Matsya Purana — Chapter 18
MtP 18.1
एकोद्दिष्टमतो वक्ष्ये यदुक्तं चक्रपाणिना मृते पुत्रैर्यथा कार्यम् आशौचं च पितर्यपि
ekoddiṣṭamato vakṣye yaduktaṃ cakrapāṇinā mṛte putrairyathā kāryam āśaucaṃ ca pitaryapi
Next I shall declare the ekoddiṣṭa (rite for a single deceased), as it was stated by the Discus-bearer, and how the impurity is to be observed by sons when the father too has died.
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MtP 18.2
दशाहं शावमाशौचं ब्राह्मणेषु विधीयते क्षत्रियेषु दश द्वे च पक्षं वैश्येषु चैव हि
daśāhaṃ śāvamāśaucaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu vidhīyate kṣatriyeṣu daśa dve ca pakṣaṃ vaiśyeṣu caiva hi
A death-impurity of ten days is prescribed among brāhmaṇas, twelve among kṣatriyas, and a fortnight among vaiśyas.
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MtP 18.3
शूद्रेषु मासमाशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते नैशं वाकृतचूडस्य त्रिरात्रं परतः स्मृतम्
śūdreṣu māsamāśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate naiśaṃ vākṛtacūḍasya trirātraṃ parataḥ smṛtam
Among śūdras a month's impurity is prescribed for those of the same piṇḍa; but for one whose tonsure has not been performed it is (only) of a night, and thereafter three nights are held (proper).
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MtP 18.4
जनने ऽप्येवमेव स्यात् सर्ववर्णेषु सर्वदा तथास्थिसंचयाद् ऊर्ध्वम् अङ्गस्पर्शो विधीयते
janane 'pyevameva syāt sarvavarṇeṣu sarvadā tathāsthisaṃcayād ūrdhvam aṅgasparśo vidhīyate
At a birth too it should be just the same, always among all classes; likewise after the collecting of the bones the touching of the body (of the mourners) is permitted.
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MtP 18.5
प्रेताय पिण्डदानं तु द्वादशाहं समाचरेत् पाथेयं तस्य तत्प्रोक्तं यतः प्रीतिकरं महत्
pretāya piṇḍadānaṃ tu dvādaśāhaṃ samācaret pātheyaṃ tasya tatproktaṃ yataḥ prītikaraṃ mahat
But the giving of piṇḍas to the departed one should be carried out for twelve days; that is called his provision for the road, since it gives him great pleasure.
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MtP 18.6
तस्मात्प्रेतपुरं प्रेतो द्वादशाहं न नीयते गृहं पुत्रं कलत्रं च द्वादशाहं प्रपश्यति
tasmātpretapuraṃ preto dvādaśāhaṃ na nīyate gṛhaṃ putraṃ kalatraṃ ca dvādaśāhaṃ prapaśyati
Therefore the departed one is not led to the city of the dead for twelve days; for twelve days he beholds his house, his son and his wife.
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MtP 18.7
तस्मान्निधेयमाकाशे दशरात्रं पयस्तथा सर्वदाहोपशान्त्यर्थम् अध्वश्रमविनाशनम्
tasmānnidheyamākāśe daśarātraṃ payastathā sarvadāhopaśāntyartham adhvaśramavināśanam
Therefore milk should be set out in the open air for ten nights, for the allaying of all his burning, and as the remover of the fatigue of the journey.
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MtP 18.8
तत एकादशाहे तु द्विजानेकादशैव तु क्षत्रादिः सूतकान्ते तु भोजयेदयुजो द्विजान्
tata ekādaśāhe tu dvijānekādaśaiva tu kṣatrādiḥ sūtakānte tu bhojayedayujo dvijān
Then on the eleventh day (one should feed) just eleven brāhmaṇas; but one of the kṣatriya class and the rest should feed an odd number of brāhmaṇas at the end of the impurity period.
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MtP 18.9
द्वितीये ऽह्नि पुनस्तद्वद् एकोद्दिष्टं समाचरेत् आवाहनाग्नौकरणं दैवहीनं विधानतः
dvitīye 'hni punastadvad ekoddiṣṭaṃ samācaret āvāhanāgnaukaraṇaṃ daivahīnaṃ vidhānataḥ
On the second day one should again likewise perform the ekoddiṣṭa, with the invocation and the offering into the fire, but without the portion for the gods, according to rule.
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MtP 18.10
एकं पवित्रमेको ऽर्घ एकः पिण्डो विधीयते उपतिष्ठतामित्येतद् देयं पश्चात्तिलोदकम्
ekaṃ pavitrameko 'rgha ekaḥ piṇḍo vidhīyate upatiṣṭhatāmityetad deyaṃ paścāttilodakam
One purifier (of grass), one arghya, one piṇḍa is prescribed; and this (formula) "let them attend" is to be spoken, and afterwards sesame with water is to be given.
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MtP 18.11
स्वदितं विकिरेद्ब्रूयाद् विसर्गे चाभिरम्यताम् शेषं पूर्ववदत्रापि कार्यं वेदविदा पितुः
svaditaṃ vikiredbrūyād visarge cābhiramyatām śeṣaṃ pūrvavadatrāpi kāryaṃ vedavidā pituḥ
He should scatter (the food) and say "has it been relished?", and at the dismissal, "let there be satisfaction"; the rest here too is to be done by one who knows the Veda as before, for the father.
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MtP 18.12
अनेन विधिना सर्वम् अनुमासं समाचरेत् सूतकान्ताद्द्वितीये ऽह्नि शय्यां दद्याद्विलक्षणाम्
anena vidhinā sarvam anumāsaṃ samācaret sūtakāntāddvitīye 'hni śayyāṃ dadyādvilakṣaṇām
By this procedure one should perform everything month by month; on the second day from the end of the impurity he should give an excellent bed,
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MtP 18.13
काञ्चनं पुरुषं तद्वत् फलवस्त्रसमन्विताम् संपूज्य द्विजदाम्पत्यं नानाभरणभूषणैः
kāñcanaṃ puruṣaṃ tadvat phalavastrasamanvitām saṃpūjya dvijadāmpatyaṃ nānābharaṇabhūṣaṇaiḥ
and likewise a golden man, (the bed) furnished with fruits and cloth, after honouring a brāhmaṇa couple with various ornaments and adornments.
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MtP 18.14
वृषोत्सर्गं प्रकुर्वीत देया च कपिला शुभा उदकुम्भश्च दातव्यो भक्ष्यभोज्यसमन्वितः
vṛṣotsargaṃ prakurvīta deyā ca kapilā śubhā udakumbhaśca dātavyo bhakṣyabhojyasamanvitaḥ
He should perform the release of a bull, and an auspicious tawny cow is to be given, and a water-jar is to be given together with foods to chew and to eat,
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MtP 18.15
यावदब्दं नरश्रेष्ठ सतिलोदकपूर्वकम् ततः संवत्सरे पूर्णे सपिण्डीकरणं भवेत्
yāvadabdaṃ naraśreṣṭha satilodakapūrvakam tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ bhavet
for a full year, O best of men, preceded each time by (offering of) sesame and water. Then, when the year is complete, the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa takes place.
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MtP 18.16
सपिण्डीकरणादूर्ध्वं प्रेतः पार्वणभाग्भवेत् वृद्धिपूर्वेषु योग्यश्च गृहस्थश्च भवेत्ततः
sapiṇḍīkaraṇādūrdhvaṃ pretaḥ pārvaṇabhāgbhavet vṛddhipūrveṣu yogyaśca gṛhasthaśca bhavettataḥ
After the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa the departed one becomes a sharer in the pārvaṇa (offerings), and fit for the prosperity-rites and the rest, and from then on he becomes a householder (among the fathers).
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MtP 18.17
सपिण्डीकरणे श्राद्धे देवपूर्वं नियोजयेत् पितॄन् निवासयेत्तत्र पृथक्प्रेतं विनिर्दिशेत्
sapiṇḍīkaraṇe śrāddhe devapūrvaṃ niyojayet pitṝn nivāsayettatra pṛthakpretaṃ vinirdiśet
At the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa śrāddha one should engage (the rite) with the gods first; there one should seat the fathers, and should designate the departed one separately.
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MtP 18.18
गन्धोदकतिलैर्युक्तं कुर्यात्पात्रचतुष्टयम् अर्घार्थं पितृपात्रेषु प्रेतपात्रं प्रसेचयेत्
gandhodakatilairyuktaṃ kuryātpātracatuṣṭayam arghārthaṃ pitṛpātreṣu pretapātraṃ prasecayet
He should make four vessels furnished with fragrant water and sesame for the arghya, and should pour the departed one's vessel into the vessels of the fathers.
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MtP 18.19
तद्वत्संकल्प्य चतुरः पिण्डान्पिण्डप्रदस्तथा ये समाना इति द्वाभ्याम् अन्त्यं तु विभजेत्त्रिधा
tadvatsaṃkalpya caturaḥ piṇḍānpiṇḍapradastathā ye samānā iti dvābhyām antyaṃ tu vibhajettridhā
Having likewise made the resolve, the piṇḍa-giver (should offer) four piṇḍas, and with the two (mantras) beginning "ye samānāḥ" he should divide the last one into three.
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MtP 18.20
चतुर्थस्य पुनः कार्यं न कदाचिदतो भवेत् ततः पितृत्वमापन्नः सर्वतस्तुष्टिमागतः
caturthasya punaḥ kāryaṃ na kadācidato bhavet tataḥ pitṛtvamāpannaḥ sarvatastuṣṭimāgataḥ
From this time on there should never again be any rite for the fourth (i.e. the preta); thereafter, having attained the status of a father, he has come to satisfaction on all sides.
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MtP 18.21
अग्निष्वात्तादिमध्यत्वं प्राप्नोत्यमृतमुत्तमम् सपिण्डीकरणादूर्ध्वं तस्मै तस्मान्न दीयते
agniṣvāttādimadhyatvaṃ prāpnotyamṛtamuttamam sapiṇḍīkaraṇādūrdhvaṃ tasmai tasmānna dīyate
He attains membership among the (classes of fathers) beginning with the Agniṣvāttas, the highest immortal (food); after the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, therefore, nothing is given to him (separately).
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MtP 18.22
पितृष्वेव तु दातव्यं तत्पिण्डो येषु संस्थितः ततः प्रभृति संक्रान्ताव् उपरागादिपर्वसु
pitṛṣveva tu dātavyaṃ tatpiṇḍo yeṣu saṃsthitaḥ tataḥ prabhṛti saṃkrāntāv uparāgādiparvasu
It should be given only to those fathers among whom his piṇḍa has been placed — from then on, at the (solar) transitions and at eclipses and other conjunctions.
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MtP 18.23
त्रिपिण्डमाचरेच्छ्राद्धम् एकोद्दिष्टे मृते ऽहनि एकोद्दिष्टं परित्यज्य मृताहे यः समाचरेत्
tripiṇḍamācarecchrāddham ekoddiṣṭe mṛte 'hani ekoddiṣṭaṃ parityajya mṛtāhe yaḥ samācaret
On the day of death one should perform the śrāddha with three piṇḍas, as an ekoddiṣṭa. Whoever, abandoning the ekoddiṣṭa, performs (something else) on the death-day —
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MtP 18.24
सदैव पितृहा स स्यान् मातृभ्रातृविनाशकः मृताहे पार्वणं कुर्वन् नधो ऽधो याति मानवः
sadaiva pitṛhā sa syān mātṛbhrātṛvināśakaḥ mṛtāhe pārvaṇaṃ kurvan nadho 'dho yāti mānavaḥ
— he is forever a slayer of his father, a destroyer of his mother and brother. A man who performs the pārvaṇa rite on the death-day goes downward, lower and lower.
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MtP 18.25
संपृक्तेष्वाकुलीभावः प्रेतेषु तु गतो भवेत् प्रतिसंवत्सरं तस्माद् एकोद्दिष्टं समाचरेत्
saṃpṛkteṣvākulībhāvaḥ preteṣu tu gato bhavet pratisaṃvatsaraṃ tasmād ekoddiṣṭaṃ samācaret
But when the pretas are mixed together, confusion arises among them; therefore one should perform the ekoddiṣṭa each year.
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MtP 18.26
यावदब्दं तु यो दद्याद् उदकुम्भं विमत्सरः प्रेतायान्नसमायुक्तं सो ऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
yāvadabdaṃ tu yo dadyād udakumbhaṃ vimatsaraḥ pretāyānnasamāyuktaṃ so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
And whoever, free of ill-will, gives for a whole year a water-jar together with food to the preta obtains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice.
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MtP 18.27
आमश्राद्धं यदा कुर्याद् विधिज्ञः श्राद्धदस्तदा तेनाग्नौकरणं कुर्यात् पिण्डांस्तेनैव निर्वपेत्
āmaśrāddhaṃ yadā kuryād vidhijñaḥ śrāddhadastadā tenāgnaukaraṇaṃ kuryāt piṇḍāṃstenaiva nirvapet
When the giver of the śrāddha who knows the rule performs the śrāddha with uncooked food, then with that (uncooked food) he should make the offering into the fire, and with that same he should offer the piṇḍas.
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MtP 18.28
त्रिभिः सपिण्डीकरणे अशेषत्रितये पिता यदा प्राप्स्यति कालेन तदा मुच्येत बन्धनात्
tribhiḥ sapiṇḍīkaraṇe aśeṣatritaye pitā yadā prāpsyati kālena tadā mucyeta bandhanāt
In the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa with the three (fathers), when in course of time the father shall attain (a place) in the complete triad, then he is freed from bondage.
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MtP 18.29
मुक्तो ऽपि लेपभागित्वं प्राप्नोति कुशमार्जनात् लेपभाजश्चतुर्थाद्याः पित्राद्याः पिण्डभागिनः पिण्डदः सप्तमस्तेषां सापिण्ड्यं साप्तपौरुषम्
mukto 'pi lepabhāgitvaṃ prāpnoti kuśamārjanāt lepabhājaścaturthādyāḥ pitrādyāḥ piṇḍabhāginaḥ piṇḍadaḥ saptamasteṣāṃ sāpiṇḍyaṃ sāptapauruṣam
Even when released, he obtains a share of the smear (left on the vessels) from the wiping with kuśa grass. The sharers of the smear are the fourth and those beyond; the father and those (next two) are sharers of the piṇḍa; the giver of the piṇḍa is the seventh of them — the sapiṇḍa relation extends over seven persons.
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