Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 28
BndP 1 28.1
ऋषिरुवाच अगात्कथममावस्यां मासि मासि दिवं नृपः । ऐलः पुरूरवाः सूत कथं वातर्पयत्पितॄन्
ṛṣiruvāca agātkathamamāvasyāṃ māsi māsi divaṃ nṛpaḥ / ailaḥ purūravāḥ sūta kathaṃ vātarpayatpitṝn
The sage said: How did the king go to heaven on the new-moon day, month after month? How, O Sūta, did Purūravas son of Ilā satisfy the fathers?
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BndP 1 28.2
सूत उवाच तस्य ते ऽहं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रभावं शांशपायने । ऐलस्यादित्यसंयोगं सोमस्य च महात्मनः
sūta uvāca tasya te 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi prabhāvaṃ śāṃśapāyane / ailasyādityasaṃyogaṃ somasya ca mahātmanaḥ
Sūta said: I shall declare to you his power, O Śāṃśapāyana — the conjunction of Ilā's son with the sun, and with the great-souled Moon,
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BndP 1 28.3
अन्तःसारमयस्येन्दोः पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः । ह्रासवृद्धी पिदृमतः पित्र्यस्य च विनिर्णयम्
antaḥsāramayasyendoḥ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ / hrāsavṛddhī pidṛmataḥ pitryasya ca vinirṇayam
and the waning and waxing of the moon, which is filled with essence within, in the bright and dark fortnights, according to (tradition), and the determination of what pertains to the fathers,
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BndP 1 28.4
सोमाच्चैवामृतप्राप्तिं पितॄणां तर्वणं तथा । काव्याग्निष्वात्तमौम्यानां पितॄणाञ्चैव दर्शनम्
somāccaivāmṛtaprāptiṃ pitṝṇāṃ tarvaṇaṃ tathā / kāvyāgniṣvāttamaumyānāṃ pitṝṇāñcaiva darśanam
and the obtaining of the nectar from the moon, and likewise the satisfying of the fathers, and the seeing of the fathers — the Kāvyas, the Agniṣvāttas, and the Saumyas.
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BndP 1 28.5
यथा पुरूरवाश्चैव तर्पयामास वै पितॄन् । एतत्सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि पर्वाणि च यथाक्रमम्
yathā purūravāścaiva tarpayāmāsa vai pitṝn / etatsarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi parvāṇi ca yathākramam
And how Purūravas satisfied the fathers — all this I shall declare, and the junctures (of the moon) in due order.
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BndP 1 28.6
यदा तु चन्द्रसूर्यौं वै नक्षत्रेण समागतौ । अमावस्यां निवसत एकरात्रैकमण्डलौ
yadā tu candrasūryauṃ vai nakṣatreṇa samāgatau / amāvasyāṃ nivasata ekarātraikamaṇḍalau
But when the moon and the sun, come together in (the same) lunar mansion, dwell on the new-moon day for one night in one orb,
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BndP 1 28.7
स गच्छति तदा द्रष्टुं दिवाकरनिशाकरौ । अमावस्याममावास्यां मातामहपितामहौ
sa gacchati tadā draṣṭuṃ divākaraniśākarau / amāvasyāmamāvāsyāṃ mātāmahapitāmahau
then he goes to see the day-maker and the night-maker, his maternal grandfather and his paternal grandfather, on each and every new-moon day.
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BndP 1 28.8
अभिवाद्य स तौ तत्र कालापेक्षः प्रतीक्षते । प्रस्यन्दमानात्सोमात्तु पित्रर्थं तु परिश्रवान्
abhivādya sa tau tatra kālāpekṣaḥ pratīkṣate / prasyandamānātsomāttu pitrarthaṃ tu pariśravān
Having greeted those two there, he waits, watching for the (right) time — for the streams (of nectar) that trickle down from the moon for the fathers' sake.
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BndP 1 28.9
ऐलः पुरूरवा विद्वान्मासश्राद्धचिकीर्षया । उपास्ते पितृमन्तं तं सोमं दिवि समास्थितः
ailaḥ purūravā vidvānmāsaśrāddhacikīrṣayā / upāste pitṛmantaṃ taṃ somaṃ divi samāsthitaḥ
Aila Purūravas, the learned one, wishing to perform the monthly śrāddha, attends upon that Soma who is attended by the fathers, established in the sky.
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BndP 1 28.10
द्विलवां कुहूमात्रां च ते उभे तु विचार्य सः । सिनीवालीप्रमाणेभ्यः सिनीवालीमुपास्य सः
dvilavāṃ kuhūmātrāṃ ca te ubhe tu vicārya saḥ / sinīvālīpramāṇebhyaḥ sinīvālīmupāsya saḥ
Having considered both of these — (the tithi) of two lavas and the one of the measure of Kuhū — he, out of the measures of Sinīvālī, attended upon Sinīvālī.
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BndP 1 28.11
कुहूमात्रः कलां चैव ज्ञात्वोपास्ते कुहूं तथा । स तदा तामुपासीनः कालापेक्षः प्रपश्यति
kuhūmātraḥ kalāṃ caiva jñātvopāste kuhūṃ tathā / sa tadā tāmupāsīnaḥ kālāpekṣaḥ prapaśyati
And knowing the kalā that is of the measure of Kuhū, he likewise attends upon Kuhū; then, attending upon her, watching for the (right) time, he looks on.
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BndP 1 28.12
सुधामृतं तु तत्सोमात्स्रवद्वै मासतृप्तये । दशभिः पञ्चभिश्चैव सुधामृतपरिस्रवैः
sudhāmṛtaṃ tu tatsomātsravadvai māsatṛptaye / daśabhiḥ pañcabhiścaiva sudhāmṛtaparisravaiḥ
That nectar-ambrosia flowed from the moon for the month-long satisfaction (of the fathers), by ten and by five outflowings of the nectar-ambrosia.
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BndP 1 28.13
कृष्णपक्षे भुजां प्रीत्या दह्यमानां तथांशुभिः । सद्यः प्रक्षरता तेन सौम्येन मधुना तु सः
kṛṣṇapakṣe bhujāṃ prītyā dahyamānāṃ tathāṃśubhiḥ / sadyaḥ prakṣaratā tena saumyena madhunā tu saḥ
(...) in the dark fortnight, with pleasure, (the moon's portion) being consumed by the rays — with that lunar honey streaming forth at once, he (...)
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BndP 1 28.14
निर्वातेष्त्रथ पक्षेषु पित्र्येण विधिना दिवि । सुधामृतेन राजैन्द्रस्तर्प यामास वै पितॄन्
nirvāteṣtratha pakṣeṣu pitryeṇa vidhinā divi / sudhāmṛtena rājaindrastarpa yāmāsa vai pitṝn
Then, in the windless fortnights, in heaven, by the rite belonging to the fathers, the lord of kings satisfied the fathers with the nectar-ambrosia,
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BndP 1 28.15
सौम्यान्बर्हिषदः काव्यानग्निष्वात्तांस्तथैव च । ऋतमग्निस्तु यः प्रोक्तः स तु संवत्सरो मतः
saumyānbarhiṣadaḥ kāvyānagniṣvāttāṃstathaiva ca / ṛtamagnistu yaḥ proktaḥ sa tu saṃvatsaro mataḥ
the Saumyas, the Barhiṣads, the Kāvyas, and likewise the Agniṣvāttas. And that fire which is called ṛta (the truth/season) — that is held to be the year.
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BndP 1 28.16
जज्ञिरे ह्यृतवस्तस्माद्ध्यृतुभ्यश्चार्त्तवास्तथा । आर्तवा ह्यर्द्धमासाख्याः पितरो ह्यृतुसूनवः
jajñire hyṛtavastasmāddhyṛtubhyaścārttavāstathā / ārtavā hyarddhamāsākhyāḥ pitaro hyṛtusūnavaḥ
From that the seasons were born, and from the seasons the Ārtavas; the Ārtavas, called the half-months, are fathers, being sons of the seasons.
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BndP 1 28.17
ऋतवः पितामहा मासा अयनाह्यब्दसूनवः । प्रपितामहास्तु वै देवाः पञ्चाब्दा ब्रह्मणः सुताः
ṛtavaḥ pitāmahā māsā ayanāhyabdasūnavaḥ / prapitāmahāstu vai devāḥ pañcābdā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ
The seasons are the grandfathers; the months and the two solstitial courses are the sons of the year; and the great-grandfathers are the gods, the five years, sons of Brahmā.
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BndP 1 28.18
सौम्यास्तु सोमजा ज्ञेयाः काव्या ज्ञेयाः कवेः सुताः । उपहूताः स्मृता देवाः सोमजाः सोमपाः स्मृताः
saumyāstu somajā jñeyāḥ kāvyā jñeyāḥ kaveḥ sutāḥ / upahūtāḥ smṛtā devāḥ somajāḥ somapāḥ smṛtāḥ
The Saumyas are to be known as born of Soma, the Kāvyas as the sons of Kavi; the gods are called Upahūtas, those born of Soma are called Somapas.
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BndP 1 28.19
आज्यपास्तु स्मृताः काव्यास्तिस्रस्ताः पितृजातयः । काव्या बर्हिषद श्चैव अग्निष्वात्ताश्च तास्त्रिधा
ājyapāstu smṛtāḥ kāvyāstisrastāḥ pitṛjātayaḥ / kāvyā barhiṣada ścaiva agniṣvāttāśca tāstridhā
The Kāvyas are called Ājyapas; these are the three classes of fathers — Kāvyas, Barhiṣads, and Agniṣvāttas: these are the three kinds.
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BndP 1 28.20
गृहस्था ये च यज्वान ऋतुर्बर्हिषदो ध्रुवम् । गृहस्थाश्चाप्ययज्वान अग्निष्वात्तास्तथार्त्तवाः
gṛhasthā ye ca yajvāna ṛturbarhiṣado dhruvam / gṛhasthāścāpyayajvāna agniṣvāttāstathārttavāḥ
Those householders who are sacrificers are certainly the Barhiṣads, (belonging to) the season; and householders who are not sacrificers are the Agniṣvāttas, and likewise the Ārtavas.
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BndP 1 28.21
अष्टकापतयः काव्याः पञ्चाब्दास्तान्निबोधत । तेषां संवत्सरो ह्यग्निः सूयस्तु परिवत्सरः
aṣṭakāpatayaḥ kāvyāḥ pañcābdāstānnibodhata / teṣāṃ saṃvatsaro hyagniḥ sūyastu parivatsaraḥ
The Kāvyas are the lords of the aṣṭakā rites; learn of the five years: of these, the saṃvatsara is Agni, and the sun is the parivatsara.
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BndP 1 28.22
सोम इड्वत्सरः प्रोक्तो वायुश्चैवानुवत्सरः । रुद्रस्तु वत्सरस्तेषां पञ्चाब्दास्ते युगात्मकाः
soma iḍvatsaraḥ prokto vāyuścaivānuvatsaraḥ / rudrastu vatsarasteṣāṃ pañcābdāste yugātmakāḥ
Soma is called the iḍvatsara, and Vāyu the anuvatsara; Rudra is their vatsara. These five years make up a yuga.
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BndP 1 28.23
काव्याश्चैवोष्मपाश्चैव दिवाकीर्त्याश्च ते स्मृताः । ये ते पिबन्त्यमावस्यां मासिमासि सुधां दिवि
kāvyāścaivoṣmapāścaiva divākīrtyāśca te smṛtāḥ / ye te pibantyamāvasyāṃ māsimāsi sudhāṃ divi
And they are called Kāvyas, Uṣmapas, and Divākīrtyas — those who drink the nectar in heaven on the new-moon day, month after month.
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BndP 1 28.24
तांस्तेन तर्पयामास यावदासीत्पुरूरवाः । यस्मात्प्रस्रवते सोमान्मासि मासि धिनोति च
tāṃstena tarpayāmāsa yāvadāsītpurūravāḥ / yasmātprasravate somānmāsi māsi dhinoti ca
With that he satisfied them for as long as Purūravas existed. Since it streams forth from the moon and gladdens (them) month by month,
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BndP 1 28.25
तस्मात्सुधामृतं तद्वै पितॄणां सोमपायिनाम् । एवं तदमृतं सौम्यं सुधा च मदु चैव ह
tasmātsudhāmṛtaṃ tadvai pitṝṇāṃ somapāyinām / evaṃ tadamṛtaṃ saumyaṃ sudhā ca madu caiva ha
therefore that is the nectar-ambrosia of the fathers who drink soma. Thus that lunar ambrosia is both sudhā (nectar) and honey.
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BndP 1 28.26
कृष्णपक्षे यथा वेन्दोः कलाः पञ्चदश क्रमात् । पिबन्त्यंबुमयं देवास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तु छन्दनाः
kṛṣṇapakṣe yathā vendoḥ kalāḥ pañcadaśa kramāt / pibantyaṃbumayaṃ devāstrayastriṃśattu chandanāḥ
As, in the dark fortnight, the fifteen parts of the moon (are consumed) in order, the thirty-three gods drink what is made of water, (being) pleased.
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BndP 1 28.27
पीत्वार्द्धमासं गच्छन्ति चतुर्दश्यां सुधामृतम् । इत्येवं पीयमानैस्तु देवैः सर्वैर्निशाकरः
pītvārddhamāsaṃ gacchanti caturdaśyāṃ sudhāmṛtam / ityevaṃ pīyamānaistu devaiḥ sarvairniśākaraḥ
Having drunk the nectar-ambrosia for half a month, they depart on the fourteenth. Thus, being drunk from by all the gods, the moon
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BndP 1 28.28
समागच्छत्यमावस्यां भागे पञ्चदशे स्थितः । सुषुम्णाप्यायितं चैव ह्यमावस्यां यथा क्रमम्
samāgacchatyamāvasyāṃ bhāge pañcadaśe sthitaḥ / suṣumṇāpyāyitaṃ caiva hyamāvasyāṃ yathā kramam
(The moon) comes together (with the sun) on the new-moon day, standing in the fifteenth portion; and what is replenished through (the ray) Suṣumṇā on the new-moon day, in due order —
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BndP 1 28.29
पिबन्ति द्विलवं कालं पितरस्ते सुधामृतम् । पीतक्षयं ततः सोमं सूर्यो ऽसावेकरश्मिना
pibanti dvilavaṃ kālaṃ pitaraste sudhāmṛtam / pītakṣayaṃ tataḥ somaṃ sūryo 'sāvekaraśminā
— that nectar of immortality the fathers drink for a time of two lavas. Then the soma that has been drunk away to exhaustion this sun, with a single ray,
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BndP 1 28.30
आप्याययत्सुषुम्णातः पुनस्तान्सोमपायिनः । निः शेषायां कलायां तु सोममाप्याययत्पुनः
āpyāyayatsuṣumṇātaḥ punastānsomapāyinaḥ / niḥ śeṣāyāṃ kalāyāṃ tu somamāpyāyayatpunaḥ
replenishes again from Suṣumṇā, and (so too) those soma-drinkers; and when the digit is left with no remainder, he replenishes the moon again.
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BndP 1 28.31
सुषुम्णाप्यायमानस्य भागं भागमहः क्रमात् । कलाः क्षीयन्ति ताः कृष्णाः शुक्ला चाप्याययन्ति तम्
suṣumṇāpyāyamānasya bhāgaṃ bhāgamahaḥ kramāt / kalāḥ kṣīyanti tāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ śuklā cāpyāyayanti tam
Of (the moon), being replenished by Suṣumṇā portion by portion day by day in order, those dark digits wane, while the bright ones replenish him.
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BndP 1 28.32
एवं सूर्यस्य वीर्येण चन्द्रस्याप्यायिता तनुः । दृश्यते पौर्णमास्यां वै शुक्लः संपूर्णमण्डलः
evaṃ sūryasya vīryeṇa candrasyāpyāyitā tanuḥ / dṛśyate paurṇamāsyāṃ vai śuklaḥ saṃpūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ
Thus by the sun's power the body of the moon is replenished, and on the full-moon day it is seen white, with its disc complete.
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BndP 1 28.33
संसिद्धिरेवं सोमस्य पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः । इत्येवं पितृमान्सोमः स्मृत इड्वत्सरात्मकः
saṃsiddhirevaṃ somasya pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ / ityevaṃ pitṛmānsomaḥ smṛta iḍvatsarātmakaḥ
Such is the completion of the moon in the two fortnights, the bright and the dark. Thus the moon is held to be the measure of the fathers, having the nature of the iḍ-year.
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BndP 1 28.34
क्रान्तः पञ्चदशैः सार्द्धं सुधामृतपरिस्रवैः । अतः पर्वाणि वक्ष्यामि वर्वणां संधयश्च ये
krāntaḥ pañcadaśaiḥ sārddhaṃ sudhāmṛtaparisravaiḥ / ataḥ parvāṇi vakṣyāmi varvaṇāṃ saṃdhayaśca ye
He is traversed along with the fifteen outflowings of the nectar of immortality. Next I shall declare the parvas, and what the junctures of the parvas are.
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BndP 1 28.35
ग्रन्थिमन्ति यथा पर्वाणीक्षुवे ण्वोर्भवन्त्युत । तथार्द्धमासि पर्वाणि शुक्लकृष्णानि चैव हि
granthimanti yathā parvāṇīkṣuve ṇvorbhavantyuta / tathārddhamāsi parvāṇi śuklakṛṣṇāni caiva hi
Just as in sugarcane and in reeds the joints have knots, so too are the fortnightly parvas, the bright and the dark ones.
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BndP 1 28.36
पूर्णामावस्ययोर्भेदौ ग्रन्थयः संधयश्च वै । अर्द्धमासं तु पर्वाणि द्वितीयाप्रभृतीनि तु
pūrṇāmāvasyayorbhedau granthayaḥ saṃdhayaśca vai / arddhamāsaṃ tu parvāṇi dvitīyāprabhṛtīni tu
The divisions at the full moon and the new moon are the knots and the junctures; but the parvas of the half-month are those beginning with the second (day).
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BndP 1 28.37
अन्वाधानक्रिया यस्मात्क्रियते पर्वसंधिषु । तस्मात्तु पर्वणामादौ प्रतिपत्सर्वसंधिषु
anvādhānakriyā yasmātkriyate parvasaṃdhiṣu / tasmāttu parvaṇāmādau pratipatsarvasaṃdhiṣu
Since the anvādhāna rite is performed at the junctures of the parvas, therefore at the beginning of the parvas, at all the junctures, comes the pratipad.
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BndP 1 28.38
सायाह्ने ऽह्यनुमत्यादौ कालो द्विलव उच्यते । लवौ द्वावेव राकायां कालो ज्ञेयो ऽपराह्णकः
sāyāhne 'hyanumatyādau kālo dvilava ucyate / lavau dvāveva rākāyāṃ kālo jñeyo 'parāhṇakaḥ
In the evening on the day of the anumati (full moon) and the rest, the time is said to be two lavas; on the rākā (full moon) too it is just two lavas, and the time is to be known as the afternoon.
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BndP 1 28.39
प्रतिपत्कृष्णपक्षस्य काले ऽतीते ऽपराह्णके । सायाह्ने प्रतिपन्ने च स कालः पौर्णमासिकः
pratipatkṛṣṇapakṣasya kāle 'tīte 'parāhṇake / sāyāhne pratipanne ca sa kālaḥ paurṇamāsikaḥ
On the pratipad of the dark fortnight, when the afternoon time has passed and the evening has set in, that time belongs to the full moon.
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BndP 1 28.40
व्यतीपाते स्थिते सूर्ये लेखार्द्धे तु युगान्तरे । युगान्तरोदिते चैव लेशार्द्धे शशिनः क्रमात्
vyatīpāte sthite sūrye lekhārddhe tu yugāntare / yugāntarodite caiva leśārddhe śaśinaḥ kramāt
At the vyatīpāta, when the sun stands at half a streak at the end of one yuga, and when the moon has risen at the end of the yuga at half a fragment, in order —
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BndP 1 28.41
पौर्णमासी व्यतीपाते यदीक्षेतां परस्परम् । यस्मिन्काले समौ स्यातां तौ व्यतीपात एव सः
paurṇamāsī vyatīpāte yadīkṣetāṃ parasparam / yasminkāle samau syātāṃ tau vyatīpāta eva saḥ
— if on the full-moon day, at the vyatīpāta, the two should behold each other, then at whatever time the two are equal, that itself is the vyatīpāta.
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BndP 1 28.42
तं कालं सूर्यनिर्द्देश्यं दृष्ट्वा संख्यां तु सर्पति । स वै वषटाक्रियाकालः सद्यः कालं विधीयते
taṃ kālaṃ sūryanirddeśyaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃkhyāṃ tu sarpati / sa vai vaṣaṭākriyākālaḥ sadyaḥ kālaṃ vidhīyate
Having observed that time, which is to be determined by the sun, the count proceeds; that indeed is the time for the vaṣaṭ rite, laid down as the time to be observed at once.
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BndP 1 28.43
पूर्णन्दोः पूर्णपक्षे तु रात्रिसंधिश्च पूर्णिमा । ततो विरज्यते नक्तं पौर्णमास्यां निशाकरः
pūrṇandoḥ pūrṇapakṣe tu rātrisaṃdhiśca pūrṇimā / tato virajyate naktaṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ niśākaraḥ
In the fortnight of the full moon, when the moon is full, the juncture of night is the pūrṇimā; from then on, at night on the full-moon day, the moon loses its colour.
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BndP 1 28.44
यदीक्षेते व्यतीपाते दिवा पूर्णे परस्परम् । चन्द्रार्कावपराह्णे तु पूर्णात्मानौ तु पूर्णिमा
yadīkṣete vyatīpāte divā pūrṇe parasparam / candrārkāvaparāhṇe tu pūrṇātmānau tu pūrṇimā
If at the vyatīpāta they behold each other by day when (the moon) is full, and moon and sun are in the afternoon, both full in themselves, that is the pūrṇimā.
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BndP 1 28.45
यस्मात्तामनुमन्यन्ते पितरो दैवतैः सह । तस्मादनुमतिर्नाम पूर्णिमा प्रथमा स्मृता
yasmāttāmanumanyante pitaro daivataiḥ saha / tasmādanumatirnāma pūrṇimā prathamā smṛtā
Since the fathers, together with the gods, give their assent (anu-manyante) to it, therefore the first full moon is called anumati.
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BndP 1 28.46
अत्यर्थं भ्राजते यस्माद्व्योम्न्यस्यां वै निशाकरः । रञ्जनाच्चैव चन्द्रस्य राकेति कवयो ऽब्रुवन्
atyarthaṃ bhrājate yasmādvyomnyasyāṃ vai niśākaraḥ / rañjanāccaiva candrasya rāketi kavayo 'bruvan
Since on this (night) the moon shines exceedingly in the sky, and because of the moon's delighting (rañjana), the sages have called it rākā.
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BndP 1 28.47
अमावसेतामृक्षे तु यदा चन्द्रदिवाकरौ । राका पञ्चदशी रात्रिरमावास्या ततः स्मृता
amāvasetāmṛkṣe tu yadā candradivākarau / rākā pañcadaśī rātriramāvāsyā tataḥ smṛtā
But when the moon and the sun dwell together (amā-vas) in a lunar mansion — rākā being the fifteenth night — from that it is called amāvāsyā.
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BndP 1 28.48
व्युच्छिद्य तममावस्यां पश्यतस्तौ समागतौ । अन्योन्यं चन्द्रसूर्यौं तौ यदा तद्वर्श उच्यते
vyucchidya tamamāvasyāṃ paśyatastau samāgatau / anyonyaṃ candrasūryauṃ tau yadā tadvarśa ucyate
Having cut off (that night) as the new-moon night, the two — the moon and the sun — appear as having come together with each other; when (they are thus), that is called "that" (conjunction).
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BndP 1 28.49
द्वौ द्वौ लवावमावास्या स कालः पर्वसंधिषु । द्व्यक्षर कुहुमात्रश्च पर्वकालास्त्रयः स्मृताः
dvau dvau lavāvamāvāsyā sa kālaḥ parvasaṃdhiṣu / dvyakṣara kuhumātraśca parvakālāstrayaḥ smṛtāḥ
Two lavas each is the new-moon (moment); that is the time at the junctures of the parvas. And (there is) the kuhū-measure of two syllables' (duration): thus three parva-times are recorded.
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BndP 1 28.50
नष्टचन्द्रा त्वमावस्या या मध्याङ्नात्प्रवर्त्तते । दिवसार्द्धेन रात्र्या च सूर्यं प्राप्य तु चन्द्रमाः
naṣṭacandrā tvamāvasyā yā madhyāṅnātpravarttate / divasārddhena rātryā ca sūryaṃ prāpya tu candramāḥ
The new moon, in which the moon has vanished, is that which begins from midday; and the moon, reaching the sun by half a day and a night,
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BndP 1 28.51
सूर्येण सह सामुद्रं गत्वा प्रातस्तनात्स वै । द्वौ कालौ संगमं चैव मध्याह्ने नियतं रविः
sūryeṇa saha sāmudraṃ gatvā prātastanātsa vai / dvau kālau saṃgamaṃ caiva madhyāhne niyataṃ raviḥ
having gone together with the sun to the ocean(-region) from the morning (position) — indeed (there are) two times (of conjunction), and the meeting (occurs) at midday, when the sun is fixed (there).
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BndP 1 28.52
प्रतिपच्छुक्लपक्षस्य चन्द्रमाः सूर्य मण्डलात् । विमुच्यमानयोर्मध्ये तयोर्मण्डलयोस्तु वै
pratipacchuklapakṣasya candramāḥ sūrya maṇḍalāt / vimucyamānayormadhye tayormaṇḍalayostu vai
On the first day of the bright fortnight the moon (comes) out of the sun's disc; and in the middle, when those two discs are being released from each other —
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BndP 1 28.53
स तदा ह्याहुतेः कालो दर्शस्य तु वषट्क्रिया । एतदृतुमुखं ज्ञेयममा वास्यास्य पर्वणः
sa tadā hyāhuteḥ kālo darśasya tu vaṣaṭkriyā / etadṛtumukhaṃ jñeyamamā vāsyāsya parvaṇaḥ
that then is the time for the oblation, and the utterance of vaṣaṭ for the darśa (rite); this is to be known as the beginning of the season, at this new-moon parva.
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BndP 1 28.54
दिवापर्व ह्यमावास्या क्षीणेन्दौ बहुले तु वै । तस्माद्दिवा ह्यमावास्यां गृह्यते ऽसौ दिवाकरः
divāparva hyamāvāsyā kṣīṇendau bahule tu vai / tasmāddivā hyamāvāsyāṃ gṛhyate 'sau divākaraḥ
The new moon is a daytime parva, when the moon is waning in the dark (fortnight); therefore by day, at the new moon, this sun is seized (eclipsed).
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BndP 1 28.55
गृह्यते तु दिवा तस्मादमावास्यां दिवि क्षयाम् । कलानामपि चैतासां वृद्धिहान्या जलात्मनः
gṛhyate tu divā tasmādamāvāsyāṃ divi kṣayām / kalānāmapi caitāsāṃ vṛddhihānyā jalātmanaḥ
Therefore by day, at the new moon, (the sun) is seized in the sky, the waning one; and of these digits too — of him whose nature is water — by increase and decrease,
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BndP 1 28.56
तिथीनां नामधेयानि विद्वद्भिः संज्ञितानि वै । दर्शयेतामथात्मानं सूर्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ
tithīnāṃ nāmadheyāni vidvadbhiḥ saṃjñitāni vai / darśayetāmathātmānaṃ sūryācandramasāvubhau
the names of the lunar days have been designated by the learned. Then both the sun and the moon show themselves.
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BndP 1 28.57
निष्क्रामत्यथ तेनैव क्रमशः सूर्यमण्डलात् । द्विलवोनमहोरात्रं भास्करं स्पृशते शशी
niṣkrāmatyatha tenaiva kramaśaḥ sūryamaṇḍalāt / dvilavonamahorātraṃ bhāskaraṃ spṛśate śaśī
Then by that very (course) it steps out gradually from the sun's disc; for a day and night less two lavas the moon touches the sun.
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BndP 1 28.58
स तदा ह्याहुतेः कालोदर्शस्य तु वषट्क्रिया । कुहेति कोकिलेनोक्तो यः स कालः समाप्यते
sa tadā hyāhuteḥ kālodarśasya tu vaṣaṭkriyā / kuheti kokilenokto yaḥ sa kālaḥ samāpyate
That then is the time for the oblation, and the utterance of vaṣaṭ for the darśa; the time which is uttered by the cuckoo as "kuhū" comes to an end.
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BndP 1 28.59
तत्कालसंमिता यस्मादमावास्या कुहूः स्मृता । सिनीवालीप्रमाणस्तु क्षीणशेषो निशाकरः
tatkālasaṃmitā yasmādamāvāsyā kuhūḥ smṛtā / sinīvālīpramāṇastu kṣīṇaśeṣo niśākaraḥ
Since the new moon is measured by that time, it is called Kuhū. But the moon whose remainder is worn away is of the measure of Sinīvālī.
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BndP 1 28.60
आमावस्यां विशत्यर्कस्सिनी वालीततः स्मृता । अनुमत्याश्चराकायाः सिनीवाल्याः कुहूंविना
āmāvasyāṃ viśatyarkassinī vālītataḥ smṛtā / anumatyāścarākāyāḥ sinīvālyāḥ kuhūṃvinā
When the sun enters the new moon (day), she is then called Sinīvālī. Of Anumati, of Rākā, of Sinīvālī, apart from Kuhū —
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BndP 1 28.61
एतासां द्विलवः कालः कुहूमात्रङ्कुहूःस्मृताः । चन्द्रसूर्यव्यतीपाते संगते पूर्णिमान्तरे
etāsāṃ dvilavaḥ kālaḥ kuhūmātraṅkuhūḥsmṛtāḥ / candrasūryavyatīpāte saṃgate pūrṇimāntare
the time of these is two lavas; (the one) of the measure of a kuhū is called Kuhū. When at the crossing-point of moon and sun they are conjoined within the full moon,
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BndP 1 28.62
प्रतिपत्प्रतिपद्येत पर्वकालो द्विमात्रकः । कालः कहूसिनीवाल्योः सामुद्रस्य तु मध्यतः
pratipatpratipadyeta parvakālo dvimātrakaḥ / kālaḥ kahūsinīvālyoḥ sāmudrasya tu madhyataḥ
the first day would set in; the parva-time is of two measures. The time of Kuhū and Sinīvālī is from the middle of the ocean(-region).
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BndP 1 28.63
अर्काग्नि मण्डले सोमे पर्वकालः कलासमः । एवं स शुक्लपक्षे वै रजन्यां पर्वसंधिषु
arkāgni maṇḍale some parvakālaḥ kalāsamaḥ / evaṃ sa śuklapakṣe vai rajanyāṃ parvasaṃdhiṣu
When the moon is in the disc of the sun's fire, the parva-time equals a digit. Thus it (occurs) in the bright fortnight, at night, at the junctures of the parvas.
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BndP 1 28.64
संपूर्ममण्डलः श्रीमांश्चन्द्रमा उपरज्यते । यस्मादा दाप्यायते सोमः पञ्चदश्यां तु पूर्णिमा
saṃpūrmamaṇḍalaḥ śrīmāṃścandramā uparajyate / yasmādā dāpyāyate somaḥ pañcadaśyāṃ tu pūrṇimā
With his disc quite full, the glorious moon is (thus) reddened; since Soma swells up, on the fifteenth (day) it is the full moon,
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BndP 1 28.65
दशभिः पञ्चभिश्चैव कलाभिर्दिवसक्रमात् । तस्मात्कलाः पञ्चदश सोमेनास्य तु षोडशी
daśabhiḥ pañcabhiścaiva kalābhirdivasakramāt / tasmātkalāḥ pañcadaśa somenāsya tu ṣoḍaśī
by ten and by five digits, in the order of days; therefore there are fifteen digits, and with Soma himself his sixteenth.
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BndP 1 28.66
तस्मात्सोमस्य भवति पञ्चदश्याप्रपां क्षयः । इत्येते पितरो देवाः सोमपाः सोमवर्द्धनाः
tasmātsomasya bhavati pañcadaśyāprapāṃ kṣayaḥ / ityete pitaro devāḥ somapāḥ somavarddhanāḥ
Therefore, on the fifteenth, the waning of Soma comes about through (the gods') drinking. These, then, are the fathers, the gods, the drinkers of soma, the increasers of soma.
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BndP 1 28.67
आर्तवा ऋतवो ह्यृद्धा देवास्तान्भावयन्ति वै । अतः पितॄन्प्रवक्ष्यामि मासश्राद्धभुजस्तु ये
ārtavā ṛtavo hyṛddhā devāstānbhāvayanti vai / ataḥ pitṝnpravakṣyāmi māsaśrāddhabhujastu ye
The seasons and the seasonal (deities), being prospered, nourish those gods. Next I shall proclaim the fathers, those who eat the monthly śrāddha,
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BndP 1 28.68
तेषां गतिं सतत्त्वां च प्राप्तिं श्राद्धस्य चैव हि । न मृतानां गतिः शक्या ज्ञातुं न पुनरागतिः
teṣāṃ gatiṃ satattvāṃ ca prāptiṃ śrāddhasya caiva hi / na mṛtānāṃ gatiḥ śakyā jñātuṃ na punarāgatiḥ
(I shall declare) their course together with its true nature, and the reaching of the śrāddha (by them); for the course of the dead cannot be known, nor their coming back again.
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BndP 1 28.69
तपसापि प्रसिद्धेन किंपुनर्मासचक्षुषा । अनुदेवपितॄनेते पितरो लौकिकाः स्मृताः
tapasāpi prasiddhena kiṃpunarmāsacakṣuṣā / anudevapitṝnete pitaro laukikāḥ smṛtāḥ
Not even by one renowned for austerity — how much less by one whose sight extends (only) a month? These fathers, reckoned as worldly ones, are (called) 'those who follow the gods.'
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BndP 1 28.70
देवाः सौम्याश्च काव्याश्च अयज्वानो ह्यचोनिजाः । देवास्ते पितरः सर्वे देवास्तान्वादयन्त्युत
devāḥ saumyāśca kāvyāśca ayajvāno hyaconijāḥ / devāste pitaraḥ sarve devāstānvādayantyuta
The gods, and the Saumyas, and the Kāvyas, and the non-sacrificers, the Aconijas — all those fathers are gods, and the gods indeed cause them to be proclaimed.
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BndP 1 28.71
मनुष्यपितरश्चैव तेभ्यो ऽन्ये लौकिकाः स्मृताः । पिता पितामहश्चापि तथा यः प्रपितामहः
manuṣyapitaraścaiva tebhyo 'nye laukikāḥ smṛtāḥ / pitā pitāmahaścāpi tathā yaḥ prapitāmahaḥ
And the human fathers: others than those are reckoned as worldly ones — the father, the grandfather, and likewise he who is the great-grandfather.
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BndP 1 28.72
यज्वानो ये तु सामेन सोमवन्तस्तु ते स्मृताः । ये यज्वानो हविर्यज्ञे ते वै बर्हिषदः स्मृताः
yajvāno ye tu sāmena somavantastu te smṛtāḥ / ye yajvāno haviryajñe te vai barhiṣadaḥ smṛtāḥ
But those who sacrifice with the Sāman are called Somavants; those who sacrifice in the haviryajña are called Barhiṣads.
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BndP 1 28.73
अग्निष्वात्ताः स्मृतास्तेषां होमिनो ऽयाज्ययाजिनः । तेषां तु धर्मसाधर्म्यात्स्मृताः सायुज्यगा द्विजैः
agniṣvāttāḥ smṛtāsteṣāṃ homino 'yājyayājinaḥ / teṣāṃ tu dharmasādharmyātsmṛtāḥ sāyujyagā dvijaiḥ
Among them, those who make oblations and who sacrifice for persons unfit to be sacrificed for are called Agniṣvāttas; and by likeness of duty the twice-born reckon them as attaining union (with those fathers).
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BndP 1 28.74
ये चाप्याश्रमधर्माणां प्रस्थानेषु व्यवस्थिताः । अन्ते तु नावसीदन्ति श्रद्धायुक्तास्तु कर्मसु
ye cāpyāśramadharmāṇāṃ prasthāneṣu vyavasthitāḥ / ante tu nāvasīdanti śraddhāyuktāstu karmasu
And those who are established in the observances of the duties of the (four) stages of life, and who in the end do not sink down, being possessed of faith in their rites —
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BndP 1 28.75
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण यज्ञेन प्रजया च वै । श्राद्धेन विद्यया चैव प्रदानेन च सप्तधा
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa yajñena prajayā ca vai / śrāddhena vidyayā caiva pradānena ca saptadhā
by austerity, by chastity, by sacrifice, and by offspring, by the śrāddha, by knowledge, and by giving — sevenfold;
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BndP 1 28.76
कर्मस्वेतेषु ये युक्ता भवन्त्यादेहपातनात् । दैवैस्तैः पितृभिः सार्द्धं सूक्ष्मजैः सोमयाजनैः
karmasveteṣu ye yuktā bhavantyādehapātanāt / daivaistaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ sūkṣmajaiḥ somayājanaiḥ
those who are engaged in these rites until the falling of the body (go), together with those divine fathers, the soma-sacrificers born in subtle (form),
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BndP 1 28.77
स्वर्गता दिवि मोदन्ते पितृवत्त उपासते । तेषां निवापे दत्ते तु तत्कुलीनैश्च बन्धुभिः
svargatā divi modante pitṛvatta upāsate / teṣāṃ nivāpe datte tu tatkulīnaiśca bandhubhiḥ
gone to heaven, they rejoice in the sky; like fathers they are attended upon. And when the offering has been given to them by kinsmen of their own family,
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BndP 1 28.78
मासश्राद्धभुजस्तृप्तिं लभन्ते सोमलौकिकाः । एते मनुष्यपितरो मासश्राद्धभुजस्तु ये
māsaśrāddhabhujastṛptiṃ labhante somalaukikāḥ / ete manuṣyapitaro māsaśrāddhabhujastu ye
the Somalaukikas, eaters of the monthly śrāddha, obtain satisfaction. These are the human fathers, they who eat the monthly śrāddha.
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BndP 1 28.79
तेभ्यो ऽपरे तु ये ऽप्यन्ये संकीर्णाः कर्मयोनिषु । भ्रष्टाश्चाश्रमधर्मेभ्यः स्वधास्वाहाविवर्जिताः
tebhyo 'pare tu ye 'pyanye saṃkīrṇāḥ karmayoniṣu / bhraṣṭāścāśramadharmebhyaḥ svadhāsvāhāvivarjitāḥ
But others than them, still others, who are mixed up in the wombs (produced) by their deeds, fallen from the duties of the stages of life, deprived of the calls svadhā and svāhā,
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BndP 1 28.80
भिन्नदेहा दुरात्मानः प्रेतभूता यमक्षये । स्वकर्माण्य नुशोचन्तो यातनास्थानमागताः
bhinnadehā durātmānaḥ pretabhūtā yamakṣaye / svakarmāṇya nuśocanto yātanāsthānamāgatāḥ
with sundered bodies, evil-natured, having become pretas in Yama's realm, lamenting their own deeds, they have come to the place of torment.
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BndP 1 28.81
दीर्घायुषो ऽतिशुष्काश्च श्मश्रुलाश्च विवाससः । क्षुत्पिपासापरीताश्च विद्रवन्तस्ततस्ततः
dīrghāyuṣo 'tiśuṣkāśca śmaśrulāśca vivāsasaḥ / kṣutpipāsāparītāśca vidravantastatastataḥ
Long-lived, utterly withered, with beards, without clothing, beset by hunger and thirst, running away this way and that,
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BndP 1 28.82
सरित्सरस्तडागानि वापीश्चाप्युपलिप्सवः । परान्नानि च लिप्संतः काल्यमानास्ततस्ततः
saritsarastaḍāgāni vāpīścāpyupalipsavaḥ / parānnāni ca lipsaṃtaḥ kālyamānāstatastataḥ
seeking to reach rivers, lakes, ponds and wells, and craving the food of others, being driven from place to place,
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BndP 1 28.83
स्थानेषु पात्यमानाश्च यातनाश्च पुनः पुनः । शाल्मले वैतरण्यां च कुंभीपाके तथैव च
sthāneṣu pātyamānāśca yātanāśca punaḥ punaḥ / śālmale vaitaraṇyāṃ ca kuṃbhīpāke tathaiva ca
and being cast into the (punishment-)stations, and (suffering) torments again and again — in the Śālmala, in the Vaitaraṇī, and likewise in the Kumbhīpāka,
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BndP 1 28.84
करंभवालुकायां च असिपत्रवने तथा । शिला संपेषणे चैव पात्यमानाः स्वकर्मभिः
karaṃbhavālukāyāṃ ca asipatravane tathā / śilā saṃpeṣaṇe caiva pātyamānāḥ svakarmabhiḥ
and in the Karambhavālukā, and likewise in the Asipatravana, and in the Śilāsaṃpeṣaṇa, being cast (there) by their own deeds.
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BndP 1 28.85
तत्रस्थानां हि तेषां वै दुः खितानामनाशिनाम् । तेषां लोकान्तरस्थानां बान्धवैर्नाम गोत्रतः
tatrasthānāṃ hi teṣāṃ vai duḥ khitānāmanāśinām / teṣāṃ lokāntarasthānāṃ bāndhavairnāma gotrataḥ
Now for those who dwell there, suffering and without food — for those who dwell in another world — by their kinsmen, with (the recitation of) name and lineage,
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BndP 1 28.86
भूमावसव्यं दर्भेषु दत्ताः पिण्डास्त्रयस्तु वै । यान्ति तास्तर्पयन्ते च प्रेतस्थानेष्वधिष्ठितान्
bhūmāvasavyaṃ darbheṣu dattāḥ piṇḍāstrayastu vai / yānti tāstarpayante ca pretasthāneṣvadhiṣṭhitān
three balls of food given on the ground, on darbha grass, to the left: those (offerings) go and refresh them, stationed in the abodes of the pretas.
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BndP 1 28.87
अप्राप्ता यातनास्थानं प्रभ्रष्टा य च पञ्चधा । पश्चाद्ये स्थावरान्ते वै जाता नीचैः स्वकर्मभिः
aprāptā yātanāsthānaṃ prabhraṣṭā ya ca pañcadhā / paścādye sthāvarānte vai jātā nīcaiḥ svakarmabhiḥ
Those who have not reached the place of torment, and those who are fallen away in five ways, and those who afterwards are born low, down to immobile beings, through their own deeds —
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BndP 1 28.88
नानारूपासु जायन्ते तिर्यग्योनिष्वयोनिषु । यदाहारा भवन्त्येते तासु तास्विह योनिषु
nānārūpāsu jāyante tiryagyoniṣvayoniṣu / yadāhārā bhavantyete tāsu tāsviha yoniṣu
They are born in manifold forms among the animal wombs and among the wombless (births); whatever food they live on in each of those wombs here —
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BndP 1 28.89
तस्मिंस्तस्मिंस्तदाहारे श्राद्धं दत्तं प्रतिष्ठते । काले न्यायागतं पात्रे विधिना प्रतिपादितम्
tasmiṃstasmiṃstadāhāre śrāddhaṃ dattaṃ pratiṣṭhate / kāle nyāyāgataṃ pātre vidhinā pratipāditam
in each of those (states), (the offering) given at the śrāddha is established in the form of that (creature's) food — (given) at the proper time, obtained by lawful means, (bestowed) upon a worthy recipient, presented according to the rule.
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BndP 1 28.90
प्राप्नोत्यन्नं यथादत्तं जन्तुर्यत्रावतिष्ठते । यथा गोषु प्रनष्टामु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम्
prāpnotyannaṃ yathādattaṃ janturyatrāvatiṣṭhate / yathā goṣu pranaṣṭāmu vatso vindati mātaram
The creature obtains the food just as it was given, wherever it abides; as a calf finds its mother among cows that have strayed,
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BndP 1 28.91
तथा श्राद्धेषु दत्तान्नं मन्त्रः प्रापयते पितॄन् । एवं ह्यविफलं श्राद्धं श्रद्धादत्तं तु मन्त्रतः
tathā śrāddheṣu dattānnaṃ mantraḥ prāpayate pitṝn / evaṃ hyaviphalaṃ śrāddhaṃ śraddhādattaṃ tu mantrataḥ
so the sacred formula conveys to the fathers the food given at śrāddhas; thus indeed a śrāddha given with faith and with the mantras is not fruitless.
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BndP 1 28.92
तत्तत्कुमारः प्रोवाच पश्यन्दिव्येन चक्षुषा । गतागतज्ञः प्रेतानां प्राप्तिं श्राद्धस्य तैः सह
tattatkumāraḥ provāca paśyandivyena cakṣuṣā / gatāgatajñaḥ pretānāṃ prāptiṃ śrāddhasya taiḥ saha
All that Kumāra declared, seeing with the divine eye — he who knows the goings and comings of the departed and, along with them, the reaching (of them) by the śrāddha.
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BndP 1 28.93
बाह्लीकाश्चोष्मपाश्चैव दिवाकीर्त्याश्च ते स्मृताः । कृष्णपक्षस्त्वहस्तेषां शुक्लः स्वप्नाय शर्वरी
bāhlīkāścoṣmapāścaiva divākīrtyāśca te smṛtāḥ / kṛṣṇapakṣastvahasteṣāṃ śuklaḥ svapnāya śarvarī
And they are remembered as the Bāhlīkas, the Ūṣmapas and the Divākīrtyas; for them the dark fortnight is the day, and the bright fortnight is the night for sleep.
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BndP 1 28.94
इत्येते पितरो देवा देवाश्च पितरश्च वै । ऋत्वर्तवार्द्धमासास्तु अन्योन्यं पितरः स्मृताः
ityete pitaro devā devāśca pitaraśca vai / ṛtvartavārddhamāsāstu anyonyaṃ pitaraḥ smṛtāḥ
Thus these are the fathers who are gods, and the gods who are also fathers; and the seasons, the half-months, are held to be fathers of one another.
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BndP 1 28.95
इत्येत पितरो देवा मनुष्यपितरश्च ये । प्रीतेषु तेषु प्रीयन्ते श्राद्धयुक्तेषु कर्मसु
ityeta pitaro devā manuṣyapitaraśca ye / prīteṣu teṣu prīyante śrāddhayukteṣu karmasu
Thus these are the fathers who are gods, and those who are the fathers of men; when they are pleased in the rites joined with śrāddha, they (in turn) are pleased.
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BndP 1 28.96
इत्येष विचयः प्रोक्तः पितॄणां सोमपायिनाम् । एवं पितृसतत्त्वं हि पुराणे निश्चयं गतम्
ityeṣa vicayaḥ proktaḥ pitṝṇāṃ somapāyinām / evaṃ pitṛsatattvaṃ hi purāṇe niścayaṃ gatam
Thus this determination concerning the soma-drinking fathers has been declared; thus the true nature of the fathers has reached settlement in the Purāṇa.
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BndP 1 28.97
इत्यर्कपितृसोमानामैलस्य च समागमः । सुधामृतस्य च प्राप्तिः पितॄणां चैव तर्प्पणम्
ityarkapitṛsomānāmailasya ca samāgamaḥ / sudhāmṛtasya ca prāptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ caiva tarppaṇam
Thus (has been told) the meeting of the sun, the fathers, the moon and of Ila, and the obtaining of the nectar-ambrosia, and the satisfying of the fathers,
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BndP 1 28.98
पूर्णा मावास्ययोः कालो यातनास्थानमेव च । समासात्कीर्तितस्तुभ्यमेष सर्गः मनातनः
pūrṇā māvāsyayoḥ kālo yātanāsthānameva ca / samāsātkīrtitastubhyameṣa sargaḥ manātanaḥ
and the time of the full-moon and new-moon days, and the place of torments. In brief this ancient creation has been recounted to you.
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BndP 1 28.99
वैश्वरूप्यं तु सर्गस्य कथितं ह्येकदैशिकम् । न शक्यं परिसंख्यातुं श्रद्धेयं भूतिमिच्छता
vaiśvarūpyaṃ tu sargasya kathitaṃ hyekadaiśikam / na śakyaṃ parisaṃkhyātuṃ śraddheyaṃ bhūtimicchatā
The manifold-formedness of the creation has been told only in part; it cannot be counted up (in full), and is to be taken on faith by one who desires well-being.
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BndP 1 28.100
स्वायंभुवस्य हि ह्येष सर्गः क्रान्तो मया तु वै । विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च भूयः किं वर्णयाम्यहम्
svāyaṃbhuvasya hi hyeṣa sargaḥ krānto mayā tu vai / vistareṇānupūrvyā ca bhūyaḥ kiṃ varṇayāmyaham
For this creation of the Self-born (Manu) has been traversed by me at length and in due order; what more shall I describe?
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