Varaha Purana — Chapter 189
VrP 189.1
अथ पिण्डकल्पोत्पत्तिप्रकरणम् ।। धरण्युवाच ।। श्रुतं श्राद्धं यथावृत्तं शौचाशौचांश्च सर्वशः ।। चतुर्णामपि वर्णानां प्रेतभोज्यं यथाविधि
atha piṇḍakalpotpattiprakaraṇam || dharaṇyuvāca || śrutaṃ śrāddhaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ śaucāśaucāṃśca sarvaśaḥ || caturṇāmapi varṇānāṃ pretabhojyaṃ yathāvidhi
Now the section on the origin of the piṇḍa ordinance. Dharaṇī said: I have heard the śrāddha as it is performed, and purity and impurity in all their forms, and the food for the deceased according to rule for all four classes.
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VrP 189.2
उत्पन्नं संशयं मेऽद्य भगवन्वक्तुमर्हसि ।। चातुर्वर्ण्येषु सर्वेषु दद्याद्दानं द्विजोत्तमे
utpannaṃ saṃśayaṃ me'dya bhagavanvaktumarhasi || cāturvarṇyeṣu sarveṣu dadyāddānaṃ dvijottame
A doubt has arisen in me today, O Lord; you should tell (me of it). Among all four classes, one should give the gift to the best of the twice-born.
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VrP 189.3
प्रतिगृह्णन्ति ये तत्र प्रेतभागं विशेषतः ।। अनिष्टं गर्हितं तत्र प्रेतेन सह भोजनम्
pratigṛhṇanti ye tatra pretabhāgaṃ viśeṣataḥ || aniṣṭaṃ garhitaṃ tatra pretena saha bhojanam
Those who there receive the deceased's portion in particular — eating together with the deceased is there unwelcome and censured.
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VrP 189.4
भुक्त्वा तेषां द्विजो देव मुच्यते केन कर्मणा ।। कथं ते तारयिष्यन्ति दातारं पुरुषोतम
bhuktvā teṣāṃ dvijo deva mucyate kena karmaṇā || kathaṃ te tārayiṣyanti dātāraṃ puruṣotama
Having eaten of theirs, O God, by what act is the twice-born released? How will they carry across the giver, O best of men?
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VrP 189.5
प्रणयात्स्त्रीस्वभावेन पृच्छामि त्वां जनार्दन ।। एवमुक्तोऽपि भूम्या ऽसौ शंखदुन्दुभिनिःस्वनः
praṇayātstrīsvabhāvena pṛcchāmi tvāṃ janārdana || evamukto'pi bhūmyā 'sau śaṃkhadundubhiniḥsvanaḥ
Out of affection, in the manner of a woman, I ask you, Janārdana. Though thus addressed by the Earth, he whose voice was (like) conch and drum —
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VrP 189.6
वराहरूपी भगवान्प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम् ।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। साधु भूमे वरारोहे यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि
varāharūpī bhagavānpratyuvāca vasundharām || śrīvarāha uvāca || sādhu bhūme varārohe yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
the Lord in boar form answered Vasundharā. Śrī Varāha said: Well (asked), O Earth of fair hips, in that you question me (thus).
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VrP 189.7
कथयिष्यामि ते देवि तारयन्ति यथा द्विजाः।। भुक्त्वा तु प्रेतभोज्यानि ब्राह्मणो ज्ञानदुर्बलः
kathayiṣyāmi te devi tārayanti yathā dvijāḥ|| bhuktvā tu pretabhojyāni brāhmaṇo jñānadurbalaḥ
I shall tell you, O goddess, how the twice-born carry (one) across. Having eaten the foods offered to the deceased, a brahmin weak in knowledge
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VrP 189.8
विशोधनार्थं देहस्य उपवासं तु कारयेत् ।। अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा विप्रो ज्ञानेन संयुतः
viśodhanārthaṃ dehasya upavāsaṃ tu kārayet || ahorātroṣito bhūtvā vipro jñānena saṃyutaḥ
should perform a fast for the cleansing of the body. Having gone a day and a night fasting, the brahmin endowed with knowledge,
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VrP 189.9
पूर्वसंध्यां विनिर्वर्त्य कृत्वा चैवाग्नितर्पणम् ।। तिलहोमं प्रकुर्वीत शान्तिमङ्गलपाठकः
pūrvasaṃdhyāṃ vinirvartya kṛtvā caivāgnitarpaṇam || tilahomaṃ prakurvīta śāntimaṅgalapāṭhakaḥ
having completed the morning twilight worship and made the gratification of the fire, should perform the sesame oblation, reciting the śānti and maṅgala (texts).
