Varaha Purana — Chapter 188
VrP 188.1
अथ पिण्डकल्पश्राद्धोत्पतिप्रकरणम् ॥ धरण्युवाच ॥ देवदेवोऽसि देवानां लोकनाथोऽपरिग्रहः ॥ आाशेौचकर्म विधिवच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि माधव
atha piṇḍakalpaśrāddhotpatiprakaraṇam || dharaṇyuvāca || devadevo'si devānāṃ lokanātho'parigrahaḥ || āāśeaucakarma vidhivacchrotumicchāmi mādhava
Now the section on the origin of the śrāddha of the piṇḍa ritual. Dharaṇī said: You are the god of gods, the lord of the worlds, free of acquisitions; I wish to hear duly of the rite of impurity, O Mādhava.
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VrP 188.2
श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ आशेौचं शृणु कल्याणि यथा शुध्यन्ति मानवाः ॥ गतायुषस्तृतीयेन स्नानं कुर्यान्नदीजले
śrīvarāha uvāca || āśeaucaṃ śṛṇu kalyāṇi yathā śudhyanti mānavāḥ || gatāyuṣastṛtīyena snānaṃ kuryānnadījale
The blessed Varāha said: Hear about impurity, O auspicious one, how men become pure. On the third (day) from the departure of (a man's) life, one should perform bathing in river-water.
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VrP 188.3
पिण्डं संचूरणं दद्यात्त्रींश्च दद्याज्जलाञ्जलीन् ॥ चतुर्थे पंचमे षष्ठे पिण्डमेकं जलाञ्जलिम्
piṇḍaṃ saṃcūraṇaṃ dadyāttrīṃśca dadyājjalāñjalīn || caturthe paṃcame ṣaṣṭhe piṇḍamekaṃ jalāñjalim
He should offer a rice-ball crushed together (with water?), and should offer three handfuls of water; on the fourth, the fifth, the sixth — one rice-ball and one handful of water.
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VrP 188.4
अन्यस्थानेषु दातव्यं स्नानात्त्वहनि सप्तमे ॥ एवं प्रतिदिनं कार्यं यावच्च दशमं दिनम्
anyasthāneṣu dātavyaṃ snānāttvahani saptame || evaṃ pratidinaṃ kāryaṃ yāvacca daśamaṃ dinam
In other places it is to be given; and from the bathing, on the seventh day. Thus it is to be done each day, up to the tenth day.
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VrP 188.6
क्षारादिना वस्त्रशौचं दिने च दशमे तथा ॥ तिलामलकस्नेहेन गोत्रजः स्नानमाचरेत् पिण्डदानं विवर्त्याथ क्षेौरकर्म तु कारयेत् ॥ स्नानं कृत्वा विधानेन ज्ञातिभिः स्वगृहं व्रजेत्
kṣārādinā vastraśaucaṃ dine ca daśame tathā || tilāmalakasnehena gotrajaḥ snānamācaret piṇḍadānaṃ vivartyātha kṣeaurakarma tu kārayet || snānaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena jñātibhiḥ svagṛhaṃ vrajet
The cleansing of garments with alkali and the like, and likewise on the tenth day the kinsman of the same lineage should perform bathing with sesame-and-āmalaka oil. Then, omitting the offering of the rice-ball, he should have the shaving performed; having bathed according to the prescription, he should go with his kinsmen to his own house.
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VrP 188.7
एकादशे च दिवसे एकोद्दिष्टं यथाविधि।। स्नात्वा चैव शुचिर्भूत्वा प्रेतं विप्रेषु योजयेत्
ekādaśe ca divase ekoddiṣṭaṃ yathāvidhi|| snātvā caiva śucirbhūtvā pretaṃ vipreṣu yojayet
And on the eleventh day (he should perform) the ekoddiṣṭa rite according to rule; having bathed and become pure, he should consign the departed one to the brahmins.
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VrP 188.8
एकोद्दिष्टं मनुष्याणां चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य माधवि॥ यथैकं द्रव्यसंयुक्तं स्वं विप्रं भोजयेत्तदा
ekoddiṣṭaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ cāturvarṇyasya mādhavi|| yathaikaṃ dravyasaṃyuktaṃ svaṃ vipraṃ bhojayettadā
The ekoddiṣṭa (rite) of men, of the four classes, O Mādhavī: just as one (rice-ball), furnished with the (proper) materials, so he should then feed one brahmin of his own (class).
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VrP 188.9
स्नात्वा चैव शुचिर्भूत्वा प्रेतं प्रेतेषु योजयेत्॥ एकोद्दिष्टं तु द्रव्याणां चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य माधवि
snātvā caiva śucirbhūtvā pretaṃ preteṣu yojayet|| ekoddiṣṭaṃ tu dravyāṇāṃ cāturvarṇyasya mādhavi
And having bathed and become pure, he should consign the departed one among the departed ones; but the ekoddiṣṭa of the (offering-)materials, of the four classes, O Mādhavī —
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VrP 188.11
शुश्रूषया विपन्नानां शूद्राणां च वरानने।। त्रयोदशे दिने प्राप्ते सुपक्वैर्भोजयेद्द्विजान्
śuśrūṣayā vipannānāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ ca varānane|| trayodaśe dine prāpte supakvairbhojayeddvijān
— and for śūdras, who have perished in (dutiful) service, O fair-faced one: when the thirteenth day has come, he should feed brahmins with well-cooked food.
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VrP 188.12
मृतस्य नाम चोद्दिश्य यस्यार्थे च प्रयोजितः।। स्वर्गतस्येति सङ्कल्प्य कृत्वा ब्राह्मणमन्दिरम्
mṛtasya nāma coddiśya yasyārthe ca prayojitaḥ|| svargatasyeti saṅkalpya kṛtvā brāhmaṇamandiram
And naming the dead man, for whose sake it has been undertaken, forming the intention "of him who has gone to heaven," and having gone to the brahmin's house,
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VrP 188.13
गत्वा निमन्त्रितं विप्रं नम्रो भूत्वा समाहितः ॥ मन्त्रेणानेन भो देवि मनस्येव पठन्ति तम्
gatvā nimantritaṃ vipraṃ namro bhūtvā samāhitaḥ || mantreṇānena bho devi manasyeva paṭhanti tam
having gone (there), becoming humble and composed, (he addresses) the invited brahmin with this mantra, O goddess — they recite it silently, in the mind alone:
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VrP 188.14
गतोऽसि दिव्यलोके त्वं कृतान्तविहितेन च ॥ मनसा वायुभूतस्त्वं विप्रमेनं समाश्रय
gato'si divyaloke tvaṃ kṛtāntavihitena ca || manasā vāyubhūtastvaṃ vipramenaṃ samāśraya
"You have gone to the divine world by the ordinance of Death (Kṛtānta); becoming wind in your mind, take refuge in this brahmin."
