Agni Purana — Chapter 117
AgP 117.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे गयामाहात्म्ये गयायात्रा नाम षोडशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {११७} :श् अथ सप्तदशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः श्राद्धकल्पः अग्निर् उवाच कात्यायनी मुनीनाह यथा श्राद्धं तथा वदे गयादौ श्राद्धं कुर्वीत सङ्क्रान्त्यादौ विशेषतः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe gayāmāhātmye gayāyātrā nāma ṣoḍaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {117} :ś atha saptadaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrāddhakalpaḥ agnir uvāca kātyāyanī munīnāha yathā śrāddhaṃ tathā vade gayādau śrāddhaṃ kurvīta saṅkrāntyādau viśeṣataḥ
[Colophon:] Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, in the Glory of Gayā, the one hundred and sixteenth chapter, called "The Pilgrimage to Gayā." || Chapter 117. Now the one hundred and seventeenth chapter: the Rule of Śrāddha. Agni said: Kātyāyanī spoke to the sages; as the śrāddha (is to be done), so I shall tell. One should perform the śrāddha at Gayā and such places, and especially at a saṅkrānti and the like.
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AgP 117.2
काले वापरपक्षे च चतुर्थ्या ऊर्ध्वमेव व सम्याद्य च पदर्क्षे च(१) पूर्वेद्युश् च निमन्त्रयेत्
kāle vāparapakṣe ca caturthyā ūrdhvameva va samyādya ca padarkṣe ca(1) pūrvedyuś ca nimantrayet
(One should perform it) at the (proper) time, and in the dark fortnight, and indeed from the fourth (lunar day) onward; and having made ready, at the (proper) lunar mansion, one should issue the invitation on the preceding day.
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AgP 117.3
यतीन् गृहस्थसाधून् वा स्नातकाञ्छ्रोत्रियान् द्विजान् अनवद्यान् कर्मनिष्ठान् शिष्टानाचारसंयुतान्(२)
yatīn gṛhasthasādhūn vā snātakāñchrotriyān dvijān anavadyān karmaniṣṭhān śiṣṭānācārasaṃyutān(2)
(He should invite) ascetics, or virtuous householders, snātakas, śrotriyas, twice-born men who are blameless, steadfast in ritual action, learned, and endowed with good conduct.
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AgP 117.4
:न् १ सम्पाद्य परमर्क्षे चेति छ॥ २ आचारसंस्कृतानिति ग॥ , ज॥ च :प् १४ वर्जयेच्छित्रिकुष्ठ्यादीन्न गृह्णीयान्निमन्त्रितान् स्नाताञ्छुचींस् तथा दान्तान् प्राङ्मुखान् देवकर्मणि
:n 1 sampādya paramarkṣe ceti cha.. 2 ācārasaṃskṛtāniti ga.. , ja.. ca :p 14 varjayecchitrikuṣṭhyādīnna gṛhṇīyānnimantritān snātāñchucīṃs tathā dāntān prāṅmukhān devakarmaṇi
[notes: 'sampādya paramarkṣe ca' in ms. cha; 'ācārasaṃskṛtān' in ga and ja] — One should exclude those with skin disease, leprosy and the like; those invited should not accept (other invitations). In the rite for the gods (the invitees are to be) bathed, pure, self-restrained, and facing east.
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AgP 117.5
उपवेशयेत्त्रीन् पित्र्यादीनेकैकमुभयत्र वा एवं मातामहादेश् च शाकैर् अपि च कारयेत्
upaveśayettrīn pitryādīnekaikamubhayatra vā evaṃ mātāmahādeś ca śākair api ca kārayet
He should seat three (brahmins), beginning with those for the father, or one each in both (groups); likewise for the maternal grandfather and the rest; and he may have (the rite) done even with vegetables.
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AgP 117.6
तदह्नि ब्रह्मचारी स्यादकोपो ऽत्वरितो मृदुः(१) सत्यो ऽप्रमत्तो ऽनध्वन्यो अस्वाध्यायश् च(२) वाग्यतः
tadahni brahmacārī syādakopo 'tvarito mṛduḥ(1) satyo 'pramatto 'nadhvanyo asvādhyāyaś ca(2) vāgyataḥ
On that day he should be continent, free from anger, unhurried, gentle, truthful, attentive, not travelling, not reciting the Veda, and restrained in speech.
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AgP 117.7
सर्वांश् च पङ्क्तिमूर्धन्यान् पृच्छेत् प्रश्ने तथासने दर्भानास्तीर्य द्विगुणान् पित्रे देवादिकञ्चरेत्
sarvāṃś ca paṅktimūrdhanyān pṛcchet praśne tathāsane darbhānāstīrya dviguṇān pitre devādikañcaret
And he should ask all those at the head of the row, both at the questioning and at the seating; having strewn darbha grasses doubled for the father, he should perform the portion for the gods first.
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AgP 117.8
विश्वान्देवानावाहयिष्ये पृच्छेदावाहयेति च विश्वेदेवास आवाह्य विकीर्याथ यवान् जपेत्
viśvāndevānāvāhayiṣye pṛcchedāvāhayeti ca viśvedevāsa āvāhya vikīryātha yavān japet
"I shall invoke the All-gods" — so he should ask, and (they say) "invoke." Having invoked with "viśve devāsaḥ," he should then scatter barley grains and recite.
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AgP 117.9
विश्वे देवाः शृणुतेमं पितॄनावाहयिष्ये च पृच्छेदावाहयेत्युक्ते उशन्तस्त्वा समाह्वयेत्
viśve devāḥ śṛṇutemaṃ pitṝnāvāhayiṣye ca pṛcchedāvāhayetyukte uśantastvā samāhvayet
"All-gods, hear this (call)" — and "I shall invoke the fathers": he should ask, and when "invoke" has been said, he should summon (them) with "uśantas tvā."
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AgP 117.10
तिलान् विकीर्याथ जपेदायान्त्वित्यादि पित्रके सपित्रित्रे निषिञ्चेद्वा शन्नो देवीरभि तृचा
tilān vikīryātha japedāyāntvityādi pitrake sapitritre niṣiñcedvā śanno devīrabhi tṛcā
Then, scattering sesame seeds, he should recite "āyantu..." and the rest in the rite for the father; or he may sprinkle over the father's vessel with the three verses "śaṃ no devīr abhi."
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AgP 117.11
यवो ऽसीति यवान् दत्वा पित्रे सर्वत्र वै तिलान् तिलो ऽसि सोमदेवत्यो गोसवो देवनिर्मितः प्रत्नमद्भिः पृक्तः स्वधया पितॄन् लोकान् प्रीणाहि नः स्वधा । इति श्रीश् च तेति ददेत्पुष्पं पात्रे हैमे ऽथ राजते
yavo 'sīti yavān datvā pitre sarvatra vai tilān tilo 'si somadevatyo gosavo devanirmitaḥ pratnamadbhiḥ pṛktaḥ svadhayā pitṝn lokān prīṇāhi naḥ svadhā / iti śrīś ca teti dadetpuṣpaṃ pātre haime 'tha rājate
Having offered barley grains with "you are barley," and sesame everywhere for the father: "You are sesame, whose deity is Soma, the cow-libation, fashioned by the gods, ancient, mixed with the waters, with svadhā; gladden for us the fathers and the worlds — svadhā." And with "and your prosperity" he should offer a flower in a vessel of gold, or of silver.
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AgP 117.12
औदुम्वरे वा खड्गे वा पर्णपात्रे प्रदक्षिणम् देवानामपसव्यं तु पितॄणां सव्यमाचरेत्
audumvare vā khaḍge vā parṇapātre pradakṣiṇam devānāmapasavyaṃ tu pitṝṇāṃ savyamācaret
Or (the offering is made) in a vessel of udumbara wood, or on a sword, or in a leaf-vessel: for the gods rightwards, not to the left, but for the fathers he should proceed leftwards.
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AgP 117.13
:न् १ अत्वरितो ऽत्यृजुरिति ङ॥ २ सत्ये प्रपन्नो ऽनध्वन्यो ह्य् अस्वाध्यायश्चेति ख॥ , घ॥ च :प् १५ एकैकस्य एकैकेन सपवित्रकरेषु च या दिव्या आपः पयसा सम्बभूवुर्या अन्तरिक्षा उतपार्थिवीर्याः हिरण्यवर्णा यज्ञियास्ता न आपः शिवाः संश्योनाः सुहवा भवन्तु ॥ विश्वे देवा एष वो ऽर्घः स्वाहा च पितरेष ते
:n 1 atvarito 'tyṛjuriti ṅa.. 2 satye prapanno 'nadhvanyo hy asvādhyāyaśceti kha.. , gha.. ca :p 15 ekaikasya ekaikena sapavitrakareṣu ca yā divyā āpaḥ payasā sambabhūvuryā antarikṣā utapārthivīryāḥ hiraṇyavarṇā yajñiyāstā na āpaḥ śivāḥ saṃśyonāḥ suhavā bhavantu || viśve devā eṣa vo 'rghaḥ svāhā ca pitareṣa te
[Notes: 1 'atvarito 'tyṛjuḥ' in MS ṅa. 2 'satye prapanno 'nadhvanyo hy asvādhyāyaś ca' in MSS kha and gha.] For each one, with one each, and in hands holding the pavitra: "The divine waters that came into being together with milk, and those of the mid-air and those of the earth, golden-hued and fit for sacrifice — may those waters be to us kindly, wholly pleasant, easy to invoke." And: "All-gods, this is your welcome-offering, svāhā"; and "Father, this is yours."
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AgP 117.14
अवधैवं पितामहदेः संस्रवात् प्रथमे चरेत्(१) पितृभ्यः स्थानमसीति न्युब्जं पात्रं करोत्यधः
avadhaivaṃ pitāmahadeḥ saṃsravāt prathame caret(1) pitṛbhyaḥ sthānamasīti nyubjaṃ pātraṃ karotyadhaḥ
Thus far likewise for the grandfather and the rest; from the flowing-together (of the remnants) he should proceed with the first. With "you are the station for the fathers" he sets the vessel upside down below.
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AgP 117.15
अत्र गन्धपुष्पधूपदीपाच्छादनदानकं घृताक्तमन्नमुद्धृत्य पृच्छत्यग्नौ करिष्ये च
atra gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpācchādanadānakaṃ ghṛtāktamannamuddhṛtya pṛcchatyagnau kariṣye ca
Here (follows) the giving of perfume, flowers, incense, lamp and garment. Having lifted up food smeared with ghee, he asks, "I shall offer it in the fire."
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AgP 117.16
कुरुष्वेत्यभ्यनुज्ञातो जुहुयात्साग्निको ऽनले अनग्निकः पितृहस्ते(२) सपवित्रे तु मन्त्रतः
kuruṣvetyabhyanujñāto juhuyātsāgniko 'nale anagnikaḥ pitṛhaste(2) sapavitre tu mantrataḥ
Permitted with "do so," one who maintains the sacred fire should offer it in the fire; one without a fire (offers it), with the mantra, into the hand of the (brahmin standing for the) father, who holds the pavitra.
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AgP 117.17
अग्नये कव्यवाहनाय स्वाहेति(३) प्रथमाहुतिः सोमाय पितृमते ऽथ यमायाङ्गिरसे परे
agnaye kavyavāhanāya svāheti(3) prathamāhutiḥ somāya pitṛmate 'tha yamāyāṅgirase pare
"To Agni, bearer of the offerings to the dead, svāhā" — that is the first oblation; then to Soma accompanied by the fathers, and the later ones to Yama Āṅgirasa.
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AgP 117.18
हुतशेषं चान्नपात्रे दत्वा पात्रं समालभेत् पृथिवी ते पात्रन्द्यौः पिधानं ब्राह्मणस्य मुखे अमृते अमृतं जुहोमि स्वाहेति जप्त्वेदं विष्णुरित्यन्ने द्विजाङ्गुष्ठन्निवेशयेत्
hutaśeṣaṃ cānnapātre datvā pātraṃ samālabhet pṛthivī te pātrandyauḥ pidhānaṃ brāhmaṇasya mukhe amṛte amṛtaṃ juhomi svāheti japtvedaṃ viṣṇurityanne dvijāṅguṣṭhanniveśayet
And having put what remains of the oblation into the food-vessel, he should touch the vessel: "Earth is your vessel, heaven the cover; in the mouth of the brahmin, which is the immortal, I offer the immortal, svāhā." Having recited this, with "idaṃ viṣṇuḥ" he should place the brahmin's thumb in the food.
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AgP 117.19
अपहतेति च तिलान् विकीर्यान्नं प्रदाययेत् जुषध्वमिति चोक्त्वाथ गायत्र्यादि ततो जपेत्
apahateti ca tilān vikīryānnaṃ pradāyayet juṣadhvamiti coktvātha gāyatryādi tato japet
And with "apahata..." he should scatter sesame seeds and have the food served; and having said "partake," he should then recite the Gāyatrī and the rest.
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AgP 117.20
:न् १ एकैकस्येत्यादिः, प्रथमे चरेदित्यन्तः पाठो झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति २ अनग्निको जले चैवेति ङ॥ ३ स्वधेति क॥ :प् १६ देवताभ्यः पितृभ्यश् च महायोगिभ्य एव च नमः स्वधायै स्वाहयै नित्यमेव नमो नमः(१)
:n 1 ekaikasyetyādiḥ, prathame caredityantaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti 2 anagniko jale caiveti ṅa.. 3 svadheti ka.. :p 16 devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca mahāyogibhya eva ca namaḥ svadhāyai svāhayai nityameva namo namaḥ(1)
[Notes: 1 the passage from 'ekaikasya' to 'prathame caret' is absent in MS jha. 2 'anagniko jale caiva' in MS ṅa. 3 'svadhā' in MS ka.] "To the deities and to the fathers, and to the great yogins, homage; to Svadhā, to Svāhā, homage, homage, always."
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AgP 117.21
तृप्तान् ज्ञात्वान्नं विकिरेदपो दद्यात् सकृत् सकृत् गायत्रीं पूर्ववज्जप्त्वा मधु मध्विति वै जपेत्
tṛptān jñātvānnaṃ vikiredapo dadyāt sakṛt sakṛt gāyatrīṃ pūrvavajjaptvā madhu madhviti vai japet
Knowing them satisfied, he should scatter the food and give water, once each; and having recited the Gāyatrī as before, he should recite "honey, honey."
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AgP 117.22
तृप्ताः स्थ इति सम्पृच्छेत्तृप्ताः स्म इति वै वदेत् शेषमन्नमनुज्ञाप्य सर्वमन्नमथैकतः
tṛptāḥ stha iti sampṛcchettṛptāḥ sma iti vai vadet śeṣamannamanujñāpya sarvamannamathaikataḥ
He should ask, "Are you satisfied?"; and they should say, "We are satisfied." Having taken leave regarding the remaining food, then all the food together in one place —
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AgP 117.23
उद्धृत्योच्छिष्टपार्श्वे तु कृत्वा चैवावनेजनं दद्यात्कुशेषु त्रीन् पिण्डानाचान्तेषु परे जगुः
uddhṛtyocchiṣṭapārśve tu kṛtvā caivāvanejanaṃ dadyātkuśeṣu trīn piṇḍānācānteṣu pare jaguḥ
having lifted it up and set it beside the leftovers, and having performed the water-for-rinsing, he should give three balls upon the kuśa grasses; others have declared it (to be done) when they have rinsed their mouths.
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AgP 117.24
आचान्तेषूदकं पुष्पाण्यक्षतानि प्रदापयेत् अक्षय्योदकमेवाथ आशिषः प्रार्थयेन्नरः(२)
ācānteṣūdakaṃ puṣpāṇyakṣatāni pradāpayet akṣayyodakamevātha āśiṣaḥ prārthayennaraḥ(2)
When they have rinsed, he should have water, flowers and unhusked grains presented, and then the imperishable water; (thereafter) the man should ask for blessings.
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AgP 117.25
अघोराः पितरः सन्तु गोत्रन्नो वर्धतां सदा दातारो नो ऽभिवर्धन्तां वेदाः सन्ततिरेव च
aghorāḥ pitaraḥ santu gotranno vardhatāṃ sadā dātāro no 'bhivardhantāṃ vedāḥ santatireva ca
May the fathers be free of terror; may our lineage always increase; may our donors prosper, and the Vedas, and our progeny too.
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AgP 117.26
श्रद्धा च नो माव्यगमद्बहुदेयं च नो ऽस्त्विति अन्नञ्च नो बहु भवेदतिथींश् च लभेमहि
śraddhā ca no māvyagamadbahudeyaṃ ca no 'stviti annañca no bahu bhavedatithīṃś ca labhemahi
"And may faith not depart from us, and may we have much to give" — and may our food be plentiful, and may we obtain guests.
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AgP 117.27
याचितारश् च नः सन्तु मा च याचिस्म कञ्चन स्वधावाचनीयान् कुशानास्तीर्य सपवित्रकान्(३)
yācitāraś ca naḥ santu mā ca yācisma kañcana svadhāvācanīyān kuśānāstīrya sapavitrakān(3)
And may there be those who ask of us, and may we not beg of anyone. Having spread out kuśa grasses together with pavitras for the pronouncing of the svadhā —
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AgP 117.28
स्वधां वाचयिष्ये पृच्छेदनुज्ञातश् च वाच्यतां पितृभ्यः पितामहेभ्यः प्रपितामहमुख्यके
svadhāṃ vācayiṣye pṛcchedanujñātaś ca vācyatāṃ pitṛbhyaḥ pitāmahebhyaḥ prapitāmahamukhyake
"I shall have the svadhā pronounced" — so he should ask; and, being given leave, "let it be pronounced" — for the fathers, for the grandfathers, and (for the group) headed by the great-grandfather.
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AgP 117.29
स्वधोच्यतामस्तु स्वधा उच्यमानस्तथैव च अपो निषिञ्चेदुत्तानं पात्रं कृत्वाथ दक्षिणां
svadhocyatāmastu svadhā ucyamānastathaiva ca apo niṣiñceduttānaṃ pātraṃ kṛtvātha dakṣiṇāṃ
"Let the svadhā be pronounced," "let there be svadhā," and likewise "the svadhā being pronounced" — he should pour out water, having set the vessel upturned, then (facing) south.
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AgP 117.30
:न् १ स्वाहायै नित्यमेव भवन्त्विति इति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ प्रार्थयेत्तत इति घ॥ , ज॥ , झ॥ च ३ अघोराः पितर इत्य् आदिः, आस्तीर्य सपवित्रकानित्यन्तः पाठः ख॥ , छ॥ पुस्तकद्वये नास्ति :प् १७ यथाशक्ति प्रदद्याच्च दैवे पैत्रे ऽथ वाचयेत् विश्वे देवाः प्रीयन्ताञ्च वाजे विसर्जयेत्
:n 1 svāhāyai nityameva bhavantviti iti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 prārthayettata iti gha.. , ja.. , jha.. ca 3 aghorāḥ pitara ity ādiḥ, āstīrya sapavitrakānityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ kha.. , cha.. pustakadvaye nāsti :p 17 yathāśakti pradadyācca daive paitre 'tha vācayet viśve devāḥ prīyantāñca vāje visarjayet
[apparatus] And he should give according to his ability, and then have (the formula) pronounced at the rite for the gods and at the rite for the fathers; "may the All-Gods be pleased" — with (the word) "vāje" he should dismiss (them).
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AgP 117.31
आमावाजस्येत्यनुव्रज्य कृत्वा विप्रान् प्रदक्षिणं गृहे विशेदमावास्यां मासि मासि चरेत्तथा
āmāvājasyetyanuvrajya kṛtvā viprān pradakṣiṇaṃ gṛhe viśedamāvāsyāṃ māsi māsi carettathā
Having walked after (them) with (the verse) "āmā vājasya," and having made a rightward circuit of the brahmins, he should enter the house; thus he should perform (it) on the new-moon day, month by month.
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AgP 117.32
एकोद्दिष्टं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्राद्धं पूर्ववदाचरेत् एकं पवित्रमेकार्धं एकं पिण्डम्प्रदापयेत्
ekoddiṣṭaṃ pravakṣyāmi śrāddhaṃ pūrvavadācaret ekaṃ pavitramekārdhaṃ ekaṃ piṇḍampradāpayet
I shall declare the ekoddiṣṭa (rite for a single deceased); he should perform the śrāddha as before. He should have one pavitra, one half-portion, and one piṇḍa presented.
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AgP 117.33
नावाहनाग्नौकरणं विश्वे देवा न चात्र हि तृप्तिप्रश्ने स्वदितमिति वदेत्सुखदितं द्विजः
nāvāhanāgnaukaraṇaṃ viśve devā na cātra hi tṛptipraśne svaditamiti vadetsukhaditaṃ dvijaḥ
Here there is no invocation and no offering into the fire, nor the All-Gods; at the question about satisfaction the brahmin should say "it has been savoured," "it has been eaten with pleasure."
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AgP 117.34
उपतिष्ठतामित्यक्षय्ये विसर्गे चाभिरम्यतां अभिरताः स्म इत्य् अपरे शेषं पूर्ववदाचरेत्
upatiṣṭhatāmityakṣayye visarge cābhiramyatāṃ abhiratāḥ sma ity apare śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret
At the akṣayya (formula), "let it stand by"; and at the dismissal, "let (them) take delight" — others (say) "we have taken delight"; the rest he should perform as before.
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AgP 117.35
सपिण्ठीकरणं वक्ष्ये अब्दान्ते मध्यतो ऽपि वा पितॄणां त्रीणि पात्राणि एकम्प्रेतस्य पात्रकं
sapiṇṭhīkaraṇaṃ vakṣye abdānte madhyato 'pi vā pitṝṇāṃ trīṇi pātrāṇi ekampretasya pātrakaṃ
I shall tell the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, (to be done) at the end of a year or even in the middle (of it): three vessels for the fathers, one vessel for the deceased.
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AgP 117.36
सपवित्राणि चत्वारि तिलपुष्पयुतानि च गन्धोदकेन युक्तानि(१) पूरयित्वाभिषिञ्चति
sapavitrāṇi catvāri tilapuṣpayutāni ca gandhodakena yuktāni(1) pūrayitvābhiṣiñcati
Four (vessels) together with pavitras, and furnished with sesame and flowers, joined with fragrant water — having filled them, he sprinkles.
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AgP 117.37
प्रेतपात्रं पितृपात्रे ये समना इति द्वयात् पूर्ववत् पिण्डदानादि प्रेतानां पितृता भवेत्
pretapātraṃ pitṛpātre ye samanā iti dvayāt pūrvavat piṇḍadānādi pretānāṃ pitṛtā bhavet
(He pours) the deceased's vessel into the fathers' vessels with the two (verses) beginning "ye samanāḥ"; the piṇḍa-offering and the rest as before; thus the deceased attain the status of fathers.
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AgP 117.38
अथाभ्युदयिकं श्राद्धं वक्ष्ये सर्वं तु पूर्ववत् जपेत् पितृमन्त्रवर्जं पूर्वाह्णे तत् प्रदक्षिणं
athābhyudayikaṃ śrāddhaṃ vakṣye sarvaṃ tu pūrvavat japet pitṛmantravarjaṃ pūrvāhṇe tat pradakṣiṇaṃ
Now I shall tell the abhyudayika śrāddha (for an auspicious occasion): everything indeed as before, but he should recite omitting the mantras to the fathers, in the forenoon, and that (proceeding) rightward.
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AgP 117.39
उपचारा ऋजुकुशास्तिलार्थैश् च यवैर् इह(२) तृप्तिप्रश्नस्तु सम्पन्नं सुसम्पन्नं वदेद्द्विजः
upacārā ṛjukuśāstilārthaiś ca yavair iha(2) tṛptipraśnastu sampannaṃ susampannaṃ vadeddvijaḥ
The attendances (are made) with straight kuśas, and here with barley in place of sesame; but at the question about satisfaction the brahmin should say "it is complete," "it is well completed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 117.40
:न् १ गन्धोदकेन सिक्तानि इति ज॥ २ अथाभ्युदयिकमित्यादिः, यवैर् इह इत्य् अन्तः पाठो झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् १८ दध्यक्षतवदराद्याः(१) पिण्डा नान्दीमुखान् पितॄन् आवाहयिष्ये पृच्छेच्च प्रीयन्तामिति चाक्षये
:n 1 gandhodakena siktāni iti ja.. 2 athābhyudayikamityādiḥ, yavair iha ity antaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti :p 18 dadhyakṣatavadarādyāḥ(1) piṇḍā nāndīmukhān pitṝn āvāhayiṣye pṛcchecca prīyantāmiti cākṣaye
[apparatus] The piṇḍas are of curd, unbroken grain, jujube and the like. "I shall invoke the nāndīmukha fathers" — so he should ask; and "may they be pleased" at the akṣaya (formula).
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AgP 117.41
नान्दीमुखाश् च पितरो वाचयिष्ये ऽथ पृच्छति नान्दीमुखान् पितृगणान् प्रीयन्तामित्यथो वदेत्
nāndīmukhāś ca pitaro vācayiṣye 'tha pṛcchati nāndīmukhān pitṛgaṇān prīyantāmityatho vadet
"And the nāndīmukha fathers — I shall have (the svadhā) pronounced": thus he then asks; and then he should say, "may the nāndīmukha hosts of the fathers be pleased."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 117.42
नान्दीमुखाश् च पितरस्तत्पिता प्रपितामहः मातामहः प्रमातामहो वृद्धप्रमातृकामहः
nāndīmukhāś ca pitarastatpitā prapitāmahaḥ mātāmahaḥ pramātāmaho vṛddhapramātṛkāmahaḥ
"And the nāndīmukha fathers": his father, (his) great-grandfather, the maternal grandfather, the maternal great-grandfather, the maternal great-great-grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 117.43
स्वधाकारन्न युञ्जीत युग्मान् विप्रांश् च भोजयेत् तृप्तिं वक्ष्ये पितॄणां च ग्राम्यैर् ओषधिभिस् तथा
svadhākāranna yuñjīta yugmān viprāṃś ca bhojayet tṛptiṃ vakṣye pitṝṇāṃ ca grāmyair oṣadhibhis tathā
He should not employ the utterance "svadhā," and he should feed an even number of brahmins. I shall tell of the satisfaction of the fathers: with cultivated plants (it lasts) thus —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 117.44
मासन्तृप्तिस् तथारण्यैः(२) कन्दमूलफलादिभिः मत्स्यैर् मासद्वयं मार्गैस्त्रयं वै शाकुनेन च
māsantṛptis tathāraṇyaiḥ(2) kandamūlaphalādibhiḥ matsyair māsadvayaṃ mārgaistrayaṃ vai śākunena ca
satisfaction for a month; likewise with forest products — bulbs, roots, fruits and the like; with fish two months, with venison three, and with fowl (as well).
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AgP 117.45
चतुरो रौरवेणाथ(३) पञ्च षट् छागलेन तु(४) कूर्मेण सप्त चाष्टौ च वाराहेण नवैव तु
caturo rauraveṇātha(3) pañca ṣaṭ chāgalena tu(4) kūrmeṇa sapta cāṣṭau ca vārāheṇa navaiva tu
Then four (months) with ruru-deer flesh, five and six with goat's, seven and eight with tortoise's, and nine indeed with boar's,
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AgP 117.46
मेषमांसेन दश च माहिषैः पार्षतैः शिवैः संवत्सरन्तु गव्येन पयसा पायसेन वा
meṣamāṃsena daśa ca māhiṣaiḥ pārṣataiḥ śivaiḥ saṃvatsarantu gavyena payasā pāyasena vā
and ten with ram's flesh; with (the flesh) of buffalo, of spotted antelope, of the śiva (jackal?); but a full year with what comes from the cow, with milk or with rice-boiled-in-milk.
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AgP 117.47
वार्धीनसस्य मांसेन तृप्तिर्द्वादशवार्षिकी खड्गमांसं कालशाकं लोहितच्छागलो(५) मधु
vārdhīnasasya māṃsena tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī khaḍgamāṃsaṃ kālaśākaṃ lohitacchāgalo(5) madhu
With the flesh of the vārdhīnasa the satisfaction lasts twelve years; (so too) rhinoceros flesh, kālaśāka (a black vegetable), a red goat, honey,
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AgP 117.48
महाशल्काश् च वर्षासु मघाश्राद्धमथाक्षयं(६) मन्त्राध्याय्यग्निहोत्री च शाखाध्यायी षडङ्गवित्
mahāśalkāś ca varṣāsu maghāśrāddhamathākṣayaṃ(6) mantrādhyāyyagnihotrī ca śākhādhyāyī ṣaḍaṅgavit
and large-scaled fish in the rainy season; and a śrāddha (performed) under Maghā is imperishable. A reciter of the mantras, a keeper of the Agnihotra, a reciter of a Vedic branch, one who knows the six auxiliary sciences,
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AgP 117.49
तृणाचिकेतः त्रिमधुर्धर्मद्रोणस्य(७) पाठकः त्रिषुपर्णज्येष्ठसामज्ञानी स्युः पङ्क्तिपावनाः
tṛṇāciketaḥ trimadhurdharmadroṇasya(7) pāṭhakaḥ triṣuparṇajyeṣṭhasāmajñānī syuḥ paṅktipāvanāḥ
one who has performed the Triṇāciketa, one (versed) in the Trimadhu, a reciter of the Dharma-droṇa, one who knows the Triṣuparṇa and the Jyeṣṭhasāman — these would be the purifiers of the (dining) row.
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AgP 117.50
:न् १ दध्यक्षतवदर्याद्या इति ग॥ , छ॥ च २ तथा वन्यैर् इति ख॥ , ङ॥ च ३ वत्सरं रौरवेणाथेति घ॥ ४ पञ्चकं छागस्तेन तु इति ङ॥ ५ लोहितच्छागक इति ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च ६ मघाश्राद्धमिहाक्षयमिति झ॥ ७ जलद्रोणस्येति झ॥ :प् १९ कम्यानां कल्पमाख्यास्ये(१) प्रतिपत्सु धनं बहु स्त्रियः परा द्वितीयायाञ्चतुर्थ्यां धर्मकामदः
:n 1 dadhyakṣatavadaryādyā iti ga.. , cha.. ca 2 tathā vanyair iti kha.. , ṅa.. ca 3 vatsaraṃ rauraveṇātheti gha.. 4 pañcakaṃ chāgastena tu iti ṅa.. 5 lohitacchāgaka iti ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 6 maghāśrāddhamihākṣayamiti jha.. 7 jaladroṇasyeti jha.. :p 19 kamyānāṃ kalpamākhyāsye(1) pratipatsu dhanaṃ bahu striyaḥ parā dvitīyāyāñcaturthyāṃ dharmakāmadaḥ
[The opening matter is textual apparatus recording manuscript variants, not text for translation.] I shall declare the procedure for (śrāddhas performed with particular) desires: on the first (lunar day) much wealth; on the second excellent women; on the fourth it gives dharma and pleasure;
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AgP 117.51
पञ्चम्यां पुत्रकामस्तु षष्ठ्याञ्च श्रैष्ठ्यभागपि(२) कृषिभागी च सप्तम्यामष्टम्यामर्थलाभकः
pañcamyāṃ putrakāmastu ṣaṣṭhyāñca śraiṣṭhyabhāgapi(2) kṛṣibhāgī ca saptamyāmaṣṭamyāmarthalābhakaḥ
on the fifth (the performer becomes) desirous of sons; on the sixth he also gets a share of pre-eminence; on the seventh he becomes a sharer in agriculture; on the eighth a gainer of wealth;
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AgP 117.52
नवम्याञ्च एकशफा(३) दशम्याङ्गोगणो भवेत् एकदश्यां परीवारो द्वादश्यान्धनधान्यकं
navamyāñca ekaśaphā(3) daśamyāṅgogaṇo bhavet ekadaśyāṃ parīvāro dvādaśyāndhanadhānyakaṃ
on the ninth single-hoofed animals; on the tenth there would be a herd of cattle; on the eleventh a retinue; on the twelfth wealth and grain;
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AgP 117.53
ज्ञातिश्रेष्ठ्यं त्रयोदश्यां चतुर्दश्याञ्च शस्त्रतः(४) मृतानां श्राद्धं सर्वाप्तममावास्यां समीरितं(५)
jñātiśreṣṭhyaṃ trayodaśyāṃ caturdaśyāñca śastrataḥ(4) mṛtānāṃ śrāddhaṃ sarvāptamamāvāsyāṃ samīritaṃ(5)
on the thirteenth pre-eminence among kinsmen; and on the fourteenth (is prescribed) the śrāddha for those who died by the sword; on the new-moon day (a śrāddha) obtaining everything is declared.
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AgP 117.54
सप्त व्याधा दशारण्ये(६) मृगाः कालञ्जरे गिरौ चक्रवाकाः शरद्वीपे हंसाः सरसि मान्से
sapta vyādhā daśāraṇye(6) mṛgāḥ kālañjare girau cakravākāḥ śaradvīpe haṃsāḥ sarasi mānse
Seven hunters in the Daśāraṇya, deer on the mountain Kālañjara, cakravāka birds on Śaradvīpa, geese on Lake Mānasa —
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AgP 117.55
ते ऽपि जाताः(७) कुरुक्षेत्रे ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः प्रस्थिता दूरमध्वानं यूयन्तेभ्यो ऽवसीदत
te 'pi jātāḥ(7) kurukṣetre brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ prasthitā dūramadhvānaṃ yūyantebhyo 'vasīdata
these same ones were born in Kurukṣetra as brahmins who had reached the far end of the Veda; you have set out upon a long road, and you fall short of them.
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AgP 117.56
श्राद्धादौ पठिते श्राद्धं पूर्णं स्याद्ब्रह्मलोकदं श्राद्धं कुर्याच्च पुत्रादिः(८) पितुर्जीवति तत्पितुः
śrāddhādau paṭhite śrāddhaṃ pūrṇaṃ syādbrahmalokadaṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryācca putrādiḥ(8) piturjīvati tatpituḥ
When (this) is recited at the beginning of a śrāddha, the śrāddha becomes complete and bestows the world of Brahmā. A son or the like should perform the śrāddha; if his father is living, (he performs it) for that one's father.
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AgP 117.57
तत्पितुस्तत्पितुः कुर्याज्जीवति प्रपितामहे पितुः पितामस्हस्याथ परस्य प्रपितामात्(९)
tatpitustatpituḥ kuryājjīvati prapitāmahe pituḥ pitāmashasyātha parasya prapitāmāt(9)
If the great-grandfather is living, he should perform it for that one's father's father; (and so) for the father, for the grandfather, and then for the further great-grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
AgP 117.58
:न् १ कालमाख्यास्ये इति झ॥ च २ श्रेष्ठभाग्यपि इति ख॥ , ग॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च । ज्येष्ठभागपि इति घ॥ ३ नवम्यां वै शफपतिरिति ज॥ ४ चतुर्दश्याञ्च शास्त्रत इति ख॥ , घ॥ च ५ मृतानां श्राद्धं सर्वाप्तिरमावास्या समीरिता इति क॥ ६ दशार्णेषु इति ख॥ , ग॥ , ङ॥ , छ॥ च ७ ते ऽभिजाता इति ख॥ , घ॥ च ८ कुर्यात् सुपुत्रो ऽपि इति छ॥ ९ तत्पितुरित्यादिः, प्रपितामहादित्यन्तः पाठो झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् २० एवं मात्रादिकस्यापि तथा मातामहादिके श्राद्धकल्पं पठेद्यस्तु स लभेत् श्राद्धकृत्फलं(१)
:n 1 kālamākhyāsye iti jha.. ca 2 śreṣṭhabhāgyapi iti kha.. , ga.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca / jyeṣṭhabhāgapi iti gha.. 3 navamyāṃ vai śaphapatiriti ja.. 4 caturdaśyāñca śāstrata iti kha.. , gha.. ca 5 mṛtānāṃ śrāddhaṃ sarvāptiramāvāsyā samīritā iti ka.. 6 daśārṇeṣu iti kha.. , ga.. , ṅa.. , cha.. ca 7 te 'bhijātā iti kha.. , gha.. ca 8 kuryāt suputro 'pi iti cha.. 9 tatpiturityādiḥ, prapitāmahādityantaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti :p 20 evaṃ mātrādikasyāpi tathā mātāmahādike śrāddhakalpaṃ paṭhedyastu sa labhet śrāddhakṛtphalaṃ(1)
[The opening matter is textual apparatus recording manuscript variants, not text for translation.] So too in the case of the mother and the rest, and likewise for the maternal grandfather and the rest. And whoever recites this śrāddha-procedure obtains the fruit of one who has performed a śrāddha.
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AgP 117.59
तीर्थे युगादौ मन्वादौ श्राद्धं दत्तमथाक्षयं अश्वयुच्छुक्लनवमी द्वादशी कर्तिके तथा
tīrthe yugādau manvādau śrāddhaṃ dattamathākṣayaṃ aśvayucchuklanavamī dvādaśī kartike tathā
At a sacred ford, at the beginning of a yuga, at the beginning of a Manu's era, a śrāddha given is imperishable; (so also on) the bright ninth of Āśvina, and likewise the twelfth in Kārtika,
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AgP 117.60
तृतीया चैव माघस्य तथा भाद्रपदस्य च फाल्गुनस्याप्यमावास्या पौषयैकादशी तथा
tṛtīyā caiva māghasya tathā bhādrapadasya ca phālgunasyāpyamāvāsyā pauṣayaikādaśī tathā
and the third of Māgha, and likewise of Bhādrapada, and also the new-moon day of Phālguna, and likewise the eleventh of Pauṣa,
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AgP 117.61
आषाढस्यापि दशमी माघमासस्य सप्तमी श्रावणे चाष्टमी कृष्णा तथाषाढे च पूर्णिमा
āṣāḍhasyāpi daśamī māghamāsasya saptamī śrāvaṇe cāṣṭamī kṛṣṇā tathāṣāḍhe ca pūrṇimā
and also the tenth of Āṣāḍha, the seventh of the month Māgha, the dark eighth in Śrāvaṇa, and likewise the full moon in Āṣāḍha,
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AgP 117.62
कर्तिकी फाल्गुनी तद्वज् ज्यैष्ठे पञ्चदशी सिता स्वायम्भुवाद्या मनवस्तेषामाद्याः किलाक्षयाः
kartikī phālgunī tadvaj jyaiṣṭhe pañcadaśī sitā svāyambhuvādyā manavasteṣāmādyāḥ kilākṣayāḥ
the Kārtika and the Phālguna (full moons) likewise, and the bright fifteenth in Jyeṣṭha; the Manus beginning with Svāyambhuva — the first days of these are said to be imperishable.
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AgP 117.63
गया प्रयागो गङ्गा च कुरुक्षेत्रं च नर्मदा श्रीपर्वतः प्रभासश् च शालग्रामो वराणसी(२)
gayā prayāgo gaṅgā ca kurukṣetraṃ ca narmadā śrīparvataḥ prabhāsaś ca śālagrāmo varāṇasī(2)
Gayā, Prayāga, the Gaṅgā, Kurukṣetra, the Narmadā, Śrīparvata, Prabhāsa, Śālagrāma, Vārāṇasī,
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AgP 117.64
गोदावरी तेषु श्राद्धं स्त्रीपुरुषोत्तमादिषु
godāvarī teṣu śrāddhaṃ strīpuruṣottamādiṣu
the Godāvarī — a śrāddha (given) at these, and at Strītīrtha, Puruṣottama, and the rest (is imperishable).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain