Varaha Purana — Chapter 190
VrP 190.1
अथ श्राद्धपितृयज्ञनिश्चयप्रकरणम् ।। धरण्युवाच ।। देवमानुषतिर्यक्षु प्रेतेषु नरकेषु च ।। आयान्ति जन्तवः केचिद्भूत्वा गच्छन्ति चापरे
atha śrāddhapitṛyajñaniścayaprakaraṇam || dharaṇyuvāca || devamānuṣatiryakṣu preteṣu narakeṣu ca || āyānti jantavaḥ kecidbhūtvā gacchanti cāpare
Now the section determining the śrāddha and the sacrifice to the fathers. Dharaṇī said: Among gods, men and animals, among the departed and in the hells, some creatures come (into being), and others, having come into being, depart.
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VrP 190.2
स्वप्नोपममिमं लोकं ह्यात्मकर्म शुभाशुभम् ।। वर्त्तते तिष्ठते देव तव मायाबलैर्जगत्
svapnopamamimaṃ lokaṃ hyātmakarma śubhāśubham || varttate tiṣṭhate deva tava māyābalairjagat
This world is like a dream; one's own action, good and bad, (is what) proceeds. It stands, O god — the universe (stands) by the powers of your māyā.
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VrP 190.3
क एते पितरो देव श्राद्धं भोक्ष्यन्ति योगतः ।। आत्मकर्मवशाल्लोके गतिः पञ्चसु वर्त्तते
ka ete pitaro deva śrāddhaṃ bhokṣyanti yogataḥ || ātmakarmavaśālloke gatiḥ pañcasu varttate
Who are these fathers, O god, who will eat the śrāddha by (that) linking? In the world, by the force of one's own action, the course (of beings) lies among five (states).
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VrP 190.4
कथं तं पिण्डसङ्कल्पं मासे मासे नियोजयेत् ।। के भवन्ति च भोक्तारः श्राद्धे पिण्डान्पितृक्रियाः
kathaṃ taṃ piṇḍasaṅkalpaṃ māse māse niyojayet || ke bhavanti ca bhoktāraḥ śrāddhe piṇḍānpitṛkriyāḥ
How should one apply that resolve concerning the rice-balls month after month? And who become the eaters of the rice-balls at a śrāddha, (who) the recipients of the rites for the fathers?
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VrP 190.5
निश्चयं श्रोतुमिच्छामि परं कौतूहलं हि मे ।। पृथिव्या एवमुक्तस्तु देवो नारायणो हरिः
niścayaṃ śrotumicchāmi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me || pṛthivyā evamuktastu devo nārāyaṇo hariḥ
I wish to hear the certainty (of this), for my curiosity is great. Thus addressed by the Earth, the god Nārāyaṇa Hari —
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VrP 190.6
वराहरूपी भगवान्प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम्।। श्रीवराह उवाच ।। साधु भूमे वरारोहे सर्वधर्मव्यवस्थिते
varāharūpī bhagavānpratyuvāca vasundharām|| śrīvarāha uvāca || sādhu bhūme varārohe sarvadharmavyavasthite
the Lord in the form of the boar answered the Earth-bearer. Śrī Varāha said: Well (asked), O Earth, O fair-hipped one, established in all the dharmas!
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VrP 190.7
कथयिष्यामि ते देवि यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ।। ये ते भवन्ति भोक्तारः पितृयज्ञेषु माधवि
kathayiṣyāmi te devi yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi || ye te bhavanti bhoktāraḥ pitṛyajñeṣu mādhavi
I shall tell you, goddess, what you ask me: who they are that become the eaters at the sacrifices to the fathers, O Mādhavī.
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VrP 190.8
पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः ।। क्रियते पिण्डसङ्कल्पो मासे ह्येकदिने तथा
pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ || kriyate piṇḍasaṅkalpo māse hyekadine tathā
The father, the grandfather, and likewise the great-grandfather — for them the resolve concerning the rice-balls is made, on one day in the month.
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VrP 190.9
ज्ञात्वा नक्षत्रसंयोगं पितृपक्षे ह्युपागते ।। तिथिं पर्वं विजानीयाद्येषु दत्तं महत्फलम्
jñātvā nakṣatrasaṃyogaṃ pitṛpakṣe hyupāgate || tithiṃ parvaṃ vijānīyādyeṣu dattaṃ mahatphalam
Having learned the conjunction of the lunar mansion, when the fortnight of the fathers has come, one should determine the lunar day and the (proper) juncture, on which what is given (bears) great fruit.
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VrP 190.11
केचिद्यजन्ति यज्ञं वै ब्रह्मयज्ञं द्विजातयः ।। केचिद्यजन्ति सुभगे देवयज्ञं हुताशने
kecidyajanti yajñaṃ vai brahmayajñaṃ dvijātayaḥ || kecidyajanti subhage devayajñaṃ hutāśane
Some twice-born ones offer the sacrifice, namely the sacrifice to Brahman; some, O fortunate one, offer the sacrifice to the gods in the fire.
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VrP 190.12
केचिच्च भूतयज्ञेन वर्त्तयन्ति सुमध्यमे ।। केचिन्मनुष्ययज्ञेन पूजयन्ति गृहाश्रमे
kecicca bhūtayajñena varttayanti sumadhyame || kecinmanuṣyayajñena pūjayanti gṛhāśrame
And some, O slender-waisted one, carry on with the sacrifice to beings; some honour (them) with the sacrifice to men in the householder's stage.
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VrP 190.13
पितृयज्ञं च भो देवि शृणु वक्ष्यामि निश्चयम् ।। ये यजन्ति वरारोहे क्रतूनेकशतैरपि
pitṛyajñaṃ ca bho devi śṛṇu vakṣyāmi niścayam || ye yajanti varārohe kratūnekaśatairapi
And now, O goddess, hear the sacrifice to the fathers; I shall declare the certainty (about it). Those who sacrifice, O fair-hipped one, even with a hundred rites —
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VrP 190.14
सर्वे ते मयि वर्त्तन्ते सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ।। अग्निर्मुखं च देवानां हव्यकव्येषु माधवि
sarve te mayi varttante satyametadbravīmi te || agnirmukhaṃ ca devānāṃ havyakavyeṣu mādhavi
all of them abide in me; this truth I tell you. And fire is the mouth of the gods in (the offerings of) havya and kavya, O Mādhavī.
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VrP 190.15
उत्तरोऽग्निरहं चैव दक्षिणाग्निरहं तथा।। अहमाहवनीयोऽग्निः सर्वयज्ञेषु सुन्दरि
uttaro'gnirahaṃ caiva dakṣiṇāgnirahaṃ tathā|| ahamāhavanīyo'gniḥ sarvayajñeṣu sundari
I am the northern fire, and likewise I am the southern fire; I am the āhavanīya fire in all sacrifices, O lovely one.
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VrP 190.16
पावनः पावकश्चैव अहमेव व्यवस्थितः ।। सर्वेष्वेव तु कार्येषु देवसत्रेषु माधवि
pāvanaḥ pāvakaścaiva ahameva vyavasthitaḥ || sarveṣveva tu kāryeṣu devasatreṣu mādhavi
As the purifier and as the purifying fire I myself am established, in all rites indeed and in the sacrificial sessions of the gods, O Mādhavī.
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VrP 190.17
वैश्वदेवे नियुञ्जीत ब्रह्मचारी शुचिः सदा ।। भिक्षुको देवतीर्थेषु वानप्रस्थो यतिस्तथा
vaiśvadeve niyuñjīta brahmacārī śuciḥ sadā || bhikṣuko devatīrtheṣu vānaprastho yatistathā
At the Vaiśvadeva (offering) one should employ a student of the Veda, ever pure; at the sacred places of the gods, a mendicant, a forest-dweller, and likewise an ascetic.
