Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 28
NarP 1 28.1
सनक उवाच शृणुष्व मुनिशार्दूल श्राद्धस्य विधिमुत्तमम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
sanaka uvāca śṛṇuṣva muniśārdūla śrāddhasya vidhimuttamam / yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Sanaka said: Hear, O tiger among sages, the excellent rule of the śrāddha, on hearing which one is freed from all sins—there is no doubt here.
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NarP 1 28.2
क्षयाहपूर्वदिवसे स्नात्वा चैकाशनो भवेत् । अधः शायी ब्रह्मचारी निशि विप्रान्निमन्त्रयेत्
kṣayāhapūrvadivase snātvā caikāśano bhavet / adhaḥ śāyī brahmacārī niśi viprānnimantrayet
On the day before the death-anniversary he should bathe and eat but once; sleeping on the ground and chaste, at night he should invite the brahmins.
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NarP 1 28.3
दन्तधावनतांबूले तैलाभ्यङ्गं तथैव च । रत्योषधिपरान्नानि श्राद्धकर्त्ताविवर्जयेत्
dantadhāvanatāṃbūle tailābhyaṅgaṃ tathaiva ca / ratyoṣadhiparānnāni śrāddhakarttāvivarjayet
Tooth-cleaning and betel, and likewise oil-massage, sexual intercourse, medicinal herbs and another's food—the performer of the śrāddha should avoid (these).
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NarP 1 28.4
अध्वानं कलहं क्रोधं व्यवायं च धुरं तथा । श्राद्धकर्त्ता च भोक्ता च दिवास्वापं च वर्जयेत्
adhvānaṃ kalahaṃ krodhaṃ vyavāyaṃ ca dhuraṃ tathā / śrāddhakarttā ca bhoktā ca divāsvāpaṃ ca varjayet
Travel, quarrel, anger, sexual intercourse, and likewise bearing burdens, and sleeping by day—both the performer of the śrāddha and the one who eats (at it) should avoid.
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NarP 1 28.5
श्राद्धे निमन्त्रितो यस्तु व्यवायं कुरुते यदि । ब्रह्महत्यामवान्पोति नरकं चापि गच्छति
śrāddhe nimantrito yastu vyavāyaṃ kurute yadi / brahmahatyāmavānpoti narakaṃ cāpi gacchati
If one who has been invited to a śrāddha engages in sexual intercourse, he incurs (the guilt of) brahmin-murder and also goes to hell.
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NarP 1 28.6
श्राद्धे नियोजयेद्विप्रं श्रोत्रिय विष्णुतत्परम् । यथास्वाचारनिरतं प्रशान्तं सत्कुलोद्बगवम्
śrāddhe niyojayedvipraṃ śrotriya viṣṇutatparam / yathāsvācāranirataṃ praśāntaṃ satkulodbagavam
At the śrāddha he should engage a brahmin who is learned in the Veda, devoted to Viṣṇu, intent on the observances proper to himself, calm, and born of a good family;
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NarP 1 28.7
रागद्वेषविहीनं च पुराणार्थविशारदम् । त्रिमधुत्रिसुपर्णज्ञं सर्वभूतदयापरम्
rāgadveṣavihīnaṃ ca purāṇārthaviśāradam / trimadhutrisuparṇajñaṃ sarvabhūtadayāparam
(One should engage a brahmin who is) free of passion and hatred, skilled in the meaning of the Purāṇas, knowing the Trimadhu and the Trisuparṇa (hymns), and devoted to compassion toward all beings.
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NarP 1 28.8
देवपूजारतं चैव स्मृतितत्त्वविशारदम् । वेदान्ततत्त्वसंपन्नं सर्वलोकहिते रतम्
devapūjārataṃ caiva smṛtitattvaviśāradam / vedāntatattvasaṃpannaṃ sarvalokahite ratam
And one intent on the worship of the gods, skilled in the truths of the Smṛtis, endowed with the truth of the Vedānta, devoted to the welfare of all the world;
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NarP 1 28.9
कृतज्ञं गुणसंपन्नं गुरुशुश्रूषणे रतम् । परोपदेशनिरतं सच्छास्त्रकथनैस्तथा
kṛtajñaṃ guṇasaṃpannaṃ guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratam / paropadeśanirataṃ sacchāstrakathanaistathā
grateful, endowed with (good) qualities, devoted to the service of his teacher, and intent on instructing others by reciting the true scriptures.
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NarP 1 28.10
एते नियोजितव्या वै श्राद्धे विप्रा मुनीश्वर । श्राद्धे वर्ज्यान्मवक्ष्यामि शृणु तान्मुसमाहितः
ete niyojitavyā vai śrāddhe viprā munīśvara / śrāddhe varjyānmavakṣyāmi śṛṇu tānmusamāhitaḥ
These brahmins, O lord of sages, are indeed to be engaged in the śrāddha. (Now) I shall tell of those to be avoided in the śrāddha; hear of them with attention.
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NarP 1 28.11
न्पूनाङ्गश्चाधिकाङ्गश्च कदर्यो रोगितस्तथा । कुष्टी च कुनखी चैव लंबकर्णः क्षतव्रतः
npūnāṅgaścādhikāṅgaśca kadaryo rogitastathā / kuṣṭī ca kunakhī caiva laṃbakarṇaḥ kṣatavrataḥ
One lacking a limb and one having an extra limb, a miser, and likewise one who is diseased, a leper, one with bad nails, one with drooping ears, one whose vow is broken;
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NarP 1 28.12
नक्षत्रपाठजीवी च तथा च शवदाहकः । कुवादी परिर्वत्ता च तथा देवलकः खलः
nakṣatrapāṭhajīvī ca tathā ca śavadāhakaḥ / kuvādī parirvattā ca tathā devalakaḥ khalaḥ
one who lives by reciting the (lore of the) stars, and likewise a burner of corpses, an evil speaker, one who has turned back (from his vow), and likewise a temple-priest for hire, a rogue;
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NarP 1 28.13
निन्दको ऽमर्षणो धूर्तस्तथैव ग्रामयाजकः । असच्छास्त्राभिनिरतः परान्ननिगतस्तथा
nindako 'marṣaṇo dhūrtastathaiva grāmayājakaḥ / asacchāstrābhinirataḥ parānnanigatastathā
a slanderer, an intolerant man, a cheat, and likewise one who sacrifices for a whole village, one addicted to false scriptures, and one who goes after others' food;
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NarP 1 28.14
वृषलीसूति पोष्टा च वृषलीपतिरेव च । कुण्डश्च गोलकश्चैव ह्ययाज्यानां च याजकः
vṛṣalīsūti poṣṭā ca vṛṣalīpatireva ca / kuṇḍaśca golakaścaiva hyayājyānāṃ ca yājakaḥ
one who maintains a śūdra woman who has borne (him) children, and one who is the husband of a śūdra woman, a kuṇḍa and a golaka, and one who officiates for those unfit to have sacrifices performed;
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NarP 1 28.15
दंभाचारो वृथामुण्डी ह्यन्यस्त्रीधनतत्परः । विष्णुभक्तिविहीनश्च शिवभक्तिपराड्मुखः
daṃbhācāro vṛthāmuṇḍī hyanyastrīdhanatatparaḥ / viṣṇubhaktivihīnaśca śivabhaktiparāḍmukhaḥ
one whose conduct is hypocrisy, one shaven without cause, one intent on others' wives and wealth, one devoid of devotion to Viṣṇu, and one averse to devotion to Śiva;
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NarP 1 28.16
वेदविक्रयिणश्चैव व्रतविक्रयिणस्तथा । स्मृतिविक्रयिणश्चैव मन्त्रविक्रयिणस्तथा
vedavikrayiṇaścaiva vratavikrayiṇastathā / smṛtivikrayiṇaścaiva mantravikrayiṇastathā
and those who sell the Veda, and likewise those who sell (the merit of) vows, and those who sell the Smṛtis, and likewise those who sell mantras;
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NarP 1 28.17
गायकाः काव्यकर्त्तारो भिषक्छास्त्रोपजीविनः । वेदनिन्दापरश्चैव ग्रामापण्यप्रदाहकः
gāyakāḥ kāvyakarttāro bhiṣakchāstropajīvinaḥ / vedanindāparaścaiva grāmāpaṇyapradāhakaḥ
singers, makers of poems, those who live by the science of medicine, one intent on reviling the Veda, and one who sets fire to a village or a market;
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NarP 1 28.18
तथातिकामुकश्चैव रसविक्रयकारकः । कूटयुक्तिरतश्चैव श्राद्धे वर्ज्याः प्रयत्नतः
tathātikāmukaścaiva rasavikrayakārakaḥ / kūṭayuktirataścaiva śrāddhe varjyāḥ prayatnataḥ
and likewise one who is excessively lustful, one who deals in the selling of liquids (juices), and one addicted to deceitful devices — these are to be carefully avoided at a śrāddha.
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NarP 1 28.19
निंमत्रयीत पूर्वेद्युस्तस्मिन्नेव दिने ऽथवा । निमन्त्रितो भवेद्विप्रो ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रियः
niṃmatrayīta pūrvedyustasminneva dine 'thavā / nimantrito bhavedvipro brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ
One should invite (them) on the previous day, or else on that very day; the brahmin who has been invited should be celibate and restrained in his senses.
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NarP 1 28.20
श्राद्धे क्षणस्तु कर्त्तव्यः प्रसादश्चेति सत्तम । निमन्त्रयेद्द्विजं प्राज्ञं दर्भपाणिर्जितेन्द्रियः
śrāddhe kṣaṇastu karttavyaḥ prasādaśceti sattama / nimantrayeddvijaṃ prājñaṃ darbhapāṇirjitendriyaḥ
At a śrāddha the appointed moment must be fixed, and also (the brahmin's) consent, O best of the good; with darbha grass in hand and senses controlled, one should invite a learned brahmin.
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NarP 1 28.21
ततः प्रातः समुत्थाय प्रातः कृत्यं समाप्य च । श्राद्धं समाचरेद्विद्वान्काले कुतपसंज्ञिते
tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya prātaḥ kṛtyaṃ samāpya ca / śrāddhaṃ samācaredvidvānkāle kutapasaṃjñite
Then, rising at dawn and completing the morning duties, the learned man should perform the śrāddha at the time called kutapa.
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NarP 1 28.22
दिवसस्याष्टमे काले यदा मन्दायते रविः । स कालः कुतपस्तत्र पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम्
divasasyāṣṭame kāle yadā mandāyate raviḥ / sa kālaḥ kutapastatra pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam
In the eighth division of the day, when the sun grows faint — that time is the kutapa; what is given to the ancestors then is imperishable.
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NarP 1 28.23
अपराह्नः पितॄणां तु दत्तः कालः स्वयंभुवा । तत्काल एव दातव्यं कव्यं तस्माद्द्विजोत्तमैः
aparāhnaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tu dattaḥ kālaḥ svayaṃbhuvā / tatkāla eva dātavyaṃ kavyaṃ tasmāddvijottamaiḥ
The afternoon has been assigned by the Self-existent as the time for the ancestors; therefore the offering to the ancestors is to be given by the best of brahmins at just that time.