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VrP 189.11
औदुम्बरे च पात्रे च कृत्वा शान्त्युदकानि च।। प्रोक्षयेच्च गृहं सर्वं यत्रातिष्ठत्स्वयं द्विजः
audumbare ca pātre ca kṛtvā śāntyudakāni ca|| prokṣayecca gṛhaṃ sarvaṃ yatrātiṣṭhatsvayaṃ dvijaḥ
And having made the appeasing waters in a vessel of fig-wood, he should sprinkle the whole house in which the brahmin himself was staying.
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VrP 189.12
देवाश्चाग्निमुखाः सर्वे तर्पयित्वा विभागशः ।। भूतानां च बलिं दद्याद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च भोजनम्
devāścāgnimukhāḥ sarve tarpayitvā vibhāgaśaḥ || bhūtānāṃ ca baliṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇebhyaśca bhojanam
And having gratified all the gods, whose mouth is the fire, portion by portion, he should give an offering to the spirits and food to the brahmins.
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VrP 189.13
एका गौस्तु प्रदातव्या पापक्षयकरी तदा ।। एवं तु कुरुते यश्च स याति परमां गतिम्
ekā gaustu pradātavyā pāpakṣayakarī tadā || evaṃ tu kurute yaśca sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
And then one cow is to be given, which destroys sin. And whoever acts thus goes to the highest goal.
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VrP 189.14
प्रेतान्ने चोदरस्थे तु कालधर्ममुपागतः ।। आकल्पं नरके घोरं वसमानः सुदुःखितः
pretānne codarasthe tu kāladharmamupāgataḥ || ākalpaṃ narake ghoraṃ vasamānaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ
But if he meets the law of time (dies) while the food of the deceased is in his belly, dwelling in terrible hell until the end of the aeon, in great misery,
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VrP 189.15
प्राप्नोति राक्षसत्वं वै ततो मुच्येत किल्बिषात् ।। प्रायश्चित्तं तु कर्त्तव्यं दातृभोक्तृसुखावहम्
prāpnoti rākṣasatvaṃ vai tato mucyeta kilbiṣāt || prāyaścittaṃ tu karttavyaṃ dātṛbhoktṛsukhāvaham
he attains the state of a rākṣasa; thereafter he would be released from the guilt. But expiation is to be performed, which brings happiness to giver and eater.
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VrP 189.16
गोहस्त्यश्वधनादीनि सागरान्तानि माधवि ।। प्रतिगृह्णन्ति ये विप्रा मन्त्रेण विधिपूवर्कम्
gohastyaśvadhanādīni sāgarāntāni mādhavi || pratigṛhṇanti ye viprā mantreṇa vidhipūvarkam
Cows, elephants, horses, wealth and the rest, up to (things reaching) the ocean's end, O Mādhavī — those brahmins who accept (them) with a mantra, according to rule —
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VrP 189.17
प्रायश्चित्तं चरेद्यस्तु स तारयति निश्चितम् । द्विजो ज्ञानेन सम्पन्नो वेदाभ्यासरतः सदा
prāyaścittaṃ caredyastu sa tārayati niścitam | dvijo jñānena sampanno vedābhyāsarataḥ sadā
whoever performs the expiation, he certainly carries (them) across. A twice-born endowed with knowledge, always devoted to the study of the Veda,
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VrP 189.18
स तारयति चात्मानं दातारं नैव संशयः ।। ब्राह्मणो नावमन्तव्यस्त्रिभिर्वर्णैर्धराधरे
sa tārayati cātmānaṃ dātāraṃ naiva saṃśayaḥ || brāhmaṇo nāvamantavyastribhirvarṇairdharādhare
he carries across both himself and the giver — there is no doubt. A brahmin is not to be despised by the three classes, O supporter of the earth.
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VrP 189.19
दैवे च जन्मनक्षत्रे श्राद्धकाले च पर्वसु ।। प्रेतकार्येषु सर्वेषु परीक्ष्य निपुणं द्विजम्
daive ca janmanakṣatre śrāddhakāle ca parvasu || pretakāryeṣu sarveṣu parīkṣya nipuṇaṃ dvijam
At a rite for the gods, at the birth-constellation, at the time of śrāddha and on the parvan days, and in all the rites for the dead, (one should) examine the brahmin carefully:
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VrP 189.21
क्षमायुक्तं च शास्त्रज्ञमहिंसायां रतं तथा ।। एभिर्गुणैस्तु संयुक्तं ब्राह्मणं प्राप्य सत्वरः
kṣamāyuktaṃ ca śāstrajñamahiṃsāyāṃ rataṃ tathā || ebhirguṇaistu saṃyuktaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ prāpya satvaraḥ
(one) possessed of forbearance, knowing the scriptures, and devoted to non-injury — having quickly obtained a brahmin endowed with these qualities,
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VrP 189.22
दद्याद्दानानि विप्राय स वै तारयितुं क्षमः ।। कुण्डगोलेषु यद्दत्तं निष्फलं तत्तु जायते
dadyāddānāni viprāya sa vai tārayituṃ kṣamaḥ || kuṇḍagoleṣu yaddattaṃ niṣphalaṃ tattu jāyate
one should give gifts to that brahmin; he indeed is able to carry (one) across. But what is given to kuṇḍas and golakas becomes fruitless.
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VrP 189.23
कुण्डगोलं प्रतिग्राहि दातारं चाप्यधो नयेत् ।। पित्र्ये कर्मणि चैकं तु कुण्डं वा गोलकं तथा
kuṇḍagolaṃ pratigrāhi dātāraṃ cāpyadho nayet || pitrye karmaṇi caikaṃ tu kuṇḍaṃ vā golakaṃ tathā
A kuṇḍa or golaka who accepts (a gift) drags the giver too downward. And in a rite for the ancestors, a single kuṇḍa or golaka —
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VrP 189.24
दृष्ट्वा तं पितरो यान्ति निराशा निरयं द्रुतम् ।। दैवे कर्मणि चैवं तु तेषां दत्तं सुनिष्फलम्
dṛṣṭvā taṃ pitaro yānti nirāśā nirayaṃ drutam || daive karmaṇi caivaṃ tu teṣāṃ dattaṃ suniṣphalam
— on seeing him the ancestors, their hopes destroyed, go swiftly to hell; and likewise in a rite for the gods what is given to those (twice-born) is quite fruitless.
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VrP 189.25
तस्माद्दानं न दातव्यमपात्राय यशस्विनि ।। अत्रार्थे यत्पुरा वृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे
tasmāddānaṃ na dātavyamapātrāya yaśasvini || atrārthe yatpurā vṛttaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva vasundhare
Therefore a gift is not to be given to an unworthy recipient, O illustrious lady; hear what happened long ago in this matter, O Earth.
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VrP 189.26
अवन्तीविषये कश्चिद्राजा ह्यत्यन्तधार्मिकः ।। नाम्ना मेधातिथिश्चैव मनुवंशविवर्द्धनः
avantīviṣaye kaścidrājā hyatyantadhārmikaḥ || nāmnā medhātithiścaiva manuvaṃśavivarddhanaḥ
In the country of Avanti there was a certain king, exceedingly righteous, Medhātithi by name, an increaser of the line of Manu.
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VrP 189.27
राज्ञः पुरोहितश्चासीच्चन्द्रशर्म्मा द्विजोत्तमः ।। आत्रेयगोत्रे चोत्पन्नो वेदवादरतः सदा
rājñaḥ purohitaścāsīccandraśarmmā dvijottamaḥ || ātreyagotre cotpanno vedavādarataḥ sadā
The king's domestic priest was Candraśarman, best of the twice-born, born in the Ātreya gotra, always devoted to the discourse of the Vedas.
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VrP 189.28
स राजा ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च गा ददाति दिने दिने ।। शतं दत्त्वा विधानेन पृश्चाद्भुङ्क्ते नराधिपः
sa rājā brāhmaṇebhyaśca gā dadāti dine dine || śataṃ dattvā vidhānena pṛścādbhuṅkte narādhipaḥ
And that king gave cows to brahmins day after day; having given a hundred according to the rule, the lord of men afterwards ate.
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VrP 189.29
गते बहुतिथे काले राज्ञो मेधातिथेः पितुः ।। श्राद्धस्य दिवसः प्राप्तो वैशाखे वरवर्णिनि ।। विप्रानाह्वापयामास पितुर्वै श्राद्धकारणात्
gate bahutithe kāle rājño medhātitheḥ pituḥ || śrāddhasya divasaḥ prāpto vaiśākhe varavarṇini || viprānāhvāpayāmāsa piturvai śrāddhakāraṇāt
When much time had passed, the śrāddha day for the father of King Medhātithi came round, in the month of Vaiśākha, O lady of fair complexion; and he had brahmins summoned for the sake of his father's śrāddha.
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VrP 189.31
श्राद्धं कृत्वा तु विधिवत्पिण्डान्निर्वाप्य यत्नतः ।। श्राद्धसंकल्पितं चान्नं विप्रेभ्यः प्रददौ बहु
śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā tu vidhivatpiṇḍānnirvāpya yatnataḥ || śrāddhasaṃkalpitaṃ cānnaṃ viprebhyaḥ pradadau bahu
Having performed the śrāddha according to rule and carefully offered the rice-balls, he gave much food, consecrated for the śrāddha, to the brahmins.
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VrP 189.32
तन्मध्ये ब्राह्मणः कश्चिद्गोलकोऽवस्थितस्तदा ।। श्राद्धे संकल्पितं चान्नं तस्मै दत्तं विधानतः
tanmadhye brāhmaṇaḥ kaścidgolako'vasthitastadā || śrāddhe saṃkalpitaṃ cānnaṃ tasmai dattaṃ vidhānataḥ
Among them a certain brahmin, a golaka, was then present, and to him the food consecrated at the śrāddha was given according to the rule.
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VrP 189.33
तेनैव श्राद्धदोषेण राज्ञस्तु पितरस्तदा ।। स्वर्गाद्भ्रष्टावलम्बन्ते वने कण्टकसंयुते
tenaiva śrāddhadoṣeṇa rājñastu pitarastadā || svargādbhraṣṭāvalambante vane kaṇṭakasaṃyute
By that very fault in the śrāddha the king's ancestors, fallen from heaven, then hang suspended in a forest full of thorns.
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VrP 189.34
क्षुत्पिपासार्दिता नित्यं क्रन्दन्ते च पुनः पुनः ।। कदाचिद्दैवयोगेन राजा मेधातिथिः स्वयम्
kṣutpipāsārditā nityaṃ krandante ca punaḥ punaḥ || kadāciddaivayogena rājā medhātithiḥ svayam
Tormented constantly by hunger and thirst, they cry out again and again. Once, by the working of fate, King Medhātithi himself,
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VrP 189.35
मृगयार्थं गतस्तत्र द्वित्रैः परिजनैर्वृतः ।। तत्रावलम्बतो दृष्ट्वा तानपृच्छद्द्विजप्रियः
mṛgayārthaṃ gatastatra dvitraiḥ parijanairvṛtaḥ || tatrāvalambato dṛṣṭvā tānapṛcchaddvijapriyaḥ
having gone there for the hunt, surrounded by two or three attendants, saw them hanging there, and he, the friend of brahmins, asked them:
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VrP 189.36
के भवन्तोऽत्र संप्राप्ता दशामेतां सुदुःखिताः ।। केन कर्मविपाकेन भवन्तः कथयन्तु मे
ke bhavanto'tra saṃprāptā daśāmetāṃ suduḥkhitāḥ || kena karmavipākena bhavantaḥ kathayantu me
"Who are you, come to this state here, so greatly suffering? By the ripening of what deed (are you thus)? Tell me, sirs."
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VrP 189.37
पितर ऊचुः ।। अस्मद्वंशकरो नित्यं नाम्ना मेधातिथिः प्रभुः ।। वयं तस्यैव पितरो नरकं गन्तुमुद्यताः
pitara ūcuḥ || asmadvaṃśakaro nityaṃ nāmnā medhātithiḥ prabhuḥ || vayaṃ tasyaiva pitaro narakaṃ gantumudyatāḥ
The ancestors said: "The perpetuator of our line is the lord named Medhātithi; we are his very ancestors, on the point of going to hell."
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VrP 189.38
तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा दुःखसमन्वितः ।। उवाच तान्पितॄन्सर्वान्सान्त्वपूर्वमिदं वचः
teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ || uvāca tānpitṝnsarvānsāntvapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ
Hearing their words the king, filled with sorrow, spoke these words to all those ancestors, prefacing them with consolation:
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VrP 189.39
मेधातिथिरुवाच।। मेधातिथिरहं नाम्ना भवन्तः पितरो मम ।। केन वै कर्मदोषेण निरयं गन्तुमुद्यताः
medhātithiruvāca|| medhātithirahaṃ nāmnā bhavantaḥ pitaro mama || kena vai karmadoṣeṇa nirayaṃ gantumudyatāḥ
Medhātithi said: "I am Medhātithi by name; you are my ancestors. By the fault of what deed are you on the point of going to hell?"
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VrP 189.41
तत्र दुःखं महद्भुक्त्वा पुनर्गच्छामहे दिवम् ।। पुत्र त्वं चैव दाता च सर्वलोकहिते रतः
tatra duḥkhaṃ mahadbhuktvā punargacchāmahe divam || putra tvaṃ caiva dātā ca sarvalokahite rataḥ
"Having suffered great pain there, we shall go again to heaven. Son, you are indeed a giver, devoted to the welfare of all the world."
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VrP 189.42
असंख्यातास्त्वया दत्ता गावः सुबहुदक्षिणा।। तेन पुण्येन गच्छामः स्वर्गं ह्यतिसुखप्रदम्
asaṃkhyātāstvayā dattā gāvaḥ subahudakṣiṇā|| tena puṇyena gacchāmaḥ svargaṃ hyatisukhapradam
Cows beyond counting have been given by you, with very abundant sacrificial fees; by that merit we go to heaven, which grants the highest happiness.
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VrP 189.43
तत्र चान्नं न विद्येत येन तृप्तिर्भविष्यति ।। पुनः श्राद्धं त्वया कार्यं पितॄणां तृप्तिदायकम्
tatra cānnaṃ na vidyeta yena tṛptirbhaviṣyati || punaḥ śrāddhaṃ tvayā kāryaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidāyakam
But there no food is to be found by which satisfaction will come about; therefore a śrāddha must be performed by you again, one that gives satisfaction to the fathers.
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VrP 189.44
तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा मेधातिथिरगाद्गृहम् ।। आहूय चन्द्रशर्मार्णं गुरुं वचनमब्रवीत्
teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā medhātithiragādgṛham || āhūya candraśarmārṇaṃ guruṃ vacanamabravīt
Having heard their words, Medhātithi went to his house, and having summoned Candraśarman, his teacher, he spoke these words.
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VrP 189.46
इत्युक्तमात्रे वचने चन्द्रशर्मा पुरोहितः ।। आहूतवान्द्विजान्सर्वान्वेदपाठकृतश्रमान्
ityuktamātre vacane candraśarmā purohitaḥ || āhūtavāndvijānsarvānvedapāṭhakṛtaśramān
As soon as that word was spoken, Candraśarman the household priest summoned all the brahmins who had taken pains in the recitation of the Veda.
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VrP 189.47
साधून्क्षांतान्कुलीनांश्च सुशीलान्मानवर्जितान् ।। राज्ञा तु कारयामास श्राद्धं विधिविदां वरः
sādhūnkṣāṃtānkulīnāṃśca suśīlānmānavarjitān || rājñā tu kārayāmāsa śrāddhaṃ vidhividāṃ varaḥ
Good men, patient, well-born, of fine character, free of pride — with these the best of those who know the rules had the śrāddha performed by the king.
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VrP 189.48
कृते श्राद्धे ततः पश्चात्पिण्डान्निर्वाप्य यत्नतः ।। ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास दक्षिणाभिः प्रपूज्य च
kṛte śrāddhe tataḥ paścātpiṇḍānnirvāpya yatnataḥ || brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa dakṣiṇābhiḥ prapūjya ca
When the śrāddha had been done, afterwards, having carefully offered out the rice-balls, he fed the brahmins and honoured them with sacrificial fees.
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VrP 189.49
मेधातिथिरुवाच ।। चन्द्रशर्मन्पुनः श्राद्धं करिष्ये पितुरद्य वै ।। आहूयन्तां द्विजाः सर्वे कुण्डगोलकवर्जिताः पश्चाद्विसर्जयामास स्वयं तु बुभुजे नृपः ।। भुक्त्वा पुनर्वनं गत्वा दृष्टवांश्च स्वकान्पितॄन्
medhātithiruvāca || candraśarmanpunaḥ śrāddhaṃ kariṣye pituradya vai || āhūyantāṃ dvijāḥ sarve kuṇḍagolakavarjitāḥ paścādvisarjayāmāsa svayaṃ tu bubhuje nṛpaḥ || bhuktvā punarvanaṃ gatvā dṛṣṭavāṃśca svakānpitṝn
Medhātithi said: Candraśarman, today I shall again perform the śrāddha for my father; let all the twice-born be summoned, excluding kuṇḍas and golakas. Afterwards he dismissed (them), and the king himself ate; and having eaten, he went again to the forest and saw his own fathers.
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VrP 189.51
ऊचुर्विनयसम्पन्नाः प्रीतिपूर्वमिदं वचः।। स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामः स्वर्गलोकं प्रति प्रभो
ūcurvinayasampannāḥ prītipūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ|| svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmaḥ svargalokaṃ prati prabho
Endowed with modesty, they spoke this speech with affection: May it be well with you; we shall go to the world of heaven, O lord.
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VrP 189.53
तयोर्दत्तं तु यच्छ्राद्धं निष्फलं तत्स्मृतं बुधैः ।। दैवे कर्मणि दिव्ये च ब्राह्मणो नैव लभ्यते
tayordattaṃ tu yacchrāddhaṃ niṣphalaṃ tatsmṛtaṃ budhaiḥ || daive karmaṇi divye ca brāhmaṇo naiva labhyate
But the śrāddha given to those two is held by the wise to be fruitless; in a rite for the gods and in a divine rite no brahmin (status) is obtained (by them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 189.54
सङ्कल्पयित्वा चान्नं तु गोभ्यो देयं यथाविधि ।। गवामभावे नद्यां वा क्षिपेदन्नं प्रयत्नतः
saṅkalpayitvā cānnaṃ tu gobhyo deyaṃ yathāvidhi || gavāmabhāve nadyāṃ vā kṣipedannaṃ prayatnataḥ
And having formally resolved (upon it), the food should be given to cows according to the rule; or, in the absence of cows, one should carefully throw the food into a river.
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VrP 189.55
अपात्राय न दातव्यं नास्तिकाय गुरुद्रुहे ।। गोलकाय न दातव्यं कुण्डाय च विशेषतः
apātrāya na dātavyaṃ nāstikāya gurudruhe || golakāya na dātavyaṃ kuṇḍāya ca viśeṣataḥ
It is not to be given to an unworthy recipient, nor to an unbeliever, nor to one who injures his teacher; it is not to be given to a golaka, and especially not to a kuṇḍa.
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VrP 189.56
इत्युक्त्वा पितरः सर्वे गताः स्वर्गाय भामिनि।। मेधातिथिरपि प्रायात्स्वपुरं ब्राह्मणैर्वृतः
ityuktvā pitaraḥ sarve gatāḥ svargāya bhāmini|| medhātithirapi prāyātsvapuraṃ brāhmaṇairvṛtaḥ
Having spoken thus, all the fathers went to heaven, O radiant lady; and Medhātithi too set out for his own city, surrounded by brahmins.
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VrP 189.57
यदुक्तं पितृभिः सर्वं तच्चकार मुदायुतः ।। तस्मात्ते कथितं देवि एकोऽपि ब्राह्मणोत्तमः
yaduktaṃ pitṛbhiḥ sarvaṃ taccakāra mudāyutaḥ || tasmātte kathitaṃ devi eko'pi brāhmaṇottamaḥ
All that was said by the fathers, that he did, filled with joy. Therefore it has been told to you, goddess: even a single excellent brahmin —
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VrP 189.58
सन्तारयति दुर्गेभ्यो विषमेभ्यो न संशयः ।। एकोऽपि तारितुं शक्तो यथा नावा महज्जलम्
santārayati durgebhyo viṣamebhyo na saṃśayaḥ || eko'pi tārituṃ śakto yathā nāvā mahajjalam
— carries (one) across from difficult and dangerous straits, there is no doubt; even one alone is able to carry (one) across, as (one crosses) a great water by a boat.
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VrP 189.59
तस्माद्दानं प्रदातव्यं ब्राह्मणाय वसुन्धरे ।। देवासुरमनुष्याणां गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम्
tasmāddānaṃ pradātavyaṃ brāhmaṇāya vasundhare || devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām
Therefore a gift should be given to a brahmin, O Vasundharā — of gods, demons, men, gandharvas, serpents and rākṣasas...
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VrP 189.92
इदानीं च त्वया कार्यमस्मद्धितमनुऽत्तमम् ।। गोलकाय न दातव्यं दैवं पित्र्यमथापि वा
idānīṃ ca tvayā kāryamasmaddhitamanu'ttamam || golakāya na dātavyaṃ daivaṃ pitryamathāpi vā
And now the highest thing beneficial to us must be done by you: nothing is to be given to a golaka, neither the offering for the gods nor that for the fathers.
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VrP 189.189
प्राक्स्रोतसं नदीं गत्वा स्नानं कृत्वा विधानतः ।। पंचगव्यं ततः पीत्वा मधुपर्केण संयुतम् वेदविद्याव्रतस्नातं बहुधर्मनिरन्तरम् ।। शीलयुक्तं सुसन्तुष्टं धर्मज्ञं सत्यवादिनम् आगतान्ब्राह्मणान्दृष्ट्वा मेधातिथिरकल्मषः ।। विप्रान्नत्वा गुरुं चैव श्राद्धारम्भमथाकरोत् पितर ऊचुः ।। श्राद्धं संकल्पितं चान्नं दत्तं तद्गोलकाय वै ।। तेनैव कर्मदोषेण नरकं गन्तुमुद्यताः हृष्टान्पुष्टान्बलैर्युक्तान्राजा तु मुमुदे भृशम् ।। दृष्ट्वा तु पितरश्चैव राजानं पितृवत्सलम् सर्वे श्राद्धं करिष्यन्ति निमिप्रभृतयो धरे ।। मासे मासे च वै पश्चात्पितृपक्षे तपोधनाः
prāksrotasaṃ nadīṃ gatvā snānaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ || paṃcagavyaṃ tataḥ pītvā madhuparkeṇa saṃyutam vedavidyāvratasnātaṃ bahudharmanirantaram || śīlayuktaṃ susantuṣṭaṃ dharmajñaṃ satyavādinam āgatānbrāhmaṇāndṛṣṭvā medhātithirakalmaṣaḥ || viprānnatvā guruṃ caiva śrāddhārambhamathākarot pitara ūcuḥ || śrāddhaṃ saṃkalpitaṃ cānnaṃ dattaṃ tadgolakāya vai || tenaiva karmadoṣeṇa narakaṃ gantumudyatāḥ hṛṣṭānpuṣṭānbalairyuktānrājā tu mumude bhṛśam || dṛṣṭvā tu pitaraścaiva rājānaṃ pitṛvatsalam sarve śrāddhaṃ kariṣyanti nimiprabhṛtayo dhare || māse māse ca vai paścātpitṛpakṣe tapodhanāḥ
Having gone to an east-flowing river and bathed according to the prescription, then having drunk the five products of the cow together with the honey-mixture; (a brahmin) bathed in Vedic learning and vows, constantly devoted to many duties, endowed with good conduct, well contented, knowing the law, speaking the truth — seeing the brahmins who had come, the sinless Medhātithi, having bowed to the brahmins and to his teacher, then began the śrāddha. The fathers said: The śrāddha and the food formally resolved upon were given to that golaka; by that very fault of the rite we are on the point of going to hell. The king rejoiced greatly (seeing them) glad, well-fed, endowed with strength; and the fathers, seeing the king devoted to his fathers (said): All (kings) beginning with Nimi will perform the śrāddha, O Earth, month by month, and afterwards in the fortnight of the fathers, O you rich in austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain