Lomasha on Others' Wives, Ghee and Rice, and Sesame

Verse 1 (13.192.1)

परदारेषु ये सक्ता अकृत्वा दारसङ्ग्रहम् । निराशाः पितरस्तेषां श्राद्धकाले भवन्ति वै ॥

paradāreṣu ye saktā akṛtvā dārasaṅgraham | nirāśāḥ pitarasteṣāṃ śrāddhakāle bhavanti vai

Those men who are attached to other men's wives without ever taking a wife of their own: their ancestors are left without hope at the time of shraddha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0338-0339); ce_ref left null.

Verse 2 (13.192.2)

परदाररतिर्यश्च यश्च वन्ध्यामुपासते । ब्रह्मस्वं हरते यश्च समदोषा भवन्ति ते ॥

paradāraratiryaśca yaśca vandhyāmupāsate | brahmasvaṃ harate yaśca samadoṣā bhavanti te

He who delights in other men's wives, he who keeps company with a barren woman, and he who steals a brahmin's property: all these are alike at fault.

Note on the text: WS परदाररतिर्यश्च against CE 340a paradāraratir yaḥ syād: a recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0340-0341); ce_ref left null.

Verse 3 (13.192.3)

असम्भाष्या भवन्त्येते पितॄणां नात्र संशयः । देवताः पितरश्चैषां नाभिनन्दन्ति तद्धविः ॥

asambhāṣyā bhavantyete pitṝṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | devatāḥ pitaraścaiṣāṃ nābhinandanti taddhaviḥ

These become men whom the ancestors will not speak with, without doubt; the gods and the ancestors do not welcome their oblation.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0342-0343); ce_ref left null.

Verse 4 (13.192.4)

तस्मात्परस्य वै दारांस्त्यजेद्वन्ध्यां च योषितम् । ब्रह्मस्वं हि न हर्तव्यमात्मनो हितमिच्छता ॥

tasmātparasya vai dārāṃstyajedvandhyāṃ ca yoṣitam | brahmasvaṃ hi na hartavyamātmano hitamicchatā

Therefore one should abandon another man's wife and a barren woman, and one who wishes his own good should never take a brahmin's property.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0344-0345); ce_ref left null.

Verse 5 (13.192.5)

श्रूयतां चापरं गुह्यं रहस्यं धर्मसंहितम् । श्रद्दधानेन कर्तव्यं गुरुणां वचनं सदा ॥

śrūyatāṃ cāparaṃ guhyaṃ rahasyaṃ dharmasaṃhitam | śraddadhānena kartavyaṃ guruṇāṃ vacanaṃ sadā

Hear also another secret, a mystery bound up with dharma: the word of one's elders must always be followed with faith.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0346-0347); ce_ref left null.

Verse 6 (13.192.6)

द्वादश्यां पौर्णमास्यां च मासिमासि घृताक्षतम् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छेत तस्य पुण्यं निबोधत ॥

dvādaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ ca māsimāsi ghṛtākṣatam | brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayaccheta tasya puṇyaṃ nibodhata

On the twelfth day and on the full-moon day, month after month, let him give ghee and unbroken rice to brahmins. Hear the merit of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0348-0349); ce_ref left null.

Verse 7 (13.192.7)

सोमश्च वर्धते तेन समुद्रश्च महोदधिः । अश्वमेधचतुर्भागं फलं सृजति वासवः ॥

somaśca vardhate tena samudraśca mahodadhiḥ | aśvamedhacaturbhāgaṃ phalaṃ sṛjati vāsavaḥ

By it the moon waxes, and the ocean, the great water-store, as well; Vasava (Indra) grants him a fourth part of the fruit of the horse sacrifice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0350-0351); ce_ref left null.

Verse 8 (13.192.8)

दानेनैतेन तेजस्वी वीर्यवांश्च भवेन्नरः । प्रीतश्च भगवान्सोम इष्टान्कामान्प्रयच्छति ॥

dānenaitena tejasvī vīryavāṃśca bhavennaraḥ | prītaśca bhagavānsoma iṣṭānkāmānprayacchati

By this gift a man becomes radiant and strong, and the blessed Soma, pleased, grants him the wishes he desires.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0352-0353); ce_ref left null.