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NarP 1 28.24
यत्काव्यं दीयते द्वव्यैरकाले मुनिसत्तम । राक्षसं तद्धि विज्ञेयं पितॄणां नोपतिष्टति
yatkāvyaṃ dīyate dvavyairakāle munisattama / rākṣasaṃ taddhi vijñeyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ nopatiṣṭati
Whatever ancestral offering is given by men at the wrong time, O best of sages, is to be known as demonic; it does not reach the ancestors.
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NarP 1 28.25
काव्यं प्रत्तं तु सायाह्ने राक्षसं तद्भवेदपि । दाता नरकमान्पोति भोक्ता च नरकं व्रजेत्
kāvyaṃ prattaṃ tu sāyāhne rākṣasaṃ tadbhavedapi / dātā narakamānpoti bhoktā ca narakaṃ vrajet
But an ancestral offering given in the evening also becomes demonic; the giver goes to hell, and the eater too goes to hell.
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NarP 1 28.26
क्षयाहस्य तिथैर्विप्र यदि दण्डमितिर्भवेत् । विद्धापराह्नि कायां तु श्राद्धं कार्यं विजानता
kṣayāhasya tithairvipra yadi daṇḍamitirbhavet / viddhāparāhni kāyāṃ tu śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ vijānatā
O brahmin, if the lunar day of the death-anniversary is of the measure of one daṇḍa, then the śrāddha should be performed by one who knows, on the day whose afternoon is overlapped (by that tithi).
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NarP 1 28.27
क्षयाहस्य तिथिर्या तु ह्यपराह्नद्वये यदि । पूर्वा क्षये तु कर्त्तव्या वृद्वौ कार्या तथोत्तरा
kṣayāhasya tithiryā tu hyaparāhnadvaye yadi / pūrvā kṣaye tu karttavyā vṛdvau kāryā tathottarā
But if the lunar day of the death-anniversary falls in the afternoon of both days, then in the case of its diminution the earlier (day) is to be adopted, and in the case of its increase the later.
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NarP 1 28.28
मुहूर्त्त द्वितये पूर्वदिने स्यादपरे ऽहनि । तिथिः सायाह्नगा यत्र परा काव्यस्य विश्रुता
muhūrtta dvitaye pūrvadine syādapare 'hani / tithiḥ sāyāhnagā yatra parā kāvyasya viśrutā
If (the tithi lasts) two muhūrtas on the earlier day, (and) on the other day the tithi extends into the evening, there the later (day) is declared (proper) for the rite.
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NarP 1 28.29
किञ्चित्पूर्वदिने प्राहुर्मुहूर्त्तद्वितये सति । नैतन्मतं हि सर्वेषां काव्यदाने मुनीश्वर
kiñcitpūrvadine prāhurmuhūrttadvitaye sati / naitanmataṃ hi sarveṣāṃ kāvyadāne munīśvara
Some say (it should be) on the earlier day when there are two muhūrtas; but this is not the view of all in the matter of performing the rite, O lord of sages.
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NarP 1 28.30
निमन्त्रितेषौ विप्रेषु मिलितेषु द्विजोत्तम । प्रायश्चित्तविशुद्धात्मा तेभ्यो ऽनुज्ञां समाहरेत्
nimantriteṣau vipreṣu militeṣu dvijottama / prāyaścittaviśuddhātmā tebhyo 'nujñāṃ samāharet
When the brahmins have been invited and have assembled, O best of the twice-born, (the performer), his self purified by expiation, should obtain permission from them.
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NarP 1 28.31
श्राद्धार्थं समनुज्ञातो विप्रान्भूयो निमन्त्रयेत् ॥उ उभौ च विश्वेदेवार्थं पिघत्रर्थं त्रीन्यथाविधि
śrāddhārthaṃ samanujñāto viprānbhūyo nimantrayet //u ubhau ca viśvedevārthaṃ pighatrarthaṃ trīnyathāvidhi
Having been permitted, he should again invite brahmins for the śrāddha: two for the All-gods and three for the ancestors, according to rule.
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NarP 1 28.32
देवतार्थं च पित्रर्थमेकैकं वा निमन्त्रयेत् । श्राद्धार्थं समनुज्ञातः कारयेन्मण्डलद्वयम्
devatārthaṃ ca pitrarthamekaikaṃ vā nimantrayet / śrāddhārthaṃ samanujñātaḥ kārayenmaṇḍaladvayam
Or he may invite one each for the deities and for the ancestors. Having been permitted for the śrāddha, he should have two ritual figures (maṇḍalas) made.
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NarP 1 28.33
चतुरस्त्रं ब्राह्मणस्य त्रिकोणं क्षत्रियस्य वै । वैश्यस्य वर्तुलं ज्ञेयं शूद्रस्याभ्याभ्युक्षणं भवेत्
caturastraṃ brāhmaṇasya trikoṇaṃ kṣatriyasya vai / vaiśyasya vartulaṃ jñeyaṃ śūdrasyābhyābhyukṣaṇaṃ bhavet
Square for a brahmin, and triangular for a kṣatriya; for a vaiśya it is to be known as circular, and for a śūdra there should be (mere) sprinkling.
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NarP 1 28.34
ब्राह्मणानामभावे तु भ्रातरं पुत्रमेव च । आत्मानं वा नियुञ्जीत न विप्रं वेदवर्जितम्
brāhmaṇānāmabhāve tu bhrātaraṃ putrameva ca / ātmānaṃ vā niyuñjīta na vipraṃ vedavarjitam
But in the absence of brahmins he may appoint a brother, or a son, or himself — not a brahmin devoid of Vedic learning.
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NarP 1 28.35
प्रक्षाल्य विप्रपादांशअच ह्याचांनानुपवेश्य च । यथावदर्चनं कुर्यात्स्मरन्नारायणं प्रभुम्
prakṣālya viprapādāṃśaaca hyācāṃnānupaveśya ca / yathāvadarcanaṃ kuryātsmarannārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
Having washed the brahmins' feet, and having (them) rinse the mouth and be seated, he should perform the worship as prescribed, remembering Nārāyaṇa the Lord.
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NarP 1 28.36
ब्राह्मणानां तु मध्ये च द्वारदेशे तथैव च । अपहता इत्यृचा वै कर्त्ता तु विकिरेत्तिलान्
brāhmaṇānāṃ tu madhye ca dvāradeśe tathaiva ca / apahatā ityṛcā vai karttā tu vikirettilān
And in the midst of the brahmins and likewise at the door-place, the performer should scatter sesame seeds with the verse beginning "apahatā(ḥ)".
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NarP 1 28.37
यवैर्दर्भघैश्च विश्वेषां देवानामिदमासनम् । दत्त्वेति भूयो दद्यच्च दैवे क्षणप्रतीक्षणम्
yavairdarbhaghaiśca viśveṣāṃ devānāmidamāsanam / dattveti bhūyo dadyacca daive kṣaṇapratīkṣaṇam
With barley grains and bundles of darbha grass, saying "This is the seat for the All-gods," having given (it), he should again offer to the deities the awaiting of the (proper) moment.
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NarP 1 28.38
अक्षय्यासनयोः षष्टी द्वितीयावाहने स्मृता । अन्नदाने चतुर्थी स्याच्छेषाः संपुद्धयः स्मृताः
akṣayyāsanayoḥ ṣaṣṭī dvitīyāvāhane smṛtā / annadāne caturthī syāccheṣāḥ saṃpuddhayaḥ smṛtāḥ
For the "imperishable" (formula) and for the seat the sixth (case) is prescribed, the second in the invocation; in the giving of food it should be the fourth; the rest are prescribed as (in) the nominative.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.39
आसाद्य पात्रद्वितयं दर्भशाखासमन्वितम् । तत्पात्रे सेचयेत्तोयं शन्नोदेवीत्यृचा ततः
āsādya pātradvitayaṃ darbhaśākhāsamanvitam / tatpātre secayettoyaṃ śannodevītyṛcā tataḥ
Having set out a pair of vessels furnished with darbha shoots, he should then pour water into that vessel with the verse "śaṃ no devīḥ".
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.40
यवोसीति ति यवान् क्षित्प्वा गन्धपुष्पे च वाग्यतः । आवाहयेत्ततो देवान्विश्वे देवाःस इत्यृचा
yavosīti ti yavān kṣitpvā gandhapuṣpe ca vāgyataḥ / āvāhayettato devānviśve devāḥsa ityṛcā
Having thrown in barley grains with "yavo 'si" and (added) perfume and flowers, restraining his speech, he should then invoke the gods with the verse "viśve devāḥ".
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.41
या दिव्या इति मन्त्रेण दद्यादर्घ्यं समाहितः । गन्धैश्च पत्रपुष्पैश्च धूपैर्दीपैर्यजेत्ततः
yā divyā iti mantreṇa dadyādarghyaṃ samāhitaḥ / gandhaiśca patrapuṣpaiśca dhūpairdīpairyajettataḥ
With the mantra "yā divyāḥ" he should, collected in mind, offer the arghya water; then he should worship with perfumes, leaves and flowers, incense and lamps.
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NarP 1 28.42
देवैश्च समनुज्ञातो यजेत्पितृगणांस्तथा । तिलसंयुक्तदर्भैश्च दद्यात्तेषां सदासनम्
devaiśca samanujñāto yajetpitṛgaṇāṃstathā / tilasaṃyuktadarbhaiśca dadyātteṣāṃ sadāsanam
Having been permitted by the gods, he should likewise worship the hosts of ancestors; and with darbha grass joined with sesame he should give them their seat.
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NarP 1 28.43
पात्राण्यासादयेत्त्रीणि ह्यर्घाथ पूर्ववद्द्विजः । शन्नोदेव्या जलं क्षिप्त्वा तिलोसीति तिलान्क्षघिपेत्
pātrāṇyāsādayettrīṇi hyarghātha pūrvavaddvijaḥ / śannodevyā jalaṃ kṣiptvā tilosīti tilānkṣaghipet
The twice-born should set out three vessels for the arghya, as before; having cast in water with "śaṃ no devīḥ", he should throw in sesame with "tilo 'si".
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.44
उशन्त इत्यृचावाह्य पितॄन्विप्रः समाहितः । या दिव्या इति मन्त्रेण दद्यादर्घ्यं च पूर्ववत्
uśanta ityṛcāvāhya pitṝnvipraḥ samāhitaḥ / yā divyā iti mantreṇa dadyādarghyaṃ ca pūrvavat
Having invoked the ancestors with the verse "uśantaḥ", the brahmin, collected in mind, should offer the arghya with the mantra "yā divyāḥ", as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.45
गन्धैश्च पत्रपुष्पैश्च धूपैर्दीपैशअच सत्तम । वासोर्भिभूषणैश्वैव यथाविभवमर्चयेत्
gandhaiśca patrapuṣpaiśca dhūpairdīpaiśaaca sattama / vāsorbhibhūṣaṇaiśvaiva yathāvibhavamarcayet
And with perfumes, leaves and flowers, incense and lamps, O best one, and also with garments and ornaments, he should worship according to his means.
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NarP 1 28.46
ततो ऽन्नाग्रं समादाय घृतयुक्तं विचक्षणः । अग्नौ करिष्य इत्युक्त्वा तेभ्यो ऽनुज्ञां समाहरेत्
tato 'nnāgraṃ samādāya ghṛtayuktaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ / agnau kariṣya ityuktvā tebhyo 'nujñāṃ samāharet
Then the discerning one, taking the first portion of the food mixed with ghee, should say "I shall make (the offering) in the fire" and obtain their permission.
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NarP 1 28.47
करवै करवाणीति चापृष्टा ब्राह्मणा मुने । कुरुष्व क्रियतां वेति कुर्विति ब्रूयुरेव च
karavai karavāṇīti cāpṛṣṭā brāhmaṇā mune / kuruṣva kriyatāṃ veti kurviti brūyureva ca
When they have been consulted with "Shall I do it? May I do it?", O sage, the brahmins should say "Do it," "Let it be done," or indeed "Do."
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NarP 1 28.48
उपासनाग्निमाधाय स्वगृह्योक्तविधानतः । सामाय च पितृमते स्वधा नम इतीरयेत्
upāsanāgnimādhāya svagṛhyoktavidhānataḥ / sāmāya ca pitṛmate svadhā nama itīrayet
Having established the upāsana (household) fire according to the procedure stated in his own Gṛhya (text), he should pronounce "svadhā namaḥ" to Soma who is accompanied by the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.49
अग्नये कव्यवाहनाय स्वधा नम इतीह वा । स्वाहान्तेनापि वा प्राज्ञो जुहुयात्पितृयज्ञवत्
agnaye kavyavāhanāya svadhā nama itīha vā / svāhāntenāpi vā prājño juhuyātpitṛyajñavat
Or here (he should say) "To Agni, bearer of the offerings to the dead, svadhā namaḥ"; or else the wise man may offer with (the formula) ending in svāhā, as in the pitṛyajña.
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NarP 1 28.50
आभ्यामेवाहुतिभ्यां तु पितॄणां तृत्पिरक्षया । अग्न्यभावे तु विप्रस्य पाणौ होमो विधीयते
ābhyāmevāhutibhyāṃ tu pitṝṇāṃ tṛtpirakṣayā / agnyabhāve tu viprasya pāṇau homo vidhīyate
By just these two oblations, for the sake of the fathers' satisfaction; but in the absence of fire the offering is prescribed into the hand of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.51
यथाचारं प्रकुर्वीत पाणावग्नौ च वा द्विज । नह्यग्निर्दूरगः कार्यः पार्वणे समुपस्थैते
yathācāraṃ prakurvīta pāṇāvagnau ca vā dvija / nahyagnirdūragaḥ kāryaḥ pārvaṇe samupasthaite
He should perform it according to custom, either in the hand or in the fire, O twice-born; for the fire must not be kept far away when the pārvaṇa (rite) is at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.52
संधायाग्निं ततः कार्यं कृत्वा तं विसृजेत्कृती । यद्याग्निर्दूरगो विप्र पार्वणे समुपस्थिते
saṃdhāyāgniṃ tataḥ kāryaṃ kṛtvā taṃ visṛjetkṛtī / yadyāgnirdūrago vipra pārvaṇe samupasthite
Having kindled the fire, the rite is then to be performed, and having performed it the competent man should dismiss it. If the fire is far away, O brahmin, when the pārvaṇa has arrived,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.53
भ्रातृभिः कारयेच्छ्राद्धं साग्निकैर्विधिवद्द्विजैः । क्षयाहे चैव संप्रात्पे स्वस्याग्निर्दूरगो यदि
bhrātṛbhiḥ kārayecchrāddhaṃ sāgnikairvidhivaddvijaiḥ / kṣayāhe caiva saṃprātpe svasyāgnirdūrago yadi
he should have the śrāddha performed according to rule by brothers who are twice-born and maintain the fires; and likewise when the death-anniversary day has come, if his own fire is far away.
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NarP 1 28.54
तथैव भ्रातरस्तत्र लौकिकाग्नावपि स्थिताः । उपासनान्गौ दूरस्थे समीपेभ्रातरि स्थैते
tathaiva bhrātarastatra laukikāgnāvapi sthitāḥ / upāsanāngau dūrasthe samīpebhrātari sthaite
In the same way the brothers there (may act), even if established in an ordinary (non-consecrated) fire, when the upāsana fire is far off and a brother is close at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.55
यद्यग्नौ जुहुयाद्वापि पाणौ वा स हि पातकी । उपासनाग्ना दूरस्थे केचिदिच्छन्ति वै द्विजाः
yadyagnau juhuyādvāpi pāṇau vā sa hi pātakī / upāsanāgnā dūrasthe kecidicchanti vai dvijāḥ
But if he offers into (such) a fire, or into the hand, he is indeed a sinner. When the upāsana fire is far off, some twice-born do desire (this).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.56
तच्छष विप्रपात्रेषु विकिरेत्संस्मरन्हरिम् । भक्ष्यैर्भोज्यैशअच लेह्यैश्च स्वाद्यैर्विप्रान्प्रपूजयत्
tacchaṣa viprapātreṣu vikiretsaṃsmaranharim / bhakṣyairbhojyaiśaaca lehyaiśca svādyairviprānprapūjayat
The remainder of that he should scatter onto the brahmins' plates while calling Hari to mind; with things to be chewed, eaten, licked and tasted he should honour the brahmins.
