Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 20
BndP 2 20.1
बृहस्पतिरुवाच इत्येते पितरो देवा देवानामपि देवताः । सप्तस्वेते स्थिता नित्यं स्थानेषु पितरो ऽव्ययाः
bṛhaspatiruvāca ityete pitaro devā devānāmapi devatāḥ / saptasvete sthitā nityaṃ sthāneṣu pitaro 'vyayāḥ
Bṛhaspati said: Thus these Fathers are gods, deities even of the gods; these imperishable Fathers abide eternally in seven stations.
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BndP 2 20.2
प्रजापतिसुता ह्येते सर्वेषां तु महात्मनाम् । आद्यो गणस्तु योगानामनुयोगविवर्द्धनः
prajāpatisutā hyete sarveṣāṃ tu mahātmanām / ādyo gaṇastu yogānāmanuyogavivarddhanaḥ
For these are sons of Prajāpati, (the Fathers) of all the great-souled ones. The first troop is that of the yogins, which increases (their) subsequent practice of yoga.
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BndP 2 20.3
द्वितीयो देवतानां तु तृतीयो दानवादिनाम् । शेषास्तु वर्णिंनां ज्ञेया इति सर्वे प्रकीर्त्तिताः
dvitīyo devatānāṃ tu tṛtīyo dānavādinām / śeṣāstu varṇiṃnāṃ jñeyā iti sarve prakīrttitāḥ
The second (group) belongs to the gods, the third to the Dānavas and the rest; the remaining ones are to be known as belonging to the (four) classes — thus all have been declared.
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BndP 2 20.4
देवास्छैतान्यजन्ते वै सर्वज्ञानेष्ववस्थितान् । आश्रमश्च यजन्त्येनांश्चत्वारस्तु यथाक्रमम्
devāschaitānyajante vai sarvajñāneṣvavasthitān / āśramaśca yajantyenāṃścatvārastu yathākramam
And the gods indeed worship these, who are established in all (forms of) knowledge; and the four stages of life (āśramas) worship them, each in due order.
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BndP 2 20.5
सर्वे वर्णा यजन्त्येनांश्चत्वारस्तु यथागमम् । तथा संकरजात्यश्च म्लेच्छाश्चापि यजन्ति वै
sarve varṇā yajantyenāṃścatvārastu yathāgamam / tathā saṃkarajātyaśca mlecchāścāpi yajanti vai
All the classes worship these four in accordance with tradition; and likewise those of mixed birth, and even barbarians (mleccha) do worship (them).
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BndP 2 20.6
पितृंस्तु यो यजेद्भक्त्या पितरः प्रीणयन्ति ते । पितरः पुष्टिकामस्य प्रजाकामस्य वा पुनः
pitṛṃstu yo yajedbhaktyā pitaraḥ prīṇayanti te / pitaraḥ puṣṭikāmasya prajākāmasya vā punaḥ
When one worships the fathers with devotion, those fathers are pleased; and again, for one who desires prosperity or who desires offspring, the fathers—
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BndP 2 20.7
पुष्टिं प्रजां तु स्वर्गं च प्रयच्छन्ति पितामहाः । देवकार्यादपि तथा पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते
puṣṭiṃ prajāṃ tu svargaṃ ca prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ / devakāryādapi tathā pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate
the grandfathers grant prosperity, offspring, and heaven; and thus the rite for the fathers is more excellent even than the rite for the gods.
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BndP 2 20.8
देवतानां हि पितरः पूर्वमाप्यायनं स्मृताः । न हि योगगतिः सूक्ष्मा पितॄणां ज्ञायते नरैः
devatānāṃ hi pitaraḥ pūrvamāpyāyanaṃ smṛtāḥ / na hi yogagatiḥ sūkṣmā pitṝṇāṃ jñāyate naraiḥ
For the fathers are held to be the prior nourishment of the gods. Indeed the subtle yogic course of the fathers is not known by men,
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BndP 2 20.9
तपसा हि प्रसिद्धेन किं पुनर्मांसचक्षुषा । सर्वेषां राजतं पात्रमथ वा रजतान्वितम्
tapasā hi prasiddhena kiṃ punarmāṃsacakṣuṣā / sarveṣāṃ rājataṃ pātramatha vā rajatānvitam
(not even) by well-established ascetic power — how much less by the eye of flesh! For all of them a silver vessel, or one inlaid with silver,
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BndP 2 20.10
पावनं ह्युत्तमं प्रोक्तं देवानां पितृभिः सह । येषां दास्यन्ति पिण्डांस्त्रीन्बान्धवा नामगोत्रतः
pāvanaṃ hyuttamaṃ proktaṃ devānāṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha / yeṣāṃ dāsyanti piṇḍāṃstrīnbāndhavā nāmagotrataḥ
is declared the highest purifier for the gods together with the fathers. Those to whom kinsmen will give the three rice-balls, by name and lineage,
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BndP 2 20.11
भूमौ कुशोत्तरायां च अपसव्यविधानतः । सर्वत्र वर्त्तमानास्ते पिण्डाः प्रीणन्ति वै पितॄन्
bhūmau kuśottarāyāṃ ca apasavyavidhānataḥ / sarvatra varttamānāste piṇḍāḥ prīṇanti vai pitṝn
on the ground, on a spread of kuśa grass, according to the rule of (turning) leftward — those rice-balls, present everywhere, do gratify the fathers.
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BndP 2 20.12
यदाहारो भवेज्जन्तुराहारः सो ऽस्य जायते । यथा गोष्ठे प्रनष्टां वै वत्सो विन्दति मातरम्
yadāhāro bhavejjanturāhāraḥ so 'sya jāyate / yathā goṣṭhe pranaṣṭāṃ vai vatso vindati mātaram
Whatever food a creature (then) has, that becomes its food. Just as in the cow-pen a calf finds its lost mother,
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BndP 2 20.13
तथा तं नयते मन्त्रो जन्तुर्यत्रावतिष्ठति । नामगोत्रं च मन्त्रं च दत्तमन्नं नयन्ति तम्
tathā taṃ nayate mantro janturyatrāvatiṣṭhati / nāmagotraṃ ca mantraṃ ca dattamannaṃ nayanti tam
so the mantra leads it (the offering) to where the creature abides; the name and lineage, the mantra, and the food that is given lead (it) to him.
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BndP 2 20.14
अपि योनिशतं प्राप्तांस्तृप्तिस्ताननुगच्छति । एवमेषा स्थिता सत्ता ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः
api yoniśataṃ prāptāṃstṛptistānanugacchati / evameṣā sthitā sattā brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
Even (of those) who have reached a hundred wombs, satisfaction follows after them. Thus stands this ordinance of Brahmā, the highest lord,
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BndP 2 20.15
पितॄणमादिसर्गेतु लोकानामक्षयार्थिनाम् । इत्येते पितरश्चैव लोका दुहितरस्तथा
pitṝṇamādisargetu lokānāmakṣayārthinām / ityete pitaraścaiva lokā duhitarastathā
in the first creation of the fathers, for the worlds that seek what does not perish. So these are the fathers, and the worlds, and the daughters,
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BndP 2 20.16
दौहित्रा यजमानश्च प्रोक्ताश्चैव मयानघ । कीर्त्तिताः पितरस्ते वै तव पुत्र यथाक्रमम्
dauhitrā yajamānaśca proktāścaiva mayānagha / kīrttitāḥ pitaraste vai tava putra yathākramam
the daughters' sons and the sacrificer — these have been declared by me, O sinless one; those fathers have been proclaimed to you, my son, in due order.
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BndP 2 20.17
शंयुरुवाच अहो दिव्यस्त्वया तात पितृसर्गस्तु कीर्तितः । लोका दुहितरश्चैव दोहित्राश्च श्रुतास्तथा
śaṃyuruvāca aho divyastvayā tāta pitṛsargastu kīrtitaḥ / lokā duhitaraścaiva dohitrāśca śrutāstathā
Śaṃyu said: Ah, divine indeed, father, is the creation of the fathers that you have proclaimed; and the worlds, the daughters, and the daughters' sons have likewise been heard (by me).
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BndP 2 20.18
दानानि सह शौचेन कीर्त्तितानि फलानि च । अक्षय्यत्वं द्विजांश्चैव सर्वमेतदुदाहृतम् । अद्यप्रभृति कर्त्तास्मि सर्वमेतद्यथातथम्
dānāni saha śaucena kīrttitāni phalāni ca / akṣayyatvaṃ dvijāṃścaiva sarvametadudāhṛtam / adyaprabhṛti karttāsmi sarvametadyathātatham
The gifts along with purity have been proclaimed, and their fruits, and their imperishableness, and the twice-born too — all this has been set forth. From this day onward I shall do all this exactly so.
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BndP 2 20.19
बृहस्पतिरुवाच इत्येतदङ्गिराः पूर्वमृषीणामुक्तवान्प्रभुः । पृष्टश्च संशयान्सर्वानृषीनाह नृसंसदि
bṛhaspatiruvāca ityetadaṅgirāḥ pūrvamṛṣīṇāmuktavānprabhuḥ / pṛṣṭaśca saṃśayānsarvānṛṣīnāha nṛsaṃsadi
Bṛhaspati said: Thus did the lord Aṅgiras formerly speak this to the seers; and when questioned, he resolved all doubts and spoke to the seers in the assembly of men.
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BndP 2 20.20
सत्रे तु वितते पूर्वं तथा वर्षसहस्रके । यस्मिन्सदस्पतिस्नातो ब्रह्मा सीद्देवताप्रभुः
satre tu vitate pūrvaṃ tathā varṣasahasrake / yasminsadaspatisnāto brahmā sīddevatāprabhuḥ
Formerly, at the sacrificial session (satra) extended over a thousand years, at which Brahmā, the lord of the gods, was the bathed lord of the assembly,
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BndP 2 20.21
गतानि तत्र वर्षाणां पञ्चाशच्च शतानि वै । श्लोकाश्चात्र पुरा गीता ऋषिभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः
gatāni tatra varṣāṇāṃ pañcāśacca śatāni vai / ślokāścātra purā gītā ṛṣibhirbrahmavādibhiḥ
there five thousand years passed; and here verses were formerly sung by the seers who speak of brahman.
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BndP 2 20.22
दीक्षितस्य पुरा सत्रे ब्रह्ममः परमात्मनः । तत्रैव दत्तमन्नाग्रं पितॄणामक्षयर्थिनाम् । लोकानां च हितार्थाय ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना
dīkṣitasya purā satre brahmamaḥ paramātmanaḥ / tatraiva dattamannāgraṃ pitṝṇāmakṣayarthinām / lokānāṃ ca hitārthāya brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā
Formerly, at the session of the consecrated Brahmā, the supreme Self — there itself the first portion of food was given by Brahmā, the highest lord, for the fathers who seek the imperishable, and for the welfare of the worlds.
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BndP 2 20.23
सूत उवाच एवं बृहस्पतिः पूर्वं पृष्टः पुत्रेण धीमता । प्रोवाच पितृसर्गं तु यश्चैव समुदाहृत
sūta uvāca evaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ pūrvaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ putreṇa dhīmatā / provāca pitṛsargaṃ tu yaścaiva samudāhṛta
Sūta said: Thus Bṛhaspati, formerly asked by his wise son, declared the creation of the Pitṛs, which has been fully recounted (here).
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