Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 218

GaP 1 218.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २१८ ब्रह्मोवाच । व्यास ! श्राद्धमहं वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं नृणाम् । पूर्वं निमन्त्रयेद्विप्रान्विशेषाद्ब्रह्मचारिणः

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 218 brahmovāca / vyāsa ! śrāddhamahaṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradaṃ nṛṇām / pūrvaṃ nimantrayedviprānviśeṣādbrahmacāriṇaḥ

The Śrī Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 218. Brahmā said: Vyāsa! I shall declare the śrāddha, which bestows enjoyment and liberation on men. First he should invite the brahmins, especially those who are students of the Veda.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.2

प्रदक्षिणोपवीतेन देवान्वामोपवीतिना । पितॄन्निमन्त्रयेत्पादौ क्षालयेद्वाक्यमन्त्रतः

pradakṣiṇopavītena devānvāmopavītinā / pitṝnnimantrayetpādau kṣālayedvākyamantrataḥ

With the sacred thread on the right (i.e. over the left shoulder) he should invite the gods, and with it on the left (over the right shoulder) the fathers; he should wash their feet, with the prescribed words and formulas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.5

ॐ स्वागतं भवद्भिरिति प्रश्रः । ॐ सुस्वागतामिति तैरुक्ते ॐ विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्य एतत्पादोदकमर्घ्यं स्वाहेति देवब्राह्मणपादयोर्देवतीर्थेनाभुग्नकुशसहितजलदानम् ॥ गर्प्_१,२१८।३ ॥ ततो दक्षिणा भिमुखेन वामोपवीतेनामुकगोत्रेभ्यो अस्मत्पितृपितामहप्रपितामहेभ्यो यथानामशर्मभ्य एतत्पादोदकमर्घ्यं स्वधेति पित्रादिब्राह्मणपादयोः पितृतीर्थेन आभुग्नकुशकुसुमसहितजलदानम् ॥ गर्प्_१,२१८।४ ॥ एवं मातामहादिभ्यः । एतदाचमनीयं स्वाहा स्वधेति ब्राह्मणहस्ते एषवोर्ऽघ्य इति ब्राह्मणहस्ते पुष्पदानम्

oṃ svāgataṃ bhavadbhiriti praśraḥ / oṃ susvāgatāmiti tairukte oṃ viśvebhyo devebhya etatpādodakamarghyaṃ svāheti devabrāhmaṇapādayordevatīrthenābhugnakuśasahitajaladānam // garp_1,218.3 // tato dakṣiṇā bhimukhena vāmopavītenāmukagotrebhyo asmatpitṛpitāmahaprapitāmahebhyo yathānāmaśarmabhya etatpādodakamarghyaṃ svadheti pitrādibrāhmaṇapādayoḥ pitṛtīrthena ābhugnakuśakusumasahitajaladānam // garp_1,218.4 // evaṃ mātāmahādibhyaḥ / etadācamanīyaṃ svāhā svadheti brāhmaṇahaste eṣavor'ghya iti brāhmaṇahaste puṣpadānam

"Om, is your coming welcome?" — thus the enquiry. When they have said "Om, most welcome indeed," then (saying) "Om, to all the Viśvedevas this foot-water as arghya, svāhā," water together with a bent kuśa is given at the feet of the brahmin (representing) the gods, by the deva-tīrtha (of the hand). (218.3) Then, facing south, with the sacred thread over the left shoulder, (saying) "To those of such-and-such gotra, our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, named so-and-so Śarman, this foot-water as arghya, svadhā," water together with bent kuśa and flowers is given at the feet of the brahmins (representing) the fathers, by the pitṛ-tīrtha. (218.4) In the same way for the maternal grandfather and the rest. With "This is water for rinsing the mouth, svāhā / svadhā" (it is given) into the brahmin's hand; with "This is the arghya" flowers are given into the brahmin's hand.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.6

ॐ सिद्धमिदमासनम् इह सिद्धमित्यभिधाय ॐ भूः ॐ भुवः ॐ स्वः ॐ महः ॐ जनः ॐ तपः ॐ सत्यमिति सप्तव्याहृतिभिः पूर्वमुखन्देवब्राह्मणोपवेशनम् । उत्तरदिङ्मुखंपितृब्राह्मयोणोपवेशनम् । ॐ देवताभ्यः पितृभ्यश्च महायोगिभ्य एव च । नमः स्वधायै स्वाहायै नित्यमेव भवन्तुते इति त्रिर्जपेत्

oṃ siddhamidamāsanam iha siddhamityabhidhāya oṃ bhūḥ oṃ bhuvaḥ oṃ svaḥ oṃ mahaḥ oṃ janaḥ oṃ tapaḥ oṃ satyamiti saptavyāhṛtibhiḥ pūrvamukhandevabrāhmaṇopaveśanam / uttaradiṅmukhaṃpitṛbrāhmayoṇopaveśanam / oṃ devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaśca mahāyogibhya eva ca / namaḥ svadhāyai svāhāyai nityameva bhavantute iti trirjapet

Having said "Om, this seat is prepared, here it is prepared," the deva-brahmin is seated facing east with the seven vyāhṛtis: "Om bhūḥ, Om bhuvaḥ, Om svaḥ, Om mahaḥ, Om janaḥ, Om tapaḥ, Om satyam." The pitṛ-brahmin is seated facing north. He should recite three times: "Om, to the deities and to the fathers and to the great yogins, homage; to Svadhā, to Svāhā — may you (be so) always."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.7

ॐ अद्यास्मिन्देशे अमुकमासे अमुकराशिङ्गते सवितर्यमुकतिथावमुकगोत्राणामस्मत्पितृपितामहप्रपितामहानां यथानामशर्मणां विश्वेदेवपूर्वकन्दृश्राद्धं करिष्ये । ॐ विश्वेभ्यो देवभ्यः स्वाहा ॐ विश्वेदेवानावाहयिष्ये । आवाहयेत्युक्ते ॐ विश्वेदेवाः स आगत शृणुताम् इमं हवम् । एदं बर्हिर्निषीदत ॐ विश्वेदेवाः शृणुतेमं इवं मे ये अन्तरिक्षे य उपद्यविष्ट । ये अग्निजिह्वा उत वा यजत्रा आसद्यास्मिन्बर्हिषि मादयध्वम् । ॐ ओषधयः संवदन्ते सोमेन सह राज्ञा । यस्मै कृणोति ब्राह्मणस्तं राजन्पारयामसि । ॐ आगच्छन्तु महाभागा विश्वेदेवा महाबलाः । ये अत्र विहिताः श्राद्धे सावधाना भवन्तु ते । ॐ अपहतासुरा रक्षांसि वेदिषद इति त्रित्रिर्यवविकिरणम्

oṃ adyāsmindeśe amukamāse amukarāśiṅgate savitaryamukatithāvamukagotrāṇāmasmatpitṛpitāmahaprapitāmahānāṃ yathānāmaśarmaṇāṃ viśvedevapūrvakandṛśrāddhaṃ kariṣye / oṃ viśvebhyo devabhyaḥ svāhā oṃ viśvedevānāvāhayiṣye / āvāhayetyukte oṃ viśvedevāḥ sa āgata śṛṇutām imaṃ havam / edaṃ barhirniṣīdata oṃ viśvedevāḥ śṛṇutemaṃ ivaṃ me ye antarikṣe ya upadyaviṣṭa / ye agnijihvā uta vā yajatrā āsadyāsminbarhiṣi mādayadhvam / oṃ oṣadhayaḥ saṃvadante somena saha rājñā / yasmai kṛṇoti brāhmaṇastaṃ rājanpārayāmasi / oṃ āgacchantu mahābhāgā viśvedevā mahābalāḥ / ye atra vihitāḥ śrāddhe sāvadhānā bhavantu te / oṃ apahatāsurā rakṣāṃsi vediṣada iti tritriryavavikiraṇam

"Om, today, in this place, in such-and-such month, the sun having entered such-and-such sign, on such-and-such lunar day, for (my forefathers) of such-and-such gotra, our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, named so-and-so Śarman, I shall perform the seen (present) śrāddha preceded by the Viśvedevas. Om, to all the gods, svāhā. Om, I shall invoke the Viśvedevas." When it has been said "Invoke them": "Om, Viśvedevas, come, hear this call; sit down upon this barhis. Om, Viśvedevas, hear this call of mine — you who are in the mid-air, you who are above in heaven, you who have fire for a tongue, or you who are worthy of worship: taking your seat upon this barhis, rejoice. Om, the plants converse together with King Soma: he for whose sake the brahmin acts, him, O king, we carry across. Om, let the greatly blessed Viśvedevas of great power come; those who are appointed here in the śrāddha, let them be attentive. Om, the asuras and rakṣases that sit upon the altar are struck away" — with these the barley is scattered three times each.

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

GaP 1 218.8

ॐ पात्रमहं करिष्ये । ॐ करुष्वेत्यनुज्ञातः कृत्वा पात्रे पवित्रनिषेवणम्

oṃ pātramahaṃ kariṣye / oṃ karuṣvetyanujñātaḥ kṛtvā pātre pavitraniṣevaṇam

"Om, I shall prepare the vessel." Being permitted with "Om, do so," and having done it, the pavitra (purifying blade) is placed in the vessel.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.9

ॐ शन्नो देवीरभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये । शंयोरभिस्त्रवन्तु न इति पात्रे जलदानम् । ॐ यवो ऽसि यवयास्मद्वेषो यवयारातीरिति यवदानम् । गन्धद्वारां दुराधर्षां नित्यपुष्टां करीषिणीम् । ईश्वरीं सर्वभूतानां ता (त्वा) मिहोपह्वये श्रियमिति गन्धदानम् । ॐ या दिव्या आपः पयसा संबभूवुर्या अन्तरिक्षौत पार्थवीर्याः । हिरण्यवर्णा यज्ञियास्तान आपः शिवाः शं स्योना सुहवा भवन्तु । एषोर्ऽघो नम इति ब्राह्मणहस्ते जलं दत्त्वानेनैव पात्रेण पवित्रग्रहणं कृत्वा संस्त्रवं पवित्रं च ब्राह्मणपार्श्वे दद्यात् । ततः प्रथमपात्रे संस्त्रवजलं संस्थाप्य कुशोपरि ऊर्ध्वमुखं स्थापनं कुर्यत् । तदुपरि कुशदानम्

oṃ śanno devīrabhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye / śaṃyorabhistravantu na iti pātre jaladānam / oṃ yavo 'si yavayāsmadveṣo yavayārātīriti yavadānam / gandhadvārāṃ durādharṣāṃ nityapuṣṭāṃ karīṣiṇīm / īśvarīṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tā (tvā) mihopahvaye śriyamiti gandhadānam / oṃ yā divyā āpaḥ payasā saṃbabhūvuryā antarikṣauta pārthavīryāḥ / hiraṇyavarṇā yajñiyāstāna āpaḥ śivāḥ śaṃ syonā suhavā bhavantu / eṣor'gho nama iti brāhmaṇahaste jalaṃ dattvānenaiva pātreṇa pavitragrahaṇaṃ kṛtvā saṃstravaṃ pavitraṃ ca brāhmaṇapārśve dadyāt / tataḥ prathamapātre saṃstravajalaṃ saṃsthāpya kuśopari ūrdhvamukhaṃ sthāpanaṃ kuryat / tadupari kuśadānam

"Om, may the divine waters be for our aid, for our drinking; may they flow for our welfare and health" — with this water is poured into the vessel. "Om, you are barley (yava); ward off (yavaya) hatred from us, ward off enemies" — with this barley is given. "Her whose doorway is fragrance, unassailable, ever thriving, rich in cow-dung, mistress of all beings — her, Śrī, I invoke here" — with this the fragrance is given. "Om, those divine waters which came into being together with milk, those which are in the mid-air and also the earthly ones, golden-coloured, fit for sacrifice — may those waters be kindly, gentle, pleasant and readily invoked for us. This is the arghya, homage" — having given water into the brahmin's hand with this, and having taken up the pavitra with this same vessel, he should set the collected water and the pavitra beside the brahmin. Then, having placed the collected water in the first vessel, he should set (the vessel) mouth upward upon kuśa; and upon that kuśa is given.

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

GaP 1 218.10

विश्वेभ्यो देवेभ्यः एतानि गन्धपुष्पधूपदीपवासो युगयज्ञो पवीतानि नमः । गन्धादिदानमच्छिद्रमस्तु । अस्त्विति ब्राह्मणप्रतिवचनम्

viśvebhyo devebhyaḥ etāni gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpavāso yugayajño pavītāni namaḥ / gandhādidānamacchidramastu / astviti brāhmaṇaprativacanam

"To all the gods, these — fragrance, flowers, incense, lamp, a pair of garments and sacred threads — homage." "May the gift of fragrance and the rest be without defect." "May it be so" is the brahmin's reply.

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

GaP 1 218.11

ततः पितृपितामहप्रपितामहानां मातामहप्रमातामहवृद्धप्रमातामहानां सपत्नीकानां श्राद्धमहं करिष्ये इति अनुज्ञावचनम् । कुरुष्वेति ब्राह्मणैरुक्ते । ॐ देवताभ्यः पितृभ्यश्च- इतित्रिर्जपेत्

tataḥ pitṛpitāmahaprapitāmahānāṃ mātāmahapramātāmahavṛddhapramātāmahānāṃ sapatnīkānāṃ śrāddhamahaṃ kariṣye iti anujñāvacanam / kuruṣveti brāhmaṇairukte / oṃ devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaśca- ititrirjapet

Then the request for permission: "I shall perform the śrāddha of my father, grandfather and great-grandfather, and of my maternal grandfather, his father and his grandfather, together with their wives." When the brahmins have said "Do so," he should recite three times "Om, to the deities and to the fathers..."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.12

ॐ अमुकगोत्रेब्यो ऽस्मत्पितृपितामहेभ्यो यथानामशर्मभ्यः सपत्नीकेभ्यः इदमासनं स्वधा इति ब्राह्मणवामे आसनदानम् । ॐ पितॄनावाहयिष्ये । ॐ । आवाहयेत्युक्ते ॐ उशन्तस्त्वा निधीमह्युशन्तः समिधीमहि । उशन्नु शत आवह पितॄन्हविषे उत्तवे । ॐ आयन्तु नः पितरः सौम्यासो ऽग्निष्वात्ताः पथिभिर्देवयानैः । अस्मिन्यज्ञे स्वधया मदन्तो ऽधिब्रुवन्तु तेवन्त्वस्मान् इत्यावाहनम् । ॐ अपहता सुरा रक्षांसि वेदिषदः इति तिलविकिरणम् । पूर्ववक्त्रमेण स्थापितपात्रेषूदकदानम् । ॐ तिलो ऽसि सोमदेवत्यो गोसवो देवनिर्मितः । प्रत्नमद्भिः पृक्तः स्वधया पितॄंल्लोकान्प्रीणीहि नः स्वाहा इति तिलदानम्

oṃ amukagotrebyo 'smatpitṛpitāmahebhyo yathānāmaśarmabhyaḥ sapatnīkebhyaḥ idamāsanaṃ svadhā iti brāhmaṇavāme āsanadānam / oṃ pitṝnāvāhayiṣye / oṃ / āvāhayetyukte oṃ uśantastvā nidhīmahyuśantaḥ samidhīmahi / uśannu śata āvaha pitṝnhaviṣe uttave / oṃ āyantu naḥ pitaraḥ saumyāso 'gniṣvāttāḥ pathibhirdevayānaiḥ / asminyajñe svadhayā madanto 'dhibruvantu tevantvasmān ityāvāhanam / oṃ apahatā surā rakṣāṃsi vediṣadaḥ iti tilavikiraṇam / pūrvavaktrameṇa sthāpitapātreṣūdakadānam / oṃ tilo 'si somadevatyo gosavo devanirmitaḥ / pratnamadbhiḥ pṛktaḥ svadhayā pitṝṃllokānprīṇīhi naḥ svāhā iti tiladānam

"Om, for those of such-and-such gotra, our father and grandfather, named so-and-so Śarman, together with their wives, this seat, svadhā" — with this the seat is given at the brahmin's left. "Om, I shall invoke the fathers." "Om." When it has been said "Invoke them": "Om, longing, we would establish you; longing, we would kindle you; longing, do you bring the fathers to eat the oblation. Om, let our fathers come, the soma-loving ones, eaten by the fire, by the paths that the gods travel; rejoicing with svadhā in this sacrifice, let them speak for us, let them protect us" — this is the invocation. "Om, the asuras and rakṣases that sit upon the altar are struck away" — with this sesame is scattered. Water is given into the vessels set out by the previous procedure. "Om, you are sesame, whose deity is Soma, produced from the cow, fashioned by the gods; mixed with the ancient waters, with svadhā gladden for us the worlds of the fathers, svāhā" — with this sesame is given.

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

GaP 1 218.13

गन्धपुष्पे हस्ताभ्यां दत्त्वा पितृपात्रमुत्थाप्य या दिव्येति पठित्वा अमुकगोत्रास्मत्पितः ! अमुकदेवशर्मन् ! सपत्नीक ! एष ते ऽर्घ्यः स्वधा । अपवित्रं पात्रं गृहीत्वा वामपार्श्वे दक्षिणे कुशोपरि ॐ पितृभ्यः स्थानमसीत्यधोमुखपात्रस्थापनम्

gandhapuṣpe hastābhyāṃ dattvā pitṛpātramutthāpya yā divyeti paṭhitvā amukagotrāsmatpitaḥ ! amukadevaśarman ! sapatnīka ! eṣa te 'rghyaḥ svadhā / apavitraṃ pātraṃ gṛhītvā vāmapārśve dakṣiṇe kuśopari oṃ pitṛbhyaḥ sthānamasītyadhomukhapātrasthāpanam

Having given fragrance and flowers with both hands, having lifted the fathers' vessel and recited "yā divyā (āpaḥ)...", (he says:) "O our father of such-and-such gotra! O so-and-so Devaśarman! together with your wife! this is your arghya, svadhā." Then taking the vessel from which the pavitra has been removed, on the left side, to the right, upon kuśa, the vessel is set mouth downward with "Om, you are a place for the fathers."

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

GaP 1 218.14

ॐ शुन्धन्तां लोकाः पितृसदनाः पितृसदनमसि । अधोमुखपात्त्रस्पर्शनम् । अमुकगोत्रेभ्यो ऽस्मत्पितृपितामह प्रपितामहेभ्यः सपत्नीकेभ्य एतानि गन्धपुष्पधूपदीपवासोगुणसोत्तरीययज्ञोपवीतानि वः स्वधा पितृतीर्थेन गन्धादिदानम् । गन्धादिदानमक्षय्यमस्तु । संकल्पसिद्धिरस्तु । ब्राह्मणवचनम् । एवं मातामहादीनामनुज्ञापनादिकर्म । ॐ यादिव्येतिभूमिसंमार्जनम् । ततो घृताक्तमन्नं गृहीत्वा दक्षिणोपवीती पितृब्राह्मणम् ॐ अग्नौ करणमहं करिष्ये । ॐ कुरुष्वेति तेनोक्ते ॐ अग्नये कव्यवाहनाय स्वाहा इति आहुतिद्वयं देवब्राह्मणहस्ते दत्त्वा अवशिष्टान्नं पिण्डार्थं स्थापयित्वा अपरमर्धं पित्रादिपात्रे मातामहादिपात्रे च निः क्षिपेत्

oṃ śundhantāṃ lokāḥ pitṛsadanāḥ pitṛsadanamasi / adhomukhapāttrasparśanam / amukagotrebhyo 'smatpitṛpitāmaha prapitāmahebhyaḥ sapatnīkebhya etāni gandhapuṣpadhūpadīpavāsoguṇasottarīyayajñopavītāni vaḥ svadhā pitṛtīrthena gandhādidānam / gandhādidānamakṣayyamastu / saṃkalpasiddhirastu / brāhmaṇavacanam / evaṃ mātāmahādīnāmanujñāpanādikarma / oṃ yādivyetibhūmisaṃmārjanam / tato ghṛtāktamannaṃ gṛhītvā dakṣiṇopavītī pitṛbrāhmaṇam oṃ agnau karaṇamahaṃ kariṣye / oṃ kuruṣveti tenokte oṃ agnaye kavyavāhanāya svāhā iti āhutidvayaṃ devabrāhmaṇahaste dattvā avaśiṣṭānnaṃ piṇḍārthaṃ sthāpayitvā aparamardhaṃ pitrādipātre mātāmahādipātre ca niḥ kṣipet

"Om, let the worlds that are the dwellings of the fathers be purified; you are the dwelling of the fathers" — with this the downturned vessel is touched. "For those of such-and-such gotra, our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, together with their wives: these — fragrance, flowers, incense, lamp, garment, cord, upper cloth and sacred threads — are yours, svadhā" — the giving of fragrance and the rest by the pitṛ-tīrtha. "May the gift of fragrance and the rest be imperishable. May the resolve be fulfilled" — the brahmin's utterance. In the same way is done the asking of permission and the rest for the maternal grandfather and the others. With "Om, yā divyā..." the ground is swept. Then, taking food smeared with ghee, with the thread over the right shoulder, (he says) to the pitṛ-brahmin: "Om, I shall make the offering into the fire." When he has said "Om, do so," saying "Om, to Agni the bearer of offerings to the fathers, svāhā," he gives two oblations into the hand of the deva-brahmin; and having set aside the remaining food for the piṇḍas, he should put the other half into the vessel of the father and the rest and into the vessel of the maternal grandfather and the rest.

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

GaP 1 218.15

पात्रमुद्रादि निधाय कुशं दत्त्वा अधोमुखाभ्यां पाणिभ्यां पात्रं गृहीत्वा ॐ पृथिवीते पात्रं द्यौरपिधानं ब्राह्मणस्य मुखे अमृते अमृतं जुहोमि स्वाहा पात्राभिमन्त्रणम् । इदं विष्णुर्विचक्रमे त्रेधा निदधे पदम् । समूढमस्य पांसुरे । विष्णो हव्यंरक्षस्व इत्यन्नमध्ये अधोमुखद्विजाङ्गुष्ठनिवेशनम्

pātramudrādi nidhāya kuśaṃ dattvā adhomukhābhyāṃ pāṇibhyāṃ pātraṃ gṛhītvā oṃ pṛthivīte pātraṃ dyaurapidhānaṃ brāhmaṇasya mukhe amṛte amṛtaṃ juhomi svāhā pātrābhimantraṇam / idaṃ viṣṇurvicakrame tredhā nidadhe padam / samūḍhamasya pāṃsure / viṣṇo havyaṃrakṣasva ityannamadhye adhomukhadvijāṅguṣṭhaniveśanam

Having set down the vessel-mark and the rest, and having given kuśa, taking the vessel with downturned hands: "Om, earth is your vessel, heaven its cover; in the mouth of the brahmin, in the immortal, I pour the immortal, svāhā" — this is the consecration of the vessel. "Thus did Viṣṇu stride; threefold he set down his step; it is gathered up in his dust. O Viṣṇu, guard the oblation" — with this the twice-born's thumb, turned downward, is set in the middle of the food.

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

GaP 1 218.16

अपहतेति त्रिर्यवविकिरणम् । ॐ निहन्मि सर्वं यदमेध्यवद्भवेद्धताश्च सर्वे ऽसुरदानवा मया । रक्षांसि यक्षाः सपिशाचसङ्घा हता मया यातुधानाश्च सर्वे इति सिद्धार्थविकिरणम्

apahateti triryavavikiraṇam / oṃ nihanmi sarvaṃ yadamedhyavadbhaveddhatāśca sarve 'suradānavā mayā / rakṣāṃsi yakṣāḥ sapiśācasaṅghā hatā mayā yātudhānāśca sarve iti siddhārthavikiraṇam

With "apahata..." barley is scattered three times. "Om, I strike down everything that may be impure; and all the asuras and dānavas are slain by me; the rakṣases, the yakṣas along with the troops of piśācas are slain by me, and all the sorcerers" — with this white mustard is scattered.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.17

ततो धूरिलोचनसंज्ञकेभ्योदवेभ्य एतदन्नं सघृतं सपानीयं सव्यञ्जनं स्वाहेति वारिकुशाद्यैरनुसङ्कल्पनम् । ॐ अन्नमिदमक्षय्यमस्तु ॐ संङ्कल्पसिद्धिरस्तु

tato dhūrilocanasaṃjñakebhyodavebhya etadannaṃ saghṛtaṃ sapānīyaṃ savyañjanaṃ svāheti vārikuśādyairanusaṅkalpanam / oṃ annamidamakṣayyamastu oṃ saṃṅkalpasiddhirastu

Then, "To the gods named Dhūrilocana this food, with ghee, with drink, with condiments, svāhā" — with this the accompanying resolve is made with water, kuśa and the rest. "Om, may this food be imperishable. Om, may the resolve be fulfilled."

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

GaP 1 218.18

ततो विपरीतोपवीतेन सव्यञ्जनं सघृतमन्नं पित्रादि ब्राह्मणपात्रे निधाय तदुपरि भूमिसंलग्नकुशं दत्त्वा ॐ पृथिवी ते पात्रं इति मन्त्रेण उत्तानाभ्यां पात्रं गृहीत्वा ॐ इदं विष्णोरित्यन्नोपरि उत्तानं द्विजाङ्गुष्ठं निवेशयेत् । ॐ अपहतेति तिलविकिरणम् । भूमिपातितवामजानुः अमुकगोत्रेभ्यः अस्मत्पितृपितामहेभ्यः सपत्नीकेभ्यः एतदन्नं सघृतं सपानीयं सव्यञ्जनं प्रतिषिद्धवर्जितं स्वधा । अन्नं सङ्कल्प्य ॐ ऊर्जं वहन्तीरमृतं घृत पयः कीलालं परिस्त्रुतं स्वधास्तु तर्पयत मे पितरम् । दक्षिणामुखवरिधारत्यागः

tato viparītopavītena savyañjanaṃ saghṛtamannaṃ pitrādi brāhmaṇapātre nidhāya tadupari bhūmisaṃlagnakuśaṃ dattvā oṃ pṛthivī te pātraṃ iti mantreṇa uttānābhyāṃ pātraṃ gṛhītvā oṃ idaṃ viṣṇorityannopari uttānaṃ dvijāṅguṣṭhaṃ niveśayet / oṃ apahateti tilavikiraṇam / bhūmipātitavāmajānuḥ amukagotrebhyaḥ asmatpitṛpitāmahebhyaḥ sapatnīkebhyaḥ etadannaṃ saghṛtaṃ sapānīyaṃ savyañjanaṃ pratiṣiddhavarjitaṃ svadhā / annaṃ saṅkalpya oṃ ūrjaṃ vahantīramṛtaṃ ghṛta payaḥ kīlālaṃ paristrutaṃ svadhāstu tarpayata me pitaram / dakṣiṇāmukhavaridhāratyāgaḥ

Then, with the thread reversed, having placed food with condiments and ghee in the vessel of the brahmin (representing) the father and the rest, and having laid on it kuśa touching the ground, taking the vessel with upturned hands with the mantra "Om, earth is your vessel," he should set the twice-born's upturned thumb upon the food with "Om, thus did Viṣṇu..." With "Om, they are struck away," sesame is scattered. With his left knee set on the ground: "For those of such-and-such gotra, our father and grandfather, together with their wives, this food with ghee, with drink, with condiments, free of what is forbidden, svadhā." Having thus resolved upon the food: "Om, (the waters) bearing strength, the immortal, ghee, milk, kīlāla, flowing all about — may this be svadhā; satisfy my father" — the pouring out of a stream of water facing south.

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

GaP 1 218.19

ॐ श्राद्धमिदमच्छिद्रमस्तु ॐ सङ्कल्पसिद्धरस्तु । ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वस्तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गोदेवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् इति विसजयित्वा ॐ मधुवाता ऋतायते मधुक्षरन्तु सिन्धवः माध्वीर्नः सन्त्वोषधीर्मधुनक्तमुतोषसो मधुत्पार्थिवं रजः । मधुद्यौरस्तु नः पिता मधुमान्नो वनस्पतिः मधुमानस्तु सूर्यो माध्वीर्गावो भवन्तु नः । मधु मधु मधु इति जपः

oṃ śrāddhamidamacchidramastu oṃ saṅkalpasiddharastu / oṃ bhūrbhuvaḥ svastatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargodevasya dhīmahi dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt iti visajayitvā oṃ madhuvātā ṛtāyate madhukṣarantu sindhavaḥ mādhvīrnaḥ santvoṣadhīrmadhunaktamutoṣaso madhutpārthivaṃ rajaḥ / madhudyaurastu naḥ pitā madhumānno vanaspatiḥ madhumānastu sūryo mādhvīrgāvo bhavantu naḥ / madhu madhu madhu iti japaḥ

"Om, may this śrāddha be without defect. Om, may the resolve be fulfilled." Having dismissed (them) with "Om, bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ, that excellent (light) of Savitṛ, the radiance of the god, may we meditate on, who shall impel our thoughts," the recitation: "Om, may the winds blow honey for him who keeps the law, may the rivers stream honey; may the plants be honeyed for us, honey by night and at dawn, may the earthly realm be honey; may heaven our father be honey, may the forest tree be full of honey for us, may the sun be full of honey, may the cows be honeyed for us. Honey, honey, honey."

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

GaP 1 218.20

यथासुखं वाग्यता जुषध्वम् इति ब्रूयात् । बुक्तवत्सु सप्तव्याधादिकं पितृस्तोत्रं जपेत् । तच्च-सप्तव्याधा दशार्णेषु मृगाः कालञ्जरे गिरौ । चक्रवाकाः शराद्वीपे हंसाः सरसि मानसे

yathāsukhaṃ vāgyatā juṣadhvam iti brūyāt / buktavatsu saptavyādhādikaṃ pitṛstotraṃ japet / tacca-saptavyādhā daśārṇeṣu mṛgāḥ kālañjare girau / cakravākāḥ śarādvīpe haṃsāḥ sarasi mānase

He should say, "Enjoy (the meal) at your ease, keeping silence." When they have eaten, he should recite the praise of the fathers beginning "seven hunters", namely: "Seven hunters among the Daśārṇas, deer on Mount Kālañjara, cakravāka birds on Śaradvīpa, geese on Lake Mānasa,"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.21

ते ऽभिजाताः कुरुक्षेत्रे ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः । प्रस्थिता दूरमध्वानं यूयं किमवसीदथ

te 'bhijātāḥ kurukṣetre brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ / prasthitā dūramadhvānaṃ yūyaṃ kimavasīdatha

"they were born in Kurukṣetra as brahmins who had gone to the end of the Vedas. You who have set out on a long road, why do you sink down?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.22

ततस्तृप्यस्व दक्षिणाभिमुखो वामोपवीती तदुत्सृष्टाग्रतः । ॐ अग्निदग्धाश्च ये जीवा ये ऽप्यदग्धाः कुले मम । भूमौ दत्तेन तृप्यन्तु तृप्ता यान्तु पराङ्गतिम् । इति भूमौ कुशोपरि सघृतमन्नं जलप्लुतं विकिरेत्

tatastṛpyasva dakṣiṇābhimukho vāmopavītī tadutsṛṣṭāgrataḥ / oṃ agnidagdhāśca ye jīvā ye 'pyadagdhāḥ kule mama / bhūmau dattena tṛpyantu tṛptā yāntu parāṅgatim / iti bhūmau kuśopari saghṛtamannaṃ jalaplutaṃ vikiret

Then, saying "Be satisfied," facing south, with the thread over the left shoulder, in front of what he has released: "Om, those of my family who were burnt by fire and those who are alive, and those too who were not burnt — let them be satisfied by what is given on the ground, and, satisfied, let them go to the highest course" — with this he should scatter on the ground upon kuśa food mixed with ghee and soaked with water.

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

GaP 1 218.23

ततो ब्राह्मणक्रमेण जलगण्डूषं दत्त्वा पूर्ववत्सव्याहृतिकां गायत्त्रीं मधुवातेतित्र्यृचं जप्त्वा ॐ रुचितं भवद्भिरिति देवब्राह्मणप्रश्रः । सुरुचितमिति तेनोक्ते ॐ शेषमन्नमिति प्रश्रः । इष्टैः सह भोजनम् । पित्रादिब्राह्मणं वामोपवीतेन ॐ तृप्ताः स्थ इति प्रश्रः । ॐ तृप्ताः स्म इति तेनोक्ते भूम्यभ्युक्षणं मण्डलचतुष्कोणं ति लविकिरणम्

tato brāhmaṇakrameṇa jalagaṇḍūṣaṃ dattvā pūrvavatsavyāhṛtikāṃ gāyattrīṃ madhuvātetitryṛcaṃ japtvā oṃ rucitaṃ bhavadbhiriti devabrāhmaṇapraśraḥ / surucitamiti tenokte oṃ śeṣamannamiti praśraḥ / iṣṭaiḥ saha bhojanam / pitrādibrāhmaṇaṃ vāmopavītena oṃ tṛptāḥ stha iti praśraḥ / oṃ tṛptāḥ sma iti tenokte bhūmyabhyukṣaṇaṃ maṇḍalacatuṣkoṇaṃ ti lavikiraṇam

Then, in the order of the brahmins, having given a mouthful of water, having recited as before the Gāyatrī with the vyāhṛtis and the three verses "madhu vātā...", the enquiry to the deva-brahmin: "Om, has it pleased you?" When he has said "It has pleased me well," the enquiry "Om, and the remaining food?" (Then) the meal together with those he wishes. To the brahmin (representing) the father and the rest, with the thread over the left shoulder, the enquiry: "Om, are you satisfied?" When he has said "Om, we are satisfied," (there follows) the sprinkling of the ground, a four-cornered figure, and the scattering of sesame.

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

GaP 1 218.24

ॐ अमुकगोत्र ! अस्मत्पितः ! अमुकदेवदर्शन् ! सपत्नीक ! एतत्ते पिण्डासनं स्वधा । इत्थं रेखामध्ये पितामहाय खव्याहृतिकां गायत्त्रीं मधुवातेति त्रर्जपन्नन्नं साज्यं पिण्डं कृत्वा कुशोपरि अमुकगोत्र अस्मत्पितः ! अमुकदेवश्रमन् ! सपत्नीक एष पिण्डस्ते स्वधा । इत्थं रेखामध्ये पितामहाय । ततः सव्याहृतिकां गायत्त्रीं मधुवातेति त्रिर्जंपन्पिण्डविकिरणं पिण्डान्तिके । ॐ लेपभुजः प्रीयन्तमिति स्तरण्कुशेषु हस्तमार्जनं प्रक्षालितपिण्डोदकेन ॐ अमुकगोत्र ! अस्मत्पितः ! अमुकशर्मन् सपत्नीक एतत्ते जलमवनेक्ष्व ये चात्रत्वामनुजाश्च त्वामनु तस्मै तेस्वधेति पितृपिण्डसेचनम् । पिण्डपात्रमधोमुखं कृत्वा बद्धाञ्जलिः ॐ पितरो मादयध्वं यथाभागमावृषायध्वमिति जपेत् । अपः स्पृष्ट्वा वामेन परावृत्त्य उदङ्मुखः प्राणांस्त्रिः संयम्य षड्भ्य ऋतुभ्यो नमः इति जपः

oṃ amukagotra ! asmatpitaḥ ! amukadevadarśan ! sapatnīka ! etatte piṇḍāsanaṃ svadhā / itthaṃ rekhāmadhye pitāmahāya khavyāhṛtikāṃ gāyattrīṃ madhuvāteti trarjapannannaṃ sājyaṃ piṇḍaṃ kṛtvā kuśopari amukagotra asmatpitaḥ ! amukadevaśraman ! sapatnīka eṣa piṇḍaste svadhā / itthaṃ rekhāmadhye pitāmahāya / tataḥ savyāhṛtikāṃ gāyattrīṃ madhuvāteti trirjaṃpanpiṇḍavikiraṇaṃ piṇḍāntike / oṃ lepabhujaḥ prīyantamiti staraṇkuśeṣu hastamārjanaṃ prakṣālitapiṇḍodakena oṃ amukagotra ! asmatpitaḥ ! amukaśarman sapatnīka etatte jalamavanekṣva ye cātratvāmanujāśca tvāmanu tasmai tesvadheti pitṛpiṇḍasecanam / piṇḍapātramadhomukhaṃ kṛtvā baddhāñjaliḥ oṃ pitaro mādayadhvaṃ yathābhāgamāvṛṣāyadhvamiti japet / apaḥ spṛṣṭvā vāmena parāvṛttya udaṅmukhaḥ prāṇāṃstriḥ saṃyamya ṣaḍbhya ṛtubhyo namaḥ iti japaḥ

"Om, O (father) of such-and-such gotra! our father! so-and-so Devaśarman! together with your wife! this is your seat for the piṇḍa, svadhā" — so in the middle of the line; likewise for the grandfather. Reciting the Gāyatrī with the vyāhṛtis and "madhu vātā" three times, he makes the food with ghee into a piṇḍa and (places it) upon kuśa: "O (father) of such-and-such gotra, our father, so-and-so Devaśarman, together with your wife, this piṇḍa is yours, svadhā" — so in the middle of the line; likewise for the grandfather. Then, reciting three times the Gāyatrī with the vyāhṛtis and "madhu vātā", the scattering (of food) beside the piṇḍa. With "Om, may the eaters of the smearings be pleased," the wiping of the hand upon the spread kuśas; with the water in which the piṇḍa (hand) was washed: "Om, O (father) of such-and-such gotra, our father, so-and-so Śarman, together with your wife, wash yourself with this water — and those who here follow after you: to him, to you, svadhā" — this is the sprinkling of the fathers' piṇḍa. Turning the piṇḍa-vessel mouth downward, with joined palms he should recite: "Om, fathers, rejoice; each take his share according to his portion." Having touched water, turning about by the left, facing north, restraining the breaths three times, the recitation: "Homage to the six seasons."

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

GaP 1 218.25

वामेनैव परावृत्य पुष्पदानम् । अक्षतञ्चारिष्टञ्चास्तु मे पुण्यं शान्तिपुष्टिदृ । दक्षिणामुखः अमी मदन्तः पितरो यथाभागमावृषायिषत इति जपः । वासः शिथिलीकृत्वाञ्जलिं कृत्वा ॐ नमो वः पितरो नमो वः इति जपः । गृहान्नः पितरो दत्त इति गृहवीक्षणम् । ततः सदा वः पितरो द्वेष्म इति वीक्ष्य एतद्वः पितरो वास इत्युच्चार्य अमुकगोत्र एतत्ते वासः स्वधा इति सूत्रदानम् । वामेन पाणिना उदकपात्रं गृहीत्वा ऊर्जं वहन्तीरमृतं घृतं पयः इत्यादि पिण्डोपरि धारात्यागः

vāmenaiva parāvṛtya puṣpadānam / akṣatañcāriṣṭañcāstu me puṇyaṃ śāntipuṣṭidṛ / dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ amī madantaḥ pitaro yathābhāgamāvṛṣāyiṣata iti japaḥ / vāsaḥ śithilīkṛtvāñjaliṃ kṛtvā oṃ namo vaḥ pitaro namo vaḥ iti japaḥ / gṛhānnaḥ pitaro datta iti gṛhavīkṣaṇam / tataḥ sadā vaḥ pitaro dveṣma iti vīkṣya etadvaḥ pitaro vāsa ityuccārya amukagotra etatte vāsaḥ svadhā iti sūtradānam / vāmena pāṇinā udakapātraṃ gṛhītvā ūrjaṃ vahantīramṛtaṃ ghṛtaṃ payaḥ ityādi piṇḍopari dhārātyāgaḥ

Turning round by the left, the giving of flowers. "May unbroken (grain) and freedom from harm be mine, (and) merit, peace and prosperity." Facing south, the muttering is: "These fathers here have feasted, they have satisfied themselves each according to his share." Loosening his garment and making the folded-hands gesture, the muttering is: "Om, homage to you, O fathers, homage to you." With "Give us houses, O fathers," the looking at the house. Then, having looked with "Always, O fathers, may we (dwell?) in you," and having uttered "This garment is yours, O fathers," the giving of the thread with "(O you) of such-and-such lineage, this garment is yours, svadhā." Taking the water-vessel with the left hand, the pouring of a stream over the balls with "(the waters) carrying vigour, ambrosia, ghee, milk," and so on.

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

GaP 1 218.26

पूर्वस्थापितपात्रशेषोदकैः प्रत्येकं पिण्डसेचनं-पिण्डमावाह्य गन्धादिदानं-पिण्डोपरि कुशपत्रञ्च दत्त्वा ॐ अक्षन्नमीमदन्तह्य व प्रिया अधूषत अस्तोषतस्वभानवो विप्रा नविष्ठयामती । यो जान्विन्द्र ते हरीति त्रिर्जपः

pūrvasthāpitapātraśeṣodakaiḥ pratyekaṃ piṇḍasecanaṃ-piṇḍamāvāhya gandhādidānaṃ-piṇḍopari kuśapatrañca dattvā oṃ akṣannamīmadantahya va priyā adhūṣata astoṣatasvabhānavo viprā naviṣṭhayāmatī / yo jānvindra te harīti trirjapaḥ

With the water remaining in the vessels set out earlier, the sprinkling of each ball; the invoking of the ball; the giving of scent and the rest; and, having placed a kuśa leaf upon the ball, the threefold muttering of "Om, these have eaten, they have feasted, the dear ones have shaken themselves off, the self-radiant ones have praised, the inspired ones with the newest hymn; (and) 'Which two bay horses of yours, Indra...'"

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

GaP 1 218.27

ॐ इत्थं मातामहादिब्राह्मणानामाचमनम् । ॐ सुसुप्रोक्षितमस्त्विति भूम्यभ्युक्षणं कृत्वा । ॐ अपां मध्ये स्थिता देवाः सर्वमप्सु प्रतिष्ठितम् । ब्राह्मणस्य करे न्यस्ताः शिवा आपो भवन्तु नः । शिवा आपः सन्त्विति ब्राह्मणहस्ते जलदानम् । लक्ष्मीर्वसतिपुष्पेषु लक्ष्मीर्वसति पुष्करे । लक्ष्मीर्वसति गोष्ठेषु सौमनस्यं सदास्तु ते । सौमनस्यमस्त्विति पुष्पदानम् । अक्षतं चास्तु मे पुण्यं शान्तिः पुष्टिर्धृतिश्च मे । यद्यच्छ्रेयस्करं लोके तत्तदस्तु सदा मम । ॐ अक्षतञ्चारिष्टञ्चास्तु इति यवतण्डुलदानम्

oṃ itthaṃ mātāmahādibrāhmaṇānāmācamanam / oṃ susuprokṣitamastviti bhūmyabhyukṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā / oṃ apāṃ madhye sthitā devāḥ sarvamapsu pratiṣṭhitam / brāhmaṇasya kare nyastāḥ śivā āpo bhavantu naḥ / śivā āpaḥ santviti brāhmaṇahaste jaladānam / lakṣmīrvasatipuṣpeṣu lakṣmīrvasati puṣkare / lakṣmīrvasati goṣṭheṣu saumanasyaṃ sadāstu te / saumanasyamastviti puṣpadānam / akṣataṃ cāstu me puṇyaṃ śāntiḥ puṣṭirdhṛtiśca me / yadyacchreyaskaraṃ loke tattadastu sadā mama / oṃ akṣatañcāriṣṭañcāstu iti yavataṇḍuladānam

Om, in this manner the sipping of water for the maternal grandfather and the other brahmins. Having sprinkled the ground with "Om, may it be well sprinkled," (then:) "Om, the gods abide in the midst of the waters, all is established in the waters; placed in the hand of the brahmin, may the waters be auspicious for us." With "May the waters be auspicious," the giving of water into the brahmin's hand. "Lakṣmī dwells in flowers, Lakṣmī dwells in the lotus, Lakṣmī dwells in cow-pens; may there always be gladness of mind for you." With "May there be gladness of mind," the giving of flowers. "May there be for me unbroken grain and merit, peace, prosperity and steadiness; and whatever in the world brings good, may that always be mine." With "Om, may there be unbroken (grain) and freedom from harm," the giving of barley and rice.

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

GaP 1 218.28

अमुकगोत्राणामस्मत्पितृपितामहप्रपितामहानां सपत्नीकानामिदमन्नपानादिकमक्षय्यमस्त्विति पित्रादिब्राह्मणहस्ते तिलजलदानम् । अस्त्विति ब्राह्मणो वदेत् । एतन्मातामहादीनामक्षय्यमाशिषः । ॐ अघोराः पितरः सन्तु गोत्रं नो वर्धतां--दातारो नो ऽभिवर्धन्तां वेदाः सन्ततिरेव च । श्रद्धा च नो मा व्यगमद्बहुदेयञ्च नो ऽस्त्विति । अन्नञ्च नो बहु भवेदतिथींश्च लभेमहि । याचितारश्च नः सन्तु मा च याचिष्म कञ्चन । एताः सत्याशिषः सन्तु

amukagotrāṇāmasmatpitṛpitāmahaprapitāmahānāṃ sapatnīkānāmidamannapānādikamakṣayyamastviti pitrādibrāhmaṇahaste tilajaladānam / astviti brāhmaṇo vadet / etanmātāmahādīnāmakṣayyamāśiṣaḥ / oṃ aghorāḥ pitaraḥ santu gotraṃ no vardhatāṃ--dātāro no 'bhivardhantāṃ vedāḥ santatireva ca / śraddhā ca no mā vyagamadbahudeyañca no 'stviti / annañca no bahu bhavedatithīṃśca labhemahi / yācitāraśca naḥ santu mā ca yāciṣma kañcana / etāḥ satyāśiṣaḥ santu

With "May this food, drink and the rest be inexhaustible for our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers of such-and-such lineage, together with their wives," the giving of sesame and water into the hand of the brahmin (representing) the father and the others. The brahmin should say "So be it." This is the inexhaustibility-blessing for the maternal grandfather and the rest. "Om, may the fathers be free of terror, may our lineage increase; may our givers prosper, and the Vedas, and our progeny; may faith not depart from us, and may we have much to give; and may our food be abundant, and may we obtain guests; and may there be those who ask from us, and may we not have to ask of anyone." May these blessings prove true.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.29

सौमनस्यमस्तु । अस्त्वित्युक्ते प्रदत्तपिण्डस्थाने अर्घ्यार्थपवित्रमोचनम् । कुशपवित्रं गृहीत्वातेन कुशेन पित्रादिब्राह्मणं स्पृष्ट्वा स्वधां वाचयिष्ये-ॐ वाच्यतां-ॐ पितृपितामहेभ्यो यथानामशर्मभ्यः सपत्नीकेभ्यः स्वधोच्यताम् । अस्तुस्वधा इत्युक्ते ऊर्जं वहन्तीरमृतं घृतमिति पिण्डोपरि वारिधारां दद्यात्

saumanasyamastu / astvityukte pradattapiṇḍasthāne arghyārthapavitramocanam / kuśapavitraṃ gṛhītvātena kuśena pitrādibrāhmaṇaṃ spṛṣṭvā svadhāṃ vācayiṣye-oṃ vācyatāṃ-oṃ pitṛpitāmahebhyo yathānāmaśarmabhyaḥ sapatnīkebhyaḥ svadhocyatām / astusvadhā ityukte ūrjaṃ vahantīramṛtaṃ ghṛtamiti piṇḍopari vāridhārāṃ dadyāt

"May there be gladness of mind." When "So be it" has been said, the release of the purifier for the sake of the arghya at the place where the balls were offered. Taking the kuśa purifier and touching with that kuśa the brahmin (representing) the father and the rest: "I shall have the svadhā pronounced — Om, let it be pronounced — Om, let the svadhā be pronounced for the fathers and grandfathers, of such-and-such names, together with their wives." When "Let the svadhā be" has been said, he should pour a stream of water over the balls with "(the waters) carrying vigour, ambrosia, ghee."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.30

ततः ॐ विश्वेदेवा अस्मिन्यज्ञे प्रीयन्ता--देवब्राह्मणहस्ते यवोदकदानम् । ॐ प्रीयन्तामिति तेनोक्ते ॐ देवताभ्य इति त्रिर्जपेत्

tataḥ oṃ viśvedevā asminyajñe prīyantā--devabrāhmaṇahaste yavodakadānam / oṃ prīyantāmiti tenokte oṃ devatābhya iti trirjapet

Then, "Om, may the All-gods be pleased at this sacrifice" — the giving of barley and water into the hand of the brahmin (representing) the gods. When he has said "Om, may they be pleased," one should mutter three times "Om, to the deities."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.31

अधोमुखः पिण्डपात्राणि चालयित्वा आचम्य दक्षिणोपवीती पूर्वाभिमुखः ॐ अमुकगोत्राय अमुकदेवशर्मणे ब्राह्मणाय सपत्नीकाय श्राद्धप्रतिष्ठार्थदक्षिणामेतद्रजतं तुभ्यमहं सम्प्रददे इति दक्षिणां दद्यात् । इति देवूब्राह्मणाय दक्षिणादानम्

adhomukhaḥ piṇḍapātrāṇi cālayitvā ācamya dakṣiṇopavītī pūrvābhimukhaḥ oṃ amukagotrāya amukadevaśarmaṇe brāhmaṇāya sapatnīkāya śrāddhapratiṣṭhārthadakṣiṇāmetadrajataṃ tubhyamahaṃ sampradade iti dakṣiṇāṃ dadyāt / iti devūbrāhmaṇāya dakṣiṇādānam

Facing downward, having shifted the ball-vessels, having sipped water, with the sacred thread over the right shoulder, facing east, he should give the fee, saying: "Om, to the brahmin of such-and-such lineage, of such-and-such name, together with his wife, I present this silver as the fee for the establishing of the śrāddha." Thus the giving of the fee to the brahmin (representing) the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.32

ततः पितृब्राह्मणे पिण्डाः सम्पन्ना इति प्रश्रः । सुसम्पन्ना इति पिण्डे क्षीरधारां दत्त्वा पिण्डचालनं अतिथिब्राह्मणे पिण्डपात्रमुत्तानं कृत्वा ॐ वाजे वाजे वत वाजिनो नो धनेषु विप्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । अस्यमध्वः पिबत मादयध्वं तृप्ता यात पथिभिर्देवयानैरिति पिण्डा दिविसर्जनं-आमावाजस्य प्रसवो जगम्यादेमे द्यावापृथिवी विश्वरूपे आमागन्तां पितरा चामा सोमो ऽमृतत्वेन गम्यात् । इति देवविसर्जनम् । ॐ अभिगम्यतामिति पितृब्राह्मणविसर्जनम् । ब्राह्मणैरनुद्गतस्य निवर्तनम् । गवादिषु पिण्डप्रतिपादनमिति शेषः

tataḥ pitṛbrāhmaṇe piṇḍāḥ sampannā iti praśraḥ / susampannā iti piṇḍe kṣīradhārāṃ dattvā piṇḍacālanaṃ atithibrāhmaṇe piṇḍapātramuttānaṃ kṛtvā oṃ vāje vāje vata vājino no dhaneṣu viprā amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ / asyamadhvaḥ pibata mādayadhvaṃ tṛptā yāta pathibhirdevayānairiti piṇḍā divisarjanaṃ-āmāvājasya prasavo jagamyādeme dyāvāpṛthivī viśvarūpe āmāgantāṃ pitarā cāmā somo 'mṛtatvena gamyāt / iti devavisarjanam / oṃ abhigamyatāmiti pitṛbrāhmaṇavisarjanam / brāhmaṇairanudgatasya nivartanam / gavādiṣu piṇḍapratipādanamiti śeṣaḥ

Then the question to the brahmin (representing) the fathers: "Are the balls complete?" With "They are well completed," having poured a stream of milk on the ball, the shifting of the ball; with the guest-brahmin, having turned the ball-vessel face upward: "Om, in contest after contest, you strong ones, (grant) us wealth; O inspired ones, immortal, knowers of truth, drink of this honey, rejoice, and go satisfied by the paths that lead to the gods" — thus the dismissal of the balls to heaven. "May the impulse of strength come to me; may these two, Heaven and Earth of all forms, come to me; may the two fathers (come) to me, and may Soma come to me with immortality." Thus the dismissal of the gods. With "Om, let (them) be approached," the dismissal of the brahmins (representing) the fathers. The turning back of him who is not escorted by the brahmins. The bestowal of the balls upon cows and the like — that is the remainder.

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

GaP 1 218.33

अयं श्राद्धविधिः प्रोक्तः पठितः पापनाशनः । अनेन विधिना श्राद्धं कृतं वै यत्र कुत्रचित्

ayaṃ śrāddhavidhiḥ proktaḥ paṭhitaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ / anena vidhinā śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ vai yatra kutracit

This rule of the śrāddha has been declared; recited, it destroys sin. A śrāddha performed by this rule, indeed, wherever (it be done)—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 218.34

अक्षया स्यात्पितॄणाञ्च स्वर्गप्राप्तिर्ध्रुवा तथा । इत्युक्तं पार्वणं श्राद्धं पितॄणां ब्रह्मलोकदम्

akṣayā syātpitṝṇāñca svargaprāptirdhruvā tathā / ityuktaṃ pārvaṇaṃ śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ brahmalokadam

—would be inexhaustible, and likewise the attainment of heaven for the fathers is assured. Thus has been declared the pārvaṇa śrāddha, which gives the fathers the world of Brahmā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition