Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.355
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12.355.1
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य नारदः परमेष्ठिजः ।
दैवं कृत्वा यथान्यायं पित्र्यं चक्रे ततः परम् ॥ १२.३५५.१ ॥
After some time, Nārada, born of the Supreme Lord (Brahmā), performed the rite for the gods according to rule, and afterwards performed the rite for the ancestors.
12.355.2
ततस्तं वचनं प्राह ज्येष्ठो धर्मात्मजः प्रभुः ।
क इज्यते द्विजश्रेष्ठ दैवे पित्र्ये च कल्पिते ॥ १२.३५५.२ ॥
Then the eldest lord, son of Dharma, said to him: "Best of the twice-born, in the rite for the gods and the rite for the ancestors, who is worshipped?"
12.355.3
त्वया मतिमतां श्रेष्ठ तन्मे शंस यथातथम् ।
किमेतत्क्रियते कर्म फलं वाऽस्य किमिष्यते ॥ १२.३५५.३ ॥
"Best of the wise, tell me this truly. Why is this rite performed, and what fruit is desired from it?"
12.355.4
त्वयैतत्कथितं पूर्वं दैवं कर्तव्यमित्यपि ।
दैवतं च परो ज्ञेयः परमात्मा सनातनः ॥ १२.३५५.४ ॥
Nārada said: "You yourself told me before that the rite for the gods must be performed, and that the deity to be known as supreme is the eternal Supreme Self."
12.355.5
ततस्तद्भावितो नित्यं यजे वैकुण्ठमव्ययम् ।
तस्माच्च प्रसृतः पूर्वं ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥ १२.३५५.५ ॥
"Therefore, devoted to him, I always worship the imperishable Vaikuṇṭha, from whom the grandfather of the worlds, Brahmā, sprang forth in the beginning."
12.355.6
मम वै पितरं प्रीतः परमेष्ठ्यप्यजीजनत् ।
अहं संकल्पजस्तस्य पुत्रः प्रथमकल्पितः ॥ १२.३५५.६ ॥
"Pleased, Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā) also begot my father; and I, born of his will, am the first son he created."
12.355.7
यजामि वै पितॄन्साधो नारायणविधौ कृते ।
एवं स एव भगवान्पिता माता पितामहः ॥ १२.३५५.७ ॥
O good one, when performed according to the rite of Nārāyaṇa, I worship the ancestors. Thus he himself is the blessed lord, father, mother and grandfather.
12.355.8
इज्यते पितृयज्ञेषु मया नित्यं जगत्पतिः ।
श्रुतिश्चाप्यपरा देवाः पुत्रान्हि पितरोऽयजन् ॥ १२.३५५.८ ॥
In the ancestral sacrifices I always worship the lord of the world. And there is another revealed teaching, O gods: the sons indeed worshipped the fathers.
12.355.9
वेदश्रुतिः प्रनष्टा च पुनरध्यापिता सुतैः ।
ततस्ते मन्त्रदाः पुत्राः पितॄणामिति वैदिकम् ॥ १२.३५५.९ ॥
The Vedic revelation was lost, and was taught again by the sons. Then those sons, the givers of mantras, belong to the fathers—this is the Vedic injunction.
12.355.10
नूनं सुरैस्तद्विदितं युवयोर्भावितात्मनोः ।
पुत्राश्च पितरश्चैव परस्परमपूजयन् ॥ १२.३५५.१० ॥
Surely the gods know this about you two, whose souls are purified: sons and fathers honoured one another.
12.355.11
त्रीन्पिण्डान्न्यस्य वै पित्र्यान्पूर्वं दत्त्वा कुशानिति ।
कथं तु पिण्डसंज्ञां ते पितरो लेभिरे पुरा ॥ १२.३५५.११ ॥
Having first placed three rice-balls for the fathers and given kuśa grass, how then did those fathers in ancient times obtain the name 'piṇḍa'?
12.355.12
इमां हि धरणीं पूर्वं नष्टां सागरमेखलाम् ।
गोविन्द उज्जहाराशु वाराहं रूपमास्थितः ॥ १२.३५५.१२ ॥
Formerly this lost earth, girdled by the ocean, was swiftly lifted up by Govinda, assuming the form of the boar.
12.355.13
स्थापयित्वा तु धरणीं स्वे स्थाने पुरुषोत्तमः ।
जलकर्दमलिप्ताङ्गो लोककार्यार्थमुद्यतः ॥ १२.३५५.१३ ॥
Having set the earth back in its own place, the Best of Persons, his limbs smeared with water and mud, was ready for the work of the worlds.
12.355.14
प्राप्ते चाह्निककाले तु मध्यदेशगते रवौ ।
दंष्ट्राविलग्नांस्त्रीन्पिण्डान्विधूय सहसा प्रभुः ॥ १२.३५५.१४ ॥
When the hour of the daily rite came and the sun had reached the middle of the sky, the lord suddenly shook off the three balls that clung to his tusk.
12.355.15
स्थापयामास वै पृथ्व्यां कुशानास्तीर्य नारद ।
स तेष्वात्मानमुद्दिश्य पित्र्यं चक्रे यथाविधि ॥ १२.३५५.१५ ॥
Spreading kuśa grass, O Nārada, he set them upon the earth; and upon them, designating himself, he performed the ancestral rite according to rule.
12.355.16
संकल्पयित्वा त्रीन्पिण्डान्स्वेनैव विधिना प्रभुः ।
आत्मगात्रोष्मसंभूतैः स्नेहगर्भैस्तिलैरपि ॥ १२.३५५.१६ ॥
The lord, resolving upon three balls in his own manner, prepared them with sesame seeds rich in oil, born of the warmth of his own body.
12.355.17
प्रोक्ष्यापसव्यं देवेशः प्राङ्भुखः कृतवान्स्वयम् ।
मर्यादास्थापनार्थं च ततो वचनमुक्तवान् ॥ १२.३५५.१७ ॥
Sprinkling water in the reverse direction, the lord of gods himself performed the rite facing east; then, to establish the proper boundary, he spoke these words.
12.355.18
अहं हि पितरः स्रष्टुमुद्यतो लोककृत्स्वयम् ।
तस्य चिन्तयतः सद्यः पितृकार्यविधीन्परान् ॥ १२.३५५.१८ ॥
I myself, maker of the worlds, am resolved to create the ancestors; and as he reflected, the supreme rules of the ancestral work at once arose.
12.355.19
दंष्ट्राभ्यां प्रविनिर्धूता ममैते दक्षिणां दिशम् ।
आश्रिता धरणीं पीड्य तस्मात्पितर एव ते ॥ १२.३५५.१९ ॥
Shaken off by my tusks, these, pressing the earth, have settled in the southern direction; therefore they are indeed your ancestors.
12.355.20
त्रयो मूर्तिविहीना वै पिण्डमूर्तिधरास्त्विमे ।
भवन्तु पितरो लोके मया सृष्टाः सनातनाः ॥ १२.३५५.२० ॥
These three, though without bodily form, bear the form of the pinda offering; let these eternal ancestors, created by me, be in the world.
12.355.21
पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः ।
अहमेवात्र विज्ञेयस्त्रिषु पिण्डेषु संस्थितः।
नास्ति मत्तोऽधिकः कश्चित्को वान्योर्च्यो मया स्वयं ॥ १२.३५५.२१ ॥
Father, grandfather, and likewise great-grandfather — know that I myself, established in these three pinda offerings, am here. There is none greater than me; and who else is to be worshipped by me myself?
12.355.22
अहमेव पिता लोके अहमेव पितामहः ।
पितामहपिता चैव अहमेवात्र कारणम् ॥ १२.३५५.२२ ॥
In the world I myself am the father; I myself am the grandfather; the father of the grandfather is also I myself; here I myself am the cause.
12.355.23
इत्येतदुक्त्वा वचनं देवदेवो वृषाकपिः ।
वराहपर्वते विप्र दत्त्वा पिण्डान्सविस्तरान्।
आत्मानं पूजयित्वैव तत्रैवादर्शनं गतः ॥ १२.३५५.२३ ॥
Having spoken these words, the god of gods Vṛṣākapi, O brahmin, gave the pinda offerings in full on the Varāha mountain, and having had himself worshipped, he vanished right there.
12.355.24
एतदर्थं सुभमते पितरः पिण्डसंज्ञिताः ।
लभन्ते सततं पूजां वृषाकपिवचो यथा ॥ १२.३५५.२४ ॥
For this very reason, O auspicious-minded one, the ancestors known by the name pinda obtain continual worship, as Vṛṣākapi's words declared.
12.355.25
ये यजन्ति पितॄन्देवान्गुरूंश्चैवातिर्थीस्तथा ।
गाश्चैव द्विजमुख्यांश्च पितरं मातरं तथा ॥ १२.३५५.२५ ॥
Those who honour the forefathers, the gods, teachers and guests, likewise cows, the foremost of the twice-born, father and mother.
12.355.26
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा विष्णुमेव यजन्ति ते ।
अन्तर्गतः स भगवान्सर्वसत्वशरीरगः ॥ १२.३५५.२६ ॥
Those who worship Viṣṇu alone by deed, mind and speech — that blessed Lord who dwells within, abiding in the bodies of all beings.
12.355.27
समः सर्वेषु भूतेषु ईश्वरः सुखदुःखयोः ।
महान्महात्मा सर्वात्मा नारायण इति श्रुतिः ॥ १२.३५५.२७ ॥
He who is equal among all beings, the Lord equal in pleasure and pain, the great, the great-souled, the self of all — he is Nārāyaṇa, so the Śruti declares.