Agnipurana 163: atha triṣaṣṭhyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

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śrāddhakalpakathanam

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puṣkara uvāca

163.1

śrāddhakalpaṃ pravakṣyāmi bhuktimuktipradaṃ śṛṇu
nimantrya viprān pūrvedyuḥ svāgatenāparāhṇataḥ

Puṣkara said: / I shall declare the rules for the ancestral rite, which grant worldly enjoyment and liberation; listen. / Having invited the brāhmaṇas on the preceding day in the afternoon with a welcome,

163.2

prārcyopaveśayet pīṭhe yugmāndaive'tha pitrake
āyugmān prāṅmukhāndaive trīn paitre caikameva vā

he should seat an even number facing east on a seat for the gods, and for the ancestors, / an odd number facing east for the gods, or three for the ancestors, or even one.

163.3

mātāmahānāmapyevantantraṃ vā vaiśvadevikam
pāṇiprakṣālanaṃ dattvā viṣṭarārthaṃ kuśānapi

The procedure is the same for the maternal grandfathers, or the rite for the gods may be common to both. / Having offered water for washing hands and also kuśa grass for seats,

163.4

āvāhayedanujñāto viśve devāsa ityṛcā
yavairanvavakīryātha bhājane sapavitrake

he should invoke [the deities], being permitted, with the verse "viśve devāsaḥ". / Having scattered barley grains into a vessel containing a purifier,

163.5

śannodevyā payaḥ kṣiptvā yavo'sīti yavāṃstathā
yā divyā itimantreṇa haste hyarghaṃ vinikṣipet

pouring water with "śan no devī" and barley with "yavo 'si", / he should indeed pour the water offering into the hand with the mantra "yā divyāḥ".

163.6

dattvodakaṃ gandhamālyaṃ dhūpadānaṃ pradīpakam
apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pitṝṇāmapradakṣiṇam

Having offered water, perfume, a garland, the presentation of incense, and a lamp, / then placing the sacred thread over the right shoulder, he performs the rites counter-clockwise for the ancestors.

163.7

dviguṇāṃstu kuśān kṛtvā hyuśantastvetyṛcā pitṝn
āvāhya tadanujñāto japedāyāntu nastataḥ

Having folded kuśa grasses double, he invokes the ancestors with the verse "uśantas tvā"; / having been permitted by them, he should then recite "ā yāntu naḥ".

163.8

yavārthāstu tilaiḥ kāryāḥ kuryādarghyādi pūrvavat
dattvārghyaṃ saṃśravān śeṣān pātre kṛtvā vidhānataḥ

The purposes of barley are to be served with sesame seeds; he should perform the water offering and other rites as before. / Having offered the water offering and poured the remaining wash-waters into a vessel according to rule,

163.9

pitṛbhyaḥ sthānamasīti nyubjaṃ pātraṃ karotyadhaḥ
agnau kariṣya ādāya pṛcchatyannaṃ ghṛtaplutam

he turns the vessel upside down below with "pitṛbhyaḥ sthānam asi". / Taking food steeped in clarified butter, he asks, "I shall make the offering into fire."

163.10

kuruṣveti hyanujñāto hutvāgnau pitṛyajñavat
hutaśeṣaṃ pradadyāttu bhājaneṣu samāhitaḥ

Having been permitted with "Perform it!", having offered into fire as in the ancestral sacrifice, / attentive, he should distribute what remains of the oblation into the dishes,

163.11

yathālābhopapanneṣu raupyeṣu tu viśeṣataḥ
dattvānnaṃ pṛthivīpātramiti pātrābhimantraṇam

which are obtained according to means, but especially silver ones. / Having offered the food, consecrating the vessel with "pṛthivīpātram",

163.12

kṛtvedaṃ viṣṇurityanne dvijāṅguṣṭhaṃ niveśayet
savyāhṛtikāṃ gāyatrīṃ madhuvātā iti tyṛcam

and having recited "idam viṣṇuḥ", he should place the brāhmaṇa's thumb in the food. / Having recited the Gāyatrī with the sacred utterances and the triplet "madhu vātāḥ",

163.13

japtvā yathāsukhaṃ vācyaṃ bhuñjīraṃste'pi vāgyatāḥ
annamiṣṭaṃ haviṣyañca dadyājjaptvā pavitrakam

he should say, "Eat at your ease," and they should eat, restraining their speech. / Having recited the purifier, he should give the food they desire and sacrificial food.

163.14

annamādāya tṛptāḥ stha śeṣaṃ caivānnamasya ca
tadannaṃ vikired bhūmau dadyāccāpaḥ sakṛt sakṛt

Taking the food, [he asks,] "Are you satisfied?" and [they reply,] "Let the remainder of the food be his." / He should scatter that food on the ground and offer water once each time.

163.15

sarvamannamupādāya satilaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
ucchiṣṭasannidhau piṇḍān pradadyāt pitṛyajñavat

Taking all the food mixed with sesame, facing south, / he should offer rice balls near the leftovers, as in the ancestral sacrifice.

163.16

mātāmahānāmapyevaṃ dadyādācamanaṃ tataḥ
svasti vācyaṃ tataḥ kuryādakṣayyodakameva ca

He should do likewise for the maternal grandfathers; then he should give sipping-water. / Then he should recite the svasti-blessing and offer water for imperishable satisfaction.

163.17

dattvā tu dakṣiṇāṃ śaktyā svadhākāramudāharet
vācyatāmityanujñātaḥ svapitṛbhyaḥ svadhocyatām

Having given the sacrificial fee according to ability, he should utter the word "svadhā". / Being permitted with "Let it be uttered", [he says,] "Let svadhā be uttered to one's own ancestors!"

163.18

kuryurastu svadhetyukte bhūmau siñcettato jalam
prīyantāmiti vā daivaṃ viśve devā jalaṃ dadet

When they say, "Let there be svadhā," he should then sprinkle water on the ground, / or he should offer water to the divine All-Gods with "May they be pleased!"

163.19

dātāro no'bhivardhantāṃ vedāḥ santatireva ca
śraddhā ca no māvyagamadbahudeyaṃ ca no'stviti

"May our benefactors prosper, and also the Vedas and progeny; / and may our faith never waver, and may we have much to give."

163.20

ityuktvā tu priyā vācaḥ praṇipatya visarjayet
vāje vāja iti prītapitṛpūrvaṃ visarjanam

Having spoken these pleasant words and bowed down, he should dismiss them. / The dismissal is preceded by the ancestors being pleased, with "vāje vāje".

163.21

yasmiṃstu saṃśravāḥ pūrvamarghapātre nipātitāḥ
pitṛpātraṃ taduttānaṃ kṛtvā viprān visarjayet

Having turned upright that ancestral vessel in which the wash-waters were previously collected, / he should dismiss the brāhmaṇas.

163.22

pradakṣiṇamanubrajya bhaktvā tu pitṛsevitam
brahmacārī bhavettāntu rajanīṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha

Having circumambulated them and walked after them, and having eaten what was enjoyed by the ancestors, / he should remain celibate for that night, together with the brāhmaṇas.

163.23

evaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā vṛddhau nāndīmukhān pitṝn
yajeta dadhikarkandhumiśrān piṇḍān yavaiḥ kriyā

Having circumambulated thus, at an auspicious occasion he should worship the Nāndīmukha ancestors / with rice balls mixed with curds and jujube fruits; the rite is performed with barley.

163.24

ekoddiṣṭaṃ daivahīnamekārghaikapavitrakam
āvāhanāgnaukaraṇarahitaṃ hyapasavyavat

The rite for a single ancestor is devoid of the rite for the gods, has a single water offering and a single purifier, / is without invocation and the offering into fire, and is performed with the sacred thread over the right shoulder.

163.25

upatiṣṭhatāmityakṣayyasthāne pitṛvisarjane
abhiramyatāmiti vaded brūyuste'bhiratāḥ sma ha

Instead of "akṣayya", he says "upatiṣṭhatām"; at the dismissal of the ancestors, / he should say, "Be pleased!", and they should say, "We are pleased."

163.26

gandhodakatilairyuktaṃ kuryāt pātracatuṣṭayam
arghārthapitṛpātreṣu pretapātraṃ prasecayet

He should prepare four vessels supplied with scented water and sesame seeds; / into the ancestors' vessels meant for the water offering, he should pour the vessel for the newly deceased,

163.27

ye samānā iti dvābhyāṃ śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret
etat sapiṇḍīkaraṇamekoddiṣṭaṃ striyā saha

with the two verses "ye samānāḥ"; the rest he should perform as before. / This is the rite of sapindisation, or the rite for a single deceased woman.

163.28

arvāksapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ yasya saṃvatsarād bhavet
tasyāpyannaṃ sodakumbhaṃ dadyāt saṃvatsaraṃ dvije

He whose sapindisation takes place within a year—

163.29

mṛtāhani ca kartavyaṃ pratimāsantu vatsaram
pratisaṃvatsaraṃ kāryaṃ śrāddhaṃ vai māsikānnavat

And the rite is to be performed on the day of death every month for a year; / an ancestral rite is to be performed every year, just like the monthly food.

163.30

haviṣyānnena vai māsaṃ pāyasena tu vatsaram
mātsyahāriṇakaurabhraśākunacchāgapārṣataiḥ

With sacrificial food [they are satisfied] for a month, but with milk-rice for a year; / with the meat of fish, deer, sheep, birds, goats, and spotted deer,

163.31

aiṇarauravavārāhaśāśairmāṃsairyathākramam
māsavṛddhyābhitṛpyanti dattaireva pitāmahāḥ

and with the meat of black buck, the ruru deer, wild boar, and hare, in that order, / the ancestors are completely satisfied with an increase of one month [for each] when they are offered.

163.32

khaḍgāmiṣaṃ mahāśalkaṃ madhuyuktānnameva ca
lohāmiṣaṃ kālaśākaṃ māṃsaṃ vārdhīnasasya ca

Rhinoceros meat, large-scaled fish, food mixed with honey, / red meat, kālaśāka greens, and the meat of a rhinoceros or old goat,

163.33

yaddadāti gayāsthaśca sarvamānantyamucyate
tathā varṣātrayodaśyāṃ maghāsu ca na saṃśayaḥ

and whatever one gives while staying at Gayā—all that is declared to grant infinity; / likewise on the thirteenth lunar day of the rainy season and in the Maghā constellation, without doubt.

163.34

kanyāṃ prajāṃ vandinaśca paśūn mukhyān sutānapi
ghṛtaṃ kṛṣiṃ ca vāṇijyaṃ dviśaphaikaśaphaṃ tathā

A maiden, offspring, panegyrists, cattle, and pre-eminent sons, / clarified butter, agriculture, commerce, cloven-hoofed and single-hoofed beasts,

163.35

brahmavarcasvinaḥ putrān svarṇarūpye sakupyake
jñātiśraiṣṭhyaṃ sarvakāmānāpnoti śrāddhadaḥ sadā

sons endowed with spiritual luster, gold and silver along with base metal, / pre-eminence among kin, and all desires the giver of ancestral rites obtains at all times.

163.36

pratipatprabhṛtiṣvetānvarjayitvā caturdaśīm
śastreṇa tu hatā ye vai teṣāṃ tatra pradīyate

On these [days] beginning with the first lunar day, excluding the fourteenth lunar day; / but for those who were killed by a weapon, [an ancestral rite] is offered on that [fourteenth day].

163.37

svargaṃ hyapatyamojaśca śauryaṃ kṣetraṃ balaṃ tathā
putraśraiṣṭhyaṃ sasaubhāgyamapatyaṃ mukhyatāṃ sutān

Heaven, offspring, vigor, valor, land, and strength, / superiority among sons, good fortune, progeny, eminence, sons,

163.38

pravṛttacakratāṃ putrān vāṇijyaṃ prasutāṃ tathā
arogitvaṃ yaśo vītaśokatāṃ paramāṅgatim

unobstructed authority, sons, trade, and progeny, / freedom from illness, fame, freedom from sorrow, the highest state,

163.39

ghanaṃ vidyāṃ bhiṣaksiddhiṃ rūpyaṃ gāścāpyajāvikam
aśvānāyuśca vidhivat yaḥ śrāddhaṃ samprayacchati

wealth, knowledge, medical success, silver, cows, goats and sheep, / horses, and long life—[all these] he who properly performs the ancestral rite receives.

163.40

kṛttikādibharaṇyante sa kāmānāpnuyādimān
vasurudrāditisutāḥ pitaraḥ śrāddhadevatāḥ

Beginning with Kṛttikā and ending with Bharaṇī, he obtains these desires. / The Vasus, Rudras, and sons of Aditi are the ancestors, the deities of the ancestral rite.

163.41

prīṇayanti manuṣyāṇāṃ pitṝn śrāddhena tarpitāḥ
āyuḥ prajāṃ dhanaṃ vidyāṃ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ sukhāni ca

Gratified by the ancestral rite, they please the ancestors of men; / they grant long life, offspring, wealth, knowledge, heaven, liberation, pleasures,

163.42

prayacchanti tathā rājyaṃ prītā nṝṇāṃ pitāmahāḥ

and likewise sovereignty, when pleased, to men's forefathers. //42

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ityāgneye mahāpurāṇe śrāddhakalpo nāma triṣaṣṭyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