Arundhati and Citragupta on Gifts of Cows, Water and Lamps

Verse 1 (13.193.1)

ततस्त्वृषिगणाः सर्वे पितरश्च सदेवताः । अरुन्धतीं तपोवृद्धामपृच्छन्त समाहिताः ॥

tatastvṛṣigaṇāḥ sarve pitaraśca sadevatāḥ | arundhatīṃ tapovṛddhāmapṛcchanta samāhitāḥ

Then all the hosts of sages and the ancestors, together with the gods, respectfully questioned Arundhati, rich in austerity,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0368-0369); ce_ref left null.

Verse 2 (13.193.2)

समानशीलां वीर्येण वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः । त्वत्तो धर्मरहस्यानि श्रोतुमिच्छामहे वयम् । यत्ते गुह्यतमं भद्रे तत्प्रभाषितुमर्हसि ॥

samānaśīlāṃ vīryeṇa vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ | tvatto dharmarahasyāni śrotumicchāmahe vayam | yatte guhyatamaṃ bhadre tatprabhāṣitumarhasi

who matched the great Vasishtha in strength: "We wish to hear the secrets of dharma from you. Tell us, blessed lady, whatever is most hidden."

Note on the text: The first line is Bhishma's narration; the rest is the sages' request to Arundhati, which the page does not head separately, so the verse stays with Bhishma. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0370-0372); ce_ref left null.

Verse 3 (13.193.3)

तपोवृद्धिर्मया प्राप्ता भवतां स्मरणेन वै । भवतां च प्रसादेन धर्मान्वक्ष्यामि शाश्वतान् ॥

tapovṛddhirmayā prāptā bhavatāṃ smaraṇena vai | bhavatāṃ ca prasādena dharmānvakṣyāmi śāśvatān

I have gained growth in austerity by remembering you, and by your grace I shall speak the eternal laws of dharma.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0373-0374); ce_ref left null.

Verse 4 (13.193.4)

सगुह्यान्सरहस्यांश्च ताञ्शृणुध्वमशेषतः । श्रद्दधाने प्रयोक्तव्या यस्य शुद्धं तथा मनः ॥

saguhyānsarahasyāṃśca tāñśṛṇudhvamaśeṣataḥ | śraddadhāne prayoktavyā yasya śuddhaṃ tathā manaḥ

Hear them completely, with their secrets and mysteries; they are to be taught to one who has faith and whose mind is pure.

Note on the text: Corrected शृणुद्वमशेषतः → शृणुध्वमशेषतः (misprint in Wikisource; द्व for ध्व; imperative of शृ, CE śṛṇudhvam aśeṣataḥ). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0375-0376); ce_ref left null.

Verse 5 (13.193.5)

अश्रद्दधानो मानी च ब्रह्महा गुरुतल्पगः । असम्भाष्या हि चत्वारो नैषां धर्मं प्रकाशयेत् ॥

aśraddadhāno mānī ca brahmahā gurutalpagaḥ | asambhāṣyā hi catvāro naiṣāṃ dharmaṃ prakāśayet

The man without faith, the proud man, the killer of a brahmin and the violator of his teacher's bed: these four are not to be spoken to, and one should not reveal this dharma to them.

Note on the text: Corrected गुरुतल्पग । → गुरुतल्पगः । (misprint in Wikisource; lost visarga; the nominative, CE gurutalpagaḥ). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0377-0378); ce_ref left null.

Verse 6 (13.193.6)

अहन्यहनि यो दद्यात्कपिलां द्वादशीः समाः । मासिमासि च सत्रेण यो यजेत सदा नरः ॥

ahanyahani yo dadyātkapilāṃ dvādaśīḥ samāḥ | māsimāsi ca satreṇa yo yajeta sadā naraḥ

One who every day for twelve years gives a tawny cow, and one who always performs a sacrificial session every month,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0379-0380); ce_ref left null.

Verse 7 (13.193.7)

गवां शतसहस्रं च यो दद्याज्ज्येष्ठपुष्करे । न तद्धर्मफलं तुल्यमतिथिर्यस्य तुष्यति ॥

gavāṃ śatasahasraṃ ca yo dadyājjyeṣṭhapuṣkare | na taddharmaphalaṃ tulyamatithiryasya tuṣyati

and one who gives a hundred thousand cows at Jyeshtha Pushkara: the merit of dharma of all of these does not equal that of the man with whom a guest is pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0381-0382); ce_ref left null.

Verse 8 (13.193.8)

श्रूयतां चापरो धर्मो मनुष्याणां सुखावहः । श्रद्दधानेन कर्तव्यः सरहस्यो महाफलः ॥

śrūyatāṃ cāparo dharmo manuṣyāṇāṃ sukhāvahaḥ | śraddadhānena kartavyaḥ sarahasyo mahāphalaḥ

Hear also another dharma that brings men happiness. It should be practised with faith; its secret brings great reward.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0383-0384); ce_ref left null.

Verse 9 (13.193.9)

कल्यमुत्थाय गोमध्ये गृह्य दर्भान्सहोदकान् । निषिञ्चेत गवां शृङ्गे मस्तकेन च तज्जलम् । प्रतीच्छेत निराहारस्तस्य धर्मफलं शृणु ॥

kalyamutthāya gomadhye gṛhya darbhānsahodakān | niṣiñceta gavāṃ śṛṅge mastakena ca tajjalam | pratīccheta nirāhārastasya dharmaphalaṃ śṛṇu

Rising at dawn, let him stand among the cows, take darbha grass with water, sprinkle that water on the horns of the cows, and, fasting, receive it on his head. Hear the fruit of dharma that comes to him.

Note on the text: Corrected तस्यि → तस्य (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ि; CE tasya). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0385-0387); ce_ref left null.

Verse 10 (13.193.10)

श्रूयन्ते यानि तीर्थानि त्रिषु लोकेषु कानिचित् । सिद्धचारणजुष्टानि सेवितानि महर्षिभिः । अभिषेकः समस्तेषां गवां शृङ्गोदकस्य च ॥

śrūyante yāni tīrthāni triṣu lokeṣu kānicit | siddhacāraṇajuṣṭāni sevitāni maharṣibhiḥ | abhiṣekaḥ samasteṣāṃ gavāṃ śṛṅgodakasya ca

Of all the holy places that are heard of in the three worlds, frequented by siddhas and charanas and visited by great sages, a bath in them is equal to the water from a cow's horns.

Note on the text: WS समस्तेषां is the same sandhi as CE 390a samas teṣāṃ (समः तेषाम्, "equal to all of them"); translated so. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0388-0390); ce_ref left null.

Verse 11 (13.193.11)

साधुसाध्विति चोद्दिष्टं दैवतैः पितृभिस्तथा । भूतैश्चैव सुसंहृष्टैः पूजिता साऽप्यरुन्धती ॥

sādhusādhviti coddiṣṭaṃ daivataiḥ pitṛbhistathā | bhūtaiścaiva susaṃhṛṣṭaiḥ pūjitā sā'pyarundhatī

"Well said, well said!" the gods and the ancestors declared, and the beings, greatly delighted, honoured Arundhati also.

Note on the text: The page prints no new speaker heading here and the input carried Arundhati over; the verse speaks of Arundhati in the third person ("that Arundhati too"), so it is Bhishma's narration. (In the CE the Arundhati label also runs on to 13.125.038d@014_0392.) Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0391-0392); ce_ref left null.

Verse 12 (13.193.12)

अहो धर्मो महाभागे सरहस्य उदाहृतः । वरं ददामि ते धन्ये तपस्ते वर्धतां सदा ॥

aho dharmo mahābhāge sarahasya udāhṛtaḥ | varaṃ dadāmi te dhanye tapaste vardhatāṃ sadā

"Ah, blessed lady, a dharma with its secret has been well declared! I grant you a boon, fortunate one: may your austerity always increase."

Note on the text: Corrected वर्दतां → वर्धतां (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध; वर्धताम् "may it increase", CE vardhatāṃ). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0393-0394); ce_ref left null.

Verse 13 (13.193.13)

रमणीया कथा दिव्या युष्मत्तो या मया श्रुता । श्रूयतां चित्रगुप्तस्य भाषितं मम च प्रियम् ॥

ramaṇīyā kathā divyā yuṣmatto yā mayā śrutā | śrūyatāṃ citraguptasya bhāṣitaṃ mama ca priyam

The divine and delightful tale I have heard from you is lovely. Now hear what Citragupta said, which is dear to me as well.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0395-0396); ce_ref left null.

Verse 14 (13.193.14)

रहस्यं धर्मसंयुक्तं शक्यं श्रोतुं महर्षिभिः । श्रद्दधानेन मर्त्येन आत्मनो हितमिच्छता ॥

rahasyaṃ dharmasaṃyuktaṃ śakyaṃ śrotuṃ maharṣibhiḥ | śraddadhānena martyena ātmano hitamicchatā

It is a secret bound up with dharma, which great sages can hear; a mortal who wishes his own good should hear it with faith.

Note on the text: Corrected मिच्छाता → मिच्छता (misprint in Wikisource; long ा; the participle इच्छता, CE icchatā). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0397-0398); ce_ref left null.

Verse 15 (13.193.15)

न हि पुण्यं तथा पापं कृतं किञ्चिद्विनश्यति । पर्वकाले च यत्किंचिदादित्यं चाधितिष्ठति ॥

na hi puṇyaṃ tathā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ kiñcidvinaśyati | parvakāle ca yatkiṃcidādityaṃ cādhitiṣṭhati

Neither merit nor sin that has been done is ever lost; and whatever is done at a parva season is lodged with the Sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0399-0400); ce_ref left null.

Verse 16 (13.193.16)

प्रेतलोकं गते मर्त्ये तत्तत्सर्वं विभावसुः । प्रतिजानाति पुण्यात्मा तच्च तत्रोपयुज्यते ॥

pretalokaṃ gate martye tattatsarvaṃ vibhāvasuḥ | pratijānāti puṇyātmā tacca tatropayujyate

When a mortal goes to the world of the dead, Vibhavasu, pure in soul, hands all of it back to him, and there it serves him.

Note on the text: Corrected तच्चि → तच्च (misprint in Wikisource; spurious ि; CE tac ca). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0401-0402); ce_ref left null.

Verse 17 (13.193.17)

किञ्चिद्धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामि चित्रगुप्तमतं शुभम् । पानीयं चैव दीपं च दातव्यं सततं तथा ॥

kiñciddharmaṃ pravakṣyāmi citraguptamataṃ śubham | pānīyaṃ caiva dīpaṃ ca dātavyaṃ satataṃ tathā

I shall tell some auspicious dharma, as held by Citragupta: water and a lamp must always be given.

Note on the text: Corrected किञ्चिद्धर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि → किञ्चिद्धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामि (misprint in Wikisource; lost anusvara on the object; CE dharmaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0403-0404); ce_ref left null.

Verse 18 (13.193.18)

उपानहौ च च्छत्रं च कपिला च यथातथम् । पुष्करे कपिला देया ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे ॥

upānahau ca cchatraṃ ca kapilā ca yathātatham | puṣkare kapilā deyā brāhmaṇe vedapārage

So too sandals, an umbrella, and a tawny cow, as is fitting; a tawny cow should be given at Pushkara to a brahmin who has mastered the Veda.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0405-0406); ce_ref left null.

Verse 19 (13.193.19)

अग्निहोत्रं च यत्नेन सर्वशः प्रतिपालयेत् । अयं चैवापरो धर्मश्चित्रगुप्तेन भाषितः ॥

agnihotraṃ ca yatnena sarvaśaḥ pratipālayet | ayaṃ caivāparo dharmaścitraguptena bhāṣitaḥ

He should also guard the Agnihotra carefully in every way. This is another dharma spoken by Citragupta.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0407-0408); ce_ref left null.

Verse 20 (13.193.20)

फलमस्य पृथक्त्वेन श्रोतुमर्हन्ति सत्तमाः । प्रलयं सर्वभूतैस्तु गन्तव्यं कालपर्ययात् ॥

phalamasya pṛthaktvena śrotumarhanti sattamāḥ | pralayaṃ sarvabhūtaistu gantavyaṃ kālaparyayāt

You who are the best of beings should hear the fruit of each of these in turn. All beings must go to dissolution, with the turning of time.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0409-0410); ce_ref left null.

Verse 21 (13.193.21)

तत्र दुर्गमनुप्राप्ताः क्षुत्तृष्णापरिपीडिताः । दह्यमाना विपच्यन्ते न तत्रास्ति पलायनम् ॥

tatra durgamanuprāptāḥ kṣuttṛṣṇāparipīḍitāḥ | dahyamānā vipacyante na tatrāsti palāyanam

There, having come upon a hard passage, afflicted by hunger and thirst, they are burned and cooked; there is no escape there.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0411-0412); ce_ref left null.

Verse 22 (13.193.22)

अन्धकारं तमो घोरं प्रविशन्त्यल्पबुद्धयः । तत्र धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामि येन दुर्गाणि सन्तरेत् ॥

andhakāraṃ tamo ghoraṃ praviśantyalpabuddhayaḥ | tatra dharmaṃ pravakṣyāmi yena durgāṇi santaret

The foolish enter a dense and terrible darkness. There I shall tell the dharma by which one crosses over the hard passages.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0413-0414); ce_ref left null.

Verse 23 (13.193.23)

अल्पव्ययं महार्थं च प्रेत्य चैव सुखोदयम् । पानीयस्य गुणा दिव्याः प्रेतलोके विशेषतः ॥

alpavyayaṃ mahārthaṃ ca pretya caiva sukhodayam | pānīyasya guṇā divyāḥ pretaloke viśeṣataḥ

It costs little, yields great benefit, and brings happiness after death: the divine merits of water, especially in the world of the dead.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0415-0416); ce_ref left null.

Verse 24 (13.193.24)

तत्र पुण्योदका नाम नदी तेषां विधीयते । अक्षयं सलिलं तत्र शीतलं ह्यमृतोपमम् ॥

tatra puṇyodakā nāma nadī teṣāṃ vidhīyate | akṣayaṃ salilaṃ tatra śītalaṃ hyamṛtopamam

There a river named Punyodaka is made for them; its water is imperishable, cool, and like nectar.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0417-0418); ce_ref left null.

Verse 25 (13.193.25)

स तत्र तोयं पिबति पानीयं यः प्रयच्छति । प्रदीपस्य प्रदानेन श्रूयतां गुणविस्तरः ॥

sa tatra toyaṃ pibati pānīyaṃ yaḥ prayacchati | pradīpasya pradānena śrūyatāṃ guṇavistaraḥ

He who gives drinking water drinks the water there. Now hear in full the merits of giving a lamp.

Note on the text: Corrected पीनीयं → पानीयं (misprint in Wikisource; ी for ा; पानीय "drinking water", CE pānīyaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0419-0420); ce_ref left null.

Verse 26 (13.193.26)

तमोन्धकारं नियतं दीपदो न प्रपश्यति । प्रभां चास्य प्रयच्छन्ति सोमभास्करपावकाः । देवताश्चानुमन्यन्ते विमलाः सर्वतो दिशः ॥

tamondhakāraṃ niyataṃ dīpado na prapaśyati | prabhāṃ cāsya prayacchanti somabhāskarapāvakāḥ | devatāścānumanyante vimalāḥ sarvato diśaḥ

The giver of a lamp never sees the dense darkness; the Moon, the Sun and Fire give him their light, and the gods favour him; the quarters are clear on every side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0421-0423); ce_ref left null.

Verse 27 (13.193.27)

द्योतते च यथाऽऽदित्यः प्रेतलोकगतो नरः । तस्माद्दीपः प्रदातव्यः पानीयं च विशेषतः ॥

dyotate ca yathā''dityaḥ pretalokagato naraḥ | tasmāddīpaḥ pradātavyaḥ pānīyaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

A man who has gone to the world of the dead shines like the Sun; therefore a lamp should be given, and water above all.

Note on the text: Corrected द्योततें → द्योतते (misprint in Wikisource; stray ें; द्योतते "shines", CE dyotate). Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0424-0425); ce_ref left null.

Verse 28 (13.193.28)

कपिलां ये प्रयच्छन्ति ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । पुष्करे च विशेषेण श्रूयतां तस्य यत्फलम् ॥

kapilāṃ ye prayacchanti brāhmaṇe vedapārage | puṣkare ca viśeṣeṇa śrūyatāṃ tasya yatphalam

Those who give a tawny cow to a brahmin who has mastered the Veda, and especially at Pushkara: hear the fruit of that.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0426-0427); ce_ref left null.

Verse 29 (13.193.29)

गोशतं सवृषं तेन दत्तं भवति शाश्वतम् । पापं कर्म च यत्किञ्चिद्ब्रह्महत्यासमं भवेत् । शोधयेत्कपिला ह्येका प्रदत्तं गोशतं यथा ॥

gośataṃ savṛṣaṃ tena dattaṃ bhavati śāśvatam | pāpaṃ karma ca yatkiñcidbrahmahatyāsamaṃ bhavet | śodhayetkapilā hyekā pradattaṃ gośataṃ yathā

By that he has given a hundred cows with a bull, lastingly. Whatever sinful act is equal to the killing of a brahmin, a single tawny cow, given, cleanses it, as a gift of a hundred cows would.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0428-0430); ce_ref left null.

Verse 30 (13.193.30)

तस्मात्तु कपिला देया कौमुद्यां ज्येष्ठपुष्करे । न तेषां विषमं किञ्चिन्न दुःखं न च कण्टकाः ॥

tasmāttu kapilā deyā kaumudyāṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkare | na teṣāṃ viṣamaṃ kiñcinna duḥkhaṃ na ca kaṇṭakāḥ

Therefore a tawny cow should be given on the Kaumudi full moon at Jyeshtha Pushkara. For such people there is nothing uneven, no sorrow and no thorns.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0431-0432); ce_ref left null.

Verse 31 (13.193.31)

उपानहौ च यो दद्यात्पात्रभूते द्विजोत्तमे । छत्रदाने सुखां छायां लभते परलोकगः ॥

upānahau ca yo dadyātpātrabhūte dvijottame | chatradāne sukhāṃ chāyāṃ labhate paralokagaḥ

One who gives sandals to a worthy recipient, an excellent brahmin, and the gift of an umbrella, obtains pleasant shade when he goes to the other world.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0433-0434); ce_ref left null.

Verse 32 (13.193.32)

न हि दत्तस्य दानस्य नाशोऽस्तीह कदाचन । चित्रगुप्तमतं श्रुत्वा हृष्टरोमा विभावसुः ॥

na hi dattasya dānasya nāśo'stīha kadācana | citraguptamataṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭaromā vibhāvasuḥ

What has been given is never lost here at any time. Having heard Citragupta's opinion, Vibhavasu, his hair standing on end with joy,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0435-0436); ce_ref left null.

Verse 33 (13.193.33)

उवाच देवताः सर्वाः पितॄंश्चैव महाद्युतिः । श्रुतं हि चित्रगुप्तस्य धर्मगुह्यं महात्मनः ॥

uvāca devatāḥ sarvāḥ pitṝṃścaiva mahādyutiḥ | śrutaṃ hi citraguptasya dharmaguhyaṃ mahātmanaḥ

spoke to all the gods and the ancestors, the greatly radiant one: "I have heard the secret of dharma from the great-souled Citragupta."

Note on the text: The first line is narration within Yama's account; Vibhavasu's own words begin in the second line and run to the end of the adhyaya. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0437-0438); ce_ref left null.

Verse 34 (13.193.34)

श्रद्दधानाश्च ये मर्त्या ब्राह्मणेषु महात्मसु । दानमेतत्प्रयच्छन्ति न तेषां विद्यते भयम् ॥

śraddadhānāśca ye martyā brāhmaṇeṣu mahātmasu | dānametatprayacchanti na teṣāṃ vidyate bhayam

Mortals who, with faith, give this gift to great-souled brahmins have nothing to fear.

Note on the text: The page heads the whole of this section with Yama, and the CE gives it to Yama as well (Yama reports Vibhavasu). These whole-verse words are Vibhavasu's direct speech, introduced by उवाच in the previous verse, so they are given to him; this and the next four verses are his. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0439-0440); ce_ref left null.

Verse 35 (13.193.35)

धर्मदोषास्त्विमे पञ्च येषां नास्तीह निष्कृतिः । असंभाष्या अनाचारा वर्जनीया नराधमाः ॥

dharmadoṣāstvime pañca yeṣāṃ nāstīha niṣkṛtiḥ | asaṃbhāṣyā anācārā varjanīyā narādhamāḥ

These five are the faults against dharma for which there is no atonement: they are not to be spoken to, they are ill-behaved, they are to be shunned, the lowest of men.

Note on the text: Speaker given as विभावसु; the input carried over यम. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0441-0442); ce_ref left null.

Verse 36 (13.193.36)

ब्रह्महा चैव गोघ्नश्च परदाररतश्च यः । अश्रद्दधानश्च नरः स्त्रियं यश्चोपजीवति ॥

brahmahā caiva goghnaśca paradārarataśca yaḥ | aśraddadhānaśca naraḥ striyaṃ yaścopajīvati

The killer of a brahmin, the killer of a cow, he who delights in another man's wife, the man without faith, and he who lives off a woman.

Note on the text: Speaker given as विभावसु; the input carried over यम. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0443-0444); ce_ref left null.

Verse 37 (13.193.37)

प्रेतलोकगता ह्येते नरके पापकर्मिणः । पच्यन्ते वै यथा मीनाः पूयशोणितभोजनाः ॥

pretalokagatā hyete narake pāpakarmiṇaḥ | pacyante vai yathā mīnāḥ pūyaśoṇitabhojanāḥ

Gone to the world of the dead, these sinners are cooked in hell like fish, feeding on pus and blood.

Note on the text: Speaker given as विभावसु; the input carried over यम. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0445-0446); ce_ref left null.

Verse 38 (13.193.38)

असम्भाष्याः पितॄणां च देवानां चैव पञ्च ते । स्नातकानां च विप्राणां ये चान्ये च तपोधनाः ॥

asambhāṣyāḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca devānāṃ caiva pañca te | snātakānāṃ ca viprāṇāṃ ye cānye ca tapodhanāḥ

These five are not to be spoken to by the ancestors and the gods, by Snataka brahmins, and by any other ascetics.

Note on the text: Speaker given as विभावसु; the input carried over यम. Not in the critical edition proper: Appendix I No. 14 (13.125.038d@014_0447-0448); ce_ref left null.