The Shraddha Rite and the Ancestors

Verse 1 (13.238.1)

पितृमेधः कथं देव तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि । सर्वेषां पितरः पूज्याः सर्वसम्पत्प्रदायिनः ॥

pitṛmedhaḥ kathaṃ deva tanme śaṃsitumarhasi | sarveṣāṃ pitaraḥ pūjyāḥ sarvasampatpradāyinaḥ

O god, how is the rite for the ancestors (the pitrimedha) to be performed? Please tell me. The ancestors are to be honoured by all, and they grant every kind of prosperity.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3479-3480.

Verse 2 (13.238.2)

पितृमेधं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावत्तन्मना शृणु । देशकालौ विधानं च तत्क्रियायाः शुभाशुभम् ॥

pitṛmedhaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāvattanmanā śṛṇu | deśakālau vidhānaṃ ca tatkriyāyāḥ śubhāśubham

I shall explain the pitrimedha rightly; listen to it with an attentive mind: the place and the time, the procedure, and what is auspicious and inauspicious in the performance of the rite.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3481-3482. The page heads this speech "महेश्व उवाच" (truncated); settled as महेश्वर, as the later headings print it.

Verse 3 (13.238.3)

लोकेषु पितरः पूज्या देवतानां च देवताः । शुचयो निर्मलाः पुण्या दक्षिणां दिशमाश्रिताः ॥

lokeṣu pitaraḥ pūjyā devatānāṃ ca devatāḥ | śucayo nirmalāḥ puṇyā dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśritāḥ

In the worlds the ancestors are to be honoured; they are the gods even of the gods. They are pure, spotless and holy, and they dwell in the southern quarter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3483-3484.

Verse 4 (13.238.4)

यथा वृष्टिं प्रतीक्षन्ते भूमिष्ठाः सर्वजन्तवः । पितरश्च तथा लोके पितृमेधं शुभेक्षणे ॥

yathā vṛṣṭiṃ pratīkṣante bhūmiṣṭhāḥ sarvajantavaḥ | pitaraśca tathā loke pitṛmedhaṃ śubhekṣaṇe

As all creatures that live on the earth wait for the rain, so, O lady of lovely eyes, do the ancestors in the world wait for the pitrimedha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3485-3486.

Verse 5 (13.238.5)

तस्य देशाः कुरुक्षेत्रं गया गङ्गा सरस्वती । प्रभासं पुष्करं चेति तेषु दत्तं महाफलम् ॥

tasya deśāḥ kurukṣetraṃ gayā gaṅgā sarasvatī | prabhāsaṃ puṣkaraṃ ceti teṣu dattaṃ mahāphalam

Its places are Kurukshetra, Gaya, the Ganga, the Sarasvati, Prabhasa and Pushkara; what is given in these bears great fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3487-3488.

Verse 6 (13.238.6)

तीर्थानि सरितः पुण्या विविक्तानि वनानि च । नदीनां पुलिनानीति देशाः श्राद्धस्य पूजिताः ॥

tīrthāni saritaḥ puṇyā viviktāni vanāni ca | nadīnāṃ pulinānīti deśāḥ śrāddhasya pūjitāḥ

Sacred fords, holy rivers, secluded forests and the sandbanks of rivers: these are the places praised for the shraddha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3489-3490.

Verse 7 (13.238.7)

माघप्रोष्ठपदौ मासौ श्राद्धकर्मणि पूजितौ । पक्षयोः कृष्णपक्षश्च पूर्वपक्षात्प्रशस्यते ॥

māghaproṣṭhapadau māsau śrāddhakarmaṇi pūjitau | pakṣayoḥ kṛṣṇapakṣaśca pūrvapakṣātpraśasyate

The months of Magha and Proshthapada are praised for the shraddha rite; and of the two fortnights, the dark fortnight is preferred to the bright one.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3491-3492.

Verse 8 (13.238.8)

अमावास्यां त्रयोदश्यां नवम्यां प्रतिपत्सु च । तिथिष्वेतासु तुष्यन्ति दत्तेनेह पितामहाः ॥

amāvāsyāṃ trayodaśyāṃ navamyāṃ pratipatsu ca | tithiṣvetāsu tuṣyanti datteneha pitāmahāḥ

On the new-moon day, on the thirteenth, on the ninth, and on the first days of the fortnights: on these lunar days the forefathers are pleased by what is offered here.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3493-3494.

Verse 9 (13.238.9)

पूर्वाह्णे शुक्लपक्षे च रात्रौ जन्मदिनेषु वा । युग्मेष्वहस्सु च श्राद्धं न च कुर्वीत पण्डितः ॥

pūrvāhṇe śuklapakṣe ca rātrau janmadineṣu vā | yugmeṣvahassu ca śrāddhaṃ na ca kurvīta paṇḍitaḥ

A learned man should not perform the shraddha in the forenoon, in the bright fortnight, at night, on birthdays, or on even-numbered days.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3495-3496.

Verse 10 (13.238.10)

एष कालो मया प्रोक्तः पितृमेधस्य पूजितः । यस्मिंश्च ब्राह्मणं पात्रं पश्येत्कालः स च स्मृतः ॥

eṣa kālo mayā proktaḥ pitṛmedhasya pūjitaḥ | yasmiṃśca brāhmaṇaṃ pātraṃ paśyetkālaḥ sa ca smṛtaḥ

This is the time I have declared as honoured for the pitrimedha; and whenever one finds a brahmin who is a worthy recipient, that too is remembered as the right time.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्म्णं → ब्राह्मणं (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct is broken; the CE reads brāhmaṇaṃ). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3497-3498.

Verse 11 (13.238.11)

अपाङ्क्तेया द्विजा वर्ज्या ग्राह्यास्ते पङ्क्तिपावनाः । भोजयेद्यदि पापिष्ठाञ्श्राद्धेषु नरकं व्रजेत् ॥

apāṅkteyā dvijā varjyā grāhyāste paṅktipāvanāḥ | bhojayedyadi pāpiṣṭhāñśrāddheṣu narakaṃ vrajet

Brahmins unfit to sit in the row are to be avoided; those who sanctify the row are to be accepted. If one feeds the most sinful at shraddhas, he goes to hell.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3499-3500. The second line differs in wording from the CE (pūjayed for भोजयेत्).

Verse 12 (13.238.12)

वृत्तश्रुतकुलोपेतान्सकलत्रान्गुणान्वितान् । तदर्हाञ्श्रोत्रियान्विद्धि ब्राह्मणानयुजः शुभे ॥

vṛttaśrutakulopetānsakalatrānguṇānvitān | tadarhāñśrotriyānviddhi brāhmaṇānayujaḥ śubhe

O auspicious one, know that the fit recipients are learned brahmins of good conduct, learning and family, who have wives and are endowed with virtues; they should be invited in an odd number.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3501-3502.

Verse 13 (13.238.13)

एतान्निमन्त्रयोद्विद्वान्पूर्वेद्युः प्रातरेव वा । तत्र श्राद्धक्रियां पश्चादारभेत यथाविधि ॥

etānnimantrayodvidvānpūrvedyuḥ prātareva vā | tatra śrāddhakriyāṃ paścādārabheta yathāvidhi

The wise man should invite them on the previous day, or early that very morning; and afterwards he should begin the shraddha rite according to the rule.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3503-3504.

Verse 14 (13.238.14)

त्रीणि श्राद्धे पवित्राणि दौहित्रः कुतपस्तिलाः । त्रीणि चात्र प्रशंसन्ति शौचमक्रोधमत्वरा ॥

trīṇi śrāddhe pavitrāṇi dauhitraḥ kutapastilāḥ | trīṇi cātra praśaṃsanti śaucamakrodhamatvarā

At the shraddha three things are purifying: the daughter's son, the kutapa, and sesame seeds. Three things too are praised here: purity, freedom from anger, and freedom from haste.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3505-3506.

Verse 15 (13.238.15)

कुतपः खड्गपात्रं च कुशा दर्भास्तिला मधु । कालशाकं गजच्छाया पवित्रं श्राद्धकर्मसु ॥

kutapaḥ khaḍgapātraṃ ca kuśā darbhāstilā madhu | kālaśākaṃ gajacchāyā pavitraṃ śrāddhakarmasu

The kutapa, the rhinoceros-horn vessel, kusha grass, darbha grass, sesame, honey, kalashaka greens, and the shadow of an elephant: these are purifying in shraddha rites.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गपात्रं → खड्गपात्रं (misprint in Wikisource; खङ्ग is a misspelling of खड्ग, the rhinoceros; the CE spells it khaḍga). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3507-3508. Both lines differ in wording from the CE (kutapasya ca lomāni; nīlaśākaṃ).

Verse 16 (13.238.16)

तिलानवकिरेत्तत्र नानावर्णान्समन्ततः । अशुद्धं पितृयज्ञश्च तिलैः शुध्यति शोभने ॥

tilānavakirettatra nānāvarṇānsamantataḥ | aśuddhaṃ pitṛyajñaśca tilaiḥ śudhyati śobhane

He should scatter sesame seeds of various colours all around there. O lovely one, whatever is impure in the rite for the ancestors is made pure by sesame.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3509-3510.

Verse 17 (13.238.17)

नीलकाषायवस्त्रं च भिन्नवर्णं नवव्रणम् । हीनाङ्गमशुचिं वाऽपि वर्जयेत्तत्र दूरतः ॥

nīlakāṣāyavastraṃ ca bhinnavarṇaṃ navavraṇam | hīnāṅgamaśuciṃ vā'pi varjayettatra dūrataḥ

Cloth dyed blue or ochre, a person of mottled hue, one with fresh sores, one with a limb missing, or one who is unclean: he should keep all these far away from the rite.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3511-3512. The first line differs in one word from the CE (bhinnakarṇaṃ for भिन्नवर्णं).

Verse 18 (13.238.18)

कुक्कुटांश्च वराहांश्च नग्नं क्लीबं रजस्वलाम् । आयसं त्रपुसीसं च श्राद्धकर्मणि वर्जयेत् ॥

kukkuṭāṃśca varāhāṃśca nagnaṃ klībaṃ rajasvalām | āyasaṃ trapusīsaṃ ca śrāddhakarmaṇi varjayet

Cocks and boars, a naked person, a eunuch, a menstruating woman, iron, tin and lead: he should keep all these out of the shraddha rite.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3513-3514.

Verse 19 (13.238.19)

मांसैः प्रीणन्ति पितरो मुद्गमाषयवैरिह । शशरौरवमांसेन षण्मासं तृप्तिरिष्यते ॥

māṃsaiḥ prīṇanti pitaro mudgamāṣayavairiha | śaśarauravamāṃsena ṣaṇmāsaṃ tṛptiriṣyate

Here the ancestors are gratified with meat, and with green gram, black gram and barley. With the flesh of the hare and of the ruru deer, their satisfaction is declared to last six months.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3515-3516.

Verse 20 (13.238.20)

संवत्सरं च गव्येन हविषा पायसेन च । वार्ध्रीणसस्य मांसेन तृप्तिर्द्वादशवार्षिकी ॥

saṃvatsaraṃ ca gavyena haviṣā pāyasena ca | vārdhrīṇasasya māṃsena tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī

With an oblation of cow's produce and with milk-rice, their satisfaction lasts a year; with the flesh of the vardhrinasa, their satisfaction lasts twelve years.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3517-3518.

Verse 21 (13.238.21)

आनन्त्याय भवेद्दत्तं खड्गमांसं पितृक्षये । पायसं सतिलं क्षौद्रं खड्गमांसेन सम्मितम् ॥

ānantyāya bhaveddattaṃ khaḍgamāṃsaṃ pitṛkṣaye | pāyasaṃ satilaṃ kṣaudraṃ khaḍgamāṃsena sammitam

What is given at the ancestors' rite as rhinoceros flesh becomes endless in its fruit; milk-rice with sesame and honey is held equal to rhinoceros flesh.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गमांसं → खड्गमांसं (misprint in Wikisource; खङ्ग is a misspelling of खड्ग, the rhinoceros; the CE reads khaḍgamāṃsaṃ). Corrected खङ्गमांसेन → खड्गमांसेन (misprint in Wikisource; same misspelling). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3519-3520.

Verse 22 (13.238.22)

महाशकलिनो मत्स्याश्छागो वा सर्वलोहितः । कालशाकमितीत्येव तदानन्त्याय कल्पितम् ॥

mahāśakalino matsyāśchāgo vā sarvalohitaḥ | kālaśākamitītyeva tadānantyāya kalpitam

Large-scaled fish, or a goat that is wholly red, or kalashaka greens: so too is each of these ordained as bringing endless satisfaction.

Note on the text: Corrected मस्या → मत्स्या (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct त्स is dropped; the CE reads matsyāś). Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3521-3522. Both lines differ in wording from the CE (mahāśaphariṇo; kālaśākakam … prakīrtitam).

Verse 23 (13.238.23)

सापूपं सामिषं स्निग्धमाहारमुपकल्पयेत् । उपकल्प्य तदाहारं ब्राह्मणानर्चयेत्ततः ॥

sāpūpaṃ sāmiṣaṃ snigdhamāhāramupakalpayet | upakalpya tadāhāraṃ brāhmaṇānarcayettataḥ

He should prepare food with cakes, with meat, and rich with ghee; and when he has prepared that food, he should then honour the brahmins.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3523-3524.

Verse 24 (13.238.24)

श्मश्रुकर्मशिरः स्नातान्समारोप्यासनं क्रमात् । सुगन्धमाल्याभरणैः स्नग्भिरेतान्विभूषयेत् ॥

śmaśrukarmaśiraḥ snātānsamāropyāsanaṃ kramāt | sugandhamālyābharaṇaiḥ snagbhiretānvibhūṣayet

Having had them trimmed of beard and bathed up to the head, he should seat them in order, and adorn them with fragrant garlands, ornaments and wreaths.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3525-3526.

Verse 25 (13.238.25)

अलङ्कृत्योपविष्टांस्तान्पिण्डावापं निवेदयेत् ॥

alaṅkṛtyopaviṣṭāṃstānpiṇḍāvāpaṃ nivedayet

Having adorned them and seated them, he should announce to them the offering of the rice-balls.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3527. Wikisource prints this verse as a single line (13-238-25a), as does the CE.

Verse 26 (13.238.26)

ततः प्रस्तीर्य दर्भाणां प्रस्तरं दक्षिणामुखम् । तत्समीपेऽग्निमिद्ध्वा च स्वधां च जुहुयात्ततः । समीपे त्वग्नीषोमाभ्यां पितृभ्यो जुहुयात्तदा ॥

tataḥ prastīrya darbhāṇāṃ prastaraṃ dakṣiṇāmukham | tatsamīpe'gnimiddhvā ca svadhāṃ ca juhuyāttataḥ | samīpe tvagnīṣomābhyāṃ pitṛbhyo juhuyāttadā

Then, spreading a strew of darbha grass facing south and kindling a fire near it, he should offer the svadha. And near it he should then make offerings to Agni and Soma, and to the ancestors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3528-3530. Three-line verse, as on the page (13-238-26a-c). Small wording differences from the CE in the second and third lines.

Verse 27 (13.238.27)

तथा दर्भेषु पिण्डांस्त्रीन्निर्वपेद्दक्षिणामुखः । अपसव्यमपाङ्गुष्ठं नामधेयपुरस्कृतम् ॥

tathā darbheṣu piṇḍāṃstrīnnirvapeddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ | apasavyamapāṅguṣṭhaṃ nāmadheyapuraskṛtam

Then, facing south, he should set three rice-balls on the darbha grass, with the sacred thread worn over the right shoulder, without the thumb, and naming the name first.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3531-3532.

Verse 28 (13.238.28)

एतेन विधिना दत्तं पितॄणामक्षयं भवेत् । ततो विप्रान्यथाशक्ति पूजयेन्नियतः शुचिः । सदक्षिणं ससम्भारं यथा तुष्यन्ति ते द्विजाः ॥

etena vidhinā dattaṃ pitṝṇāmakṣayaṃ bhavet | tato viprānyathāśakti pūjayenniyataḥ śuciḥ | sadakṣiṇaṃ sasambhāraṃ yathā tuṣyanti te dvijāḥ

What is given by this rule becomes imperishable for the ancestors. Then, self-controlled and pure, he should honour the brahmins as far as his means allow, with the fee and all the requisites, so that those twice-born are pleased.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3533-3535. Three-line verse, as on the page (13-238-28a-c). The second line differs from the CE (yathākāmaṃ for यथाशक्ति).

Verse 29 (13.238.29)

यत्र तत्क्रियते तत्र न जल्पन्न जपेन्मिथः । नियम्य वाच्यं देहं च श्राद्धकर्म समारभेत् ॥

yatra tatkriyate tatra na jalpanna japenmithaḥ | niyamya vācyaṃ dehaṃ ca śrāddhakarma samārabhet

Where the rite is performed, he should neither chatter nor mutter prayers to one another. Having restrained his speech and body, he should begin the shraddha rite.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3538-3539. The CE has two further lines before these (3536-3537, on the ritual and the Vaishvadeva offering) that Wikisource lacks; the first line here differs in wording (aśrūn na pātayet in the CE). The second line has वाच्यं, a valid word, kept; the CE reads vācaṃ (speech).

Verse 30 (13.238.30)

ततो निर्वपने वृत्ते तान्पिण्डांस्तदनन्तरम् । ब्राह्मणोऽग्निरजो गौर्वा भक्षयेदप्सु वा क्षिपेत् ॥

tato nirvapane vṛtte tānpiṇḍāṃstadanantaram | brāhmaṇo'gnirajo gaurvā bhakṣayedapsu vā kṣipet

Then, when the offering of the balls is done, afterwards a brahmin, or fire, or a goat or a cow should eat those balls, or he should throw them into the water.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3540-3541.

Verse 31 (13.238.31)

पत्नीं वा मध्यमं पिण्डं पुत्रकामो हि प्राशयेत् । आधत्त पितरो गर्भं कुमारं पुष्करस्रजम् ॥

patnīṃ vā madhyamaṃ piṇḍaṃ putrakāmo hi prāśayet | ādhatta pitaro garbhaṃ kumāraṃ puṣkarasrajam

Or a man who desires a son should have his wife eat the middle ball, saying: "Ancestors, place in her a boy wearing a garland of lotuses."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3542-3543.

Verse 32 (13.238.32)

तृप्तानुत्थाप्य तान्विप्रानन्नशेषं निवेदयेत् । तच्छेषं बहुभिः पश्चात्सभृत्यो भक्षयेन्नरः ॥

tṛptānutthāpya tānviprānannaśeṣaṃ nivedayet | taccheṣaṃ bahubhiḥ paścātsabhṛtyo bhakṣayennaraḥ

Having had the satisfied brahmins rise, he should present the remaining food to them; afterwards the man should eat the rest of it, together with many others and his dependants.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3544-3545.

Verse 33 (13.238.33)

एष प्रोक्तः समासेन पितृयज्ञः सनातनः । पितरस्तेन तुष्यन्ति कर्ता च फलमाप्नुयात् ॥

eṣa proktaḥ samāsena pitṛyajñaḥ sanātanaḥ | pitarastena tuṣyanti kartā ca phalamāpnuyāt

This eternal sacrifice to the ancestors has been stated in brief; by it the ancestors are pleased, and the performer gains its fruit.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3546-3547.

Verse 34 (13.238.34)

अहन्यहनि वा कुर्यान्मासेमासेऽथवा पुनः । संवत्सरं द्विः कुर्याच्च चतुर्वाऽपि स्वशक्तितः ॥

ahanyahani vā kuryānmāsemāse'thavā punaḥ | saṃvatsaraṃ dviḥ kuryācca caturvā'pi svaśaktitaḥ

He may perform it every day, or every month; or twice a year, or four times, according to his ability.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3548-3549. Wording differs slightly from the CE in the second line.

Verse 35 (13.238.35)

दीर्घायुश्च भवेत्स्वस्थः पितृमेधेन वा पुनः । सपुत्रो बहुभृत्यश्च प्रभूतधनधान्यवान् ॥

dīrghāyuśca bhavetsvasthaḥ pitṛmedhena vā punaḥ | saputro bahubhṛtyaśca prabhūtadhanadhānyavān

By the pitrimedha a man becomes long-lived and healthy, blessed with sons and many attendants, and rich in wealth and grain.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3550-3551. The first line differs in wording from the CE (mānavaḥ for वा पुनः).

Verse 36 (13.238.36)

श्राद्धदः स्वर्गमाप्नोति निर्मलं विविधात्मकम् । अप्सरोगणसंघुष्टं विरजस्कमनन्तरम् ॥

śrāddhadaḥ svargamāpnoti nirmalaṃ vividhātmakam | apsarogaṇasaṃghuṣṭaṃ virajaskamanantaram

The giver of shraddha attains heaven, spotless and of many kinds, resounding with hosts of apsarases, free of dust, and reached without delay.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3552-3553. Wording differs from the CE in both lines (vividhādbhutam; anantakam).

Verse 37 (13.238.37)

श्राद्धानि पुष्टिकामा वै ये प्रकुर्वन्ति पण्डिताः । तेषां पुष्टिं प्रजां चैव दास्यन्ति पितरः सदा ॥

śrāddhāni puṣṭikāmā vai ye prakurvanti paṇḍitāḥ | teṣāṃ puṣṭiṃ prajāṃ caiva dāsyanti pitaraḥ sadā

The learned who perform shraddhas out of a desire for prosperity are always granted prosperity and offspring by the ancestors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3554-3555. The first line differs slightly in wording from the CE.

Verse 38 (13.238.38)

धन्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं स्वर्ग्यं शत्रुविनाशनम् । कुलसन्धारकं चेति श्राद्धमाहुर्मनीषिणः ॥

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ śatruvināśanam | kulasandhārakaṃ ceti śrāddhamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

It gives wealth, fame and long life, leads to heaven, destroys enemies, and upholds the family: thus the wise describe the shraddha.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3556-3557. The second line differs from the CE (kulasaṃdhāraṇaṃ ceti).

Verse 39 (13.238.39)

भगवन्देवदेवेश मृतास्ते भुवि जन्तवः । नानाजातिषु जायन्ते शीघ्रं कर्मवशात्पुनः ॥

bhagavandevadeveśa mṛtāste bhuvi jantavaḥ | nānājātiṣu jāyante śīghraṃ karmavaśātpunaḥ

O Lord, god of gods, creatures that die on earth are soon born again in various births, by the force of their deeds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3558-3559.

Verse 40 (13.238.40)

पितरः स्वस्ति ते तत्र कथं तिष्ठन्ति देववत् । पितॄणां कतमो देशः पिण्डानश्नन्ति वै कथम् ॥

pitaraḥ svasti te tatra kathaṃ tiṣṭhanti devavat | pitṝṇāṃ katamo deśaḥ piṇḍānaśnanti vai katham

Then how do the ancestors abide there in well-being, like gods? Which is the region of the ancestors, and how do they eat the rice-balls?

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3560-3561. The first line differs in wording from the CE (pitaras tv iti te tatra).

Verse 41 (13.238.41)

अन्ने दत्ते मृतानां तु कथमाप्यायनं भवेत् । एवं मया संशयितं भगवन्वक्तुमर्हसि ॥

anne datte mṛtānāṃ tu kathamāpyāyanaṃ bhavet | evaṃ mayā saṃśayitaṃ bhagavanvaktumarhasi

When food is given for the dead, how does it nourish them? This is my doubt, O Lord; you should resolve it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3562-3563.

Verse 42 (13.238.42)

एतद्विरुद्धं पृच्छन्त्यां रुद्राण्यां परिषद्भृशम् । बभूव सर्वा मुदिता श्रोतुं हि परमं हितम् ॥

etadviruddhaṃ pṛcchantyāṃ rudrāṇyāṃ pariṣadbhṛśam | babhūva sarvā muditā śrotuṃ hi paramaṃ hitam

When Rudrani put this seemingly contradictory question, the whole assembly was greatly delighted, for it was supremely beneficial to hear.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3564-3565. The second line differs in wording from the CE. The speaker is the page's heading "नारद उवाच", kept.

Verse 43 (13.238.43)

स्थाने संशयितं देवि शृणु कल्याणि तत्वतः । गुह्यानां परमं गुह्यं हितानां परमं हितम् ॥

sthāne saṃśayitaṃ devi śṛṇu kalyāṇi tatvataḥ | guhyānāṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ hitānāṃ paramaṃ hitam

Your doubt is well placed, O goddess; listen to the truth, O auspicious one. It is the most secret of secrets and the most beneficial of what benefits.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3566-3567. The second line differs in wording from the CE (khilānāṃ paramaṃ khilam).

Verse 44 (13.238.44)

यथा देवगणा देवि तथा पितृगणाः प्रिये । दक्षिणस्यां दिशि शुभे सर्वे पितृगणाः स्थिताः ॥

yathā devagaṇā devi tathā pitṛgaṇāḥ priye | dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi śubhe sarve pitṛgaṇāḥ sthitāḥ

As there are hosts of gods, beloved, so there are hosts of ancestors. All the hosts of ancestors dwell in the auspicious southern quarter.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3568-3569.

Verse 45 (13.238.45)

प्रेतानुद्दिश्य या पूजा क्रियते मानुषैरिह । तेन तुष्यन्ति पितरो न प्रेताः पितरः स्मृताः ॥

pretānuddiśya yā pūjā kriyate mānuṣairiha | tena tuṣyanti pitaro na pretāḥ pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ

The worship that humans perform here with the departed spirits in view pleases the ancestors; the departed spirits themselves are not remembered as ancestors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3570-3571.

Verse 46 (13.238.46)

उत्तरस्यां यथा देवा रमन्ते यज्ञकर्मभिः । दक्षिणस्यां तथा देवि तुष्यन्ति विविधैर्मखैः ॥

uttarasyāṃ yathā devā ramante yajñakarmabhiḥ | dakṣiṇasyāṃ tathā devi tuṣyanti vividhairmakhaiḥ

As the gods delight in the north in sacrificial rites, so, O goddess, in the south the ancestors are pleased by sacrifices of many kinds.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3572-3573. The second line differs in wording from the CE (tathā te ca).

Verse 47 (13.238.47)

द्विविधं क्रियते कर्म हव्यकव्यसमाश्रितम् । तयोर्हव्यक्रिया देवान्कव्यमाप्यायते पितॄन् ॥

dvividhaṃ kriyate karma havyakavyasamāśritam | tayorhavyakriyā devānkavyamāpyāyate pitṝn

Two kinds of rite are performed, resting on havya and kavya. Of these, the havya rite nourishes the gods, and kavya nourishes the ancestors.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3574-3575. The second line differs from the CE (āpyāyayet for आप्यायते). Wikisource ends this verse with a single danda; the input already carries the verse-end mark.

Verse 48 (13.238.48)

प्रसव्यं मङ्गलैर्द्रव्यैर्हव्यकर्म विधीयते । अपसव्यममङ्गल्यैः कव्यं चापि विधीयते ॥

prasavyaṃ maṅgalairdravyairhavyakarma vidhīyate | apasavyamamaṅgalyaiḥ kavyaṃ cāpi vidhīyate

The havya rite is performed in the prasavya manner, with auspicious materials; the kavya rite is performed in the apasavya manner, with materials that are not auspicious.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3576-3577.

Verse 49 (13.238.49)

सदेवासुरगन्धर्वाः पितॄनभ्यर्चयन्ति च । आप्यायन्ते च ते श्राद्धैः पुनराप्याययन्ति तान् ॥

sadevāsuragandharvāḥ pitṝnabhyarcayanti ca | āpyāyante ca te śrāddhaiḥ punarāpyāyayanti tān

The gods, asuras and gandharvas also worship the ancestors; and the ancestors, nourished by shraddhas, nourish them in return.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3578-3579. The second line differs in wording from the CE (āpyāyitāś ca te).

Verse 50 (13.238.50)

अनिष्टा च पितॄन्पूर्वं यः क्रियां प्रकरोति चेत् । रक्षांसि च पिशाचाश्च फलं भोक्ष्यन्ति तस्य तत् ॥

aniṣṭā ca pitṝnpūrvaṃ yaḥ kriyāṃ prakaroti cet | rakṣāṃsi ca piśācāśca phalaṃ bhokṣyanti tasya tat

If a man performs the rite without first having worshipped the ancestors, rakshasas and pishachas will eat the fruit of it.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3580-3581.

Verse 51 (13.238.51)

हव्यकव्यक्रियास्तस्मात्कर्तव्या भुवि मानुषैः । कर्मक्षेत्रं हि मानुष्यं तदन्यत्र न विद्यते ॥

havyakavyakriyāstasmātkartavyā bhuvi mānuṣaiḥ | karmakṣetraṃ hi mānuṣyaṃ tadanyatra na vidyate

Therefore humans on earth must perform the havya and kavya rites; for the human state is the field of action, and there is none other elsewhere.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3582-3583.

Verse 52 (13.238.52)

कव्येन सन्ततिर्दृष्टा हव्ये भूतिः पृथग्विधाः । इति ते कथितं देवि देवगुह्यं सनातनम् ॥

kavyena santatirdṛṣṭā havye bhūtiḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ | iti te kathitaṃ devi devaguhyaṃ sanātanam

Offspring is seen to come from kavya, and prosperity of various kinds from havya. Thus, O goddess, I have told you this eternal secret of the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition proper (vulgate recension); parallel text in Appendix I No. 15 (after 13.134.57d), lines 3584-3585.