspatimanuttamam

In the midst of the host of the gods, Indra, king of the gods, the Hundred-Sacrificer, spoke sweet words to Brihaspati, the supreme.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0115-0116 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0115-0116). Speaker: narration (Bhishma); the page's heading still reads Shakra, carried over. The page labels this verse '13-188-54a / 55b'; the input numbers it 54, repeating the previous verse's number.

Verse 56 (13.188.56)

धर्मगुह्यं तु भगवन्मानुषाणां सुखावहम् । सरहस्याश्च ये दोषास्तान्यथावदुदीरय ॥

dharmaguhyaṃ tu bhagavanmānuṣāṇāṃ sukhāvaham | sarahasyāśca ye doṣāstānyathāvadudīraya

O blessed one, declare to me duly the secret of dharma that brings happiness to mortals, and those faults together with their mystery.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0117-0118 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0117-0118). Corrected यथावदुदीरथ → यथावदुदीरय (misprint in Wikisource; 'udīratha' does not fit the single addressee (bhagavan); the critical edition reads udīraya).

Verse 57 (13.188.57)

प्रतिमेहन्ति ये सूर्यमनिलं द्विषते च ये । हव्यवाहे प्रदीप्ते च समिधं ये न जुह्वति ॥

pratimehanti ye sūryamanilaṃ dviṣate ca ye | havyavāhe pradīpte ca samidhaṃ ye na juhvati

Those who urinate toward the sun, those who show hatred to the wind, and those who do not offer kindling into a blazing sacrificial fire,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0119-0120 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0119-0120).

Verse 58 (13.188.58)

बालवत्सां च ये धेनुं दुहन्ति क्षीरकारणात् । तेषां दोषान्प्रवक्ष्यामि तान्निबोध शचीपते ॥

bālavatsāṃ ca ye dhenuṃ duhanti kṣīrakāraṇāt | teṣāṃ doṣānpravakṣyāmi tānnibodha śacīpate

and those who milk a cow whose calf is still young, for the sake of the milk: I shall tell their faults; understand them, O husband of Shachi.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0121-0122 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0121-0122).

Verse 59 (13.188.59)

भानुमाननिलश्चैव हव्यवाहश्च वासव । लोकानां मातरश्चैव गावः सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा ॥

bhānumānanilaścaiva havyavāhaśca vāsava | lokānāṃ mātaraścaiva gāvaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā

The sun, the wind and the fire, O Vasava, and the cows, the mothers of the worlds, were created by the Self-existent.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0123-0124 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0123-0124).

Verse 60 (13.188.60)

लोकांस्तारयितुं शक्ता मर्त्येष्वेतेषु देवताः । सर्वे भवन्तः शृण्वन्तु एकैकं धर्मनिश्चयम् ॥

lokāṃstārayituṃ śaktā martyeṣveteṣu devatāḥ | sarve bhavantaḥ śṛṇvantu ekaikaṃ dharmaniścayam

These deities are able to carry the worlds across, among mortals. Let all of you hear, one by one, the settled rule of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0125-0126 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0125-0126). Corrected शृणिवन्तु → शृण्वन्तु (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads śṛṇvantu).

Verse 61 (13.188.61)

वर्षाणि षडशीतिं तु दुर्वृत्ताः कुलपांसनाः । स्त्रियः सर्वाश्च दुर्वृत्ताः प्रतिमेहन्ति या रविम् ॥

varṣāṇi ṣaḍaśītiṃ tu durvṛttāḥ kulapāṃsanāḥ | striyaḥ sarvāśca durvṛttāḥ pratimehanti yā ravim

For eighty-six years, the ill-behaved, the disgracers of their family, and all those ill-behaved women who urinate toward the sun —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0127-0128 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0127-0128).

Verse 62 (13.188.62)

अनिलद्वेषिणः शक्र गर्भस्था च्यवते प्रजा । हव्यवाहस्य दीप्तस्य समिधं ये न जुह्वति । अग्निकार्येषु वै तेषां हव्यं नाश्नाति पावकः ॥

aniladveṣiṇaḥ śakra garbhasthā cyavate prajā | havyavāhasya dīptasya samidhaṃ ye na juhvati | agnikāryeṣu vai teṣāṃ havyaṃ nāśnāti pāvakaḥ

For those who hate the wind, O Shakra, the child falls from the womb. And of those who do not offer kindling into the blazing fire, at their fire-rites Pavaka does not eat the oblation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0129-0131 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0129-0131).

Verse 63 (13.188.63)

क्षीरं तु बालवत्सानां ये पिबन्तीह मानवाः । न तेषां क्षीरपाः केचिज्जायन्ते कुलवर्धनाः ॥

kṣīraṃ tu bālavatsānāṃ ye pibantīha mānavāḥ | na teṣāṃ kṣīrapāḥ kecijjāyante kulavardhanāḥ

Those people who here drink the milk meant for young calves: no suckling children who will increase the family are born to them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0132-0133 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0132-0133).

Verse 64 (13.188.64)

प्रजाक्षयेण युज्यन्ते कुलवंशक्षयेण च । एवमेतत्पुरा दृष्टं कुलवृद्धैर्द्विजातिभिः ॥

prajākṣayeṇa yujyante kulavaṃśakṣayeṇa ca | evametatpurā dṛṣṭaṃ kulavṛddhairdvijātibhiḥ

They are joined with the loss of their progeny and the destruction of their family line. So it was seen of old by the elder twice-born of the family.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0134-0135 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0134-0135).

Verse 65 (13.188.65)

तस्माद्वर्ज्यानि वर्ज्यानि कार्यं कार्यं च नित्यशः । भूतिकामेन मर्त्येन सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥

tasmādvarjyāni varjyāni kāryaṃ kāryaṃ ca nityaśaḥ | bhūtikāmena martyena satyametadbravīmi te

Therefore what is to be avoided must be avoided, and what is to be done must always be done, by a mortal who desires prosperity. This I tell you truly.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0136-0137 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0136-0137). Corrected भूतिकामेनि → भूतिकामेन (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads bhūtikāmena).

Verse 66 (13.188.66)

ततः सर्वा महाभाग देवताः समरुद्गणाः । ऋषयश्च महाभागाः पृच्छन्ति स्म पितॄंस्ततः ॥

tataḥ sarvā mahābhāga devatāḥ samarudgaṇāḥ | ṛṣayaśca mahābhāgāḥ pṛcchanti sma pitṝṃstataḥ

Then all the deities with the troops of Maruts, and the great sages, asked the ancestors:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0138-0139 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0138-0139). Speaker: narration (Bhishma); the input carried over Brihaspati.

Verse 67 (13.188.67)

पितरः केन तुष्यन्ति मर्त्यानामल्पचेतसाम् । अक्षयं च कथं दानं भवेच्चैवौर्ध्वदेहिकम् ॥

pitaraḥ kena tuṣyanti martyānāmalpacetasām | akṣayaṃ ca kathaṃ dānaṃ bhaveccaivaurdhvadehikam

By what are the ancestors pleased, in the case of mortals of little understanding? And how may a gift, and the rite for the departed, become imperishable?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0140-0141 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0140-0141). Speaker: the questions of the gods and sages (the input carried over Brihaspati).

Verse 68 (13.188.68)

आनृण्यं वा कथं मर्त्या गच्छेयुः केन कर्मणा । एतदिच्छामहे श्रोतुं परं कौतूहलं हि नः ॥

ānṛṇyaṃ vā kathaṃ martyā gaccheyuḥ kena karmaṇā | etadicchāmahe śrotuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ

Or by what act can mortals be freed from their debt? This we wish to hear, for our curiosity is great.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0142-0143 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0142-0143). Speaker: the gods and sages (the input carried over Brihaspati).

Verse 69 (13.188.69)

न्यायतो वै महाभागाः संशयः समुदाहृतः । श्रूयतां येन तुष्यामो मर्त्यानां साधुकर्मणाम् ॥

nyāyato vai mahābhāgāḥ saṃśayaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ | śrūyatāṃ yena tuṣyāmo martyānāṃ sādhukarmaṇām

Rightly, O blessed ones, has the doubt been raised. Hear that by which we are pleased with righteous mortals.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0144-0145 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0144-0145).

Verse 70 (13.188.70)

नीलषण्डप्रमोक्षेण अमावास्यां तिलोदकैः । वर्षासु दीपकैश्चैव पितॄणामनृणो भवेत् ॥

nīlaṣaṇḍapramokṣeṇa amāvāsyāṃ tilodakaiḥ | varṣāsu dīpakaiścaiva pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet

By the release of a Nila-shanda bull, by sesame-water on the new-moon day, and by lamps in the rainy season, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0146-0147 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0146-0147). Corrected अणावास्यां → अमावास्यां (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads amāvāsyāṃ).

Verse 71 (13.188.71)

अक्षयं निर्व्यलीकं च दानमेतन्महाफलम् । अस्माकं परितोषश्च अक्षयः परिकीर्त्यते ॥

akṣayaṃ nirvyalīkaṃ ca dānametanmahāphalam | asmākaṃ paritoṣaśca akṣayaḥ parikīrtyate

This gift is imperishable, flawless and of great fruit; and our satisfaction is declared to be imperishable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0148-0149 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0148-0149).

Verse 72 (13.188.72)

श्रद्धधानाश्च ये मर्त्या आहरिष्यन्ति सन्ततिम् । दुर्गात्ते तारयिष्यन्ति नरकात्प्रपितामहान् ॥

śraddhadhānāśca ye martyā āhariṣyanti santatim | durgātte tārayiṣyanti narakātprapitāmahān

Those mortals who, full of faith, carry on the line of descent will rescue their great-grandfathers from distress and from hell.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0150-0151 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0150-0151).

Verse 73 (13.188.73)

पितॄणां भाषितं श्रुत्वा हृष्टरोमा तपोधनः । वृद्धगार्ग्यो महातेजास्तानेवं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

pitṝṇāṃ bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭaromā tapodhanaḥ | vṛddhagārgyo mahātejāstānevaṃ vākyamabravīt

Having heard the words of the ancestors, the ascetic Vriddhagargya, of great splendour, his hair bristling with joy, spoke to them thus.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0152-0153 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0152-0153). Speaker: narration (Bhishma); the input carried over the Pitaras.

Verse 74 (13.188.74)

के गुणा नीलषण्डस्य प्रमुक्तस्य तपोधनाः । वर्षासु दीपदानेन तथैव च तिलोदकैः ॥

ke guṇā nīlaṣaṇḍasya pramuktasya tapodhanāḥ | varṣāsu dīpadānena tathaiva ca tilodakaiḥ

What are the merits, O ascetics, of releasing the Nila-shanda, and likewise of giving lamps in the rains and of sesame-water?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0154-0155 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0154-0155). Speaker: Vriddhagargya (the input carried over the Pitaras; the CE has no separate heading here).

Verse 75 (13.188.75)

नीलषण्डस्य लाङ्गूलं तोयमभ्युद्धरेद्यदि । षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि पितरस्तेन तर्पिताः ॥

nīlaṣaṇḍasya lāṅgūlaṃ toyamabhyuddharedyadi | ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi pitarastena tarpitāḥ

If water is drawn up by means of the tail of a Nila-shanda bull, the ancestors are gratified by it for sixty thousand years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0156-0157 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0156-0157). Corrected तोयमभ्युद्दरेद्यदि → तोयमभ्युद्धरेद्यदि (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads abhyuddhared (from ud-√hṛ, 'draw up')).

Verse 76 (13.188.76)

यस्तु शृङ्गगतं पङ्कं कूलादुद्धृत्य तिष्ठति । पितरस्तेन गच्छन्ति सोमलोकमसंशयम् ॥

yastu śṛṅgagataṃ paṅkaṃ kūlāduddhṛtya tiṣṭhati | pitarastena gacchanti somalokamasaṃśayam

He who stands holding the mud lodged on a horn, lifted from the river bank: by that his ancestors go without doubt to the world of Soma, the Moon.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0158-0159 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0158-0159). Corrected पङ्क्तं → पङ्कं (misprint in Wikisource; पङ्क्त is not a word, 'mud' is पङ्क (the critical edition reads paṅkaṃ)).

Verse 77 (13.188.77)

वर्षासु दीपदानेन शशिवच्छोभते नरः । तमोरूपं न तस्यास्ति दीपकं यः प्रयच्छति ॥

varṣāsu dīpadānena śaśivacchobhate naraḥ | tamorūpaṃ na tasyāsti dīpakaṃ yaḥ prayacchati

By giving lamps in the rainy season a man shines like the moon; no darkness belongs to the one who gives a lamp.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0160-0161 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0160-0161). Corrected शशीवच्छोभते → शशिवच्छोभते (misprint in Wikisource; the critical edition reads śaśivac chobhate).

Verse 78 (13.188.78)

अमावास्यां तु ये मर्त्याः प्रयच्छन्ति तिलोदकम् । पात्रमौदुम्बरं गृह्य मधुमिश्रं तपोधन । कृतं भवति तैः श्राद्धं सरहस्यं यथार्थवत् ॥

amāvāsyāṃ tu ye martyāḥ prayacchanti tilodakam | pātramaudumbaraṃ gṛhya madhumiśraṃ tapodhana | kṛtaṃ bhavati taiḥ śrāddhaṃ sarahasyaṃ yathārthavat

Those mortals who on the new-moon day give sesame-water in a vessel of udumbara wood, mixed with honey, O ascetic: by them a śrāddha is performed, together with its secret, as it should be.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0162-0164 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0162-0164).

Verse 79 (13.188.79)

हृष्टपुष्टमनास्तेषां प्रजा भवति नित्यदा । कुलवंशस्य वृद्धिस्तु पिण्डदस्य फलं भवेत् । श्रद्दधानस्तु यः कुर्यात्पितॄणामनृणो भवेत् ॥

hṛṣṭapuṣṭamanāsteṣāṃ prajā bhavati nityadā | kulavaṃśasya vṛddhistu piṇḍadasya phalaṃ bhavet | śraddadhānastu yaḥ kuryātpitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet

Their progeny are always glad and well-nourished in mind; the growth of the family line is the fruit for the giver of piṇḍas. One who does it with faith becomes free of debt to the ancestors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0165-0167 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0165-0167).

Verse 80 (13.188.80)

एवमेव समुद्दिष्टः श्राद्धकालक्रमस्तथा । विधिः पात्रं फलं चैव यथावदनुकीर्तितम् ॥

evameva samuddiṣṭaḥ śrāddhakālakramastathā | vidhiḥ pātraṃ phalaṃ caiva yathāvadanukīrtitam

Thus has the order of the times of the śrāddha been set forth, and the rule, the vessel and the fruit have been duly told.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0168-0169 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014_0168-0169). Removed the stray closing bracket and doubled danda printed after the verse ('।।]'); the verse ends ॥. The speaker stays the Pitaras (CE marks Bhishma only from the next line, in adhyaya 189).