Verse 9 (13.192.9)

श्रूयतां चापरो धर्मः सरहस्यो महाफलः । इदं कलियुगं प्राप्य मनुष्याणां सुखावहः ॥

śrūyatāṃ cāparo dharmaḥ sarahasyo mahāphalaḥ | idaṃ kaliyugaṃ prāpya manuṣyāṇāṃ sukhāvahaḥ

Hear another dharma, with its secret and of great reward, which, on reaching this Kali age, brings men happiness.

Note on the text: WS इदं कलियुगं against CE 355a imaṃ kaliyugaṃ: a recension variant, kept. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0354-0355); ce_ref left null.

Verse 10 (13.192.10)

कल्यमुत्थाय यो मर्त्यः स्नातः शुक्लेन वाससा । तिलपात्रं प्रयच्छेत ब्राह्मणेभ्यः समाहितः ॥

kalyamutthāya yo martyaḥ snātaḥ śuklena vāsasā | tilapātraṃ prayaccheta brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ

A mortal who rises at dawn, bathes, and, dressed in white, gives a vessel of sesame to brahmins with a collected mind,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0356-0357); ce_ref left null.

Verse 11 (13.192.11)

तिलोदकं च यो दद्यात्पितॄणां मधुना सह । दीपकं कृसरं चैव श्रूयतां तस्य यत्फलम् ॥

tilodakaṃ ca yo dadyātpitṝṇāṃ madhunā saha | dīpakaṃ kṛsaraṃ caiva śrūyatāṃ tasya yatphalam

and who gives sesame-water to the ancestors together with honey, and a lamp and krisara (a dish of rice and sesame): hear the fruit of that.

Note on the text: Corrected कृसंर → कृसरं (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced anusvara; CE kṛsaram). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0358-0359); ce_ref left null.

Verse 12 (13.192.12)

तिलपात्रे फलं प्राह भगवान्पाकशासनः । गोप्रदानं च यः कुर्याद्भूमिदानं च शाश्वतम् ॥

tilapātre phalaṃ prāha bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ | gopradānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryādbhūmidānaṃ ca śāśvatam

The blessed Pakashasana (Indra) has declared the fruit of a vessel of sesame to be that of one who gives cows and makes a lasting gift of land,

Note on the text: Corrected पाकशांसनः → पाकशासनः (misprint in Wikisource; stray anusvara; CE pākaśāsanaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0360-0361); ce_ref left null.

Verse 13 (13.192.13)

अग्निष्टोमं च यो यज्ञं यजेत बहुदक्षिणम् । तिलपात्रं सहैतेन समं मन्यन्ति देवताः ॥

agniṣṭomaṃ ca yo yajñaṃ yajeta bahudakṣiṇam | tilapātraṃ sahaitena samaṃ manyanti devatāḥ

and of one who performs the Agnishtoma sacrifice with generous fees; the gods regard a vessel of sesame as equal to these together.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0362-0363); ce_ref left null.

Verse 14 (13.192.14)

तिलोदकं सदा श्राद्धे मन्यन्ते पितरोऽक्षयम् । दीपे च कृसरे चैव तुष्यन्तेऽस्य पितामहाः ॥

tilodakaṃ sadā śrāddhe manyante pitaro'kṣayam | dīpe ca kṛsare caiva tuṣyante'sya pitāmahāḥ

The ancestors regard sesame-water at shraddha as imperishable; with the lamp and the krisara, his forefathers are pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0364-0365); ce_ref left null.

Verse 15 (13.192.15)

स्वर्गे च पितृलोके च पितृदेवाभिपूजितम् । एवमेतन्मयोद्दिष्टमृषिदृष्टं पुरातनम् ॥

svarge ca pitṛloke ca pitṛdevābhipūjitam | evametanmayoddiṣṭamṛṣidṛṣṭaṃ purātanam

Honoured in heaven and in the world of the ancestors, worshipped by ancestors and gods: so have I set forth this ancient teaching, which the seers have seen.

Note on the text: Removed the closing "।।]" bracket (end of the bracketed passage) and kept the verse-end mark. Corrected मयोद्दिष्टपिदृष्टं → मयोद्दिष्टमृषिदृष्टं (misprint in Wikisource; garbled; the sense is मया उद्दिष्टम् ऋषिदृष्टम्, CE mayoddiṣṭam ṛṣidṛṣṭaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0366-0367); ce_ref left null.