Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.191
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13.191.1
किञ्चिद्धर्मं प्रवक्ष्यामि मानुषाणां सुखावहम् ।
सरहस्याश्च ये दोषास्ताञ्शृणुध्वं समाहिताः ॥ १३.१९१.१ ॥
I shall declare some dharma that brings happiness to men; listen attentively to the faults, together with their secrets.
13.191.2
अग्निकार्यं च कर्तव्यं परमान्नेन भोजनम् ।
दीपकश्चापि कर्तव्यः पितॄणां सतिलोदकः ॥ १३.१९१.२ ॥
The fire-rite should be performed, and one should feed with excellent food; a lamp should also be made for the ancestors, with sesame and water.
13.191.3
एतेन विधिना मर्त्यः श्रद्दधानः समाहितः ।
चतुरो वार्षिकान्मासान्यो ददाति तिलोदकाम् ॥ १३.१९१.३ ॥
By this method, a faithful and attentive mortal who offers sesame and water for four months of the year—
13.191.4
भोजनं च यथाशक्त्या ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे ।
पशुबन्धशतस्येह फलं प्राप्नोति पुष्कलम् ॥ १३.१९१.४ ॥
By feeding, according to one's ability, a brahmin learned in the Vedas, one here obtains the abundant fruit of a hundred animal-sacrifices.
13.191.5
इदं चैवापरं गुह्यमप्रशस्तं निबोधत ।
अग्नेस्तु वृषलो नेता हविर्मूढाश्च योषितः ॥ १३.१९१.५ ॥
Learn also another secret and improper matter: the leader of the fire is a low-born man, and deluded women offer the oblation.
13.191.6
मन्यते धर्म एवेति च चाधर्मेणि लिप्यते ।
अग्नयस्तस्य कुप्यन्ति शूद्रयोनिं स गच्छति ॥ १३.१९१.६ ॥
He thinks this is indeed dharma, yet he is stained by adharma; his fires grow angry with him, and he goes to a śūdra womb.
13.191.7
पितरश्च न तुष्यन्ति सहदेवैर्विशेषतः ।
प्रायश्चित्तं तु यत्तत्र ब्रुवतस्तन्निबोध मे।
यत्कृत्वा तु नरः सम्यक्सुखी भवति विज्वरः ॥ १३.१९१.७ ॥
The ancestors, and especially along with the gods, are not pleased. Hear from me the atonement that I now declare; by performing it a man becomes fully happy and free from distress.
13.191.8
गवां मूत्रपुरीषेणि पयसा च घृतेन च ।
अग्निकार्यं त्र्यहं कुर्यान्निराहारः समाहितः ॥ १३.१९१.८ ॥
For three days one should perform the fire-rite with cow's urine, dung, milk and clarified butter, fasting and with the mind composed.
13.191.9
ततः संवत्सरे पूर्णे प्रतिगृह्णन्ति देवताः ।
हृष्यन्ति पितरश्चास्य श्राद्धकाल उपस्थिते ॥ १३.१९१.९ ॥
Then, when the year is complete, the gods accept it, and when the śrāddha time arrives, his ancestors also rejoice.
13.191.10
एष ह्यधर्मो धर्मश्च सरहस्यः प्रकीर्तितः ।
मर्त्यानां स्वर्गकामानां प्रेत्य स्वर्गसुखावह ॥ १३.१९१.१० ॥
This, both the unrighteous and the righteous, has been declared together with its secret teaching; for mortals who desire heaven, it brings the joy of heaven after death.