Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.190
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13.190.1
सलिलस्याञ्जलिं पूर्णमक्षताश्च धृतोत्तराः ।
सोमस्योत्तिष्ठमानस्य तज्जलं चाक्षतांश्च तान् ॥ १३.१९०.१ ॥
A handful of water, full, with unbroken grains held up high; for the rising Soma, that water and those unbroken grains.
13.190.2
स्थितो ह्यभिमुखो मर्त्यः पौर्णमास्यां बलिं हरेत् ।
अग्निकार्यं कृतं तेन हुताश्चास्याग्नयस्त्रयः ॥ १३.१९०.२ ॥
A mortal who stands facing the moon on the full-moon day should bring an offering; by him the fire-rite is performed, and the three fires of his are offered into.
13.190.3
वनस्पतिं च यो हन्यादमावास्यामबुद्धिमान् ।
अपि ह्येकेन पत्रेण लिप्यते ब्रह्महत्यया ॥ १३.१९०.३ ॥
And the unwise man who cuts down a tree on the new-moon day is defiled by the guilt of killing a brahmin, even by a single leaf.
13.190.4
दन्तकाष्ठं तु यः खादेदमावास्यामबुद्धिमान् ।
हिंसितश्चन्द्रमा पितरश्चोद्विजन्ति च ॥ १३.१९०.४ ॥
And the unwise man who chews a tooth-stick on the new-moon day harms the moon, and the ancestors are agitated.
13.190.5
हव्यं न तस्य देवाश्च प्रतिगृह्णन्ति पर्वसु ।
कुप्यन्ते पितरश्चास्य कुले वंशोऽस्य हीयते ॥ १३.१९०.५ ॥
On the lunar days the gods do not accept his oblation; the ancestors grow angry with him, and his lineage in his family dwindles.
13.190.6
प्रकीर्णं भाजनं यत्र भिन्नभाण्डमथासनम् ।
योषितश्चैव हन्यन्ते कश्मलोपहते गृहे ॥ १३.१९०.६ ॥
Where vessels lie scattered, with broken pots and seats about, in a house afflicted by filth, women too are struck down.
13.190.7
देवताः पितरश्चैव उत्सवे पर्वणीषु वा ।
निराशाः प्रतिगच्छन्ति कश्मलोपहताद्गृहात् ॥ १३.१९०.७ ॥
At festivals or on the lunar days of observance, even the gods and the ancestors turn away in disappointment from a house tainted by impurity.
13.190.8
यस्तु संवत्सरं पूर्णं दद्याद्दीपं करञ्जके ।
सुवर्चलामूलहस्तः प्रजा तस्य विवर्धते ॥ १३.१९०.८ ॥
Whoever, for a full year, offers a lamp in a karañja vessel, holding the root of suvarcalā in his hand, sees his offspring multiply.
13.190.9
आतीथ्यं सततं कुर्याद्दीपं दद्यात्प्रतिश्रये ।
वर्जयानो दिवास्वापं न च मांसानि भक्षयेत् ॥ १३.१९०.९ ॥
One should constantly show hospitality and offer a lamp at one's dwelling, avoiding daytime sleep and not eating meat.
13.190.10
गोब्राह्मणं न हिंस्याच्च पुष्कराणि च कीर्तयेत् ।
एत श्रेष्ठतमो धर्मः सरहस्यो महाफलः ॥ १३.१९०.१० ॥
One should not harm cows or brahmins, and should praise the sacred pools. This is the most excellent dharma, together with its secret teaching, of great fruit.
13.190.11
अपि क्रतुशतैरिष्ट्वा क्षयं गच्छति तद्धविः ।
न तु क्षीयन्ति ते धर्माः श्रद्दधानैः प्रयोजिताः ॥ १३.१९०.११ ॥
Even after sacrificing with hundreds of sacrifices, that oblation perishes; but those dharmas performed by the faithful never decay.
13.190.12
इदं च परमं गुह्यं सरहस्यं निबोधत ।
श्राद्धकल्पे च दैवे च तैर्थिके पर्वणीषु च ॥ १३.१९०.१२ ॥
Learn this supreme secret together with its mystery: in the rites for the ancestors, in the rites for the gods, at the sacred fords, and on the lunar days of observance.
13.190.13
रजस्वला च या नारी श्वित्रिकाऽपुत्रिका च या ।
एताभिश्चक्षुषा दृष्टं हविर्नाश्नन्ति देवताः।
पितरश्च न तुष्यन्ति वर्षाण्यपि त्रयोदश ॥ १३.१९०.१३ ॥
A menstruating woman, a woman with leprosy, or a childless woman: the gods do not eat an offering seen with their eyes, and the ancestors are not satisfied even for thirteen years.
13.190.14
शुक्लवासाः शुचिर्भूत्वा ब्राह्मणान्स्वस्ति वाचयेत् ।
कीर्तयेद्भारतं चैव तथा स्यादक्षयं हविः ॥ १३.१९०.१४ ॥
Wearing white garments and purified, one should have brahmins recite the blessing, and should also recite the Bhārata; thus the oblation becomes inexhaustible.
13.190.15
भिन्नभाण्डं च खट्वां च कुक्कुटं शुनकं तथा ।
अप्रशस्तानि सर्वाणि यश्च वृक्षो गृहेरुहः ॥ १३.१९०.१५ ॥
A broken pot, a bedstead, a rooster, a dog, and likewise all these, and a tree growing in the house, are all inauspicious.
13.190.16
भिन्नभाण्डे कलिं प्राहुः खट्वायां तु धनक्षयः ।
कुक्कुटे शुनके चैव हविर्नाश्नन्ति देवताः।
वृक्षमूले ध्रुवं सत्वं तस्माद्वृक्षं न रोपयेत् ॥ १३.१९०.१६ ॥
They say strife arises from a broken pot, loss of wealth from a bedstead; the gods do not eat the oblation where there is a rooster and a dog; surely a living being dwells at the root of a tree, therefore one should not plant a tree.
13.190.17
यो यजेदश्वमेधेन वाजपेयशतेन ह ।
अवाक्शिरा वा लम्बेत सत्रं वा स्फीतमाहरेत् ॥ १३.१९०.१७ ॥
He who sacrifices with the horse-sacrifice and with a hundred Vājapeya rites, or who hangs head-downward, or who performs an abundant sacrificial session —
13.190.18
न यस्य हृदयं शुद्धं नरकं स ध्रुवं व्रजेत् ।
तुल्यं यज्ञश्च सत्यं च हृदयस्य च शुद्धता ॥ १३.१९०.१८ ॥
He whose heart is not pure certainly goes to hell; sacrifice, truth and purity of heart are equal.
13.190.19
शुद्धेन मनसा दत्त्वा सक्तुप्रस्थं द्विजातये ।
ब्रह्मलोकमनुप्राप्तः पर्याप्तं तन्निदर्शनम् ॥ १३.१९०.१९ ॥
Having given a prastha measure of barley flour to a twice-born brahmin with a pure mind, one attains the world of Brahmā; this example is sufficient.