Secrets of Dharma from Vibhavasu, Shri and the Sages

Verse 1 (13.190.1)

सलिलस्याञ्जलिं पूर्णमक्षताश्च घृतोत्तराः । सोमस्योत्तिष्ठमानस्य तज्जलं चाक्षतांश्च तान् ॥

salilasyāñjaliṃ pūrṇamakṣatāśca ghṛtottarāḥ | somasyottiṣṭhamānasya tajjalaṃ cākṣatāṃśca tān

Taking a full cupped handful of water and unbroken grains of rice with ghee poured over them, let him offer that water and those grains to the moon as it rises.

Note on the text: Removed the opening bracket and the speaker heading "विभावसुरुवाच ।" printed inside the verse text (it is the speaker); the page brackets this whole passage as an interpolation. Corrected धृतोत्तराः → घृतोत्तराः (misprint in Wikisource; ध for घ; the grains are topped with ghee, cf. 192.6 घृताक्षतम् and CE ghṛtottarāḥ). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0277-0278); ce_ref left null.

Verse 2 (13.190.2)

स्थितो ह्यभिमुखो मर्त्यः पौर्णमास्यां बलिं हरेत् । अग्निकार्यं कृतं तेन हुताश्चास्याग्नयस्त्रयः ॥

sthito hyabhimukho martyaḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ baliṃ haret | agnikāryaṃ kṛtaṃ tena hutāścāsyāgnayastrayaḥ

A mortal who stands facing the moon on the full-moon day and presents the offering in this way has thereby performed the fire-rite, and his three fires are fed.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0279-0280); ce_ref left null.

Verse 3 (13.190.3)

वनस्पतिं च यो हन्यादमावास्यामबुद्धिमान् । अपि ह्येकेन पत्रेण लिप्यते ब्रह्महत्यया ॥

vanaspatiṃ ca yo hanyādamāvāsyāmabuddhimān | api hyekena patreṇa lipyate brahmahatyayā

The unwise man who cuts down a tree on the new-moon day is stained with the sin of killing a brahmin, even if it be for a single leaf.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0281-0282); ce_ref left null.

Verse 4 (13.190.4)

दन्तकाष्ठं तु यः खादेदमावास्यामबुद्धिमान् । हिंसितश्चन्द्रमास्तेन पितरश्चोद्विजन्ति च ॥

dantakāṣṭhaṃ tu yaḥ khādedamāvāsyāmabuddhimān | hiṃsitaścandramāstena pitaraścodvijanti ca

The unwise man who chews a tooth-stick on the new-moon day wrongs the moon by it, and the ancestors are dismayed.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I No. 14, 13.125.038d@014_0284): Wikisource prints '****' where a word was lost; the CE reads hiṃsitaś candramās tena, hence तेन. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0283-0284); ce_ref left null.

Verse 5 (13.190.5)

हव्यं न तस्य देवाश्च प्रतिगृह्णन्ति पर्वसु । कुप्यन्ते पितरश्चास्य कुले वंशोऽस्य हीयते ॥

havyaṃ na tasya devāśca pratigṛhṇanti parvasu | kupyante pitaraścāsya kule vaṃśo'sya hīyate

The gods do not accept his offering on the parva days, his ancestors are angered, and the line of his family dwindles.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0285-0286); ce_ref left null.

Verse 6 (13.190.6)

प्रकीर्णं भाजनं यत्र भिन्नभाण्डमथासनम् । योषितश्चैव हन्यन्ते कश्मलोपहते गृहे ॥

prakīrṇaṃ bhājanaṃ yatra bhinnabhāṇḍamathāsanam | yoṣitaścaiva hanyante kaśmalopahate gṛhe

In a house struck by filth, where dishes lie scattered, pots and seats are broken, and women are beaten,

Note on the text: WS भिन्नभाण्डमथासनम् against CE 6a pānabhāṇḍam athāsanam: a recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0287-0288); ce_ref left null.

Verse 7 (13.190.7)

देवताः पितरश्चैव उत्सवे पर्वणीषु वा । निराशाः प्रतिगच्छन्ति कश्मलोपहताद्गृहात् ॥

devatāḥ pitaraścaiva utsave parvaṇīṣu vā | nirāśāḥ pratigacchanti kaśmalopahatādgṛhāt

the gods and the ancestors, on a festival or on a parva day, turn away without hope from a house stricken with such filth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0289-0290); ce_ref left null.

Verse 8 (13.190.8)

यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णं दद्याद्दीपं करञ्जके । सुवर्चलामूलहस्तः प्रजा तस्य विवर्धते ॥

yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ dadyāddīpaṃ karañjake | suvarcalāmūlahastaḥ prajā tasya vivardhate

One who for a full year offers a lamp at a karanja tree, holding a root of suvarchala in his hand, sees his offspring flourish.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0291-0292); ce_ref left null.

Verse 9 (13.190.9)

आतिथ्यं सततं कुर्याद्दीपं दद्यात्प्रतिश्रये । वर्जयानो दिवास्वापं न च मांसानि भक्षयेत् ॥

ātithyaṃ satataṃ kuryāddīpaṃ dadyātpratiśraye | varjayāno divāsvāpaṃ na ca māṃsāni bhakṣayet

Let him always show hospitality and give a lamp at the shelter; let him avoid sleeping by day and not eat meat.

Note on the text: Corrected आतीथ्यं → आतिथ्यं (misprint in Wikisource; long ी for short ि; ātithya, CE ātithyaṃ). WS दिवास्वापं (daytime sleep) against CE 14 divāsvapnaṃ: a valid variant, kept. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0293-0294); ce_ref left null.

Verse 10 (13.190.10)

गोब्राह्मणं न हिंस्याच्च पुष्कराणि च कीर्तयेत् । एष श्रेष्ठतमो धर्मः सरहस्यो महाफलः ॥

gobrāhmaṇaṃ na hiṃsyācca puṣkarāṇi ca kīrtayet | eṣa śreṣṭhatamo dharmaḥ sarahasyo mahāphalaḥ

He should not harm cows or brahmins, and should recite the praises of the Pushkara tirthas. This is the highest dharma, with its secret, and of great reward.

Note on the text: Corrected एत श्रेष्ठतमो → एष श्रेष्ठतमो (misprint in Wikisource; एत is not a nominative; CE eṣa). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0295-0296); ce_ref left null.

Verse 11 (13.190.11)

अपि क्रतुशतैरिष्ट्वा क्षयं गच्छति तद्धविः । न तु क्षीयन्ति ते धर्माः श्रद्दधानैः प्रयोजिताः ॥

api kratuśatairiṣṭvā kṣayaṃ gacchati taddhaviḥ | na tu kṣīyanti te dharmāḥ śraddadhānaiḥ prayojitāḥ

Even one who has performed a hundred sacrifices sees the fruit of his oblation wear away; but these duties, practised with faith, never wear away.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0297-0298); ce_ref left null.

Verse 12 (13.190.12)

इदं च परमं गुह्यं सरहस्यं निबोधत । श्राद्धकल्पे च दैवे च तैर्थिके पर्वणीषु च ॥

idaṃ ca paramaṃ guhyaṃ sarahasyaṃ nibodhata | śrāddhakalpe ca daive ca tairthike parvaṇīṣu ca

Hear now this other supreme secret, with its mystery: for the shraddha rite, for rites of the gods, at holy places, and on parva days —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0299-0300); ce_ref left null.

Verse 13 (13.190.13)

रजस्वला च या नारी श्वित्रिकाऽपुत्रिका च या । एताभिश्चक्षुषा दृष्टं हविर्नाश्नन्ति देवताः । पितरश्च न तुष्यन्ति वर्षाण्यपि त्रयोदश ॥

rajasvalā ca yā nārī śvitrikā'putrikā ca yā | etābhiścakṣuṣā dṛṣṭaṃ havirnāśnanti devatāḥ | pitaraśca na tuṣyanti varṣāṇyapi trayodaśa

a woman who is menstruating, or who has white leprosy, or who is childless: if any of these has looked upon the oblation, the gods do not eat it, and the ancestors are not satisfied for thirteen years.

Note on the text: WS श्वित्रिकाऽपुत्रिका and वर्षाण्यपि against CE śvitrikāputrikā and varṣāṇy asya: recension variants, kept. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0301-0303); ce_ref left null.

Verse 14 (13.190.14)

शुक्लवासाः शुचिर्भूत्वा ब्राह्मणान्स्वस्ति वाचयेत् । कीर्तयेद्भारतं चैव तथा स्यादक्षयं हविः ॥

śuklavāsāḥ śucirbhūtvā brāhmaṇānsvasti vācayet | kīrtayedbhārataṃ caiva tathā syādakṣayaṃ haviḥ

Dressed in white and made clean, let him have brahmins pronounce blessings and let him recite the Bharata; in this way the oblation becomes imperishable.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0304-0305); ce_ref left null.

Verse 15 (13.190.15)

भिन्नभाण्डं च खट्वां च कुक्कुटं शुनकं तथा । अप्रशस्तानि सर्वाणि यश्च वृक्षो गृहेरुहः ॥

bhinnabhāṇḍaṃ ca khaṭvāṃ ca kukkuṭaṃ śunakaṃ tathā | apraśastāni sarvāṇi yaśca vṛkṣo gṛheruhaḥ

A broken pot, a bedstead, a cock, a dog, and a tree that grows in the house — all of these are held to be inauspicious.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0306-0307); ce_ref left null.

Verse 16 (13.190.16)

भिन्नभाण्डे कलिं प्राहुः खट्वायां तु धनक्षयः । कुक्कुटे शुनके चैव हविर्नाश्नन्ति देवताः । वृक्षमूले ध्रुवं सत्वं तस्माद्वृक्षं न रोपयेत् ॥

bhinnabhāṇḍe kaliṃ prāhuḥ khaṭvāyāṃ tu dhanakṣayaḥ | kukkuṭe śunake caiva havirnāśnanti devatāḥ | vṛkṣamūle dhruvaṃ satvaṃ tasmādvṛkṣaṃ na ropayet

They say that a broken pot brings strife, and a bedstead the loss of wealth; where there is a cock or a dog, the gods do not eat the oblation. Creatures dwell at the root of a tree without fail, so one should not plant a tree near the house.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0308-0310); ce_ref left null.

Verse 17 (13.190.17)

यो यजेदश्वमेधेन वाजपेयशतेन ह । अवाक्शिरा वा लम्बेत सत्रं वा स्फीतमाहरेत् ॥

yo yajedaśvamedhena vājapeyaśatena ha | avākśirā vā lambeta satraṃ vā sphītamāharet

One who performs the horse sacrifice, or a hundred Vajapeya sacrifices, or hangs head downward, or carries out a rich sacrificial session —

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0311-0312); ce_ref left null.

Verse 18 (13.190.18)

न यस्य हृदयं शुद्धं नरकं स ध्रुवं व्रजेत् । तुल्यं यज्ञश्च सत्यं च हृदयस्य च शुद्धता ॥

na yasya hṛdayaṃ śuddhaṃ narakaṃ sa dhruvaṃ vrajet | tulyaṃ yajñaśca satyaṃ ca hṛdayasya ca śuddhatā

if his heart is not pure, he will surely go to hell. Sacrifice, truthfulness and purity of heart are of equal worth.

Note on the text: WS न यस्य against CE 18a na cāsya: a recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0313-0314); ce_ref left null.

Verse 19 (13.190.19)

शुद्धेन मनसा दत्त्वा सक्तुप्रस्थं द्विजातये । ब्रह्मलोकमनुप्राप्तः पर्याप्तं तन्निदर्शनम् ॥

śuddhena manasā dattvā saktuprasthaṃ dvijātaye | brahmalokamanuprāptaḥ paryāptaṃ tannidarśanam

One who, with a pure mind, gives a prastha of barley-flour to a twice-born attains the world of Brahma; that is proof enough.

Note on the text: Removed the closing "।।]" bracket (end of the bracketed passage) and kept the verse-end mark. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0315-0316); ce_ref left null.