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NarP 1 28.57
अन्नत्यागं ततः कुर्य्यादुभयत्र समाहितः । आगच्छन्तु महाभागाविश्वेदेवा महाबलाः
annatyāgaṃ tataḥ kuryyādubhayatra samāhitaḥ / āgacchantu mahābhāgāviśvedevā mahābalāḥ
Then, collected in mind, he should make the relinquishing of the food in both (cases): "Let the greatly fortunate All-Gods, of great strength, come."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.58
ये यत्र विहिताः श्राद्धे सावधानां भवन्तु ते । इति संप्रार्थयेद्देवान्ये देवास ऋचा नु वै
ye yatra vihitāḥ śrāddhe sāvadhānāṃ bhavantu te / iti saṃprārthayeddevānye devāsa ṛcā nu vai
"Let those who are appointed here in the śrāddha be attentive" — thus he should entreat the gods with the verse beginning "ye devāsaḥ."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.59
तथासंप्रार्थयद्विप्रान्ये च हेति ऋचा पितॄन् । अमूर्तानां मूर्तानां च पितॄणां दीत्पतेजसाम्
tathāsaṃprārthayadviprānye ca heti ṛcā pitṝn / amūrtānāṃ mūrtānāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ dītpatejasām
And likewise he should entreat the brahmins, and (then) the fathers with the verse beginning "ye ca ha": "Of the fathers, the formless and the embodied, of blazing splendour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.60
नमस्यामि सदा तेषां ध्वानिनां योगचजक्षुषाम् । एवं पितॄन्नमस्कृत्य नारायण परायणः
namasyāmi sadā teṣāṃ dhvānināṃ yogacajakṣuṣām / evaṃ pitṝnnamaskṛtya nārāyaṇa parāyaṇaḥ
of those meditators who have the eye of yoga, I make obeisance always." Having thus bowed to the fathers, wholly devoted to Nārāyaṇa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.61
दत्तं हविश्च तत्कर्ण विष्णवे विनिवेदयेत् । ततस्ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे भुञ्जीरन्वाग्यता द्विजाः
dattaṃ haviśca tatkarṇa viṣṇave vinivedayet / tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhuñjīranvāgyatā dvijāḥ
he should also present to Viṣṇu the oblation that has been given. Then all those brahmins, twice-born, should eat with speech restrained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.62
हसतो वदते को ऽपि राक्षघसं तद्भवेद्धविः । यथआचार प्रदेयं च मधुनांसादिकं तथा
hasato vadate ko 'pi rākṣaghasaṃ tadbhaveddhaviḥ / yathaācāra pradeyaṃ ca madhunāṃsādikaṃ tathā
If anyone laughs or speaks, that oblation becomes food eaten by rākṣasas; and honey, meat and the rest are to be given according to custom.
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NarP 1 28.63
पाकादिं च प्रशंसेरन् वाग्यता धृतभघाजनाः । यदि पात्रं त्यजेत्को ऽपि ब्राह्मणः श्राद्धयोजितः
pākādiṃ ca praśaṃseran vāgyatā dhṛtabhaghājanāḥ / yadi pātraṃ tyajetko 'pi brāhmaṇaḥ śrāddhayojitaḥ
And they should praise the cooking and the rest, with speech restrained, holding their eating-vessels. If any brahmin engaged for the śrāddha abandons his plate,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.64
श्राद्धहॄन्ता स विज्ञेयो नरकायोपपद्यते । भञ्जानेषु च विप्रेषु ह्यन्योन्यं संस्पुशेद्यदि
śrāddhahṝntā sa vijñeyo narakāyopapadyate / bhañjāneṣu ca vipreṣu hyanyonyaṃ saṃspuśedyadi
he is to be known as a destroyer of the śrāddha, and he comes to hell. And if, while the brahmins are eating, they touch one another,
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NarP 1 28.65
तदन्नमत्यजन्भुक्त्वा गायत्र्यष्टशतं जपेत् । भुज्यमानेषु विप्रेषु कर्त्ता श्रद्धापरायणः
tadannamatyajanbhuktvā gāyatryaṣṭaśataṃ japet / bhujyamāneṣu vipreṣu karttā śraddhāparāyaṇaḥ
then, eating that food without abandoning it, he should recite the Gāyatrī one hundred and eight times. While the brahmins are eating, the performer, wholly given to faith,
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NarP 1 28.66
स्मरेन्नारायणं देवमनन्तमपराजितम् । रक्षोघ्नान्वैष्णवांश्चैव पैतृकांश्चविशेषतः
smarennārāyaṇaṃ devamanantamaparājitam / rakṣoghnānvaiṣṇavāṃścaiva paitṛkāṃścaviśeṣataḥ
should call to mind the god Nārāyaṇa, endless and unvanquished; and (should recite) the rakṣas-slaying and Vaiṣṇava (verses), and especially those belonging to the fathers.
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NarP 1 28.67
जपेच्च पौरुषं सूक्तं नाचिकेतत्रयं तथा । त्रिमधु त्रिसुपर्णं च पावमानं यजूंषि च
japecca pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ nāciketatrayaṃ tathā / trimadhu trisuparṇaṃ ca pāvamānaṃ yajūṃṣi ca
And (he) should recite the Puruṣa hymn, and likewise the three Nāciketa (sections), the Trimadhu, the Trisuparṇa, the Pāvamāna (hymns), and the Yajus verses.