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VrP 188.16
पाद्संवाहनं कार्यं प्रेतस्य हितकाम्यया ॥ प्रेतभोगशरीरे तु ब्राह्मणस्य च सुन्दरि
pādsaṃvāhanaṃ kāryaṃ pretasya hitakāmyayā || pretabhogaśarīre tu brāhmaṇasya ca sundari
The rubbing of the feet is to be performed, out of a wish for the welfare of the departed one — the brahmin's body being (for the time) the body in which the departed one enjoys (his share), O lovely one.
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VrP 188.17
यावत्तु तिष्ठते तत्र प्रेतभोगमुदीक्षते ॥ तावन्न संस्पृशेद्भूमे मम गात्रं प्रतिष्ठितम्
yāvattu tiṣṭhate tatra pretabhogamudīkṣate || tāvanna saṃspṛśedbhūme mama gātraṃ pratiṣṭhitam
For as long as he remains there awaiting the departed one's portion, so long, O Earth, let him not touch my body that is set (upon you).
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VrP 188.18
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यामुदिते च दिवाकरे ॥ श्मश्रुकर्म प्रकर्त्तव्यं विप्रस्य तु यथाविधि
prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāmudite ca divākare || śmaśrukarma prakarttavyaṃ viprasya tu yathāvidhi
But when the night has brightened and the sun has risen, the shaving of the beard is to be performed for the brahmin according to the rule.
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VrP 188.19
अस्तङ्गते तथादित्ये गत्वा ब्राह्मणमन्दिरम् ॥ दत्त्वा तु पाद्यं विधिवन् नमस्कृत्य द्विजोत्तमम् स्नापनाभ्यञ्जनं कार्यं प्रेतसन्तोषदायकम्॥ गृहीत्वा भूमिभागं च स्थण्डिलं तत्र कारयेत्
astaṅgate tathāditye gatvā brāhmaṇamandiram || dattvā tu pādyaṃ vidhivan namaskṛtya dvijottamam snāpanābhyañjanaṃ kāryaṃ pretasantoṣadāyakam|| gṛhītvā bhūmibhāgaṃ ca sthaṇḍilaṃ tatra kārayet
And when the sun has set, going to the brahmin's house, having duly given water for the feet and bowed to the best of the twice-born, the bathing and anointing that gives satisfaction to the departed one is to be performed; and having taken a plot of ground, one should have an altar-ground (sthaṇḍila) made there.
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VrP 188.21
चतुःषष्टिकृतं भागं यथावत्सुकृतं भवेत्॥ ततो दक्षिणपूर्वेषु दिग्विभागेषु सुन्दरि
catuḥṣaṣṭikṛtaṃ bhāgaṃ yathāvatsukṛtaṃ bhavet|| tato dakṣiṇapūrveṣu digvibhāgeṣu sundari
The plot, made into sixty-four divisions, would be properly well made; then, O lovely one, in the southern and eastern quarters —
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VrP 188.22
छायायां कुंजरस्यापि नदीकूलद्रुमे तथा ॥ चाण्डालादिप्रहीणे तु प्रेतकार्यं समाचरेत्
chāyāyāṃ kuṃjarasyāpi nadīkūladrume tathā || cāṇḍālādiprahīṇe tu pretakāryaṃ samācaret
In the shade of an elephant, or in a tree on a river bank, in a place free of caṇḍālas and the like, one should carry out the rite for the departed.
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VrP 188.23
यं देशं च न पश्यन्ति कुक्कुटश्वानशूकराः ॥ श्वा चापोहति रावेण गर्जितेन च शूकरः
yaṃ deśaṃ ca na paśyanti kukkuṭaśvānaśūkarāḥ || śvā cāpohati rāveṇa garjitena ca śūkaraḥ
And (in) a place which cocks, dogs and pigs do not look upon — for a dog spoils (the rite) with its barking, and a pig with its grunting,
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VrP 188.24
कुक्कुटः पक्षवातेन चाण्डालश्च यथा धरे।। तत्र कुर्वन्ति ये श्राद्धं पितॄणां बन्धनप्रदम्
kukkuṭaḥ pakṣavātena cāṇḍālaśca yathā dhare|| tatra kurvanti ye śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ bandhanapradam
a cock with the wind of its wings, and a caṇḍāla likewise, O Earth — those who perform the śrāddha there make it a giver of bondage to the ancestors.
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VrP 188.25
वर्जनीया बुधैरेते प्रेतकार्येषु सुन्दरि ॥ देवतासुरगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः
varjanīyā budhairete pretakāryeṣu sundari || devatāsuragandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ
These are to be avoided by the wise in rites for the departed, O lovely one: gods, asuras, gandharvas, piśācas, serpents, rākṣasas,
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VrP 188.26
नागा भूतानि यज्ञाश्च ये च स्थावरजङ्गमाः ॥ स्नानं कृत्वा यथा देवि तव पृष्ठे प्रतिष्ठिताः
nāgā bhūtāni yajñāśca ye ca sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ || snānaṃ kṛtvā yathā devi tava pṛṣṭhe pratiṣṭhitāḥ
nāgas, spirits, and sacrifices, and whatever is immovable and moving — since, having bathed, O goddess, they are established upon your back.
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VrP 188.27
धारयिष्यामि सुश्रोणि विष्णुमायाततं जगत् ॥ चण्डालमादितः कृत्वा नराणां तु शुभाशुभम्
dhārayiṣyāmi suśroṇi viṣṇumāyātataṃ jagat || caṇḍālamāditaḥ kṛtvā narāṇāṃ tu śubhāśubham
I shall uphold, O fair-hipped one, the world stretched out by Viṣṇu's māyā, and the good and evil of men, beginning with the caṇḍāla.
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VrP 188.28
स्नानं कुर्वन्तु ते भूमे स्थण्डिले तदनन्तरे ॥ अकृत्वा पृथिवीभागं निवापं ये तु कुर्वते
snānaṃ kurvantu te bhūme sthaṇḍile tadanantare || akṛtvā pṛthivībhāgaṃ nivāpaṃ ye tu kurvate
Let them bathe, O Earth, and immediately thereafter (offer) on the altar-ground; but those who make the offering without preparing a plot of earth —
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VrP 188.29
त्वदधीनं जगद्भद्रे तवोच्छिष्टं हतं भवेत् ॥ न देवाः पितरस्तस्य गृह्णन्तीह कदाचन
tvadadhīnaṃ jagadbhadre tavocchiṣṭaṃ hataṃ bhavet || na devāḥ pitarastasya gṛhṇantīha kadācana
the world depends on you, O gracious one; (such an offering) becomes your leavings and is destroyed: neither the gods nor the ancestors ever accept his (offering) here.
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VrP 188.31
कृत्वा तु पिण्डसङ्कल्पं नामगोत्रेण माधवि ॥ पश्चादश्नन्ति गोत्राणि कुलजाश्चैकभोजनाः
kṛtvā tu piṇḍasaṅkalpaṃ nāmagotreṇa mādhavi || paścādaśnanti gotrāṇi kulajāścaikabhojanāḥ
Having made the resolve for the rice-balls with the name and lineage, O Mādhavī, afterwards those of the (same) lineage eat, and the kinsmen born in the family, eating together.
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VrP 188.32
न दद्यादन्यगोत्रेभ्यो ये न भुञ्जन्ति तत्र वै ॥ चतुर्णामपि वर्णानां प्रेतकार्येषु सुन्दरी
na dadyādanyagotrebhyo ye na bhuñjanti tatra vai || caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ pretakāryeṣu sundarī
One should not give to those of another lineage — those who do not eat there — even among the four classes, in rites for the departed, O lovely one.
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VrP 188.33
एवं दत्तेन प्रीयन्ते प्रेतलोकगता नराः ॥ अदत्वा प्रेतभागं तु भुङ्क्ते यस्तत्र मानवः
evaṃ dattena prīyante pretalokagatā narāḥ || adatvā pretabhāgaṃ tu bhuṅkte yastatra mānavaḥ
Thus, by what is given, the men who have gone to the world of the departed are pleased; but the man who eats there without having given the departed one's share —
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VrP 188.34
गत्वा महानदीं सोऽपि सचैलं स्नानमाचरेत् ॥ तीर्थानि मनसा गत्वा त्रिभिरभ्युक्षयेद्भुवम्
gatvā mahānadīṃ so'pi sacailaṃ snānamācaret || tīrthāni manasā gatvā tribhirabhyukṣayedbhuvam
he too should go to a great river and bathe with his clothes on; going to the sacred fords in mind, he should sprinkle the ground with three (handfuls of water).
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VrP 188.35
एवं शुद्धिं ततः कृत्वा ब्राह्मणान् शीघ्रमानयेत् ॥ आगतांश्च द्विजान् दृष्ट्वा कर्त्तव्या स्वागतक्रिया
evaṃ śuddhiṃ tataḥ kṛtvā brāhmaṇān śīghramānayet || āgatāṃśca dvijān dṛṣṭvā karttavyā svāgatakriyā
Having thus made the purification, one should quickly bring the brahmins; and on seeing the twice-born arrived, the rite of welcome is to be performed.
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VrP 188.36
अर्घ्यं पाद्यं ततो दद्याद्धृष्टपुष्टेन माधवि ॥ आसनं चोपकल्पेत मन्त्रेण विधिपूर्वकम्
arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tato dadyāddhṛṣṭapuṣṭena mādhavi || āsanaṃ copakalpeta mantreṇa vidhipūrvakam
Then one should give the water of offering and water for the feet with a glad and generous (spirit), O Mādhavī, and should prepare a seat with a mantra, according to the rule.
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VrP 188.37
मन्त्रः- इदं ते आसनं दत्तं विश्रामं क्रियतां द्विज॥ कुरुष्व मे प्रसादं च सुप्रसीद् द्विजोत्तम
mantraḥ- idaṃ te āsanaṃ dattaṃ viśrāmaṃ kriyatāṃ dvija|| kuruṣva me prasādaṃ ca suprasīd dvijottama
The mantra: "This seat is given to you; take your rest, O twice-born. Grant me your favour, and be well pleased, O best of the twice-born."
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VrP 188.38
उपवेश्यासने विप्रं छत्रं सङ्कल्पयेत्पुनः ॥ निवारणार्थमाकाशे भूता गगनचारिणः
upaveśyāsane vipraṃ chatraṃ saṅkalpayetpunaḥ || nivāraṇārthamākāśe bhūtā gaganacāriṇaḥ
Having seated the brahmin on the seat, one should next dedicate an umbrella, for the sake of warding off (those) beings who move in the sky, in the air.
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VrP 188.39
देवगन्धर्व यक्षाश्च सिद्धसंघा महासुराः ॥ धारणार्थं तथाकाशे छत्रं तेजस्विनां कृतम्
devagandharva yakṣāśca siddhasaṃghā mahāsurāḥ || dhāraṇārthaṃ tathākāśe chatraṃ tejasvināṃ kṛtam
Gods, gandharvas and yakṣas, hosts of siddhas, the great asuras—for the sake of holding (it) up there in the sky, the umbrella is made for the shining ones.
