Vishnu Purana — Amsha 3 — Chapter 16
ViP 3 16.1
हविष्यमत्स्यमांसैस् तु शशस्य शकुनस्य च सौकरच्छागलैणेयरौरवैर् गवयेन च ॥
haviṣyamatsyamāṃsais tu śaśasya śakunasya ca saukaracchāgalaiṇeyarauravair gavayena ca //
With sacrificial food and with the flesh of fish, of hare and of fowl, with that of boar, goat, antelope, ruru-deer, and with gavaya-flesh,
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ViP 3 16.2
औरभ्रगव्यैश् च तथा मासवृद्ध्या पितामहाः प्रयान्ति तृप्तिं मांसैस् तु नित्यं वार्ध्रीणसाम् इषैः ॥
aurabhragavyaiś ca tathā māsavṛddhyā pitāmahāḥ prayānti tṛptiṃ māṃsais tu nityaṃ vārdhrīṇasām iṣaiḥ //
and with mutton and beef, the forefathers attain satisfaction for increasing months; but with the flesh of the vārdhrīṇasa they are satisfied perpetually.
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ViP 3 16.3
खड्गमांसम् अतीवात्र कालशाकं तथा मधु शस्तानि कर्मण्य् अत्यन्ततृप्तिदानि नरेश्वर ॥
khaḍgamāṃsam atīvātra kālaśākaṃ tathā madhu śastāni karmaṇy atyantatṛptidāni nareśvara //
Rhinoceros flesh especially here, and the kālaśāka vegetable and honey, are commended in this rite, O lord of men, as giving extreme satisfaction.
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ViP 3 16.4
गयाम् उपेत्य यः श्राद्धं करोति पृथिवीपते सफलं तस्य तज् जन्म जायते पितृतुष्टिदम् ॥
gayām upetya yaḥ śrāddhaṃ karoti pṛthivīpate saphalaṃ tasya taj janma jāyate pitṛtuṣṭidam //
He who goes to Gayā and performs a śrāddha there, O lord of earth—that birth of his becomes fruitful and gives satisfaction to the fathers.
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ViP 3 16.5
प्रसातिकाः सनीवाराः श्यामाका द्विविधास् तथा वन्यौषधीप्रधानास् तु श्राद्धार्हाः पुरुषर्षभ ॥
prasātikāḥ sanīvārāḥ śyāmākā dvividhās tathā vanyauṣadhīpradhānās tu śrāddhārhāḥ puruṣarṣabha //
Prasātikā grains, nīvāra, and the two kinds of śyāmāka—these, chiefly wild-growing plants, are fit for a śrāddha, O bull among men.
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ViP 3 16.6
यवाः प्रियंगवो मुद्गा गोधूमा व्रीहयस् तिलाः निष्पावाः कोविदाराश् च सर्षपाश् चात्र शोभनाः ॥
yavāḥ priyaṃgavo mudgā godhūmā vrīhayas tilāḥ niṣpāvāḥ kovidārāś ca sarṣapāś cātra śobhanāḥ //
Barley, priyaṅgu, mung beans, wheat, rice, sesame, niṣpāva beans, kovidāra, and mustard are good in this (rite).
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ViP 3 16.7
अकृताग्रयणं यच् च धान्यजातं नरेश्वर राजमाषान् अणूंश् चैव मसूरांश् च विवर्जयेत् ॥
akṛtāgrayaṇaṃ yac ca dhānyajātaṃ nareśvara rājamāṣān aṇūṃś caiva masūrāṃś ca vivarjayet //
And whatever kind of grain has not had the first-fruits offering performed, O lord of men, and rājamāṣa beans, aṇu millet, and lentils, he should avoid.
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ViP 3 16.8
अलाबुं गृञ्जनं चैव पलाण्डुं पिण्डमूलकम् गन्धारकं करम्भाणि लवणान्य् औषराणि च ॥
alābuṃ gṛñjanaṃ caiva palāṇḍuṃ piṇḍamūlakam gandhārakaṃ karambhāṇi lavaṇāny auṣarāṇi ca //
Gourd, gṛñjana, onion, the bulbous radish, gandhāraka, karambha gruels, and salts from saline soil,
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ViP 3 16.9
आरक्ताश् चैव निर्यासाः प्रत्यक्षलवणानि च वर्ज्यान्य् एतानि वै श्राद्धे यच् च वाचा न शस्यते ॥
āraktāś caiva niryāsāḥ pratyakṣalavaṇāni ca varjyāny etāni vai śrāddhe yac ca vācā na śasyate //
and reddish resins, and salts as such—these are to be avoided in a śrāddha, and whatever is not approved in speech.
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ViP 3 16.10
नक्ताहृतम् अनुत्सृष्टं तृप्यते न च यत्र गौः दुर्गन्धि फेनिलं चाम्बु श्राद्धयोग्यं न पार्थिव ॥
naktāhṛtam anutsṛṣṭaṃ tṛpyate na ca yatra gauḥ durgandhi phenilaṃ cāmbu śrāddhayogyaṃ na pārthiva //
What has been fetched at night, what has not been (formally) released (for use), and water where a cow does not drink its fill, foul-smelling or frothy — such water is not fit for the śrāddha, O king.
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ViP 3 16.11
क्षीरम् एकशफानां यद् औष्ट्रम् आविकम् एव च मार्गं च माहिषं चैव वर्जयेच् छ्राद्धकर्मणि ॥
kṣīram ekaśaphānāṃ yad auṣṭram āvikam eva ca mārgaṃ ca māhiṣaṃ caiva varjayec chrāddhakarmaṇi //
The milk of single-hoofed animals, and that of the camel and of the ewe, and of the wild doe and of the buffalo — (these) one should avoid in the śrāddha rite.
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ViP 3 16.12
षण्डापविद्धचण्डालपाषण्ड्युन्मत्तरोगिभिः कृकवाकुश्वनग्नैश् च वानरग्रामसूकरैः ॥
ṣaṇḍāpaviddhacaṇḍālapāṣaṇḍyunmattarogibhiḥ kṛkavākuśvanagnaiś ca vānaragrāmasūkaraiḥ //
By eunuchs, outcastes, caṇḍālas, heretics, madmen and the diseased, and by cocks, dogs, naked men, monkeys and village pigs,
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ViP 3 16.13
उदक्यासूतिकाशौचिमृतहारैश् च वीक्षिते श्राद्धे सुरा न पितरो भुञ्जते पुरुषर्षभ ॥
udakyāsūtikāśaucimṛtahāraiś ca vīkṣite śrāddhe surā na pitaro bhuñjate puruṣarṣabha //
and by menstruating women, women recently delivered, persons in a state of impurity, and carriers of the dead — when the śrāddha has been looked upon (by these), the fathers do not eat, O bull among men.
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ViP 3 16.14
तस्मात् परिश्रिते कुर्याच् श्राद्धं श्रद्धासमन्वितः उर्व्यां च तिलविक्षेपाद् यातुधानान् निवारयेत् ॥
tasmāt pariśrite kuryāc śrāddhaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ urvyāṃ ca tilavikṣepād yātudhānān nivārayet //
Therefore, filled with faith, one should perform the śrāddha in an enclosed place, and by scattering sesame seeds on the ground one should ward off the demons.
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ViP 3 16.15
न पूति नैवोपपन्नं केशकीटादिभिर् नृप न चैवाभिषवैर् मिश्रम् अन्नं पर्युषितं तथा ॥
na pūti naivopapannaṃ keśakīṭādibhir nṛpa na caivābhiṣavair miśram annaṃ paryuṣitaṃ tathā //
(Let there be) no putrid food, none that has been spoiled by hair, insects and the like, O king, nor food mixed with pressings, nor food kept overnight.
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ViP 3 16.16
श्रद्धासमन्वितैर् दत्तं पितृभ्यो नामगोत्रतः यदाहारास् तु ते जातास् तदाहारत्वम् एति तत् ॥
śraddhāsamanvitair dattaṃ pitṛbhyo nāmagotrataḥ yadāhārās tu te jātās tadāhāratvam eti tat //
What is given by those full of faith to the fathers by (their) name and lineage, becomes food of that very kind which is the food of those (fathers) in the state to which they have been born.
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ViP 3 16.17
श्रूयन्ते चापि पितृभिर् गीता गाथा महीपते इक्ष्वाकोर् मनुपुत्रस्य कलापोपवने पुरा ॥
śrūyante cāpi pitṛbhir gītā gāthā mahīpate ikṣvākor manuputrasya kalāpopavane purā //
And verses are also heard, O lord of the earth, that were sung long ago by the fathers of Ikṣvāku, the son of Manu, in the grove of Kalāpa:
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ViP 3 16.18
अपि नस् ते भविष्यन्ति कुले सन्मार्गशीलिनः गयाम् उपेत्य ये पिण्डान् दास्यन्त्य् अस्माकम् आदरात् ॥
api nas te bhaviṣyanti kule sanmārgaśīlinaḥ gayām upetya ye piṇḍān dāsyanty asmākam ādarāt //
"Will there be for us, in our family, men following the good path, who will go to Gayā and out of reverence offer the rice-balls for us?"
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ViP 3 16.19
अपि नः स कुले जायाद् यो नो दद्यात् त्रयोदशीम् पायसं मधुसर्पिभ्यां वर्षासु च मघासु च ॥
api naḥ sa kule jāyād yo no dadyāt trayodaśīm pāyasaṃ madhusarpibhyāṃ varṣāsu ca maghāsu ca //
"Would that there be born in our family one who would give us, on the thirteenth (day), rice cooked in milk with honey and ghee, in the rainy season and under (the constellation) Maghā;
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ViP 3 16.20
गौरीं वाप्य् उद्वहेत् कन्यां नीलं वा वृषम् उत्सृजेत् यजेत वाश्वमेधेन विधिवद् दक्षिणावता ॥
gaurīṃ vāpy udvahet kanyāṃ nīlaṃ vā vṛṣam utsṛjet yajeta vāśvamedhena vidhivad dakṣiṇāvatā //
or who would give a fair-complexioned maiden in marriage, or release a dark bull, or offer sacrifice with the horse-sacrifice, duly, with its gifts (to the priests)."
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