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VrP 190.18
एतान्न भोजयेच्छ्राद्धे देवतीर्थेषु पूजयेत् ।। व्रतस्थान्संप्रवक्ष्यामि श्राद्धमर्हन्ति ये द्विजाः
etānna bhojayecchrāddhe devatīrtheṣu pūjayet || vratasthānsaṃpravakṣyāmi śrāddhamarhanti ye dvijāḥ
These one should not feed at a śrāddha; (rather) one should honour (them) at the sacred places of the gods. I shall now declare those under vows, the twice-born who are worthy of the śrāddha.
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VrP 190.19
उत्तमो गृहसन्तुष्टः क्षान्तो दान्तो जितेन्द्रियः ।। उदासीनः सत्यसन्धः श्रोत्रियो धर्म पाठकः
uttamo gṛhasantuṣṭaḥ kṣānto dānto jitendriyaḥ || udāsīnaḥ satyasandhaḥ śrotriyo dharma pāṭhakaḥ
The best (is one who is) content in his home, patient, self-controlled, with his senses conquered, impartial, true to his word, learned in the Veda, a reciter of dharma.
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VrP 190.21
दत्त्वा हुताशनायादौ देवतीर्थेषु सुन्दरि ।। मुखेषु पश्चाद्ब्राह्मणस्य पित्रे दद्याद्यथाविधि
dattvā hutāśanāyādau devatīrtheṣu sundari || mukheṣu paścādbrāhmaṇasya pitre dadyādyathāvidhi
Having first given to the fire, O lovely one, and at the sacred places of the gods, into the mouths — afterwards (that) of a brahmin — one should then give to the father according to rule.
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VrP 190.22
चतुर्णामेव वर्णानां यद्यथा श्राद्धमर्हति ।। तथा विधिः प्रयोक्तव्यः पितृयज्ञेषु सुन्दरि
caturṇāmeva varṇānāṃ yadyathā śrāddhamarhati || tathā vidhiḥ prayoktavyaḥ pitṛyajñeṣu sundari
Just as the śrāddha is fitting for each of the four classes, so should the procedure be applied in the sacrifices to the fathers, O lovely one.
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VrP 190.23
यन्न पश्यन्ति ते भोज्यं श्वानः कुक्कुटसूकराः ।। ब्राह्मणाश्चाप्यपांक्तेया नराः संस्कारवर्जिताः
yanna paśyanti te bhojyaṃ śvānaḥ kukkuṭasūkarāḥ || brāhmaṇāścāpyapāṃkteyā narāḥ saṃskāravarjitāḥ
Dogs, cocks and pigs must not look upon that food; nor (may) brahmins unfit for the row, nor men devoid of the sacraments.
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VrP 190.24
सर्वकर्मकरा ये च सर्वभक्षाश्च ये नराः ।। एताञ्श्राद्धे न पश्येत्तु पितृयज्ञेषु सुन्दरि
sarvakarmakarā ye ca sarvabhakṣāśca ye narāḥ || etāñśrāddhe na paśyettu pitṛyajñeṣu sundari
And those men who do every kind of work, and those who eat everything — one should not let these look on at the śrāddha, at the sacrifices to the fathers, O lovely one.
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VrP 190.25
एते पश्यन्ति यच्छ्राद्धं तच्छ्राद्धं राक्षसं विदुः ।। मया प्रकल्पितो भागो बलये पूर्वमेव तु
ete paśyanti yacchrāddhaṃ tacchrāddhaṃ rākṣasaṃ viduḥ || mayā prakalpito bhāgo balaye pūrvameva tu
Whatever śrāddha these look upon, that śrāddha they know to be demonic. A portion was assigned by me to Bali long ago,
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VrP 190.26
हृतं यदा तु त्रैलोक्यं शक्रस्यार्थे त्रिविक्रमे ।। एवं श्राद्धं प्रतीक्षन्ति मन्त्रहीनमविक्रियम्
hṛtaṃ yadā tu trailokyaṃ śakrasyārthe trivikrame || evaṃ śrāddhaṃ pratīkṣanti mantrahīnamavikriyam
But when, in the Trivikrama (stride), the three worlds were seized for Śakra's sake — just so (these beings) lie in wait for a śrāddha that is without mantras and without the proper rite.
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VrP 190.27
वर्जनीया बुधैरेते पितृयज्ञेषु सुन्दरि ।। प्रच्छन्नं भोजयेच्छ्राद्धे तर्पयित्वा द्विजं शुचिः
varjanīyā budhairete pitṛyajñeṣu sundari || pracchannaṃ bhojayecchrāddhe tarpayitvā dvijaṃ śuciḥ
These are to be avoided by the wise at the sacrifices to the fathers, O lovely one. Being pure, and having satisfied the brahmin, one should feed (him) in a concealed place at the śrāddha.
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VrP 190.28
पितॄंस्तत्राह्वयेद्भूमे मन्त्रेण विधिपूर्वकम् ।। पिण्डास्त्रयः प्रदातव्याः सह व्यञ्जनसंयुताः
pitṝṃstatrāhvayedbhūme mantreṇa vidhipūrvakam || piṇḍāstrayaḥ pradātavyāḥ saha vyañjanasaṃyutāḥ
There, on the ground, he should summon the fathers with the mantra, according to the rule; three balls (of rice) are to be offered, together with condiments.
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VrP 190.29
पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः ।। अपसव्येन दातव्यं मासिमासि तिलोदकम्
pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ || apasavyena dātavyaṃ māsimāsi tilodakam
The father, the grandfather, and likewise the great-grandfather: month by month water with sesame is to be given with the sacred thread reversed.
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VrP 190.31
एवं दत्तेन प्रीयन्ते पितरश्च न संशयः ।। परमात्मा शरीरस्थो देवतानां मया कृतः
evaṃ dattena prīyante pitaraśca na saṃśayaḥ || paramātmā śarīrastho devatānāṃ mayā kṛtaḥ
By what is thus given the fathers are pleased — there is no doubt. The supreme Self, dwelling in the body, was made by me (the Self) of the gods.
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VrP 190.32
त्रयस्तत्र वरारोहे देवगात्राद्विनिस्सृताः ।। पितृदेवा भविष्यन्ति भोक्तारः पितृपिण्डकान्
trayastatra varārohe devagātrādvinissṛtāḥ || pitṛdevā bhaviṣyanti bhoktāraḥ pitṛpiṇḍakān
There, O fair-hipped one, three came forth from the body of the god; they will become the fathers-gods, the eaters of the rice-balls for the fathers.
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VrP 190.33
देवतासुरगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः ।। छिद्रं श्राद्धेऽस्य पश्यन्ति वायुभूता न संशयः
devatāsuragandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ || chidraṃ śrāddhe'sya paśyanti vāyubhūtā na saṃśayaḥ
Gods, asuras, gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas and serpents, having become wind, look for a flaw in his śrāddha — there is no doubt.
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VrP 190.34
पितृयज्ञं विशालाक्षि ये कुर्वन्ति विदो जनाः ।। आयुः कीर्तिं बलं तेजो धनपुत्रपशुस्त्रियः
pitṛyajñaṃ viśālākṣi ye kurvanti vido janāḥ || āyuḥ kīrtiṃ balaṃ tejo dhanaputrapaśustriyaḥ
O wide-eyed one, to those knowing people who perform the sacrifice to the fathers, (the fathers give) long life, fame, strength, splendour, wealth, sons, cattle and wives,
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VrP 190.35
ददन्ते पितरस्तस्य आरोग्यं नात्र संशयः ।। आत्मकर्मवशाल्लोकान् प्राप्नुवन्तीह शोभनान्
dadante pitarastasya ārogyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || ātmakarmavaśāllokān prāpnuvantīha śobhanān
the fathers give him health too — there is no doubt of this. By the force of their own deeds (such men) attain fair worlds here.
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VrP 190.36
तिर्यग्भ्यश्च विमुच्यन्ते प्रेतभावेन मानवाः ।। नरके पच्यमानानां त्राता भवति मानवः
tiryagbhyaśca vimucyante pretabhāvena mānavāḥ || narake pacyamānānāṃ trātā bhavati mānavaḥ
And men are released from (birth among) animals and from the state of a ghost; a man becomes a rescuer of those being cooked in hell.
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VrP 190.37
पूजकः पितृदेवानां सर्वकालं गृहाश्रमे ।। द्विजातींस्तर्पयित्वा तु पूर्णेन विधिना नरः
pūjakaḥ pitṛdevānāṃ sarvakālaṃ gṛhāśrame || dvijātīṃstarpayitvā tu pūrṇena vidhinā naraḥ
A man who is a worshipper of the fathers and the gods at all times in the householder's stage, having satisfied the twice-born with the full rite —
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VrP 190.38
अक्षय्यं तस्य मन्यन्ते पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः ।। नरा ये पितृभक्तास्ते प्राप्नुवन्ति परां गतिम्
akṣayyaṃ tasya manyante pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ || narā ye pitṛbhaktāste prāpnuvanti parāṃ gatim
the fathers, gratified by his śrāddha, deem it (his offering) inexhaustible. Those men who are devoted to the fathers attain the highest goal.
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VrP 190.39
सात्विकं शुक्लपन्थानमेते यान्ति विदो जनाः ।। पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु तत्त्वेन सुन्दरि
sātvikaṃ śuklapanthānamete yānti vido janāḥ || punaranyatpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvena sundari
Those knowing people go the sattvic, white path. I shall declare yet another thing: hear it truly, O lovely one.
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VrP 190.41
कल्पान्तं पच्यमानापि त्रायन्ते येन मानवाः ।। तेषां पुत्राश्च पौत्राश्च कदाचिदपि सुन्दरि
kalpāntaṃ pacyamānāpi trāyante yena mānavāḥ || teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca kadācidapi sundari
By which men, though being cooked (in hell) until the end of the aeon, are rescued: (namely) that their sons and grandsons, O lovely one, at some time or other
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VrP 190.42
मुंचन्ति जलबिन्दूंश्च अमां प्राप्य जलाशये ।। तेनैव भविता तृप्तिस्तेषां निरयगामिनाम्
muṃcanti jalabindūṃśca amāṃ prāpya jalāśaye || tenaiva bhavitā tṛptisteṣāṃ nirayagāminām
release drops of water into a body of water on reaching the new-moon day; by that very act there will be satisfaction for those (fathers) who have gone to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.43
ये वै श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वन्ति तर्पयित्वा द्विजातयः ।। दत्त्वा तिलोदकं पिण्डान् पितृभ्यो भक्तिभावतः
ye vai śrāddhaṃ prakurvanti tarpayitvā dvijātayaḥ || dattvā tilodakaṃ piṇḍān pitṛbhyo bhaktibhāvataḥ
Those who indeed perform the śrāddha, having satisfied the twice-born, having given water with sesame and the rice-balls to the fathers with a devoted heart —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.44
निरयात्तेऽपि मुच्यन्ते तृप्तिर्भवति चाक्षया ।। गृह्य चौदुम्बरं पात्रं कृत्वा तत्र तिलोदकम्
nirayātte'pi mucyante tṛptirbhavati cākṣayā || gṛhya caudumbaraṃ pātraṃ kṛtvā tatra tilodakam
by them (the fathers) are released even from hell, and their satisfaction becomes inexhaustible. And taking a vessel of udumbara wood and putting water with sesame in it,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.45
विप्राणां वचनं कृत्वा यथाशक्त्या च दक्षिणा ।। देया तेषां तु विप्राणां पितॄणां मोक्षणाय च
viprāṇāṃ vacanaṃ kṛtvā yathāśaktyā ca dakṣiṇā || deyā teṣāṃ tu viprāṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ mokṣaṇāya ca
having done the word (bidding) of the brahmins, a sacrificial fee is also to be given to those brahmins according to one's ability, for the release of the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.46
देयो नीलो वृषस्तत्र नरकार्त्तिविनाशनः ।। नीलषण्डस्य लांगूले तोयमप्युद्धरेद्यदि
deyo nīlo vṛṣastatra narakārttivināśanaḥ || nīlaṣaṇḍasya lāṃgūle toyamapyuddharedyadi
There a dark bull is to be given, which destroys the torment of hell. If one should raise up even (a drop of) water on the tail of a dark bull,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.47
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि पितरस्तेन तर्पिताः ।। मुक्तमात्रेण शृङ्गेण नीलषण्डेन सुन्दरि
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi pitarastena tarpitāḥ || muktamātreṇa śṛṅgeṇa nīlaṣaṇḍena sundari
by that the fathers are gratified for sixty thousand years; and merely by (mud) being lifted with the horn by the dark bull, O lovely one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.48
उद्धृतो यदि सुश्रोणि पंकः शृङ्गेण तेन च ।। बान्धवाः पितरस्तस्य निरये पतितास्तु ये
uddhṛto yadi suśroṇi paṃkaḥ śṛṅgeṇa tena ca || bāndhavāḥ pitarastasya niraye patitāstu ye
If, O fair-hipped one, the mire has been lifted out by that horn (of the released bull), then those kinsmen and ancestors of his who have fallen into hell —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.49
तानुद्धृत्य वरारोहे सोमलोकं स गच्छति ।। मुक्तेन नीलषण्डेन यत्पुण्यं जायते भुवि
tānuddhṛtya varārohe somalokaṃ sa gacchati || muktena nīlaṣaṇḍena yatpuṇyaṃ jāyate bhuvi
— having raised them up, O lovely-limbed one, he goes to the world of the moon. Whatever merit is produced on earth by releasing a dark bull —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.51
एष धर्मो गृहस्थानां पुत्र पौत्रसमन्विताः ।। त्रातारश्च भविष्यन्ति वर्तयन्तो यथासुखम्
eṣa dharmo gṛhasthānāṃ putra pautrasamanvitāḥ || trātāraśca bhaviṣyanti vartayanto yathāsukham
This is the duty of householders, (who are) provided with sons and grandsons; and they will be protectors (of others), living on as they please.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.52
पिपीलिकादिभूतानि जङ्गमाश्च विहङ्गमाः ।। उपजीवन्ति सुश्रोणि गृहस्थेषु न संशयः
pipīlikādibhūtāni jaṅgamāśca vihaṅgamāḥ || upajīvanti suśroṇi gṛhastheṣu na saṃśayaḥ
Ants and other beings, creatures that move about, and birds — they live in dependence on householders, O fair-hipped one; there is no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.53
एवं गृहाश्रमो मूलं धर्मस्तत्र प्रतिष्ठितः ।। मासिमासि तु ये श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वन्ति गृहाश्रमे
evaṃ gṛhāśramo mūlaṃ dharmastatra pratiṣṭhitaḥ || māsimāsi tu ye śrāddhaṃ prakurvanti gṛhāśrame
Thus the household stage of life is the root, and dharma is established in it. And those who, in the household stage, perform the śrāddha month by month,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.54
तिथौ पर्वणि ये चैव स्वपितॄंस्तारयन्ति वै
tithau parvaṇi ye caiva svapitṝṃstārayanti vai
and those who, on the (proper) lunar day at the parvan, indeed carry their own fathers across —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.55
न यज्ञदानाध्ययनोपवासैस्तीर्थाभिषेकैरपि चाग्निहोत्रैः ।। दानैरनेकैर्विधिसम्प्रदत्तैर्न तत्फलं श्राद्धगृहस्य धर्मे
na yajñadānādhyayanopavāsaistīrthābhiṣekairapi cāgnihotraiḥ || dānairanekairvidhisampradattairna tatphalaṃ śrāddhagṛhasya dharme
Not by sacrifices, gifts, recitation, fasts, nor even by bathings at holy fords, nor by fire-oblations, nor by many gifts bestowed according to rule, is that fruit (obtained) which lies in the duty of a household where śrāddha is performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.56
पितरो निर्गतास्तत्र ब्रह्मविष्णुशरीरगाः ।। पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः
pitaro nirgatāstatra brahmaviṣṇuśarīragāḥ || pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ
The fathers came forth there, having the bodies of Brahmā and Viṣṇu (as their source): the father, the grandfather, and likewise the great-grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.57
एवं क्रमेण वै तत्र पितृदेवा वसुन्धरे ।। देवताः कश्यपोत्पन्ना श्राद्धेषु विनियोजिताः
evaṃ krameṇa vai tatra pitṛdevā vasundhare || devatāḥ kaśyapotpannā śrāddheṣu viniyojitāḥ
Thus in due order, O Vasundharā, (arose) the ancestral gods there; and the deities born from Kaśyapa were appointed (to their offices) in the śrāddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.58
तत एते न जानन्ति देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः ।। ईश्वरश्च न जानाति आत्मदेहविनिःसृताः
tata ete na jānanti devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ || īśvaraśca na jānāti ātmadehaviniḥsṛtāḥ
Therefore these gods headed by Śakra do not know (them), and Īśvara too does not know (them), though they issued from his own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.59
न च ब्रह्मा विजानाति निःसृतो मम मायया ।। एवं मायामयौ भूमौ ब्रह्मरुद्रौ बहिष्कृतौ
na ca brahmā vijānāti niḥsṛto mama māyayā || evaṃ māyāmayau bhūmau brahmarudrau bahiṣkṛtau
Nor does Brahmā know (them), though he issued from my māyā. Thus Brahmā and Rudra, made of māyā, were set outside upon the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.61
कृत्वा वै पिण्डसङ्कल्पं दर्भानास्तीर्य भूतले ।। तेन ते पितृपिण्डेन पितृदेवा वसुन्धरे
kṛtvā vai piṇḍasaṅkalpaṃ darbhānāstīrya bhūtale || tena te pitṛpiṇḍena pitṛdevā vasundhare
Having made the resolve for the rice-balls and having strewn darbha grass on the ground — by that ancestral rice-ball, O Vasundharā, the ancestral gods
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.62
अजीर्णेनाभिपीड्यन्ते भुज्यन्ते न च सुन्दरि ।। ततो दुःखेन सन्तप्ता पद्यन्ते सोममेव च
ajīrṇenābhipīḍyante bhujyante na ca sundari || tato duḥkhena santaptā padyante somameva ca
are afflicted with indigestion, and (the food) is not digested, O beautiful one; then, tormented with pain, they go to Soma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.63
दृष्टाः सोमेन सुश्रोणि देवताजीर्णपीडिताः ।। स्वागतेनाथ वाक्येन पूजितास्तदनन्तरम्
dṛṣṭāḥ somena suśroṇi devatājīrṇapīḍitāḥ || svāgatenātha vākyena pūjitāstadanantaram
The deities, afflicted with indigestion, were seen by Soma, O fair-hipped one, and thereupon were honoured with a word of welcome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.64
सोम उवाच ।। देवताः कस्य चोत्पन्ना दुखिःताः केन हेतुना ।। एवं तु भाषमाणस्य सोमस्य तदनन्तरम्
soma uvāca || devatāḥ kasya cotpannā dukhiḥtāḥ kena hetunā || evaṃ tu bhāṣamāṇasya somasya tadanantaram
Soma said: "Whose offspring are you, deities, and for what reason are you in distress?" And as Soma was speaking thus, thereupon —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.66
श्राद्धे नियोजितास्तैस्तु पितृपिण्डेन तर्पिताः ।। अजीर्णं जायते सोम तेन वै दुःखिता वयम्
śrāddhe niyojitāstaistu pitṛpiṇḍena tarpitāḥ || ajīrṇaṃ jāyate soma tena vai duḥkhitā vayam
"Appointed by them at the śrāddha, we were gratified with the ancestral rice-ball; indigestion arises, Soma, and by that we are indeed in distress."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.67
सोम उवाच ।। सखा चाहं भविष्यामि त्रयाणां च चतुर्थकः ।। सहितास्तत्र गच्छामो यथा श्रेयो भविष्यति
soma uvāca || sakhā cāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi trayāṇāṃ ca caturthakaḥ || sahitāstatra gacchāmo yathā śreyo bhaviṣyati
Soma said: "I shall become a companion, the fourth to the three; together let us go there, so that it may turn out well."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.68
एवमुक्तास्तु सोमेन पितृदेवास्तदन्तरे ।। सोमं सोमेन गच्छन्ति श्रेयस्कामा वसुन्धरे
evamuktāstu somena pitṛdevāstadantare || somaṃ somena gacchanti śreyaskāmā vasundhare
Thus addressed by Soma, the ancestral gods thereupon go to Soma (the moon) together with Soma, desiring their welfare, O Vasundharā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.69
ऊचुस्ते सोममेवापि वाक्यं नः श्रूयतामिति ।। त्रयस्तु पितरो देवा ब्रह्मविष्णुहरोद्भवाः शरण्यं शरणं देवं ब्रह्माणं पद्मसंभवम् ।। मेरुशृङ्गे सुखासीनं ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम्
ūcuste somamevāpi vākyaṃ naḥ śrūyatāmiti || trayastu pitaro devā brahmaviṣṇuharodbhavāḥ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ padmasaṃbhavam || meruśṛṅge sukhāsīnaṃ brahmarṣigaṇasevitam
They said to Soma, "Let our words be heard" — the three ancestors, gods arisen from Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Hara, (approaching) the god Brahmā who gives refuge, the refuge, born from the lotus, seated at ease on the peak of Meru, attended by the throng of brahmin seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.71
य एते पितरो देव दुःखिताजीर्णपीडिताः ।। आगताः शरणं चात्र सोमं सोमेन सत्तम
ya ete pitaro deva duḥkhitājīrṇapīḍitāḥ || āgatāḥ śaraṇaṃ cātra somaṃ somena sattama
"These ancestors, O god, distressed and afflicted with indigestion, have come here for refuge to Soma together with Soma, O most excellent one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.72
यथा नश्यंति जीर्णानि तथा कुरु पितामह।। मुहूर्तं ध्यानमास्थाय ईश्वरं च ददर्श ह
yathā naśyaṃti jīrṇāni tathā kuru pitāmaha|| muhūrtaṃ dhyānamāsthāya īśvaraṃ ca dadarśa ha
"As the undigested (food) may be destroyed, so act, O grandfather." Having remained a moment in meditation, he saw Īśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.73
उवाच वचनं तत्र ब्रह्मा योगीश्वरं प्रति ।। एते ते पितरो देव दुःखिताजीर्णपीडिताः
uvāca vacanaṃ tatra brahmā yogīśvaraṃ prati || ete te pitaro deva duḥkhitājīrṇapīḍitāḥ
There Brahmā spoke a word to the lord of yoga: "These are your fathers, O god, afflicted and tormented by indigestion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.74
आगताः शरणं चात्र सोमेन सहिता मम ।। आचक्ष्व निर्मिता येन यथा श्रेयो भवेत्तव
āgatāḥ śaraṇaṃ cātra somena sahitā mama || ācakṣva nirmitā yena yathā śreyo bhavettava
and they have come here, together with Soma, for refuge with me. Declare by whom (this was) fashioned, so that good may come to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.75
ब्रह्मणा चैवमुक्तस्तु ईश्वरः परमेश्वरः।। मुहूर्तं ध्यानमास्थाय दिव्यं योगं च माधवि
brahmaṇā caivamuktastu īśvaraḥ parameśvaraḥ|| muhūrtaṃ dhyānamāsthāya divyaṃ yogaṃ ca mādhavi
Thus addressed by Brahmā, Īśvara, the supreme lord, remaining a moment in meditation and (entering) divine yoga, O Mādhavī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.76
पश्यते ईश्वरं तत्र योगवेदाङ्गनिर्मितम् ।। विस्मयं परमं गत्वा ब्रह्माणं वाक्यमब्रवीत्
paśyate īśvaraṃ tatra yogavedāṅganirmitam || vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā brahmāṇaṃ vākyamabravīt
he sees there the Lord fashioned of yoga and the limbs of the Veda; and having come to the greatest astonishment, he spoke a word to Brahmā:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.77
निर्मिता विष्णुना ब्रह्मन् वैष्णव्या मायया च ते ।। प्रथमं पितरौ देवा ये च श्रेष्ठा भवंति ते
nirmitā viṣṇunā brahman vaiṣṇavyā māyayā ca te || prathamaṃ pitarau devā ye ca śreṣṭhā bhavaṃti te
"They were fashioned by Viṣṇu, O Brahman, and by the Vaiṣṇava māyā: first the two parents, the gods, and those who are the foremost among them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.78
पिता तु ब्रह्मदैवत्यो मम गात्राद्विनिर्मितः ।। पितामहो विष्णुदेवो विष्णुगात्राद्विनिर्मितः
pitā tu brahmadaivatyo mama gātrādvinirmitaḥ || pitāmaho viṣṇudevo viṣṇugātrādvinirmitaḥ
The father has Brahmā for his deity, fashioned from my body; the grandfather has Viṣṇu for his god, fashioned from Viṣṇu's body;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.79
प्रपितामहो रुद्रदेवो मम गात्राद्विनिर्मितः ।। श्राद्धे नियोजितास्तेऽत्र मर्त्त्येषु पितृदेवताः
prapitāmaho rudradevo mama gātrādvinirmitaḥ || śrāddhe niyojitāste'tra marttyeṣu pitṛdevatāḥ
the great-grandfather has Rudra for his god, fashioned from my body. These are appointed here in the śrāddha among mortals as the ancestral deities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.81
आगताः शरणं ब्रह्मन्सोमेन सहिता यदि ।। येन नश्यत्यजीर्णं च पितॄणां च सुखं भवेत्
āgatāḥ śaraṇaṃ brahmansomena sahitā yadi || yena naśyatyajīrṇaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ ca sukhaṃ bhavet
If they have come for refuge, O Brahman, together with Soma, (hear that) by which the indigestion is destroyed and there may be ease for the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.82
शृणु तत्ते प्रवक्ष्यामि ब्रह्मन्लोकपितामह ।। शाण्डिल्यपुत्रस्तेजस्वी धूम्रकेतुर्विभावसुः
śṛṇu tatte pravakṣyāmi brahmanlokapitāmaha || śāṇḍilyaputrastejasvī dhūmraketurvibhāvasuḥ
Hear it, I shall declare it to you, O Brahman, grandfather of the world: the son of Śāṇḍilya, the fiery one, Dhūmraketu, Vibhāvasu (i.e. Fire).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.83
श्राद्धे तु प्रथमं तस्य दातव्यं मानुषेषु वा ।। सह तेनैव भोक्तव्यं पितृपिण्डविसर्जितम्
śrāddhe tu prathamaṃ tasya dātavyaṃ mānuṣeṣu vā || saha tenaiva bhoktavyaṃ pitṛpiṇḍavisarjitam
In a śrāddha, indeed among men, (the offering) is to be given first to him; and together with him alone is the food released as the ancestral piṇḍa to be eaten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.84
ईश्वरेणेवमुक्तस्तु ब्रह्मा कमलसंभवः ।। आहूय मनसा चैव ह्यागतो हव्यवाहनः
īśvareṇevamuktastu brahmā kamalasaṃbhavaḥ || āhūya manasā caiva hyāgato havyavāhanaḥ
Thus addressed by Īśvara, Brahmā, born of the lotus, summoned (him) with his mind, and the bearer of oblations came.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.85
प्रदीप्तस्तेजसा वह्निः सर्वभक्षो हुताशनः ।। योजितः पंचयज्ञेषु ब्रह्मणा मम मायया
pradīptastejasā vahniḥ sarvabhakṣo hutāśanaḥ || yojitaḥ paṃcayajñeṣu brahmaṇā mama māyayā
The fire, blazing with splendour, the all-devouring eater of oblations, was appointed to the five sacrifices by Brahmā through my māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.86
ब्रह्माग्निं भाषते तत्र शृणुष्व च हुताशन ।। भोक्तव्यं प्रथमं ब्रह्मन्पितृपिण्डविसर्जितम्
brahmāgniṃ bhāṣate tatra śṛṇuṣva ca hutāśana || bhoktavyaṃ prathamaṃ brahmanpitṛpiṇḍavisarjitam
There Brahmā speaks to Fire: "Listen, O eater of oblations: first, O Brahman, the food released as the ancestral piṇḍa is to be eaten (by you)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.87
त्वया भुक्तेति भोक्ष्यन्ति देवताः समरुद्गणाः ।। भोक्तव्यं मध्यमं श्राद्धं पथ्यमन्नं च वै सह
tvayā bhukteti bhokṣyanti devatāḥ samarudgaṇāḥ || bhoktavyaṃ madhyamaṃ śrāddhaṃ pathyamannaṃ ca vai saha
"When it has been eaten by you, the deities together with the hosts of Maruts will eat. In the middle the śrāddha is to be eaten, and the wholesome food along with it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.88
पश्चाद्दत्तं तु तं पिण्डं सह सोमेन भुञ्जते ।। ब्रह्मणा ह्येवमुक्तास्तु पितृदेवहुताशनाः
paścāddattaṃ tu taṃ piṇḍaṃ saha somena bhuñjate || brahmaṇā hyevamuktāstu pitṛdevahutāśanāḥ
Afterwards they eat that piṇḍa which has been given, together with Soma." Thus addressed by Brahmā, the fathers, the gods, and the fire —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.89
प्रस्थिताः सह सोमेन देवतास्ता वसुन्धरे।। पितृयज्ञं वरारोहे भोक्ष्यन्ति सहिताः सदा
prasthitāḥ saha somena devatāstā vasundhare|| pitṛyajñaṃ varārohe bhokṣyanti sahitāḥ sadā
those deities set forth together with Soma, O Vasundharā; they will always eat the ancestral sacrifice together, O fair-hipped one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.91
पश्चात्पिण्डान्प्रदद्याच्च दर्भानास्तीर्य भूतले ।। प्रथमं ब्रह्मणोंशाय दद्यात्पिण्डं विधानतः
paścātpiṇḍānpradadyācca darbhānāstīrya bhūtale || prathamaṃ brahmaṇoṃśāya dadyātpiṇḍaṃ vidhānataḥ
Afterwards one should offer the piṇḍas, having strewn darbha grass on the ground; first one should give the piṇḍa, according to the rule, to the portion of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.92
पितामहाय रुद्रांशसंभूताय तु मध्यमम् ।। प्रपितामहाय विष्णोस्तु दद्यात्पिण्डं महीतले
pitāmahāya rudrāṃśasaṃbhūtāya tu madhyamam || prapitāmahāya viṣṇostu dadyātpiṇḍaṃ mahītale
The middle one to the grandfather, who has arisen from the portion of Rudra; and to the great-grandfather one should give the piṇḍa of Viṣṇu on the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.93
विधिना मन्त्रपूर्वेण श्राद्धं कुर्वन्ति ये नराः ।। तेषां वरं प्रयच्छन्ति पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः
vidhinā mantrapūrveṇa śrāddhaṃ kurvanti ye narāḥ || teṣāṃ varaṃ prayacchanti pitaraḥ śrāddhatarpitāḥ
Those men who perform the śrāddha according to the rule, preceded by mantras — to them the fathers, gratified by the śrāddha, grant a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.94
मम मायाबलेनैव कृतं श्राद्धं द्विजातिभिः ।। अपांक्तेयांस्तथा विप्रान्प्रवक्ष्यामि वसुन्धरे
mama māyābalenaiva kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ dvijātibhiḥ || apāṃkteyāṃstathā viprānpravakṣyāmi vasundhare
"It is by the power of my māyā alone that the śrāddha is performed by the twice-born. And now, O Vasundharā, I shall declare which brahmins are unfit for the (dining) row.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.95
नपुंसकाश्चित्रकारा वसुपालविनिन्दकाः ।। कुनखाः श्यावदन्ताश्च काणाश्च विकटोदराः
napuṃsakāścitrakārā vasupālavinindakāḥ || kunakhāḥ śyāvadantāśca kāṇāśca vikaṭodarāḥ
Eunuchs, painters, revilers of the guardians of wealth, those with bad nails, those with blackened teeth, the one-eyed, and those with monstrous bellies;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.96
नर्त्तका गायनाश्चैव तथा रङ्गोपजीविनः ।। वेदविक्रयिणश्चैव सर्वे याजकयाजकाः
narttakā gāyanāścaiva tathā raṅgopajīvinaḥ || vedavikrayiṇaścaiva sarve yājakayājakāḥ
dancers and singers, and likewise those who live by the stage, sellers of the Veda, and all who sacrifice for (unworthy) sacrificers;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.97
राजोपसेवकाश्चैव वाणिज्यक्रयविक्रयाः ।। ब्रह्मयोन्यां समुत्पन्नाः सङ्कीर्णा पतिताश्च ये
rājopasevakāścaiva vāṇijyakrayavikrayāḥ || brahmayonyāṃ samutpannāḥ saṅkīrṇā patitāśca ye
attendants upon kings, those (living by) trade, buying and selling, and those born in a brahmin womb who are of mixed (birth) or fallen;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.98
असंस्कारप्रवृत्ताश्च शूद्रकर्मोपजीविनः ।। शूद्रकर्मकरा ये च गणका ग्रामयाजकाः
asaṃskārapravṛttāśca śūdrakarmopajīvinaḥ || śūdrakarmakarā ye ca gaṇakā grāmayājakāḥ
those who proceed without the sacraments, those who live by the work of śūdras, those who do śūdras' work, astrologers, and village priests;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.99
दीक्षितः क्रोडपृष्ठश्च यश्च वार्धुषिको द्विजः ।। विक्रेतारो रसानां च ये च वैश्योपजीविनः
dīkṣitaḥ kroḍapṛṣṭhaśca yaśca vārdhuṣiko dvijaḥ || vikretāro rasānāṃ ca ye ca vaiśyopajīvinaḥ
one (merely) consecrated, the kroḍapṛṣṭha, and the twice-born who is a usurer, sellers of liquids, and those who live by the livelihood of vaiśyas;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.101
सर्वकर्मकरा ये च सर्वविक्रयिणस्तथा ।। एतान्न भोजयेच्छ्राद्धे पित्रर्थे च वसुन्धरे
sarvakarmakarā ye ca sarvavikrayiṇastathā || etānna bhojayecchrāddhe pitrarthe ca vasundhare
and those who do every sort of work, and likewise those who sell everything—these one should not feed at a śraddha, nor at (a rite) for the sake of the fathers, O Vasundharā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.102
दूराध्वानं गता ये च तत्र कर्मोपजीविनः ।। रस विक्रयिणश्चैव शैलूषस्तिलविक्रयी
dūrādhvānaṃ gatā ye ca tatra karmopajīvinaḥ || rasa vikrayiṇaścaiva śailūṣastilavikrayī
And those who have gone on a long journey and live there by (hired) work, and sellers of liquids, an actor, a seller of sesame;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.103
श्राद्धकालमनुप्राप्तं राजसं तं विदुर्बुधाः ।। अन्ये ये दूषिता देवि द्विजरूपेण राक्षसाः
śrāddhakālamanuprāptaṃ rājasaṃ taṃ vidurbudhāḥ || anye ye dūṣitā devi dvijarūpeṇa rākṣasāḥ
the wise know as rājasa the man who arrives (only) at the time of the śrāddha; and others who are defiled, O goddess, are demons in the form of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.104
एतान्न पश्येच्छ्राद्धेषु पितृपिण्डेषु माधवि ।। अपांक्तेयांस्तथा विप्रान्भुञ्जतः पश्यतो द्विजान्
etānna paśyecchrāddheṣu pitṛpiṇḍeṣu mādhavi || apāṃkteyāṃstathā viprānbhuñjataḥ paśyato dvijān
One should not (even) see these at śrāddhas and at the offering of balls to the fathers, O Mādhavī—brahmins unfit for the row, whether eating or looking on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.105
पितरस्तस्य षण्मासं दुःखमृच्छन्ति दारुणम् ।। न्यस्तपात्रं द्रुतं कुर्यात्प्रायश्चित्तमुभौ धरे
pitarastasya ṣaṇmāsaṃ duḥkhamṛcchanti dāruṇam || nyastapātraṃ drutaṃ kuryātprāyaścittamubhau dhare
His fathers suffer terrible pain for six months. He should quickly set aside the vessel and perform the expiation, (in) both, O Dharā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.106
धृतं तु जुहुयादग्नावादित्यं चावलोकयेत् ।। पुनरावपनं कृत्वा पितरं च पितामहान्
dhṛtaṃ tu juhuyādagnāvādityaṃ cāvalokayet || punarāvapanaṃ kṛtvā pitaraṃ ca pitāmahān
He should offer ghee in the fire and look at the sun; then, having made a fresh strewing (of the offerings), (he should honour) his father and the grandfathers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.107
गंधपुष्पं च धूपं च दद्यादर्घ्यं तिलोदकम् ।। यथाविधिं च विप्राय भोजयेच्च पुनः शुचिः
gaṃdhapuṣpaṃ ca dhūpaṃ ca dadyādarghyaṃ tilodakam || yathāvidhiṃ ca viprāya bhojayecca punaḥ śuciḥ
and he should give perfume and flowers and incense, the arghya offering, and water with sesame; and, purified, he should again feed a brahmin according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.108
पुनश्चान्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु तत्त्वेन सुन्दरि ।। ज्ञानशुद्धेन विप्रेण मन्त्रशुद्धिं यथाविधि
punaścānyatpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvena sundari || jñānaśuddhena vipreṇa mantraśuddhiṃ yathāvidhi
Again I shall declare something else; hear it truly, O beautiful one: the purification of the mantras, as prescribed, by a brahmin pure in knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.109
मृतान्नं ये न भुञ्जंति कदाचिदपि माधवि ।। वैश्वदेवेषु दातव्यं श्राद्धेषु च न योजयेत्
mṛtānnaṃ ye na bhuñjaṃti kadācidapi mādhavi || vaiśvadeveṣu dātavyaṃ śrāddheṣu ca na yojayet
Those who never at any time eat the food of the dead, O Mādhavī—(to them) it is to be given at the Vaiśvadeva rites, and one should not employ (such food?) at śrāddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.111
दम्भकार कृतोच्छिष्टं कृत्वा तु नरकं व्रजेत् ।। प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा शुध्यन्ति ते नराः
dambhakāra kṛtocchiṣṭaṃ kṛtvā tu narakaṃ vrajet || prāyaścittaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā śudhyanti te narāḥ
Having made leavings out of ostentation, one goes to hell. I shall declare the expiation, by which those men become pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.112
माघमासे तु द्वादश्यां सर्पिर्युक्तं तु पायसम् ।। स लिहेन्मधुमांसेन तर्पयित्वा द्विजातयः
māghamāse tu dvādaśyāṃ sarpiryuktaṃ tu pāyasam || sa lihenmadhumāṃsena tarpayitvā dvijātayaḥ
On the twelfth day of the month of Māgha, rice-milk mixed with ghee—he should partake of it with honey and meat, after having gratified the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.113
सवत्सां कपिलां दद्यादात्मनः शुद्धिकामुकः ।। पुनः श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत चात्मनः शुभ कामुकः
savatsāṃ kapilāṃ dadyādātmanaḥ śuddhikāmukaḥ || punaḥ śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta cātmanaḥ śubha kāmukaḥ
One who desires his own purification should give a tawny cow with her calf; and one who desires his own welfare should perform the śrāddha again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.114
स्नानोपलेपनं भूमे कृत्वा विप्रान्प्रमन्त्रयेत् ।। दन्तकाष्ठं विसृज्यैव ब्रह्मचारी शुचिर्भवेत्
snānopalepanaṃ bhūme kṛtvā viprānpramantrayet || dantakāṣṭhaṃ visṛjyaiva brahmacārī śucirbhavet
Having performed bathing and the smearing of the ground, O Bhūmi, he should invite the brahmins; and having discarded the tooth-stick, being a celibate, he becomes pure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.115
यत्नेन मिथुनं श्राद्धे भोजयित्वा विसर्ज्जयेत् ।। अमायां च विशालाक्षि दन्तकाष्ठं न खादयेत्
yatnena mithunaṃ śrāddhe bhojayitvā visarjjayet || amāyāṃ ca viśālākṣi dantakāṣṭhaṃ na khādayet
With care he should feed a couple (a brahmin and his wife) at the śrāddha and then dismiss them; and on the new-moon day, O wide-eyed one, he should not chew the tooth-stick.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.116
अमायां तु च यो मूर्खो दन्तकाष्ठं हि खादति ।। हिंसितो हि भवेत्सोमो देवताः पितरस्तथा
amāyāṃ tu ca yo mūrkho dantakāṣṭhaṃ hi khādati || hiṃsito hi bhavetsomo devatāḥ pitarastathā
But the fool who chews a tooth-stick on the new-moon day — thereby Soma is injured, and so too the gods and the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.117
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यामुदिते च दिवाकरे ।। दिवाकृत्यं ततो गृह्य विप्रस्य विधिपूर्वंकम्
prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāmudite ca divākare || divākṛtyaṃ tato gṛhya viprasya vidhipūrvaṃkam
When the night has brightened into dawn and the sun has risen, then, having taken up (i.e. engaged) a brahmin according to the rule, (one should perform) the daytime rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.118
श्मश्रुकर्म च कर्त्तव्यं नखानां छेदनानि च ।। स्नापनाऽभ्यञ्जने दद्यात्पितृभक्तेन सुन्दरि
śmaśrukarma ca karttavyaṃ nakhānāṃ chedanāni ca || snāpanā'bhyañjane dadyātpitṛbhaktena sundari
And the shaving of the beard is to be done, and the cutting of the nails; O beautiful one, he should provide bathing and anointing with devotion to the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.119
पक्वान्नं तत्र वै कार्यं सुविमृष्टं च शुद्धितः ।। वृत्ते तु तत्र मध्याह्ने श्राद्धारम्भं तु कारयेत्
pakvānnaṃ tatra vai kāryaṃ suvimṛṣṭaṃ ca śuddhitaḥ || vṛtte tu tatra madhyāhne śrāddhārambhaṃ tu kārayet
There cooked food is to be prepared, well cleaned and pure; and when midday has arrived there, he should have the śrāddha begun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.121
आसनं कल्पयित्वा तु आवाह्य तदनन्तरम्।। अर्घ्यं दत्त्वा विधानेन गन्धमाल्यैः प्रपूज्य च
āsanaṃ kalpayitvā tu āvāhya tadanantaram|| arghyaṃ dattvā vidhānena gandhamālyaiḥ prapūjya ca
Having arranged a seat, and thereafter having invited (them), having given the arghya water according to the prescription, and having worshipped (them) with perfumes and garlands —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.122
धूपं दीपं तथा वस्त्रं तिलोदकमथापि वा ।। पात्रं च भोजनस्यार्थे विप्राग्रे धारयेत्तथा
dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ tathā vastraṃ tilodakamathāpi vā || pātraṃ ca bhojanasyārthe viprāgre dhārayettathā
Incense, a lamp, and likewise a garment, or else water with sesame; and he should hold a vessel for the purpose of eating before the brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.123
भस्मना मण्डलं कार्यं पङ्क्ति दोषनिवारकम् ।। अग्निकार्यं ततः कृत्वा अन्नं च परिवेषयेत्
bhasmanā maṇḍalaṃ kāryaṃ paṅkti doṣanivārakam || agnikāryaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā annaṃ ca pariveṣayet
A circle is to be made with ash, which averts the fault of the row (of diners); then, having performed the fire rite, he should serve out the food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.124
तत्र कार्यो न संकल्पः पितॄनुद्दिश्य सुन्दरि ।। यथासुखेन भोक्तव्यमिति ब्रूयाद्द्विजं प्रति
tatra kāryo na saṃkalpaḥ pitṝnuddiśya sundari || yathāsukhena bhoktavyamiti brūyāddvijaṃ prati
There no formal declaration of intent is to be made naming the fathers, O beautiful one; he should say to the brahmin, "It is to be eaten at your ease."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.125
रक्षोघ्नमन्त्रपाठांश्च श्रावयीत विचक्षणः ।। तृप्तं तु ब्राह्मणं दत्त्वा दद्याद्वै विकिरं ततः
rakṣoghnamantrapāṭhāṃśca śrāvayīta vicakṣaṇaḥ || tṛptaṃ tu brāhmaṇaṃ dattvā dadyādvai vikiraṃ tataḥ
And the discerning man should have the recitations of the demon-slaying mantras heard; and when he has made the brahmin satisfied, he should then offer the scattered portion (vikira).
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VrP 190.126
उत्तरीयासनं दत्त्वा पिण्डप्रश्नं तु कारयेत् ।। दक्षिणाभिमुखो भूत्वा दर्भानास्तीर्य भूतले
uttarīyāsanaṃ dattvā piṇḍapraśnaṃ tu kārayet || dakṣiṇābhimukho bhūtvā darbhānāstīrya bhūtale
Having given an upper garment and a seat, he should have the request for (leave to offer) the balls made; facing south, having strewn darbha grass on the ground,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.127
पिण्डदानं प्रकुर्वीत पित्रादित्रितये तथा ।। पिण्डानां पूजनं कार्यं तन्तुवृद्ध्यै यथाविधि
piṇḍadānaṃ prakurvīta pitrāditritaye tathā || piṇḍānāṃ pūjanaṃ kāryaṃ tantuvṛddhyai yathāvidhi
he should perform the giving of the balls to the triad beginning with the father; and the worship of the balls is to be done according to rule, for the increase of the line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.128
ब्राह्मणस्य च हस्ते तु दद्यादक्षय्यमात्मवान् ।। दक्षिणाभिः प्रतोष्यापि स्वस्ति वाच्यं विसर्जयेत्
brāhmaṇasya ca haste tu dadyādakṣayyamātmavān || dakṣiṇābhiḥ pratoṣyāpi svasti vācyaṃ visarjayet
And the self-possessed man should give into the brahmin's hand the "imperishable" (water); having gratified (him) with fees too, he should have the blessing pronounced and dismiss (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.129
पिण्डास्त्रयस्तु वसुधे यावत्तिष्ठन्ति भूतले ।। अप्यायमानाः पितरस्तावत्तिष्ठन्ति वै गृहे
piṇḍāstrayastu vasudhe yāvattiṣṭhanti bhūtale || apyāyamānāḥ pitarastāvattiṣṭhanti vai gṛhe
O Earth, so long as the three balls remain on the ground, so long do the fathers, being nourished, remain in the house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.131
वैष्णवी काश्यपी चेति अक्षया चेति नामतः ।। भक्षयेत्प्रथमं पिण्डं पत्न्यै देयं तु मध्यमम्
vaiṣṇavī kāśyapī ceti akṣayā ceti nāmataḥ || bhakṣayetprathamaṃ piṇḍaṃ patnyai deyaṃ tu madhyamam
By name they are "Vaiṣṇavī," "Kāśyapī," and "Akṣayā"; he should eat the first ball, and the middle one is to be given to his wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.132
तृतीयमुदके दद्याच्छ्राद्धे एवं विधिः स्मृतः ।। पितृदेवांश्च विसृजेत्ततश्च प्रणमेत्तु तान्
tṛtīyamudake dadyācchrāddhe evaṃ vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ || pitṛdevāṃśca visṛjettataśca praṇamettu tān
The third he should place in water — thus the rule is handed down in the śrāddha; and he should dismiss the fathers and the gods, and then bow to them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.133
एवं दत्तेन तुष्यन्ति पितृदेवा न संशयः।। दीर्घायुष्यं प्रयच्छन्ति पुत्रपौत्रधनानि च
evaṃ dattena tuṣyanti pitṛdevā na saṃśayaḥ|| dīrghāyuṣyaṃ prayacchanti putrapautradhanāni ca
By giving thus the fathers and the gods are pleased, there is no doubt; they grant long life, and sons, grandsons and wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.134
ज्ञानोत्तमेषु विप्रेषु दद्याच्छ्राद्धं विधानतः।। अन्यथा तत्तु वै श्राद्धं निष्फलं नास्ति संशयः
jñānottameṣu vipreṣu dadyācchrāddhaṃ vidhānataḥ|| anyathā tattu vai śrāddhaṃ niṣphalaṃ nāsti saṃśayaḥ
He should give the śrāddha according to the prescription to brahmins foremost in knowledge; otherwise that śrāddha is fruitless, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.135
मन्त्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं यः श्राद्धं कुरुते द्विजः ।। मद्भक्तस्यासुरेन्द्रस्य फलं भवति भागतः
mantrahīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute dvijaḥ || madbhaktasyāsurendrasya phalaṃ bhavati bhāgataḥ
When a twice-born performs a śrāddha lacking the mantras and lacking the ritual acts, the fruit goes in portion to the lord of the asuras who is my devotee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VrP 190.136
उद्धरेद्यदि पात्रं तु ब्राह्मणो ज्ञानवर्जितः।। राक्षसैर्ह्रियते तच्च भुञ्जतस्तस्य सुन्दरि
uddharedyadi pātraṃ tu brāhmaṇo jñānavarjitaḥ|| rākṣasairhriyate tacca bhuñjatastasya sundari
If a brahmin devoid of knowledge should take up the vessel, that (offering) is carried off by the rākṣasas even as he eats, O beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.137
एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे पितृकार्यमनुत्तमम् ।। उत्पतिश्चैव दानं च यत्पुण्यं कथितं तव
etatte kathitaṃ bhadre pitṛkāryamanuttamam || utpatiścaiva dānaṃ ca yatpuṇyaṃ kathitaṃ tava
This most excellent rite for the fathers has been told to you, good lady — both its origin and the giving, and what merit there is, has been declared to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.138
अपरं चापि वसुधे किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
aparaṃ cāpi vasudhe kimanyacchrotumicchasi
And what else besides, O Earth, do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VrP 190.190
करिष्यन्ति च ये श्राद्धं श्रद्धया ज्ञानिनो जनाः ।। तत्सर्वं कथयिष्यामि श्रूयतां शुभ लोचने वेदविद्याव्रतस्नातो सुविमृष्टान्नभोजकः ।। ईदृशान्भोजयेच्छ्राद्धे पितृयज्ञेषु माधवि प्रणम्य शिरसा देवीर्निर्वापस्य च धारिणीः ।। वैष्णवी काश्यपी चेति अजया चेति नामतः अज्ञानतमसारूढा निकृतिज्ञाः शठास्तथा ।। स्नेहपाशशतेनैव पच्यन्ते नरके नराः षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च ।। सोमलोकेषु मोदन्ते क्षुत्तृड्भ्यां च विवर्जिताः पुनश्चान्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि पितृयज्ञेषु सुन्दरि ।। दद्याद्वै ब्राह्मणमुखे नाग्नौ तु जुहुयात्क्वचित् दृष्ट्वा पितामहं देवं प्रणम्य सहसा क्षितौ ।। अत्रिपुत्रेण सोमेन भाषितो वै पितामहः ब्राह्मणानां हितार्थाय निर्मिता विष्णुमायया ।। तर्पिताः पितृयज्ञेषु पितरोऽजीर्णपीडिताः एवं तु प्रथमं श्राद्धं दद्यादग्नेर्वसुन्धरे।। उद्दिश्य च पितॄन्देवि तर्पयित्वा द्विजातयः तस्करा लेखकाराश्च याजका रङ्गकारकाः ।। शौलिका गिरिका ये च दाम्भिका ये च माधवि प्रेतान्नं भुञ्जमानास्तु श्राद्धमर्हन्ति ये द्विजाः ।। तेषां दोषं प्रवक्ष्यामि भुक्तं भोजयते तु सः स्वागतं च तथा कृत्वा पाद्यार्थं सलिलं शुचि ।। पाद्यं दत्त्वा तु विप्राय गृहस्याभ्यन्तरं नयेत् उपस्पृश्य शुचिर्भूत्वा दद्याच्छान्त्युदकानि च ।। प्रणम्य शिरसा भूमौ निवापस्य च धारिणीः
kariṣyanti ca ye śrāddhaṃ śraddhayā jñānino janāḥ || tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ śubha locane vedavidyāvratasnāto suvimṛṣṭānnabhojakaḥ || īdṛśānbhojayecchrāddhe pitṛyajñeṣu mādhavi praṇamya śirasā devīrnirvāpasya ca dhāriṇīḥ || vaiṣṇavī kāśyapī ceti ajayā ceti nāmataḥ ajñānatamasārūḍhā nikṛtijñāḥ śaṭhāstathā || snehapāśaśatenaiva pacyante narake narāḥ ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭivarṣaśatāni ca || somalokeṣu modante kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ ca vivarjitāḥ punaścānyatpravakṣyāmi pitṛyajñeṣu sundari || dadyādvai brāhmaṇamukhe nāgnau tu juhuyātkvacit dṛṣṭvā pitāmahaṃ devaṃ praṇamya sahasā kṣitau || atriputreṇa somena bhāṣito vai pitāmahaḥ brāhmaṇānāṃ hitārthāya nirmitā viṣṇumāyayā || tarpitāḥ pitṛyajñeṣu pitaro'jīrṇapīḍitāḥ evaṃ tu prathamaṃ śrāddhaṃ dadyādagnervasundhare|| uddiśya ca pitṝndevi tarpayitvā dvijātayaḥ taskarā lekhakārāśca yājakā raṅgakārakāḥ || śaulikā girikā ye ca dāmbhikā ye ca mādhavi pretānnaṃ bhuñjamānāstu śrāddhamarhanti ye dvijāḥ || teṣāṃ doṣaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhuktaṃ bhojayate tu saḥ svāgataṃ ca tathā kṛtvā pādyārthaṃ salilaṃ śuci || pādyaṃ dattvā tu viprāya gṛhasyābhyantaraṃ nayet upaspṛśya śucirbhūtvā dadyācchāntyudakāni ca || praṇamya śirasā bhūmau nivāpasya ca dhāriṇīḥ
(I shall tell of) those knowing people who will perform the śrāddha with faith. All that I shall tell; let it be heard, O fair-eyed one. One bathed (i.e. consecrated) in the vow of Vedic learning, an eater of well-cleaned food — such men should one feed at the śrāddha, at the offerings to the fathers, O Mādhavī — bowing with the head to the goddesses who hold (sustain) the funeral offering: Vaiṣṇavī, Kāśyapī, and Ajayā by name. Those mounted upon the darkness of ignorance, knowers of deceit, and cheats — by a hundred nooses of attachment men are cooked in hell. For sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years they rejoice in the worlds of Soma, freed from hunger and thirst. And again I shall declare something else concerning the offerings to the fathers, O beautiful one: one should give into the mouth of a brahmin, and should not offer in the fire at all. Having seen the god Grandfather (Brahmā), having at once bowed to the ground — the Grandfather was addressed by Soma, the son of Atri. For the welfare of the brahmins (they were) fashioned by Viṣṇu's māyā. Satisfied at the offerings to the fathers, the fathers, afflicted by indigestion — thus should one give the first śrāddha of (i.e. to) the fire, O Vasundharā. And designating the fathers, O goddess, the twice-born having offered water: thieves, scribes, hired sacrificers, dyers (or actors), toll-collectors, and mountain-dwellers, and those who are hypocrites, O Mādhavī — those brahmins who, eating the food of the dead, claim a right to the śrāddha: I shall declare their fault. He feeds (others with) what has (already) been eaten. And having thus made welcome, pure water for the washing of feet — having given the foot-water to the brahmin, he should lead him into the interior of the house. Having touched (water) and become pure, he should give the waters of appeasement; bowing with the head to the ground, and to the (goddesses) who hold the funeral offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain