Agni Purana — Chapter 115
AgP 115.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे गयामाहात्म्यं नाम चतुर्दशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः :न् १ अन्यानथेति झ॥ । क्षपानुक्त्वा इति छ॥ २ गन्धादिवर्जिता इति घ॥ ३ तीर्थोपजीवका यूयमाचन्द्रार्कमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च ४ कुलशतं महदिति ज॥ ५ स्वर्गलोकं चेति घ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ च ६ वह्नथेमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च । बहुलमिति झ॥ :प् ३८४ अग्निपुराणम् महर्षिश्रीमद्वेदव्यासेन प्रणीतम् श्रीलश्री वङ्गदेशीयासियातिक्-समाजानुज्ञया श्रीराजेन्द्रलालमित्रेण परिशोधितम् कलिकाताराजधान्यां गणेशयन्त्रे मुद्रितञ्च संवत् १९३३ :प् ० अथाग्निपुराणस्य द्वितीयखण्डस्यानुक्रमणिका अग्निपुराणं छप्तेर् {११५} :श् अथ पञ्चदशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः गयायात्राविधिः अग्निर् उवाच उद्यतश्चेद्गयां यातुं(१) श्राद्धं कृत्वा विधानतः विधाय कार्पटीवेशं ग्रामस्यापि प्रदक्षिणं
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe gayāmāhātmyaṃ nāma caturdaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ :n 1 anyānatheti jha.. / kṣapānuktvā iti cha.. 2 gandhādivarjitā iti gha.. 3 tīrthopajīvakā yūyamācandrārkamiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 4 kulaśataṃ mahaditi ja.. 5 svargalokaṃ ceti gha.. , ja.. , jha.. ca 6 vahnathemiti kha.. , cha.. ca / bahulamiti jha.. :p 384 agnipurāṇam maharṣiśrīmadvedavyāsena praṇītam śrīlaśrī vaṅgadeśīyāsiyātik-samājānujñayā śrīrājendralālamitreṇa pariśodhitam kalikātārājadhānyāṃ gaṇeśayantre mudritañca saṃvat 1933 :p 0 athāgnipurāṇasya dvitīyakhaṇḍasyānukramaṇikā agnipurāṇaṃ chapter {115} :ś atha pañcadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ gayāyātrāvidhiḥ agnir uvāca udyataścedgayāṃ yātuṃ(1) śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ vidhāya kārpaṭīveśaṃ grāmasyāpi pradakṣiṇaṃ
Thus (ends) in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred and fourteenth chapter, called the Greatness of Gayā. — Chapter 115: The procedure of the pilgrimage to Gayā. Agni said: If one is set upon going to Gayā, having performed the śrāddha according to rule, having put on the pilgrim's garb, and (having made) the circumambulation even of (his own) village,
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AgP 115.2
कृत्वा प्रतिदिनङ्गच्छेत् संयतश्चाप्रतिग्रही गृहाच्चलितमात्रस्य गयया गमनं प्रति
kṛtvā pratidinaṅgacchet saṃyataścāpratigrahī gṛhāccalitamātrasya gayayā gamanaṃ prati
Having done (this), he should go forward each day, self-restrained and accepting no gifts; for one who has merely set out from his house toward the journey to Gaya,
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AgP 115.3
स्वर्गारोहणसोपानं पितॄणान्तु पदे पदे ब्रह्मज्ञानेन किं कार्यं गोगृहे मरणेन किं
svargārohaṇasopānaṃ pitṝṇāntu pade pade brahmajñānena kiṃ kāryaṃ gogṛhe maraṇena kiṃ
(there is) at every step a stairway of ascent to heaven for the fathers. What need is there of the knowledge of brahman? What of dying in a cow-pen?
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AgP 115.4
किं कुरुक्षेत्रवासेन यदा(२) पुत्रो गयां व्रजेत् गयाप्राप्तं सुतं दृष्ट्वा पितॄणामुत्सवो भवेत्
kiṃ kurukṣetravāsena yadā(2) putro gayāṃ vrajet gayāprāptaṃ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitṝṇāmutsavo bhavet
What (need) of dwelling at Kurukṣetra, when a son goes to Gaya? Seeing the son arrived at Gaya, there would be festivity among the fathers:
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AgP 115.5
पद्भ्यामपि जलं स्पृष्ट्वा अस्मभ्यं किन्न दास्यति ब्रह्मज्ञानं गयाश्राद्धं गोगृहे मरणं तथा
padbhyāmapi jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā asmabhyaṃ kinna dāsyati brahmajñānaṃ gayāśrāddhaṃ gogṛhe maraṇaṃ tathā
"Having touched the water even with his feet, what will he not give us?" Knowledge of brahman, the śrāddha at Gaya, dying in a cow-pen, and likewise
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AgP 115.6
वासः पुंसां कुरुक्षेत्रे मुक्तिरेषा चतुर्विधा काङ्क्षन्ति पितरः पुत्रं नरकाद्भयभीरवः
vāsaḥ puṃsāṃ kurukṣetre muktireṣā caturvidhā kāṅkṣanti pitaraḥ putraṃ narakādbhayabhīravaḥ
men's dwelling in Kurukṣetra — this is the fourfold liberation. The fathers, trembling with fear of hell, long for a son:
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AgP 115.7
गयां यास्यति यः पुत्रः स नस्त्राता भविष्यति मुण्डनञ्चोपवासश् च सर्वतीर्थेष्वयं विधिः
gayāṃ yāsyati yaḥ putraḥ sa nastrātā bhaviṣyati muṇḍanañcopavāsaś ca sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ
"The son who will go to Gaya, he will be our rescuer." Shaving the head and fasting — this is the rule at all sacred fords.
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AgP 115.8
न कालादिर्गयातीर्थे दद्यात् पिण्डांश् च नित्यशः पक्षत्रयनिवासी च पुनात्यासप्ततमं कुलं
na kālādirgayātīrthe dadyāt piṇḍāṃś ca nityaśaḥ pakṣatrayanivāsī ca punātyāsaptatamaṃ kulaṃ
At the tīrtha of Gaya there is no (restriction as to) time and the like; he should offer the piṇḍas constantly. And one who dwells (there) for three fortnights purifies his family up to the seventh (generation).
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AgP 115.9
:न् १ गन्तुमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च २ यदि इति घ॥ , ग॥ , झ॥ च :प् १ अष्टकासु च वृद्धौच(१) गयायां मृतवासरे अत्र मातुः पृथक् श्राद्धमन्यत्र पतिना सह
:n 1 gantumiti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 2 yadi iti gha.. , ga.. , jha.. ca :p 1 aṣṭakāsu ca vṛddhauca(1) gayāyāṃ mṛtavāsare atra mātuḥ pṛthak śrāddhamanyatra patinā saha
On the aṣṭakā days, at a prosperity-rite, and on the day of death at Gaya — here the śrāddha for the mother is separate, elsewhere it is together with her husband. [The preceding string is editorial variant-reading apparatus, not text.]
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AgP 115.10
पित्रादिनवदैत्यं तथा द्वादशदैवतं प्रथमे दिवसे स्नायात्तीर्थे ह्य् उत्तरमानसे
pitrādinavadaityaṃ tathā dvādaśadaivataṃ prathame divase snāyāttīrthe hy uttaramānase
(The rite) is to have nine deities beginning with the father, and likewise twelve deities. On the first day he should bathe at the tīrtha Uttaramānasa.
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AgP 115.11
उत्तरे मानसे पुण्ये आयुरारोग्यवृद्धये सर्वाघौघविधानाय(२) स्नानं कुर्याद् विमुक्तये(३)
uttare mānase puṇye āyurārogyavṛddhaye sarvāghaughavidhānāya(2) snānaṃ kuryād vimuktaye(3)
At the holy Uttaramānasa, for the increase of life and health, for the disposal of the whole flood of sins, he should bathe for the sake of release.
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AgP 115.12
सन्तर्प्य देवपित्रादीन् श्राद्धकृत् पिण्डदो भवेत् दिव्यान्तरीक्षभौमस्थान्(४) देवान् सन्तर्पयाम्यहं
santarpya devapitrādīn śrāddhakṛt piṇḍado bhavet divyāntarīkṣabhaumasthān(4) devān santarpayāmyahaṃ
Having satisfied the gods, fathers and the rest, the performer of the śrāddha should become an offerer of piṇḍas: "I satisfy the gods dwelling in heaven, in the middle air, and on earth."
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AgP 115.13
दिव्यान्तरीक्षभौमादि पितृमात्रादि तर्पयेत् पिता पितामहश् चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः
divyāntarīkṣabhaumādi pitṛmātrādi tarpayet pitā pitāmahaś caiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ
He should offer libations to the divine, mid-air, earthly and other (beings), and to the fathers, mothers and the rest: father, grandfather, and likewise great-grandfather,
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AgP 115.14
माता पितामही चैव(५) तथैव प्रपितामही मातामहः प्रमातामहो वृद्धप्रमातामहः(६)
mātā pitāmahī caiva(5) tathaiva prapitāmahī mātāmahaḥ pramātāmaho vṛddhapramātāmahaḥ(6)
mother, paternal grandmother, and likewise paternal great-grandmother, maternal grandfather, maternal great-grandfather, maternal great-great-grandfather —
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AgP 115.15
तेभ्यो।न्येभ्य(७) इमान् पिण्डानुद्धाराय ददाम्यहं ॐ नमः सूर्यदेवाय सोमभौमज्ञरूपिणे(८)
tebhyo.nyebhya(7) imān piṇḍānuddhārāya dadāmyahaṃ oṃ namaḥ sūryadevāya somabhaumajñarūpiṇe(8)
"To them and to the others I give these piṇḍas for (their) deliverance." Om, homage to the Sun god, who has the forms of the Moon, Mars and Mercury,
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AgP 115.16
जीवशुक्रशनैश्चारिराहुकेतुस्वरूपिणे उत्तरे मानसे स्नाता(९) उद्धरेत्सकलं कुलं
jīvaśukraśanaiścārirāhuketusvarūpiṇe uttare mānase snātā(9) uddharetsakalaṃ kulaṃ
who has the forms of Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rāhu and Ketu. Having bathed at Uttaramānasa one may deliver one's whole family.
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AgP 115.17
सूर्यं नत्वा(१०) व्रजेन्मौनी नरो दक्षिणमानसं(११) :न् १ अन्वष्टकासु वृद्धौ चेति घ॥ , ङ॥ च २ सर्वाघौघविनाशायेति ख॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ च ३ स्नानं सर्वविमुक्तये इति छ॥ ४ दिव्यान्तरीक्षगान् भौमानिति ग॥ ५ माता मातामही चैवेति क॥ , ख॥ , ग॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च ६ वृद्धप्रमातृकामह इति क॥ , ग॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च ७ तेभ्यस्तेभ्य इति घ॥ , ज॥ च ८ सोमभौमस्वरूपिणे इति घ॥ ९ स्नात्वेति क॥ १० सूर्यं दृष्ट्वा इति ङ॥ ११ ततो दक्षिणमानसमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ च :प् २ दक्षिणे मानसे स्नानं करोमि पितृतृप्तये(१)
sūryaṃ natvā(10) vrajenmaunī naro dakṣiṇamānasaṃ(11) :n 1 anvaṣṭakāsu vṛddhau ceti gha.. , ṅa.. ca 2 sarvāghaughavināśāyeti kha.. , gha.. , cha.. ca 3 snānaṃ sarvavimuktaye iti cha.. 4 divyāntarīkṣagān bhaumāniti ga.. 5 mātā mātāmahī caiveti ka.. , kha.. , ga.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 6 vṛddhapramātṛkāmaha iti ka.. , ga.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 7 tebhyastebhya iti gha.. , ja.. ca 8 somabhaumasvarūpiṇe iti gha.. 9 snātveti ka.. 10 sūryaṃ dṛṣṭvā iti ṅa.. 11 tato dakṣiṇamānasamiti ga.. , gha.. , ja.. , jha.. ca :p 2 dakṣiṇe mānase snānaṃ karomi pitṛtṛptaye(1)
Having bowed to the Sun, the man should go in silence to Dakṣiṇamānasa. [What follows is editorial variant-reading apparatus, not text.] "At Dakṣiṇamānasa I perform the bath for the satisfaction of the fathers;
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AgP 115.18
गयायामागतः स्वर्गं यान्तु मे पितरो ऽखिलाः श्राद्धं पिण्डन्ततः कृत्वा सूर्यं नत्वा वदेदिदं
gayāyāmāgataḥ svargaṃ yāntu me pitaro 'khilāḥ śrāddhaṃ piṇḍantataḥ kṛtvā sūryaṃ natvā vadedidaṃ
having come to Gaya, may all my fathers go to heaven." Then, having performed the śrāddha and the piṇḍa (offering), having bowed to the Sun, he should say this:
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AgP 115.19
ॐ नमो भानवे भर्त्रे(२) भवाय भव मे विभो भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदः सर्वपितॄणां भवभावितः
oṃ namo bhānave bhartre(2) bhavāya bhava me vibho bhuktimuktipradaḥ sarvapitṝṇāṃ bhavabhāvitaḥ
"Om, homage to Bhānu, to the sustainer, to Bhava; be (favourable) to me, O pervading one, you who grant enjoyment and liberation, who are contemplated as existence itself, for all the fathers."
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AgP 115.20
कव्यवालानलः सोमो यमश् चैवार्यमा तथा अग्निष्वात्ता वर्हिषद आज्यपाः पितृदेवताः
kavyavālānalaḥ somo yamaś caivāryamā tathā agniṣvāttā varhiṣada ājyapāḥ pitṛdevatāḥ
Kavyavāla, Anala, Soma, Yama and likewise Aryaman; the Agniṣvāttas, the Barhiṣads, the Ājyapas — the deities of the fathers —
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AgP 115.21
आगच्छन्तु महाभागा युष्माभी रक्षितास्त्विह मदीयाः पितरो ये च मातृमातामहादयः
āgacchantu mahābhāgā yuṣmābhī rakṣitāstviha madīyāḥ pitaro ye ca mātṛmātāmahādayaḥ
may they, the greatly blessed ones, come; and may my fathers, who are guarded by you here, and my mother, maternal grandfather and the rest (come too).
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AgP 115.22
तेषां पिण्डप्रदाताहमागतो ऽस्मि गयामिमां उदीच्यां मुण्डपृष्ठस्य देवर्षिगणपूजितं(३)
teṣāṃ piṇḍapradātāhamāgato 'smi gayāmimāṃ udīcyāṃ muṇḍapṛṣṭhasya devarṣigaṇapūjitaṃ(3)
I have come as the giver of piṇḍas for them, to this Gayā, (which lies) to the north of Muṇḍapṛṣṭha, honoured by the hosts of gods and seers.
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AgP 115.23
नाम्ना कनखलं तीर्थं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतं सिद्धानां प्रीतिजननैः पापानाञ्च भयङ्करैः
nāmnā kanakhalaṃ tīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaṃ siddhānāṃ prītijananaiḥ pāpānāñca bhayaṅkaraiḥ
the tīrtha named Kanakhala, renowned in the three worlds, by (serpents) that generate delight in the siddhas and terror in sinners —
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AgP 115.24
लेलिहानैर् महानागै रक्ष्यते चैव नित्यशः तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं(४) यान्ति क्रीडन्ते भुवि मानवाः
lelihānair mahānāgai rakṣyate caiva nityaśaḥ tatra snātvā divaṃ(4) yānti krīḍante bhuvi mānavāḥ
and it is guarded continually by great serpents with darting tongues. Having bathed there, men go to heaven and disport themselves on earth.
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AgP 115.25
फल्गुतीर्थं ततो गच्छेन्महानद्यां स्थितं परं नागाज्जनार्दनात् कूपाद्वटाच्चोत्तरमानसात्
phalgutīrthaṃ tato gacchenmahānadyāṃ sthitaṃ paraṃ nāgājjanārdanāt kūpādvaṭāccottaramānasāt
Then one should go to the Phalgu-tīrtha, the supreme one, situated on the Mahānadī, (beyond) the Nāga, Janārdana, the well, the banyan tree, and the Uttaramānasa.
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AgP 115.26
एतद् गयाशिरः(५) प्रोक्तं फल्गुतीर्थं तदुच्यते मुण्डपृष्ठनागाद्याश् च सारात् सारमथान्तरं
etad gayāśiraḥ(5) proktaṃ phalgutīrthaṃ taducyate muṇḍapṛṣṭhanāgādyāś ca sārāt sāramathāntaraṃ
This is declared to be Gayāśiras; that is called the Phalgu-tīrtha; and Muṇḍapṛṣṭha, the Nāga and the rest — (this is) the essence of the essence, and then what is inward.
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AgP 115.27
:न् १ करोमि पितृदैवते इति ज॥ २ भानवे तस्मै इति ङ॥ ३ देवर्षिगणसेवितमिति घ॥ , ज॥ च । देवतागणसेवितमिति झ॥ ४ तत्र स्नाता दिवमिति ज॥ ५ फल्गुं गयाशिर इति ख॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च :प् ३ यस्मिन् फलति श्रीर्गौर्वा कामधेनुर्जलं मही दृष्टिरम्यादिकं यस्मात् फल्गुतीर्थं न फल्गुवत्
:n 1 karomi pitṛdaivate iti ja.. 2 bhānave tasmai iti ṅa.. 3 devarṣigaṇasevitamiti gha.. , ja.. ca / devatāgaṇasevitamiti jha.. 4 tatra snātā divamiti ja.. 5 phalguṃ gayāśira iti kha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca :p 3 yasmin phalati śrīrgaurvā kāmadhenurjalaṃ mahī dṛṣṭiramyādikaṃ yasmāt phalgutīrthaṃ na phalguvat
[Textual notes: 'karomi pitṛdaivate' in MS ja; 'bhānave tasmai' in MS ṅa; 'attended by the hosts of gods and seers' in MSS gha and ja, 'attended by the hosts of deities' in MS jha; 'having bathed there, to heaven' in MS ja; 'Phalgu, Gayāśiras' in MSS kha, ṅa and cha.] Since in it Śrī bears fruit, or the cow, the wish-granting cow, the water, the earth, and delightful sights and the rest — therefore the Phalgu-tīrtha is not (paltry) like a phalgu.
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AgP 115.28
फल्गुतीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दृष्ट्वा देवं गदाधरं एतेन किं न पर्याप्तं नृणां सुकृटकारिणां
phalgutīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā devaṃ gadādharaṃ etena kiṃ na paryāptaṃ nṛṇāṃ sukṛṭakāriṇāṃ
A man has bathed at the Phalgu-tīrtha and seen the god who bears the mace: what is not accomplished for men who do good deeds by this alone?
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AgP 115.29
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि आसमुद्रात्सरांसि च फल्गुतीर्थं गमिष्यन्ति वारमेकं दिने दिने
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni āsamudrātsarāṃsi ca phalgutīrthaṃ gamiṣyanti vāramekaṃ dine dine
Whatever tīrthas there are on earth, and the lakes as far as the ocean, they come to the Phalgu-tīrtha once every day.
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AgP 115.30
फल्गुतीर्थे तीर्थराजे करोति स्नानमादृतः पितॄणां ब्रह्मलोकाप्त्यै आत्मनो भुक्तिमुक्तये
phalgutīrthe tīrtharāje karoti snānamādṛtaḥ pitṝṇāṃ brahmalokāptyai ātmano bhuktimuktaye
At the Phalgu-tīrtha, the king of tīrthas, (a man) reverently performs the bath, so that his fathers may attain the world of Brahmā, and for his own enjoyment and release.
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AgP 115.31
स्नात्वा श्राद्धी पिण्डदो ऽथ नमेद्देवं पितामहं कलौ माहेश्वरा लोका अत्र देवी(१) गदाधरः
snātvā śrāddhī piṇḍado 'tha nameddevaṃ pitāmahaṃ kalau māheśvarā lokā atra devī(1) gadādharaḥ
Having bathed, performed the śrāddha and given the piṇḍa, he should then bow to the god Pitāmaha. In the Kali age the worlds belong to Maheśvara; here are the Goddess and Gadādhara.
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AgP 115.32
पितामहो लिङ्गरूपी तन्नमामि महेश्वरं गदाधरं बलं काममनिरुद्धं नरायणं(२)
pitāmaho liṅgarūpī tannamāmi maheśvaraṃ gadādharaṃ balaṃ kāmamaniruddhaṃ narāyaṇaṃ(2)
Pitāmaha is in the form of a liṅga; him I salute as Maheśvara, (and I salute) Gadādhara, Bala, Kāma, Aniruddha, Nārāyaṇa,
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AgP 115.33
ब्रह्मविष्णुनृसिंहाख्यं वराहादिं नमाम्यहं ततो गदाधरं दृष्ट्वा कुलानां शतमुद्धरेत्
brahmaviṣṇunṛsiṃhākhyaṃ varāhādiṃ namāmyahaṃ tato gadādharaṃ dṛṣṭvā kulānāṃ śatamuddharet
him who bears the names Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Nṛsiṃha, and Varāha and the rest — him I salute. Then, having beheld Gadādhara, one may deliver a hundred lineages.
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AgP 115.34
धर्मारण्यं द्वितीये ऽह्नि मतङ्गस्याश्रमे वरे मतङ्गवाप्यां संस्नाय श्राद्धकृत् पिण्डदो(३) भवेत्
dharmāraṇyaṃ dvitīye 'hni mataṅgasyāśrame vare mataṅgavāpyāṃ saṃsnāya śrāddhakṛt piṇḍado(3) bhavet
On the second day (he should go) to Dharmāraṇya, to the excellent hermitage of Mataṅga; having bathed in Mataṅga's tank he should perform the śrāddha and give the piṇḍa.
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AgP 115.35
मतङ्गेशं सुद्धेशं(४) नत्वा चेदमुदीरयेत् प्रमाणं देवताः सन्तु लोकपालाश् च साक्षिणः
mataṅgeśaṃ suddheśaṃ(4) natvā cedamudīrayet pramāṇaṃ devatāḥ santu lokapālāś ca sākṣiṇaḥ
Having bowed to Mataṅgeśa and Śuddheśa, he should say this: "Let the deities be the authority and the guardians of the world the witnesses:
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AgP 115.36
मयागत्य मतङ्गे ऽस्मिन् पितॄणां निष्कृतिः कृता स्नानतर्पणश्राद्धादिर्ब्रह्मतीर्थे ऽथ(५) कूपके
mayāgatya mataṅge 'smin pitṝṇāṃ niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā snānatarpaṇaśrāddhādirbrahmatīrthe 'tha(5) kūpake
by me, having come here to Mataṅga, the redemption of the fathers has been performed" — bathing, libation, śrāddha and the rest; then at the Brahma-tīrtha, at the well,
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AgP 115.37
:न् १ अतो देव इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ च २ नारायणमिति ख॥ , ग॥ , ङ॥ च ३ श्राद्धदः पिण्डद इति ख॥ ४ मतङ्गेशञ्च सिद्धेशमिति ज॥ ५ ब्रह्मतीर्थेत्रेति ख॥ :प् ४ तत्कूर्पयूपयोर्मध्ये श्राद्धं कुलशतोद्धृतौ महाबोधतुरुं नत्वा धर्मवान् स्वर्गलोकभाक्
:n 1 ato deva iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , cha.. ca 2 nārāyaṇamiti kha.. , ga.. , ṅa.. ca 3 śrāddhadaḥ piṇḍada iti kha.. 4 mataṅgeśañca siddheśamiti ja.. 5 brahmatīrthetreti kha.. :p 4 tatkūrpayūpayormadhye śrāddhaṃ kulaśatoddhṛtau mahābodhaturuṃ natvā dharmavān svargalokabhāk
[Textual notes: 'ato devaḥ' in MSS kha, ga, gha and cha; 'nārāyaṇam' in MSS kha, ga and ṅa; 'śrāddhadaḥ piṇḍadaḥ' in MS kha; 'mataṅgeśaṃ ca siddheśam' in MS ja; 'brahmatīrthetra' in MS kha.] A śrāddha between that well and the sacrificial post, for the deliverance of a hundred lineages; and having bowed to the great Bodhi tree, the man of dharma has a share in the world of heaven.
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AgP 115.38
तृतीये ब्रह्मसरसि(१) स्नानं कुर्याद्यतव्रतः(२) स्नानं ब्रह्मसरस्तीर्थे(३) करोमि ब्रह्मभूतये
tṛtīye brahmasarasi(1) snānaṃ kuryādyatavrataḥ(2) snānaṃ brahmasarastīrthe(3) karomi brahmabhūtaye
On the third (day), keeping his vow under restraint, he should perform the bath in the Brahma-lake: "I perform the bath in the tīrtha of the Brahma-lake, for the attainment of brahman,
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AgP 115.39
पितॄणां ब्रह्मलोकाय ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेविते तर्पणं श्राद्धकृत् पिण्डं प्रदद्यात्तु प्रसेचनं(४) कुर्याच्च वाजपेयार्थी ब्रह्मयूपप्रदक्षिणं
pitṝṇāṃ brahmalokāya brahmarṣigaṇasevite tarpaṇaṃ śrāddhakṛt piṇḍaṃ pradadyāttu prasecanaṃ(4) kuryācca vājapeyārthī brahmayūpapradakṣiṇaṃ
(and) for the world of Brahmā for my fathers" — in (that tīrtha) frequented by the hosts of brahman-seers he should make the libation, and performing the śrāddha should offer the piṇḍa and the pouring out (of water); and one who seeks the vājapeya should circumambulate the Brahma-post.
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AgP 115.40
एको मुनिः कुम्भकुशाग्रहस्त आम्रस्य मूले सलिलन्ददाति आम्नाय सिक्ताः पितरश् च तृप्ता एका क्रिया द्व्यर्थकरी प्रसिद्धा
eko muniḥ kumbhakuśāgrahasta āmrasya mūle salilandadāti āmnāya siktāḥ pitaraś ca tṛptā ekā kriyā dvyarthakarī prasiddhā
A single sage, with pot and kuśa-tips in hand, gives water at the root of a mango tree: the mango is watered and the fathers are satisfied — one act well known to serve two purposes.
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AgP 115.41
ब्रह्माणञ्च नमस्कृत्य कुलानां शतमुद्धरेत् फल्गुतीर्थे चतुर्थे ऽह्नि स्नात्वा देवादितर्पणं
brahmāṇañca namaskṛtya kulānāṃ śatamuddharet phalgutīrthe caturthe 'hni snātvā devāditarpaṇaṃ
And having made obeisance to Brahmā, he may deliver a hundred lineages. On the fourth day, having bathed at the Phalgu-tīrtha, (he performs) the libation to the gods and the rest.
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AgP 115.42
कृत्वा श्राद्धं सपिण्डञ्च गयाशिरसि कारयेत् पञ्चक्रोशं गयाक्षेत्रं क्रोशमेकं गयाशिरः
kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ sapiṇḍañca gayāśirasi kārayet pañcakrośaṃ gayākṣetraṃ krośamekaṃ gayāśiraḥ
Having performed the śrāddha together with the piṇḍa (offering), one should have it done at Gayāśiras. The Gayā field is five krośas; Gayāśiras is one krośa.
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AgP 115.43
तत्र पिण्डप्रदानेन कुलानां शतमुधरेत् मुण्डपृष्ठे पदं न्न्यास्तं महादेवेन धीमता
tatra piṇḍapradānena kulānāṃ śatamudharet muṇḍapṛṣṭhe padaṃ nnyāstaṃ mahādevena dhīmatā
There, by the giving of the piṇḍa, one may raise up a hundred generations of the family. On Muṇḍapṛṣṭha a footprint was set down by the wise Mahādeva.
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AgP 115.44
मुण्डपृष्ठे शिरः साक्षाद् गयाशिर उदाहृतं :न् १ ब्रह्मसदसि इति ख॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ च २ मयागत्येत्यादिः, स्नानं कुर्याद्यतव्रत इत्य् अन्तः पाठश्छ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ३ ब्रह्मसदस्तीर्थे इति घ॥ । ब्रह्मशिरस्तीर्थे इति ख॥ ४ तर्पणश्राद्धकृत् पिण्डप्रदश्चापि प्रसेचनमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च तर्पणश्राद्धकृत् पिण्डप्रदश्चाम्रप्रसेचनमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , ज॥ च :प् ५ साक्षाद् गयाशिरस्तत्र फल्गुतीर्थाश्रमं(१) कृतं
muṇḍapṛṣṭhe śiraḥ sākṣād gayāśira udāhṛtaṃ :n 1 brahmasadasi iti kha.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. ca 2 mayāgatyetyādiḥ, snānaṃ kuryādyatavrata ity antaḥ pāṭhaścha.. pustake nāsti 3 brahmasadastīrthe iti gha.. / brahmaśirastīrthe iti kha.. 4 tarpaṇaśrāddhakṛt piṇḍapradaścāpi prasecanamiti kha.. , cha.. ca tarpaṇaśrāddhakṛt piṇḍapradaścāmraprasecanamiti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , ja.. ca :p 5 sākṣād gayāśirastatra phalgutīrthāśramaṃ(1) kṛtaṃ
On Muṇḍapṛṣṭha is the head itself: that is declared to be Gayāśiras. [The remainder of the line is the editor's list of manuscript variants, not text.]
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AgP 115.45
अमृतं तत्र वहति पितॄणान्दत्तमक्षयं स्नात्वा दशाश्वमेधे तु दृष्ट्वा देवं पितामहं
amṛtaṃ tatra vahati pitṝṇāndattamakṣayaṃ snātvā daśāśvamedhe tu dṛṣṭvā devaṃ pitāmahaṃ
Nectar flows there; what is given to the fathers is imperishable. Having bathed at Daśāśvamedha and beheld the god Pitāmaha,
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AgP 115.46
रुद्रपादं नरः स्पृष्ट्वा नेह भूयो ऽभिजायते शमीपत्रप्रमाणेन पिण्डं दत्वा गयाशिरे(२)
rudrapādaṃ naraḥ spṛṣṭvā neha bhūyo 'bhijāyate śamīpatrapramāṇena piṇḍaṃ datvā gayāśire(2)
a man, having touched Rudrapāda, is not born here again. Having given at Gayāśiras a piṇḍa of the size of a śamī leaf,
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AgP 115.47
नरकस्था दिवं यान्ति स्वर्गस्था मोक्षमाप्नुयुः पायसेनाथ पिष्टेन शक्तुना चरुणा तथा
narakasthā divaṃ yānti svargasthā mokṣamāpnuyuḥ pāyasenātha piṣṭena śaktunā caruṇā tathā
(the ancestors) who are in hell go to heaven, and those in heaven attain release. With milk-rice, with flour, with barley-meal, and likewise with caru,
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AgP 115.48
पिण्डदानं तण्डुलैश् च गोधूमैस्तिलमिश्रितैः पिण्डं दत्वा रुद्रपदे कुलानां शतमुद्धरेत्
piṇḍadānaṃ taṇḍulaiś ca godhūmaistilamiśritaiḥ piṇḍaṃ datvā rudrapade kulānāṃ śatamuddharet
the giving of the piṇḍa (may be made), and with rice-grains and wheat mixed with sesame; having given a piṇḍa at Rudrapada, one may raise up a hundred generations of the family.
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AgP 115.49
तथा विष्णुपदे श्राद्धपिण्डदो ह्य् ऋणमुक्तिकृत्(३) पित्रादीनां शतकुलं स्वात्मानं(४) तारयेन्नरः
tathā viṣṇupade śrāddhapiṇḍado hy ṛṇamuktikṛt(3) pitrādīnāṃ śatakulaṃ svātmānaṃ(4) tārayennaraḥ
Likewise at Viṣṇupada, one who gives the śrāddha-piṇḍa indeed works release from debt; a man delivers a hundred generations of his fathers and the rest, and his own self.
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AgP 115.50
तथा ब्रह्मपदे श्राद्धी(५) ब्रह्मलोकं नयेत्पितॄन् दक्षिणाग्निपदे तद्वद्गार्हपत्यपदे तथा
tathā brahmapade śrāddhī(5) brahmalokaṃ nayetpitṝn dakṣiṇāgnipade tadvadgārhapatyapade tathā
So too at Brahmapada the performer of the śrāddha would lead his fathers to Brahmā's world; likewise at Dakṣiṇāgnipada, and so at Gārhapatyapada,
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AgP 115.51
पदे वाहवनीयस्य श्राद्धी यज्ञफलं लभेत् आवसथ्यस्य चन्द्रस्य(६) सूर्यस्य च गणस्य च
pade vāhavanīyasya śrāddhī yajñaphalaṃ labhet āvasathyasya candrasya(6) sūryasya ca gaṇasya ca
at the pada of the Āhavanīya (fire) the performer of the śrāddha would obtain the fruit of a sacrifice; (and at the padas) of Āvasathya, of the Moon, of the Sun, and of the Host,
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AgP 115.52
अगस्त्यकार्त्तिकेयस्य श्राद्धी तारयते कुलं आदित्यस्य रथं नत्वा(७) कर्णादित्यं नमीन्नरः
agastyakārttikeyasya śrāddhī tārayate kulaṃ ādityasya rathaṃ natvā(7) karṇādityaṃ namīnnaraḥ
and of Agastya and Kārttikeya — the performer of the śrāddha rescues his family. Having bowed to the chariot of the Sun, let a man salute Karṇāditya.
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AgP 115.53
:न् १ फल्गुतीर्थाश्रयमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ च २ पिण्डं दद्याद्गयाशिरे इति ज॥ ३ पिण्डदः कुलमुक्तिकृदिति ग॥ , ज॥ च । पिण्डदो ह्य् अतिमुक्तिकृदिति घ॥ ४ स्वात्मनेति ज॥ ५ ब्रह्मपदे श्राद्धमिति झ॥ ६ वरुणस्याथ चेन्द्रस्येति ङ॥ । आवसथ्यस्य चेन्द्रस्येति छ॥ । आवसथ्यस्य सेन्द्रस्येति ज॥ ७ रथं दृष्ट्वेति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् ६ कनकेशपदं नत्वा गयाकेदारकं नमेत् सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः पितॄन् ब्रह्मपुरं नयेत्
:n 1 phalgutīrthāśrayamiti ga.. , gha.. , ja.. , jha.. ca 2 piṇḍaṃ dadyādgayāśire iti ja.. 3 piṇḍadaḥ kulamuktikṛditi ga.. , ja.. ca / piṇḍado hy atimuktikṛditi gha.. 4 svātmaneti ja.. 5 brahmapade śrāddhamiti jha.. 6 varuṇasyātha cendrasyeti ṅa.. / āvasathyasya cendrasyeti cha.. / āvasathyasya sendrasyeti ja.. 7 rathaṃ dṛṣṭveti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 6 kanakeśapadaṃ natvā gayākedārakaṃ namet sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ pitṝn brahmapuraṃ nayet
[The first part of this line is the editor's apparatus of manuscript variants.] Having bowed to Kanakeśapada, let him salute Gayākedāraka; freed from all sins, he leads his fathers to Brahmā's city.
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AgP 115.54
विशालो ऽपि गयाशीर्षे पिण्डदो ऽभूच्च पुत्रवान् विशालायां विशालो ऽभूद्राजपुत्रो ऽब्रवीद् द्विजान्
viśālo 'pi gayāśīrṣe piṇḍado 'bhūcca putravān viśālāyāṃ viśālo 'bhūdrājaputro 'bravīd dvijān
Viśāla too became a giver of the piṇḍa at Gayāśīrṣa and became possessed of sons. In Viśālā there was Viśāla; the king's son spoke to the brahmins:
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AgP 115.55
कथं पुत्रादयः स्युर्मे द्विजा ऊचुर्विशालकं गयायां पिण्डदानेन तव सर्वं भविष्यति
kathaṃ putrādayaḥ syurme dvijā ūcurviśālakaṃ gayāyāṃ piṇḍadānena tava sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati
"How may sons and the rest be mine?" The brahmins said to Viśālaka: "By the giving of the piṇḍa at Gayā all will be yours."
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AgP 115.56
विशालो ऽपि गयाशीर्षे पितृपिण्डान्ददौ ततः(१) दृष्ट्वाकाशे सितं रक्तं पुरुषांस्तांश् चपृष्टवान्
viśālo 'pi gayāśīrṣe pitṛpiṇḍāndadau tataḥ(1) dṛṣṭvākāśe sitaṃ raktaṃ puruṣāṃstāṃś capṛṣṭavān
Viśāla then gave the piṇḍas for the fathers at Gayāśīrṣa; and seeing in the sky a white and a red (figure), he questioned those men.
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AgP 115.57
के युयन्तेषु चैवैकः सितः प्रोचे विशालकं अहं सितस्ते जनक इन्द्रलोकं गतः शुभान्
ke yuyanteṣu caivaikaḥ sitaḥ proce viśālakaṃ ahaṃ sitaste janaka indralokaṃ gataḥ śubhān
"Who are you?" And one among them, the white one, said to Viśālaka: "I, the white one, am your father, gone to Indra's world, (having obtained) the auspicious (worlds)."
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AgP 115.58
मम रक्तः पिता पुत्र कृष्णश् चैव पितामहः अब्रवीत् नरकं प्राप्ता त्वया मुक्तीकृता वयं
mama raktaḥ pitā putra kṛṣṇaś caiva pitāmahaḥ abravīt narakaṃ prāptā tvayā muktīkṛtā vayaṃ
"The red one is my father, your grandfather, son, and the black one is the great-grandfather." He said: "We had come to hell and have been set free by you."
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AgP 115.59
पिण्डदानाद् ब्रह्मलोकं ब्रजाम इति ते गताः विशालः प्राप्तपुतादी राज्यं कृत्वा हरिं ययौ
piṇḍadānād brahmalokaṃ brajāma iti te gatāḥ viśālaḥ prāptaputādī rājyaṃ kṛtvā hariṃ yayau
"Through the gift of the piṇḍa we go to Brahmā's world" — saying this, they departed. Viśāla, having obtained sons and the rest and having exercised kingship, went to Hari.
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AgP 115.60
प्रेतराजः स्वमुक्त्यै च वणिजञ्चेदमब्रवीत् प्रेतैः सर्वैः सहार्तः सन् सुकृतं भुज्यते फलं
pretarājaḥ svamuktyai ca vaṇijañcedamabravīt pretaiḥ sarvaiḥ sahārtaḥ san sukṛtaṃ bhujyate phalaṃ
And the king of the pretas, for his own release, said this to a merchant, being afflicted along with all the pretas: "The fruit of a good deed is enjoyed (thus):
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AgP 115.61
श्रवणद्वादशीयोगे कुम्भः सान्नश् च सोदकः(२) दत्तः पुरा स मध्याह्ने जीवनायोपतिष्ठते
śravaṇadvādaśīyoge kumbhaḥ sānnaś ca sodakaḥ(2) dattaḥ purā sa madhyāhne jīvanāyopatiṣṭhate
a pot with food and with water was given formerly at the conjunction of (the asterism) Śravaṇa with the twelfth day; that stands ready at midday for (my) sustenance."
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AgP 115.62
धनं गृहीत्वा मे गच्छ गयायां पिण्डदो भव वणिग्धनं गृहीत्वा तु गयायां पिण्डदो ऽभवत्
dhanaṃ gṛhītvā me gaccha gayāyāṃ piṇḍado bhava vaṇigdhanaṃ gṛhītvā tu gayāyāṃ piṇḍado 'bhavat
"Take my money, go, and become a giver of piṇḍa at Gayā." So, taking the merchant's money, he became a giver of piṇḍa at Gayā.
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AgP 115.63
:न् १ ददौ गत इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च २ सार्थश् च सोदक इति छ॥ :प् ७ प्रेतराजः सह प्रेतैर् मुक्तो नीतो हरेः पुरं गयाशीर्षे पिण्डदानादात्मानं स्वपितॄंस् तथा(१)
:n 1 dadau gata iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. , cha.. , ja.. ca 2 sārthaś ca sodaka iti cha.. :p 7 pretarājaḥ saha pretair mukto nīto hareḥ puraṃ gayāśīrṣe piṇḍadānādātmānaṃ svapitṝṃs tathā(1)
[Apparatus: 'dadau gata' in MSS kha, ga, gha, ṅa, cha, ja. 'sārthaś ca sodaka' in cha. Page 7.] The king of the departed, together with the departed, was released and led to the city of Hari. By the giving of piṇḍa at Gayāśīrṣa (one saves) oneself and one's own fathers,
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AgP 115.64
पितृवंशे सुता ये च मातृवंशे तथैव च गुरुश्वशुरबन्धूनां ये चान्ये बान्धवा मृताः
pitṛvaṃśe sutā ye ca mātṛvaṃśe tathaiva ca guruśvaśurabandhūnāṃ ye cānye bāndhavā mṛtāḥ
and the sons in the father's line, and likewise in the mother's line, and the teachers, fathers-in-law and kinsmen, and whatever other relatives have died,
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AgP 115.65
ये मे कुले लुप्तपिण्डाः पुत्रदारविवर्जिताः(२) क्रियालोपगता ये च जात्यन्धाः पुङ्गवस् तथा
ye me kule luptapiṇḍāḥ putradāravivarjitāḥ(2) kriyālopagatā ye ca jātyandhāḥ puṅgavas tathā
those in my family whose piṇḍa-offerings have lapsed, who are without son and wife, and those whose rites have been omitted, and the blind from birth, and likewise (?) 'puṅgava',
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AgP 115.66
विरूपा आमगर्भा ये ज्ञाताज्ञाताः कुले मम तेषां पिण्डो मया दत्तो ह्य् अक्षय्यमुपतिष्ठतां
virūpā āmagarbhā ye jñātājñātāḥ kule mama teṣāṃ piṇḍo mayā datto hy akṣayyamupatiṣṭhatāṃ
the deformed, those (dead) in the unripe womb, the known and the unknown in my family — for them the piṇḍa given by me should serve as imperishable (nourishment).
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AgP 115.67
ये केचित् प्रेतरूपेण तिष्ठन्ति पितरो मम ते सर्वे तृप्तिमायान्तु पिण्डदानेन(३) सर्वदा
ye kecit pretarūpeṇa tiṣṭhanti pitaro mama te sarve tṛptimāyāntu piṇḍadānena(3) sarvadā
Whatever fathers of mine abide in the form of ghosts, may they all attain satisfaction forever by this giving of piṇḍa.
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AgP 115.68
पिण्डो देयस्तु सर्वेभ्यः सर्वैर् वै कुलतारकैः आत्मनस्तु तथा देयो ह्य् अक्षयं लोकमिच्छता
piṇḍo deyastu sarvebhyaḥ sarvair vai kulatārakaiḥ ātmanastu tathā deyo hy akṣayaṃ lokamicchatā
And the piṇḍa is to be given to all by all who would rescue their family; and likewise it is to be given for oneself by one who desires the imperishable world.
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AgP 115.69
पञ्चमे ऽह्नि गदालोले स्नायान्मन्त्रेण बुद्धिमान् गदाप्रक्षालने तीर्थे गदालोले ऽतिपावने
pañcame 'hni gadālole snāyānmantreṇa buddhimān gadāprakṣālane tīrthe gadālole 'tipāvane
On the fifth day the wise man should bathe at Gadālola with the (following) formula, at the ford Gadāprakṣālana, at the exceedingly purifying Gadālola:
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AgP 115.70
स्नानं करामि संसारगदशान्त्यै जनार्दन नमो ऽक्षयवटायैव अक्षयस्वर्गदायिने
snānaṃ karāmi saṃsāragadaśāntyai janārdana namo 'kṣayavaṭāyaiva akṣayasvargadāyine
"I perform the bath for the quelling of the disease that is transmigration, O Janārdana. Homage to the very Akṣayavaṭa, the giver of imperishable heaven."
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AgP 115.71
पित्रादीनामक्षयाय सर्वपापक्षयाय च श्राद्धं वटतले(४) कुर्याद् ब्राह्मणानाञ्च भोजनं
pitrādīnāmakṣayāya sarvapāpakṣayāya ca śrāddhaṃ vaṭatale(4) kuryād brāhmaṇānāñca bhojanaṃ
For the imperishable (state) of the fathers and the rest, and for the destruction of all sins, one should perform the śrāddha at the foot of the banyan, and the feeding of brahmins.
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AgP 115.72
एकस्मिन् भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवति भोजिता किम्पुनर्बहुभिर्भुक्तैः पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयं
ekasmin bhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā kimpunarbahubhirbhuktaiḥ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayaṃ
When a single brahmin is fed, ten million are fed; how much more when many have eaten! What is given to the fathers is imperishable.
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AgP 115.73
:न् १ प्रेतराजेत्यादिः, स्वपितॄंस्तथेत्यन्तः पाठो झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति २ शुभकर्मविवर्जिता इति झ॥ ३ पिण्डेनानेनेति ङ॥ ४ वटतटे इति ज॥ :प् ८ गयायामन्नदाता यः पितरस्तेन पुत्रिणः वटं वटेश्वरं नत्वा पूजयेत् प्रपितामहं
:n 1 pretarājetyādiḥ, svapitṝṃstathetyantaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti 2 śubhakarmavivarjitā iti jha.. 3 piṇḍenāneneti ṅa.. 4 vaṭataṭe iti ja.. :p 8 gayāyāmannadātā yaḥ pitarastena putriṇaḥ vaṭaṃ vaṭeśvaraṃ natvā pūjayet prapitāmahaṃ
[Apparatus: the passage from 'pretarāja' to 'svapitṝṃstathā' is absent in MS jha; 'śubhakarmavivarjitāḥ' in jha; 'piṇḍenānena' in ṅa; 'vaṭataṭe' in ja. Page 8.] He who gives food at Gayā — by him the fathers have a son. Having bowed to the banyan and to Vaṭeśvara, he should worship the great-grandfather.
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AgP 115.74
अक्षयांल्लभते लोकान् कुलानां शतमुद्धरेत् क्रमतो ऽक्रमतो वापि गयायत्रा महाफला
akṣayāṃllabhate lokān kulānāṃ śatamuddharet kramato 'kramato vāpi gayāyatrā mahāphalā
He obtains imperishable worlds and delivers a hundred (generations of) his family. Whether done in due order or out of order, the pilgrimage to Gayā bears great fruit.
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