Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 51
NarP 1 51.1
अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि कल्पग्रन्थं मुनीश्वरर । यस्य विज्ञानमात्रेण स्यात्कर्मकुशलो नरः
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi kalpagranthaṃ munīśvarara / yasya vijñānamātreṇa syātkarmakuśalo naraḥ
Now next I shall fully declare the treatise on ritual (kalpa), O lord of sages, by the mere understanding of which a man becomes skilled in rites.
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NarP 1 51.2
नक्षत्रकल्पो वेदानां संहितानां तथैव च । चतुर्थः स्यादाङ्गिरसः शान्तिकल्पश्च पञ्चमः
nakṣatrakalpo vedānāṃ saṃhitānāṃ tathaiva ca / caturthaḥ syādāṅgirasaḥ śāntikalpaśca pañcamaḥ
(There is) the Nakṣatra-kalpa, (the kalpa) of the Vedas, and likewise that of the Saṃhitās; the fourth would be the Āṅgirasa, and the fifth the Śānti-kalpa.
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NarP 1 51.3
नक्षत्राधीश्वराख्यानं विस्तरेण यथातथम् । नक्षत्रकल्पे निर्दिष्टं ज्ञातव्यं तदिहापि च
nakṣatrādhīśvarākhyānaṃ vistareṇa yathātatham / nakṣatrakalpe nirdiṣṭaṃ jñātavyaṃ tadihāpi ca
The account of the presiding deities of the lunar mansions, extensively and just as it is, is set forth in the Nakṣatra-kalpa; that is to be learned here too.
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NarP 1 51.4
वेदकल्पे विधानं तु ऋगादी नां मुनीश्वर । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां सिद्ध्यै प्रोक्तं सविस्तरम्
vedakalpe vidhānaṃ tu ṛgādī nāṃ munīśvara / dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ siddhyai proktaṃ savistaram
But in the Veda-kalpa, O lord of sages, the ritual prescription of the Ṛg and the rest is declared at length, for the attainment of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation.
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NarP 1 51.5
मन्त्राणामृषयश्चैव छदांस्यथ च देवताः । निर्दिष्टाः संहिताकल्पे मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
mantrāṇāmṛṣayaścaiva chadāṃsyatha ca devatāḥ / nirdiṣṭāḥ saṃhitākalpe munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ
The seers of the mantras, and the metres, and also the deities, are set forth in the Saṃhitā-kalpa by the sages who see the truth.
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NarP 1 51.6
तथैवाङ्गिरसे कल्पे षट्कर्माणि सविस्तरम् । अभिचारविधानेन निर्दिष्टानि स्वयंभुवा
tathaivāṅgirase kalpe ṣaṭkarmāṇi savistaram / abhicāravidhānena nirdiṣṭāni svayaṃbhuvā
So too in the Āṅgirasa-kalpa the six rites are set forth at length by the Self-existent, together with the prescription for hostile magic.
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NarP 1 51.7
शान्तिकल्पे तु दिव्यानां भौमानां मुनिसत्तम । तथान्तरिक्षोत्पातानां शान्तयो ह्युदिताः पृथक्
śāntikalpe tu divyānāṃ bhaumānāṃ munisattama / tathāntarikṣotpātānāṃ śāntayo hyuditāḥ pṛthak
But in the Śānti-kalpa, O best of sages, the appeasements for celestial and terrestrial portents, and likewise for those of the middle air, are declared separately.
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NarP 1 51.8
संक्षेपेणैतदुद्दिष्टं लक्षणं कल्पलक्षणे । विशेषः पृथगेतेषां स्थितः शङ्खान्तरेषु च
saṃkṣepeṇaitaduddiṣṭaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ kalpalakṣaṇe / viśeṣaḥ pṛthageteṣāṃ sthitaḥ śaṅkhāntareṣu ca
This characterization has been indicated in brief in the definition of kalpa; the particulars of these stand separately in other works.
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NarP 1 51.9
गृह्यकल्पे तु सर्वेषामुपयोगितयाधुना । वक्ष्यामि ते द्विजश्रेष्ठ सावधानतया शृणु
gṛhyakalpe tu sarveṣāmupayogitayādhunā / vakṣyāmi te dvijaśreṣṭha sāvadhānatayā śṛṇu
But now, since it is of use to all, I shall tell you of the domestic kalpa, O best of the twice-born; listen attentively.
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NarP 1 51.10
ओङ्कारश्चाथ शब्दश्च द्वावेतौ ब्रह्मणः पुरा । कण्ठं भित्त्वा विनिर्यातौ तस्मान्माङ्गल्यकाविमौ
oṅkāraścātha śabdaśca dvāvetau brahmaṇaḥ purā / kaṇṭhaṃ bhittvā viniryātau tasmānmāṅgalyakāvimau
The syllable Oṃ and the word 'atha' — these two of old came forth from Brahmā, breaking through his throat; therefore these two are auspicious.
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NarP 1 51.11
कृत्वा प्रोक्तानि कर्माणि तद्वर्द्ध्वानि करोति यः । सो ऽथ शब्दं प्रंयुजीत तदानन्त्यार्थमिष्यते
kṛtvā proktāni karmāṇi tadvarddhvāni karoti yaḥ / so 'tha śabdaṃ praṃyujīta tadānantyārthamiṣyate
He who, having performed the prescribed rites, performs those that are supplementary to them — he should then employ the word "atha"; that is held (to be) for the sake of continuity.
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NarP 1 51.12
कुशाः परिसमूहाय व्यस्तशाखाः प्रकीर्तिताः । न्यूनाधिका निष्फलाय कर्मणो ऽभिमतस्य च
kuśāḥ parisamūhāya vyastaśākhāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / nyūnādhikā niṣphalāya karmaṇo 'bhimatasya ca
Kuśa grasses with split blades are declared (to be used) for the sweeping-together; (if) fewer or more (than prescribed), (they lead) to the fruitlessness of the rite and of the desired object.
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NarP 1 51.13
कृमिकीटपतङ्गाद्या भ्रमन्ति वसुधातले । तेषां संरक्षणार्थाय प्रोक्तं परिसमूहनम्
kṛmikīṭapataṅgādyā bhramanti vasudhātale / teṣāṃ saṃrakṣaṇārthāya proktaṃ parisamūhanam
Worms, insects, moths and the like wander on the surface of the earth; for the sake of protecting them the sweeping-together is prescribed.
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NarP 1 51.14
रेखाः प्रोक्ताश्च यास्तिस्रः कर्तव्यास्ताः समा द्विज । न्यूनाधिका न कर्त्तव्या इत्येव परिभाषितम्
rekhāḥ proktāśca yāstisraḥ kartavyāstāḥ samā dvija / nyūnādhikā na karttavyā ityeva paribhāṣitam
And the three lines that are prescribed are to be made equal, O twice-born; fewer or more are not to be made — thus it has been laid down.
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NarP 1 51.15
मेदिनी मेदसा व्याप्ता मधुकैटभदैत्ययोः । गोमयेनोपलेप्येयं तदर्थमिति नारद
medinī medasā vyāptā madhukaiṭabhadaityayoḥ / gomayenopalepyeyaṃ tadarthamiti nārada
The earth was covered with the fat of the two demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha; for that reason, O Nārada, she is to be smeared with cow-dung.
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NarP 1 51.16
वन्ध्या दुष्टा च दीनाङ्गी मृतवत्सा च या भवेत् । यज्ञार्थं गोमयं तस्या नाहरेदिति भाषितम्
vandhyā duṣṭā ca dīnāṅgī mṛtavatsā ca yā bhavet / yajñārthaṃ gomayaṃ tasyā nāharediti bhāṣitam
A cow that is barren, defective, weak-limbed, or whose calf has died — from her cow-dung should not be brought for the sacrifice: so it is stated.
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NarP 1 51.17
ये भ्रमन्ति सदाऽकाशे पतङ्गाद्या भयङ्कराः । तषां प्रहरणार्थाय मतं प्रोद्धरणं द्विज
ye bhramanti sadā'kāśe pataṅgādyā bhayaṅkarāḥ / taṣāṃ praharaṇārthāya mataṃ proddharaṇaṃ dvija
Those fearsome moths and the like that always fly about in the air — for the sake of striking them away the scratching-up (of the ground) is held (to be prescribed), O twice-born.
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NarP 1 51.18
स्रुवेण च कुशेनापि कुर्यादुल्लेखनं भुवः । अस्थिकण्टकसिद्ध्यर्थं ब्रह्मणा परिभाषितम्
sruveṇa ca kuśenāpi kuryādullekhanaṃ bhuvaḥ / asthikaṇṭakasiddhyarthaṃ brahmaṇā paribhāṣitam
With the sruva or with a kuśa blade he should make the scratching of the ground, for the sake of (removing) bones and thorns: (so) it has been laid down by Brahmā.
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NarP 1 51.19
आपो देवगणाः सर्वे तथा पितृगणा द्विज । तेनाद्भिरुक्षणं प्रोक्तं मुनिभिर्विधि कोविदैः
āpo devagaṇāḥ sarve tathā pitṛgaṇā dvija / tenādbhirukṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ munibhirvidhi kovidaiḥ
The waters are all the hosts of gods and likewise the hosts of the fathers, O twice-born; therefore the sprinkling with water is prescribed by the sages who know the rules.
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NarP 1 51.20
अग्नेंरानयनं प्रोक्तं सौभाग्यस्रीभिरेव च । शुभदे मृण्मये पात्रे प्रोक्ष्याद्भिस्तं निधायपयेत्
agneṃrānayanaṃ proktaṃ saubhāgyasrībhireva ca / śubhade mṛṇmaye pātre prokṣyādbhistaṃ nidhāyapayet
The bringing of the fire is prescribed (to be done) by women blessed with a living husband; having sprinkled it with water, one should place it in an auspicious earthen vessel.
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NarP 1 51.21
अमृतस्य क्षयं दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्माद्यैः सर्वदैवतैः । वेद्यां निधापितस्तस्मात्समिद्गर्भो हुताशनः
amṛtasya kṣayaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmādyaiḥ sarvadaivataiḥ / vedyāṃ nidhāpitastasmātsamidgarbho hutāśanaḥ
Seeing the wasting away of the nectar, the fire, having the kindling-sticks for its womb, was therefore made to be placed on the altar by Brahmā and all the gods.
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NarP 1 51.22
दक्षिणस्यां दानवाद्याः स्थिता यज्ञस्य नारद । तेभ्यः संरक्षणार्थाय ब्रह्माणं तद्दिशि न्यसेत्
dakṣiṇasyāṃ dānavādyāḥ sthitā yajñasya nārada / tebhyaḥ saṃrakṣaṇārthāya brahmāṇaṃ taddiśi nyaset
On the south side of the sacrifice, O Nārada, stand the demons and the rest; for protection from them one should station the Brahman priest in that direction.
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NarP 1 51.23
उत्तरे सर्वपात्राणि प्रणीताद्यानि पश्चिमे । यजमानः पूर्वतः स्युर्द्विजाः सर्वे ऽपि नारद
uttare sarvapātrāṇi praṇītādyāni paścime / yajamānaḥ pūrvataḥ syurdvijāḥ sarve 'pi nārada
In the north (should be) all the vessels, the praṇītā and the rest in the west; the sacrificer should be to the east, and all the twice-born too, O Nārada.
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NarP 1 51.24
द्यूते च व्यवहारे च यज्ञकर्मणि चेद्भवेत् । कर्तोदासीन चित्तस्तत्कर्म नश्येदिति स्थितिः
dyūte ca vyavahāre ca yajñakarmaṇi cedbhavet / kartodāsīna cittastatkarma naśyediti sthitiḥ
In gambling, in a lawsuit, and in a sacrificial act, if the doer be of indifferent mind, that act perishes — such is the rule.
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NarP 1 51.25
ब्रह्माचार्यौं स्वशाखौ हि कर्त्तव्यौ यज्ञकर्मणि । ऋत्विजां नियमो नास्ति यथालाभं समर्चयेत्
brahmācāryauṃ svaśākhau hi karttavyau yajñakarmaṇi / ṛtvijāṃ niyamo nāsti yathālābhaṃ samarcayet
The Brahman and the Ācārya are indeed to be appointed from one's own Vedic branch in the sacrificial act; for the (other) officiants there is no restriction — one may honour (them) according as they are obtained.
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NarP 1 51.26
द्वे परित्रे त्र्यङ्गुले स्तः प्रोक्षिणी चतुरङ्गुला । आज्यस्थाली त्र्यङ्गुलाथ चरुस्थाली षडङ्गुला
dve paritre tryaṅgule staḥ prokṣiṇī caturaṅgulā / ājyasthālī tryaṅgulātha carusthālī ṣaḍaṅgulā
The two strainers are three fingers (long); the sprinkling-vessel four fingers; the ghee-pot three fingers, and the pot for the caru six fingers.
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NarP 1 51.27
द्व्यङ्गुलं तूपयमनमेकं संमार्जनाङ्गुलम् । स्रुवं षडङ्गुल प्रोक्तं स्रुचं सार्द्धत्रयाङ्गुलम्
dvyaṅgulaṃ tūpayamanamekaṃ saṃmārjanāṅgulam / sruvaṃ ṣaḍaṅgula proktaṃ srucaṃ sārddhatrayāṅgulam
The (stick for) tending (the fire) is two fingers, the wiping-stick one finger; the sruva is said to be six fingers, the sruc three and a half fingers.
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NarP 1 51.28
प्रादशमात्रा समिधः पूर्णपात्रं षडङ्गुलम् । प्रोक्षिण्या उत्तरे भागे प्रणीतापात्रमष्टभिः
prādaśamātrā samidhaḥ pūrṇapātraṃ ṣaḍaṅgulam / prokṣiṇyā uttare bhāge praṇītāpātramaṣṭabhiḥ
The kindling sticks are of a span's measure; the full vessel is six fingers; on the northern side of the sprinkling-vessel (is placed) the praṇītā vessel, of eight (fingers).
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NarP 1 51.29
यानि कानि च तीर्थानि समुद्राः सरितस्तथा । प्रणीतायां समासन्नास्तस्मात्तां पूरयेज्जलैः
yāni kāni ca tīrthāni samudrāḥ saritastathā / praṇītāyāṃ samāsannāstasmāttāṃ pūrayejjalaiḥ
Whatever holy fords there are, and the oceans and rivers, they are present together in the praṇītā; therefore one should fill it with water.
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NarP 1 51.30
वेदिका वस्रहीना च नग्रा संप्रोच्यते द्विज । परिस्तीर्य्य ततो दर्भेः परिदध्यादिमां बुधः
vedikā vasrahīnā ca nagrā saṃprocyate dvija / paristīryya tato darbheḥ paridadhyādimāṃ budhaḥ
An altar without a cloth is called naked, O twice-born; therefore, having strewn (it) with darbha grass, the wise man should cover it round.
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NarP 1 51.31
इन्द्रवज्रं विष्णुचक्रं वामदेवत्रिशूलकम् । दर्भरूपतया त्रीणि पवित्रच्छेदनानि च
indravajraṃ viṣṇucakraṃ vāmadevatriśūlakam / darbharūpatayā trīṇi pavitracchedanāni ca
The Indra-thunderbolt, the Viṣṇu-discus, and the trident of Vāmadeva — these are the three shapes for cutting the pavitra (purifier) out of darbha grass.
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NarP 1 51.32
प्रोक्षणी च प्रकर्तव्या प्रणीतोदकसंयुता । तेनातिपुण्यदं कर्म पवित्रमिति कीर्तितम्
prokṣaṇī ca prakartavyā praṇītodakasaṃyutā / tenātipuṇyadaṃ karma pavitramiti kīrtitam
And the sprinkling-vessel (prokṣaṇī) is to be prepared, together with the praṇītā water; by that the rite becomes greatly meritorious — this is declared to be the 'purifying' (pavitra).
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NarP 1 51.33
आज्यस्थाली प्रकर्तव्या पलमात्रप्रमाणिका । कुलालचक्रघटितं आसुरं मृण्मयं स्मृतम्
ājyasthālī prakartavyā palamātrapramāṇikā / kulālacakraghaṭitaṃ āsuraṃ mṛṇmayaṃ smṛtam
A ghee-pot should be made, of the measure of a pala; one shaped on a potter's wheel and made of clay is held to be 'demonic' (āsura).
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NarP 1 51.34
तदेव हस्तघटितं स्थाल्यादि दैविकं भवेत् । स्रुवे च सर्वकर्माणि शुभान्यप्यशुभानि च
tadeva hastaghaṭitaṃ sthālyādi daivikaṃ bhavet / sruve ca sarvakarmāṇi śubhānyapyaśubhāni ca
That same thing, shaped by hand — a pot and the rest — becomes 'divine' (daivika); and with the sruva (ladle) all rites (are performed), both auspicious and inauspicious.
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NarP 1 51.35
तस्य चैव पवित्रार्थं वह्नौ तापनमीरितम् । अग्रे धूतेन वैधव्यं मध्यं चैव प्रजाक्षयः
tasya caiva pavitrārthaṃ vahnau tāpanamīritam / agre dhūtena vaidhavyaṃ madhyaṃ caiva prajākṣayaḥ
And for the purification of that (ladle), heating in the fire is prescribed; when it is shaken at the tip, widowhood (results), and in the middle, the loss of offspring.
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NarP 1 51.36
मूले च म्रियते होता तस्माद्धार्यं विचार्य तत् । अग्निः सूर्यश्च सोमश्च विरिञ्चिरनिलो यमः
mūle ca mriyate hotā tasmāddhāryaṃ vicārya tat / agniḥ sūryaśca somaśca viriñciranilo yamaḥ
And (if held) at the base, the sacrificer (hotṛ) dies; therefore it should be held with due consideration. Agni, Sūrya, Soma, Viriñci (Brahmā), Anila (Wind), and Yama —
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NarP 1 51.37
स्रुवे षडेते देवास्तु प्रत्यङ्गुलमुपाश्रिताः । अग्निर्भघोगार्थनाशाय सूर्यो व्याधिकरो भवेत्
sruve ṣaḍete devāstu pratyaṅgulamupāśritāḥ / agnirbhaghogārthanāśāya sūryo vyādhikaro bhavet
these six gods reside in the sruva, one to each finger's breadth: Agni for the destruction of enjoyment and wealth, Sūrya causing disease,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.38
निष्फलस्तु स्मृतः सोमो विरिञ्चिः सर्वकामदः । अनिलो वृद्धिदः प्रोक्तो यमो मृत्युप्रदो मतः
niṣphalastu smṛtaḥ somo viriñciḥ sarvakāmadaḥ / anilo vṛddhidaḥ prokto yamo mṛtyuprado mataḥ
Soma is held to be fruitless, Viriñci grants all desires, Anila is said to give increase, and Yama is considered to bring death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.39
संमार्जनोपयमनं कर्त्तव्यं च कुशद्वयम् । पूर्वं तु सर्वशाखं स्यात्पञ्चशाखं तथापरम्
saṃmārjanopayamanaṃ karttavyaṃ ca kuśadvayam / pūrvaṃ tu sarvaśākhaṃ syātpañcaśākhaṃ tathāparam
Two (bunches of) kuśa grass are to be made, for wiping (saṃmārjana) and for holding (upayamana); the first should have all its blades, and the second five blades.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.40
श्रीपर्णी च शमी तद्वत्खदिरश्च विकङ्कतः । पलाशश्चैव विज्ञेयाः स्रुवे चैव तथा स्रुचि
śrīparṇī ca śamī tadvatkhadiraśca vikaṅkataḥ / palāśaścaiva vijñeyāḥ sruve caiva tathā sruci
Śrīparṇī, and likewise śamī, khadira, vikaṅkata, and palāśa are to be known (as the woods) for the sruva and likewise for the sruc.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.41
हस्तोन्मितं स्रुवं शस्तं त्रिन्दशाङ्गुलिकं स्रुचम् । विप्राणां चैतदाख्यातं ह्यन्येषामङ्गुलोनकम्
hastonmitaṃ sruvaṃ śastaṃ trindaśāṅgulikaṃ srucam / viprāṇāṃ caitadākhyātaṃ hyanyeṣāmaṅgulonakam
A sruva measured by a hand(-span) is commended, and a sruc of thirty finger-breadths; and this is stated for brahmins — for others it is one finger less.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.42
शूद्राणां पतितानां च खरादीनां च नारद । दृष्टिदोषविनाशार्थं पात्राणां प्रोक्षणं स्मृतम्
śūdrāṇāṃ patitānāṃ ca kharādīnāṃ ca nārada / dṛṣṭidoṣavināśārthaṃ pātrāṇāṃ prokṣaṇaṃ smṛtam
O Nārada, the sprinkling of the vessels is prescribed in order to remove the taint of the gaze of śūdras, of outcasts, and of asses and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.43
अकृते पूर्णपात्रे तु यज्ञच्छिद्रं समुद्भवेत् । तस्मिन्पूर्णीकृते विप्र यज्ञसंपूर्णता भवेत्
akṛte pūrṇapātre tu yajñacchidraṃ samudbhavet / tasminpūrṇīkṛte vipra yajñasaṃpūrṇatā bhavet
If the full vessel (pūrṇapātra) is not made, a flaw arises in the sacrifice; when that is made full, O brahmin, there comes completeness of the sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.44
अष्टमुष्टिर्भवेत्किञ्चित्पुष्कलं तच्चतुष्टयम् । पुष्कलानि तु चत्वारि पूर्णपात्रं विदुर्बुधाः
aṣṭamuṣṭirbhavetkiñcitpuṣkalaṃ taccatuṣṭayam / puṣkalāni tu catvāri pūrṇapātraṃ vidurbudhāḥ
Eight handfuls make a certain (measure); four of these are a puṣkala; and four puṣkalas the wise know as a full vessel (pūrṇapātra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.45
होमकाले तु संप्राप्ते न दद्यादासनं क्वचित् । दत्ते तृप्तोभवेद्वह्निः शापं दद्याञ्च दारुणम्
homakāle tu saṃprāpte na dadyādāsanaṃ kvacit / datte tṛptobhavedvahniḥ śāpaṃ dadyāñca dāruṇam
When the time of the oblation has come, one should never offer a seat; if it is offered, the fire becomes sated and pronounces a terrible curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.46
आधारौ नासिके प्रोक्तौ आज्यभागौ च चक्षुषी । प्राजापत्यं मुखं प्रोक्त कटिर्व्याहृतिभिः स्मृता
ādhārau nāsike proktau ājyabhāgau ca cakṣuṣī / prājāpatyaṃ mukhaṃ prokta kaṭirvyāhṛtibhiḥ smṛtā
The two ādhāra oblations are said to be (the fire's) nostrils, and the two ājya-portions its eyes; the offering to Prajāpati is said to be its mouth, and the vyāhṛtis are held to be its hips.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.47
शीर्षहस्तौ च पादौ च पञ्चवारुणमीरितम् । तथा स्विष्टकृतं विप्र श्रोत्रे पूर्णाहुतिस्तथा
śīrṣahastau ca pādau ca pañcavāruṇamīritam / tathā sviṣṭakṛtaṃ vipra śrotre pūrṇāhutistathā
The head, the two hands and the two feet are the five said to belong to Varuṇa; and so, O brahmin, the sviṣṭakṛt oblation and the full oblation are its two ears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.48
द्विमुखं चैकहृदयं चतुः श्रोत्रं द्विनासिकम् । द्विशीर्षकं च षण्नेत्रं पिङ्गलं सप्तजिह्वकम्
dvimukhaṃ caikahṛdayaṃ catuḥ śrotraṃ dvināsikam / dviśīrṣakaṃ ca ṣaṇnetraṃ piṅgalaṃ saptajihvakam
(The fire is) two-faced, single-hearted, four-eared, two-nosed, two-headed, six-eyed, tawny, and seven-tongued;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.49
सव्यभागे त्रिहिस्तं च चतुर्हस्तञ्च दक्षिणे । स्रुक्स्त्रुवौ चाक्षमाला च या शक्तिर्दक्षिणे करे
savyabhāge trihistaṃ ca caturhastañca dakṣiṇe / srukstruvau cākṣamālā ca yā śaktirdakṣiṇe kare
with three hands on the left side and four on the right; the sruc and sruva and the rosary, and whatever weapon (there is), are in the right hand;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.50
त्रिमेखलं त्रिपादं च घृतपात्रं द्विचामरम् । मेषारूढं चतुःशृङ्गं बालादित्यसमप्रभम्
trimekhalaṃ tripādaṃ ca ghṛtapātraṃ dvicāmaram / meṣārūḍhaṃ catuḥśṛṅgaṃ bālādityasamaprabham
with three girdles, three feet, a ghee-vessel and two fly-whisks, mounted on a ram, four-horned, of splendour like the newly risen sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.51
उपवीतसमायुक्तं जटाकुण्डलमण्डिमम् । ज्ञात्वैवमग्निदेहं तु होमकर्मसमाचरेत्
upavītasamāyuktaṃ jaṭākuṇḍalamaṇḍimam / jñātvaivamagnidehaṃ tu homakarmasamācaret
(He is) furnished with the sacred thread, adorned with matted locks and earrings; knowing the body of Agni thus, one should perform the rite of oblation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.52
पयो दधि घृतं चैव स्नेहपक्वं तथैव च । जुहुयाद्यस्तु हस्तेन स विप्रो ब्रह्महा भवेत्
payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ caiva snehapakvaṃ tathaiva ca / juhuyādyastu hastena sa vipro brahmahā bhavet
Milk, curds, and ghee, and likewise what is cooked in oil — whoever offers (these) with the hand, that brahmin becomes a slayer of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.53
यदन्नं पुरुषो ऽश्राति तदन्नं तस्य देवताः । सर्वकामसमृद्ध्यर्थं तिलाधिक्यं हविर्मतम्
yadannaṃ puruṣo 'śrāti tadannaṃ tasya devatāḥ / sarvakāmasamṛddhyarthaṃ tilādhikyaṃ havirmatam
Whatever food a man eats, that food (is the food) of his deities; for the sake of the fulfilment of all desires, an oblation with an excess of sesame is held (best).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.54
होमे मुद्रात्रयं प्रोक्तं मृगी हंसी च सूकरी । अभिचारे सूकरी स्यान्मृगी हंसी शुभात्मके
home mudrātrayaṃ proktaṃ mṛgī haṃsī ca sūkarī / abhicāre sūkarī syānmṛgī haṃsī śubhātmake
In the oblation three hand-postures are declared: the doe, the goose, and the sow. In hostile magic it should be the sow; the doe and the goose in a rite of auspicious nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.55
सर्वाङ्गुलीभिः क्रौडी स्याद्धंसी मुक्तकनिष्टिका । मध्यमानामिकाङ्गुष्टैर्मृगी सुद्रा प्रकीर्तिता
sarvāṅgulībhiḥ krauḍī syāddhaṃsī muktakaniṣṭikā / madhyamānāmikāṅguṣṭairmṛgī sudrā prakīrtitā
With all the fingers it is the sow-posture; the goose has the little finger released; with the middle finger, ring finger, and thumb the doe-posture is proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.58
पूर्वप्रमाणयाहुत्या पञ्चाङ्गुलिगृहीतया । दधिमध्वाज्यसंयुक्त ऋत्विग्भिर्जुहुयात्तिलैः ॥ नर्प्_१,५१।५६ ॥ कुशास्त्वनामिकासक्ताः कार्याः स्युः पुण्यकर्मणि ॥ नर्प्_१,५१।५७ ॥ विनायकः कर्मविघ्नसिद्ध्यर्थं विनियोजितः । गणानामाधिपत्ये च रुद्रेण ब्रह्मणा तथा
pūrvapramāṇayāhutyā pañcāṅguligṛhītayā / dadhimadhvājyasaṃyukta ṛtvigbhirjuhuyāttilaiḥ // narp_1,51.56 // kuśāstvanāmikāsaktāḥ kāryāḥ syuḥ puṇyakarmaṇi // narp_1,51.57 // vināyakaḥ karmavighnasiddhyarthaṃ viniyojitaḥ / gaṇānāmādhipatye ca rudreṇa brahmaṇā tathā
With an oblation of the previously stated measure, taken up with five fingers, mixed with curds, honey, and ghee, the officiating priests should offer with sesame seeds. (51.56) But in an auspicious rite the kuśa grasses should be made to be held on the ring finger. (51.57) Vināyaka has been appointed, for the sake of the removal of obstacles to rites, to the lordship over the hosts (gaṇas) by Rudra and by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.59
तेनोपसृष्टो यस्तस्य लक्षणानि निबोध मे । स्वमेव गाहतेत्यर्थं जलं मुण्डांश्च पश्यति
tenopasṛṣṭo yastasya lakṣaṇāni nibodha me / svameva gāhatetyarthaṃ jalaṃ muṇḍāṃśca paśyati
Learn from me the marks of the one who is afflicted by him: he sees water, as though (thinking) 'let him plunge in it,' and shaven heads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.62
कामाय वाससश्चैव क्रव्यादांश्चाधिरोहति । अन्त्यजैर्गर्द्दभैरुष्टैः सहैकत्रावतिष्टते ॥ नर्प्_१,५१।६० ॥ व्रजन्नपि तथात्मानं मन्यते ऽनुगतं परैः विमना विफलारंभः संसीदत्यनिमित्ततः ॥ नर्प्_१,५१।६१ ॥ तेनोपसृष्टो लभते न राज्यं राजनन्दनः । कुमारी न च भर्तारमपत्यं गर्भमङ्गना । आचार्यत्वं श्रोत्रियश्च न शिष्यो ऽध्ययनं तथा
kāmāya vāsasaścaiva kravyādāṃścādhirohati / antyajairgarddabhairuṣṭaiḥ sahaikatrāvatiṣṭate // narp_1,51.60 // vrajannapi tathātmānaṃ manyate 'nugataṃ paraiḥ vimanā viphalāraṃbhaḥ saṃsīdatyanimittataḥ // narp_1,51.61 // tenopasṛṣṭo labhate na rājyaṃ rājanandanaḥ / kumārī na ca bhartāramapatyaṃ garbhamaṅganā / ācāryatvaṃ śrotriyaśca na śiṣyo 'dhyayanaṃ tathā
Out of desire he climbs upon clothes and upon flesh-eating (animals); he stays together in one place with outcastes, donkeys, and camels. (51.60) Even while walking, he thinks himself followed by others; dejected, his undertakings fruitless, he sinks down without cause. (51.61) Afflicted by him, a king's son does not obtain the kingdom, nor a maiden a husband, nor a woman offspring or conception, nor a Vedic scholar the office of teacher, nor a pupil his study.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.63
वणिग्लाभं न चान्पोति कृषिं चापि कृषिबलः । स्नपन तस्य कर्तव्यं पुण्ये ऽह्रि विधिपूर्वकम् । गौरसर्ष पकल्केन स्वस्ति वाच्या द्विजैः शुभाः
vaṇiglābhaṃ na cānpoti kṛṣiṃ cāpi kṛṣibalaḥ / snapana tasya kartavyaṃ puṇye 'hri vidhipūrvakam / gaurasarṣa pakalkena svasti vācyā dvijaiḥ śubhāḥ
And the merchant does not obtain profit, nor the strong farmer his crop. A bathing (rite) is to be performed for him on an auspicious day according to rule; with a paste of white mustard, and auspicious blessings are to be pronounced by brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.64
अश्वस्थानाद्गजस्थानाद्वल्मीकात्संगमाद्ध्रदात् । मृत्तिकां रोचनां गन्धान् गुग्गुलुं चाशु निक्षिपेत्
aśvasthānādgajasthānādvalmīkātsaṃgamāddhradāt / mṛttikāṃ rocanāṃ gandhān gugguluṃ cāśu nikṣipet
From a horse's stall, from an elephant's stall, from an anthill, from a river-confluence, from a pool — he should quickly put in earth, yellow pigment, fragrances, and gugguls resin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.65
पात्र्याहृता ह्येकवर्णैश्चतुर्भिः कलशैर्ह्रदात् । चर्मण्यानुडुहे रक्ते स्थाप्यं भद्रासनं ततः
pātryāhṛtā hyekavarṇaiścaturbhiḥ kalaśairhradāt / carmaṇyānuḍuhe rakte sthāpyaṃ bhadrāsanaṃ tataḥ
(Water) brought in a vessel from a pool with four jars of a single colour; then a fine seat is to be set on a red bull's hide.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.66
सहस्राक्षं शतधार मृषिभिः पावनं कृतम् । तेन त्वामभिषिञ्चामि पावमान्याः पुंनतु ते
sahasrākṣaṃ śatadhāra mṛṣibhiḥ pāvanaṃ kṛtam / tena tvāmabhiṣiñcāmi pāvamānyāḥ puṃnatu te
(This water,) thousand-eyed, hundred-streamed, made purifying by the seers — with it I consecrate you; may the Pavamānī verses purify you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.67
भगं ते वरुणो राजा भगं सूर्यो बृहस्पतिः । भगमिन्द्रश्च वायुश्च भगं सप्तर्षयो ददुः
bhagaṃ te varuṇo rājā bhagaṃ sūryo bṛhaspatiḥ / bhagamindraśca vāyuśca bhagaṃ saptarṣayo daduḥ
May King Varuṇa (grant) you fortune, may Sūrya and Bṛhaspati (grant) fortune, may Indra and Vāyu, and may the seven seers grant fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.68
यत्ते केशेषु दौर्भाग्यं सीमन्ते यच्च मूर्द्धनि । ललाटे कर्णयोरक्ष्णोरापस्तुदन्तु सर्वदा
yatte keśeṣu daurbhāgyaṃ sīmante yacca mūrddhani / lalāṭe karṇayorakṣṇorāpastudantu sarvadā
Whatever ill-fortune of yours is in your hair, in the parting, on the crown, on the forehead, in the ears, in the eyes — may the waters ever drive it away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.69
स्नानस्य सार्षपं तैलं स्रुवेणौदुम्बरेण तु । जुहुयान्मूर्द्धनि कुशान्सव्यन परिगृह्य च
snānasya sārṣapaṃ tailaṃ sruveṇaudumbareṇa tu / juhuyānmūrddhani kuśānsavyana parigṛhya ca
With mustard oil from the bath, with a ladle of udumbara wood, he should make the oblation over (the man's) head, having also grasped kuśa grasses on the left.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.70
मितश्च संमितश्चैव तथा शालकटङ्कटौ । कूष्माण्डो राजपुत्र श्चेत्यन्ते स्वाहासमान्वितैः
mitaśca saṃmitaścaiva tathā śālakaṭaṅkaṭau / kūṣmāṇḍo rājaputra ścetyante svāhāsamānvitaiḥ
Mita and Saṃmita, and likewise Śāla and Kaṭaṅkaṭa, Kūṣmāṇḍa, and Rājaputra — with (these names) accompanied at the end by 'svāhā',
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.71
नामभिर्बलिमन्त्रैश्च नमस्कारसमन्वितैः । दद्याञ्चतुष्पथे सूर्य्ये कुशानास्तीर्य्य सर्वतः
nāmabhirbalimantraiśca namaskārasamanvitaiḥ / dadyāñcatuṣpathe sūryye kuśānāstīryya sarvataḥ
with the names and with the offering-formulas joined with salutation, he should give (the offering) at a crossroads (facing) the sun, having strewn kuśa grasses all around.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.72
कृता कृतांस्तण्डुलीश्च पललौदनमेव च । मत्स्यान्पक्वांस्तथैवामान्मांसमेतावदेवतु
kṛtā kṛtāṃstaṇḍulīśca palalaudanameva ca / matsyānpakvāṃstathaivāmānmāṃsametāvadevatu
Both cooked and uncooked rice grains, and sesame-cake rice, cooked fish and likewise raw, and just so much meat,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.73
पुष्पं चित्रं सुगन्धं च सुराञ्च त्रिविधामपि । मूलकं पूरिकापूपांस्तथैवोटस्रजो ऽपि च
puṣpaṃ citraṃ sugandhaṃ ca surāñca trividhāmapi / mūlakaṃ pūrikāpūpāṃstathaivoṭasrajo 'pi ca
a variegated and fragrant flower, and liquor too of three kinds, radish, cakes and pastries, and likewise garlands (of flowers),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.74
दध्यन्नं पायसं चैव गुजपिष्ट समोदकम् । एतान्सर्वानुपाहृत्य भूमौ कृत्वा ततः शिरः
dadhyannaṃ pāyasaṃ caiva gujapiṣṭa samodakam / etānsarvānupāhṛtya bhūmau kṛtvā tataḥ śiraḥ
curd-rice and milk-rice, and sweet balls of ground molasses — having brought all these near, then having placed his head on the ground,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.75
विनायकस्य जननी मुपतिष्टेत्ततो ऽम्बिकाम् । दुर्वासर्षपपुष्पाणां दत्त्वार्घ्यं पूर्णमञ्जलिम्
vināyakasya jananī mupatiṣṭettato 'mbikām / durvāsarṣapapuṣpāṇāṃ dattvārghyaṃ pūrṇamañjalim
He should wait upon the mother of Vināyaka, and then upon Ambikā, offering as arghya a full handful of dūrvā grass, mustard and flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.76
रूपं देहि यशो देहि भगं भगवति देहि मे । पुत्रान्देहि धनं देहि सर्वान्कामांश्च देहि मे
rūpaṃ dehi yaśo dehi bhagaṃ bhagavati dehi me / putrāndehi dhanaṃ dehi sarvānkāmāṃśca dehi me
"Give beauty, give fame, give good fortune to me, O Goddess; give me sons, give wealth, and give me all my desires."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.77
उपस्थाय शिवां दुर्गामुमापतिमथाचेर्यत् । धूपैदर्पिश्चै नैवेद्यैर्गन्धमाल्यानुलेपनैः
upasthāya śivāṃ durgāmumāpatimathāceryat / dhūpaidarpiścai naivedyairgandhamālyānulepanaiḥ
Having waited upon Śivā (and) Durgā, he should then worship the husband of Umā with incense, lamps, food-offerings, perfumes, garlands and unguents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.78
ततः शुक्लाम्बरधरः शुक्लमाल्यानुलेपनः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्वस्त्रयुगमं गुरोरपि
tataḥ śuklāmbaradharaḥ śuklamālyānulepanaḥ / brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādvastrayugamaṃ gurorapi
Then, wearing white garments, with white garlands and unguents, he should afterwards feed brāhmaṇas, and (give) a pair of garments to the teacher as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.79
एवं विनायकं पूज्य ग्रहांश्चैव प्रपूजयेत् । श्रीकामः शान्तिकामो वा पुष्टिवृद्ध्यायुर्वीर्य्यवान्
evaṃ vināyakaṃ pūjya grahāṃścaiva prapūjayet / śrīkāmaḥ śāntikāmo vā puṣṭivṛddhyāyurvīryyavān
Having thus worshipped Vināyaka, he should then also worship the planets — whether desiring prosperity or desiring peace, (and thus becomes) possessed of nourishment, increase, long life and vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.80
सीर्य्यः सोमो महीपुत्रो बुधो जीवो भृगुः शनिः । राहुकेतू नवाप्येते नवाप्येते स्थापनीया ग्रहाः क्रमात्
sīryyaḥ somo mahīputro budho jīvo bhṛguḥ śaniḥ / rāhuketū navāpyete navāpyete sthāpanīyā grahāḥ kramāt
The Sun, the Moon, the son of Earth (Mars), Budha (Mercury), Jīva (Jupiter), Bhṛgu (Venus), Śani (Saturn), Rāhu and Ketu — these nine planets are to be installed in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.81
ताम्रकाद्रजताद्रक्तचन्दनात्स्वर्णकादपि । हेम्नो रजतादयसः सीसात्कार्या शुभाप्तये
tāmrakādrajatādraktacandanātsvarṇakādapi / hemno rajatādayasaḥ sīsātkāryā śubhāptaye
(They are) to be made of copper, of silver, of red sandalwood, and of gold; of gold, of silver, of iron, of lead — for the obtaining of what is auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.82
स्ववर्णैर्वापटे लेख्या गन्धैर्मण्डलकेषु च । यथावर्णं प्रदेयानि वासांसि कुसुमानि च
svavarṇairvāpaṭe lekhyā gandhairmaṇḍalakeṣu ca / yathāvarṇaṃ pradeyāni vāsāṃsi kusumāni ca
Or they are to be drawn on cloth with their own colours, and with scented pastes upon the (ritual) diagrams; and garments and flowers are to be presented according to (each one's) colour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.83
गन्धाश्च बलयश्चैव धूपो देयश्च गुग्गुलुः । कर्तव्या मन्त्रवन्तश्च चरवः प्रतिदैवतम्
gandhāśca balayaścaiva dhūpo deyaśca gugguluḥ / kartavyā mantravantaśca caravaḥ pratidaivatam
And perfumes and offerings of food, and incense — guggulu is to be given; and gruels accompanied by mantras are to be prepared for each deity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.86
आकृष्णेन इमन्देवा अग्निर्मूर्द्धादिवः ककुत् । उद्बुधअयस्वाति यदर्यस्तथैवान्नात्परिस्रुतः ॥ नर्प्_१,५१।८४ ॥ शन्नोदेवीस्तथा काण्डात्केतुं कृण्वन्नकेतवः ॥ नर्प्_१,५१।८५ ॥ अर्कः पलाशः खदिरस्त्वपामार्गो ऽथपिप्पलः । उदुंबरः शमी दूर्वा कुशाश्च समिधः क्रमात्
ākṛṣṇena imandevā agnirmūrddhādivaḥ kakut / udbudhaayasvāti yadaryastathaivānnātparisrutaḥ // narp_1,51.84 // śannodevīstathā kāṇḍātketuṃ kṛṇvannaketavaḥ // narp_1,51.85 // arkaḥ palāśaḥ khadirastvapāmārgo 'thapippalaḥ / uduṃbaraḥ śamī dūrvā kuśāśca samidhaḥ kramāt
(The mantras beginning) "ā kṛṣṇena," "imaṃ devāḥ," "agnir mūrdhā divaḥ kakut," "ud budhyasva," "ati yad aryaḥ," and likewise "annāt pariśrutaḥ," "śaṃ no devīḥ," "kāṇḍāt," "ketuṃ kṛṇvan aketave." Arka, palāśa, khadira, apāmārga, and then pippala, udumbara, śamī, dūrvā and kuśa are the firewoods, in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.87
एकैकस्मादष्टशतमष्टाविंशतिरेव च । होतव्या मधुसर्पिर्भ्यां दध्ना क्षीरेण वा पुनः
ekaikasmādaṣṭaśatamaṣṭāviṃśatireva ca / hotavyā madhusarpirbhyāṃ dadhnā kṣīreṇa vā punaḥ
From each one (of these woods) one hundred and eight, or just twenty-eight, oblations are to be offered with honey and ghee, or else with curds or with milk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.88
गुडौदनं पायसं च हविष्यं क्षीरष्यं क्षीरषाष्टिकम् । दध्योदनं हविश्चूर्णं मांसं चित्रान्नमेव च
guḍaudanaṃ pāyasaṃ ca haviṣyaṃ kṣīraṣyaṃ kṣīraṣāṣṭikam / dadhyodanaṃ haviścūrṇaṃ māṃsaṃ citrānnameva ca
Rice with molasses, and milk-rice, sacrificial food, milk-food, sixty-day rice with milk, rice with curds, powdered oblation-food, meat, and mixed rice —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.89
दद्या द्ग्रहक्रमादेतद्द्विजेभ्यो भोजनं बुधः । शक्तितो ऽपि यथा लाभं सत्कृत्य विधिपूर्वकम्
dadyā dgrahakramādetaddvijebhyo bhojanaṃ budhaḥ / śaktito 'pi yathā lābhaṃ satkṛtya vidhipūrvakam
the wise man should give this food to the twice-born in the order of the planets, even according to his means, as it may be had, honouring them in accordance with the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.90
धेनुः शङ्खस्तथानङ्वान्हिमवासो हयः क्रमात् । कृष्णागौरायसं छाग एता वै दक्षिणाः स्मृताः
dhenuḥ śaṅkhastathānaṅvānhimavāso hayaḥ kramāt / kṛṣṇāgaurāyasaṃ chāga etā vai dakṣiṇāḥ smṛtāḥ
A milch cow, a conch, an ox, a snow-white garment, a horse, in order; a black cow, a white (cow), iron, a goat — these indeed are said to be the sacrificial fees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.91
यस्य यस्य तु यद्द्रव्यं पलेनार्च्यः स तेन च । ब्रह्मन्नेषां वरो दत्तः पूजिताः पूजयिष्यथः
yasya yasya tu yaddravyaṃ palenārcyaḥ sa tena ca / brahmanneṣāṃ varo dattaḥ pūjitāḥ pūjayiṣyathaḥ
Whatever substance belongs to whichever (planet), that one is to be worshipped with that, by the pala measure. O Brahman, this boon was granted to them: "Being worshipped, you shall in turn favour (the worshipper)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.92
ग्रहाधीना नरेद्राणां धनजात्युच्छ्रयास्तथा । भावाभावौ च जगतस्तस्मात्पूज्यतमा ग्रहाः
grahādhīnā naredrāṇāṃ dhanajātyucchrayāstathā / bhāvābhāvau ca jagatastasmātpūjyatamā grahāḥ
Dependent on the planets are the wealth and the eminence of birth of kings, and the existence and non-existence of the world; therefore the planets are most worthy of worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.95
अदित्यस्य सदा पूजा तिलकं स्वामिनस्तथा । महागणपतेश्चैव कुर्वन्सिद्धिमवान्पुयात् ॥ नर्प्_१,५१।९३ ॥ कर्मणां सफलत्वं च श्रियं वाप्नोत्यनुत्तमाम् ॥ नर्प्_१,५१।९४ ॥ अकृत्वा मातृयागं तु यो ग्रहार्चां समारभेत् । कुप्यन्ति मातरस्तस्य प्रत्यूहं कुर्वते तथा
adityasya sadā pūjā tilakaṃ svāminastathā / mahāgaṇapateścaiva kurvansiddhimavānpuyāt // narp_1,51.93 // karmaṇāṃ saphalatvaṃ ca śriyaṃ vāpnotyanuttamām // narp_1,51.94 // akṛtvā mātṛyāgaṃ tu yo grahārcāṃ samārabhet / kupyanti mātarastasya pratyūhaṃ kurvate tathā
Worship of Āditya always, and the tilaka of the Lord, and of the great Gaṇapati — performing (these) one would obtain success, and the fruitfulness of one's acts, and would attain unsurpassed prosperity. But he who, without having performed the sacrifice to the Mothers, undertakes the worship of the planets — the Mothers grow angry at him and accordingly create obstruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.96
वसोः पवित्रमन्त्रेण वसोर्द्धारां प्रकल्प्य च । गौर्याद्या मातरः पूज्या माङ्गल्येषु शुभार्थिभिः
vasoḥ pavitramantreṇa vasorddhārāṃ prakalpya ca / gauryādyā mātaraḥ pūjyā māṅgalyeṣu śubhārthibhiḥ
And having arranged the stream of ghee (vasordhārā) with the vasu-purifying mantra, the Mothers beginning with Gaurī are to be worshipped in auspicious ceremonies by those who seek what is good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.97
गौरी पद्म शची मेधा सावित्री विजया जया । देवसेना स्वधा स्वाहा मातृका वैधृतिर्धृतिः
gaurī padma śacī medhā sāvitrī vijayā jayā / devasenā svadhā svāhā mātṛkā vaidhṛtirdhṛtiḥ
Gaurī, Padmā, Śacī, Medhā, Sāvitrī, Vijayā, Jayā, Devasenā, Svadhā, Svāhā, Mātṛkā, Vaidhṛti, Dhṛti,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.98
पुष्टिर्हृष्टिस्तथा तुष्टिरात्मदेवतया सह । गणेशेनाधिका ह्येता वृद्धौ पूज्यास्तु षोहश
puṣṭirhṛṣṭistathā tuṣṭirātmadevatayā saha / gaṇeśenādhikā hyetā vṛddhau pūjyāstu ṣohaśa
Puṣṭi, Hṛṣṭi and Tuṣṭi, together with one's own tutelary deity — these, with Gaṇeśa in addition, sixteen (in all), are to be worshipped at a rite of increase.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.99
आवाहनं तथा पाद्यमर्ध्यं स्नानं च चन्दनम् । अक्षतांश्चैव पुष्पाणि धूपं दीपं फलानि च
āvāhanaṃ tathā pādyamardhyaṃ snānaṃ ca candanam / akṣatāṃścaiva puṣpāṇi dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ phalāni ca
The invocation, then water for the feet, the offering-water, the bath, and sandal-paste; unbroken rice-grains too, flowers, incense, lamp, and fruits;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.100
नैवेद्याचमनीयं च तांबूलं पूगमेव च । नीराजनं दक्षिणां च क्रमाद्दद्याञ्च तुष्टये
naivedyācamanīyaṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ pūgameva ca / nīrājanaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ ca kramāddadyāñca tuṣṭaye
and the food-offering and water for rinsing the mouth, betel and areca-nut as well; the waving of lights and the fee — (these) one should give in order, for (their) satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.101
पितृकल्पं प्रक्ष्यामि धनसंततिवर्द्धनम् । अमावस्याष्टका वृद्धिः कृष्णपक्षायनद्वयम्
pitṛkalpaṃ prakṣyāmi dhanasaṃtativarddhanam / amāvasyāṣṭakā vṛddhiḥ kṛṣṇapakṣāyanadvayam
I shall declare the rite for the ancestors, which increases wealth and progeny: the new-moon day, the aṣṭakās, the (rite at a) prosperous occasion, the dark fortnight, the two half-year courses (of the sun),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.102
द्रव्यं ब्राह्मणसंपत्तिर्विषुवत्सुर्यसंक्रमः । व्यतीपातो गजच्छाया ग्रहणं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः
dravyaṃ brāhmaṇasaṃpattirviṣuvatsuryasaṃkramaḥ / vyatīpāto gajacchāyā grahaṇaṃ candrasūryayoḥ
the (availability of) materials, the arrival of a brahmin, the equinox, the sun's passage (from one sign to another), the vyatīpāta conjunction, the 'elephant-shadow' (occasion), the eclipse of the moon and of the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.103
श्राद्धं प्रतिरुचिश्चैव श्राद्धकालाः प्रकीर्तिताः । अग्र्याः सर्वेषु वेदेषु श्रोत्रियो ब्रह्मविद्युवा
śrāddhaṃ pratiruciścaiva śrāddhakālāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / agryāḥ sarveṣu vedeṣu śrotriyo brahmavidyuvā
(the desire for) a śrāddha and the inclination toward it — (thus) the times for śrāddha have been proclaimed. Foremost (as invitees) are: in all the Vedas (learned), a śrotriya, a young man who knows brahman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.104
वेदार्थविज्ज्येष्टसामा त्रिमधुस्रिसुपर्णकः । स्वस्रीय ऋत्विग्जामाता याज्यश्वशुरमातुलाः
vedārthavijjyeṣṭasāmā trimadhusrisuparṇakaḥ / svasrīya ṛtvigjāmātā yājyaśvaśuramātulāḥ
one who knows the meaning of the Veda, a Jyeṣṭhasāman-chanter, one (versed) in the three madhu (verses) and the three suparṇa (verses), a sister's son, an officiating priest, a daughter's husband, one for whom one sacrifices, a father-in-law, and maternal uncles,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.105
त्रिणाचिकेतदौहित्रशिष्यसंबन्धिबान्धवाः । कर्मनिष्टास्तपोनिष्टाः पञ्चाग्निब्रह्मचारिणः
triṇāciketadauhitraśiṣyasaṃbandhibāndhavāḥ / karmaniṣṭāstaponiṣṭāḥ pañcāgnibrahmacāriṇaḥ
one (versed) in the three Nāciketa (fires), a daughter's son, a pupil, connections by marriage and kinsmen, those steadfast in ritual action, those steadfast in austerity, the maintainers of the five fires, and students of the Veda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.106
पितृमातृपराश्चैव ब्राह्मणाः श्राद्धसंपदः । रोगी न्यूनातिरिक्ताङ्गः काणः पौनर्भवस्तथा
pitṛmātṛparāścaiva brāhmaṇāḥ śrāddhasaṃpadaḥ / rogī nyūnātiriktāṅgaḥ kāṇaḥ paunarbhavastathā
and brahmins devoted to father and mother — (these) are the excellence of a śrāddha. (Excluded are:) one who is diseased, one with a deficient or superfluous limb, a one-eyed man, and the son of a remarried woman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.107
अवकीर्णी कुण्डगोलौ कुनखी श्यावदङ्कः । भृतकाध्यापकः क्लीबः कन्यादूष्यभिशस्तकः
avakīrṇī kuṇḍagolau kunakhī śyāvadaṅkaḥ / bhṛtakādhyāpakaḥ klībaḥ kanyādūṣyabhiśastakaḥ
one who has broken his vow of chastity, a kuṇḍa and a gola (sons born of adultery in a husband's lifetime or after his death), one with bad nails, one with black-brown teeth, a teacher for hire, an impotent man, one who defiles a maiden, one under accusation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.108
मित्रध्रुक् पिशुनः सोमविक्रयी परिविन्दकः । मातृपितृगुरुत्यागी कुण्डाशी वृषलात्मजः
mitradhruk piśunaḥ somavikrayī parivindakaḥ / mātṛpitṛgurutyāgī kuṇḍāśī vṛṣalātmajaḥ
a betrayer of friends, a slanderer, a seller of soma, one who marries before his elder brother, one who abandons mother, father, or teacher, one who eats the food of a kuṇḍa, the son of a śūdra woman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.109
परपूर्वापतिः स्तेनः कर्मभ्रष्टाश्च निन्दिताः । निमन्त्रयीत पूर्वेद्युर्ब्राह्मणानात्मवान् शुचिः
parapūrvāpatiḥ stenaḥ karmabhraṣṭāśca ninditāḥ / nimantrayīta pūrvedyurbrāhmaṇānātmavān śuciḥ
a husband of a woman married before to another, a thief, and those fallen from their duties — (these) are censured. Self-controlled and pure, one should invite the brahmins on the previous day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.110
तैश्चापि संयतैर् भाव्यं मनोवाक्कायकर्मभिः । अपराह्ने समघभ्यर्च्य स्वागतेनागतांस्तु तान्
taiścāpi saṃyatair bhāvyaṃ manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ / aparāhne samaghabhyarcya svāgatenāgatāṃstu tān
And they too should remain restrained in the acts of mind, speech, and body. In the afternoon, having honoured those who have come, and (greeting them) with a welcome,
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NarP 1 51.111
पवित्रपाणिराचान्तानासने चोपवेशयेत् । विप्रान्दैवे यथाशक्ति पित्र्ये ऽयुग्मांस्तथैव च
pavitrapāṇirācāntānāsane copaveśayet / viprāndaive yathāśakti pitrye 'yugmāṃstathaiva ca
with a purificatory grass in hand he should seat on a seat those who have rinsed their mouths — for the divine (portion) brahmins according to his means, and for the ancestral (portion) an odd number likewise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.112
परश्रिते शुचौ देशे दक्षिणाप्रवणं तथा । द्वौ द्वैवे प्राक् त्रयः पित्रघ्ये उदगेकैकमेव च
paraśrite śucau deśe dakṣiṇāpravaṇaṃ tathā / dvau dvaive prāk trayaḥ pitraghye udagekaikameva ca
in a secluded, pure place sloping toward the south; two facing east for the divine (rite), three for the ancestral, and one each facing north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.113
मातामहानामप्येवं तत्र वा वैश्वदैविकम् । पाणिप्रक्षालनं दत्त्वा विष्टरार्थं कुशानपि
mātāmahānāmapyevaṃ tatra vā vaiśvadaivikam / pāṇiprakṣālanaṃ dattvā viṣṭarārthaṃ kuśānapi
For the maternal grandfathers too it is thus; or there (the same brahmins may serve) for the offering to the All-gods. Having given water for washing the hands, and also kuśa grasses for a seat,
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NarP 1 51.114
आवाहयेदनुज्ञातो विश्वेदेवास इत्यृचा । यवैरन्वावकीर्याथ भाजने सपवित्रके
āvāhayedanujñāto viśvedevāsa ityṛcā / yavairanvāvakīryātha bhājane sapavitrake
being permitted, he should invoke (them) with the verse 'viśve devāsaḥ'; then, having strewn (them) over with barley grains, in a vessel with a purifying grass,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.115
शन्नो देव्या अपः क्षिप्त्वा यवो ऽसीति यवांस्तथा । यादिव्या इति मन्त्रेण हस्ते पाद्यं विनिःक्षिपेत्
śanno devyā apaḥ kṣiptvā yavo 'sīti yavāṃstathā / yādivyā iti mantreṇa haste pādyaṃ viniḥkṣipet
having put in water with 'śaṃ no devīr apaḥ' and barley with 'thou art barley', with the mantra 'yā divyāḥ' he should pour the foot-water into (their) hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.116
दत्त्वोदकं गन्धमाल्यं प्रदायान्नं सदीपकम् । अपसव्यं ततः तृत्वा पितॄणां सप्रदक्षिणम्
dattvodakaṃ gandhamālyaṃ pradāyānnaṃ sadīpakam / apasavyaṃ tataḥ tṛtvā pitṝṇāṃ sapradakṣiṇam
Having given water, and having presented perfume and garlands, and food together with a lamp, then, having turned so that the right side is reversed, (he proceeds) to the ancestors with the right-hand turn,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.117
द्विगुणांस्तु कुशान्दत्त्वा ह्युशन्तिस्त्वित्यृचा पितॄन् । आवाह्य तदनुज्ञातो जपेदायन्तु नस्ततः
dviguṇāṃstu kuśāndattvā hyuśantistvityṛcā pitṝn / āvāhya tadanujñāto japedāyantu nastataḥ
and having given twice as many kuśa grasses, having invoked the ancestors with the verse 'uśantas tvā', and being permitted by them, he should then recite 'ā yantu naḥ'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.118
यवार्थास्तु तिलैः कार्याः कुर्यादर्ध्यादि पूर्ववत् । दत्त्वार्ध्यं सयवांस्तेषां पात्रे कृत्वा विधानतः
yavārthāstu tilaiḥ kāryāḥ kuryādardhyādi pūrvavat / dattvārdhyaṃ sayavāṃsteṣāṃ pātre kṛtvā vidhānataḥ
But what is served by barley is (here) to be done with sesame seeds; he should perform the offering-water and the rest as before. Having given the offering-water with sesame, placing (it) in their vessel according to the rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.119
पितृभ्यः स्थानमसीति न्युब्जं पात्रं कगेत्यधः । अग्नौ करिष्यन्नादाय पृच्छत्यन्नं घृतप्लुतम्
pitṛbhyaḥ sthānamasīti nyubjaṃ pātraṃ kagetyadhaḥ / agnau kariṣyannādāya pṛcchatyannaṃ ghṛtaplutam
(Saying) "You are the seat for the fathers," (he sets) the vessel upside down, ... below; then, intending to make an offering in the fire, taking the food soaked in ghee, he asks (permission).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.120
कुरुष्वेत्यभ्यनुज्ञातो दत्तावाग्नौ पितृयज्ञवत् । हुतशेषं प्रदद्यात्तु भाजनेषु समाहितः
kuruṣvetyabhyanujñāto dattāvāgnau pitṛyajñavat / hutaśeṣaṃ pradadyāttu bhājaneṣu samāhitaḥ
Given leave with "Do it," he should offer in the fire as in the pitṛyajña; and the remnant of the oblation he should, collected in mind, distribute into the dishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.121
यथालाभोपपन्नेषु गैप्येषु च विशेषतः । दत्त्वान्नं पृथिवीपात्रमिति पात्रा भिमन्त्रणम्
yathālābhopapanneṣu gaipyeṣu ca viśeṣataḥ / dattvānnaṃ pṛthivīpātramiti pātrā bhimantraṇam
Into (vessels) come to hand as available, and especially into ... (vessels); having served the food, the consecration of the vessel is with "Earth is the vessel."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.122
कृत्वेदं विष्णुरित्यन्ने द्विजाङ्गुष्टं निवेशयेत् । सव्याहृतिकां गायत्रीं मधुवाता इति त्यृचम्
kṛtvedaṃ viṣṇurityanne dvijāṅguṣṭaṃ niveśayet / savyāhṛtikāṃ gāyatrīṃ madhuvātā iti tyṛcam
Having done (this), he should set the brahmin's thumb in the food with "This is Viṣṇu"; (and recite) the Gāyatrī with the utterances, and the three verses beginning "The winds (drip) honey."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.123
जप्त्वा यथासुखं वाच्यं भुञ्जीरंस्ते ऽपि वाग्यताः । अग्नमिष्टं हविप्यं च दद्यादक्रोधनो ऽत्वरः
japtvā yathāsukhaṃ vācyaṃ bhuñjīraṃste 'pi vāgyatāḥ / agnamiṣṭaṃ havipyaṃ ca dadyādakrodhano 'tvaraḥ
Having muttered (these), leave to speak at ease should be given; and let them eat, restrained in speech. Without anger and without haste, he should serve the desired food and the sacrificial fare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.124
आतृप्तेस्तु पवित्राणि जप्त्वा पूर्वजपं तथा । अन्नमादाय तृप्ताःस्थ शेषं चैवानुमान्य च
ātṛptestu pavitrāṇi japtvā pūrvajapaṃ tathā / annamādāya tṛptāḥstha śeṣaṃ caivānumānya ca
Until they are satisfied, having muttered the purifying verses and likewise the earlier muttering, and taking food (with the words) "Are you satisfied?", and having had the remainder approved—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.125
तदन्नं विकिरेद्भूमौ दद्याञ्चापः सकृत्सकृत् । सर्वमन्नमुपादाय सतिलं दक्षिणामुखः
tadannaṃ vikiredbhūmau dadyāñcāpaḥ sakṛtsakṛt / sarvamannamupādāya satilaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
—he should scatter that food on the ground and give water again and again; taking up all the food together with sesame, facing south,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.126
उच्छिष्टसन्निधौ पिण्डान्दद्याद्वै पितृयज्ञवत् । मातामहानामप्येवं दद्यादाचमनं ततः
ucchiṣṭasannidhau piṇḍāndadyādvai pitṛyajñavat / mātāmahānāmapyevaṃ dadyādācamanaṃ tataḥ
in the presence of the leavings he should offer the rice-balls as in the pitṛyajña; for the maternal grandfathers too in the same way; then he should offer water for rinsing the mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.127
स्वस्निवाचं ततः कुर्यादक्षय्योदकमेव हि । दत्त्वा च दक्षिणां शक्त्या स्वधाकारमुदाहरेत्
svasnivācaṃ tataḥ kuryādakṣayyodakameva hi / dattvā ca dakṣiṇāṃ śaktyā svadhākāramudāharet
Then he should make the recitation of blessing, and (offer) the "inexhaustible" water; and having given a gift according to his means, he should pronounce the call of "svadhā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.128
वाच्यतामित्यनुज्ञातः प्रकृतेभ्यः स्वधोच्यताम् । ब्रूयुरस्तु स्वधेत्युक्ते भूमौ सिंचेत्ततो जलम्
vācyatāmityanujñātaḥ prakṛtebhyaḥ svadhocyatām / brūyurastu svadhetyukte bhūmau siṃcettato jalam
Given leave with "Let it be spoken," (he says) "Let svadhā be spoken for those concerned"; they should say "Let there be svadhā"; and when that has been said, he should sprinkle water on the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.129
विश्वेदेवाश्वप्रीयन्तां विप्रैश्चोक्त इदं जपेत् । दातारोनो ऽभिवर्द्धन्तां वेदाः संततिरेव च
viśvedevāśvaprīyantāṃ vipraiścokta idaṃ japet / dātārono 'bhivarddhantāṃ vedāḥ saṃtatireva ca
"May the All-Gods be pleased"—and when this has been said by the brahmins he should mutter: "May our givers increase, and the Vedas, and our lineage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.130
श्रद्धा चनो मा व्यगमद्बहु देयं च नो ऽस्त्विति । इत्युक्तो क्ताः प्रिया वाचः प्रणिपत्य विसर्जयेत्
śraddhā cano mā vyagamadbahu deyaṃ ca no 'stviti / ityukto ktāḥ priyā vācaḥ praṇipatya visarjayet
and may faith not depart from us, and may we have much to give." Thus addressed with kind words, he should bow down and dismiss (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.131
वाजेवाजे इति प्रीतः पितृपूर्वं विसर्जनम् । यस्मिंस्ते संश्रवाः पूर्वमर्ध्यपात्रे निवेशिताः
vājevāje iti prītaḥ pitṛpūrvaṃ visarjanam / yasmiṃste saṃśravāḥ pūrvamardhyapātre niveśitāḥ
With "At every contest," pleased, (he makes) the dismissal beginning with the fathers. In which (vessel) those drippings were earlier placed, in the arghya vessel—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.132
पितृपात्रं तदुत्थानं कृत्वा विप्रान्विसर्जयेत् । प्रदक्षिणमनुव्रज्य भुञ्जीत पितृसेवितम्
pitṛpātraṃ tadutthānaṃ kṛtvā viprānvisarjayet / pradakṣiṇamanuvrajya bhuñjīta pitṛsevitam
having set that pitṛ vessel upright, he should dismiss the brahmins; following after them to the right, he should eat what has been served to the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.133
ब्रह्मचारी भवेत्तां तु रजनीं ब्रह्मणैः सह । एवं प्रदक्षिणावृत्त्या वृद्धौ नान्दीमुखान्पितॄन्
brahmacārī bhavettāṃ tu rajanīṃ brahmaṇaiḥ saha / evaṃ pradakṣiṇāvṛttyā vṛddhau nāndīmukhānpitṝn
And he should live as a celibate that night, together with the brahmins. Thus, by the rightward procedure, at an auspicious occasion (he should worship) the nāndīmukha fathers—
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NarP 1 51.134
यजेत दधिकर्कन्धुमिश्रान्पिडान्यवैः कृतान् । एकोद्दिष्टं देवहीनमेवार्ध्यैकपवित्रकम्
yajeta dadhikarkandhumiśrānpiḍānyavaiḥ kṛtān / ekoddiṣṭaṃ devahīnamevārdhyaikapavitrakam
—he should worship (them) with rice-balls made of barley mixed with curds and jujube. The rite for a single (deceased) is without the gods, with a single arghya and a single purifier,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.135
आवाहनाग्नौकरणरहितं ह्यपसव्यवत् । उपतिषअटतामक्षय्यस्थाने विप्रविसर्जने
āvāhanāgnaukaraṇarahitaṃ hyapasavyavat / upatiṣaaṭatāmakṣayyasthāne vipravisarjane
free of the invocation and of the fire-offering, and (performed) as with the thread reversed; "May they attend" (is said) in place of the "inexhaustible" (formula), at the dismissal of the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.136
अभिरण्यतामिति वदेद् ब्रूयुस्ते ऽभिरताः स्म ह । गन्धोदकं तिलैर्युक्तं कुर्यात्पात्रचतुष्टयम्
abhiraṇyatāmiti vaded brūyuste 'bhiratāḥ sma ha / gandhodakaṃ tilairyuktaṃ kuryātpātracatuṣṭayam
He should say "May they be pleased"; they should say "We are indeed pleased." He should prepare four vessels of scented water mixed with sesame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.137
अर्ध्यार्थं पितृपात्रेषु प्रेतपात्रं प्रेसेचयेत् । ये समाना इति द्वाभ्यां शेषं पूर्ववदाचरेत्
ardhyārthaṃ pitṛpātreṣu pretapātraṃ presecayet / ye samānā iti dvābhyāṃ śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret
For the sake of the arghya he should pour the vessel of the deceased into the vessels of the fathers; with the two verses "Those who are equal," he should perform the rest as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.138
एतन्सपिं डीकरणमेकोष्टिद्दं स्रिया अपि । अर्वाक्सपिण्डीकरणं यस्य संवत्सराद्भवेत्
etansapiṃ ḍīkaraṇamekoṣṭiddaṃ sriyā api / arvāksapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ yasya saṃvatsarādbhavet
This sapiṇḍīkaraṇa is (done) as a rite for a single (deceased), for a woman too. He whose sapiṇḍīkaraṇa takes place before a year is out—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.139
तस्याप्यन्नं सोदकुंभं दद्यात्संवत्सरं द्विजे । भृते ऽहनि तु कर्तव्यं प्रतिमासं तु वत्सरम्
tasyāpyannaṃ sodakuṃbhaṃ dadyātsaṃvatsaraṃ dvije / bhṛte 'hani tu kartavyaṃ pratimāsaṃ tu vatsaram
For him too one should give food together with a water-jar to a brahmin for a year; and on the day of (his) death it is to be performed, and each month for the year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.140
प्रतिसंवत्सरं चैव मासमेकादशे ऽहनि । पिण्डांश्चगो ऽजविप्रेभ्यो दद्यादग्नौ जले ऽपि वा
pratisaṃvatsaraṃ caiva māsamekādaśe 'hani / piṇḍāṃścago 'javiprebhyo dadyādagnau jale 'pi vā
And every year, and in the (right) month on the eleventh day, he should give balls (of food) to cows, goats and brahmins, or (offer them) in fire or in water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.141
प्रक्षिपेत्सत्सु विप्रेषु द्विजोच्छिष्टं न मार्जयेत् । हविष्यान्नेन वै मासं पायसेन तु वत्सरम्
prakṣipetsatsu vipreṣu dvijocchiṣṭaṃ na mārjayet / haviṣyānnena vai māsaṃ pāyasena tu vatsaram
He should cast (them) in, when brahmins are present; he should not wipe away what a twice-born has left over. With sacrificial food for a month, and with milk-rice for a year;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.142
मात्स्यहारिणकौरभ्रशाकुनच्छागपार्षतैः । ऐणरौरववाराहशाशैर्मांसैर्यथाक्रमम्
mātsyahāriṇakaurabhraśākunacchāgapārṣataiḥ / aiṇarauravavārāhaśāśairmāṃsairyathākramam
with the meats of fish, deer, sheep, birds, goats, spotted deer, eṇa-antelope, ruru-deer, boar and hare, in due order —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.143
मासवृद्ध्याभितृप्यन्ति दत्तैरिह पितामहाः । खड्गामिषं महाकल्पं मधु मुन्यन्नमेव च
māsavṛddhyābhitṛpyanti dattairiha pitāmahāḥ / khaḍgāmiṣaṃ mahākalpaṃ madhu munyannameva ca
the ancestors are fully satisfied, by month-by-month increase, by (these things) given here; rhinoceros meat, the mahākalpa (plant?), honey, and the food of sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.144
लोहामिषं महाशाकं मांसं वार्ध्रीणसस्य च । यो ददाति गयास्थश्च सर्वमानन्त्यमश्नुते
lohāmiṣaṃ mahāśākaṃ māṃsaṃ vārdhrīṇasasya ca / yo dadāti gayāsthaśca sarvamānantyamaśnute
lohāmiṣa (iron-coloured flesh?), the great pot-herb, and the flesh of the vārdhrīṇasa (bird) — whoever gives (these), and while staying at Gayā, obtains everything unending.
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NarP 1 51.145
तथा वर्षात्रयोदश्यां मघासु च विशेषतः । कल्यां कन्यावेदिनश्च पशून्वै सत्सुतानपि
tathā varṣātrayodaśyāṃ maghāsu ca viśeṣataḥ / kalyāṃ kanyāvedinaśca paśūnvai satsutānapi
So too in the rainy season, on the thirteenth, and especially under (the constellation) Maghā; (he obtains) a good (wife?), those who marry maidens, cattle indeed and also good sons.
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NarP 1 51.146
द्यूतं कृषिं च वाणिज्यं द्विशफैकशफआंस्तथा । ब्रह्मवर्चस्विनः पुत्रान्स्वर्णरूप्ये सकुप्यके
dyūtaṃ kṛṣiṃ ca vāṇijyaṃ dviśaphaikaśaphaāṃstathā / brahmavarcasvinaḥ putrānsvarṇarūpye sakupyake
gambling, agriculture and trade, two-hoofed and single-hoofed (animals), sons endowed with brahmanical lustre, gold and silver together with base metals —
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NarP 1 51.147
ज्ञातिश्रेष्ठ्यं सर्वकामानाप्नोति श्राद्धदः सदा । प्रतिपत्प्रभृतिष्वेकां वर्जयित्वा चतुर्दशीम्
jñātiśreṣṭhyaṃ sarvakāmānāpnoti śrāddhadaḥ sadā / pratipatprabhṛtiṣvekāṃ varjayitvā caturdaśīm
pre-eminence among kinsmen, and all desires the giver of śrāddha always obtains, on the (days) beginning with the first, excepting the fourteenth.
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NarP 1 51.148
शस्त्रेण तु हताये वै तेभ्यस्तत्र प्रदीयते । स्वर्गं ह्यपत्यमोजश्च शौर्यं क्षेत्रं बलं तथा
śastreṇa tu hatāye vai tebhyastatra pradīyate / svargaṃ hyapatyamojaśca śauryaṃ kṣetraṃ balaṃ tathā
But (on the fourteenth) it is given there to those who have been slain by a weapon; (thereby one gains) heaven, offspring, vital power, valour, land and strength,
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NarP 1 51.149
पुत्रान् श्रेष्ठांश्च सौभाग्यं समृद्धिं मुख्यतां शुभम् । प्रवृत्तं चक्रतां चैव वाणिज्यप्रभृतीनि च
putrān śreṣṭhāṃśca saubhāgyaṃ samṛddhiṃ mukhyatāṃ śubham / pravṛttaṃ cakratāṃ caiva vāṇijyaprabhṛtīni ca
excellent sons, good fortune, prosperity, foremost rank, welfare, activity and mastery(?), and trade and the like,
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NarP 1 51.150
अरोगित्वं यशो वीतशोकतां परमां गतिम् । धनं विद्यां भिषक् सिद्धिं कुप्यङ्गा अप्यजाविकम्
arogitvaṃ yaśo vītaśokatāṃ paramāṃ gatim / dhanaṃ vidyāṃ bhiṣak siddhiṃ kupyaṅgā apyajāvikam
freedom from disease, fame, freedom from grief, the highest state, wealth, learning, success as a physician, base metals and limbs(?), goats and sheep,
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NarP 1 51.151
अश्वनायुश्च विधिवद्यः श्राद्धं संप्रयच्छति । कृत्तिकादि भरण्यन्तं सकामानाप्नुयादिमान्
aśvanāyuśca vidhivadyaḥ śrāddhaṃ saṃprayacchati / kṛttikādi bharaṇyantaṃ sakāmānāpnuyādimān
horses and long life — he who duly presents the śrāddha (on the asterisms) beginning with Kṛttikā and ending with Bharaṇī would obtain these desired things.
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NarP 1 51.152
आस्तिकः श्रद्दधानश्च व्यपेतमदमत्सरः । वसुरुद्रादितिसुताः पितरः श्राद्धदेवताः
āstikaḥ śraddadhānaśca vyapetamadamatsaraḥ / vasurudrāditisutāḥ pitaraḥ śrāddhadevatāḥ
(He should be) a believer, full of faith, free from arrogance and envy. The Vasus, the Rudras and the sons of Aditi — the fathers — are the deities of the śrāddha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 51.153
प्रीणयन्ति मनुष्याणां पितॄन् श्राद्धेन तर्पिताः । आयुः प्रजां धनं विद्यां स्वर्गं मोक्षं सुखानि च
prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇāṃ pitṝn śrāddhena tarpitāḥ / āyuḥ prajāṃ dhanaṃ vidyāṃ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ sukhāni ca
Gratified by the śrāddha, they gladden the fathers of men; and long life, offspring, wealth, learning, heaven, release and pleasures —
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NarP 1 51.154
प्रयच्छन्ति तथा राज्यं नृणां प्रीताः पितामहाः । इत्येवं कथितं किञ्चित्कल्पाध्याये विशेषतः
prayacchanti tathā rājyaṃ nṛṇāṃ prītāḥ pitāmahāḥ / ityevaṃ kathitaṃ kiñcitkalpādhyāye viśeṣataḥ
and likewise kingship the ancestors, being pleased, bestow on men. Thus something has been told, in particular, in the chapter on ritual procedure —
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NarP 1 51.155
ज्ञातव्यं वैदिके तन्त्रे पुराणान्तरके ऽपि च । य इमं चिन्तयेद्विद्वान्कल्पाध्यायं मुनीश्वर
jñātavyaṃ vaidike tantre purāṇāntarake 'pi ca / ya imaṃ cintayedvidvānkalpādhyāyaṃ munīśvara
(what) is to be known in the Vedic system and in other Purāṇas as well. The learned man who reflects on this chapter on ritual procedure, O lord of sages,
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NarP 1 51.156
स भवेत्कर्मकुशल इहान्यत्र गतिं शुभाम् । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या दैवे पित्र्ये च कर्मणि
sa bhavetkarmakuśala ihānyatra gatiṃ śubhām / yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā daive pitrye ca karmaṇi
he becomes skilled in ritual action, (and gains) here and elsewhere a good course. The man who with devotion listens, at a rite for the gods or for the fathers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 51.157
कल्पाध्यायं स लभते दैवपित्र्य क्रियाफलम् । धनं विद्यां यशः पुत्रान्परत्र च गतिं पराम्
kalpādhyāyaṃ sa labhate daivapitrya kriyāphalam / dhanaṃ vidyāṃ yaśaḥ putrānparatra ca gatiṃ parām
to the chapter on ritual procedure, obtains the fruit of the rites for gods and fathers: wealth, learning, fame, sons, and hereafter the highest course.
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NarP 1 51.158
अतः परं व्याकरणं तुभ्यं वेदमुखाभिधम् । कथयिष्ये समासेन शृणुष्व सुसमाहितः
ataḥ paraṃ vyākaraṇaṃ tubhyaṃ vedamukhābhidham / kathayiṣye samāsena śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ
Next after this I shall tell you, in summary, grammar, which is called the mouth of the Veda; listen, well composed.
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