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VrP 188.41
छत्रमावरणार्थं तु दद्याञ्चैव द्विजातये ॥ आकाशे तत्र पश्यन्ति देवाः सिद्धपुरोगमाः
chatramāvaraṇārthaṃ tu dadyāñcaiva dvijātaye || ākāśe tatra paśyanti devāḥ siddhapurogamāḥ
And one should give the umbrella to the twice-born for the sake of covering; for there in the sky the gods, led by the siddhas, look on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.42
गन्धर्वा ह्यसुराः सिद्धा राक्षसाः पिशिताशिनः ॥ दृश्यमानेषु सर्वेषु प्रेतः संव्रीडितो भवेत्
gandharvā hyasurāḥ siddhā rākṣasāḥ piśitāśinaḥ || dṛśyamāneṣu sarveṣu pretaḥ saṃvrīḍito bhavet
For gandharvas, asuras, siddhas, rākṣasas, and eaters of flesh—when all these are looking on, the departed one would be put to shame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.43
व्रीडमानं ततो दृष्ट्वा हसंत्यसुरराक्षसाः ॥ एवं निवारणं छत्रमादित्येन कृतं पुरा
vrīḍamānaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā hasaṃtyasurarākṣasāḥ || evaṃ nivāraṇaṃ chatramādityena kṛtaṃ purā
Then, seeing him ashamed, the asuras and rākṣasas laugh; thus the umbrella as a screen was made of old by the Sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.44
प्रेतलोकगतानां च सर्वदेवर्षिणां पुरा ॥ अग्निवर्षं शिलावर्षं तप्तं तत्र जलोदकम्
pretalokagatānāṃ ca sarvadevarṣiṇāṃ purā || agnivarṣaṃ śilāvarṣaṃ taptaṃ tatra jalodakam
And of old, for those gone to the world of the departed, (and) for all the gods and sages, there was a rain of fire, a rain of stones, and the water there was scalding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.47
भस्मवर्षं ततो घोरमहोरात्रेण माधवि ॥ पादौ च ते न दह्येतां यमस्य विषयं गते ॥ तमोऽन्धकारविषमं दुर्गमं घोरदर्शनम्
bhasmavarṣaṃ tato ghoramahorātreṇa mādhavi || pādau ca te na dahyetāṃ yamasya viṣayaṃ gate || tamo'ndhakāraviṣamaṃ durgamaṃ ghoradarśanam
Then a terrible rain of ashes, O Mādhavī, together with the day-and-night (demon); and let your two feet not be burnt when you have gone to Yama's realm—(a realm) rough with pitch darkness, hard to traverse, dreadful to look upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.48
एकाकी दुःसहं लोके पथा येन स गच्छति ॥ कालो मृत्युश्च दूतश्च यष्टिमुद्यम्य पृष्ठतः
ekākī duḥsahaṃ loke pathā yena sa gacchati || kālo mṛtyuśca dūtaśca yaṣṭimudyamya pṛṣṭhataḥ
Alone, on that road by which he goes, (it is) unbearable in the world; Time and Death and the messenger, raising a staff, are behind (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.49
अहोरात्रेण घोरेण प्रेतं नयति माधवि ॥ दद्यात्तदर्थं विप्राय पदत्रे च सुखावहे
ahorātreṇa ghoreṇa pretaṃ nayati mādhavi || dadyāttadarthaṃ viprāya padatre ca sukhāvahe
Through the dreadful day and night he leads the departed one, O Mādhavī; therefore one should give to the brahmin a pair of comfortable sandals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.51
पश्चाद्धूपं च दीपं च दद्याद्वै मन्त्रपूर्वकम्।। याति येन विजानीयात्पृथक्प्रेतेन योजयेत्
paścāddhūpaṃ ca dīpaṃ ca dadyādvai mantrapūrvakam|| yāti yena vijānīyātpṛthakpretena yojayet
Afterwards one should give incense and a lamp with the mantras; one should understand by which (road) he goes, and should assign (these) separately to the departed one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.52
नामगोत्रमुदाहृत्य प्रेताय तदनन्तरम् ॥ शीघ्रमावाहयेद्भूमे दर्भपात्रे च भूतले
nāmagotramudāhṛtya pretāya tadanantaram || śīghramāvāhayedbhūme darbhapātre ca bhūtale
After that, having pronounced the name and lineage, one should quickly invoke (him) for the departed one, O Earth, upon the darbha-vessel on the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.53
मन्त्रः- इह लोकं परित्यज्य गतोऽसि परमां गतिम् ॥ गृह्ण गन्धं मुदा युक्तो भक्त्या प्रेतोपपादितम्
mantraḥ- iha lokaṃ parityajya gato'si paramāṃ gatim || gṛhṇa gandhaṃ mudā yukto bhaktyā pretopapāditam
The mantra: "Having left this world, you have gone to the highest state; joyfully receive the fragrance offered with devotion, O departed one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.54
गन्धमन्त्रः- सर्वगन्धं सर्वपुष्पं धूपं दीपं तथैव च ॥ प्रतिगृह्णीष्व विप्रेन्द्र प्रेतमोक्षप्रदो भव
gandhamantraḥ- sarvagandhaṃ sarvapuṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ tathaiva ca || pratigṛhṇīṣva viprendra pretamokṣaprado bhava
The fragrance-mantra: "Accept every fragrance, every flower, and likewise incense and lamp, O chief of brahmins; be a giver of release to the departed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.55
एवं वस्त्राणि विप्राय सर्वाण्याभरणानि च ॥ पुनः पुनश्च पक्वान्नं प्रयच्छेत्तु वसुन्धरे
evaṃ vastrāṇi viprāya sarvāṇyābharaṇāni ca || punaḥ punaśca pakvānnaṃ prayacchettu vasundhare
Thus one should present garments to the brahmin, and all the ornaments, and again and again cooked food, O Vasundharā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.56
एवमादीनि द्रव्याणि प्रेतभोग्यानि सर्वशः ॥ पादशौचादि त्रिः कृत्वा चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य माधवि
evamādīni dravyāṇi pretabhogyāni sarvaśaḥ || pādaśaucādi triḥ kṛtvā cāturvarṇyasya mādhavi
(One should give) these and such-like goods, in every way enjoyable by the departed, having performed the washing of the feet and the rest three times, for (each of) the four classes, O Mādhavī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.57
एवंविधः प्रयोक्तव्यः शूद्राणां मन्त्रवर्जितम् ॥ अमन्त्रस्य च शूद्रस्य विप्रो गृह्णाति मन्त्रतः
evaṃvidhaḥ prayoktavyaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ mantravarjitam || amantrasya ca śūdrasya vipro gṛhṇāti mantrataḥ
A rite of this kind is to be performed for śūdras (too), but without mantras; and for a śūdra, who has no right to mantras, the brahmin receives (the gifts) with mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.58
एतत्सर्वं विनिर्वर्त्य पक्वान्नं भोजयेद्द्विजम्।। भोक्ष्यमाणेन विप्रेण ज्ञानशुद्धेन सुन्दरि
etatsarvaṃ vinirvartya pakvānnaṃ bhojayeddvijam|| bhokṣyamāṇena vipreṇa jñānaśuddhena sundari
Having completed all this, one should feed the twice-born with cooked food; by the brahmin who is about to eat, being pure in knowledge, O beautiful one—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.59
प्रेताय प्रथमं दद्यान्न स्पृशेत परात्परम् ।। सर्वं व्यञ्जनसंयुक्तं प्रेतभागं प्रकल्पयेत्
pretāya prathamaṃ dadyānna spṛśeta parātparam || sarvaṃ vyañjanasaṃyuktaṃ pretabhāgaṃ prakalpayet
—(the food) should first be given to the departed one; he should not touch what is beyond the best. Assign as the departed one's portion all (the food) together with the condiments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.61
पितृस्थाने प्रदातव्यं विधानान्मन्त्रसंयुतम् ।। एवं प्रेतेषु विप्रेषु एव कालो न विद्यते
pitṛsthāne pradātavyaṃ vidhānānmantrasaṃyutam || evaṃ preteṣu vipreṣu eva kālo na vidyate
It should be presented at the place of the ancestors, according to the rule, accompanied by mantras; thus among the departed and among the brahmins there is indeed no (restriction of) time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.62
हस्तशौचं पुनः कृत्वा ह्युपस्पृश्य यथाविधि ।। समन्त्रं प्रतिगृह्णाति पक्वान्नं भक्ष्यभोजनम्
hastaśaucaṃ punaḥ kṛtvā hyupaspṛśya yathāvidhi || samantraṃ pratigṛhṇāti pakvānnaṃ bhakṣyabhojanam
Having washed his hands again and sipped water according to the rule, he receives, with the mantra, the cooked food, the eatables and the meal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.63
भुज्यमानस्य विप्रस्य प्रेतभागं च नित्यशः ।। ज्ञातिवर्गेषु गोत्रेषु सम्बन्धिस्वजनेषु च
bhujyamānasya viprasya pretabhāgaṃ ca nityaśaḥ || jñātivargeṣu gotreṣu sambandhisvajaneṣu ca
And while the brahmin is eating, the dead man's share (is to be given) always — among the kinsfolk, among those of the same gotra, and among relations by marriage and one's own people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.64
भागस्तत्र प्रदातव्यस्तस्यार्थे यस्य विद्यते ।। विप्राय दीयमाने तु वारणीयं न केनचित्
bhāgastatra pradātavyastasyārthe yasya vidyate || viprāya dīyamāne tu vāraṇīyaṃ na kenacit
There a share is to be given for the sake of whoever (of them) is (dead); and when it is being given to the brahmin, it must not be obstructed by anyone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.65
निवारयति यो दत्तं गुरुहत्याफलं लभेत् ।। न देवा प्रतिगृह्णन्ति नाग्नय पितरस्तथा
nivārayati yo dattaṃ guruhatyāphalaṃ labhet || na devā pratigṛhṇanti nāgnaya pitarastathā
He who obstructs what has been given obtains the fruit of killing a teacher; (then) the gods do not accept (it), nor the fires, nor the ancestors.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.66
एवं विलुप्यते धर्मः प्रेतस्तत्र न तुष्यति ।। एवं विचिन्त्यमानस्य यथा धर्मो न लुप्यते
evaṃ vilupyate dharmaḥ pretastatra na tuṣyati || evaṃ vicintyamānasya yathā dharmo na lupyate
Thus the rite is destroyed, and the dead man is not satisfied thereby. So for one who reflects (on this), the rite is not destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.67
ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिमध्ये तु यो दद्यात्प्रेतभोजनम् ।। हृष्टेन मनसा विप्रे प्रेतभागं विशेषतः
jñātisambandhimadhye tu yo dadyātpretabhojanam || hṛṣṭena manasā vipre pretabhāgaṃ viśeṣataḥ
But he who, in the midst of kinsmen and relations, gives the food for the dead, and with a glad mind (gives) especially the dead man's share to a brahmin —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.68
कूटवत्प्रतितिष्ठेत दृष्ट्वा तृप्तिं न गच्छति ।। एवं तु प्रेतभावेन शीघ्रं मुञ्चति किल्बिषात्
kūṭavatpratitiṣṭheta dṛṣṭvā tṛptiṃ na gacchati || evaṃ tu pretabhāvena śīghraṃ muñcati kilbiṣāt
He would stand as if (heaped) like a mound; seeing (it), he does not reach satisfaction. Thus (the departed) is quickly freed from the sin by his condition as a preta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.69
तृप्तिं ज्ञात्वा तु विप्रस्य पक्वान्नेन तु माधवि ।। दातव्यमुदके तस्य पाणावभ्युक्षणं ततः
tṛptiṃ jñātvā tu viprasya pakvānnena tu mādhavi || dātavyamudake tasya pāṇāvabhyukṣaṇaṃ tataḥ
But having ascertained the brahmin's satisfaction with the cooked food, O Mādhavī, water is to be given into his hand, and then a sprinkling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.71
दातव्यं तत्र चोच्छिष्टं येन हेतुमगर्हितम् ।। उपस्पृश्य विधानेन मम तीर्थगतेन च
dātavyaṃ tatra cocchiṣṭaṃ yena hetumagarhitam || upaspṛśya vidhānena mama tīrthagatena ca
And there the leftovers are to be given, by which reason (it is) not blameworthy; having sipped water according to the rule, and by my (rite) performed at the sacred ford —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.72
शुचिर्भूत्वा तु विधिवत्कृत्वा शान्त्युदकानि तु ।। प्रणम्य शिरसा देवि निवापस्थानमागतः ।। मन्त्रैः स्तुतिस्तु कर्त्तव्या तव भक्त्याऽवतिष्ठता
śucirbhūtvā tu vidhivatkṛtvā śāntyudakāni tu || praṇamya śirasā devi nivāpasthānamāgataḥ || mantraiḥ stutistu karttavyā tava bhaktyā'vatiṣṭhatā
Having become pure and having duly made the waters of appeasement, bowing with the head, O goddess, having come to the place of the funerary offering, praise is to be made with mantras by one standing with devotion to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.73
नमो नमो मेदिनि लोकमातरुर्व्यै महाशैलशिलाधरायै ।। नमोनमो धारिणि लोकधात्रि जगत्प्रतिष्ठे वसुधे नमोऽस्तु ते
namo namo medini lokamātarurvyai mahāśailaśilādharāyai || namonamo dhāriṇi lokadhātri jagatpratiṣṭhe vasudhe namo'stu te
Homage, homage to you, O Earth, mother of the world, to the broad one, bearer of the great mountains and rocks; homage, homage, O supporter, sustainer of the world, foundation of the universe — homage be to you, O Vasudhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.74
एवं निवापदानेन तव भक्तेन सुन्दरि ।। दद्यात्तिलोदकं तस्य नामगोत्रमुदाहरेत्
evaṃ nivāpadānena tava bhaktena sundari || dadyāttilodakaṃ tasya nāmagotramudāharet
Thus, O beautiful one, by the giving of the funerary offering, by one devoted to you, he should give water with sesame and should pronounce his (the dead man's) name and gotra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.75
जानुभ्यामवनिं गत्वा नमस्कृत्य द्विजोत्तमान् ।। पाणिं संगृह्य हस्तेन मन्त्रेणोत्थापयेद्द्विजान्
jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā namaskṛtya dvijottamān || pāṇiṃ saṃgṛhya hastena mantreṇotthāpayeddvijān
Going down to the ground on both knees and saluting the best of the twice-born, he should take hold of a hand with his hand and raise up the brahmins with a mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.76
दद्याच्छय्यानं देवि तथैवाञ्जनकङ्कणम् ।। अंजनं कंकणं गृह्य शय्यामाक्रम्य स द्विजः
dadyācchayyānaṃ devi tathaivāñjanakaṅkaṇam || aṃjanaṃ kaṃkaṇaṃ gṛhya śayyāmākramya sa dvijaḥ
He should give a bed, O goddess, and likewise eye-salve and a bracelet; taking the salve and the bracelet, that brahmin, having stepped onto the bed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.77
मुहुर्तं तत्र विश्रम्य निवापस्थानमागतः।। गवां लांगूलमुद्धृत्य दद्याद्ब्राह्मणहस्तके
muhurtaṃ tatra viśramya nivāpasthānamāgataḥ|| gavāṃ lāṃgūlamuddhṛtya dadyādbrāhmaṇahastake
having rested there a moment, comes to the place of the funerary offering; and lifting up the tail of a cow, he should place it in the brahmin's hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.78
पात्रेणोदुम्बरस्थेन कृत्वा कृष्णतिलोदकम् ।। उदाहरेत्तु मन्त्रान्वै सौरभेयान् द्विजातयः
pātreṇodumbarasthena kṛtvā kṛṣṇatilodakam || udāharettu mantrānvai saurabheyān dvijātayaḥ
With a vessel of udumbara wood, having made water with black sesame, the twice-born should pronounce the mantras (addressed) to the offspring of Surabhi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.79
मन्त्रपूतं तदा तोयं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।। उद्धृत्य तच्च लांगूलं तोयेनाभ्युक्ष्य वै ततः
mantrapūtaṃ tadā toyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam || uddhṛtya tacca lāṃgūlaṃ toyenābhyukṣya vai tataḥ
Then that water, purified by the mantras, destroys all sins; and lifting up that tail, having sprinkled it with the water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.81
गत्वा तु ब्राह्मणेभ्योऽपि स्वगृहं यत्र तिष्ठति ।। पक्वान्नं भोजयेत्सर्वं न तिष्ठेत् प्रतिवासिकम्
gatvā tu brāhmaṇebhyo'pi svagṛhaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati || pakvānnaṃ bhojayetsarvaṃ na tiṣṭhet prativāsikam
and having gone (with) the brahmins to his own house where he lives, he should feed all the cooked food; nothing should remain for the next day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.82
पिपीलिकादिभूतानि प्रेतभागं च सर्वशः ।। कृत्वा तु तर्पणं देवि यस्यार्थे तस्य कल्पयेत्
pipīlikādibhūtāni pretabhāgaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ || kṛtvā tu tarpaṇaṃ devi yasyārthe tasya kalpayet
(He should give) the share of the dead entirely to the creatures beginning with ants; and having made the water-offering, O goddess, he should assign it to him for whose sake (it is done).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.83
भुक्तेषु तेषु सर्वेषु दीनानाथान् प्रतर्प्य च।। प्रेतराजपुरं गत्वा प्रयच्छति स माधवि
bhukteṣu teṣu sarveṣu dīnānāthān pratarpya ca|| pretarājapuraṃ gatvā prayacchati sa mādhavi
When all those have eaten, and having satisfied the poor and the helpless, he gives (it), O Mādhavī, going to the city of the king of the dead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.84
सर्वान्नमक्षयं तस्य दत्तं भवति सुन्दरि।। कर्त्तव्य एवं संस्कारः प्रेतभावविशोधनः
sarvānnamakṣayaṃ tasya dattaṃ bhavati sundari|| karttavya evaṃ saṃskāraḥ pretabhāvaviśodhanaḥ
Food of every kind becomes given to him inexhaustibly, O beautiful one. Thus the rite is to be performed, which purifies (the dead man) of the state of a ghost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.85
नेमिप्रभृतिभिः शौचं चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य सर्वतः।। भविष्यति न सन्देहो दृष्टपूर्वं स्वयम्भुवा
nemiprabhṛtibhiḥ śaucaṃ cāturvarṇyasya sarvataḥ|| bhaviṣyati na sandeho dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ svayambhuvā
By Nemi and the others, purification of (all) four classes will come about in every way — there is no doubt — a thing seen before by the Self-existent (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.86
कृत्वा तु धर्मसंकल्पं प्रेतकार्यं विशेषतः।। न भेतव्यं त्वया पुत्र प्रेतकार्ये कृते सति
kṛtvā tu dharmasaṃkalpaṃ pretakāryaṃ viśeṣataḥ|| na bhetavyaṃ tvayā putra pretakārye kṛte sati
But having made the resolve to (perform) the duty, and especially the rite for the dead, you must not be afraid, my son, once the rite for the dead has been done.
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VrP 188.87
विस्तरेण मया प्रोक्तं प्रत्यक्षं नारदस्य च।। त्वया वत्स सुतस्यार्थे क्रतुरेकः प्रतिष्ठितः
vistareṇa mayā proktaṃ pratyakṣaṃ nāradasya ca|| tvayā vatsa sutasyārthe kraturekaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
It has been declared by me at length, and in Nārada's very presence: by you, dear child, for your son's sake, a single sacrifice has been established.
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VrP 188.88
तस्मात्प्रभृति लोकेषु पितृयज्ञो भविष्यति ।। एवं यास्यति वत्स त्वं न शोकं कर्त्तुमर्हसि
tasmātprabhṛti lokeṣu pitṛyajño bhaviṣyati || evaṃ yāsyati vatsa tvaṃ na śokaṃ karttumarhasi
From that time on there will be, among the worlds, the sacrifice to the fathers. Thus he will go, dear child; you ought not to grieve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.89
शिवलोकं ब्रह्मलोकं विष्णुलोकं न सशंयः।। एवमुक्त्वा तदात्रेयः पितृकर्म यथाविधि
śivalokaṃ brahmalokaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ na saśaṃyaḥ|| evamuktvā tadātreyaḥ pitṛkarma yathāvidhi
(He will go to) Śiva's world, Brahmā's world, Viṣṇu's world — there is no doubt. Having spoken thus, the son of Atri then (performed) the rite for the fathers according to the rule.
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VrP 188.91
प्रेतस्यावाहनं कृत्वा शुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः ।। पक्वान्नं भोजयेत्तत्र प्रेतभागं यथाविधि
pretasyāvāhanaṃ kṛtvā śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ || pakvānnaṃ bhojayettatra pretabhāgaṃ yathāvidhi
Having performed the invocation of the departed one, becoming pure and concentrated, one should there feed cooked food (to him), the portion of the departed, according to the rule.
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VrP 188.92
मन्त्रयुक्तोपचारेण चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य सर्वतः ।। वृषलानाममन्त्राणां प्रयोक्तव्यं यथाविधि
mantrayuktopacāreṇa cāturvarṇyasya sarvataḥ || vṛṣalānāmamantrāṇāṃ prayoktavyaṃ yathāvidhi
With the service accompanied by mantras, for (all) four classes throughout; for the servile classes, mantraless (rites) are to be employed according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.93
प्रेतकार्ये निवृत्ते तु पूर्णे संवत्सरे तथा ।। प्रयान्ति जन्तवः केचिद्गत्वा गच्छन्ति चापरे
pretakārye nivṛtte tu pūrṇe saṃvatsare tathā || prayānti jantavaḥ kecidgatvā gacchanti cāpare
But when the rite for the dead is completed and the full year (has passed), some creatures depart, and others, having gone, (still) go on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.94
पितामहः स्नुषा भार्या ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिबान्धवाः ।। यद्येते बहवः सन्ति स्वप्नोपममिदं जगत्
pitāmahaḥ snuṣā bhāryā jñātisambandhibāndhavāḥ || yadyete bahavaḥ santi svapnopamamidaṃ jagat
Grandfather, daughter-in-law, wife, kinsmen, relations by marriage, and friends — even if these are many, this world is like a dream.
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VrP 188.95
स्वयं मुहूर्त्तं रोदित्वा ततो याति पराङ्मुखः ।। स्नेहपाशेन बद्धो वै क्षणार्द्धान्मुच्यते ततः
svayaṃ muhūrttaṃ roditvā tato yāti parāṅmukhaḥ || snehapāśena baddho vai kṣaṇārddhānmucyate tataḥ
Having wept himself for a moment, he then goes away with his face turned aside; bound indeed by the noose of affection, he is released from it in half an instant.
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VrP 188.96
कस्य माता पिता कस्य कस्य भार्या सुतास्तथा ।। युगे युगे तु वर्त्तन्ते मोहपाशेन बध्यते
kasya mātā pitā kasya kasya bhāryā sutāstathā || yuge yuge tu varttante mohapāśena badhyate
Whose mother, whose father, whose wife and likewise sons? Age after age they exist, and (a man) is bound by the noose of delusion.
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VrP 188.97
स्नेहभावेन कर्त्तव्यः संस्कारो हि मृतस्य च ।। मातापितृसहस्राणि पुत्रदारशतानि च
snehabhāvena karttavyaḥ saṃskāro hi mṛtasya ca || mātāpitṛsahasrāṇi putradāraśatāni ca
Out of a feeling of affection the funeral rite of the dead man is indeed to be performed. Thousands of mothers and fathers, and hundreds of sons and wives —
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VrP 188.98
संसारेष्वनुभूतानि कस्य ते कस्य वा वयम् ।। स्वयम्भुवा विधिः प्रोक्तः प्रेतसंस्कारलक्षणः
saṃsāreṣvanubhūtāni kasya te kasya vā vayam || svayambhuvā vidhiḥ proktaḥ pretasaṃskāralakṣaṇaḥ
— have been experienced in (our) rounds of existence: whose are they, or whose are we? By the Self-existent the rule was declared whose mark is the funeral rite for the departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.99
प्रेतकार्ये निवृत्ते तु पितृत्वमुपजायते ।। मासि मासि ह्यमायां वै कर्त्तव्यं पितृतर्पणम्
pretakārye nivṛtte tu pitṛtvamupajāyate || māsi māsi hyamāyāṃ vai karttavyaṃ pitṛtarpaṇam
But when the rite for the dead is completed, the state of being a father (pitṛ) arises; and month by month, on the new-moon day, the offering to the fathers must be made.
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VrP 188.101
एवमुक्त्वा स आत्रेयः पितृयज्ञ विनिश्चयम् ।। मुहूर्ते ध्यानमास्थाय तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
evamuktvā sa ātreyaḥ pitṛyajña viniścayam || muhūrte dhyānamāsthāya tatraivāntaradhīyata
Having spoken thus, that son of Atri, (having given) the determination of the sacrifice to the fathers, resting in meditation for a moment, vanished on that very spot.
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VrP 188.102
नारद उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा तु मृतसंस्कारमात्रेयोक्तं यथाविधि ।। चातुवर्ण्यस्य सर्वस्य त्वया धर्मः प्रतिष्ठितः
nārada uvāca || śrutvā tu mṛtasaṃskāramātreyoktaṃ yathāvidhi || cātuvarṇyasya sarvasya tvayā dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
Nārada said: Having heard the funeral rite for the dead as declared by the son of Atri according to the rule — by you the law has been established for all four classes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.103
पितृयज्ञमुपश्राद्धे मासि मासि दिने तथा ।। वर्त्तयन्ति यथान्यायमृषयश्च तपोधनाः
pitṛyajñamupaśrāddhe māsi māsi dine tathā || varttayanti yathānyāyamṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ
And the sages rich in austerity carry out, as is proper, the sacrifice to the fathers at the subsidiary śrāddha, on the (appointed) day month by month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.104
निर्दिष्टं ब्राह्मणानां वै शूद्राणां मन्त्रवर्जितम् ।। नेमिना च कृतं श्राद्धं ततः प्रभृति वै द्विजाः
nirdiṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ vai śūdrāṇāṃ mantravarjitam || neminā ca kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ tataḥ prabhṛti vai dvijāḥ
For brahmins it is prescribed (with mantras), for śūdras without mantras. And the śrāddha was performed by Nemi; from then on, O twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 188.105
कुर्वन्ति सततं श्राद्धं नैमिश्राद्धं तदुच्यते ।। स्वस्त्यस्तु ते महाभाग यास्यामि मुनिसत्तम
kurvanti satataṃ śrāddhaṃ naimiśrāddhaṃ taducyate || svastyastu te mahābhāga yāsyāmi munisattama
(people) constantly perform the śrāddha, and that is called the Naimi śrāddha. May there be well-being for you, greatly fortunate one; I shall go now, best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.106
एवमुक्त्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठो नारदो द्विजतत्तमः ।। तेजसा द्योतयन्सर्वं गतः शक्रपुरं प्रति
evamuktvā muniśreṣṭho nārado dvijatattamaḥ || tejasā dyotayansarvaṃ gataḥ śakrapuraṃ prati
Having said this, Nārada, best of sages and foremost of the twice-born, illuminating everything with his radiance, went off toward Śakra's city.
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VrP 188.107
एवं च पिण्डसंकल्पं श्राद्धोत्पत्तिश्च माधवि ।। आत्रेयेणैव मुनिना स्थापितं ब्राह्मणेषु च
evaṃ ca piṇḍasaṃkalpaṃ śrāddhotpattiśca mādhavi || ātreyeṇaiva muninā sthāpitaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu ca
And thus, O Mādhavī, the ordinance of the rice-balls and the origin of the śrāddha were established among the brahmins by the sage Ātreya himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 188.188
अपाकद्रव्यं संगृह्य ब्रह्मणो वचनं यथा।। त्रिषु वर्णेषु कर्त्तव्यं पाकभोजनमित्युत निपातदेशं संगृह्य शुचिदेशे समाहितः॥ नदीकूले निखाते वा प्रेतभूमिं विनिर्देशेत् पतन्ति नरके घोरे तेनोच्छिष्टेन सुन्दरि ॥ स्थण्डिले प्रेतभागं तु दद्यात्पूर्वाह्णिकं तु तम् प्रेतस्य च हितार्थाय धारयेत वसुन्धरे ॥ पूर्वं संहृष्टतुष्टेन प्रेतभागं च दापयेत् तप्तवालुमयी भूमिः कण्टकैरुपसंस्तृता।। तेन दुर्गाणि तरति दत्तयोपानहात्र वै देवत्वं ब्राह्मणत्वं च प्रेतपिण्डे प्रदीयते ।। मानुषत्वं निवापेषु ज्ञातव्यं सततं बुधैः दृष्ट्वा तु प्रोषितं तेन उच्छिष्टं न विसर्ज्जयेत् ।। ब्राह्मणे नाप्यनुज्ञातः शीघ्रं संरंभयेत्ततः पश्चात्प्रेतं विसर्ज्यैवं दद्याद्दानं द्विजातये ।। निवापमन्नमशुचिं दद्याद्वायसतर्पणम दातव्यं तु तृतीये च मासे सप्तनवेषु च ।। एकादशे तथा मासे दद्यात्सांवत्सरीं क्रियाम् पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः ।। जुहुयाद्ब्राह्मणमुखे तृप्तिर्भवति शाश्वती
apākadravyaṃ saṃgṛhya brahmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā|| triṣu varṇeṣu karttavyaṃ pākabhojanamityuta nipātadeśaṃ saṃgṛhya śucideśe samāhitaḥ|| nadīkūle nikhāte vā pretabhūmiṃ vinirdeśet patanti narake ghore tenocchiṣṭena sundari || sthaṇḍile pretabhāgaṃ tu dadyātpūrvāhṇikaṃ tu tam pretasya ca hitārthāya dhārayeta vasundhare || pūrvaṃ saṃhṛṣṭatuṣṭena pretabhāgaṃ ca dāpayet taptavālumayī bhūmiḥ kaṇṭakairupasaṃstṛtā|| tena durgāṇi tarati dattayopānahātra vai devatvaṃ brāhmaṇatvaṃ ca pretapiṇḍe pradīyate || mānuṣatvaṃ nivāpeṣu jñātavyaṃ satataṃ budhaiḥ dṛṣṭvā tu proṣitaṃ tena ucchiṣṭaṃ na visarjjayet || brāhmaṇe nāpyanujñātaḥ śīghraṃ saṃraṃbhayettataḥ paścātpretaṃ visarjyaivaṃ dadyāddānaṃ dvijātaye || nivāpamannamaśuciṃ dadyādvāyasatarpaṇama dātavyaṃ tu tṛtīye ca māse saptanaveṣu ca || ekādaśe tathā māse dadyātsāṃvatsarīṃ kriyām pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ || juhuyādbrāhmaṇamukhe tṛptirbhavati śāśvatī
Having collected uncooked provisions, according to Brahmā's word, the eating of cooked food is to be performed among the three classes. Having chosen the place of deposit, concentrated, in a clean spot — on a river bank or in a dug (pit) — one should designate the ground for the deceased. By that leftover food (defiled), O beautiful one, they fall into terrible hell. On the bare levelled ground one should give the deceased's portion, and that in the forenoon; and for the deceased's benefit one should sustain (him), O Vasundharā. First, with a glad and contented (heart), one should have the deceased's portion given. The ground is of hot sand and strewn over with thorns: by sandals given here he crosses over the hard places. Godhood and brahminhood are bestowed in the piṇḍa for the deceased; humanhood (is obtained) in the offerings — this the wise should always know. But seeing that it has been kept overnight, one should not thereby discard it as leftover. Nor, unpermitted by the brahmin, should he then hastily set to work. Afterwards, having dismissed the deceased thus, he should give a gift to the twice-born. The offering-food, being impure, he should give as the gratification of crows. And it is to be given in the third month, and in the seventh and ninth, and likewise in the eleventh month; and he should perform the annual rite. Father, grandfather, and likewise great-grandfather — he should offer into the mouth of a brahmin: (their) satisfaction becomes perpetual.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain