Brihaddevata 7.12

7.12

yathā dhātryuttarā tvāṣṭrī tato yānyā imāstviti .
strīṇāmāśiṣamāśāste tayaivāñjanakarmaṇi .. 12 ..

11. The (stanza) 'These' (ime: x. 18. 3) prays for long life for those who have escaped death; For the living this' (imam jivebhyah: 4) again prays (for it) for them in the ceremony with the barrier (paridhi)a. - asastre m'fk, asasta br. - me jyoga, mo jyo b, ime yo m', mo yo (jivanam ) f . - asaste m'kr, °sta f, asastak b. - tebhyah paridhikarmani br, suktebhyah pari ffkm. This sloka is found in B and m1 only. a Rg-veda x. 18. 4: imam jivebhyah paridhim dadhami; cp. Sayana; Asvalayana Grhya Sutra iv. 6. 9. 12. 'As' (yatha: x. 18. 5) is addressed to Dhatr; the next to Tvastr (6), then with another (7), 'These wives' (imah), he (the seer) utters a prayer for the women in the ceremony with collyrium (anjana) a. tayaivanjanakarmani B, taya paridhikarmani A: the latter reading is probably due to a clerical error repeating the last word of the preceding sloka, which in that case (though occurring in B only) must have been original. The preceding sloka mentions the stanza which refers to the paridhi, the present sloka mentions the one which refers to anjana.This sloka is wanting in m1. a Cp. Rg-veda x. 18. 7: ima narir.. aanjanena sarpisa sam visantu; Asvalayana Grhya Sutra iv. 6. 11, 12. 13. With the (stanza) 'Rise up, O woman' (ud irsva nari: x. 18. 8) the wife ascends (the funeral pyre) after her dead (husband) a. The younger brother of the departed, repeating (the stanza), prohibits (her).