The Nitya, Vriddhi, and Ekoddishta Shraddhas

Verse 1 (garuda.1.219.1)

ब्रह्मोवाच । नित्यश्राद्धं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्ववत्तद्विशेषवत् । ओं अमुकगोत्राणामस्मत्पितृपितामहानां अमुकशर्मणां सपत्नीकानां श्राद्धं सिद्धान्नेन युष्मास्वहं करिष्ये । आसनादिकमत्र स्याद्विश्वेदेवाविवर्जितम्

brahmovāca nityaśrāddhaṁ pravakṣyāmi pūrvavattadviśeṣavat oṁ amukagotrāṇāmasmatpitṛpitāmahānāṁ amukaśarmaṇāṁ sapatnīkānāṁ śrāddhaṁ siddhānnena yuṣmāsvahaṁ kariṣye āsanādikamatra syādviśvedevāvivarjitam

Brahma said: Now I shall describe the Nitya-Shraddha (daily ancestor-rite), which follows the same pattern as before but with certain distinctions. 'Om, to our father and grandfather of such-and-such gotra, named such-and-such sharman, together with your wife — I shall perform this Shraddha for you with cooked food.' Here the seating and the rest are done without the Vishvadevas.

Verse 2 (garuda.1.219.2)

वृद्धिश्राद्धं प्रवक्ष्यामि पूर्ववत्तद्विशेषकम् । जातपुत्रमुखदर्शनादौ वृद्धि श्राद्धं पूर्वाभिमुखेषु दक्षिणोपवीतिषु सयवबदरकुशैर्देवतीर्थेन नमस्कारान्तेन दक्षिणोपचारेण कर्तव्यम्

vṛddhiśrāddhaṁ pravakṣyāmi pūrvavattadviśeṣakam jātaputramukhadarśanādau vṛddhi śrāddhaṁ pūrvābhimukheṣu dakṣiṇopavītiṣu sayavabadarakuśairdevatīrthena namaskārāntena dakṣiṇopacāreṇa kartavyam

Now I shall describe the Vriddhi-Shraddha (prosperity-rite), which follows the same pattern but is distinct. Performed on auspicious occasions such as beholding a newborn son's face, it should be done facing east, with the sacred thread over the right shoulder, using barley, jujube, and kusha, with the deva-tirtha, ending in obeisance, following the southern (right-hand) procedure.

Verse 3 (garuda.1.219.3)

दक्षिणजानु गृहीत्वा अद्यास्मदीयामुकवृद्धौ अमुकगात्राणामस्मत्प्रपितामहीपितामहीमातॄणाममुकदेवीनाममुकगोत्राणां श्राद्धे कर्तव्ये वसुसत्यसंज्ञकानां विश्वेषां देवानां श्राद्धं सिद्धान्नेनयुष्मासु मया कर्तव्यमिति देवब्राह्मणामन्त्रणम् । ओं करिष्यसीति तेनोक्त इत्थमेवापरदेवब्राह्मणामन्त्रणम्

dakṣiṇajānu gṛhītvā adyāsmadīyāmukavṛddhau amukagātrāṇāmasmatprapitāmahīpitāmahīmātṝṇāmamukadevīnāmamukagotrāṇāṁ śrāddhe kartavye vasusatyasaṁjñakānāṁ viśveṣāṁ devānāṁ śrāddhaṁ siddhānnenayuṣmāsu mayā kartavyamiti devabrāhmaṇāmantraṇam oṁ kariṣyasīti tenokta itthamevāparadevabrāhmaṇāmantraṇam

Holding the right knee, one invites the deity-brahmin: 'Today, on this auspicious occasion, in the Shraddha of my great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother of such-and-such gotra, named such-and-such devi, I must perform, with cooked food, the Shraddha of the Vishvadevas named Vasu and Satya, together with you.' When he says 'I shall,' the other deity-brahmin should likewise be invited.

Verse 4 (garuda.1.219.4)

ततः अमुकवृद्धौ अमुकगोत्राया मत्प्रपितामह्या अमुकदेव्या नान्दीमुख्याः श्राद्धं सिद्धान्नेन युष्मासु मया कर्तव्यमिति प्रपितामहीब्राह्मणामन्त्रणम् । करिष्यामीति तेनोक्ते इत्थमेव प्रमातामह्यादिब्राह्माणमन्त्रणम्

tataḥ amukavṛddhau amukagotrāyā matprapitāmahyā amukadevyā nāndīmukhyāḥ śrāddhaṁ siddhānnena yuṣmāsu mayā kartavyamiti prapitāmahībrāhmaṇāmantraṇam kariṣyāmīti tenokte itthameva pramātāmahyādibrāhmāṇamantraṇam

Then: 'On this occasion, I must perform, with cooked food, the auspicious Nandimukha-Shraddha for my great-grandmother of such-and-such gotra, named such-and-such devi, together with you' — this is the invitation to the great-grandmother's brahmin. When he says 'I shall,' the great-great-grandmother and the rest should likewise be invited.

Verse 5 (garuda.1.219.5)

देवपितृसर्वदेवब्राह्मणं श्राद्धकरणानुज्ञापनम् । आसने ओं विश्वेदेवास आगत शृणुताम इमंर्ठ इवम् । तं बर्हिर्निषीदत । ओं विश्वेदेवाः शृणुतेमं इवं ये मे अन्तरिक्षे य उदद्यविष्ट । पे अग्निजिह्वा उतवा यदत्रा आसाद्यास्मिन्बर्हिषि मादयध्वम् । ओं आगच्छन्तु इति विश्वेदेवावाहनंगन्धादिदानम् । अच्छिद्रावधारणवाचनम्

devapitṛsarvadevabrāhmaṇaṁ śrāddhakaraṇānujñāpanam āsane oṁ viśvedevāsa āgata śṛṇutāma imaṁrṭha ivam taṁ barhirniṣīdata oṁ viśvedevāḥ śṛṇutemaṁ ivaṁ ye me antarikṣe ya udadyaviṣṭa pe agnijihvā utavā yadatrā āsādyāsminbarhiṣi mādayadhvam oṁ āgacchantu iti viśvedevāvāhanaṁgandhādidānam acchidrāvadhāraṇavācanam

Permission for performing the Shraddha should be sought from the deity, ancestor, and other brahmins. Upon the seat: 'Om, Vishvadevas, come, hear this call, sit upon this kusha; you who dwell in the atmosphere and heaven, whose tongue is fire, worthy of sacrifice, come and rejoice upon this grass — Om, come' — this is the invocation of the Vishvadevas and the offering of fragrance and the rest. Then 'may it be without flaw' is uttered.

Verse 6 (garuda.1.219.6)

ततः प्रपितामहीप्रभृतीनामनुज्ञापनमासनदानं गन्धादिदानञ्च अच्छिद्रावधारणवाचनम् । इत्थं पितामह्याः मातुः । ततः प्रपितामहादीनां अनुज्ञापनम् । आसनमावाहनङ्गन्धादिदानंवृद्धप्रमातामहादीनामनुज्ञापनादिकरणम् । ओं वसुसत्यसंज्ञकेभ्यो देवेभ्य एतदन्नं सघृतं सपानीयं सव्यञ्जनं सवदरं सदधि प्रतिषिद्धवर्जितं नम इति अन्नसङ्कल्पनम् । ओं अमुकगोत्रे ! मत्पितामहमुकदेवि नान्दीमुखि ! एतदन्नं सबदरं सदधि नमः । एवं मातामहप्रभातामहेभ्यः

tataḥ prapitāmahīprabhṛtīnāmanujñāpanamāsanadānaṁ gandhādidānañca acchidrāvadhāraṇavācanam itthaṁ pitāmahyāḥ mātuḥ tataḥ prapitāmahādīnāṁ anujñāpanam āsanamāvāhanaṅgandhādidānaṁvṛddhapramātāmahādīnāmanujñāpanādikaraṇam oṁ vasusatyasaṁjñakebhyo devebhya etadannaṁ saghṛtaṁ sapānīyaṁ savyañjanaṁ savadaraṁ sadadhi pratiṣiddhavarjitaṁ nama iti annasaṅkalpanam oṁ amukagotre ! matpitāmahamukadevi nāndīmukhi ! etadannaṁ sabadaraṁ sadadhi namaḥ evaṁ mātāmahaprabhātāmahebhyaḥ

Then, having sought permission for the great-grandmother and the rest, one gives the seat, offers fragrance and the rest, and utters 'may it be without flaw.' The same for the grandmother and mother, then permission for the great-grandfather and the rest — seat, invocation, offering of fragrance, together with permission for the great-great-grandfather and the rest. 'Om, to the deities named Vasu and Satya, this food with ghee, water, condiments, jujube, and curd, free from what is forbidden, salutation' — this is the resolve upon the food. 'Om, to my auspicious grandmother of such-and-such gotra, named such-and-such devi — this food with jujube and curd, salutation' — likewise for the maternal grandmother and great-grandmother.

Verse 7 (garuda.1.219.7)

एकोद्दिष्टं पुरोऽवश्यं तद्विशेषं वदे शृणु । प्रथमं निमन्त्रणं पादप्रक्षालनमासनम् । अद्य अमुकगोत्रस्य मत्पितुरमुकदेवशर्मणः प्रतिसांवत्सरिकमेकोद्दिष्टश्राद्धं सिद्धान्नेन युष्मास्वहं करिष्ये । श्राद्धकरणानुज्ञापनमासनं गन्धादिदानमन्नानुकल्पनम् । जप्यं निवीती । उत्तराभिमुखीभूयातिथिश्राद्धं कुर्यात्

ekoddiṣṭaṁ puro'vaśyaṁ tadviśeṣaṁ vade śṛṇu prathamaṁ nimantraṇaṁ pādaprakṣālanamāsanam adya amukagotrasya matpituramukadevaśarmaṇaḥ pratisāṁvatsarikamekoddiṣṭaśrāddhaṁ siddhānnena yuṣmāsvahaṁ kariṣye śrāddhakaraṇānujñāpanamāsanaṁ gandhādidānamannānukalpanam japyaṁ nivītī uttarābhimukhībhūyātithiśrāddhaṁ kuryāt

Now I state the distinguishing feature of the Ekoddishta-Shraddha (the rite performed for a single ancestor); listen. First, invitation, washing of the feet, seating — 'Today I must perform, with cooked food, the annual Ekoddishta-Shraddha of my father of such-and-such gotra, named such-and-such deva-sharman, together with you' — permission for the rite, seating, offering of fragrance, resolve upon the food — this is done in silence, with the sacred thread hung around the neck (nivita). Facing north, the guest-shraddha should be performed.

Verse 8 (garuda.1.219.8)

ततस्मृप्तिं ज्ञात्वा दक्षिणाभिमुखीवामोपवीती उच्छिष्टसमीपे अग्निदग्धा इति अन्नविकिरणम् । अमुकगोत्रमत्पितरमुकदेवशर्मन्नेतत्ते जलमवनेनिक्ष्व ये चात्र त्वामनुयाश्च त्वामनुतस्मै ते स्वधा इति रेखोपरि वारिधारादानम् । शेषं पूर्ववत्

tatasmṛptiṁ jñātvā dakṣiṇābhimukhīvāmopavītī ucchiṣṭasamīpe agnidagdhā iti annavikiraṇam amukagotramatpitaramukadevaśarmannetatte jalamavanenikṣva ye cātra tvāmanuyāśca tvāmanutasmai te svadhā iti rekhopari vāridhārādānam śeṣaṁ pūrvavat

Then, having learned of his satisfaction, facing south, with the thread over the left shoulder, near the remaining food, one scatters food saying 'may [the spirits] burnt by fire [be satisfied].' 'To my father of such-and-such gotra, named such-and-such deva-sharman — behold this water, and to those who follow you and those who follow them, svadha' — a stream of water is given over the drawn line. The rest of the procedure is as before.