Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.188
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13.188.1
जन्म मानुष्यकं प्राप्य कर्मक्षेत्रं सुदुर्लभम् ।
श्रेयोर्थिना दरिद्रेण किं कर्तव्यं पितामह ॥ १३.१८८.१ ॥
Having obtained human birth, the field of action so very hard to attain, what must a poor man who seeks the highest good do, grandfather?
13.188.2
दानानामुत्तमं यच्च देयं यच्च यथायथा ।
मान्यान्पूज्यांश्च गाङ्गेय रहस्यं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ १३.१८८.२ ॥
Son of Gaṅgā, tell me the secret: which is the best of gifts, what should be given, and how it should be given to the honored and the worshipful.
13.188.3
एवं पृष्टो नरेन्द्रेण पाण्डवेन यशस्विना ।
धर्माणां परमं गुह्यं भीष्मः प्रोवाच पार्थिवम् ॥ १३.१८८.३ ॥
When the glorious Pāṇḍava king had thus asked, Bhīṣma told the king the supreme secret of the dharmas.
13.188.4
शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्धर्मगुह्यानि भारत ।
यथाहि भगवान्व्यासः पुरा कथितवान्मयि ॥ १३.१८८.४ ॥
Listen attentively, O king, O Bhārata, to the secrets of dharma, as the blessed Vyāsa once told them to me.
13.188.5
देवगुह्यमिदं राजन्यमेनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ।
नियमस्थेन युक्तेन तपसो महतः फलम् ॥ १३.१८८.५ ॥
This, O king, is the secret of the gods: to one who abides in observances, whose deeds are untroubled, and who is devoted, it yields the fruit of great austerity.
13.188.6
येन यः प्रीयते देवः प्रीयन्ते पितरस्तथा ।
ऋषयः प्रमथाः श्रीश्च चित्रगुप्तो दिशां गजाः ॥ १३.१८८.६ ॥
By which the god is pleased, and by which likewise the ancestors, the sages, the Pramathas, Śrī, Citragupta and the elephants of the directions are pleased.
13.188.7
ऋषिधर्मः स्मृतो यत्र सरहस्यो महाफलः ।
महादानफलं चैव सर्वयज्ञफलं तथा ॥ १३.१८८.७ ॥
The duty of the sages, declared together with its secret teaching, bears great fruit; it is the fruit of a great gift and likewise the fruit of all sacrifices.
13.188.8
यश्चैतदेवं जानीयाज्ज्ञात्वा वा कुरुतेऽनघ ।
सदोषोऽदोषवांश्चेह तैर्गुणैः सह युज्यते ॥ १३.१८८.८ ॥
O sinless one, he who knows this thus, or who acts knowing it, though faulty here, becomes faultless and is joined with those merits.
13.188.9
दशसूनासमं चक्रं दशचक्रसमो ध्वजः ।
दशध्वजसमा वेश्या दशवेश्यासमो नृपः ॥ १३.१८८.९ ॥
A wheel is equal to ten slaughterhouses; a banner is equal to ten wheels; a courtesan is equal to ten banners; a king is equal to ten courtesans.
13.188.10
अर्घेनैतानि सर्वाणि नृपतिः कथ्यतेऽधिकः ।
त्रिवर्गसहितं शास्त्रं पवित्रं पुण्यलक्षणम् ॥ १३.१८८.१० ॥
Reckoning all these together, the king is called the greater. The treatise together with the three aims is sacred and marked by merit.
13.188.11
धर्मिव्याकरणं पुण्यं रहस्यश्रवणं महत् ।
श्रोतव्यं धर्मसंयुक्तं विहितं त्रिदशैः स्वयम् ॥ १३.१८८.११ ॥
The exposition of dharma is meritorious, and hearing the secret is great. What is joined with dharma is to be heard, as the gods themselves have enjoined.
13.188.12
पितॄणां यत्र गुह्यानि प्रोच्यन्ते श्राद्धकर्मणि ।
देवतानां च सर्वेषां रहस्यं कथ्यतेऽखिलम् ॥ १३.१८८.१२ ॥
Where the hidden secrets of the forefathers are declared in the śrāddha rite, and the whole secret of all the gods is told.
13.188.13
ऋषिधर्मः स्मृतो यत्र सरहस्यो महाफलः ।
महायज्ञफलं चैव सर्वदानफलं तथा ॥ १३.१८८.१३ ॥
Where the duty of the sages is taught together with its secret, it bears great fruit; the fruit of great sacrifices and the fruit of all gifts are likewise (declared there).
13.188.14
ये पठन्ति सदा मर्त्या येषां चैवोपतिष्ठति ।
श्रुत्वा च फलमाचष्टे स्वयं नारायणः प्रभुः ॥ १३.१८८.१४ ॥
Those mortals who always recite it, and in whose presence it abides, when the lord Nārāyaṇa hears of their fruit, he himself declares it.
13.188.15
गवां फलं तीर्थफलं यज्ञानां चैव यत्फलम् ।
एतत्फलमवाप्नोति यो नरोऽतिथिपूजकः ॥ १३.१८८.१५ ॥
The fruit of cows, the fruit of pilgrimage, and the fruit of sacrifices — this fruit the man attains who honours his guest.
13.188.16
श्रोतारः श्रद्धधानाश्च येषां शुद्धं च मानसम् ।
तेषां व्यक्तं जिता लोकाः श्रद्दधानेन साधुना ॥ १३.१८८.१६ ॥
For the listeners who are faithful and whose minds are pure, the worlds are surely won by the faithful, good man.
13.188.17
मुच्यते किल्बिषाच्चैव न स पापेन लिप्यते ।
धर्मं च लभते नित्यं प्रेत्य लोकगतो नरः ॥ १३.१८८.१७ ॥
He is freed from sin and is not stained by evil; the man who has gone to the world after death always obtains dharma.
13.188.18
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य देवदूतो यदृच्छया ।
स्थितो ह्यन्तर्हितो भूत्वा पर्यभाषत वासवम् ॥ १३.१८८.१८ ॥
At some time, a messenger of the gods, of his own will, stood concealed and addressed Vāsava (Indra).
13.188.19
यो तौ कामगुणोपेतावश्विनौ भिषजां वरौ ।
आज्ञयाऽहं तयोः प्राप्तः सनरान्पितृदैवतान् ॥ १३.१८८.१९ ॥
I have come, by the command of those two Aśvins, the best of physicians, endowed with desirable qualities, bringing men and the ancestral gods with me.
13.188.20
कस्माद्धि मैथुनं श्राद्धे दातुर्भोक्तुश्च वर्जितम् ।
केमर्थं च त्रयः पिण्डाः प्रविभक्ताः पृथक्पृथक् ॥ १३.१८८.२० ॥
Why is sexual intercourse forbidden to both the giver and the eater at the śrāddha? And for what purpose have the three piṇḍas been divided separately?
13.188.21
प्रथमः कस्य दातव्यो मध्यमः क्व च गच्छति ।
उत्तरश्च स्मृतः कस्य एतदिच्छामि वेदितुम् ॥ १३.१८८.२१ ॥
To whom should the first piṇḍa be given? Where does the middle one go? And to whom is the last declared to belong? I wish to know this.
13.188.22
श्रद्दधानेन दूतेन भाषितं धर्मसंहितम् ।
पूर्वस्थास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे पितरः पूज्य खेचरम् ॥ १३.१८८.२२ ॥
These words, full of dharma, were spoken by the faithful messenger. All the gods and ancestors standing in front were honouring the sky-traveller.
13.188.23
स्वागतं तेऽस्तु भद्रं ते श्रूयतां खेचरोत्तम ।
गूढार्थः परमः प्रश्नो भवता समुदीरितः ॥ १३.१८८.२३ ॥
Welcome to you, may good fortune be yours. Hear, best of sky-travellers: you have raised a supreme question whose meaning is hidden.
13.188.24
श्राद्धं दत्त्वा च भुक्त्वा च पुरुषो यः स्त्रियं व्रजेत् ।
पितरस्तस्य तं मासं तस्मिन्रेतसि शेरते ॥ १३.१८८.२४ ॥
The man who, having offered the śrāddha and having eaten, goes to a woman — his ancestors lie within that seed for that month.
13.188.25
प्रविभागं तु पिण्डानां प्रवक्ष्याम्यनुपूर्वशः ।
पिण्डो ह्यधस्ताद्गच्छंस्तु अप आविश्य भावयेत् ॥ १३.१८८.२५ ॥
I shall declare the division of the offering-balls in due order: the ball that goes downward should enter the water and be made to take effect.
13.188.26
पिण्डं तु मध्यमं तत्र पत्नीत्वेका समश्नुते ।
पिण्डस्तृतीयो यस्तेषां तं दद्याज्जातवेदसि।
एष श्राद्धविधिः प्रोक्तो यथा धर्मो न लुप्यते ॥ १३.१८८.२६ ॥
The middle ball is taken there by the wife alone. Their third ball should be offered into the fire. This is the declared rite of the shraddha, so that dharma is not lost.
13.188.27
पितरस्तस्य तुष्यन्ति प्रहृष्टमनसः सदा ।
प्रजा विवर्धते चास्य अक्षयं चोपतिष्ठति ॥ १३.१८८.२७ ॥
His ancestors are always pleased, their minds gladdened. His offspring grow, and imperishable merit comes to him.
13.188.28
आनुपूर्व्येण पिण्डानां प्रविभागः पृथक्पृथक् ।
पितॄणां त्रिषु सर्वेषां निरुक्तं कथितं त्वया ॥ १३.१८८.२८ ॥
The division of the offering-balls in due order, separately for each of the ancestors, in the three, for all of them, has been explained by you.
13.188.29
एकः समुद्धृतः पिण्डो ह्यधस्तात्कस्य गच्छति ।
कं वा प्रीणयते देवं कथं तारयते पितॄन् ॥ १३.१८८.२९ ॥
The one ball that is lifted up goes downward to whom? Which god does it please, and how does it ferry the ancestors across?
13.188.30
मध्यमं तु तदा पत्नी भुङ्क्तेऽनुज्ञातमेव हि ।
किमर्थं पितरस्तस्य कव्यमेव च भुञ्जते ॥ १३.१८८.३० ॥
But the middle ball is eaten then by the wife, which is indeed permitted. Why, then, do the ancestors eat his kavya offering?
13.188.31
अत्र यस्त्वन्तिमः पिण्डो गच्छते जातवेदसम् ।
भवते का गतिस्तस्य कं वा समनुगच्छति ॥ १३.१८८.३१ ॥
Here, the last piṇḍa that goes to Jātavedas (Agni) — what is its destination, and whom does it follow?
13.188.32
एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं पिण्डेषु त्रिषु या गतिः ।
फलं वृत्तिं च मार्गं च यश्चैनं प्रतिपद्यते ॥ १३.१८८.३२ ॥
I wish to hear what destination belongs to each of the three piṇḍas, their fruit, course, path, and who attains it.
13.188.33
सुमहानेष प्रश्नो वै यस्त्वया समुदीरितः ।
रहस्यमद्भुतं चापि पृष्टाः स्म गगनेचर ॥ १३.१८८.३३ ॥
Sky-wanderer, this question you have raised is indeed very great; it is a wondrous secret, and we too have been asked about it.
13.188.34
एतदेव प्रशंसन्ति देवाश्च मुनयस्तथा ।
तेऽप्येवं नाभिजानन्ति पितृकार्यविनिश्चयम्।
वर्जयित्वा महात्मानं चिरजीविनमुत्तमम् ॥ १३.१८८.३४ ॥
The gods and sages also praise this; yet even they do not know the firm determination of the rites for the pitṛs in this way — except the great soul, the long-lived, the supreme one.
13.188.35
पितृभक्तस्तु यो विप्रो वलब्धो महायशाः ।
त्रयाणामपि पिण्डानां श्रुत्वा भगवतो गतिम् ॥ १३.१८८.३५ ॥
The brahmin devoted to the fathers, of great fame, who hears of the destination of the three piṇḍas of the venerable one, attains it.
13.188.36
देवदूतेन यः पृष्टः श्राद्धस्य विदिनिश्चयः ।
गतिं त्रयाणां पिण्डानां शृणुष्वावहितो मम ॥ १३.१८८.३६ ॥
Listen attentively to me about the destination of the three piṇḍas — you, who were asked by the divine messenger about the firm knowledge of the śrāddha.
13.188.37
अपो गच्छति यो ह्यत्र शशिनं ह्येष प्रीणयेत् ।
शशी प्रीणयते देवान्पितॄंश्चैव महामते ॥ १३.१८८.३७ ॥
Whatever water goes here, that indeed gratifies the moon. O wise one, the moon gratifies the gods and the fathers as well.
13.188.38
भुङ्क्ते तु पत्नीं यं चैषामनुज्ञाता तु मध्यमम् ।
पुत्रकामाय पुत्रं तु प्रयच्छन्ति पितामहाः ॥ १३.१८८.३८ ॥
The wife who, having been permitted, eats the middle one of these offerings, to one who desires a son, the grandfathers bestow a son.
13.188.39
हव्यवाहे तु यः पिण्डो दीयते तन्निबोध मे ।
पितरस्तेन तृप्यन्ति प्रीताः कामान्दिशन्ति च।
एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं त्रिषु पिण्डेषु या गतिः ॥ १३.१८८.३९ ॥
Hear from me about the offering ball given into the fire, the bearer of oblations: by it the fathers are satisfied, and being pleased they grant desires. All the course of the three offering balls has been told to you.
13.188.40
ऋत्विग्यो यजमानस्य पितृत्वमनुगच्छति ।
तस्मिन्नहनि मन्यन्ते परिहार्यं हि मैथुनम् ॥ १३.१८८.४० ॥
The priest of the sacrificer comes to share the status of a father. On that day they hold that sexual intercourse is to be avoided.
13.188.41
शुचिना तु सदा श्राद्धं भोक्तव्यं खेचरोत्तम ।
ये मया कथिता दोषास्ते तथा स्युर्न चान्यथा ॥ १३.१८८.४१ ॥
O best of sky-wanderers, the pure one should always eat the śrāddha meal. The faults I have described will indeed come about just so, and not otherwise.
13.188.42
तस्मात्स्नातः शुचिः क्षान्तः श्राद्धं भुञ्जीत वै द्विजः ।
प्रजा विवर्दते चास्य चश्चैवं सम्प्रयच्छति ॥ १३.१८८.४२ ॥
Therefore a twice-born man, bathed, pure and patient, should eat the śrāddha meal. Through it his offspring increase, and he too bestows.
13.188.43
ततो विद्युत्प्रभो नाम ऋषिराह महातपाः ।
आदित्यतेजसा तस्य तुल्यं रूपं प्रकाशते ॥ १३.१८८.४३ ॥
Then the great ascetic sage named Vidyutprabha spoke; his form shone, equal to the splendor of the sun.
13.188.44
स च धर्मरहस्यानि श्रुत्वा शक्रमथाब्रवीत् ॥ १३.१८८.४४ ॥
Having heard the secrets of dharma, he then spoke to Śakra.
13.188.45
तिर्यग्योनिगतान्सत्वान्मर्त्या हिंसन्ति मोहिताः ।
कीटान्पिपीलिकान्सर्पान्मेषान्समृगपक्षिणः।
किल्बिषं सुबहु प्राप्ताः किंस्विदेषां प्रतिक्रिया ॥ १३.१८८.४५ ॥
Deluded mortals harm creatures born in animal wombs — insects, ants, snakes, sheep, deer and birds. Having incurred such great sin, what is their remedy?
13.188.46
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः ।
पितरश्च महाभागाः पूजयन्ति स्म तं मुनिम् ॥ १३.१८८.४६ ॥
Then all the hosts of gods, the sages whose wealth is austerity, and the great-fortuned ancestors honored that sage.
13.188.47
कुरुक्षेत्रं गयां गङ्गां प्रभासं पुष्कराणि च ।
एतानि मनसा ध्यात्वा अवगाहेत्ततो जलम्।
तथा मुच्यति पापेनि राहुणा चन्द्रमा यथा ॥ १३.१८८.४७ ॥
Having meditated in the mind on Kurukṣetra, Gayā, the Gaṅgā, Prabhāsa and the Puṣkara lakes, one should then bathe in the water; thus one is freed from sin as the moon is freed by Rāhu.
13.188.48
त्र्यहं स्नातः स भवति निराहारश्च वर्तते ।
स्पृशते यो गवां पृष्ठं वालधिं च नमस्यति ॥ १३.१८८.४८ ॥
He who, having bathed, remains fasting for three days, and who touches the back of a cow and bows to her tail.
13.188.49
ततो विद्युत्प्रभो वाक्यमभ्यभाषत वासवम् ।
अयं सूक्ष्मतरो धर्मस्तं निबोध शतक्रतो ॥ १३.१८८.४९ ॥
Then Vidyutprabha spoke these words to Vāsava: "This duty is yet more subtle; understand it, O Śatakratu."
13.188.50
घृष्टो वटकषायेणि अनुलिप्तः प्रियङ्गुणा ।
क्षीरेण षष्टिकान्भुक्त्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ॥ १३.१८८.५० ॥
Having been rubbed with a decoction of banyan bark and anointed with priyaṅgu, and having eaten sixty-day rice with milk, one is freed from all sins.
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श्रूयतां चापरं गुह्यं रहस्यमृषिचिन्तितम् ।
श्रुतं मे भाषमाणस्य स्थाणोः स्थाने बृहस्पतेः।
रुद्रेण सह देवेश तन्निबोध शचीपते ॥ १३.१८८.५१ ॥
Hear now another secret mystery, pondered by the sages: what I heard with Rudra, when Bṛhaspati was speaking in the place of Sthāṇu. Understand that, O lord of gods, O husband of Śacī.
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पर्वतारोहणं कृत्वा एकपादो विभावसुम् ।
निरीक्षेत निराहार ऊर्ध्वबाहुः कृताञ्जलिः।
तपसा महता युक्त उपवासफलं लभेत् ॥ १३.१८८.५२ ॥
Having climbed a mountain, standing on one foot, gazing at Vibhāvasu (fire), fasting, arms raised and palms joined, endowed with great austerity, one obtains the fruit of fasting.
13.188.53
रश्मिभिस्तापितोऽर्कस्य सर्वपापमपोहति ।
ग्रीष्मकालेऽथवा शीते एवं पापमपोहति ॥ १३.१८८.५३ ॥
Heated by the rays of the sun, one wipes away all sin; in the summer season, or in winter, sin is removed in this way.
13.188.54
ततः पापात्प्रमुक्तस्य द्युतिर्भवति शाश्वती ।
तेजसा सूर्यवद्दीप्तो भ्राजते सोमवत्पनः
मध्ये त्रिदशवर्गस्य देवराजः शतक्रतुः। ॥ १३.१८८.५४ ॥
Then for one freed from sin there comes eternal radiance; blazing with brilliance like the sun, he shines like the moon, and in the midst of the company of gods he becomes like Śatakratu, king of the gods.
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उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं बृहस्पतिमनुत्तमम् ॥ १३.१८८.५५ ॥
He spoke sweet words to the supreme Bṛhaspati.
13.188.56
धर्मगुह्यं तु भगवन्मानुषाणां सुखावहम् ।
सरहस्याश्च ये दोषास्तान्यथावदुदीरथ ॥ १३.१८८.५६ ॥
O venerable one, explain properly the secret of dharma that brings happiness to humans, and the faults together with its mysteries.
13.188.57
प्रतिमेहन्ति ये सूर्यमनिलं द्विषते च ये ।
हव्यवाहे प्रदीप्ते च समिधं ये न जुह्वति ॥ १३.१८८.५७ ॥
Those who urinate facing the sun, who hate the wind, and who do not offer fuel-sticks into the blazing sacrificial fire—
13.188.58
बालवत्सां च ये धेनुं दुहन्ति क्षीरकारणात् ।
तेषां दोषान्प्रवक्ष्यामि तान्निबोध शचीपते ॥ १३.१८८.५८ ॥
Those who milk a cow that has her calf, for the sake of milk—I shall tell you their faults; understand them, O lord of Śacī.
13.188.59
भानुमाननिलश्चैव हव्यवाहश्च वासव ।
लोकानां मातरश्चैव गावः सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा ॥ १३.१८८.५९ ॥
O Vāsava, the sun, the wind, the fire that carries oblations, and the cows—these are the mothers of the worlds, created by the self-existent one.
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लोकांस्तारयितुं शक्ता मर्त्येष्वेतेषु देवताः ।
सर्वे भवन्तः शृणिवन्तु एकैकं धर्मनिश्चयम् ॥ १३.१८८.६० ॥
Among mortals these deities are able to ferry the worlds across; let all of you hear each one's firm determination of dharma.
13.188.61
वर्षाणि षडशीतिं तु दुर्वृत्ताः कुलपांसनाः ।
स्त्रियः सर्वाश्च दुर्वृत्ताः प्रतिमेहन्ति या रविम् ॥ १३.१८८.६१ ॥
For eighty-six years those evil-conducted men, defilers of the family, and all evil-conducted women who urinate facing the sun shall suffer the consequences.
13.188.62
अनिलद्वेषिणः शक्र गर्भस्था च्यवते प्रजा ।
हव्यवाहस्य दीप्तस्य समिधं ये न जुह्वति।
अग्निकार्येषु वै तेषां हव्यं नाश्नाति पावकः ॥ १३.१८८.६२ ॥
O Indra, the offspring in the womb of those hostile to the wind falls away. In the fire rites of those who do not offer kindling into the blazing fire, the purifying fire does not eat their oblation.
13.188.63
क्षीरं तु बालवत्सानां ये पिबन्तीह मानवाः ।
न तेषां क्षीरपाः केचिज्जायन्ते कुलवर्धनाः ॥ १३.१८८.६३ ॥
Those men who here drink the milk of young calves, no milk-drinking offspring who increase the family are born to them.
13.188.64
प्रजाक्षयेण युज्यन्ते कुलवंशक्षयेण च ।
एवमेतत्पुरा दृष्टं कुलवृद्धैर्द्विजातिभिः ॥ १३.१८८.६४ ॥
They become bound up with the destruction of offspring and the destruction of the family lineage. Thus was this seen formerly by the twice-born elders of the family.
13.188.65
तस्माद्वर्ज्यानि वर्ज्यानि कार्यं कार्यं च नित्यशः ।
भूतिकामेनि मर्त्येन सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥ १३.१८८.६५ ॥
Therefore one should always avoid what is to be avoided, and always do what is to be done. For a mortal who desires prosperity this is the truth, I tell you.
13.188.66
ततः सर्वा महाभाग देवताः समरुद्गणाः ।
ऋषयश्च महाभागाः पृच्छन्ति स्म पितॄंस्ततः ॥ १३.१८८.६६ ॥
Then, O greatly fortunate one, all the deities together with the hosts of Maruts, and the greatly fortunate sages, began to question the ancestors.
13.188.67
पितरः केन तुष्यन्ति मर्त्यानामल्पचेतसाम् ।
अक्षयं च कथं दानं भवेच्चैवौर्ध्वदेहिकम् ॥ १३.१८८.६७ ॥
By what do the ancestors become pleased with mortals of little understanding? And how may the gift concerning the funerary rites be imperishable?
13.188.68
आनृण्यं वा कथं मर्त्या गच्छेयुः केन कर्मणा ।
एतदिच्छामहे श्रोतुं परं कौतूहलं हि नः ॥ १३.१८८.६८ ॥
By what deed, and how, may mortals attain freedom from debt? We wish to hear this, for our curiosity is great.
13.188.69
न्यायतो वै महाभागाः संशयः समुदाहृतः ।
श्रूयतां येन तुष्यामो मर्त्यानां साधुकर्मणाम् ॥ १३.१८८.६९ ॥
O greatly fortunate ones, the doubt has been rightly raised. Hear by what we, the ancestors, are pleased with mortals who do good deeds.
13.188.70
नीलषण्डप्रमोक्षेण अणावास्यां तिलोदकैः ।
वर्षासु दीपकैश्चैव पितॄणामनृणो भवेत् ॥ १३.१८८.७० ॥
By releasing a dark bull, by offering sesame and water on the new-moon day, and by lamps in the rainy seasons, a man becomes free from debt to the ancestors.
13.188.71
अक्षयं निर्व्यलीकं च दानमेतन्महाफलम् ।
अस्माकं परितोषश्च अक्षयः परिकीर्त्यते ॥ १३.१८८.७१ ॥
This gift is imperishable, sincere, and of great fruit; and our satisfaction is declared to be imperishable.
13.188.72
श्रद्धधानाश्च ये मर्त्या आहरिष्यन्ति सन्ततिम् ।
दुर्गात्ते तारयिष्यन्ति नरकात्प्रपितामहान् ॥ १३.१८८.७२ ॥
Mortals who, full of faith, bring forth offspring will deliver their great-grandfathers from a difficult state and from hell.
13.188.73
पितॄणां भाषितं श्रुत्वा हृष्टरोमा तपोधनः ।
वृद्धगार्ग्यो महातेजास्तानेवं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ १३.१८८.७३ ॥
Hearing the words of the ancestors, the ascetic-rich, greatly radiant aged Gārgya, his hair standing on end, spoke to them thus.
13.188.74
के गुणा नीलषण्डस्य प्रमुक्तस्य तपोधनाः ।
वर्षासु दीपदानेन तथैव च तिलोदकैः ॥ १३.१८८.७४ ॥
What are the merits, O ascetic-rich ones, of the released blue bull, and what is the fruit of giving a lamp in the rainy seasons, and likewise of water with sesame?
13.188.75
नीलषण्डस्य लाङ्गूलं तोयमभ्युद्दरेद्यदि ।
षष्टिं वर्षसहस्राणि पितरस्तेन तर्पिताः ॥ १३.१८८.७५ ॥
If the tail of the blue bull sprinkles water, the ancestors are satisfied thereby for sixty thousand years.
13.188.76
यस्तु शृङ्गगतं पङ्क्तं कूलादुद्धृत्य तिष्ठति ।
पितरस्तेन गच्छन्ति सोमलोकमसंशयम् ॥ १३.१८८.७६ ॥
But he who lifts up the row set upon the horn from the bank and stands there, by him the ancestors go without doubt to the lunar world.
13.188.77
वर्षासु दीपदानेन शशीवच्छोभते नरः ।
तमोरूपं न तस्यास्ति दीपकं यः प्रयच्छति ॥ १३.१८८.७७ ॥
In the rainy seasons a man shines like the moon by the gift of a lamp; he who offers a lamp has no form of darkness.
13.188.78
अमावास्यां तु ये मर्त्याः प्रयच्छन्ति तिलोदकम् ।
पात्रमौदुम्बरं गृह्य मधुमिश्रं तपोधन।
कृतं भवति तैः श्राद्धं सरहस्यं यथार्थवत् ॥ १३.१८८.७८ ॥
But those mortals who on the new-moon day take a vessel of fig-wood and offer sesame water mixed with honey, O ascetic-rich one, by them the śrāddha is performed with its secret, rightly.
13.188.79
हृष्टपुष्टमनास्तेषां प्रजा भवति नित्यदा ।
कुलवंशस्य वृद्धिस्तु पिण्डदस्य फलं भवेत्।
श्रद्दधानस्तु यः कुर्यात्पितॄणामनृणो भवेत् ॥ १३.१८८.७९ ॥
Their descendants are always glad and well-nourished in mind. The growth of the family line is the fruit for the one who offers the piṇḍa. The one who performs it with faith becomes free from the debt owed to the ancestors.
13.188.80
एवमेव समुद्दिष्टः श्राद्धकालक्रमस्तथा ।
विधिः पात्रं फलं चैव यथावदनुकीर्तितम् ॥ १३.१८८.८० ॥
Thus likewise has the sequence of the times for the śrāddha been declared. The rule, the proper recipient, and the fruit have also been duly recounted.