Agni Purana — Chapter 163
AgP 163.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे धर्मशास्त्रं नाम द्विषष्ट्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {१६३} :श् अथ त्रिषष्ठ्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः श्राद्धकल्पकथनं पुष्कर उवाच श्राद्धकल्पं प्रवक्ष्यामि भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शृणु निमन्त्र्य विप्रान् पूर्वेद्युः स्वागतेनापराह्णतः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe dharmaśāstraṃ nāma dviṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {163} :ś atha triṣaṣṭhyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrāddhakalpakathanaṃ puṣkara uvāca śrāddhakalpaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhuktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu nimantrya viprān pūrvedyuḥ svāgatenāparāhṇataḥ
Thus, in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa, the one hundred sixty-second chapter, called Dharmaśāstra. [Chapter 163] Now the one hundred sixty-third chapter: the statement of the rite of śrāddha. Puṣkara said: I shall declare the rite of śrāddha, which bestows enjoyment and liberation; listen. Having invited brahmins on the previous day, with a welcome (offered) from the afternoon on,
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AgP 163.2
प्राच्योपवेशयेत् पीठे युग्मान्दैवे ऽथ पित्रके अयुग्मान् प्राङ्मुखान्दैवे त्रीन् पैत्रे चैकमेव वा
prācyopaveśayet pīṭhe yugmāndaive 'tha pitrake ayugmān prāṅmukhāndaive trīn paitre caikameva vā
he should seat (them) facing east upon a seat—an even number at the rite for the gods, and at the rite for the fathers an odd number; (or) at the rite for the gods (those seated) facing east, three at the rite for the fathers, or even a single one.
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AgP 163.3
मातामहानामप्येवन्तन्त्रं वा वैश्यदेविकं प्राणिप्रक्षालनं दत्त्वा विष्टरार्थं कुशानपि
mātāmahānāmapyevantantraṃ vā vaiśyadevikaṃ prāṇiprakṣālanaṃ dattvā viṣṭarārthaṃ kuśānapi
For the maternal grandfathers too (the procedure is) just so, or the same single procedure (may serve) together with the rite for the Vaiśvadevas; having given water for washing (the hands/feet), and also kuśa grasses to serve as a seat,
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AgP 163.4
आवाहयेदनुज्ञातो विश्वे देवास इत्य् ऋचा यवैरन्ववकीर्याथ(?) भाजने सपवित्रके
āvāhayedanujñāto viśve devāsa ity ṛcā yavairanvavakīryātha(?) bhājane sapavitrake
being (thus) permitted, he should invite (them) with the verse 'viśve devāsaḥ', and then, having strewn (the vessel) about with barley grains, into the vessel provided with a strainer of grass,
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AgP 163.5
शन्नोदेव्या पयः क्षिप्त्वा यवोसीति यवांस् तथा यादिव्या इतिमन्त्रेण हस्ते ह्य् अर्घं विनिक्षिपेत्
śannodevyā payaḥ kṣiptvā yavosīti yavāṃs tathā yādivyā itimantreṇa haste hy arghaṃ vinikṣipet
having poured in water with 'śaṃ no devīḥ' and the barley grains with 'yavo 'si', with the mantra beginning 'yā divyāḥ' he should place the argha-water into the hand.
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AgP 163.6
दत्वोदकं गन्धमाल्यं धूपदानं प्रदीपकं अपसव्यं ततः कृत्वा पितॄणामप्रदक्षिणं
datvodakaṃ gandhamālyaṃ dhūpadānaṃ pradīpakaṃ apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pitṝṇāmapradakṣiṇaṃ
Having given water, perfume, a garland, an offering of incense and a lamp, then making (the sacred thread) reversed, (and moving) leftwards for the fathers,
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AgP 163.7
:प् १५० द्विगुणांस्तु कुशान् कृत्वा ह्य् उशन्तस्त्वेत्यृचा पितॄन् आवाह्य तदनुज्ञातो जपेदायान्तु नस्ततः
:p 150 dviguṇāṃstu kuśān kṛtvā hy uśantastvetyṛcā pitṝn āvāhya tadanujñāto japedāyāntu nastataḥ
[p. 150] making the kuśa grasses twofold, having invited the fathers with the verse 'uśantas tvā', and being permitted by them, he should then recite 'āyāntu naḥ'.
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AgP 163.8
यवार्थास्तु तिलैः कार्याः कुर्यादर्घ्यादि पूर्ववत् दत्त्वार्घ्यं संश्रवान् शेषान् पात्रे कृत्वा विधानतः
yavārthāstu tilaiḥ kāryāḥ kuryādarghyādi pūrvavat dattvārghyaṃ saṃśravān śeṣān pātre kṛtvā vidhānataḥ
But what serves as barley is to be done with sesame; he should perform the argha-water and the rest as before; having given the argha-water, and having placed the remaining drippings in a vessel according to the rule,
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AgP 163.9
पितृभ्यः स्थानमसीति न्युब्जं पात्रं करोत्यधः अग्नौ करिष्य आदाय पृच्छत्यन्नं घृतप्लुतं
pitṛbhyaḥ sthānamasīti nyubjaṃ pātraṃ karotyadhaḥ agnau kariṣya ādāya pṛcchatyannaṃ ghṛtaplutaṃ
with 'you are the station for the fathers' he sets the vessel inverted below; taking food drenched in ghee, he asks, 'shall I make (an offering) in the fire?'
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AgP 163.10
कुरुष्वेति ह्य् अनुज्ञातो हुत्वाग्नौ पितृयज्ञवत् हुतशेषं प्रदद्यात्तु भाजनेषु समाहितः
kuruṣveti hy anujñāto hutvāgnau pitṛyajñavat hutaśeṣaṃ pradadyāttu bhājaneṣu samāhitaḥ
Being permitted with 'do so', having offered in the fire as in the pitṛyajña, he should, collected in mind, present the remainder of the oblation in the vessels—
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AgP 163.11
यथालाभोपपन्नेषु रौप्येषु तु विशेषतः दत्वान्नं पृथिवीपात्रमिति पात्राभिमन्त्रणं
yathālābhopapanneṣu raupyeṣu tu viśeṣataḥ datvānnaṃ pṛthivīpātramiti pātrābhimantraṇaṃ
in such (vessels) as are come by according to availability, but silver ones especially; having given the food, the consecration of the vessel is with 'pṛthivī pātram' ('earth is the vessel'),
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AgP 163.12
कृत्वेदं विष्णुरित्यन्ने द्विजाङ्गुष्ठं निवेशयेत् सव्याहृतिकां गायत्रीं मधुवाता इति त्यचं
kṛtvedaṃ viṣṇurityanne dvijāṅguṣṭhaṃ niveśayet savyāhṛtikāṃ gāyatrīṃ madhuvātā iti tyacaṃ
and having done that, with 'idaṃ viṣṇuḥ' he should set the brahmin's thumb into the food; (then) the Gāyatrī together with the utterances (vyāhṛtis), and the three verses beginning 'madhu vātāḥ'—
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AgP 163.13
जप्त्वा यथासुखं वाच्यं भुञ्जीरंस्ते ऽपि वाग्यताः अन्नमिष्टं हविष्यञ्च दद्याज्जप्त्वा पवित्रकं
japtvā yathāsukhaṃ vācyaṃ bhuñjīraṃste 'pi vāgyatāḥ annamiṣṭaṃ haviṣyañca dadyājjaptvā pavitrakaṃ
having recited (these), 'eat at your ease' is to be said, and they too should eat with speech restrained; having recited over the grass-strainer, he should give the food that is desired and the food fit for oblation.
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AgP 163.14
अन्नमादाय तृप्ताः स्थ शेषं चैवान्नमस्य च तदन्नं विकिरेद् भूमौ दद्याच्चापः सकृत् सकृत्
annamādāya tṛptāḥ stha śeṣaṃ caivānnamasya ca tadannaṃ vikired bhūmau dadyāccāpaḥ sakṛt sakṛt
Taking up the food (with the words) 'are you satisfied?' and (taking) the remainder of this food, he should scatter that food upon the ground and offer water, once each time.
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AgP 163.15
सर्वमन्नमुपादाय सतिलं दक्षिणामुखः उच्छिष्टसन्निधौ पिण्डान् प्रदद्यात् पितृयज्ञवत्
sarvamannamupādāya satilaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ ucchiṣṭasannidhau piṇḍān pradadyāt pitṛyajñavat
Taking up all the food together with sesame, facing south, he should offer the rice-balls beside the leftovers, as in the pitṛyajña.
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AgP 163.16
मातामहानामप्येवं दद्यादाचमनं ततः स्वस्ति वाच्यं ततः कुर्यादक्षय्योदकमेव च
mātāmahānāmapyevaṃ dadyādācamanaṃ tataḥ svasti vācyaṃ tataḥ kuryādakṣayyodakameva ca
For the maternal grandfathers likewise; then he should give water for rinsing the mouth; then 'svasti' (well-being) is to be pronounced, and he should also perform the rite of the inexhaustible water.
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AgP 163.17
दत्वा तु दक्षिणां शक्त्या स्वधाकारमुदाहरेत् वाच्यतामित्यनुज्ञातः स्वपितृभ्यः स्वधोच्यतां(१)
datvā tu dakṣiṇāṃ śaktyā svadhākāramudāharet vācyatāmityanujñātaḥ svapitṛbhyaḥ svadhocyatāṃ(1)
Having given the fee according to his means, he should pronounce the svadhā-formula; being permitted with 'let it be pronounced', (he says) 'let svadhā be pronounced for my fathers.'
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AgP 163.18
:न् १ मातामहानामित्यादिः, स्वपितृभ्यः स्वधोच्यतामित्यन्तः पाठः झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति :प् १५१ कुर्युरस्तु स्वधेत्युक्ते भूमौ सिञ्चेत्ततो जलं प्रीयन्तामिति वा दैवं विश्वे देवा जलं ददेत्
:n 1 mātāmahānāmityādiḥ, svapitṛbhyaḥ svadhocyatāmityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ jha.. pustake nāsti :p 151 kuryurastu svadhetyukte bhūmau siñcettato jalaṃ prīyantāmiti vā daivaṃ viśve devā jalaṃ dadet
[note: the passage from 'mātāmahānām' up to 'svapitṛbhyaḥ svadhocyatām' is absent in MS jha] [p. 151] Let them do so; when 'let there be svadhā' has been said, he should then sprinkle water upon the ground, or (say) 'may they be pleased'; as for the divine (portion), 'the All-gods'—he should offer water.
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AgP 163.19
दातारो नो ऽभिवर्धन्तां वेदाः सन्ततिरेव च श्रद्धा च नो माव्यगमद्बहुदेयं च नो ।स्त्विति
dātāro no 'bhivardhantāṃ vedāḥ santatireva ca śraddhā ca no māvyagamadbahudeyaṃ ca no .stviti
"May our givers increase, and (our) Vedas and (our) lineage; may faith not depart from us, and may we have much to give" —
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AgP 163.20
इत्युक्त्वा तु प्रिया वाचः प्रणिपत्य विसर्जयेत् वाजे वाज इति प्रीतपितृपूर्वं विसर्जनं(१)
ityuktvā tu priyā vācaḥ praṇipatya visarjayet vāje vāja iti prītapitṛpūrvaṃ visarjanaṃ(1)
Having spoken these pleasing words, he should bow down and dismiss (them); the dismissal is with "vāje vāje", the fathers being pleased (and) placed first.
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AgP 163.21
यस्मिंस्तु संश्रवाः पूर्वमर्घपात्रे निपातिताः पितृपात्रं तदुत्तानं कृत्वा विप्रान् विसर्जयेत्
yasmiṃstu saṃśravāḥ pūrvamarghapātre nipātitāḥ pitṛpātraṃ taduttānaṃ kṛtvā viprān visarjayet
That vessel of the fathers into which the sipped remnants were earlier dropped in the arghya-vessel — having turned it upright, he should dismiss the brahmins.
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AgP 163.22
प्रदक्षिणमनुब्रज्य भक्त्वा तु पितृसेवितं ब्रह्मचारी भवेत्तान्तु रजनीं ब्राह्मणैः सह
pradakṣiṇamanubrajya bhaktvā tu pitṛsevitaṃ brahmacārī bhavettāntu rajanīṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha
Having followed (them) with a clockwise circuit, and having eaten what was partaken of by the fathers, he should be a celibate for that night together with the brahmins.
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AgP 163.23
एवं प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा वृद्धौ नान्दीमुखान् पितॄन् यजेत दधिकर्कन्धुमिश्रान् पिण्डान् यवैः क्रिया
evaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā vṛddhau nāndīmukhān pitṝn yajeta dadhikarkandhumiśrān piṇḍān yavaiḥ kriyā
Having thus made the clockwise circuit, at an auspicious occasion (of increase) one should worship the fathers as "nāndīmukha"; the balls (are) mixed with curds and jujube, the rite (is done) with barley.
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AgP 163.24
एकोद्दिष्टं दैवहीनमेकार्घैकपवित्रकं आवाहनाग्नौकरणरहितं ह्य् अपसव्यवत्
ekoddiṣṭaṃ daivahīnamekārghaikapavitrakaṃ āvāhanāgnaukaraṇarahitaṃ hy apasavyavat
The rite directed to a single (deceased) is without the deity-portion, with one arghya and one purifier, free of invocation and of the offering into the fire, and (done) as with the sacred thread reversed.
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AgP 163.25
उपतिष्ठतामित्यक्षय्यस्थाने पितृविसर्जने अभिरम्यतामिति वदेद् ब्रूयुस्ते ऽभिरताः स्म ह
upatiṣṭhatāmityakṣayyasthāne pitṛvisarjane abhiramyatāmiti vaded brūyuste 'bhiratāḥ sma ha
In place of "akṣayya" (he should say) "may it be present"; at the dismissal of the father (he) should say "let there be delight", and they should reply, "we have indeed been delighted".
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AgP 163.26
गन्धोदकतिलैर् युक्तं कुर्यात् पात्रचतुष्टयं अर्घार्थपितृपात्रेषु प्रेतपात्रं प्रसेचयेत्
gandhodakatilair yuktaṃ kuryāt pātracatuṣṭayaṃ arghārthapitṛpātreṣu pretapātraṃ prasecayet
He should make a set of four vessels furnished with fragrant water and sesame; he should pour the vessel of the departed into the vessels of arghya-purpose and of the fathers.
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AgP 163.27
ये समाना इति द्वाभ्यां शेषं पूर्ववदाचरेत् एतत् सपिण्डीकरणमेकोद्दिष्टं स्तिया सह(२)
ye samānā iti dvābhyāṃ śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret etat sapiṇḍīkaraṇamekoddiṣṭaṃ stiyā saha(2)
With the two (verses) beginning "ye samānāḥ" he should perform the remainder as before; this is the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, the ekoddiṣṭa (rite), together with the wife.
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AgP 163.28
अर्वाक्सपिण्डीकरणं यस्य संवत्सराद् भवेत् :न् १ पितृपूर्वं विसर्जयेदिति ख॥ , छ॥ , झ॥ च २ स्त्र्या अपीति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् १५२ तस्याप्यन्नं सोदकुम्भं दद्यात् संवत्सरं द्विजे
arvāksapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ yasya saṃvatsarād bhavet :n 1 pitṛpūrvaṃ visarjayediti kha.. , cha.. , jha.. ca 2 stryā apīti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 152 tasyāpyannaṃ sodakumbhaṃ dadyāt saṃvatsaraṃ dvije
For whom the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa takes place before a year (has passed), for him too he should give food together with a water-pot to a brahmin for a year. [The intervening text is manuscript apparatus: variants from mss kha, cha, jha, etc.]
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AgP 163.29
मृताहनि च कर्तव्यं प्रतिमासन्तु वत्सरं प्रतिसंवत्सरं कार्यं श्राद्धं वै मासिकान्नवत्
mṛtāhani ca kartavyaṃ pratimāsantu vatsaraṃ pratisaṃvatsaraṃ kāryaṃ śrāddhaṃ vai māsikānnavat
And it is to be performed on the day of death, month by month for a year; the śrāddha is to be done every year, like the monthly food-offering.
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AgP 163.30
हविष्यान्नेन वै मासं पायसेन तु वत्सरं मात्स्यहारिणकौरभ्रशाकुनच्छागपार्षतैः(१)
haviṣyānnena vai māsaṃ pāyasena tu vatsaraṃ mātsyahāriṇakaurabhraśākunacchāgapārṣataiḥ(1)
With sacrificial food for a month, with milk-rice for a year; with fish, antelope, sheep, fowl, goat and spotted-deer (flesh) —
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AgP 163.31
ऐणरौरववाराहशाशैर् मांसैर् यथाक्रमं मासवृद्ध्याभितृप्यन्ति दत्तैर् एव(२) पितामहाः
aiṇarauravavārāhaśāśair māṃsair yathākramaṃ māsavṛddhyābhitṛpyanti dattair eva(2) pitāmahāḥ
and with the flesh of the black antelope, the ruru deer, the boar and the hare, in due order: the grandfathers are satisfied, by these being given, according to the increase of the months.
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AgP 163.32
खड्गामिषं महाशल्कं मधुयुक्तान्नमेव च(३) लोहामिषं कालशाकं मांसं वार्धीनसस्य च
khaḍgāmiṣaṃ mahāśalkaṃ madhuyuktānnameva ca(3) lohāmiṣaṃ kālaśākaṃ māṃsaṃ vārdhīnasasya ca
Rhinoceros meat, the great scaly (fish), and food mixed with honey, red-goat meat, kālaśāka, and the flesh of the vārdhīnasa (bird/rhinoceros) —
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AgP 163.33
यद्ददाति गयास्थञ्च सर्वमानन्त्यमुच्यते(४) तथा वर्षात्रयोदश्यां मघासु च न संशयः
yaddadāti gayāsthañca sarvamānantyamucyate(4) tathā varṣātrayodaśyāṃ maghāsu ca na saṃśayaḥ
and whatever one gives while at Gayā, all that is said to be endless; likewise on the thirteenth of the rainy season and under the Maghā stars — there is no doubt.
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AgP 163.34
कन्यां प्रजां वन्दिनश् च पशून् मुख्यान् सुतानपि घृतं कृषिं च वाणिज्यं द्विशफैकशफं तथा
kanyāṃ prajāṃ vandinaś ca paśūn mukhyān sutānapi ghṛtaṃ kṛṣiṃ ca vāṇijyaṃ dviśaphaikaśaphaṃ tathā
A daughter, offspring, bards, cattle, eminent sons too, ghee, agriculture and trade, two-hoofed and one-hoofed (animals) as well,
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AgP 163.35
ब्रह्मवर्चस्विनः पुत्रान् स्वर्णरूप्ये सकुप्यके ज्ञातिश्रैष्ठ्यं सर्वकामानाप्नोति श्राद्धदः सदा
brahmavarcasvinaḥ putrān svarṇarūpye sakupyake jñātiśraiṣṭhyaṃ sarvakāmānāpnoti śrāddhadaḥ sadā
sons endowed with the splendour of the Veda, gold and silver together with base metals, pre-eminence among kinsmen — the giver of śrāddha always obtains all desires.
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AgP 163.36
प्रतिपत्प्रभृतिष्वेतान्वर्जयित्वा चतुर्दशीं शस्त्रेण तु हता ये वै तेषां तत्र प्रदीयते
pratipatprabhṛtiṣvetānvarjayitvā caturdaśīṃ śastreṇa tu hatā ye vai teṣāṃ tatra pradīyate
On these (days) beginning with the first lunar day, excepting the fourteenth — for those who have been slain by a weapon, offering is made on that (fourteenth).
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AgP 163.37
स्वर्गं(५) ह्य् अपत्यमोजश् च शौर्यं क्षेत्रं बलं तथा पुत्रश्रैष्ठ्यं ससौभाग्यमपत्यं मुख्यतां सुतान्
svargaṃ(5) hy apatyamojaś ca śauryaṃ kṣetraṃ balaṃ tathā putraśraiṣṭhyaṃ sasaubhāgyamapatyaṃ mukhyatāṃ sutān
Heaven, offspring and vigour, valour, land and strength as well, pre-eminence of sons, offspring with good fortune, primacy, sons —
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AgP 163.38
:न् १ मात्स्याविहारिणौरभ्रशाकुनच्छागपार्षतैर् इति छ॥ २ दत्तैर् इहेति घ॥ , ङ॥ , ञ॥ च ३ मधुमुद्गान्नमेव वेति ङ॥ ४ सर्वमानन्त्यमश्नुते इति घ॥ , ङ॥ च ५ स्वर्णमिति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् १५३ प्रवृत्तचक्रतां पुत्रान् वाणिज्यं प्रसुतां तथा अरोगित्वं यशो वीतशोकतां परमाङ्गतिं
:n 1 mātsyāvihāriṇaurabhraśākunacchāgapārṣatair iti cha.. 2 dattair iheti gha.. , ṅa.. , ña.. ca 3 madhumudgānnameva veti ṅa.. 4 sarvamānantyamaśnute iti gha.. , ṅa.. ca 5 svarṇamiti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 153 pravṛttacakratāṃ putrān vāṇijyaṃ prasutāṃ tathā arogitvaṃ yaśo vītaśokatāṃ paramāṅgatiṃ
[The initial matter is manuscript apparatus: variant readings from mss cha, gha, ṅa, ña, kha.] the state of having one's authority prevail, sons, trade and abundant progeny, freedom from disease, fame, freedom from sorrow, the highest destination,
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AgP 163.39
घनं विद्यां भिषकसिद्धिं रूप्यं गाश्चाप्यजाविकं अश्वानायुश् च विधिवत् यः श्राद्धं सम्प्रयच्छति
ghanaṃ vidyāṃ bhiṣakasiddhiṃ rūpyaṃ gāścāpyajāvikaṃ aśvānāyuś ca vidhivat yaḥ śrāddhaṃ samprayacchati
Whoever duly bestows at a śrāddha a solid (mass of metal?), learning, success in medicine, silver, cows, goats and sheep, horses and long life —
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AgP 163.40
कृत्तिकादिभरण्यन्ते स कामानाप्नुयादिमान् वसुरुद्रादितिसुताः पितरः श्राद्धदेवताः
kṛttikādibharaṇyante sa kāmānāpnuyādimān vasurudrāditisutāḥ pitaraḥ śrāddhadevatāḥ
beginning with Kṛttikā and ending with Bharaṇī, he obtains these desired things. The Vasus, the Rudras and the sons of Aditi — the fathers — are the deities of the śrāddha.
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AgP 163.41
प्रीणयन्ति मनुष्याणां(१) पितॄन् श्राद्धेन तर्पिताः आयुः प्रजां धनं(२) विद्यां स्वर्गं मोक्षं सुखानि च
prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇāṃ(1) pitṝn śrāddhena tarpitāḥ āyuḥ prajāṃ dhanaṃ(2) vidyāṃ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ sukhāni ca
Satisfied by the śrāddha, the fathers of men are pleased (and grant) long life, offspring, wealth, learning, heaven, release, and pleasures,
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AgP 163.42
प्रयच्छन्ति तथा राज्यं प्रीता नॄणां पितामहाः(३) ॥४२
prayacchanti tathā rājyaṃ prītā nṝṇāṃ pitāmahāḥ(3) //42
and likewise a kingdom: (so) the forefathers of men, when pleased, bestow (these).
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