Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 19
BndP 2 19.1
शंयुरुवाच किं स्विद्दत्तं पितॄणां तु तृप्तिदं वदतां वर । किंस्वित्स्याच्चिररात्राय किं वानन्त्याय कल्पते
śaṃyuruvāca kiṃ sviddattaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tu tṛptidaṃ vadatāṃ vara / kiṃsvitsyāccirarātrāya kiṃ vānantyāya kalpate
Śaṃyu said: What, when given, brings satisfaction to the fathers, O best of speakers? What lasts for a long time, and what serves for eternity?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.2
बृहस्पतिरुवाच हवीषि श्राद्धकल्पे तु यानि श्राद्धविदो विदुः । तानि मे शृणु सर्वाणि फलं चैषां यथातथम्
bṛhaspatiruvāca havīṣi śrāddhakalpe tu yāni śrāddhavido viduḥ / tāni me śṛṇu sarvāṇi phalaṃ caiṣāṃ yathātatham
Bṛhaspati said: Hear from me all those oblations in the śrāddha rite which those who know the śrāddha know, and their fruit exactly as it is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.3
तिलैर्व्रीहियवैमाषैरद्भिर्मूलफलैस्तथा । दत्तेन मासं प्रीयन्ते श्राद्धेन हि पितामहाः
tilairvrīhiyavaimāṣairadbhirmūlaphalaistathā / dattena māsaṃ prīyante śrāddhena hi pitāmahāḥ
With sesame, rice, barley, beans, water, and likewise with roots and fruits — by the śrāddha thus given the grandfathers are pleased for a month.
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BndP 2 19.4
मत्स्यैः प्रीणन्ति द्वौ मासौ त्रीन्मासान्हारिणेन तु । शाशेन चतुरो मासान्पञ्च प्रीणाति शाकुनैः
matsyaiḥ prīṇanti dvau māsau trīnmāsānhāriṇena tu / śāśena caturo māsānpañca prīṇāti śākunaiḥ
With fish they are pleased two months, and three months with venison; with hare's flesh four months, and with (the flesh of) birds one is pleasing them five (months).
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BndP 2 19.5
वाराहेण तु षण्मासाञ्छागलं सप्तमासिकम् । अष्टमासिकमित्युक्तं यच्च पार्वतकं भवेत्
vārāheṇa tu ṣaṇmāsāñchāgalaṃ saptamāsikam / aṣṭamāsikamityuktaṃ yacca pārvatakaṃ bhavet
With boar's flesh, six months; goat's flesh is for seven months; and whatever is from the mountains is said to be for eight months.
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BndP 2 19.6
रौरवेण तु प्रीयन्ते नव मासान्पितामहाः । गवयस्य तु मांसेन तृप्तिः स्याद्दशमासिकी
rauraveṇa tu prīyante nava māsānpitāmahāḥ / gavayasya tu māṃsena tṛptiḥ syāddaśamāsikī
With the flesh of the ruru deer the grandfathers are pleased for nine months; but with the flesh of the gavaya (wild ox) the satisfaction would last ten months.
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BndP 2 19.7
औरभ्रेण च मांसेन मासानेकादशैव तु । श्राद्धे च तृप्तिदं गव्यं पयः संवत्सरं द्विजाः
aurabhreṇa ca māṃsena māsānekādaśaiva tu / śrāddhe ca tṛptidaṃ gavyaṃ payaḥ saṃvatsaraṃ dvijāḥ
And with the flesh of sheep, just eleven months; and in a śrāddha, O twice-born ones, cow's milk gives satisfaction for a year.
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BndP 2 19.8
आनन्त्याय भवेत्तद्वत्खड्गमांसं पितृक्षये । पायसं मधुसर्पिर्भ्यां छायायां कुञ्जरस्य च
ānantyāya bhavettadvatkhaḍgamāṃsaṃ pitṛkṣaye / pāyasaṃ madhusarpirbhyāṃ chāyāyāṃ kuñjarasya ca
Likewise, at the fathers' rite, rhinoceros flesh serves for eternity, and so does milk-rice with honey and ghee (offered) in the shade of an elephant.
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BndP 2 19.9
कृष्णच्छागस्य मासेन तृप्तिर्भवति शाश्वती । अत्र गाथाः पितृगीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः
kṛṣṇacchāgasya māsena tṛptirbhavati śāśvatī / atra gāthāḥ pitṛgītāḥ kīrtayanti purāvidaḥ
With the flesh of a black goat the satisfaction becomes everlasting. Here those who know the ancient lore recite verses sung by the fathers.
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BndP 2 19.10
तास्ते ऽहं कीर्त्तयिष्यामि यथावत्सन्निबोध मे । अपि नः स कुले यायाद्यो नो दद्यात् त्रयोदशीम्
tāste 'haṃ kīrttayiṣyāmi yathāvatsannibodha me / api naḥ sa kule yāyādyo no dadyāt trayodaśīm
I shall recite them to you as they are; listen well to me: "May there come in our family one who would give us (the offering) on the thirteenth."
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BndP 2 19.11
आजेन सर्वलोहेन वर्षासु च मघासु च । एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा यद्येको ऽपि गयां व्रजेत् । गौरीं वाप्युद्वहेद्भार्यां नालं वा वृषमुत्सृजेत्
ājena sarvalohena varṣāsu ca maghāsu ca / eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyeko 'pi gayāṃ vrajet / gaurīṃ vāpyudvahedbhāryāṃ nālaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet
— with goat's flesh and with all-iron (vessels?), in the rainy season and under the Maghās. Many sons should be desired, (in the hope) that even one may go to Gayā, or marry a fair-complexioned wife, or release a bull (with) enough (rites).
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BndP 2 19.12
शंयुरुवाच गयादीनां फलं तात ब्रूहि मे परिपृच्छतः । दातॄणां चैव यत्पुण्यं निखिलेन प्रवीहि मे
śaṃyuruvāca gayādīnāṃ phalaṃ tāta brūhi me paripṛcchataḥ / dātṝṇāṃ caiva yatpuṇyaṃ nikhilena pravīhi me
Śaṃyu said: Tell me, dear sir, as I ask, the fruit of Gayā and the rest; and declare to me fully what merit belongs to the givers.
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BndP 2 19.13
बृहस्पतिरुवाच गयायामक्षयं श्राद्धञ्जपहोमतपांसि च । पितृक्षये हि तत्पुत्र तस्मात्तत्राक्षयं स्मृतम्
bṛhaspatiruvāca gayāyāmakṣayaṃ śrāddhañjapahomatapāṃsi ca / pitṛkṣaye hi tatputra tasmāttatrākṣayaṃ smṛtam
Bṛhaspati said: At Gayā, śrāddha, muttered prayer, oblation and austerities are imperishable; for (that place) is the ground of the Fathers' abode — therefore, son, it is called imperishable there.
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BndP 2 19.16
पूर्णायामेकविंशं तु गौर्यामुत्पादितः सुतः । महामहांश्च जुहुयादिति तस्य फलं स्मृतम् । फलं वृषस्य वक्ष्यामि गदतो मे निबोधत ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,१९।१४ ॥ वृषोत्स्रष्टा पुनात्येव दशातीतान्दशावरान् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,१९।१५ ॥ यत्किञ्चित्स्पृशते तोयमवतीर्णो नदीजले । वृषोत्सर्ग्गत्पितॄणां तु ह्यक्षयं समुदाहृतम्
pūrṇāyāmekaviṃśaṃ tu gauryāmutpāditaḥ sutaḥ / mahāmahāṃśca juhuyāditi tasya phalaṃ smṛtam / phalaṃ vṛṣasya vakṣyāmi gadato me nibodhata // bndp_2,19.14 // vṛṣotsraṣṭā punātyeva daśātītāndaśāvarān // bndp_2,19.15 // yatkiñcitspṛśate toyamavatīrṇo nadījale / vṛṣotsarggatpitṝṇāṃ tu hyakṣayaṃ samudāhṛtam
On the full-moon day (a rite of) twenty-one (portions is done); a son begotten upon Gaurī should also offer the mahāmaha oblations — such is said to be its fruit. I shall declare the fruit of (releasing) a bull; listen to me as I speak. (14) He who releases a bull purifies ten (ancestors) past and ten (descendants) after. (15) Whatever water he touches when he has gone down into a river's water — from the release of a bull it is declared imperishable for the Fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.17
येनयेन स्पृशेत्तोयं लाङ्गूलादिभिरङ्गशः । सर्वं तदक्षयं तस्य पितॄणां नात्र संशयः
yenayena spṛśettoyaṃ lāṅgūlādibhiraṅgaśaḥ / sarvaṃ tadakṣayaṃ tasya pitṝṇāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
By whatever part — tail and the rest, limb by limb — (the bull) touches the water, all that becomes imperishable for his Fathers; there is no doubt here.
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BndP 2 19.18
शृङ्गैः खुरैर्वा भूमिं यामुल्लिखत्यनिशं वृषः । मधुकुल्याः पितॄंस्तस्य ह्यक्षयाश्च भवन्ति वै
śṛṅgaiḥ khurairvā bhūmiṃ yāmullikhatyaniśaṃ vṛṣaḥ / madhukulyāḥ pitṝṃstasya hyakṣayāśca bhavanti vai
Whatever ground the bull scratches up with its horns or hooves at any time, that (becomes) streams of honey for his Fathers, and they become imperishable.
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BndP 2 19.19
सहस्रनल्वमात्रेण तडागेन यथास्रुतिः । तृप्तिस्तु या पितॄणां वै सा वृषेणेह कल्पते
sahasranalvamātreṇa taḍāgena yathāsrutiḥ / tṛptistu yā pitṝṇāṃ vai sā vṛṣeṇeha kalpate
The satisfaction of the Fathers that (arises) from a tank of a thousand nalvas in extent, according to its outflow — that same is here accomplished by (the release of) a bull.
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BndP 2 19.20
यो ददाति गुडोन्मिश्रतिलानि श्राद्धकर्मणि । मधु वामधुमिश्रं वा सर्वमेवाक्षयं भवेत्
yo dadāti guḍonmiśratilāni śrāddhakarmaṇi / madhu vāmadhumiśraṃ vā sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet
Whoever gives sesame mixed with molasses in the śrāddha rite, or honey, or what is mixed with honey — all of it becomes imperishable.
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BndP 2 19.21
न ब्राह्मणं परिक्षेत सदा देयं हि मानवैः । दैवेकर्मणि पित्र्ये च श्रूयते वै परीक्षणम्
na brāhmaṇaṃ parikṣeta sadā deyaṃ hi mānavaiḥ / daivekarmaṇi pitrye ca śrūyate vai parīkṣaṇam
One should not examine a Brahmin: men should always give (to him). But in a rite for the gods and in one for the Fathers, examination is indeed prescribed in tradition.
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BndP 2 19.22
सर्ववेदव्रतस्नाताः पङ्क्तीनां पावना द्विजाः । ये च भाषाविदः केचिद्ये च व्याकरणे रताः
sarvavedavratasnātāḥ paṅktīnāṃ pāvanā dvijāḥ / ye ca bhāṣāvidaḥ kecidye ca vyākaraṇe ratāḥ
Twice-born men who have bathed (at the completion of) the vows of all the Vedas are purifiers of the row (of diners); and those who know the (sacred) speech, and those devoted to grammar,
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BndP 2 19.23
अधीयते पुराणं वै धर्मशास्त्रमथापि च । त्रिणाचिकेतः पञ्चाग्निः स सौपर्णः षडङ्गवित्
adhīyate purāṇaṃ vai dharmaśāstramathāpi ca / triṇāciketaḥ pañcāgniḥ sa sauparṇaḥ ṣaḍaṅgavit
and (those who) recite the Purāṇa and also the Dharmaśāstra; one who has done the Nāciketa (rite) thrice, one who maintains the five fires, one versed in the Suparṇa (hymn), one who knows the six Vedāṅgas,
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BndP 2 19.24
ब्रह्मदेवसुतश्चैव च्छन्दोगो ज्येष्ठसामगः । पुण्येषु यश्च तीर्थेषु कृतस्नानः कृतव्रतः
brahmadevasutaścaiva cchandogo jyeṣṭhasāmagaḥ / puṇyeṣu yaśca tīrtheṣu kṛtasnānaḥ kṛtavrataḥ
and one who is a son of Brahmadeva, a Chandoga, a singer of the Jyeṣṭha Sāman, and one who has performed his bathing and his vows at holy fords,
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BndP 2 19.25
मखेषु ये च सर्वेषु भवन्त्यवभृथाप्लुताः । ये च सत्यव्रता नित्यं स्वधर्मनिरताश्च ये
makheṣu ye ca sarveṣu bhavantyavabhṛthāplutāḥ / ye ca satyavratā nityaṃ svadharmaniratāśca ye
and those who in all sacrifices are bathed in the concluding (avabhṛtha) bath, and those who are ever vowed to truth, and those devoted to their own duty,
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BndP 2 19.26
अक्रोधना लोभपरास्ताञ्छ्राद्धेषु निमन्त्रयेत् । एतेभ्यो दत्तमक्षय्यमेते वै पङ्क्तिपावनाः
akrodhanā lobhaparāstāñchrāddheṣu nimantrayet / etebhyo dattamakṣayyamete vai paṅktipāvanāḥ
free from anger and not given to greed — these one should invite to the śrāddhas; what is given to them is imperishable, and these are the purifiers of the row.
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BndP 2 19.27
श्राद्धीया ब्रह्मणा ये तु योगव्रतसुनिष्ठिताः । त्रयो ऽपि पूजितास्तेन ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
śrāddhīyā brahmaṇā ye tu yogavratasuniṣṭhitāḥ / trayo 'pi pūjitāstena brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
Those Brahmins fit for the śrāddha who are well established in yoga and vows — by (honouring) them all three, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, are honoured;
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BndP 2 19.28
पितृभिः सह लोकाश्च यो ह्येतान्पूजयेन्नरः । पवित्राणां पवित्रं च मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम्
pitṛbhiḥ saha lokāśca yo hyetānpūjayennaraḥ / pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ ca maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam
and the worlds together with the Fathers (are honoured) by the man who honours these. (Yoga is) the pure among pure things and the auspicious among auspicious things;
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BndP 2 19.29
प्रथमः सर्वधर्माणां योगधर्मो निगद्यते । अपाङ्क्तेयान्प्रवक्ष्यमि गदतो मे निबोधत
prathamaḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ yogadharmo nigadyate / apāṅkteyānpravakṣyami gadato me nibodhata
the first of all duties is declared to be the duty of yoga. I shall now proclaim those unfit for the row; listen to me as I speak.
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BndP 2 19.30
कितवो मद्यपो यश्च पशुपालो निराकृतः । ग्रामप्रेष्यो वार्धुषिको ह्यापणो वणिजस्तथा
kitavo madyapo yaśca paśupālo nirākṛtaḥ / grāmapreṣyo vārdhuṣiko hyāpaṇo vaṇijastathā
A gambler, a drinker of liquor, a herdsman, an outcast, a village servant, a usurer, a shopkeeper, and likewise a trader,
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BndP 2 19.31
अगार दाही गरदो वृषलो ग्रामयाजकः । काण्डपृष्ठो ऽथ कुण्डाशी मधुपः सोमविक्रयी
agāra dāhī garado vṛṣalo grāmayājakaḥ / kāṇḍapṛṣṭho 'tha kuṇḍāśī madhupaḥ somavikrayī
a house-burner, a poisoner, one who serves the base, a village priest, a maker of arrow-shafts, one who eats a bastard's food, a drinker of honey, a seller of soma,
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BndP 2 19.32
समुद्रान्तरितो भृत्यः पिशुनः कूटसाक्षिकः । पित्रा विवदमानश्च यस्य चोपपतिर्गृहे
samudrāntarito bhṛtyaḥ piśunaḥ kūṭasākṣikaḥ / pitrā vivadamānaśca yasya copapatirgṛhe
one who lives beyond the sea, a servant, a slanderer, a false witness, one who quarrels with his father, and one in whose house there is a paramour (of his wife),
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BndP 2 19.33
अभिशस्तस्तथा स्तेनः शिल्पं यश्चोपजीवति । स्तवकः सूपकारश्च यश्च मित्राणि निन्दति
abhiśastastathā stenaḥ śilpaṃ yaścopajīvati / stavakaḥ sūpakāraśca yaśca mitrāṇi nindati
one who is publicly accused, likewise a thief, one who lives by a craft, a flatterer, a cook, and one who reviles his friends,
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BndP 2 19.34
काणश्च खञ्जकश्चैव नास्तिको वेदवर्जितः । उन्मत्तो ऽप्यथ षण्ढश्च भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पगः
kāṇaśca khañjakaścaiva nāstiko vedavarjitaḥ / unmatto 'pyatha ṣaṇḍhaśca bhrūṇahā gurutalpagaḥ
one blind in one eye, and a lame man, an unbeliever, one destitute of Vedic learning, a madman, and also a eunuch, a killer of an embryo, one who violates his guru's bed,
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BndP 2 19.35
भिषग्जीवी प्राशनिकः परस्त्रीं यश्च सेवते । विक्रीणाति च यो ब्रह्मव्रतानि नियमांस्तथा
bhiṣagjīvī prāśanikaḥ parastrīṃ yaśca sevate / vikrīṇāti ca yo brahmavratāni niyamāṃstathā
(one who) lives by medicine, a food-taster, and he who resorts to another man's wife, and he who sells sacred lore, vows and observances —
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BndP 2 19.36
नष्टं स्यान्नास्तिके दत्तं व्रतघ्ने चापवर्जितम् । यच्चवाणिजके दत्तं नेह नामुत्र संभवेत्
naṣṭaṃ syānnāstike dattaṃ vrataghne cāpavarjitam / yaccavāṇijake dattaṃ neha nāmutra saṃbhavet
What is given to an unbeliever is lost, and to a breaker of vows it is thrown away; and what is given to a trader comes to nothing here or in the world beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.37
निक्षेपहारके चैव कृतघ्ने विदवर्जिते । तथा पाणविके वै च कारुके धर्मवर्जिते
nikṣepahārake caiva kṛtaghne vidavarjite / tathā pāṇavike vai ca kāruke dharmavarjite
and (so too when given) to one who steals what is deposited with him, to an ingrate, to one devoid of learning, and likewise to a drummer, to an artisan devoid of dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.38
क्रीणाति यो ह्यपण्यानि विक्रीणाति प्रशंसति । अन्यत्रास्य समाधानं न वणिकूछ्राद्धमर्हति
krīṇāti yo hyapaṇyāni vikrīṇāti praśaṃsati / anyatrāsya samādhānaṃ na vaṇikūchrāddhamarhati
(and to him) who buys goods that should not be sold, sells them and extols them: his mind is fixed on other things — a merchant does not deserve a śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.39
भस्मनीव हुतं हव्यं दत्तं पौनर्भवे द्विजः । षष्टिं काणः शतं षण्ढः श्वित्री पञ्चशतान्यपि
bhasmanīva hutaṃ havyaṃ dattaṃ paunarbhave dvijaḥ / ṣaṣṭiṃ kāṇaḥ śataṃ ṣaṇḍhaḥ śvitrī pañcaśatānyapi
Like an oblation poured into ashes is what a twice-born gives to the son of a remarried woman. A one-eyed man destroys sixty, a eunuch a hundred, a leper even five hundred,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.40
पापरोगी सहस्रं वै दातुर्नाशयते फलम् । भ्रश्येद्धि स फलात्तस्मात्प्रदाता यस्तु बालिशः
pāparogī sahasraṃ vai dāturnāśayate phalam / bhraśyeddhi sa phalāttasmātpradātā yastu bāliśaḥ
and a man with an evil disease destroys a thousand of the giver's reward; for he falls from that reward — the giver, that is, who acts foolishly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.41
यद्विष्टितशिरा भुङ्क्ते यद्भुङ्क्ते दक्षिणामुखः । सोपानत्कश्च यद्भुङ्क्ते यच्च दत्तमसत्कृतम्
yadviṣṭitaśirā bhuṅkte yadbhuṅkte dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ / sopānatkaśca yadbhuṅkte yacca dattamasatkṛtam
What one eats with the head wrapped up, what one eats facing south, what one eats wearing sandals, and what is given without due respect —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.42
सर्वं तदसुरेद्राय ब्रह्मा भागमकल्पयत् । श्वा चैव ब्रह्महा चैव नावेक्षेत कथञ्चन
sarvaṃ tadasuredrāya brahmā bhāgamakalpayat / śvā caiva brahmahā caiva nāvekṣeta kathañcana
all that Brahmā allotted as the share of the lord of the Asuras. And a dog and a slayer of a brahmin must on no account look upon (it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.43
तस्मात्परिवृतैर्दद्यात्तिलैश्चान्नं विकीर्य च । राक्षसानां तिलाः प्रोक्ताः शुनां परिवृतास्तथा
tasmātparivṛtairdadyāttilaiścānnaṃ vikīrya ca / rākṣasānāṃ tilāḥ proktāḥ śunāṃ parivṛtāstathā
Therefore one should give with the coverings and scatter food with sesame seeds: the sesame seeds are said to be for the rākṣasas, and the coverings for the dogs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.44
दर्शनात्सूकरो हन्ति पक्षवातेन कुक्कुटः । रजस्वलायाः स्पर्शेन क्रुद्धोयश्च प्रयच्छति
darśanātsūkaro hanti pakṣavātena kukkuṭaḥ / rajasvalāyāḥ sparśena kruddhoyaśca prayacchati
A pig destroys (the offering) by looking at it, a cock by the wind of its wings, (it is destroyed) by the touch of a menstruating woman, and by him who gives while angry.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.45
नदीतीरेषु रम्येषु सरित्सु च सरस्सु च । विविक्तेषु च प्रीयन्ते दत्तेनेह पितामहाः
nadītīreṣu ramyeṣu saritsu ca sarassu ca / vivikteṣu ca prīyante datteneha pitāmahāḥ
On pleasant riverbanks, at streams and at lakes, and in secluded places, the forefathers are gratified by what is given here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.46
नासव्यंपातयेज्जानु न युक्तो वाचमीरयेत् । तस्मात्परिवृतेनेह विधिवद्दर्भपाणिना
nāsavyaṃpātayejjānu na yukto vācamīrayet / tasmātparivṛteneha vidhivaddarbhapāṇinā
One should not let down the left knee, nor, while engaged (in the rite), utter speech; therefore here, according to rule, with the covering and with darbha grass in hand,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.47
पित्रोराराधनं कार्यमेवं प्रीणयते पितॄन् । अनुमान्य द्विजान्पूर्वमर्गौं कुर्याद्यथाविधि
pitrorārādhanaṃ kāryamevaṃ prīṇayate pitṝn / anumānya dvijānpūrvamargauṃ kuryādyathāvidhi
the propitiation of the parents is to be performed; thus one gladdens the fathers. Having first obtained the assent of the brahmins, one should make (the offering) in the fire as prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.48
पितॄणां निर्वपेद्भूमौ सूर्ये वा दर्भसंस्तरे । शुक्लपक्षे च पूर्वाङ्णे श्राद्धं कुर्याद्यथाविधि
pitṝṇāṃ nirvapedbhūmau sūrye vā darbhasaṃstare / śuklapakṣe ca pūrvāṅṇe śrāddhaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi
One should make the offering to the fathers upon the ground, or in the sun, on a spread of darbha grass; and in the bright fortnight, in the forenoon, one should perform the śrāddha as prescribed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.49
कृष्णपक्षे ऽपरङ्णे तु रौहिणं वै न लङ्घयेत् । एवमेते महात्मानो महायोगा महौजसः
kṛṣṇapakṣe 'paraṅṇe tu rauhiṇaṃ vai na laṅghayet / evamete mahātmāno mahāyogā mahaujasaḥ
But in the dark fortnight (it is done) in the afternoon; one should not pass over (the asterism) Rohiṇī. Thus these great-souled ones, of great yoga and great vigour —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.50
सदा वै पितरः पूज्याः सं प्राप्तौ देशकालयोः । पितृभक्त्यैव तु नरो योगं प्राप्नोति दुर्ल्लभम्
sadā vai pitaraḥ pūjyāḥ saṃ prāptau deśakālayoḥ / pitṛbhaktyaiva tu naro yogaṃ prāpnoti durllabham
the fathers are always to be worshipped, when the (proper) place and time have come; and by devotion to the fathers alone a man attains the yoga that is hard to win.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.51
ध्यानेन मोक्षं गच्छेद्धि हित्वा कर्म शुभाशुभम् । यज्ञहेतोस्तदुद्धृत्य मोहयित्वा जगत्तथा
dhyānena mokṣaṃ gaccheddhi hitvā karma śubhāśubham / yajñahetostaduddhṛtya mohayitvā jagattathā
For by meditation he goes to liberation, abandoning action good and bad. Having drawn that up for the sake of sacrifice, and having thus bewildered the world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.52
गुहायां निहितं ब्रह्म कश्यपेन महात्मना । अमृतं गुह्यमुद्धृत्य योगे योगविदां वराः
guhāyāṃ nihitaṃ brahma kaśyapena mahātmanā / amṛtaṃ guhyamuddhṛtya yoge yogavidāṃ varāḥ
Brahman lies hidden in the cave; the great-souled Kaśyapa, having drawn up the secret nectar in yoga — (they, the) best of the knowers of yoga —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.53
प्रोक्तः सनत्कुमारेण महातो ब्रह्मणः पदम् । देवानां परमं गुह्यमृषीणां च परायणम्
proktaḥ sanatkumāreṇa mahāto brahmaṇaḥ padam / devānāṃ paramaṃ guhyamṛṣīṇāṃ ca parāyaṇam
it was declared by Sanatkumāra: the station of the great Brahman, the supreme secret of the gods and the highest resort of the seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.56
पितृभक्त्या प्रयत्नेन प्राप्य ते तन्मनीषिभिः । पितृभक्तः समासेन पितृपूर्वपरश्च यः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,१९।५४ ॥ अयत्नात्प्राप्नुयादेव सर्वमेतन्न संशयः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,१९।५५ ॥ बृहस्पतिरुवाच यस्मैश्राद्धानि देयानि यच्च दत्तं महत्फलम् । येषु चाप्यक्षयं श्राद्धं तीर्थेषु च गुहासु च
pitṛbhaktyā prayatnena prāpya te tanmanīṣibhiḥ / pitṛbhaktaḥ samāsena pitṛpūrvaparaśca yaḥ // bndp_2,19.54 // ayatnātprāpnuyādeva sarvametanna saṃśayaḥ // bndp_2,19.55 // bṛhaspatiruvāca yasmaiśrāddhāni deyāni yacca dattaṃ mahatphalam / yeṣu cāpyakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ tīrtheṣu ca guhāsu ca
Those wise ones attained that by devotion to the fathers, with effort; and whoever is, in short, devoted to the fathers and sets the fathers before and after all else, // he will attain all this even without effort — of this there is no doubt. // Bṛhaspati said: To whom śrāddhas are to be given, and what gift yields great fruit, and in which tīrthas and caves the śrāddha is imperishable —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.57
येषु स्वर्गमवाप्नोति तत्ते प्रोक्तं ससंग्रहम् । श्रुत्वेमं श्राद्धकल्पं च न कुर्याद्यस्तु मानवः
yeṣu svargamavāpnoti tatte proktaṃ sasaṃgraham / śrutvemaṃ śrāddhakalpaṃ ca na kuryādyastu mānavaḥ
And those (regions) by which one attains heaven — all that has been declared to you in summary. But the man who, having heard this rite of the śrāddha, does not perform it —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.58
स मज्जेन्नरके घोरे नास्तिकस्तमसावृते । परिवादो न कर्त्तव्यो योगिनां तु विशेषतः
sa majjennarake ghore nāstikastamasāvṛte / parivādo na karttavyo yogināṃ tu viśeṣataḥ
He, an unbeliever, sinks into a terrible hell wrapped in darkness. Reviling should not be done, and especially not of yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.59
परिवादात्क्रिमिर्भूत्वा तत्रैव परिवर्त्तते । योगान्परिवदेद्यस्तु ध्यानिनो मोक्षकाङ्क्षिणः
parivādātkrimirbhūtvā tatraiva parivarttate / yogānparivadedyastu dhyānino mokṣakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
Through reviling he becomes a worm and revolves right there. And whoever should revile the yogins, the meditators who long for liberation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.60
स गच्छेन्नरकं घोरं श्रोताप्यस्य न संशयः । आवृतं तमसः सर्वं नरकं घोरदर्शनम् । योगीश्वरपरीवादान्न स्वर्गं याति मानवः
sa gacchennarakaṃ ghoraṃ śrotāpyasya na saṃśayaḥ / āvṛtaṃ tamasaḥ sarvaṃ narakaṃ ghoradarśanam / yogīśvaraparīvādānna svargaṃ yāti mānavaḥ
He goes to a terrible hell, and so too the one who listens to him — of this there is no doubt. The whole hell, dreadful to look upon, is covered with darkness. Because of reviling the lords of yoga a man does not go to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.61
योगेश्वराणामा क्रोशं शृणुयाद्यो यतात्मनाम् । सहि कालं चिरं मज्जेन्नरके नात्र संशयः । कुंभीपाकेषु पच्यन्ते जिह्वाच्छेदे पुनः पुनः
yogeśvarāṇāmā krośaṃ śṛṇuyādyo yatātmanām / sahi kālaṃ ciraṃ majjennarake nātra saṃśayaḥ / kuṃbhīpākeṣu pacyante jihvācchede punaḥ punaḥ
Whoever should listen to abuse of the lords of yoga, the self-restrained ones — he indeed sinks for a long time in hell; here there is no doubt. They are cooked in the Kumbhīpāka hells, with their tongues cut out again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.62
समुद्रे च यथा लोषटस्तद्बत्सीदन्ति ते नराः । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा द्वेषं योगेषु वर्जयेत् । प्रोत्यानन्तं फलं भुङ्क्त इह वापि न संशयः
samudre ca yathā loṣaṭastadbatsīdanti te narāḥ / manasā karmaṇā vācā dveṣaṃ yogeṣu varjayet / protyānantaṃ phalaṃ bhuṅkta iha vāpi na saṃśayaḥ
And as a clod of earth (sinks) in the sea, just so do those men go down. With mind, deed and speech one should avoid hatred toward yogins. Having gone (to the next world) he enjoys endless fruit, or even here — no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.63
न पारगो विन्दति परमात्मनस्त्रिलोकमध्ये चरति स्वकर्ममिः । ऋचो यजुः साम तदङ्गपारगे ऽविकारमेतं ह्यनवाप्य सीदति
na pārago vindati paramātmanastrilokamadhye carati svakarmamiḥ / ṛco yajuḥ sāma tadaṅgapārage 'vikārametaṃ hyanavāpya sīdati
One who has not gone across does not find (the state) of the supreme Self; he wanders in the midst of the three worlds by his own deeds. Though one has mastered the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāma verses and their limbs, not having attained this changeless (Self) he sinks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.64
विकारपारं प्रकृतेश्च पारगस्त्रयीगुणाना त्रिगुणस्य पारगः । यः स्याच्चतुर्विशतितत्त्वपारगः स पारगो नाध्ययनस्य पारगः
vikārapāraṃ prakṛteśca pāragastrayīguṇānā triguṇasya pāragaḥ / yaḥ syāccaturviśatitattvapāragaḥ sa pārago nādhyayanasya pāragaḥ
He who has gone beyond modification and beyond primal matter (prakṛti), beyond the qualities of the three (Vedas), beyond the three guṇas; he who should be one who has crossed beyond the twenty-four principles — he is the one who has crossed over, not the one who has mastered recitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.65
कृत्स्नं यथावत्समुपैति तत्परस्तथैव भूयः प्रलयत्वमात्मनः । प्रत्याहरेद्योगपथं न यो द्विजो न सर्वपार क्रमपारगोचरः
kṛtsnaṃ yathāvatsamupaiti tatparastathaiva bhūyaḥ pralayatvamātmanaḥ / pratyāharedyogapathaṃ na yo dvijo na sarvapāra kramapāragocaraḥ
Devoted to That, he attains the whole (truth) as it is, and likewise again the dissolution of the self (into it). The twice-born who does not draw (his senses) back onto the path of yoga does not come within the range of the graded crossing to the far shore of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.66
वेदस्य वेदितव्यं च वेद्यं विन्दति योगवित् । तं वै वेदविदः प्राहुस्तमाहुर्वेदपारगम्
vedasya veditavyaṃ ca vedyaṃ vindati yogavit / taṃ vai vedavidaḥ prāhustamāhurvedapāragam
The knower of yoga finds the Veda and what is to be known, the knowable. Him indeed the knowers of the Veda call (a knower); him they call one who has gone to the far shore of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.67
वेदं च वेदितव्यं च विदित्वा वै यथास्थितः । एवं वेदविदः प्राहुरन्यं वै वेदपारगम्
vedaṃ ca veditavyaṃ ca viditvā vai yathāsthitaḥ / evaṃ vedavidaḥ prāhuranyaṃ vai vedapāragam
Having known the Veda and what is to be known, he abides as he is. Thus do the knowers of the Veda speak; another (they call) merely one who has gone through the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 19.68
यज्ञान्वेदांस्तथा कामांस्तपांसि विविधानि च । प्राप्नोत्यायुः प्रजाश्चैव पितृभक्तो न सशयः
yajñānvedāṃstathā kāmāṃstapāṃsi vividhāni ca / prāpnotyāyuḥ prajāścaiva pitṛbhakto na saśayaḥ
Sacrifices, Vedas, and likewise objects of desire, and austerities of many kinds — these he obtains, and long life and offspring: one devoted to the Fathers, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.69
श्रद्धया श्राद्धकल्पं तु यस्त्विमं नियतः पठेत् । सर्वाण्येतानि वाप्नोति तीर्थदानफलानि च
śraddhayā śrāddhakalpaṃ tu yastvimaṃ niyataḥ paṭhet / sarvāṇyetāni vāpnoti tīrthadānaphalāni ca
But he who, self-controlled, recites this rite of the śrāddha with faith obtains all these things, and the fruits of (visiting) sacred fords and of giving gifts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.70
स पङ्क्तिपावनश्चैव द्विजानामग्रभुग्भवेत् । आश्राव्य च द्विजान्सो ऽथ सर्वकामानवाप्नुयात्
sa paṅktipāvanaścaiva dvijānāmagrabhugbhavet / āśrāvya ca dvijānso 'tha sarvakāmānavāpnuyāt
And he becomes a purifier of the row (of diners) and one who eats first among the twice-born; and having recited it in the hearing of twice-born men, he then obtains all his desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.71
यश्चैतच्छृणुयान्नित्यम न्यांश्च श्रावयेद्द्विजः । अनसूयुर्जितक्रोधो लोभमोहविवर्जितः
yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityama nyāṃśca śrāvayeddvijaḥ / anasūyurjitakrodho lobhamohavivarjitaḥ
And the twice-born who should hear this constantly and cause others to hear it, free of envy, having conquered anger, rid of greed and delusion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.72
तीर्थादीनां फलं प्राप्य दानादीनां च सर्वशः । मोक्षोपायं लभेच्छ्रेष्ठं स्वर्गोपायं न संशयः । इह चापि परा पुष्ठिस्तस्मात्कुर्वीत नित्यशः
tīrthādīnāṃ phalaṃ prāpya dānādīnāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ / mokṣopāyaṃ labhecchreṣṭhaṃ svargopāyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ / iha cāpi parā puṣṭhistasmātkurvīta nityaśaḥ
Having gained the fruit of the sacred fords and the rest, and of gifts and the rest, in every way, he would obtain the best means to liberation, and the means to heaven — no doubt of it. And here too (there is) supreme prosperity; therefore let one do it always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.73
इमं विधिं यो हि पठेदतन्द्रितः समाहितः संसदि पर्वसंधिषु । अपत्यभागी च परेण तेजसा दिवौकसां स व्रजते सलोकताम्
imaṃ vidhiṃ yo hi paṭhedatandritaḥ samāhitaḥ saṃsadi parvasaṃdhiṣu / apatyabhāgī ca pareṇa tejasā divaukasāṃ sa vrajate salokatām
For he who, unwearied and concentrated, recites this ordinance in an assembly at the junctures of the lunar fortnights, both gains offspring and, with surpassing splendour, goes to sharing the world of the dwellers in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 19.74
येन प्रोक्तस्त्वयं कल्पो नमस्तस्मै स्वयंभुवे । महायोगेश्वरेभ्यश्च सदा च प्रणतो ऽस्म्यहम्
yena proktastvayaṃ kalpo namastasmai svayaṃbhuve / mahāyogeśvarebhyaśca sadā ca praṇato 'smyaham
Homage to that Self-existent One by whom this rite was declared; and to the great lords of yoga I am ever bowed down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition