Garudapurana 1.220.6
Garuḍapurāṇa 1.220.6
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1.220.6
tato devaprabhṛtibhya apośānaṃ dadyāt /
atithiprāptau atidhiśrāddhaṃ kuryāt /
asminnavasare vikiraṇam /
pitāmāhadau praśraṃ kṛtvā pitṛbrāhmaṇam oṃ svaditaṃ bhavadbhiriti praśraḥ /
oṃ amukagotra matpitaḥ amukaśarman sapatnīka eṣa te piṇḍo ye cātratvāmanuyāśca tvāmanu tasmai svadheti piṇḍapātramacchidramastu /
tataḥ saṅkalpa siddhivācanaṃ samāpya piṇḍaṃ dvidhā kṛtvā ye samānāḥ sumanasa iti mantradvayaṃ paṭhitvā pitāmahavṛddhaprapitāmahapātreṣu kṣipet /
piṇḍeṣu gandhādikaṃ dattvā piṇḍacālanam /
atithibrāhmaṇe svaditādipraśraḥ /
brāhmaṇānāmācamanam /
bhuktikrameṇa tāmbūladānam /
suprokṣitamastu śivā āpaḥ santu--vṛddhaprapitāmahakrameṇa brāhmaṇahaste jaladānam /
gotrasyākṣayyamastu pitṛbrāhmaṇahaste upatiṣṭatāmiti satijaladānam //
Then one should offer water for sipping to the gods and others. / If a guest arrives, one should perform the guest śrāddha. / At this juncture, scattering [food for spirits]. / Having questioned the grandfather and others, the question to the father's brāhmaṇa: "Oṃ, was it relished by you?" / "Oṃ, of such gotra, my father, such-and-such Śarman, with your wife, this is your piṇḍa, and for those who follow you here and whom you follow; to him, svadhā!"—may the piṇḍa-vessel be unbroken. / Then, completing the declaration of resolve and recitation of success, dividing the piṇḍa in two; reciting the two mantras: "Ye samānāḥ sumanasaḥ…"; one should place [the portions] into the vessels of the grandfather and great-great-grandfather. / Offering fragrance and other items upon the piṇḍas, and moving the piṇḍas. / The question regarding whether it was relished, etc., to the guest brāhmaṇa. / Sipping of water by the brāhmaṇas. / Offering betel in the order of eating. / "May it be well sprinkled; may the waters be auspicious"—giving water into the hands of the brāhmaṇas in the order of the great-great-grandfather. / "May there be imperishability for the gotra"; giving water into the hand of the father's brāhmaṇa with the words: "May it attend [upon you]."
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