Brahma Purana — Chapter 220

BrP 220.1

भूयः प्रब्रूहि भगवञ् श्राद्धकल्पं सुविस्तरात् कथं क्व च कदा केषु कैस् तद् ब्रूहि तपोधन ॥

bhūyaḥ prabrūhi bhagavañ śrāddhakalpaṃ suvistarāt kathaṃ kva ca kadā keṣu kais tad brūhi tapodhana //

"Tell (us) again, lord, the rule of the śrāddha at full length: how, and where, and when, and in respect of whom, and by whom — tell that, O you rich in austerity."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.2

शृणुध्वं मुनिशार्दूलाः श्राद्धकल्पं सुविस्तरात् यथा यत्र यदा येषु यैर् द्रव्यैस् तद् वदाम्य् अहम् ॥

śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśārdūlāḥ śrāddhakalpaṃ suvistarāt yathā yatra yadā yeṣu yair dravyais tad vadāmy aham //

"Hear, tigers among sages, the rule of the śrāddha at full length: how, where, when, in respect of whom, and with what substances — that I shall declare.

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BrP 220.3

ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर् वैश्यैः श्राद्धं स्ववरणोदितम् कुलधर्मम् अनुतिष्ठद्भिर् दातव्यं मन्त्रपूर्वकम् ॥

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyair vaiśyaiḥ śrāddhaṃ svavaraṇoditam kuladharmam anutiṣṭhadbhir dātavyaṃ mantrapūrvakam //

By brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas the śrāddha declared for their own class is to be given with mantras, by those who follow the family law.

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BrP 220.4

स्त्रीभिर् वर्णावरैः शूद्रैर् विप्राणाम् अनुशासनात् अमन्त्रकं विधिपूर्वं वह्नियागविवर्जितम् ॥

strībhir varṇāvaraiḥ śūdrair viprāṇām anuśāsanāt amantrakaṃ vidhipūrvaṃ vahniyāgavivarjitam //

By women, by those lower in class, and by śūdras, (it is to be performed) without mantras, according to the rule, omitting the fire-offering, on the instruction of brahmins.

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BrP 220.5

पुष्करादिषु तीर्थेषु पुण्येष्व् आयतनेषु च शिखरेषु गिरीन्द्राणां पुण्यदेशेषु भो द्विजाः ॥

puṣkarādiṣu tīrtheṣu puṇyeṣv āyataneṣu ca śikhareṣu girīndrāṇāṃ puṇyadeśeṣu bho dvijāḥ //

At sacred fords such as Puṣkara, and at holy sanctuaries, on the peaks of the great mountains, in holy regions, O brahmins;

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BrP 220.6

सरित्सु पुण्यतोयासु नदेषु च सरःसु च संगमेषु नदीनां च समुद्रेषु च सप्तसु ॥

saritsu puṇyatoyāsu nadeṣu ca saraḥsu ca saṃgameṣu nadīnāṃ ca samudreṣu ca saptasu //

in rivers with holy waters, in streams and in lakes, and at the confluences of rivers, and in the seven oceans;

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BrP 220.7

स्वनुलिप्तेषु गेहेषु स्वेष्व् अनुज्ञापितेषु च दिव्यपादपमूलेषु यज्ञियेषु ह्रदेषु च ॥

svanulipteṣu geheṣu sveṣv anujñāpiteṣu ca divyapādapamūleṣu yajñiyeṣu hradeṣu ca //

in houses well smeared (with cow-dung), in one's own, and in those for which permission has been granted, at the roots of divine trees, and in pools fit for sacrifice —

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BrP 220.8

श्राद्धम् एतेषु दातव्यं वर्ज्यम् एतेषु चोच्यते किरातेषु कलिङ्गेषु कोङ्कणेषु कृमिष्व् अपि ॥

śrāddham eteṣu dātavyaṃ varjyam eteṣu cocyate kirāteṣu kaliṅgeṣu koṅkaṇeṣu kṛmiṣv api //

the śrāddha is to be given in these places; and it is said to be avoided in these: among the Kirātas, the Kaliṅgas, the Koṅkaṇas, and the Kṛmis too;

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BrP 220.9

दशार्णेषु कुमार्येषु तङ्गणेषु क्रथेष्व् अपि सिन्धोर् उत्तरकूलेषु नर्मदायाश् च दक्षिणे ॥

daśārṇeṣu kumāryeṣu taṅgaṇeṣu kratheṣv api sindhor uttarakūleṣu narmadāyāś ca dakṣiṇe //

among the Daśārṇas, the Kumārīs, the Taṅgaṇas, and the Krathas too, on the northern banks of the Sindhu, and to the south of the Narmadā;

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BrP 220.10

पूर्वेषु करतोयाया न देयं श्राद्धम् उच्यते श्राद्धं देयम् उशन्तीह मासि मास्य् उडुपक्षये ॥

pūrveṣu karatoyāyā na deyaṃ śrāddham ucyate śrāddhaṃ deyam uśantīha māsi māsy uḍupakṣaye //

to the east of the Karatoyā the śrāddha is said not to be given. They hold here that the śrāddha is to be given month by month at the waning of the moon (new moon);

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BrP 220.11

पौर्णमासेषु श्राद्धं च कर्तव्यम् ऋक्षगोचरे नित्यश्राद्धम् अदैवं च मनुष्यैः सह गीयते ॥

paurṇamāseṣu śrāddhaṃ ca kartavyam ṛkṣagocare nityaśrāddham adaivaṃ ca manuṣyaiḥ saha gīyate //

and the śrāddha is to be performed on full-moon days, when (the moon) is in (the proper) lunar mansion; the regular śrāddha, without the gods, is sung of as (performed) together with men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.12

नैमित्तिकं सुरैः सार्धं नित्यं नैमित्तिकं तथा काम्यान्य् अन्यानि श्राद्धानि प्रतिसंवत्सरं द्विजैः ॥

naimittikaṃ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ nityaṃ naimittikaṃ tathā kāmyāny anyāni śrāddhāni pratisaṃvatsaraṃ dvijaiḥ //

The occasional (śrāddha is performed) together with the gods, likewise the regular and the occasional; and the other, optional śrāddhas (are to be performed) year by year by the twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.13

वृद्धिश्राद्धं च कर्तव्यं जातकर्मादिकेषु च तत्र युग्मान् द्विजान् आहुर् मन्त्रपूर्वं तु वै द्विजाः ॥

vṛddhiśrāddhaṃ ca kartavyaṃ jātakarmādikeṣu ca tatra yugmān dvijān āhur mantrapūrvaṃ tu vai dvijāḥ //

And the prosperity-śrāddha is to be performed at the birth-rites and the rest; there, the twice-born say, (one should feed) an even number of brahmins, with mantras, O brahmins.

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BrP 220.14

कन्यां गते सवितरि दिनानि दश पञ्च च पूर्वेणैवेह विधिना श्राद्धं तत्र विधीयते ॥

kanyāṃ gate savitari dināni daśa pañca ca pūrveṇaiveha vidhinā śrāddhaṃ tatra vidhīyate //

When the sun has entered Virgo, for fifteen days the śrāddha is prescribed there by the very rule stated before.

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BrP 220.15

प्रतिपद्धनलाभाय द्वितीया द्विपदप्रदा पुत्रार्थिनी तृतीया तु चतुर्थी शत्रुनाशिनी ॥

pratipaddhanalābhāya dvitīyā dvipadapradā putrārthinī tṛtīyā tu caturthī śatrunāśinī //

The first lunar day (of that fortnight serves) for the gaining of wealth, the second gives two-footed creatures, the third is for one who desires a son, and the fourth destroys enemies.

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BrP 220.16

श्रियं प्राप्नोति पञ्चम्यां षष्ठ्यां पूज्यो भवेन् नरः गणाधिपत्यं सप्तम्याम् अष्टम्यां बुद्धिम् उत्तमाम् ॥

śriyaṃ prāpnoti pañcamyāṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ pūjyo bhaven naraḥ gaṇādhipatyaṃ saptamyām aṣṭamyāṃ buddhim uttamām //

On the fifth (day of the fortnight) one obtains prosperity; on the sixth a man becomes worthy of honour; on the seventh, lordship over a troop; on the eighth, excellent understanding.

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BrP 220.17

स्त्रियो नवम्यां प्राप्नोति दशम्यां पूर्णकामताम् वेदांस् तथाप्नुयात् सर्वान् एकादश्यां क्रियापरः ॥

striyo navamyāṃ prāpnoti daśamyāṃ pūrṇakāmatām vedāṃs tathāpnuyāt sarvān ekādaśyāṃ kriyāparaḥ //

On the ninth he obtains women; on the tenth, the fulfilment of all his desires; and on the eleventh, one intent on the rites obtains all the Vedas.

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BrP 220.18

द्वादश्यां जयलाभं च प्राप्नोति पितृपूजकः प्रजावृद्धिं पशुं मेधां स्वातन्त्र्यं पुष्टिम् उत्तमाम् ॥

dvādaśyāṃ jayalābhaṃ ca prāpnoti pitṛpūjakaḥ prajāvṛddhiṃ paśuṃ medhāṃ svātantryaṃ puṣṭim uttamām //

On the twelfth the worshipper of the fathers obtains the winning of victory, increase of offspring, cattle, mental power, independence, and excellent thriving.

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BrP 220.19

दीर्घायुर् अथवैश्वर्यं कुर्वाणस् तु त्रयोदशीम् अवाप्नोति न संदेहः श्राद्धं श्रद्धासमन्वितः ॥

dīrghāyur athavaiśvaryaṃ kurvāṇas tu trayodaśīm avāpnoti na saṃdehaḥ śrāddhaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ //

But he who performs (the rite) on the thirteenth becomes long-lived, or (obtains) sovereignty; one endowed with faith who (offers) the śrāddha attains (this) — there is no doubt.

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BrP 220.20

यथासंभविनान्नेन श्राद्धं श्रद्धासमन्वितः युवानः पितरो यस्य मृताः शस्त्रेण वा हताः ॥

yathāsaṃbhavinānnena śrāddhaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ yuvānaḥ pitaro yasya mṛtāḥ śastreṇa vā hatāḥ //

(He) who, endowed with faith, (offers) the śrāddha with food as is available — he whose fathers died young or were slain by a weapon —

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BrP 220.21

तेन कार्यं चतुर्दश्यां तेषां तृप्तिम् अभीप्सता श्राद्धं कुर्वन्न् अमावास्यां यत्नेन पुरुषः शुचिः ॥

tena kāryaṃ caturdaśyāṃ teṣāṃ tṛptim abhīpsatā śrāddhaṃ kurvann amāvāsyāṃ yatnena puruṣaḥ śuciḥ //

by him it should be done on the fourteenth, if he desires their satisfaction. A man, pure, performing the śrāddha with effort on the new-moon day,

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BrP 220.22

सर्वान् कामान् अवाप्नोति स्वर्गं चानन्तम् अश्नुते अतःपरं मुनिश्रेष्ठाः शृणुध्वं वदतो मम ॥

sarvān kāmān avāpnoti svargaṃ cānantam aśnute ataḥparaṃ muniśreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ vadato mama //

obtains all his desires and enjoys endless heaven. Hereafter, best of sages, listen to me as I speak.

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BrP 220.23

पितॄणां प्रीतये यत्र यद् देयं प्रीतिकारिणा मासं तृप्तिः पितॄणां तु हविष्यान्नेन जायते ॥

pitṝṇāṃ prītaye yatra yad deyaṃ prītikāriṇā māsaṃ tṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ tu haviṣyānnena jāyate //

(Hear) what is to be given, and where, by one who would give pleasure, for the delight of the fathers: satisfaction of the fathers lasting a month arises from sacrificial food.

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BrP 220.24

मासद्वयं मत्स्यमांसैस् तृप्तिं यान्ति पितामहाः त्रीन् मासान् हारिणं मांसं विज्ञेयं पितृतृप्तये ॥

māsadvayaṃ matsyamāṃsais tṛptiṃ yānti pitāmahāḥ trīn māsān hāriṇaṃ māṃsaṃ vijñeyaṃ pitṛtṛptaye //

With the flesh of fish the grandfathers attain satisfaction for two months; the flesh of a deer is to be known as (giving) satisfaction to the fathers for three months.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.25

पुष्णाति चतुरो मासाञ् शशस्य पिशितं पितॄन् शाकुनं पञ्च वै मासान् षण् मासाञ् शूकरामिषम् ॥

puṣṇāti caturo māsāñ śaśasya piśitaṃ pitṝn śākunaṃ pañca vai māsān ṣaṇ māsāñ śūkarāmiṣam //

The flesh of a hare nourishes the fathers for four months, that of a bird for five months, the meat of a boar for six months.

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BrP 220.26

छागलं सप्त वै मासान् ऐणेयं चाष्टमासकान् करोति तृप्तिं नव वै रुरुमांसं न संशयः ॥

chāgalaṃ sapta vai māsān aiṇeyaṃ cāṣṭamāsakān karoti tṛptiṃ nava vai rurumāṃsaṃ na saṃśayaḥ //

Goat's flesh (gives satisfaction) for seven months, that of the black antelope for eight months, and the flesh of the ruru deer produces satisfaction for nine — there is no doubt.

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BrP 220.27

गव्यं मांसं पितृतृप्तिं करोति दशमासिकीम् तथैकादश मासांस् तु औरभ्रं पितृतृप्तिदम् ॥

gavyaṃ māṃsaṃ pitṛtṛptiṃ karoti daśamāsikīm tathaikādaśa māsāṃs tu aurabhraṃ pitṛtṛptidam //

Cow's flesh produces a satisfaction of the fathers lasting ten months, and sheep's flesh gives satisfaction to the fathers for eleven months.

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BrP 220.28

संवत्सरं तथा गव्यं पयः पायसम् एव च वाध्रीनम् आमिषं लोहं कालशाकं तथा मधु ॥

saṃvatsaraṃ tathā gavyaṃ payaḥ pāyasam eva ca vādhrīnam āmiṣaṃ lohaṃ kālaśākaṃ tathā madhu //

And likewise cow's milk and milk-rice (satisfy) for a year; also the flesh of the vādhrīṇasa, loha, the kālaśāka vegetable, and honey;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.29

रोहितामिषम् अन्नं च दत्तान्य् आत्मकुलोद्भवैः अनन्तं वै प्रयच्छन्ति तृप्तियोगं सुतांस् तथा ॥

rohitāmiṣam annaṃ ca dattāny ātmakulodbhavaiḥ anantaṃ vai prayacchanti tṛptiyogaṃ sutāṃs tathā //

and the flesh of the rohita fish, and food — these, when given by those born in one's own family, bestow endless conjunction with satisfaction, and sons as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.30

पितॄणां नात्र संदेहो गयाश्राद्धं च भो द्विजाः यो ददाति गुडोन्मिश्रांस् तिलान् वा श्राद्धकर्मणि ॥

pitṝṇāṃ nātra saṃdeho gayāśrāddhaṃ ca bho dvijāḥ yo dadāti guḍonmiśrāṃs tilān vā śrāddhakarmaṇi //

There is no doubt in this regarding the fathers — and (so too) the śrāddha at Gayā, O twice-born. Whoever gives sesame mixed with molasses in the śrāddha rite,

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BrP 220.31

मधु वा मधुमिश्रं वा अक्षयं सर्वम् एव तत् अपि नः स कुले भूयाद् यो नो दद्याज् जलाञ्जलिम् ॥

madhu vā madhumiśraṃ vā akṣayaṃ sarvam eva tat api naḥ sa kule bhūyād yo no dadyāj jalāñjalim //

or honey, or what is mixed with honey — all that is imperishable. "May there be in our family one who would offer us a handful of water!"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.32

पायसं मधुसंयुक्तं वर्षासु च मघासु च एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा यद्य् एको ऽपि गयां व्रजेत् ॥

pāyasaṃ madhusaṃyuktaṃ varṣāsu ca maghāsu ca eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yady eko 'pi gayāṃ vrajet //

(One should give) milk-rice mixed with honey in the rainy season and under the Maghā stars. Many sons should be desired, so that even one of them may go to Gayā,

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BrP 220.33

गौरीं वाप्य् उद्वहेत् कन्यां नीलं वा वृषम् उत्सृजेत् कृत्तिकासु पितॄन् अर्च्य स्वर्गम् आप्नोति मानवः ॥

gaurīṃ vāpy udvahet kanyāṃ nīlaṃ vā vṛṣam utsṛjet kṛttikāsu pitṝn arcya svargam āpnoti mānavaḥ //

or may marry a fair-complexioned girl, or may release a dark bull. Honouring the fathers under the Kṛttikās, a man attains heaven.

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BrP 220.34

अपत्यकामो रोहिण्यां सौम्ये तेजस्वितां लभेत् शौर्यम् आर्द्रासु चाप्नोति क्षेत्राणि च पुनर्वसौ ॥

apatyakāmo rohiṇyāṃ saumye tejasvitāṃ labhet śauryam ārdrāsu cāpnoti kṣetrāṇi ca punarvasau //

One who desires offspring (should perform it) under Rohiṇī; under Mṛgaśiras (saumya) he would gain brilliance; under the Ārdrās he obtains valour, and under Punarvasu, fields.

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BrP 220.35

पुष्ये तु धनम् अक्षय्यम् आश्लेषे चायुर् उत्तमम् मघासु च प्रजां पुष्टिं सौभाग्यं फाल्गुनीषु च ॥

puṣye tu dhanam akṣayyam āśleṣe cāyur uttamam maghāsu ca prajāṃ puṣṭiṃ saubhāgyaṃ phālgunīṣu ca //

Under Puṣya, imperishable wealth; under Āśleṣā, the highest lifespan; under the Maghās, offspring and thriving; and under the Phālgunīs, good fortune.

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BrP 220.36

प्रधानशीलो भवति सापत्यश् चोत्तरासु च प्रयाति श्रेष्ठतां शास्त्रे हस्ते श्राद्धप्रदो नरः ॥

pradhānaśīlo bhavati sāpatyaś cottarāsu ca prayāti śreṣṭhatāṃ śāstre haste śrāddhaprado naraḥ //

(He) becomes foremost in character, and (is) possessed of offspring, in the Uttarā (Phalgunīs); and in Hasta, the man who offers the śrāddha attains pre-eminence in learning.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.37

रूपं तेजश् च चित्रासु तथापत्यम् अवाप्नुयात् वाणिज्यलाभदा स्वाती विशाखा पुत्रकामदा ॥

rūpaṃ tejaś ca citrāsu tathāpatyam avāpnuyāt vāṇijyalābhadā svātī viśākhā putrakāmadā //

In Citrā (he) would obtain beauty and vigour, and likewise offspring; Svātī gives gain in trade, Viśākhā grants the desire for sons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.38

कुर्वन्तां चानुराधासु ता दद्युश् चक्रवर्तिताम् आधिपत्यं च ज्येष्ठासु मूले चारोग्यम् उत्तमम् ॥

kurvantāṃ cānurādhāsu tā dadyuś cakravartitām ādhipatyaṃ ca jyeṣṭhāsu mūle cārogyam uttamam //

And (for those) who perform (śrāddha) on the Anurādhās, they (the constellations) would grant universal sovereignty; and lordship on the Jyeṣṭhās, and in Mūla the highest freedom from disease.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.39

आषाढासु यशःप्राप्तिर् उत्तरासु विशोकता श्रवणेन शुभांल् लोकान् धनिष्ठासु धनं महत् ॥

āṣāḍhāsu yaśaḥprāptir uttarāsu viśokatā śravaṇena śubhāṃl lokān dhaniṣṭhāsu dhanaṃ mahat //

On the Āṣāḍhās (comes) the attainment of fame, on the Uttarās freedom from sorrow, by Śravaṇa auspicious worlds, on the Dhaniṣṭhās great wealth.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.40

वेदवित्त्वम् अभिजिति भिषक्सिद्धिं च वारुणे अजाविकं प्रौष्ठपद्यां विन्देद् गावस् तथोत्तरे ॥

vedavittvam abhijiti bhiṣaksiddhiṃ ca vāruṇe ajāvikaṃ prauṣṭhapadyāṃ vinded gāvas tathottare //

On Abhijit, knowledge of the Veda, and on the Vāruṇa (asterism, Śatabhiṣaj) success as a physician; on the Prauṣṭhapadī (he) would obtain goats and sheep, and cattle likewise on the latter (Prauṣṭhapadā).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.41

रेवतीषु तथा कुप्यम् अश्विनीषु तुरंगमान् श्राद्धं कुर्वंस् तथाप्नोति भरणीष्व् आयुर् उत्तमम् ॥

revatīṣu tathā kupyam aśvinīṣu turaṃgamān śrāddhaṃ kurvaṃs tathāpnoti bharaṇīṣv āyur uttamam //

So too on the Revatīs, base metals; on the Aśvinīs, horses; and performing śrāddha on the Bharaṇīs he obtains the highest long life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.42

एवं फलम् अवाप्नोति ऋक्षेष्व् एतेषु तत्त्ववित् तस्मात् काम्यानि श्राद्धानि देयानि विधिवद् द्विजाः ॥

evaṃ phalam avāpnoti ṛkṣeṣv eteṣu tattvavit tasmāt kāmyāni śrāddhāni deyāni vidhivad dvijāḥ //

Thus the knower of the truth obtains (this) fruit on these asterisms; therefore, O twice-born, śrāddhas for particular desires should be given according to the rule.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.43

कन्याराशिगते सूर्ये फलम् अत्यन्तम् इच्छता यान् यान् कामान् अभिध्यायन् कन्याराशिगते रवौ ॥

kanyārāśigate sūrye phalam atyantam icchatā yān yān kāmān abhidhyāyan kanyārāśigate ravau //

When the sun has entered the sign of the Virgin, by one desiring an utterly (great) fruit — whatever desires (he) has in mind, when the sun has entered the sign of the Virgin,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.44

श्राद्धं कुर्वन्ति मनुजास् तांस् तान् कामांल् लभन्ति ते नान्दीमुखानां कर्तव्यं कन्याराशिगते रवौ ॥

śrāddhaṃ kurvanti manujās tāṃs tān kāmāṃl labhanti te nāndīmukhānāṃ kartavyaṃ kanyārāśigate ravau //

— men who perform the śrāddha obtain those very desires. When the sun has entered the sign of the Virgin, (the rite) of the nāndīmukha (ancestors) is to be performed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.45

पौर्णमास्यां तु कर्तव्यं वाराहवचनं यथा दिव्यभौमान्तरिक्षाणि स्थावराणि चराणि च ॥

paurṇamāsyāṃ tu kartavyaṃ vārāhavacanaṃ yathā divyabhaumāntarikṣāṇi sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca //

But on the full-moon day it is to be performed, according to the word of the Boar (Varāha): the divine, earthly and atmospheric (beings), the immobile and the moving,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.46

पिण्डम् इच्छन्ति पितरः कन्याराशिगते रवौ कन्यां गते सवितरि यान्य् अहानि तु षोडश ॥

piṇḍam icchanti pitaraḥ kanyārāśigate ravau kanyāṃ gate savitari yāny ahāni tu ṣoḍaśa //

— the fathers desire the rice-ball when the sun has entered the sign of the Virgin. When the sun has entered Virgo, those sixteen days that there are —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.47

क्रतुभिस् तानि तुल्यानि देवो नारायणो ऽब्रवीत् राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां य इच्छेद् दुर्लभं फलम् ॥

kratubhis tāni tulyāni devo nārāyaṇo 'bravīt rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ ya icched durlabhaṃ phalam //

— those (days) are equal to (Vedic) sacrifices, the god Nārāyaṇa declared. He who would wish for the fruit hard to obtain from the Rājasūya and the Aśvamedha,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.48

अप्य् अम्बुशाकमूलाद्यैः पितॄन् कन्यागते ऽर्चयेत् उत्तराहस्तनक्षत्रगते तीक्ष्णांशुमालिनि ॥

apy ambuśākamūlādyaiḥ pitṝn kanyāgate 'rcayet uttarāhastanakṣatragate tīkṣṇāṃśumālini //

(he) should honour the fathers, when (the sun) has entered Virgo, even with water, greens, roots and the like. When the sharp-rayed, garlanded (sun) has entered the Uttarā or Hasta asterism,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.49

यो ऽर्चयेत् स्वपितॄन् भक्त्या तस्य वासस् त्रिविष्टपे हस्तर्क्षगे दिनकरे पितृराजानुशासनात् ॥

yo 'rcayet svapitṝn bhaktyā tasya vāsas triviṣṭape hastarkṣage dinakare pitṛrājānuśāsanāt //

he who with devotion honours his own fathers — his dwelling is in heaven. When the maker of day is in the asterism Hasta, by the command of the king of the fathers (Yama),

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.50

तावत् पितृपुरी शून्या यावद् वृश्चिकदर्शनम् वृश्चिके समतिक्रान्ते पितरो दैवतैः सह ॥

tāvat pitṛpurī śūnyā yāvad vṛścikadarśanam vṛścike samatikrānte pitaro daivataiḥ saha //

the city of the fathers is empty for just so long, until the appearance of Scorpio; when Scorpio has been passed, the fathers, together with the gods,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.51

निःश्वस्य प्रतिगच्छन्ति शापं दत्त्वा सुदुःसहम् अष्टकासु च कर्तव्यं श्राद्धं मन्वन्तरासु वै ॥

niḥśvasya pratigacchanti śāpaṃ dattvā suduḥsaham aṣṭakāsu ca kartavyaṃ śrāddhaṃ manvantarāsu vai //

sighing, go back, having given a curse very hard to bear. And the śrāddha is to be performed on the Aṣṭakās and on the (junctures of the) manvantaras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.52

अन्वष्टकासु क्रमशो मातृपूर्वं तद् इष्यते ग्रहणे च व्यतीपाते रविचन्द्रसमागमे ॥

anvaṣṭakāsu kramaśo mātṛpūrvaṃ tad iṣyate grahaṇe ca vyatīpāte ravicandrasamāgame //

On the Anvaṣṭakās, in order, that (śrāddha) is prescribed with the mothers first; and at an eclipse, at a vyatīpāta, at the conjunction of the sun and the moon,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.53

जन्मर्क्षे ग्रहपीडायां श्राद्धं पार्वणम् उच्यते अयनद्वितये श्राद्धं विषुवद्वितये तथा ॥

janmarkṣe grahapīḍāyāṃ śrāddhaṃ pārvaṇam ucyate ayanadvitaye śrāddhaṃ viṣuvadvitaye tathā //

at one's birth asterism, and in affliction by the planets — (this) śrāddha is called pārvaṇa. (There is) śrāddha at the two solstices and likewise at the two equinoxes,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.54

संक्रान्तिषु च कर्तव्यं श्राद्धं विधिवद् उत्तमम् एषु कार्यं द्विजाः श्राद्धं पिण्डनिर्वापणाद् ऋते ॥

saṃkrāntiṣu ca kartavyaṃ śrāddhaṃ vidhivad uttamam eṣu kāryaṃ dvijāḥ śrāddhaṃ piṇḍanirvāpaṇād ṛte //

and at the (solar) transits the excellent śrāddha is to be performed according to the rule. On these (occasions), O twice-born, the śrāddha is to be done, apart from the offering of rice-balls.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.55

वैशाखस्य तृतीयायां नवम्यां कार्त्तिकस्य च श्राद्धं कार्यं तु शुक्लायां संक्रान्तिविधिना नरैः ॥

vaiśākhasya tṛtīyāyāṃ navamyāṃ kārttikasya ca śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ tu śuklāyāṃ saṃkrāntividhinā naraiḥ //

On the third (lunar day) of Vaiśākha and on the ninth of Kārttika, in the bright (fortnight), the śrāddha is to be performed by men by the procedure for a saṃkrānti.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.56

त्रयोदश्यां भाद्रपदे माघे चन्द्रक्षये ऽहनि श्राद्धं कार्यं पायसेन दक्षिणायनवच् च तत् ॥

trayodaśyāṃ bhādrapade māghe candrakṣaye 'hani śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ pāyasena dakṣiṇāyanavac ca tat //

On the thirteenth in Bhādrapada, and in Māgha on a day of the moon's disappearance (new moon), a śrāddha should be performed with rice-milk (pāyasa), and that is like (the rite of) the southern course of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.57

यदा च श्रोत्रियो ऽभ्येति गेहं वेदविद् अग्निमान् तेनैकेन च कर्तव्यं श्राद्धं विधिवद् उत्तमम् ॥

yadā ca śrotriyo 'bhyeti gehaṃ vedavid agnimān tenaikena ca kartavyaṃ śrāddhaṃ vidhivad uttamam //

And when a śrotriya who knows the Veda and maintains the (sacred) fires comes to one's house, with him alone the best śrāddha should be performed according to rule.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.58

श्राद्धीयद्रव्यसंप्राप्तिर् यदा स्यात् साधुसंमता पार्वणेन विधानेन श्राद्धं कार्यं तथा द्विजैः ॥

śrāddhīyadravyasaṃprāptir yadā syāt sādhusaṃmatā pārvaṇena vidhānena śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ tathā dvijaiḥ //

When there is an acquisition of materials fit for a śrāddha that is approved by the good, then a śrāddha should be performed by the twice-born by the pārvaṇa procedure.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.59

प्रतिसंवत्सरं कार्यं मातापित्रोर् मृते ऽहनि पितृव्यस्याप्य् अपुत्रस्य भ्रातुर् ज्येष्ठस्य चैव हि ॥

pratisaṃvatsaraṃ kāryaṃ mātāpitror mṛte 'hani pitṛvyasyāpy aputrasya bhrātur jyeṣṭhasya caiva hi //

Year by year (a śrāddha) is to be performed on the death-day of mother and father, and also of a sonless paternal uncle and of an elder brother.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.60

पार्वणं देवपूर्वं स्याद् एकोद्दिष्टं सुरैर् विना द्वौ दैवे पितृकार्ये त्रीन् एकैकम् उभयत्र वा ॥

pārvaṇaṃ devapūrvaṃ syād ekoddiṣṭaṃ surair vinā dvau daive pitṛkārye trīn ekaikam ubhayatra vā //

The pārvaṇa (rite) should have the gods first; the ekoddiṣṭa is without the gods. (One should feed) two in the rite for the gods, three in the rite for the fathers, or one each in both.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.61

मातामहानाम् अप्य् एवं सर्वम् ऊहेन कीर्तितम् प्रेतीभूतस्य सततं भुवि पिण्डं जलं तथा ॥

mātāmahānām apy evaṃ sarvam ūhena kīrtitam pretībhūtasya satataṃ bhuvi piṇḍaṃ jalaṃ tathā //

For the maternal grandfathers too it is all declared in the same way, by transference (ūha). For one who has become a preta, constantly a rice-ball and water (are to be offered) on the ground.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.62

सतिलं सकुशं दद्याद् बहिर् जलसमीपतः तृतीये ऽह्नि च कर्तव्यं प्रेतास्थिचयनं द्विजैः ॥

satilaṃ sakuśaṃ dadyād bahir jalasamīpataḥ tṛtīye 'hni ca kartavyaṃ pretāsthicayanaṃ dvijaiḥ //

He should give (it) with sesame and with kuśa grass, outside, near water; and on the third day the gathering of the preta's bones should be done by the twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.63

दशाहे ब्राह्मणः शुद्धो द्वादशाहेन क्षत्रियः वैश्यः पञ्चदशाहेन शूद्रो मासेन शुध्यति ॥

daśāhe brāhmaṇaḥ śuddho dvādaśāhena kṣatriyaḥ vaiśyaḥ pañcadaśāhena śūdro māsena śudhyati //

A brahmin is pure in ten days, a kṣatriya in twelve days, a vaiśya in fifteen days, a śūdra becomes pure in a month.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.64

सूतकान्ते गृहे श्राद्धम् एकोद्दिष्टं प्रचक्षते द्वादशे ऽहनि मासे च त्रिपक्षे च ततः परम् ॥

sūtakānte gṛhe śrāddham ekoddiṣṭaṃ pracakṣate dvādaśe 'hani māse ca tripakṣe ca tataḥ param //

At the end of the impurity of the household they prescribe a śrāddha of the ekoddiṣṭa kind, on the twelfth day, and in a month, and in a period of three fortnights, and after that;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.65

मासि मासि च कर्तव्यं यावत् संवत्सरं द्विजाः तत परतरं कार्यं सपिण्डीकरणं क्रमात् ॥

māsi māsi ca kartavyaṃ yāvat saṃvatsaraṃ dvijāḥ tata parataraṃ kāryaṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kramāt //

and month by month it is to be performed for a whole year, O twice-born; after that the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is to be performed in due order.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.66

कृते सपिण्डीकरणे पार्वणं प्रोच्यते पुनः ततः प्रभृति निर्मुक्ताः प्रेतत्वात् पितृतां गताः ॥

kṛte sapiṇḍīkaraṇe pārvaṇaṃ procyate punaḥ tataḥ prabhṛti nirmuktāḥ pretatvāt pitṛtāṃ gatāḥ //

When the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa has been performed, the (rite) is again called pārvaṇa; from then on they are released from the state of preta and have attained the state of fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.67

अमूर्ता मूर्तिमन्तश् च पितरो द्विविधाः स्मृताः नान्दीमुखास् त्व् अमूर्ताः स्युर् मूर्तिमन्तो ऽथ पार्वणाः एकोद्दिष्टाशिनः प्रेताः पितॄणां निर्णयस् त्रिधा ॥

amūrtā mūrtimantaś ca pitaro dvividhāḥ smṛtāḥ nāndīmukhās tv amūrtāḥ syur mūrtimanto 'tha pārvaṇāḥ ekoddiṣṭāśinaḥ pretāḥ pitṝṇāṃ nirṇayas tridhā //

The fathers are held to be of two kinds, without form and having form: the nāndīmukhas are the formless, while those of the pārvaṇa have form; the pretas are those who eat the ekoddiṣṭa (offering) — thus the determination of the fathers is threefold.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.68

कथं सपिण्डीकरणं कर्तव्यं द्विजसत्तम प्रेतीभूतस्य विधिवद् ब्रूहि नो वदतां वर ॥

kathaṃ sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ kartavyaṃ dvijasattama pretībhūtasya vidhivad brūhi no vadatāṃ vara //

How is the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa of one who has become a preta to be performed according to rule, O best of the twice-born? Tell us, O best of speakers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.69

सपिण्डीकरणं विप्राः शृणुध्वं वदतो मम तच् चापि देवरहितम् एकार्घैकपवित्रकम् ॥

sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ viprāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ vadato mama tac cāpi devarahitam ekārghaikapavitrakam //

Hear, brahmins, the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa as I declare it: it too is without the gods, and has a single argha-offering and a single pavitra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.70

नैवाग्नौ करणं तत्र तच् चावाहनवर्जितम् अपसव्यं च तत्रापि भोजयेद् अयुजो द्विजान् ॥

naivāgnau karaṇaṃ tatra tac cāvāhanavarjitam apasavyaṃ ca tatrāpi bhojayed ayujo dvijān //

There is no offering into the fire in it, and it is free of the invocation (āvāhana); and in it too (the sacred thread is worn) reversed, and one should feed an odd number of twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.71

विशेषस् तत्र चान्यो ऽस्ति प्रतिमासक्रियादिकः तं कथ्यमानम् एकाग्राः शृणुध्वं मे द्विजोत्तमाः ॥

viśeṣas tatra cānyo 'sti pratimāsakriyādikaḥ taṃ kathyamānam ekāgrāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ me dvijottamāḥ //

And there is another peculiarity there, concerning the monthly rite and so on; hear it from me with single attention, O best of the twice-born, as it is told.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.72

तिलगन्धोदकैर् युक्तं तत्र पात्रचतुष्टयम् कुर्यात् पितॄणां त्रितयम् एकं प्रेतस्य च द्विजाः ॥

tilagandhodakair yuktaṃ tatra pātracatuṣṭayam kuryāt pitṝṇāṃ tritayam ekaṃ pretasya ca dvijāḥ //

There one should make four vessels furnished with sesame, fragrance and water: three for the fathers and one for the preta, O twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.73

पात्रत्रये प्रेतपात्राद् अर्घं चैव प्रसेचयेत् ये समाना इति जपन् पूर्ववच् छेषम् आचरेत् ॥

pātratraye pretapātrād arghaṃ caiva prasecayet ye samānā iti japan pūrvavac cheṣam ācaret //

He should pour the argha-water from the preta's vessel into the three vessels, reciting 'ye samānāḥ...'; the rest he should carry out as before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.74

स्त्रीणाम् अप्य् एवम् एव स्याद् एकोद्दिष्टम् उदाहृतम् सपिण्डीकरणं तासां पुत्राभावे न विद्यते ॥

strīṇām apy evam eva syād ekoddiṣṭam udāhṛtam sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ tāsāṃ putrābhāve na vidyate //

For women too it should be just so; the ekoddiṣṭa has been declared (for them). Their sapiṇḍīkaraṇa does not exist in the absence of a son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.75

प्रतिसंवत्सरं कार्यम् एकोद्दिष्टं नरैः स्त्रियाः मृताहनि च तत् कार्यं पितॄणां विधिचोदितम् ॥

pratisaṃvatsaraṃ kāryam ekoddiṣṭaṃ naraiḥ striyāḥ mṛtāhani ca tat kāryaṃ pitṝṇāṃ vidhicoditam //

Year by year men should perform the ekoddiṣṭa for a woman, and it is to be done on her death-day, as enjoined by the rule for the fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.76

पुत्राभावे सपिण्डास् तु तदभावे सहोदराः कुर्युर् एतं विधिं सम्यक् पुत्रस्य च सुताः सुताः ॥

putrābhāve sapiṇḍās tu tadabhāve sahodarāḥ kuryur etaṃ vidhiṃ samyak putrasya ca sutāḥ sutāḥ //

In the absence of a son, the sapiṇḍa relatives (should do it); in their absence, full brothers; they should perform this rite properly — and (also) a son's sons, and their sons.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.77

कुर्यान् मातामहानां तु पुत्रिकातनयस् तथा द्व्यामुष्यायणसंज्ञास् तु मातामहपितामहान् ॥

kuryān mātāmahānāṃ tu putrikātanayas tathā dvyāmuṣyāyaṇasaṃjñās tu mātāmahapitāmahān //

And the son of an appointed daughter should perform (the rite) for his maternal grandfathers; but those called dvyāmuṣyāyaṇa (sons belonging to two families should do it) for both the maternal and the paternal grandfathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.78

पूजयेयुर् यथान्यायं श्राद्धैर् नैमित्तिकैर् अपि सर्वाभावे स्त्रियः कुर्युः स्वभर्तॄणाम् अमन्त्रकम् ॥

pūjayeyur yathānyāyaṃ śrāddhair naimittikair api sarvābhāve striyaḥ kuryuḥ svabhartṝṇām amantrakam //

They should honour (them) as is proper, with occasional śrāddhas too; in the absence of all (male relatives) the women should perform (the rite) for their own husbands, without mantras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.79

तदभावे च नृपतिः कारयेत् त्व् अकुटुम्बिनाम् तज्जातीयैर् नरैः सम्यग् वाहाद्याः सकलाः क्रियाः ॥

tadabhāve ca nṛpatiḥ kārayet tv akuṭumbinām tajjātīyair naraiḥ samyag vāhādyāḥ sakalāḥ kriyāḥ //

And in their absence the king should have (the rites) performed for those without family — all the rites, beginning with the carrying (of the corpse), properly, by men of that same caste.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.80

सर्वेषाम् एव वर्णानां बान्धवो नृपतिर् यतः एता वः कथिता विप्रा नित्या नैमित्तिकास् तथा ॥

sarveṣām eva varṇānāṃ bāndhavo nṛpatir yataḥ etā vaḥ kathitā viprā nityā naimittikās tathā //

Since the king is the kinsman of all the classes alike. These, O brahmins, have been told to you — the regular (rites) and likewise the occasional ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.81

वक्ष्ये श्राद्धाश्रयाम् अन्यां नित्यनैमित्तिकां क्रियाम् दर्शस् तत्र निमित्तं तु विद्याद् इन्दुक्षयान्वितः ॥

vakṣye śrāddhāśrayām anyāṃ nityanaimittikāṃ kriyām darśas tatra nimittaṃ tu vidyād indukṣayānvitaḥ //

I shall declare another rite, regular-and-occasional, which rests on the śrāddha; there the occasion is to be known as the new moon, joined with the waning of the moon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.82

नित्यस् तु नियतः कालस् तस्मिन् कुर्याद् यथोदितम् सपिण्डीकरणाद् ऊर्ध्वं पितुर् यः प्रपितामहः ॥

nityas tu niyataḥ kālas tasmin kuryād yathoditam sapiṇḍīkaraṇād ūrdhvaṃ pitur yaḥ prapitāmahaḥ //

But the regular (time) is a fixed time; at that time one should do as has been stated. After the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, he who is the father's great-grandfather

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.83

स तु लेपभुजं याति प्रलुप्तः पितृपिण्डतः तेषां हि यश् चतुर्थो ऽन्यः स तु लेपभुजो भवेत् ॥

sa tu lepabhujaṃ yāti praluptaḥ pitṛpiṇḍataḥ teṣāṃ hi yaś caturtho 'nyaḥ sa tu lepabhujo bhavet //

— he, being dropped from the ancestral ball-offering, goes to (the state of) those who eat the smear; for whoever is the fourth other than these, he becomes an eater of the smear.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.84

सो ऽपि संबन्धतो हीनम् उपभोगं प्रपद्यते पिता पितामहश् चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः ॥

so 'pi saṃbandhato hīnam upabhogaṃ prapadyate pitā pitāmahaś caiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ //

He too, by (his) connection, attains a lesser enjoyment. The father, the grandfather, and likewise the great-grandfather —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.85

पिण्डसंबन्धिनो ह्य् एते विज्ञेयाः पुरुषास् त्रयः लेपसंबन्धिनश् चान्ये पितामहपितामहात् ॥

piṇḍasaṃbandhino hy ete vijñeyāḥ puruṣās trayaḥ lepasaṃbandhinaś cānye pitāmahapitāmahāt //

these three men are to be known as connected with the piṇḍa; and the others, from the grandfather's grandfather (onwards), are connected with the smear.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.86

प्रभृत्युक्तास् त्रयस् तेषां यजमानश् च सप्तमः इत्य् एष मुनिभिः प्रोक्तः संबन्धः साप्तपौरुषः ॥

prabhṛtyuktās trayas teṣāṃ yajamānaś ca saptamaḥ ity eṣa munibhiḥ proktaḥ saṃbandhaḥ sāptapauruṣaḥ //

Beginning (from him) three are declared; and the sacrificer is the seventh of them. Thus this connection of seven persons has been stated by the sages.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.87

यजमानात् प्रभृत्य् ऊर्ध्वम् अनुलेपभुजस् तथा ततो ऽन्ये पूर्वजाः सर्वे ये चान्ये नरकौकसः ॥

yajamānāt prabhṛty ūrdhvam anulepabhujas tathā tato 'nye pūrvajāḥ sarve ye cānye narakaukasaḥ //

And upward, beginning from the sacrificer, likewise (they are) not eaters of the smear; and beyond them all the other forebears, and those others who dwell in hell,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.88

ये ऽपि तिर्यक्त्वम् आपन्ना ये च भूतादिसंस्थिताः तान् सर्वान् यजमानो वै श्राद्धं कुर्वन् यथाविधि ॥

ye 'pi tiryaktvam āpannā ye ca bhūtādisaṃsthitāḥ tān sarvān yajamāno vai śrāddhaṃ kurvan yathāvidhi //

and those who have fallen into animal existence, and those who abide as ghosts and the like — all of them the sacrificer, performing the śrāddha according to rule,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.89

स समाप्यायते विप्रा येन येन वदामि तत् अन्नप्रकिरणं यत् तु मनुष्यैः क्रियते भुवि ॥

sa samāpyāyate viprā yena yena vadāmi tat annaprakiraṇaṃ yat tu manuṣyaiḥ kriyate bhuvi //

causes to be satisfied, O brahmins; by what means, I shall tell that. The scattering of food that is done by men on the earth —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.90

तेन तृप्तिम् उपायान्ति ये पिशाचत्वम् आगताः यद् अम्बु स्नानवस्त्रोत्थं भूमौ पतति भो द्विजाः ॥

tena tṛptim upāyānti ye piśācatvam āgatāḥ yad ambu snānavastrotthaṃ bhūmau patati bho dvijāḥ //

by that those who have come to the state of piśācas attain satisfaction. The water that drips from bathing-garments and falls on the ground, O twice-born ones —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.91

तेन ये तरुतां प्राप्तास् तेषां तृप्तिः प्रजायते यास् तु गन्धाम्बुकणिकाः पतन्ति धरणीतले ॥

tena ye tarutāṃ prāptās teṣāṃ tṛptiḥ prajāyate yās tu gandhāmbukaṇikāḥ patanti dharaṇītale //

by that satisfaction arises for those who have become trees. And the drops of perfumed water that fall on the surface of the earth —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.92

ताभिर् आप्यायनं तेषां देवत्वं ये कुले गताः उद्धृतेष्व् अथ पिण्डेषु याश् चाम्बुकणिका भुवि ॥

tābhir āpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ devatvaṃ ye kule gatāḥ uddhṛteṣv atha piṇḍeṣu yāś cāmbukaṇikā bhuvi //

by them (comes) the refreshment of those of the family who have attained godhood. And the water-drops (that fall) on the ground when the piṇḍas have been taken up —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.93

ताभिर् आप्यायनं तेषां ये तिर्यक्त्वं कुले गताः ये चादन्ताः कुले बालाः क्रियायोगाद् बहिष्कृताः ॥

tābhir āpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye tiryaktvaṃ kule gatāḥ ye cādantāḥ kule bālāḥ kriyāyogād bahiṣkṛtāḥ //

by them (comes) the refreshment of those of the family who have gone to animal existence. And the children of the family who are toothless, excluded from the performance of rites,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.94

विपन्नास् त्व् अनधिकाराः संमार्जितजलाशिनः भुक्त्वा चाचामतां यच् च यज् जलं चाङ्घ्रिशौचजम् ॥

vipannās tv anadhikārāḥ saṃmārjitajalāśinaḥ bhuktvā cācāmatāṃ yac ca yaj jalaṃ cāṅghriśaucajam //

who have died and have no claim (to offerings) — they eat the water of the sweepings; and the water with which (the brahmins) rinse their mouths after eating, and the water arising from the washing of the feet

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.95

ब्राह्मणानां तथैवान्यत् तेन तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति वै एवं यो यजमानस्य यश् च तेषां द्विजन्मनाम् ॥

brāhmaṇānāṃ tathaivānyat tena tṛptiṃ prayānti vai evaṃ yo yajamānasya yaś ca teṣāṃ dvijanmanām //

of the brahmins, and likewise the rest — by that they attain satisfaction. Thus whatever scattering of water or food there is, of the sacrificer or of those twice-born ones,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.96

कश्चिज् जलान्नविक्षेपः शुचिर् उच्छिष्ट एव वा तेनान्नेन कुले तत्र ये च योन्यन्तरं गताः ॥

kaścij jalānnavikṣepaḥ śucir ucchiṣṭa eva vā tenānnena kule tatra ye ca yonyantaraṃ gatāḥ //

Any scattering of water and food, whether pure or even (food) left over — by that food, in that family, those too who have passed into other wombs

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.97

प्रयान्त्य् आप्यायनं विप्राः सम्यक् श्राद्धक्रियावताम् अन्यायोपार्जितैर् अर्थैर् यच् छ्राद्धं क्रियते नरैः ॥

prayānty āpyāyanaṃ viprāḥ samyak śrāddhakriyāvatām anyāyopārjitair arthair yac chrāddhaṃ kriyate naraiḥ //

attain nourishment, O brahmins, when the śrāddha rites are properly performed. But the śrāddha that is performed by men with wealth gained unjustly —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.98

तृप्यन्ते ते न चाण्डालपुल्कसाद्यासु योनिषु एवम् आप्यायनं विप्रा बहूनाम् एव बान्धवैः ॥

tṛpyante te na cāṇḍālapulkasādyāsu yoniṣu evam āpyāyanaṃ viprā bahūnām eva bāndhavaiḥ //

by it they are not satisfied — (the ancestors) in the wombs of cāṇḍālas, pulkasas and the like. Thus, O brahmins, the nourishing of many comes about through kinsmen

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.99

श्राद्धं कुर्वद्भिर् अत्राम्बुविक्षेपैः संप्रजायते तस्माच् छ्राद्धं नरो भक्त्या शाकेनापि यथाविधि ॥

śrāddhaṃ kurvadbhir atrāmbuvikṣepaiḥ saṃprajāyate tasmāc chrāddhaṃ naro bhaktyā śākenāpi yathāvidhi //

who perform the śrāddha, (and) here it comes about by sprinklings of water. Therefore a man should, with devotion, according to the rule, even with (mere) pot-herbs,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.100

कुर्वीत कुर्वतः श्राद्धं कुले कश्चिन् न सीदति श्राद्धं देयं तु विप्रेषु संयतेष्व् अग्निहोत्रिषु ॥

kurvīta kurvataḥ śrāddhaṃ kule kaścin na sīdati śrāddhaṃ deyaṃ tu vipreṣu saṃyateṣv agnihotriṣu //

perform the śrāddha; for one who performs the śrāddha, no one in his family suffers. And the śrāddha is to be given to brahmins who are self-controlled and maintain the fire-offering,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.101

अवदातेषु विद्वत्सु श्रोत्रियेषु विशेषतः त्रिणाचिकेतस् त्रिमधुस् त्रिसुपर्णः षडङ्गवित् ॥

avadāteṣu vidvatsu śrotriyeṣu viśeṣataḥ triṇāciketas trimadhus trisuparṇaḥ ṣaḍaṅgavit //

to the spotless, the learned, and especially to those versed in Vedic recitation: one who has thrice (performed) the Nāciketa rite, thrice the Madhu, thrice the Suparṇa, and one who knows the six auxiliary sciences;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.102

मातापितृपरश् चैव स्वस्रीयः सामवेदवित् ऋत्विक्पुरोहिताचार्यम् उपाध्यायं च भोजयेत् ॥

mātāpitṛparaś caiva svasrīyaḥ sāmavedavit ṛtvikpurohitācāryam upādhyāyaṃ ca bhojayet //

one devoted to mother and father, a sister's son, one who knows the Sāmaveda — and one should feed the officiating priest, the family priest, the teacher and the instructor;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.103

मातुलः श्वशुरः श्यालः संबन्धी द्रोणपाठकः मण्डलब्राह्मणो यस् तु पुराणार्थविशारदः ॥

mātulaḥ śvaśuraḥ śyālaḥ saṃbandhī droṇapāṭhakaḥ maṇḍalabrāhmaṇo yas tu purāṇārthaviśāradaḥ //

a maternal uncle, a father-in-law, a brother-in-law, a relative by marriage, one who recites a droṇa-measure (of text), a maṇḍala-brahmin, and one who is skilled in the meaning of the Purāṇas;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.104

अकल्पः कल्पसंतुष्टः प्रतिग्रहविवर्जितः एते श्राद्धे नियोक्तव्या ब्राह्मणाः पङ्क्तिपावनाः ॥

akalpaḥ kalpasaṃtuṣṭaḥ pratigrahavivarjitaḥ ete śrāddhe niyoktavyā brāhmaṇāḥ paṅktipāvanāḥ //

one who is not (given to elaborate) ritual, who is content with (a simple) rite, who abstains from accepting gifts — these brahmins, purifiers of the row (of diners), are to be engaged at a śrāddha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.105

निमन्त्रयेत पूर्वेद्युः पूर्वोक्तान् द्विजसत्तमान् दैवे नियोगे पित्र्ये च तांस् तथैवोपकल्पयेत् ॥

nimantrayeta pūrvedyuḥ pūrvoktān dvijasattamān daive niyoge pitrye ca tāṃs tathaivopakalpayet //

On the previous day he should invite the best of the twice-born mentioned above, and should likewise assign them to the divine and to the ancestral office.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.106

तैश् च संयमिभिर् भाव्यं यस् तु श्राद्धं करिष्यति श्राद्धं दत्त्वा च भुक्त्वा च मैथुनं यो ऽधिगच्छति ॥

taiś ca saṃyamibhir bhāvyaṃ yas tu śrāddhaṃ kariṣyati śrāddhaṃ dattvā ca bhuktvā ca maithunaṃ yo 'dhigacchati //

And they must be self-restrained, as must he who is going to perform the śrāddha. He who, after giving and after eating the śrāddha, engages in sexual intercourse —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.107

पितरस् तस्य वै मासं तस्मिन् रेतसि शेरते गत्वा च योषितं श्राद्धे यो भुङ्क्ते यस् तु गच्छति ॥

pitaras tasya vai māsaṃ tasmin retasi śerate gatvā ca yoṣitaṃ śrāddhe yo bhuṅkte yas tu gacchati //

his ancestors lie for a month in that semen. And when one who has gone to a woman eats at a śrāddha, and one (who has eaten) goes (to a woman),

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.108

रेतोमूत्रकृताहारास् तं मासं पितरस् तयोः तस्मात् त्व् अप्रथमं कार्यं प्राज्ञेनोपनिमन्त्रणम् ॥

retomūtrakṛtāhārās taṃ māsaṃ pitaras tayoḥ tasmāt tv aprathamaṃ kāryaṃ prājñenopanimantraṇam //

for that month the ancestors of those two have semen and urine for their food. Therefore the invitation should not be made by a wise man at the last moment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.109

अप्राप्तौ तद्दिने वापि वर्ज्या योषित्प्रसङ्गिनः भिक्षार्थम् आगतांश् चापि कालेन संयतान् यतीन् ॥

aprāptau taddine vāpi varjyā yoṣitprasaṅginaḥ bhikṣārtham āgatāṃś cāpi kālena saṃyatān yatīn //

If they are not obtained, or even on that day, those who consort with women are to be avoided. And ascetics who have come for alms at the (proper) time, who are self-restrained,

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BrP 220.110

भोजयेत् प्रणिपाताद्यैः प्रसाद्य यतमानसः योगिनश् च तदा श्राद्धे भोजनीया विपश्चिता ॥

bhojayet praṇipātādyaiḥ prasādya yatamānasaḥ yoginaś ca tadā śrāddhe bhojanīyā vipaścitā //

he should feed, conciliating them with prostrations and the like, with a controlled mind. And yogins too should then be fed at the śrāddha by the discerning man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.111

योगाधारा हि पितरस् तस्मात् तान् पूजयेत् सदा ब्राह्मणानां सहस्राणि एको योगी भवेद् यदि ॥

yogādhārā hi pitaras tasmāt tān pūjayet sadā brāhmaṇānāṃ sahasrāṇi eko yogī bhaved yadi //

For the ancestors have yoga as their support; therefore one should always honour them. If among thousands of brahmins there be one single yogin,

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BrP 220.112

यजमानं च भोक्तॄंश् च नौर् इवाम्भसि तारयेत् पितृगाथा तथैवात्र गीयते ब्रह्मवादिभिः ॥

yajamānaṃ ca bhoktṝṃś ca naur ivāmbhasi tārayet pitṛgāthā tathaivātra gīyate brahmavādibhiḥ //

he would carry across both the sacrificer and the eaters, as a boat (carries one) across water. And here likewise the ancestral song is sung by the expounders of Brahman,

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BrP 220.113

या गीता पितृभिः पूर्वम् ऐलस्यासीन् महीपतेः कदा नः संतताव् अग्र्यः कस्यचिद् भविता सुतः ॥

yā gītā pitṛbhiḥ pūrvam ailasyāsīn mahīpateḥ kadā naḥ saṃtatāv agryaḥ kasyacid bhavitā sutaḥ //

which was sung of old by the ancestors of Aila, the lord of the earth: "When will there be in our line a foremost son of some (descendant),

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BrP 220.114

यो योगिभुक्तशेषान् नो भुवि पिण्डान् प्रदास्यति गयायाम् अथवा पिण्डं खड्गमांसं तथा हविः ॥

yo yogibhuktaśeṣān no bhuvi piṇḍān pradāsyati gayāyām athavā piṇḍaṃ khaḍgamāṃsaṃ tathā haviḥ //

who will offer us on earth the balls (made) from the remnants eaten by yogins, or a ball at Gayā, and rhinoceros flesh, and the oblation,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.115

कालशाकं तिलाज्यं च तृप्तये कृसरं च नः वैश्वदेवं च सौम्यं च खड्गमांसं परं हविः ॥

kālaśākaṃ tilājyaṃ ca tṛptaye kṛsaraṃ ca naḥ vaiśvadevaṃ ca saumyaṃ ca khaḍgamāṃsaṃ paraṃ haviḥ //

and kālaśāka, sesame and ghee, and kṛsara, for our satisfaction; and the vaiśvadeva and the soma-offering — rhinoceros flesh is the supreme oblation."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.116

विषाणवर्जं शिरस आ पादाद् आशिषामहे दद्याच् छ्राद्धं त्रयोदश्यां मघासु च यथाविधि ॥

viṣāṇavarjaṃ śirasa ā pādād āśiṣāmahe dadyāc chrāddhaṃ trayodaśyāṃ maghāsu ca yathāvidhi //

Excluding the horns, from the head to the foot we ask (for it); one should offer the śrāddha on the thirteenth (lunar day) and under the Maghā (asterism), according to rule.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.117

मधुसर्पिःसमायुक्तं पायसं दक्षिणायने तस्मात् संपूजयेद् भक्त्या स्वपितॄन् विधिवन् नरः ॥

madhusarpiḥsamāyuktaṃ pāyasaṃ dakṣiṇāyane tasmāt saṃpūjayed bhaktyā svapitṝn vidhivan naraḥ //

(He should offer) rice-milk mixed with honey and ghee during the southward course (of the sun); therefore let a man worship his own fathers with devotion, according to the rule.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.118

कामान् अभीप्सन् सकलान् पापाद् आत्मविमोचनम् वसून् रुद्रांस् तथादित्यान् नक्षत्रग्रहतारकाः ॥

kāmān abhīpsan sakalān pāpād ātmavimocanam vasūn rudrāṃs tathādityān nakṣatragrahatārakāḥ //

Desiring all objects of desire, and the release of himself from sin, (he should honour) the Vasus, the Rudras, and likewise the Ādityas, the lunar mansions, the planets, and the stars.

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BrP 220.119

प्रीणयन्ति मनुष्याणां पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः आयुः प्रजां धनं विद्यां स्वर्गं मोक्षं सुखानि च ॥

prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇāṃ pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ āyuḥ prajāṃ dhanaṃ vidyāṃ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ sukhāni ca //

The fathers, gratified by the śrāddha, gladden men, and (grant) long life, offspring, wealth, learning, heaven, liberation, and pleasures.

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BrP 220.120

प्रयच्छन्ति तथा राज्यं पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः तथापराह्णः पूर्वाह्णात् पितॄणाम् अतिरिच्यते ॥

prayacchanti tathā rājyaṃ pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ tathāparāhṇaḥ pūrvāhṇāt pitṝṇām atiricyate //

The fathers, gratified by the śrāddha, likewise bestow kingship; and the afternoon surpasses the forenoon for (rites to) the fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.121

संपूज्य स्वागतेनैतान् सदने ऽभ्यागतान् द्विजान् पवित्रपाणिर् आचान्तान् आसनेषूपवेशयेत् ॥

saṃpūjya svāgatenaitān sadane 'bhyāgatān dvijān pavitrapāṇir ācāntān āsaneṣūpaveśayet //

Having honoured with a welcome those twice-born men who have come to his house, with purifying (kuśa) grass in his hand he should seat them on seats after they have rinsed their mouths.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.122

श्राद्धं कृत्वा विधानेन संभोज्य च द्विजोत्तमान् विसर्जयेत् प्रियाण्य् उक्त्वा प्रणिपत्य च भक्तितः ॥

śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena saṃbhojya ca dvijottamān visarjayet priyāṇy uktvā praṇipatya ca bhaktitaḥ //

Having performed the śrāddha according to the prescription and having fed the best of the twice-born, he should dismiss them, speaking pleasant words and bowing down with devotion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.123

आद्वारम् अनुगच्छेच् च आगच्छेद् अनुमोदितः ततो नित्यक्रियां कुर्याद् भोजयेच् च तथातिथीन् ॥

ādvāram anugacchec ca āgacched anumoditaḥ tato nityakriyāṃ kuryād bhojayec ca tathātithīn //

He should follow (them) as far as the door and come back when given leave; then he should perform the daily rite and likewise feed guests.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.124

नित्यक्रियां पितॄणां च केचिद् इच्छन्ति सत्तमाः न पितॄणां तथैवान्ये शेषं पूर्ववद् आचरेत् ॥

nityakriyāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca kecid icchanti sattamāḥ na pitṝṇāṃ tathaivānye śeṣaṃ pūrvavad ācaret //

Some of the best (of men) hold that the daily rite belongs to the fathers as well; others hold that it does not belong to the fathers; the rest he should carry out as before.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.125

पृथक्त्वेन वदन्त्य् अन्ये केचित् पूर्वं च पूर्ववत् ततस् तद् अन्नं भुञ्जीत सह भृत्यादिभिर् नरः ॥

pṛthaktvena vadanty anye kecit pūrvaṃ ca pūrvavat tatas tad annaṃ bhuñjīta saha bhṛtyādibhir naraḥ //

Others say (it should be done) separately, and some (say it should be done) first, as before; then the man should eat that food together with his dependants and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.126

एवं कुर्वीत धर्मज्ञः श्राद्धं पित्र्यं समाहितः यथा च विप्रमुख्यानां परितोषो ऽभिजायते ॥

evaṃ kurvīta dharmajñaḥ śrāddhaṃ pitryaṃ samāhitaḥ yathā ca vipramukhyānāṃ paritoṣo 'bhijāyate //

Thus should one who knows dharma, being composed, perform the śrāddha for the fathers, and in such a way that satisfaction arises for the foremost of brahmins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.127

इदानीं संप्रवक्ष्यामि वर्जनीयान् द्विजाधमान् मित्रध्रुक् कुनखी क्लीबः क्षयी शुक्ली वणिक्पथः ॥

idānīṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi varjanīyān dvijādhamān mitradhruk kunakhī klībaḥ kṣayī śuklī vaṇikpathaḥ //

Now I shall declare the lowest of the twice-born, who are to be excluded: the betrayer of a friend, one with bad nails, an impotent man, a consumptive, one with white (leprous) marks, one who follows the trader's path,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.128

श्यावदन्तो ऽथ खल्वाटः काणो ऽन्धो बधिरो जडः मूकः पङ्गुः कुणिः षण्ढो दुश्चर्मा व्यङ्गकेकरौ ॥

śyāvadanto 'tha khalvāṭaḥ kāṇo 'ndho badhiro jaḍaḥ mūkaḥ paṅguḥ kuṇiḥ ṣaṇḍho duścarmā vyaṅgakekarau //

one with discoloured teeth, then the bald man, the one-eyed, the blind, the deaf, the dull-witted, the mute, the lame, the man with a crippled arm, the eunuch, one with a bad skin disease, the deformed and the squint-eyed,

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BrP 220.129

कुष्ठी रक्तेक्षणः कुब्जो वामनो विकटो ऽलसः मित्रशत्रुर् दुष्कुलीनः पशुपालो निराकृतिः ॥

kuṣṭhī raktekṣaṇaḥ kubjo vāmano vikaṭo 'lasaḥ mitraśatrur duṣkulīnaḥ paśupālo nirākṛtiḥ //

the leper, the red-eyed, the hunchback, the dwarf, the misshapen, the sluggard, one who is an enemy to his friends, one of bad family, a herdsman of cattle, one of no (proper) form,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.130

परिवित्तिः परिवेत्ता परिवेदनिकासुतः वृषलीपतिस् तत्सुतश् च न भवेच् छ्राद्धभुग् द्विजः ॥

parivittiḥ parivettā parivedanikāsutaḥ vṛṣalīpatis tatsutaś ca na bhavec chrāddhabhug dvijaḥ //

the elder brother passed over (in marriage), the younger brother who married before him, the son of the woman so married before her turn, the husband of a śūdra woman and his son — such a twice-born should not be one who eats the śrāddha food.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.131

वृषलीपुत्रसंस्कर्ता अनूढो दिधिषूपतिः भृतकाध्यापको यस् तु भृतकाध्यापितश् च यः ॥

vṛṣalīputrasaṃskartā anūḍho didhiṣūpatiḥ bhṛtakādhyāpako yas tu bhṛtakādhyāpitaś ca yaḥ //

One who performs the sacraments for the son of a śūdra woman, an unmarried man, the husband of a remarried woman, one who teaches for hire, and one who has been taught for hire,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.132

सूतकान्नोपजीवी च मृगयुः सोमविक्रयी अभिशस्तस् तथा स्तेनः पतितो वार्द्धुषिः शठः ॥

sūtakānnopajīvī ca mṛgayuḥ somavikrayī abhiśastas tathā stenaḥ patito vārddhuṣiḥ śaṭhaḥ //

one who lives on the food (given at) a birth-impurity, a hunter, a seller of Soma, one publicly accused, likewise a thief, one fallen (from caste), a usurer, a cheat,

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BrP 220.133

पिशुनो वेदसंत्यागी दानाग्नित्यागनिष्ठुरः राज्ञः पुरोहितो भृत्यो विद्याहीनो ऽथ मत्सरी ॥

piśuno vedasaṃtyāgī dānāgnityāganiṣṭhuraḥ rājñaḥ purohito bhṛtyo vidyāhīno 'tha matsarī //

a slanderer, one who has abandoned the Veda, one who is harsh in giving up giving and (tending) the sacred fires, a king's chaplain, a servant, one destitute of learning, and further the envious,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.134

वृद्धद्विड् दुर्धरः क्रूरो मूढो देवलकस् तथा नक्षत्रसूचकश् चैव पर्वकारश् च गर्हितः ॥

vṛddhadviḍ durdharaḥ krūro mūḍho devalakas tathā nakṣatrasūcakaś caiva parvakāraś ca garhitaḥ //

one who hates elders, the intractable, the cruel, the deluded, likewise a temple-priest, and one who points out the stars (an astrologer), and a maker of (calendars of) the lunar junctures — (all these are) censured,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.135

अयाज्ययाजकः षण्ढो गर्हिता ये च ये ऽधमाः न ते श्राद्धे नियोक्तव्या दृष्ट्वामी पङ्क्तिदूषकाः ॥

ayājyayājakaḥ ṣaṇḍho garhitā ye ca ye 'dhamāḥ na te śrāddhe niyoktavyā dṛṣṭvāmī paṅktidūṣakāḥ //

one who sacrifices for those for whom sacrifice must not be made, a eunuch, and those who are censured and those who are base — they are not to be engaged at a śraddha; on being seen, these defile the row (of diners).

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BrP 220.136

असतां प्रग्रहो यत्र सतां चैवावमानना दण्डो देवकृतस् तत्र सद्यः पतति दारुणः ॥

asatāṃ pragraho yatra satāṃ caivāvamānanā daṇḍo devakṛtas tatra sadyaḥ patati dāruṇaḥ //

Where there is favour shown to the bad and contempt for the good, there a terrible punishment inflicted by the gods falls at once.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.137

हित्वागमं सुविहितं बालिशं यस् तु भोजयेत् आदिधर्मं समुत्सृज्य दाता तत्र विनश्यति ॥

hitvāgamaṃ suvihitaṃ bāliśaṃ yas tu bhojayet ādidharmaṃ samutsṛjya dātā tatra vinaśyati //

But whoever, setting aside the well-ordained scripture, feeds a fool — abandoning the primal law, the giver in that case is ruined.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.138

यस् त्व् आश्रितं द्विजं त्यक्त्वा अन्यम् आनीय भोजयेत् तन्निःश्वासाग्निनिर्दग्धस् तत्र दाता विनश्यति ॥

yas tv āśritaṃ dvijaṃ tyaktvā anyam ānīya bhojayet tanniḥśvāsāgninirdagdhas tatra dātā vinaśyati //

But whoever, rejecting a brahmin who has attached himself (to him), brings another and feeds him — burnt up by the fire of that (rejected brahmin's) sighs, the giver in that case is ruined.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.139

वस्त्राभावे क्रिया नास्ति यज्ञा वेदास् तपांसि च तस्माद् वासांसि देयानि श्राद्धकाले विशेषतः ॥

vastrābhāve kriyā nāsti yajñā vedās tapāṃsi ca tasmād vāsāṃsi deyāni śrāddhakāle viśeṣataḥ //

In the absence of clothing there is no rite, no sacrifices, Vedas, or austerities; therefore garments should be given, especially at the time of a śrāddha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.140

कौशेयं क्षौमकार्पासं दुकूलम् अहतं तथा श्राद्धे त्व् एतानि यो दद्यात् कामान् आप्नोति चोत्तमान् ॥

kauśeyaṃ kṣaumakārpāsaṃ dukūlam ahataṃ tathā śrāddhe tv etāni yo dadyāt kāmān āpnoti cottamān //

Silk, linen and cotton cloth, fine dukūla cloth, and cloth not yet worn — whoever gives these at a śrāddha obtains the highest objects of desire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.141

यथा गोषु प्रभूतासु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् तथान्नं तत्र विप्राणां जन्तुर् यत्रावतिष्ठते ॥

yathā goṣu prabhūtāsu vatso vindati mātaram tathānnaṃ tatra viprāṇāṃ jantur yatrāvatiṣṭhate //

Just as, among many cows, the calf finds its own mother, so does the food (given) there to the brahmins (find) the creature, wherever he abides.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.142

नामगोत्रं च मन्त्रांश् च दत्तम् अन्नं न यन्ति ते अपि ये निधनं प्राप्तास् तृप्तिस् तान् उपतिष्ठते ॥

nāmagotraṃ ca mantrāṃś ca dattam annaṃ na yanti te api ye nidhanaṃ prāptās tṛptis tān upatiṣṭhate //

By name and lineage and by the mantras the food given does not go astray; even those who have met with death — satisfaction reaches them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.143

देवताभ्यः पितृभ्यश् च महायोगिभ्य एव च नमः स्वाहायै स्वधायै नित्यम् एव भवन्त्व् इति ॥

devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaś ca mahāyogibhya eva ca namaḥ svāhāyai svadhāyai nityam eva bhavantv iti //

"To the deities, to the fathers, and to the great yogins, homage; may there always be (offering) to Svāhā and to Svadhā" — thus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.144

आद्यावसाने श्राद्धस्य त्रिर् आवृत्त्या जपेत् तदा पिण्डनिर्वपणे वापि जपेद् एवं समाहितः ॥

ādyāvasāne śrāddhasya trir āvṛttyā japet tadā piṇḍanirvapaṇe vāpi japed evaṃ samāhitaḥ //

At the beginning and at the end of the śrāddha he should then recite it with a threefold repetition; or at the setting out of the rice-balls he should recite thus, with collected mind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.145

क्षिप्रम् आयान्ति पितरो राक्षसाः प्रद्रवन्ति च प्रीयन्ते त्रिषु लोकेषु मन्त्रो ऽयं तारयत्य् उत ॥

kṣipram āyānti pitaro rākṣasāḥ pradravanti ca prīyante triṣu lokeṣu mantro 'yaṃ tārayaty uta //

Swiftly the fathers come and the demons run away; (the fathers) are pleased in the three worlds; indeed this mantra carries (one) across.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.146

क्षौमसूत्रं नवं दद्याच् छाणं कार्पासिकं तथा पत्त्रोर्णं पट्टसूत्रं च कौशेयं च विवर्जयेत् ॥

kṣaumasūtraṃ navaṃ dadyāc chāṇaṃ kārpāsikaṃ tathā pattrorṇaṃ paṭṭasūtraṃ ca kauśeyaṃ ca vivarjayet //

He should give new linen thread, and hempen and cotton (thread); leaf-wool, woven silk-thread, and silk he should avoid.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.147

वर्जयेच् चादशं प्राज्ञो यद्यप्य् अव्याहतं भवेत् न प्रीणयन्त्य् अथैतानि दातुश् चाप्य् अनयो भवेत् ॥

varjayec cādaśaṃ prājño yadyapy avyāhataṃ bhavet na prīṇayanty athaitāni dātuś cāpy anayo bhavet //

And the wise man should avoid cloth without a fringe, even if it be undamaged; for these do not gratify (the fathers), and there would also be misfortune for the giver.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.148

न निवेद्यो भवेत् पिण्डः पितॄणां यस् तु जीवति इष्टेनान्नेन भक्ष्येण भोजयेत् तं यथाविधि ॥

na nivedyo bhavet piṇḍaḥ pitṝṇāṃ yas tu jīvati iṣṭenānnena bhakṣyeṇa bhojayet taṃ yathāvidhi //

No rice-ball is to be offered to the fathers, in the case of one who is (still) alive; him one should feed, according to rule, with the food and dainties he likes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.149

पिण्डम् अग्नौ सदा दद्याद् भोगार्थी सततं नरः पत्न्यै दद्यात् प्रजार्थी च मध्यमं मन्त्रपूर्वकम् ॥

piṇḍam agnau sadā dadyād bhogārthī satataṃ naraḥ patnyai dadyāt prajārthī ca madhyamaṃ mantrapūrvakam //

A man who constantly seeks enjoyment should always give the rice-ball into the fire; and one who seeks offspring should give the middle one to his wife, with a mantra first.

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BrP 220.150

उत्तमां द्युतिम् अन्विच्छन् पिण्डं गोषु प्रयच्छति प्रज्ञां चैव यशः कीर्तिम् अप्सु चैव निवेदयेत् ॥

uttamāṃ dyutim anvicchan piṇḍaṃ goṣu prayacchati prajñāṃ caiva yaśaḥ kīrtim apsu caiva nivedayet //

Seeking the highest radiance, he presents the rice-ball to cows; and (seeking) wisdom, glory, and fame, he should offer it into the waters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.151

प्रार्थयन् दीर्घम् आयुश् च वायसेभ्यः प्रयच्छति कुमारशालाम् अन्विच्छन् कुक्कुटेभ्यः प्रयच्छति ॥

prārthayan dīrgham āyuś ca vāyasebhyaḥ prayacchati kumāraśālām anvicchan kukkuṭebhyaḥ prayacchati //

Praying for long life, he presents (it) to crows; desiring a house full of sons, he presents (it) to cocks.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.152

एके विप्राः पुनः प्राहुः पिण्डोद्धरणम् अग्रतः अनुज्ञातस् तु विप्रैस् तैः कामम् उद्ध्रियताम् इति ॥

eke viprāḥ punaḥ prāhuḥ piṇḍoddharaṇam agrataḥ anujñātas tu viprais taiḥ kāmam uddhriyatām iti //

Some brahmins, on the other hand, say that the taking up of the rice-ball comes first; but (it may be done) when permitted by those brahmins with, "Let it be taken up at will."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.153

तस्माच् छ्राद्धं तथा कार्यं यथोक्तम् ऋषिभिः पुरा अन्यथा तु भवेद् दोषः पितॄणां नोपतिष्ठति ॥

tasmāc chrāddhaṃ tathā kāryaṃ yathoktam ṛṣibhiḥ purā anyathā tu bhaved doṣaḥ pitṝṇāṃ nopatiṣṭhati //

Therefore the śrāddha should be performed just as the seers declared of old; otherwise there would be a fault, and it does not reach the fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.154

यवैर् व्रीहितिलैर् माषैर् गोधूमैश् चणकैस् तथा संतर्पयेत् पितॄन् मुद्गैः श्यामाकैः सर्षपद्रवैः ॥

yavair vrīhitilair māṣair godhūmaiś caṇakais tathā saṃtarpayet pitṝn mudgaiḥ śyāmākaiḥ sarṣapadravaiḥ //

With barley, rice, sesame, black gram, wheat, and chickpeas, and with mung beans, millet, and mustard preparations, he should satisfy the fathers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.155

नीवारैर् हस्तिश्यामाकैः प्रियङ्गुभिस् तथार्घयेत् प्रसातिकां सतूलिकां दद्याच् छ्राद्धे विचक्षणः ॥

nīvārair hastiśyāmākaiḥ priyaṅgubhis tathārghayet prasātikāṃ satūlikāṃ dadyāc chrāddhe vicakṣaṇaḥ //

With wild rice, elephant-millet, and priyaṅgu grain he should likewise honour (them); the discerning man should give prasātikā rice together with tūlikā at the śrāddha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.156

आम्रम् आम्रातकं बिल्वं दाडिमं बीजपूरकम् प्राचीनामलकं क्षीरं नारिकेलं परूषकम् ॥

āmram āmrātakaṃ bilvaṃ dāḍimaṃ bījapūrakam prācīnāmalakaṃ kṣīraṃ nārikelaṃ parūṣakam //

Mango, hog-plum, bilva, pomegranate, citron, prācīnāmalaka (a myrobalan), kṣīra, coconut, parūṣaka —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.157

नारङ्गं च सखर्जूरं द्राक्षानीलकपित्थकम् पटोलं च प्रियालं च कर्कन्धूबदराणि च ॥

nāraṅgaṃ ca sakharjūraṃ drākṣānīlakapitthakam paṭolaṃ ca priyālaṃ ca karkandhūbadarāṇi ca //

and orange, together with date, grape, nīla and wood-apple, and paṭola, and priyāla, and karkandhu and badara jujubes —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.158

विकङ्कतं वत्सकं च कस्त्वारुर् वारकान् अपि एतानि फलजातानि श्राद्धे देयानि यत्नतः ॥

vikaṅkataṃ vatsakaṃ ca kastvārur vārakān api etāni phalajātāni śrāddhe deyāni yatnataḥ //

vikaṅkata, vatsaka, cucumber, and also vāraka fruits: these kinds of fruit are to be given carefully at a śrāddha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.159

गुडशर्करमत्स्यण्डी देयं फाणितमूर्मुरम् गव्यं पयो दधि घृतं तैलं च तिलसंभवम् ॥

guḍaśarkaramatsyaṇḍī deyaṃ phāṇitamūrmuram gavyaṃ payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ tailaṃ ca tilasaṃbhavam //

Molasses, sugar, matsyaṇḍī (crude sugar), thickened cane-juice and ūrmura are to be given, cow's milk, curds, ghee, and oil produced from sesame.

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BrP 220.160

सैन्धवं सागरोत्थं च लवणं सारसं तथा निवेदयेच् छुचीन् गन्धांश् चन्दनागुरुकुङ्कुमान् ॥

saindhavaṃ sāgarotthaṃ ca lavaṇaṃ sārasaṃ tathā nivedayec chucīn gandhāṃś candanāgurukuṅkumān //

Rock salt, salt arisen from the sea, and likewise sārasa salt; he should offer pure fragrances — sandal, aloe-wood, and saffron.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.161

कालशाकं तन्दुलीयं वास्तुकं मूलकं तथा शाकम् आरण्यकं चापि दद्यात् पुष्पाण्य् अमूनि च ॥

kālaśākaṃ tandulīyaṃ vāstukaṃ mūlakaṃ tathā śākam āraṇyakaṃ cāpi dadyāt puṣpāṇy amūni ca //

Black pot-herb, tanduliya, vāstuka, and radish, and also wild greens he should give — and these flowers:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.162

जातिचम्पकलोध्राश् च मल्लिकाबाणबर्बरी वृन्ताशोकाटरूषं च तुलसी तिलकं तथा ॥

jāticampakalodhrāś ca mallikābāṇabarbarī vṛntāśokāṭarūṣaṃ ca tulasī tilakaṃ tathā //

jasmine, campaka and lodhra, mallikā, bāṇa, barbarī, vṛnta, aśoka and aṭarūṣa, and tulasī, and tilaka,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.163

पावन्तीं शतपत्त्रां च गन्धशेफालिकाम् अपि कुब्जकं तगरं चैव मृगम् आरण्यकेतकीम् ॥

pāvantīṃ śatapattrāṃ ca gandhaśephālikām api kubjakaṃ tagaraṃ caiva mṛgam āraṇyaketakīm //

pāvantī and the hundred-petalled (rose), and also the fragrant śephālikā, kubjaka and tagara, and mṛga, and the wild ketakī,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.164

यूथिकाम् अतिमुक्तं च श्राद्धयोग्यानि भो द्विजाः कमलं कुमुदं पद्मं पुण्डरीकं च यत्नतः ॥

yūthikām atimuktaṃ ca śrāddhayogyāni bho dvijāḥ kamalaṃ kumudaṃ padmaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ ca yatnataḥ //

yūthikā and atimukta — these are fit for a śrāddha, O brahmins — and kamala, kumuda, padma and puṇḍarīka, carefully (offered).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.165

इन्दीवरं कोकनदं कह्लारं च नियोजयेत् कुष्ठं मांसी वालकं च कुक्कुटी जातिपत्त्रकम् ॥

indīvaraṃ kokanadaṃ kahlāraṃ ca niyojayet kuṣṭhaṃ māṃsī vālakaṃ ca kukkuṭī jātipattrakam //

He should employ the blue lotus, the red lotus and the kahlāra; costus, māṃsī, vālaka, kukkuṭī, jātipattraka,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.166

नलिकोशीरमुस्तं च ग्रन्थिपर्णी च सुन्दरी पुनर् अप्य् एवमादीनि गन्धयोग्यानि चक्षते ॥

nalikośīramustaṃ ca granthiparṇī ca sundarī punar apy evamādīni gandhayogyāni cakṣate //

and nalikā, uśīra, mustā, and granthiparṇī and sundarī — again, these and such as these they declare fit as fragrances.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.167

गुग्गुलुं चन्दनं चैव श्रीवासम् अगुरुं तथा धूपानि पितृयोग्यानि ऋषिगुग्गुलम् एव च ॥

gugguluṃ candanaṃ caiva śrīvāsam aguruṃ tathā dhūpāni pitṛyogyāni ṛṣiguggulam eva ca //

Guggulu and sandal, and śrīvāsa resin and aloe-wood: these incenses are fit for the fathers, and ṛṣi-guggulu as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.168

राजमाषांश् च चणकान् मसूरान् कोरदूषकान् विप्रुषान् मर्कटांश् चैव कोद्रवांश् चैव वर्जयेत् ॥

rājamāṣāṃś ca caṇakān masūrān koradūṣakān vipruṣān markaṭāṃś caiva kodravāṃś caiva varjayet //

But cowpeas, chickpeas, lentils, koradūṣaka, vipruṣ, markaṭa and kodrava grains he should avoid.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.169

माहिषं चामरं मार्गम् आविकैकशफोद्भवम् स्त्रैणम् औष्ट्रम् आविकं च दधि क्षीरं घृतं त्यजेत् ॥

māhiṣaṃ cāmaraṃ mārgam āvikaikaśaphodbhavam straiṇam auṣṭram āvikaṃ ca dadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ tyajet //

He should abandon what comes from the buffalo, the yak, the wild deer, the sheep, and the single-hoofed animals; and a woman's, a camel's, and a ewe's curds, milk and ghee.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.170

तालं वरुणकाकोलौ बहुपत्त्रार्जुनीफलम् जम्बीरं रक्तबिल्वं च शालस्यापि फलं त्यजेत् ॥

tālaṃ varuṇakākolau bahupattrārjunīphalam jambīraṃ raktabilvaṃ ca śālasyāpi phalaṃ tyajet //

Palmyra, varuṇa and kākolī, the many-leaved one, arjunī fruit, citron and red bilva, and also the fruit of the śāla he should abandon.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.171

मत्स्यसूकरकूर्माश् च गावो वर्ज्या विशेषतः पूतिकं मृगनाभिं च रोचनां पद्मचन्दनम् ॥

matsyasūkarakūrmāś ca gāvo varjyā viśeṣataḥ pūtikaṃ mṛganābhiṃ ca rocanāṃ padmacandanam //

And fish, pigs, tortoises and cattle are especially to be avoided; and pūtika, musk, rocanā, padma-sandal,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.172

कालेयकं तूग्रगन्धं तुरुष्कं चापि वर्जयेत् पालङ्कं च कुमारीं च किरातं पिण्डमूलकम् ॥

kāleyakaṃ tūgragandhaṃ turuṣkaṃ cāpi varjayet pālaṅkaṃ ca kumārīṃ ca kirātaṃ piṇḍamūlakam //

kāleyaka and ugragandha and turuṣka he should avoid too; and pālaṅka and aloe, kirāta, piṇḍamūlaka,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.173

गृञ्जनं चुक्रिकां चुक्रं वरुमां चनपत्त्रिकाम् जीवं च शतपुष्पां च नालिकां गन्धशूकरम् ॥

gṛñjanaṃ cukrikāṃ cukraṃ varumāṃ canapattrikām jīvaṃ ca śatapuṣpāṃ ca nālikāṃ gandhaśūkaram //

gṛñjana, cukrikā, cukra, varumā, canapattrikā, jīva, śatapuṣpā, nālikā, gandhaśūkara,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.174

हलभृत्यं सर्षपं च पलाण्डुं लशुनं त्यजेत् मानकन्दं विषकन्दं वज्रकन्दं गदास्थिकम् ॥

halabhṛtyaṃ sarṣapaṃ ca palāṇḍuṃ laśunaṃ tyajet mānakandaṃ viṣakandaṃ vajrakandaṃ gadāsthikam //

halabhṛtya, and mustard, onion and garlic he should abandon; mānakanda, viṣakanda, vajrakanda, gadāsthika,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.175

पुरुषाल्वं सपिण्डालुं श्राद्धकर्मणि वर्जयेत् अलाबुं तिक्तपर्णां च कूष्माण्डं कटुकत्रयम् ॥

puruṣālvaṃ sapiṇḍāluṃ śrāddhakarmaṇi varjayet alābuṃ tiktaparṇāṃ ca kūṣmāṇḍaṃ kaṭukatrayam //

puruṣālva together with piṇḍālu he should avoid in the śrāddha rite; and the gourd, the bitter-leaved one, the pumpkin, the three pungents,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.176

वार्ताकं शिवजातं च लोमशानि वटानि च कालीयं रक्तवाणां च बलाका लकुचं तथा ॥

vārtākaṃ śivajātaṃ ca lomaśāni vaṭāni ca kālīyaṃ raktavāṇāṃ ca balākā lakucaṃ tathā //

And the eggplant, the śiva-born plant, hairy things and banyan (fruits), kālīya, the red vāṇā, the balākā, and likewise the lakuca fruit —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.177

श्राद्धकर्मणि वर्ज्यानि विभीतकफलं तथा आरनालं च शुक्तं च शीर्णं पर्युषितं तथा ॥

śrāddhakarmaṇi varjyāni vibhītakaphalaṃ tathā āranālaṃ ca śuktaṃ ca śīrṇaṃ paryuṣitaṃ tathā //

— these are to be avoided in the rite for the dead, and likewise the vibhītaka fruit, sour gruel, fermented (sour) preparations, what is decayed, and what is stale.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.178

नोग्रगन्धं च दातव्यं कोविदारकशिग्रुकौ अत्यम्लं पिच्छिलं सूक्ष्मं यातयामं च सत्तमाः ॥

nogragandhaṃ ca dātavyaṃ kovidārakaśigrukau atyamlaṃ picchilaṃ sūkṣmaṃ yātayāmaṃ ca sattamāḥ //

Nor should anything of pungent smell be offered, nor the kovidāra and the śigru; nor what is too sour, slimy, or fine (minute), nor what has grown stale, O best ones.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.179

न च देयं गतरसं मद्यगन्धं च यद् भवेत् हिङ्गूग्रगन्धं फणिशं भूनिम्बं निम्बराजिके ॥

na ca deyaṃ gatarasaṃ madyagandhaṃ ca yad bhavet hiṅgūgragandhaṃ phaṇiśaṃ bhūnimbaṃ nimbarājike //

Nor should what has lost its flavour be given, nor whatever smells of liquor, nor asafoetida of sharp smell, phaṇiśa, bhūnimba, the nimba and the mustard seed.

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BrP 220.180

कुस्तुम्बुरुं कलिङ्गोत्थं वर्जयेद् अम्लवेतसम् दाडिमं मागधीं चैव नागरार्द्रकतित्तिडीः ॥

kustumburuṃ kaliṅgotthaṃ varjayed amlavetasam dāḍimaṃ māgadhīṃ caiva nāgarārdrakatittiḍīḥ //

He should avoid coriander, the Kaliṅga-grown (plant), the amlavetasa, the pomegranate, the māgadhī (long pepper), dry ginger, fresh ginger, and tamarind.

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BrP 220.181

आम्रातकं जीवकं च तुम्बुरुं च नियोजयेत् पायसं शाल्मलीमुद्गान् मोदकादींश् च भक्तितः ॥

āmrātakaṃ jīvakaṃ ca tumburuṃ ca niyojayet pāyasaṃ śālmalīmudgān modakādīṃś ca bhaktitaḥ //

He should employ the hog-plum, the jīvaka, and the tumburu; and milk-rice, śālmalī, mung beans, and sweetmeats and the like, with devotion.

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BrP 220.182

पानकं च रसालं च गोक्षीरं च निवेदयेत् यानि चाभ्यवहार्याणि स्वादुस्निग्धानि भो द्विजाः ॥

pānakaṃ ca rasālaṃ ca gokṣīraṃ ca nivedayet yāni cābhyavahāryāṇi svādusnigdhāni bho dvijāḥ //

He should present a beverage, rasāla (a curd preparation), and cow's milk, and whatever foods are sweet and unctuous, O brahmins.

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BrP 220.183

ईषदम्लकटून्य् एव देयानि श्राद्धकर्मणि अत्यम्लं चातिलवणम् अतिरिक्तकटूनि च ॥

īṣadamlakaṭūny eva deyāni śrāddhakarmaṇi atyamlaṃ cātilavaṇam atiriktakaṭūni ca //

Only slightly sour and slightly pungent things are to be given in the rite for the dead; but what is too sour, too salty, and excessively pungent —

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BrP 220.184

आसुराणीह भोज्यानि तान्य् अतो दूरतस् त्यजेत् मृष्टस्निग्धानि यानि स्युर् ईषत्कट्वम्लकानि च ॥

āsurāṇīha bhojyāni tāny ato dūratas tyajet mṛṣṭasnigdhāni yāni syur īṣatkaṭvamlakāni ca //

— such foods here are demonic; therefore one should shun them from afar. But those that are savoury and unctuous, and slightly pungent and sour,

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BrP 220.185

स्वादूनि देवभोज्यानि तानि श्राद्धे नियोजयेत् छागमांसं वार्तिकं च तैत्तिरं शशकामिषम् ॥

svādūni devabhojyāni tāni śrāddhe niyojayet chāgamāṃsaṃ vārtikaṃ ca taittiraṃ śaśakāmiṣam //

and sweet, are the food of the gods; those he should employ in the śrāddha: goat's flesh, quail's, partridge's, and hare's meat.

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BrP 220.186

शिवालावकराजीवमांसं श्राद्धे नियोजयेत् वाघ्रीणसं रक्तशिवं लोहं शल्कसमन्वितम् ॥

śivālāvakarājīvamāṃsaṃ śrāddhe niyojayet vāghrīṇasaṃ raktaśivaṃ lohaṃ śalkasamanvitam //

He should employ in the śrāddha the flesh of the śivā(?), the lāvaka quail, and the rājīva fish; the vāghrīṇasa, the raktaśiva, the loha (fish), together with the scaled ones.

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BrP 220.187

सिंहतुण्डं च खड्गं च श्राद्धे योज्यं तथोच्यते यद् अप्य् उक्तं हि मनुना रोहितं प्रतियोजयेत् ॥

siṃhatuṇḍaṃ ca khaḍgaṃ ca śrāddhe yojyaṃ tathocyate yad apy uktaṃ hi manunā rohitaṃ pratiyojayet //

The siṃhatuṇḍa and the khaḍga (rhinoceros) too are said to be usable in the śrāddha; and what has been declared by Manu, the rohita fish, one should employ.

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BrP 220.188

योक्तव्यं हव्यकव्येषु तथा न विप्रयोजयेत् एवम् उक्तं मया विप्रा वाराहेणावलोकितम् ॥

yoktavyaṃ havyakavyeṣu tathā na viprayojayet evam uktaṃ mayā viprā vārāheṇāvalokitam //

It is to be employed in the offerings to gods and ancestors, and so one should not disjoin it (from them). Thus has it been declared by me, O brahmins, as seen (by me) in the Boar form.

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BrP 220.189

मया निषिद्धं भुञ्जानो रौरवं नरकं व्रजेत् एतानि च निषिद्धानि वाराहेण तपोधनाः ॥

mayā niṣiddhaṃ bhuñjāno rauravaṃ narakaṃ vrajet etāni ca niṣiddhāni vārāheṇa tapodhanāḥ //

One who eats what has been forbidden by me goes to the Raurava hell. And these things are forbidden by the Boar, O you rich in austerity:

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BrP 220.190

अभक्ष्याणि द्विजातीनां न देयानि पितृष्व् अपि रोहितं शूकरं कूर्मं गोधाहंसं च वर्जयेत् ॥

abhakṣyāṇi dvijātīnāṃ na deyāni pitṛṣv api rohitaṃ śūkaraṃ kūrmaṃ godhāhaṃsaṃ ca varjayet //

things not to be eaten by the twice-born are not to be given to the ancestors either; one should avoid the rohita fish, the boar, the tortoise, the iguana and the goose,

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BrP 220.191

चक्रवाकं च मद्गुं च शल्कहीनांश् च मत्स्यकान् कुररं च निरस्थिं च वासहातं च कुक्कुटान् ॥

cakravākaṃ ca madguṃ ca śalkahīnāṃś ca matsyakān kuraraṃ ca nirasthiṃ ca vāsahātaṃ ca kukkuṭān //

the ruddy goose and the cormorant, and fish that lack scales, the osprey, and what is boneless, and the vāsahata(?), and domestic fowl,

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BrP 220.192

कलविङ्कमयूरांश् च भारद्वाजांश् च शार्ङ्गकान् नकुलोलूकमार्जारांल् लोपान् अन्यान् सुदुर्ग्रहान् ॥

kalaviṅkamayūrāṃś ca bhāradvājāṃś ca śārṅgakān nakulolūkamārjārāṃl lopān anyān sudurgrahān //

and sparrows and peacocks, and bhāradvāja birds and śārṅgaka birds, mongooses, owls, cats, jackals(?) and other creatures hard to catch,

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BrP 220.193

टिट्टिभान् सार्धजम्बूकान् व्याघ्र-ऋक्षतरक्षुकान् एतान् अन्यांश् च संदुष्टान् यो भक्षयति दुर्मतिः ॥

ṭiṭṭibhān sārdhajambūkān vyāghra-ṛkṣatarakṣukān etān anyāṃś ca saṃduṣṭān yo bhakṣayati durmatiḥ //

lapwings together with jackals, tigers, bears and hyenas — whoever, being of evil mind, eats these and other polluted creatures,

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BrP 220.194

स महापापकारी तु रौरवं नरकं व्रजेत् पितृष्व् एतांस् तु यो दद्यात् पापात्मा गर्हितामिषान् ॥

sa mahāpāpakārī tu rauravaṃ narakaṃ vrajet pitṛṣv etāṃs tu yo dadyāt pāpātmā garhitāmiṣān //

he is a doer of great sin and goes to the Raurava hell. And the evil-souled man who offers these censured meats to the ancestors,

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BrP 220.195

स स्वर्गस्थान् अपि पितॄन् नरके पातयिष्यति कुसुम्भशाकं जम्बीरं सिग्रुकं कोविदारकम् ॥

sa svargasthān api pitṝn narake pātayiṣyati kusumbhaśākaṃ jambīraṃ sigrukaṃ kovidārakam //

he will make even his ancestors who are in heaven fall into hell. Safflower greens, the citron, the śigru, the kovidāra,

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BrP 220.196

पिण्याकं विप्रुषं चैव मसूरं गृञ्जनं शणम् कोद्रवं कोकिलाक्षं च चुक्रं कम्बुकपद्मकम् ॥

piṇyākaṃ vipruṣaṃ caiva masūraṃ gṛñjanaṃ śaṇam kodravaṃ kokilākṣaṃ ca cukraṃ kambukapadmakam //

Oil-cake, (?)vipruṣ, lentils, carrots, hemp, kodrava-millet, kokilākṣa, sorrel, and kambuka-padmaka —

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BrP 220.197

चकोरश्येनमांसं च वर्तुलालाबुतालिनीम् फलं तालतरूणां च भुक्त्या नरकम् ऋच्छति ॥

cakoraśyenamāṃsaṃ ca vartulālābutālinīm phalaṃ tālatarūṇāṃ ca bhuktyā narakam ṛcchati //

and the flesh of the cakora partridge and the hawk, round gourds, tālinī, and the fruit of palm trees — by eating (these) one goes to hell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 220.198

दत्त्वा पितृषु तैः सार्धं व्रजेत् पूयवहं नरः तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन नाहरेत् तु विचक्षणः ॥

dattvā pitṛṣu taiḥ sārdhaṃ vrajet pūyavahaṃ naraḥ tasmāt sarvaprayatnena nāharet tu vicakṣaṇaḥ //

Having offered (them) to the fathers, a man goes along with them to the river of pus; therefore the discerning man should not procure (such things) with every effort (to avoid it).

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BrP 220.199

निषिद्धानि वराहेण स्वयं पित्रर्थम् आदरात् वरम् एवात्ममांसस्य भक्षणं मुनयः कृतम् ॥

niṣiddhāni varāheṇa svayaṃ pitrartham ādarāt varam evātmamāṃsasya bhakṣaṇaṃ munayaḥ kṛtam //

(These things were) forbidden by Varāha himself, out of regard, in the matter of (offerings to) the fathers; the sages held the eating of one's own flesh to be preferable.

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BrP 220.200

न त्व् एव हि निषिद्धानाम् आदानं पुंभिर् आदरात् अज्ञानाद् वा प्रमादाद् वा सकृद् एतानि च द्विजाः ॥

na tv eva hi niṣiddhānām ādānaṃ puṃbhir ādarāt ajñānād vā pramādād vā sakṛd etāni ca dvijāḥ //

But by no means should men deliberately take up forbidden things. And if, through ignorance or through carelessness, these are once, O twice-born,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.201

भक्षितानि निषिद्धानि प्रायश्चित्तं ततश् चरेत् फलमूलदधिक्षीरतक्रगोमूत्रयावकैः ॥

bhakṣitāni niṣiddhāni prāyaścittaṃ tataś caret phalamūladadhikṣīratakragomūtrayāvakaiḥ //

— if forbidden things are eaten — then he should perform expiation with fruits, roots, curd, milk, buttermilk, cow's urine and barley-gruel.

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BrP 220.202

भोज्यान्नभोज्यसंभुक्ते प्रत्येकं दिनसप्तकम् एवं निषिद्धाचरणे कृते सकृद् अपि द्विजैः ॥

bhojyānnabhojyasaṃbhukte pratyekaṃ dinasaptakam evaṃ niṣiddhācaraṇe kṛte sakṛd api dvijaiḥ //

When food that is eatable and what is not eatable have been consumed together, seven days for each (offence). Thus, when a forbidden act has been done even once by the twice-born,

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BrP 220.203

शुद्धिं नेयं शरीरं तु विष्णुभक्तैर् विशेषतः निषिद्धं वर्जयेद् द्रव्यं यथोक्तं च द्विजोत्तमाः ॥

śuddhiṃ neyaṃ śarīraṃ tu viṣṇubhaktair viśeṣataḥ niṣiddhaṃ varjayed dravyaṃ yathoktaṃ ca dvijottamāḥ //

the body must be brought to purity, especially by the devotees of Viṣṇu; and one should avoid forbidden material as has been stated, O best of the twice-born.

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BrP 220.204

समाहृत्य ततः श्राद्धं कर्तव्यं निजशक्तितः एवं विधानतः श्राद्धं कृत्वा स्वविभवोचितम् आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं जगत् प्रीणाति मानवः ॥

samāhṛtya tataḥ śrāddhaṃ kartavyaṃ nijaśaktitaḥ evaṃ vidhānataḥ śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā svavibhavocitam ābrahmastambaparyantaṃ jagat prīṇāti mānavaḥ //

Having then gathered (the materials), the śrāddha should be performed according to one's own capacity. Having thus performed the śrāddha according to rule, in keeping with one's own means, a man gratifies the world, from Brahmā down to a clump of grass.

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BrP 220.205

पिता जीवति यस्याथ मृतौ द्वौ पितरौ पितुः कथं श्राद्धं हि कर्तव्यम् एतद् विस्तरशो वद ॥

pitā jīvati yasyātha mṛtau dvau pitarau pituḥ kathaṃ śrāddhaṃ hi kartavyam etad vistaraśo vada //

But one whose father is living, while the father's two ancestors are dead — how indeed should he perform the śrāddha? Tell this in detail.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.206

यस्मै दद्यात् पिता श्राद्धं तस्मै दद्यात् सुतः स्वयम् एवं न हीयते धर्मो लौकिको वैदिकस् तथा ॥

yasmai dadyāt pitā śrāddhaṃ tasmai dadyāt sutaḥ svayam evaṃ na hīyate dharmo laukiko vaidikas tathā //

To whomever the father would offer the śrāddha, to him the son should himself offer; thus the law, both worldly and Vedic, is not diminished.

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BrP 220.207

मृतः पिता जीवति च यस्य ब्रह्मन् पितामहः स हि श्राद्धं कथं कुर्याद् एतत् त्वं वक्तुम् अर्हसि ॥

mṛtaḥ pitā jīvati ca yasya brahman pitāmahaḥ sa hi śrāddhaṃ kathaṃ kuryād etat tvaṃ vaktum arhasi //

He whose father is dead, O brahmin, but whose grandfather is living — how then should he perform the śrāddha? You ought to tell this.

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BrP 220.208

पितुः पिण्डं प्रदद्याच् च भोजयेच् च पितामहम् प्रपितामहस्य पिण्डं वै ह्य् अयं शास्त्रेषु निर्णयः ॥

pituḥ piṇḍaṃ pradadyāc ca bhojayec ca pitāmaham prapitāmahasya piṇḍaṃ vai hy ayaṃ śāstreṣu nirṇayaḥ //

He should offer the rice-ball for the father, and should feed the grandfather, and (offer) the rice-ball of the great-grandfather: this indeed is the settled conclusion in the treatises.

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BrP 220.209

मृतेषु पिण्डं दातव्यं जीवन्तं चापि भोजयेत् सपिण्डीकरणं नास्ति न च पार्वणम् इष्यते ॥

mṛteṣu piṇḍaṃ dātavyaṃ jīvantaṃ cāpi bhojayet sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ nāsti na ca pārvaṇam iṣyate //

For the dead the rice-ball is to be given, and the living one he should feed; there is no sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, nor is the pārvaṇa rite prescribed.

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BrP 220.210

आचारम् आचरेद् यस् तु पितृमेधाश्रितं नरः आयुषा धनपुत्रैश् च वर्धत्य् आशु न संशयः ॥

ācāram ācared yas tu pitṛmedhāśritaṃ naraḥ āyuṣā dhanaputraiś ca vardhaty āśu na saṃśayaḥ //

But the man who follows the practice laid down in the Pitṛmedha increases quickly in lifespan, wealth and sons — there is no doubt.

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BrP 220.211

पितृमेधाध्यायम् इमं श्राद्धकालेषु यः पठेत् तद् अन्नम् अस्य पितरो ऽश्नन्ति च त्रियुगं द्विजाः ॥

pitṛmedhādhyāyam imaṃ śrāddhakāleṣu yaḥ paṭhet tad annam asya pitaro 'śnanti ca triyugaṃ dvijāḥ //

Whoever recites this chapter on the Pitṛmedha at the times of śrāddha — his fathers eat that food for three ages, O twice-born.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BrP 220.212

एवं मयोक्तः पितृमेधकल्पः पापापहः पुण्यविवर्धनश् च श्रोतव्य एष प्रयतैर् नरैश् च श्राद्धेषु चैवाप्य् अनुकीर्तयेत

evaṃ mayoktaḥ pitṛmedhakalpaḥ pāpāpahaḥ puṇyavivardhanaś ca śrotavya eṣa prayatair naraiś ca śrāddheṣu caivāpy anukīrtayeta

Thus has the Pitṛmedha ritual been declared by me, which removes sin and increases merit; it should be heard by men who are self-restrained, and it should also be recited at śrāddhas.

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