Kurma Purana — Upari Vibhaga — Chapter 20
KuP 2 20.1
व्यास उवाच अथ श्राद्धममावास्यां प्राप्य कार्यं द्विजोत्तमैः । पिण्डान्वाहार्यकं भक्त्या भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्
vyāsa uvāca atha śrāddhamamāvāsyāṃ prāpya kāryaṃ dvijottamaiḥ / piṇḍānvāhāryakaṃ bhaktyā bhuktimuktiphalapradam
Vyāsa said: Next, on reaching the new-moon day the best of the twice-born should perform the śrāddha with devotion — the piṇḍānvāhārya, which yields the fruits of enjoyment and liberation.
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KuP 2 20.2
पिण्डान्वाहार्यकं श्राद्धं क्षीणे राजनि शस्यते । अपराह्ने द्विजातीनां प्रशस्तेनामिषेण च
piṇḍānvāhāryakaṃ śrāddhaṃ kṣīṇe rājani śasyate / aparāhne dvijātīnāṃ praśastenāmiṣeṇa ca
The piṇḍānvāhārya śrāddha is commended when the moon-king is waned, in the afternoon, for the twice-born, and with commended flesh-offering.
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KuP 2 20.3
प्रतिपत्प्रभृति ह्यन्यास्तिथयः कृष्णपक्षके । चतुर्दशीं वर्जयित्वा प्रशस्ता ह्युत्तरोत्तराः
pratipatprabhṛti hyanyāstithayaḥ kṛṣṇapakṣake / caturdaśīṃ varjayitvā praśastā hyuttarottarāḥ
In the dark fortnight the other lunar days, beginning with the first, excepting the fourteenth, are commended, each later one more so.
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KuP 2 20.4
अमावास्याष्टकास्तिस्त्रः पौषमासादिषु त्रिषु । तिस्त्रश्चान्वष्टकाः पुण्या माघी पञ्चदशी तथा
amāvāsyāṣṭakāstistraḥ pauṣamāsādiṣu triṣu / tistraścānvaṣṭakāḥ puṇyā māghī pañcadaśī tathā
The new moon, the three aṣṭakās in the three months beginning with Pauṣa, the three anvaṣṭakās, are meritorious, and likewise the fifteenth of Māgha.
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KuP 2 20.5
त्रयोदशी मघायुक्ता वर्षासु तु विशेषतः । शस्यापाकश्राद्धकाला नित्याः प्रोक्ता दिने दिने
trayodaśī maghāyuktā varṣāsu tu viśeṣataḥ / śasyāpākaśrāddhakālā nityāḥ proktā dine dine
And the thirteenth conjoined with (the asterism) Maghā, especially in the rainy season; the ripening of the crops — the times of the regular (nitya) śrāddhas are declared to be day by day.
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KuP 2 20.6
नैमित्तिकं तु कर्तव्यं ग्रहणे चन्द्रसूर्ययोः । बान्धवानां च मरणे नारकी स्यादतो ऽन्यथा
naimittikaṃ tu kartavyaṃ grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ / bāndhavānāṃ ca maraṇe nārakī syādato 'nyathā
But the occasional (śrāddha) is to be performed at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, and at the death of kinsmen; otherwise one becomes hell-bound.
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KuP 2 20.7
काम्यानि चैव श्राद्धानि शस्यान्ते ग्रहणादिषु । अयने विषुवे चैव व्यतीपाते ऽप्यनन्तकम्
kāmyāni caiva śrāddhāni śasyānte grahaṇādiṣu / ayane viṣuve caiva vyatīpāte 'pyanantakam
And the optional śrāddhas are commended at eclipses and the like; at a solstice, at an equinox, and at a vyatīpāta too (the fruit is) endless.
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KuP 2 20.8
संक्रान्त्यमक्षयं श्राद्धं तथा जन्मदिनेष्वपि । नक्षत्रेषु च सर्वेषु कार्यं काम्यं विशेषतः
saṃkrāntyamakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ tathā janmadineṣvapi / nakṣatreṣu ca sarveṣu kāryaṃ kāmyaṃ viśeṣataḥ
At a solstitial/zodiacal transit the śrāddha is imperishable, and likewise on birthdays; and under all the asterisms the optional (śrāddha) should especially be performed.
