Markandeyapurana 32.14
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 32.14
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- Sanskrit
32.14
varjyānyetāni vai śrāddhe yacca vācā na śasyate /
yaccotkocādinā prāptaṃ patitādyadupārjitam //
Barley, vrīhi rice[11], and sesamum-seed, and wheat, green gram,[12] and mustard, priyaṅgu[13] seed, kovidāra[14] seed, and the finest pulse,[15] markaṭaka[16] seed, rāja-māṣa[17] pulse, and aṇu[18] grain should he eschewed at a śrāddha. Viprāṣika[19] seed and lentils[20] are forbidden in a śrāddha. Garlic[21] and red garlic,[22] onions,[23] carrots,[24] asparagus,[25] and whatever other vegetables are shunned on account of their taste and colour; gāndhārikā[26] and kadus,[27] salts and salted things, and reddish juices,[28] and things that are manifestly salt—these should he indeed avoided in a śrāddha. And whatever has been obtained by talk or through bribes or other improper means is not commended, nor what has been acquired from an outcaste; and wealth that has been obtained unlawfully as the purchase-price of a bride is forbidden in this ceremony. And water that is bad-smelling and frothy, and very scanty, and water that cattle would disdain, and what has been taken by night, and what has been left after every one has cooked, and what is unfit for drinking in a tank—that water should he avoided always in the ceremony to the pitṛs. All milk from deer, sheep, camels, and from animals that have uncloven hoofs, from buffaloes, and from the yak, and cow’s milk that is not more than ten days old,[29] and what has been brought to a person who has asked for it on account of the pitṛs,—such milk must he always avoided by the good in the śrāddha ceremony.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation