Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.199
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13.199.1
उक्तास्तु भवता भोज्यास्तथाऽभोज्याश्च सर्वशः ।
अत्र मे प्रश्नसन्देहस्तन्मे वद पितामह ॥ १३.१९९.१ ॥
You have declared what is fit to be eaten and what is not, in every respect. Here I have a question and a doubt; tell me that, grandsire.
13.199.2
ब्राह्मणानां विशेषेण हव्यकव्यप्रतिग्रहे ।
नानाविधेषु भोज्येषु प्रायश्चित्तानि शंस मे ॥ १३.१९९.२ ॥
Especially for brahmins, in accepting offerings of havya and kavya and in the various kinds of foods to be eaten, tell me the expiations.
13.199.3
हन्त वक्ष्यामि ते राजन्ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनाम् ।
प्रतिग्रहेषु भोज्ये च मुच्यते येन पाप्मनः ॥ १३.१९९.३ ॥
Well then, king, I will tell you about the acceptance of gifts by great-souled brahmins and about foods to be eaten, by which one is freed from sin.
13.199.4
घृतप्रतिग्रहे चैव सावित्री समिदाहुतिः ।
तिलप्रतिग्रहे चैव सममेतद्युधिष्ठिर ॥ १३.१९९.४ ॥
In accepting ghee, the Sāvitrī verse and an oblation of kindling sticks; in accepting sesame, the same is equal, Yudhiṣṭhira.
13.199.5
मांसप्रतिग्रहे चैव मधुनो लवणस्य च ।
आदित्योदयनं स्थित्वा पूतो भवति ब्राह्मणः ॥ १३.१९९.५ ॥
In accepting meat, honey and salt, too, a brahmin becomes pure by standing at sunrise.
13.199.6
काञ्चनं प्रतिगृह्याथ जपमानो गुरुश्रुतिम् ।
कृष्णायसं च विवृतं धारयन्मुच्यते द्विजः ॥ १३.१९९.६ ॥
Having accepted gold, reciting his teacher's sacred lore, and wearing uncovered black iron, the twice-born is freed.
13.199.7
एवं प्रतिगृहीतेऽथ धने वस्त्रे तथा स्त्रियाम् ।
एवमेव नरश्रेष्ठ सुवर्णस्य प्रतिग्रहे। ॥ १३.१९९.७ ॥
Thus, when wealth, cloth, or a woman has been received, and likewise, O best of men, in the receiving of gold.
13.199.8
अन्नप्रतिग्रहे चैव पायसेक्षुरसे तथा ।
इक्षुतैलपवित्राणां त्रिसन्ध्येऽप्सु निमज्जनम् ॥ १३.१९९.८ ॥
In the receiving of food, and likewise in milk-porridge and sugarcane juice, and in pure things such as sugarcane oil, immersion in water at the three twilights.
13.199.9
व्रीहौ पुष्पे फले चैव जले पिष्टमये तथा ।
यावके दधिदुग्धे च सावित्रीं शतशोऽन्विताम् ॥ १३.१९९.९ ॥
In rice-grain, flower, fruit, water, and things made of flour, likewise in barley-gruel and in curd and milk, reciting the Sāvitrī mantra a hundredfold.
13.199.10
उपानहौ च च्छत्रं च प्रतिगृह्यौर्ध्वदेहिके ।
जपेच्छतं समायुक्तस्तेन मुच्यते पाप्मना ॥ १३.१९९.१० ॥
Having received sandals and an umbrella for the funeral rites, one should recite a hundred times; by that he is freed from sin.
13.199.11
क्षेत्रप्रतिग्रहे चैव ग्रहसूतकयोस्तथा ।
त्रीणि रात्राण्युपोषित्वा तेन पापाद्विमुच्यते ॥ १३.१९९.११ ॥
In receiving land, and likewise in an eclipse and birth-impurity, having fasted for three nights, by that he is freed from sin.
13.199.12
कृष्णपक्षे तु यः श्राद्धं पितॄणामश्नुते द्विजः ।
अन्नमेतदहोरात्रात्पूतो भवति ब्राह्मणः ॥ १३.१९९.१२ ॥
A twice-born man who eats the food of an ancestral rite in the dark fortnight becomes purified, that brahmin, within a single day and night.
13.199.13
न च सन्ध्यामुपासीत न च जाप्यं प्रवर्तयेत् ।
न सङ्किरेत्तदन्नं च ततः पूयेत ब्राह्मणः ॥ १३.१९९.१३ ॥
He should not perform the twilight rite, nor begin recitation, nor mix that food with other food; then the brahmin is purified.
13.199.14
इत्यर्थमपराङ्णे तु पितॄणां श्राद्धमुच्यते ।
यथोक्तानां यदश्नीयुर्ब्राह्मणाः पूर्वकेतिताः ॥ १३.१९९.१४ ॥
For this reason the shraddha for the ancestors is prescribed in the afternoon; the brahmins previously named should eat it as has been said.
13.199.15
मृतकस्य तृतीयाहे ब्राह्मणो योऽन्नमश्नुते ।
स त्रिवेलं समुन्मज्ज्य द्वादशाहेन शुध्यति ॥ १३.१९९.१५ ॥
The brahmin who eats food on the third day after a death, having immersed himself thoroughly three times, is purified in twelve days.
13.199.16
द्वादशाहे व्यतीते तु कृतशौचो विशेषतः ।
ब्राह्मणेभ्यो हविर्दत्त्वा मुच्यते तेन पाप्मना ॥ १३.१९९.१६ ॥
When twelve days have passed, after purifying himself in particular, by giving oblations to brahmins he is freed from that sin.
13.199.17
मृतस्य दशरात्रेण प्रायश्चित्तानि दापयेत् ।
सावित्रीं रैवतीमिष्टिं कूश्माण्डमघमर्षणम् ॥ १३.१९९.१७ ॥
Within ten nights of a death, expiations should be performed: the Sāvitrī, the Raivatī sacrifice, the Kūśmāṇḍa, and the Aghamarṣaṇa.
13.199.18
मृतकस्य त्रिरात्रे यः समुद्दिष्टे समश्नुते ।
सप्तत्रिषवणं स्नात्वा पूतो भवति ब्राह्मणः ॥ १३.१९९.१८ ॥
The brahmin who eats the designated (samuddiṣṭa) meal on the third night after a death, having bathed seven-and-three times, becomes purified.
13.199.19
सिद्धिमाप्नोति विपुलामापदं चैव नाप्नुयात् ॥ १३.१९९.१९ ॥
He obtains success and does not meet with great calamity.
13.199.20
यस्तु शूद्रैः समश्नीयाद्ब्राह्मणोऽप्येकभोजने ।
अशौचं विधिवत्तस्य शौचमत्र विधीयते ॥ १३.१९९.२० ॥
A brahmin who eats together with shudras at one meal incurs impurity by rule; here the purification for him is prescribed.
13.199.21
यस्तु वैश्यैः सहाश्नीयाद्ब्राह्मणोऽप्येकभोजने ।
स वै त्रिरात्रं दीक्षित्वा मुच्यते तेन कर्मणा ॥ १३.१९९.२१ ॥
A brahmin who eats together with vaishyas at one meal, after undergoing consecration for three nights, is freed by that rite.
13.199.22
क्षत्रियैः सह योऽश्नीयाद्ब्राह्मणोऽप्येकभोजने ।
आप्लुतः सह वासोभिस्तेन मुच्येत पाप्मना ॥ १३.१९९.२२ ॥
A brahmin who eats together with kshatriyas at one meal should be freed from that sin by bathing fully clothed.
13.199.23
शूद्रास्य तु कुलं हन्ति वैश्यस्य पशुबान्धवान् ।
क्षत्रियस्य श्रियं हन्ति ब्राह्मणस्य सुवर्चसम् ॥ १३.१९९.२३ ॥
The food of a shudra destroys one's lineage, the food of a vaishya destroys cattle and kinsmen, the food of a kshatriya destroys prosperity, and the food of a brahmin destroys radiance.
13.199.24
प्रायश्चित्तं च शान्तिं च जुहुयात्तेन मुच्यते ।
सावित्रीं रैवतीमिष्टिं कूश्माण्डमघमर्षणम्। ॥ १३.१९९.२४ ॥
He should perform expiation and the rite of pacification and offer oblations; by this he is freed — with the Sāvitrī, the Raivatī sacrifice, the Kūśmāṇḍa and the Aghamarṣaṇa.
13.199.25
तथोच्छिष्टमथान्योन्यं सम्प्राशेन्नात्र संशयः ।
रोचना विरजा रात्रिर्मङ्गलालम्भनानि च ॥ १३.१९९.२५ ॥
Likewise, there is no doubt that one is purified by partaking of leftover food together with others. Rocanā, the stainless night, and touching auspicious things also (purify).