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KuP 2 20.9
स्वर्गं च लभते कृत्वा कृत्तिकासु द्विजोत्तमः । अपत्यमथ रोहिण्यां सौम्ये तु ब्रह्मवर्चसम्
svargaṃ ca labhate kṛtvā kṛttikāsu dvijottamaḥ / apatyamatha rohiṇyāṃ saumye tu brahmavarcasam
Performing it under the Kṛttikās the best of the twice-born gains heaven; under Rohiṇī, offspring; under Saumya (Mṛgaśiras), brahminical lustre.
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KuP 2 20.10
रौद्राणां कर्मणां सिद्धिमार्द्रायां शौर्यमेव च । पुनर्वसौ तथा भूमिं श्रियं पुष्ये तथैव च
raudrāṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ siddhimārdrāyāṃ śauryameva ca / punarvasau tathā bhūmiṃ śriyaṃ puṣye tathaiva ca
Under Ārdrā, success in fierce deeds and valour; under Punarvasu, land; and under Puṣya, prosperity.
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KuP 2 20.11
सर्वान् कामांस्तथा सार्पे पित्र्ये सौभाग्यमेव च । अर्यम्णे तु धनं विन्द्यात् फाल्गुन्यां पापनाशनम्
sarvān kāmāṃstathā sārpe pitrye saubhāgyameva ca / aryamṇe tu dhanaṃ vindyāt phālgunyāṃ pāpanāśanam
Under the serpent's (Āśleṣā), all desires; under the ancestral (Maghā), good fortune; under Aryaman's (Uttaraphālgunī) he would obtain wealth; under (Pūrva)phālgunī, destruction of sin.
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KuP 2 20.12
ज्ञातिश्रैष्ठ्यं तथा हस्ते चित्रायां च बहून् सुतान् । वाणिज्यसिद्धिं स्वातौ तु विशाखासु सुवर्णकम्
jñātiśraiṣṭhyaṃ tathā haste citrāyāṃ ca bahūn sutān / vāṇijyasiddhiṃ svātau tu viśākhāsu suvarṇakam
Under Hasta, pre-eminence among kinsmen; under Citrā, many sons; under Svātī, success in trade; under the Viśākhās, gold.
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KuP 2 20.13
मैत्रे बहूनि मित्राणि राज्यं शाक्रे तथैव च । मूले कृषिं लभेद् यानसिद्धिमाप्ये समुद्रतः
maitre bahūni mitrāṇi rājyaṃ śākre tathaiva ca / mūle kṛṣiṃ labhed yānasiddhimāpye samudrataḥ
Under Maitra (Anurādhā), many friends; under Śakra's (Jyeṣṭhā), kingship; under Mūla he would obtain agriculture; under Āpya (Pūrvāṣāḍhā), success of voyages by sea.
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KuP 2 20.14
सर्वान् कामान् वैश्वदेवे श्रैष्ठ्यं तु श्रवणे पुनः । श्रविष्ठायां तथा कामान् वारुणे च परं बलम्
sarvān kāmān vaiśvadeve śraiṣṭhyaṃ tu śravaṇe punaḥ / śraviṣṭhāyāṃ tathā kāmān vāruṇe ca paraṃ balam
Under Vaiśvadeva (Uttarāṣāḍhā), all desires; under Śravaṇa, again, pre-eminence; under Śraviṣṭhā, likewise desires; and under Vāruṇa (Śatabhiṣaj), supreme strength.
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KuP 2 20.15
अजैकपादे कुप्यं स्यादहिर्बुध्ने गृहं शुभम् । रेवत्यां बहवो गावो ह्यश्विन्यां तुरगांस्तथा । याम्ये ऽथ जीवनं तत् स्याद्यदि श्राद्धं प्रयच्छति
ajaikapāde kupyaṃ syādahirbudhne gṛhaṃ śubham / revatyāṃ bahavo gāvo hyaśvinyāṃ turagāṃstathā / yāmye 'tha jīvanaṃ tat syādyadi śrāddhaṃ prayacchati
Under Ajaikapād (Pūrvabhādrapadā) there would be base metals; under Ahirbudhna (Uttarabhādrapadā), a fine house; under Revatī, many cows; under Aśvinī, horses; and under the southern (Bharaṇī) there would be livelihood — if one offers the śrāddha.
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KuP 2 20.16
आदित्यवारे त्वारोग्यं चन्द्रे सौभाग्यमेव च । कौजे सर्वत्र विजयं सर्वान् कामान् बुधस्य तु
ādityavāre tvārogyaṃ candre saubhāgyameva ca / kauje sarvatra vijayaṃ sarvān kāmān budhasya tu
On Sunday, health; on Monday, good fortune; on Mars' day, victory everywhere; but on Mercury's, all desires.
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KuP 2 20.17
विद्यामभीष्टा जीवे तु धनं वै भार्गवे पुनः । शमैश्वरे लभेदायुः प्रतिपत्सु सुतान् शुभान्
vidyāmabhīṣṭā jīve tu dhanaṃ vai bhārgave punaḥ / śamaiśvare labhedāyuḥ pratipatsu sutān śubhān
On Jupiter's (day), the knowledge one wishes; on Venus' day, again, wealth; on Saturn's he would gain long life; on the first lunar days, good sons.
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KuP 2 20.18
कन्यकां वै द्वितीयायां तृतीयायां तु वन्दिनः । पशून्क्षुद्रांश्चतुर्थ्यां तु पञ्चम्यांशोभनान् सुतान्
kanyakāṃ vai dvitīyāyāṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ tu vandinaḥ / paśūnkṣudrāṃścaturthyāṃ tu pañcamyāṃśobhanān sutān
On the second, a daughter; on the third, bards; on the fourth, small cattle; on the fifth, excellent sons.
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KuP 2 20.19
षष्ट्यां द्यूतं कृषिं चापि सप्तम्यां लभते नरः । अष्टम्यामपि वाणिज्यं लभते श्राद्धदः सदा
ṣaṣṭyāṃ dyūtaṃ kṛṣiṃ cāpi saptamyāṃ labhate naraḥ / aṣṭamyāmapi vāṇijyaṃ labhate śrāddhadaḥ sadā
On the sixth (a man obtains) gambling, and on the seventh agriculture; on the eighth too the giver of śrāddha always obtains trade.
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KuP 2 20.20
स्यान्नवम्यामेकखुरं दशम्यां द्विखुरं बहु । एकादश्यां तथा रूप्यं ब्रह्मवर्चस्विनः सुतान्
syānnavamyāmekakhuraṃ daśamyāṃ dvikhuraṃ bahu / ekādaśyāṃ tathā rūpyaṃ brahmavarcasvinaḥ sutān
On the ninth (day) there would be single-hoofed animals, on the tenth many cloven-hoofed ones; and on the eleventh, silver, and sons possessed of Vedic splendour.
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KuP 2 20.21
द्वादश्यां जातरूपं च रजतं कुप्यमेव च । ज्ञातिश्रैष्ठ्यं त्रयोदश्यां चतुर्दश्यां तु क्रुप्रजाः । पञ्चदश्यां सर्वकामानाप्नोति श्राद्धदः सदा
dvādaśyāṃ jātarūpaṃ ca rajataṃ kupyameva ca / jñātiśraiṣṭhyaṃ trayodaśyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ tu kruprajāḥ / pañcadaśyāṃ sarvakāmānāpnoti śrāddhadaḥ sadā
On the twelfth, gold, and silver, and base metal too; on the thirteenth, pre-eminence among kinsmen; but on the fourteenth, cruel offspring. On the fifteenth the giver of the śrāddha always obtains all his desires.
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KuP 2 20.22
तस्माच्छ्राद्धं न कर्तव्यं चतुर्दश्यां द्विजातिभिः । शस्त्रेण तु हतानां वै तत्र श्राद्धं प्रकल्पयेत्
tasmācchrāddhaṃ na kartavyaṃ caturdaśyāṃ dvijātibhiḥ / śastreṇa tu hatānāṃ vai tatra śrāddhaṃ prakalpayet
Therefore the śrāddha should not be performed on the fourteenth by the twice-born; but for those slain by a weapon one may indeed appoint the śrāddha on that (day).
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KuP 2 20.23
द्रव्यब्राह्मणसंपत्तौ न कालनियमः कृतः । तस्माद् भोगापवर्गार्थं श्राद्धं कुर्युर्द्विजातयः
dravyabrāhmaṇasaṃpattau na kālaniyamaḥ kṛtaḥ / tasmād bhogāpavargārthaṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryurdvijātayaḥ
When the materials and the brahmins are at hand, no restriction of time has been laid down; therefore the twice-born should perform the śrāddha for the sake of enjoyment and release.
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KuP 2 20.24
कर्मारम्भेषु सर्वेषु कुर्यादाभ्युदयं पुनः । पुत्रजन्मादिषु श्राद्धं पार्वणं पर्वणि स्मृतम्
karmārambheṣu sarveṣu kuryādābhyudayaṃ punaḥ / putrajanmādiṣu śrāddhaṃ pārvaṇaṃ parvaṇi smṛtam
At the commencement of all rites one should further perform the ābhyudayika (prosperity) śrāddha; at the birth of a son and the like (that śrāddha is done), while the pārvaṇa is prescribed at the (lunar) junctures.
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KuP 2 20.25
अहन्यहनि नित्यं स्यात् काम्यं नैमित्तिकं पुनः । एकोद्दिष्टादि विज्ञेयं वृद्धिश्राद्धं तु पार्वणम्
ahanyahani nityaṃ syāt kāmyaṃ naimittikaṃ punaḥ / ekoddiṣṭādi vijñeyaṃ vṛddhiśrāddhaṃ tu pārvaṇam
Day by day there would be the obligatory (nitya) one; then the optional (kāmya) and the occasional (naimittika). The ekoddiṣṭa and the rest are to be known (as such), while the prosperity-śrāddha is the pārvaṇa.
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KuP 2 20.26
एतत् पञ्चविधं श्राद्धं मनुना परिकीर्तितम् । यात्रायां षष्ठमाख्यातं तत्प्रयत्नेन पालयेत्
etat pañcavidhaṃ śrāddhaṃ manunā parikīrtitam / yātrāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhamākhyātaṃ tatprayatnena pālayet
This fivefold śrāddha has been proclaimed by Manu; a sixth is declared (to be done) on a journey — one should maintain that with care.
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KuP 2 20.27
शुद्धये सप्तमं श्राद्धं ब्रह्मणा परिभाषितम् । दैविकं चाष्टमं श्राद्धं यत्कृत्वा मुच्यते भयात्
śuddhaye saptamaṃ śrāddhaṃ brahmaṇā paribhāṣitam / daivikaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ śrāddhaṃ yatkṛtvā mucyate bhayāt
The seventh śrāddha, for purification, has been laid down by Brahmā; and the eighth is the divine (daivika) śrāddha, by performing which one is freed from fear.
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KuP 2 20.28
संध्यारात्र्योर्न कर्तव्यं राहोरन्यत्र दर्शनात् । देशानां च विशेषेण भवेत् पुण्यमनन्तकम्
saṃdhyārātryorna kartavyaṃ rāhoranyatra darśanāt / deśānāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa bhavet puṇyamanantakam
It is not to be performed at twilight or at night, except at the appearance of Rāhu (i.e. an eclipse); and by the special (merit) of places the merit (of it) becomes endless.
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KuP 2 20.29
गङ्गायामक्षयं श्राद्धं प्रयागे ऽमरकण्टके । गायन्ति पितरो गाथां कीर्तयन्ति मनीषिणः
gaṅgāyāmakṣayaṃ śrāddhaṃ prayāge 'marakaṇṭake / gāyanti pitaro gāthāṃ kīrtayanti manīṣiṇaḥ
On the Gaṅgā the śrāddha is imperishable, and at Prayāga and at Amarakaṇṭaka. The fathers sing a song (about this), and the wise recite it:
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KuP 2 20.30
एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्राः शीलवन्तो गुणान्विताः । तेषां तु समवेतानां यद्येको ऽपि गायां व्रजेत्
eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrāḥ śīlavanto guṇānvitāḥ / teṣāṃ tu samavetānāṃ yadyeko 'pi gāyāṃ vrajet
"Many sons should be desired, of good conduct and endowed with virtues, so that of them, when they are gathered together, at least one may go to Gayā.
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KuP 2 20.31
गयां प्राप्यानुषङ्गेण यदि श्राद्धं समाचरेत् । तारिताः पितरस्तेन स याति परमां गतिम्
gayāṃ prāpyānuṣaṅgeṇa yadi śrāddhaṃ samācaret / tāritāḥ pitarastena sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
If, having reached Gayā, he should perform the śrāddha even incidentally, by him the fathers are carried across, and he goes to the highest state."
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KuP 2 20.32
वराहपर्वते चैव गङ्गायां वै विशेषतः । वाराणस्यां विशेषेण यत्र देवः स्वयं हरः
varāhaparvate caiva gaṅgāyāṃ vai viśeṣataḥ / vārāṇasyāṃ viśeṣeṇa yatra devaḥ svayaṃ haraḥ
And on the Boar Mountain (Varāha), and on the Gaṅgā especially, and particularly at Vārāṇasī, where the god Hara himself (dwells);
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KuP 2 20.33
गङ्गाद्वारे प्रभासे च बिल्वके नीलपर्वते । कुरुक्षेत्रे च कुब्जाम्रे भृगुतुङ्गे महालये
gaṅgādvāre prabhāse ca bilvake nīlaparvate / kurukṣetre ca kubjāmre bhṛgutuṅge mahālaye
at Gaṅgādvāra and at Prabhāsa, at Bilvaka, on the Blue Mountain, at Kurukṣetra and at Kubjāmra, at Bhṛgutuṅga, at Mahālaya;
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KuP 2 20.34
केदारे फल्गुतीर्थे च नैमिषारण्य एव च । सरस्वत्यां विशेषेण पुष्करेषु विशेषतः
kedāre phalgutīrthe ca naimiṣāraṇya eva ca / sarasvatyāṃ viśeṣeṇa puṣkareṣu viśeṣataḥ
at Kedāra and at the Phalgu ford, and in the Naimiṣa forest, and especially on the Sarasvatī, and particularly at the Puṣkaras;
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KuP 2 20.35
नर्मदायां कुशावर्ते श्रीशैले भद्रकर्णके । वेत्रवत्यां विपाशायां गोदावर्यां विशेषतः
narmadāyāṃ kuśāvarte śrīśaile bhadrakarṇake / vetravatyāṃ vipāśāyāṃ godāvaryāṃ viśeṣataḥ
on the Narmadā, at Kuśāvarta, at Śrīśaila, at Bhadrakarṇaka, on the Vetravatī, on the Vipāśā, and especially on the Godāvarī;
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KuP 2 20.36
एवमादिषु चान्येषु तीर्थेषु पुलिनेषु च । नदीनां चैव तीरेषु तुष्यन्ति पितरः सदा
evamādiṣu cānyeṣu tīrtheṣu pulineṣu ca / nadīnāṃ caiva tīreṣu tuṣyanti pitaraḥ sadā
and at other sacred fords beginning with these, and on sandbanks, and on the banks of rivers, the fathers are always pleased.
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KuP 2 20.37
व्रीहिभिश्च यवैर्माषैरद्भिर्मूलफलेन वा । श्यामाकैश्च यवैः शाकैर्नोवारैश्च प्रियङ्गुभिः । गौधूमैश्च तिलैर्मुद्गैर्मासं प्रीणयते पितॄन्
vrīhibhiśca yavairmāṣairadbhirmūlaphalena vā / śyāmākaiśca yavaiḥ śākairnovāraiśca priyaṅgubhiḥ / gaudhūmaiśca tilairmudgairmāsaṃ prīṇayate pitṝn
With rice, with barley, with beans, with water, or with roots and fruit; with śyāmāka grain, with barley, with greens, with wild rice and with priyaṅgu; with wheat, with sesame, with mung beans, one gratifies the fathers for a month.
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KuP 2 20.38
आम्रान् पाने रतानिक्षून् मृद्वीकांश्च सदाडिमान् । विदार्याश्च भरण्डाश्च श्राद्धकाले प्रादपयेत्
āmrān pāne ratānikṣūn mṛdvīkāṃśca sadāḍimān / vidāryāśca bharaṇḍāśca śrāddhakāle prādapayet
Mangoes... sugarcanes, and grapes, together with pomegranates, and vidārī roots and bharaṇḍas, he should offer at the time of the śrāddha.
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KuP 2 20.39
लाजान् मधुयुतान् दद्यात् सक्तून् शर्करया सह । दद्याच्छ्राद्धे प्रयत्नेन शृङ्गाटककशेरुकान्
lājān madhuyutān dadyāt saktūn śarkarayā saha / dadyācchrāddhe prayatnena śṛṅgāṭakakaśerukān
He should give parched grain mixed with honey, and barley-meal together with sugar; at the śrāddha he should carefully give water-chestnuts and kaseruka roots.
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KuP 2 20.40
द्वौ मासौ मत्स्यमांसेन त्रीन् मासान् हारिणेनतु । औरभ्रेणाथ चतुरः शाकुनेनेह पञ्च तु
dvau māsau matsyamāṃsena trīn māsān hāriṇenatu / aurabhreṇātha caturaḥ śākuneneha pañca tu
With fish flesh (the ancestors are satisfied) for two months, with venison for three months, with mutton for four, and here with fowl for five.
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KuP 2 20.41
षण्मासांश्छागमांसेन पार्षतेनाथ सप्त वै । अष्टावेणस्य मांसेन रौरवेण नवैव तु
ṣaṇmāsāṃśchāgamāṃsena pārṣatenātha sapta vai / aṣṭāveṇasya māṃsena rauraveṇa navaiva tu
For six months with goat's flesh, and for seven with that of the spotted deer, for eight with the flesh of the eṇa antelope, and for nine indeed with that of the ruru deer.
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KuP 2 20.42
दशमासांस्तु तृप्यन्ति वराहमहिषामिषैः । शशकूर्मर्योर्मांसेन मासानेकादशैव तु
daśamāsāṃstu tṛpyanti varāhamahiṣāmiṣaiḥ / śaśakūrmaryormāṃsena māsānekādaśaiva tu
With the flesh of boar and buffalo they are satisfied for ten months, and with the flesh of hare and tortoise for eleven months.
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KuP 2 20.43
संवत्सरं तु गव्येन पयसा पायसेन तु । वार्ध्रोणसस्य मांसेन तृप्तिर्द्वादशवार्षिकी
saṃvatsaraṃ tu gavyena payasā pāyasena tu / vārdhroṇasasya māṃsena tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī
For a full year with cow's milk and with milk-rice; and with the flesh of the vārdhrīṇasa (bird) the satisfaction lasts twelve years.
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KuP 2 20.44
कालशाकं महाशल्कं खङ्गलोहामिषं मधु । आनन्त्यायैव कल्पन्ते मुन्यन्नानि च सर्वशः
kālaśākaṃ mahāśalkaṃ khaṅgalohāmiṣaṃ madhu / ānantyāyaiva kalpante munyannāni ca sarvaśaḥ
Kālaśāka greens, the mahāśalka (large-scaled fish), rhinoceros flesh, honey, and the foods of ascetics in every kind — these serve for endless (satisfaction).
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KuP 2 20.45
क्रीत्वा लब्ध्वा स्वयं वाथ मृतानाहृत्य वा द्विजः । दद्याच्छ्राद्धे प्रयत्नेन तदस्याक्षयमुच्यते
krītvā labdhvā svayaṃ vātha mṛtānāhṛtya vā dvijaḥ / dadyācchrāddhe prayatnena tadasyākṣayamucyate
Having bought (it), or obtained (it), or (procured it) himself, or having brought creatures that have died, the twice-born should offer (it) carefully at the śrāddha; that of his is said to be imperishable.
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KuP 2 20.46
पिप्पलीं क्रमुकं चैव तथा चैव मसूरकम् । कूष्माण्डालाबुवार्ताकान् भूस्तृणं सुरसं तथा
pippalīṃ kramukaṃ caiva tathā caiva masūrakam / kūṣmāṇḍālābuvārtākān bhūstṛṇaṃ surasaṃ tathā
Long pepper, the areca nut, and likewise lentils, pumpkins, gourds, eggplants, fragrant grass, and basil —
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KuP 2 20.47
कुसुम्भपिण्डमूलं वै तन्दुलीयकमेव च । राजमाषांस्तथा क्षीरं माहिषं च विवर्जयेत्
kusumbhapiṇḍamūlaṃ vai tandulīyakameva ca / rājamāṣāṃstathā kṣīraṃ māhiṣaṃ ca vivarjayet
safflower, the piṇḍamūla root, and amaranth greens, and also cowpeas, and buffalo milk — (these) he should avoid.
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KuP 2 20.48
कोद्रवान् कोविदारांश्चपालक्यान् मरिचांस्तथा । वर्जयेत् सर्वयत्नेन श्राद्धकाले द्विजोत्तमः
kodravān kovidārāṃścapālakyān maricāṃstathā / varjayet sarvayatnena śrāddhakāle dvijottamaḥ
Kodrava grain, kovidāra (blossoms), spinach, and pepper — the best of the twice-born should avoid (these) with every effort at the time of the śrāddha.
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