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NarP 1 28.68
सामान्यपितथोक्तानि वदेत्पुण्यप्रदां स्तथा । इतिहासपुराणानि धर्मशास्त्राणि चैव हि
sāmānyapitathoktāni vadetpuṇyapradāṃ stathā / itihāsapurāṇāni dharmaśāstrāṇi caiva hi
And (he) should recite the general (verses) that have been thus prescribed, and likewise those that bestow merit — the epics and Purāṇas, and the treatises on dharma too.
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NarP 1 28.69
भुञ्जीरन्ब्रह्मणा यावत्तावदेताञ्जपेद्द्विज । ब्राह्मणेषु च भुक्तेषु विकिरं विक्षिपेत्तथा
bhuñjīranbrahmaṇā yāvattāvadetāñjapeddvija / brāhmaṇeṣu ca bhukteṣu vikiraṃ vikṣipettathā
As long as the brahmins are eating, so long should the twice-born recite these; and when the brahmins have eaten, he should then scatter the strewn offering (vikira).
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NarP 1 28.70
शेषमन्नं वदेच्चैव मधुसूक्तं च वै जपेत् । स्वयं च पादौ प्रक्षघाल्य सम्यगाचम्य नारद
śeṣamannaṃ vadeccaiva madhusūktaṃ ca vai japet / svayaṃ ca pādau prakṣaghālya samyagācamya nārada
And he should announce the remaining food, and indeed recite the Madhu hymn; and himself, having washed his feet and properly sipped water, O Nārada—
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NarP 1 28.71
आचान्तेषु च विप्रेषु पिण्डं निर्वापयेत्ततः । स्वस्तिवा चनकं कुर्यादक्षय्योदकमेव च
ācānteṣu ca vipreṣu piṇḍaṃ nirvāpayettataḥ / svastivā canakaṃ kuryādakṣayyodakameva ca
and when the brahmins have rinsed their mouths, he should then offer the rice-ball; he should have the 'svasti' (blessing) pronounced and (perform) the 'inexhaustible water' rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.72
दत्त्वा समाहितः कुर्यात्तथा विप्राभिवादनम् । अचालयित्वा पात्रं तु स्वस्ति कुर्वन्ति ये द्विजाः
dattvā samāhitaḥ kuryāttathā viprābhivādanam / acālayitvā pātraṃ tu svasti kurvanti ye dvijāḥ
Having given (this), composed, he should then make salutation to the brahmins. But those twice-born who pronounce the 'svasti' without moving the vessel—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.73
वत्सरं पितरस्तेषां भवन्त्युच्छिष्टभोजिनः । दातारो नो ऽभिवर्द्धन्तामित्याद्यैः स्मृतिभाषितैः
vatsaraṃ pitarasteṣāṃ bhavantyucchiṣṭabhojinaḥ / dātāro no 'bhivarddhantāmityādyaiḥ smṛtibhāṣitaiḥ
for a year their ancestors become eaters of leftovers. With sayings from the smṛtis beginning 'May our givers increase'—
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NarP 1 28.74
आशीर्वचो लभेत्तेभ्यो नमस्कारं चरेत्ततः । दद्याच्च दक्षिणां शक्त्या तांबूलं गन्धसंयुतम्
āśīrvaco labhettebhyo namaskāraṃ carettataḥ / dadyācca dakṣiṇāṃ śaktyā tāṃbūlaṃ gandhasaṃyutam
he should obtain the words of blessing from them, and thereafter make obeisance; and he should give a fee according to his means, and betel together with fragrant substances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.75
न्युब्जपात्रमथानीय स्वधाकारमुदीरयेत् । वाजेवाजे इति ऋचा पितॄन्देवान्विसर्जयेत्
nyubjapātramathānīya svadhākāramudīrayet / vājevāje iti ṛcā pitṝndevānvisarjayet
Then, having brought the vessel turned upside down, he should utter the call of 'svadhā'; with the verse beginning 'vāje vāje' he should dismiss the ancestors and the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.76
भोक्ता च श्राद्धकृत्तस्यां रजन्यां मैथुनं त्यजेत् । तथा स्वाध्यायमध्वानं प्रयत्नेन परित्यजेत्
bhoktā ca śrāddhakṛttasyāṃ rajanyāṃ maithunaṃ tyajet / tathā svādhyāyamadhvānaṃ prayatnena parityajet
Both the eater and the performer of the śrāddha should avoid sexual intercourse on that night; likewise he should carefully avoid private recitation and travelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.77
अध्वगश्चातुरश्चैव विहीनश्च धनैस्तथा । आमश्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत हेम्ना वास्तृश्यभार्यकः
adhvagaścāturaścaiva vihīnaśca dhanaistathā / āmaśrāddhaṃ prakurvīta hemnā vāstṛśyabhāryakaḥ
One who is travelling, or ill, or destitute of wealth, should perform the śrāddha with uncooked food, or with gold, or one whose wife is in her courses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 28.78
द्रव्याभावे द्विजाभावे ह्यन्नमात्रं च पाचयेत् । पैतृकेन तु सूक्तेन होमं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः
dravyābhāve dvijābhāve hyannamātraṃ ca pācayet / paitṛkena tu sūktena homaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ
In the absence of materials and in the absence of brahmins, he should cook mere food; and the discerning man should make the oblation with the hymn to the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.79
अत्यन्त हव्यशून्यश्चैत्स्वशक्त्या तु तृणं गवाम् । स्नात्वा च विधिवद्विप्र कुर्याद्वा तिलतपर्णम्
atyanta havyaśūnyaścaitsvaśaktyā tu tṛṇaṃ gavām / snātvā ca vidhivadvipra kuryādvā tilataparṇam
If he is utterly without means of offering, then according to his ability (he should give) grass to cows; and, O brahmin, having bathed according to rule, he may perform the sesame-water libation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.80
अथवा रोदनं कुर्यादत्युच्चैर्विजने वने । दरिद्रो ऽहं महापापी वदन्निति विचक्षणः
athavā rodanaṃ kuryādatyuccairvijane vane / daridro 'haṃ mahāpāpī vadanniti vicakṣaṇaḥ
Or else the discerning man should weep very loudly in a solitary forest, saying, 'I am poor, a great sinner.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.81
परेद्युः श्राद्धकृन्मर्त्यो यो न तर्पयते पितॄन् । तत्कुलं नाशमायाति ब्रह्महत्यां च विन्दति
paredyuḥ śrāddhakṛnmartyo yo na tarpayate pitṝn / tatkulaṃ nāśamāyāti brahmahatyāṃ ca vindati
The mortal performer of the śrāddha who does not satisfy the ancestors on the following day — his family goes to ruin, and he incurs (the guilt of) brahmin-murder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.82
श्राद्धं कुर्वन्ति ये मर्त्याः श्रद्धावन्तो मुनीश्वर । न तेषां संततिच्छेदः संपन्नास्ते भवन्ति च
śrāddhaṃ kurvanti ye martyāḥ śraddhāvanto munīśvara / na teṣāṃ saṃtaticchedaḥ saṃpannāste bhavanti ca
Those mortals who, full of faith, perform the śrāddha, O lord of sages — for them there is no cutting off of offspring, and they become prosperous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.83
पितॄन्यञ्जति यें श्राद्धे तैस्तु विष्णुः प्रपूजितः । तस्मिंस्तुष्टे जगन्नाथे सर्वास्तुष्यन्ति देवताः
pitṝnyañjati yeṃ śrāddhe taistu viṣṇuḥ prapūjitaḥ / tasmiṃstuṣṭe jagannāthe sarvāstuṣyanti devatāḥ
Those who honour the ancestors at a śrāddha, by them Viṣṇu is worshipped; and when he, the lord of the world, is pleased, all the gods are pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.84
पितरो देवताश्चैव गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा । यक्षाश्च सिद्धा मनुजा हरिरेव सनातनः
pitaro devatāścaiva gandharvāpsarasastathā / yakṣāśca siddhā manujā harireva sanātanaḥ
The ancestors and the gods, the gandharvas and apsarases, the yakṣas, the siddhas and men — (all these) are just Hari, the eternal one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.85
येनेदमखिलं जातं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । तस्माद्दाता च भोक्ता च सर्वं विष्णुः सनातनः
yenedamakhilaṃ jātaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam / tasmāddātā ca bhoktā ca sarvaṃ viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ
He by whom this whole world, moving and unmoving, has come to be — therefore the giver and the enjoyer, everything, is Viṣṇu the eternal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.86
यदस्ति विप्र यन्नास्ति दृश्यं चादृश्यमेव च । सर्वं विष्णुमयं ज्ञेयं तस्मादन्यन्न विद्यते
yadasti vipra yannāsti dṛśyaṃ cādṛśyameva ca / sarvaṃ viṣṇumayaṃ jñeyaṃ tasmādanyanna vidyate
Whatever exists, O brahmin, and whatever does not exist, the visible and the invisible — all is to be known as consisting of Viṣṇu; apart from him nothing exists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.87
आधारभूतो विश्वस्य सर्वभूतात्मको ऽव्ययः । अनौपम्यस्वभावश्च भगवान्हव्यकव्यभुक्
ādhārabhūto viśvasya sarvabhūtātmako 'vyayaḥ / anaupamyasvabhāvaśca bhagavānhavyakavyabhuk
(He is) the support of the universe, the self of all beings, imperishable, whose nature is beyond comparison — the Lord, the eater of the offerings to gods and to the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.88
परब्रह्माभिधेयो य एक एव जनार्दनः । कर्त्ता कारयिता चैव सर्वं विष्णुः सनातनः
parabrahmābhidheyo ya eka eva janārdanaḥ / karttā kārayitā caiva sarvaṃ viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ
He who is designated as the supreme Brahman, Janārdana, who is one alone, is both the doer and the one who causes doing: everything is Viṣṇu, the eternal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.89
इत्येवं ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ श्राद्धास्य विधिरुत्तमः । कथितः कुर्वतामेवं पापं सद्यो विलीयते
ityevaṃ te muniśreṣṭha śrāddhāsya vidhiruttamaḥ / kathitaḥ kurvatāmevaṃ pāpaṃ sadyo vilīyate
Thus, O best of sages, the excellent rule of this śrāddha has been told to you; for those who perform it in this way, sin is at once dissolved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 28.90
य इदं पठते भक्त्या श्राद्धकाले द्विजोत्तमः । पितरस्तस्य तुष्यन्ति संततिश्चैव वर्द्धते
ya idaṃ paṭhate bhaktyā śrāddhakāle dvijottamaḥ / pitarastasya tuṣyanti saṃtatiścaiva varddhate
That best of twice-born who recites this with devotion at the time of the śrāddha — his ancestors are pleased, and his lineage increases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition