Atonements for Accepting Gifts and Forbidden Food

Verse 1 (13.199.1)

उक्तास्तु भवता भोज्यास्तथाऽभोज्याश्च सर्वशः । अत्र मे प्रश्नसन्देहस्तन्मे वद पितामह ॥

uktāstu bhavatā bhojyāstathā'bhojyāśca sarvaśaḥ | atra me praśnasandehastanme vada pitāmaha

You have described in full whose food is to be eaten and whose is not. I still have a doubt on one question; please resolve it for me, grandfather.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0042-0043 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0042-0043). This whole adhyaya is vulgate/southern-manuscript text only; in the CE it is part of App. I No. 14A (13,125.038d@014A_0001-0090, spanning Wikisource adhyayas 198-199), inserted after 13.125.38. Wikisource's first row ran together the speaker heading ('[युधिष्ठिर उवाच ।', page row 13-199-1x, with an opening bracket) with the verse; the heading and bracket are dropped from the Sanskrit and the heading made the speaker.

Verse 2 (13.199.2)

ब्राह्मणानां विशेषेण हव्यकव्यप्रतिग्रहे । नानाविधेषु भोज्येषु प्रायश्चित्तानि शंस मे ॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣeṇa havyakavyapratigrahe | nānāvidheṣu bhojyeṣu prāyaścittāni śaṃsa me

Tell me the atonements for brahmins, especially in accepting offerings meant for the gods and the ancestors, and in the many kinds of food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0044-0045 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0044-0045).

Verse 3 (13.199.3)

हन्त वक्ष्यामि ते राजन्ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनाम् । प्रतिग्रहेषु भोज्ये च मुच्यते येन पाप्मनः ॥

hanta vakṣyāmi te rājanbrāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām | pratigraheṣu bhojye ca mucyate yena pāpmanaḥ

Very well, O king. I shall tell you by what means great-souled brahmins are freed from sin in accepting gifts and in eating.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0046-0047 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0046-0047).

Verse 4 (13.199.4)

घृतप्रतिग्रहे चैव सावित्री समिदाहुतिः । तिलप्रतिग्रहे चैव सममेतद्युधिष्ठिर ॥

ghṛtapratigrahe caiva sāvitrī samidāhutiḥ | tilapratigrahe caiva samametadyudhiṣṭhira

For accepting ghee, the atonement is the Savitri together with an offering of kindling sticks; and the same, Yudhishthira, holds for accepting sesame.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0048-0049 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0048-0049).

Verse 5 (13.199.5)

मांसप्रतिग्रहे चैव मधुनो लवणस्य च । आदित्योदयनं स्थित्वा पूतो भवति ब्राह्मणः ॥

māṃsapratigrahe caiva madhuno lavaṇasya ca | ādityodayanaṃ sthitvā pūto bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ

For accepting meat, honey or salt, a brahmin becomes pure by standing until sunrise.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0050-0051 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0050-0051).

Verse 6 (13.199.6)

काञ्चनं प्रतिगृह्याथ जपमानो गुरुश्रुतिम् । कृष्णायसं च विवृतं धारयन्मुच्यते द्विजः ॥

kāñcanaṃ pratigṛhyātha japamāno guruśrutim | kṛṣṇāyasaṃ ca vivṛtaṃ dhārayanmucyate dvijaḥ

Having accepted gold, a brahmin is freed by reciting the sacred text learned from his teacher and by wearing black iron openly, for all to see.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0052-0053 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0052-0053). CE reads कृष्णायसं च त्रिवृतं (trivṛtaṃ) against Wikisource's विवृतं (recension variant, kept).

Verse 7 (13.199.7)

एवं प्रतिगृहीतेऽथ धने वस्त्रे तथा स्त्रियाम् । एवमेव नरश्रेष्ठ सुवर्णस्य प्रतिग्रहे ॥

evaṃ pratigṛhīte'tha dhane vastre tathā striyām | evameva naraśreṣṭha suvarṇasya pratigrahe

The same holds, best of men, when wealth, clothing or a woman has been accepted, and likewise in accepting gold.

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. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0054-0055).

Verse 8 (13.199.8)

अन्नप्रतिग्रहे चैव पायसेक्षुरसे तथा । इक्षुतैलपवित्राणां त्रिसन्ध्येऽप्सु निमज्जनम् ॥

annapratigrahe caiva pāyasekṣurase tathā | ikṣutailapavitrāṇāṃ trisandhye'psu nimajjanam

In accepting cooked food, rice boiled in milk, sugarcane juice, sugarcane products, oil and purifying articles, one should bathe in water at the three junctures of the day.

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. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0056-0057).

Verse 9 (13.199.9)

व्रीहौ पुष्पे फले चैव जले पिष्टमये तथा । यावके दधिदुग्धे च सावित्रीं शतशोऽन्विताम् ॥

vrīhau puṣpe phale caiva jale piṣṭamaye tathā | yāvake dadhidugdhe ca sāvitrīṃ śataśo'nvitām

In accepting rice, flowers, fruit, water, things made of flour, barley gruel, curds and milk, he should recite the Savitri a hundred times.

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. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0058-0059).

Verse 10 (13.199.10)

उपानहौ च च्छत्रं च प्रतिगृह्यौर्ध्वदेहिके । जपेच्छतं समायुक्तस्तेन मुच्यते पाप्मना ॥

upānahau ca cchatraṃ ca pratigṛhyaurdhvadehike | japecchataṃ samāyuktastena mucyate pāpmanā

Having accepted sandals and an umbrella at a rite for the departed, he should recite a hundred times with a composed mind, and by that he is freed from the sin.

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. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0060-0061). CE reads उपानहौ च वस्त्रं च (vastraṃ) against Wikisource's च्छत्रं (recension variant, kept).

Verse 11 (13.199.11)

क्षेत्रप्रतिग्रहे चैव ग्रहसूतकयोस्तथा । त्रीणि रात्राण्युपोषित्वा तेन पापाद्विमुच्यते ॥

kṣetrapratigrahe caiva grahasūtakayostathā | trīṇi rātrāṇyupoṣitvā tena pāpādvimucyate

In accepting a field, or from one who is imprisoned or one who is in the impurity of a birth or death, he is freed from that sin by fasting for three nights.

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. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0062-0063). CE reads तेन पाप्मा विमुच्यते (pāpmā vimucyate) against Wikisource's पापाद्विमुच्यते (recension variant, kept).

Verse 12 (13.199.12)

कृष्णपक्षे तु यः श्राद्धं पितॄणामश्नुते द्विजः । अन्नमेतदहोरात्रात्पूतो भवति ब्राह्मणः ॥

kṛṣṇapakṣe tu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāmaśnute dvijaḥ | annametadahorātrātpūto bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ

A twice-born who eats at the shraddha for the ancestors held in the dark fortnight becomes pure, as to that food, after a day and a night.

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. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0064-0065).

Verse 13 (13.199.13)

न च सन्ध्यामुपासीत न च जाप्यं प्रवर्तयेत् । न सङ्किरेत्तदन्नं च ततः पूयेत ब्राह्मणः ॥

na ca sandhyāmupāsīta na ca jāpyaṃ pravartayet | na saṅkirettadannaṃ ca tataḥ pūyeta brāhmaṇaḥ

He should not perform the twilight worship, nor carry on his recitation, nor eat that food again; thereby the brahmin is purified.

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. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0066-0067). CE reads तथा पूयेत (tathā pūyeta) against Wikisource's ततः पूयेत (recension variant, kept).

Verse 14 (13.199.14)

इत्यर्थमपराह्णे तु पितॄणां श्राद्धमुच्यते । यथोक्तानां यदश्नीयुर्ब्राह्मणाः पूर्वकेतिताः ॥

ityarthamaparāhṇe tu pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhamucyate | yathoktānāṃ yadaśnīyurbrāhmaṇāḥ pūrvaketitāḥ

For this reason the shraddha of the ancestors is prescribed for the afternoon, so that the brahmins invited beforehand may eat what has been laid down.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0068-0069 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0068-0069). Corrected अपराङ्णे → अपराह्णे (misprint in Wikisource; CE 14A_0068 aparāhṇe, and the page's own gloss reads अपराह्णे).

Verse 15 (13.199.15)

मृतकस्य तृतीयाहे ब्राह्मणो योऽन्नमश्नुते । स त्रिवेलं समुन्मज्ज्य द्वादशाहेन शुध्यति ॥

mṛtakasya tṛtīyāhe brāhmaṇo yo'nnamaśnute | sa trivelaṃ samunmajjya dvādaśāhena śudhyati

A brahmin who eats food on the third day after a death becomes pure in twelve days by dipping himself three times a day.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0070-0071 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0070-0071).

Verse 16 (13.199.16)

द्वादशाहे व्यतीते तु कृतशौचो विशेषतः । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो हविर्दत्त्वा मुच्यते तेन पाप्मना ॥

dvādaśāhe vyatīte tu kṛtaśauco viśeṣataḥ | brāhmaṇebhyo havirdattvā mucyate tena pāpmanā

When the twelve days have passed, having performed purification with special care and given food to brahmins, he is freed from that sin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0072-0073 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0072-0073).

Verse 17 (13.199.17)

मृतस्य दशरात्रेण प्रायश्चित्तानि दापयेत् । सावित्रीं रैवतीमिष्टिं कूश्माण्डमघमर्षणम् ॥

mṛtasya daśarātreṇa prāyaścittāni dāpayet | sāvitrīṃ raivatīmiṣṭiṃ kūśmāṇḍamaghamarṣaṇam

On behalf of the dead, over ten nights, one should have the atonements performed: the Savitri, the Raivati, the Ishti, the Kushmanda verses and the Aghamarshana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0074-0075 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0074-0075).

Verse 18 (13.199.18)

मृतकस्य त्रिरात्रे यः समुद्दिष्टे समश्नुते । सप्तत्रिषवणं स्नात्वा पूतो भवति ब्राह्मणः ॥

mṛtakasya trirātre yaḥ samuddiṣṭe samaśnute | saptatriṣavaṇaṃ snātvā pūto bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ

A brahmin who eats at the prescribed three-night observance for the dead becomes pure by bathing at the three pressings of the day for seven days.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0076-0077 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0076-0077).

Verse 19 (13.199.19)

सिद्धिमाप्नोति विपुलामापदं चैव नाप्नुयात् ॥

siddhimāpnoti vipulāmāpadaṃ caiva nāpnuyāt

He attains great success and meets with no misfortune.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: line 0078 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0078). The line stands alone as a half-verse in Wikisource, as it does in the CE (line 0078 alone).

Verse 20 (13.199.20)

यस्तु शूद्रैः समश्नीयाद्ब्राह्मणोऽप्येकभोजने । अशौचं विधिवत्तस्य शौचमत्र विधीयते ॥

yastu śūdraiḥ samaśnīyādbrāhmaṇo'pyekabhojane | aśaucaṃ vidhivattasya śaucamatra vidhīyate

A brahmin who eats together with shudras at one meal: for him, who is impure, purification is duly prescribed in this case.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0079-0080 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0079-0080). CE reads शौचमात्रं (śaucamātraṃ) against Wikisource's शौचमत्र (recension variant, kept).

Verse 21 (13.199.21)

यस्तु वैश्यैः सहाश्नीयाद्ब्राह्मणोऽप्येकभोजने । स वै त्रिरात्रं दीक्षित्वा मुच्यते तेन कर्मणा ॥

yastu vaiśyaiḥ sahāśnīyādbrāhmaṇo'pyekabhojane | sa vai trirātraṃ dīkṣitvā mucyate tena karmaṇā

A brahmin who eats together with vaishyas at one meal is freed from that act by undergoing consecration for three nights.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0081-0082 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0081-0082).

Verse 22 (13.199.22)

क्षत्रियैः सह योऽश्नीयाद्ब्राह्मणोऽप्येकभोजने । आप्लुतः सह वासोभिस्तेन मुच्येत पाप्मना ॥

kṣatriyaiḥ saha yo'śnīyādbrāhmaṇo'pyekabhojane | āplutaḥ saha vāsobhistena mucyeta pāpmanā

A brahmin who eats together with kshatriyas at one meal is freed from that sin by bathing, clothes and all.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0083-0084 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0083-0084).

Verse 23 (13.199.23)

शूद्रस्य तु कुलं हन्ति वैश्यस्य पशुबान्धवान् । क्षत्रियस्य श्रियं हन्ति ब्राह्मणस्य सुवर्चसम् ॥

śūdrasya tu kulaṃ hanti vaiśyasya paśubāndhavān | kṣatriyasya śriyaṃ hanti brāhmaṇasya suvarcasam

It destroys the family in the case of a shudra, the cattle and kinsmen in the case of a vaishya, prosperity in the case of a kshatriya, and splendour in the case of a brahmin.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0085-0086 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0085-0086). Corrected शूद्रास्य → शूद्रस्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE 14A_0085 śūdrasya).

Verse 24 (13.199.24)

प्रायश्चित्तं च शान्तिं च जुहुयात्तेन मुच्यते । सावित्रीं रैवतीमिष्टिं कूश्माण्डमघमर्षणम् ॥

prāyaścittaṃ ca śāntiṃ ca juhuyāttena mucyate | sāvitrīṃ raivatīmiṣṭiṃ kūśmāṇḍamaghamarṣaṇam

He should make an offering for atonement and for peace, and by it he is freed: the Savitri, the Raivati, the Ishti, the Kushmanda verses and the Aghamarshana.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0087-0088 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0087-0088).

Verse 25 (13.199.25)

तथोच्छिष्टमथान्योन्यं सम्प्राशेन्नात्र संशयः । रोचना विरजा रात्रिर्मङ्गलालम्भनानि च ॥

tathocchiṣṭamathānyonyaṃ samprāśennātra saṃśayaḥ | rocanā virajā rātrirmaṅgalālambhanāni ca

In the same way, and mutually, he should partake of one another's leftovers, without doubt; and he should use rochana, durva grass, turmeric, and the auspicious touchings.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's constituted text: lines 0089-0090 of the CE's inline Appendix I passage (App. I No. 14A, printed after 13.125.38 as 13,125.038d@014A_0089-0090). CE reads अथोच्छिष्टम् (athocchiṣṭam) against Wikisource's तथोच्छिष्टम् (recension variant, kept).