History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.370.3

v5.c73.t1.370.3

with these words he should anoint the piṇḍas by means of darbhas with ghee or sesamum oil. And he should apply collyrium to the piṇḍas with the words 'O father! N. N. by name and so and so by gotra apply collyrium'. He should put on the piṇḍas unctuous substance, collyrium and garment,¹¹¹⁸ the last being the fringe of a garment or a tuft of wool with the words 'O fathers! this is the garment for you, do not take up any other (garment) than this'. Then *savyam*. He then says 'I shall offer worship to the piṇḍas for the prosperity of my family'. He then offers to the pitṛs present in the piṇḍas *pādya*, *arghya*, water for *ācamana*, bath, *gandha*, flowers, bhṛṅgarāja leaf, incense, lamp and *naivedya* of apūpa (cakes) and *pāyasa* (rice cooked in milk), tāmbūla and dakṣiṇā, using the word 'svadhā' after each of them. Then he should worship¹¹¹⁹ them with the mantra 'Fathers! obeisance to you for the sake of food, for strength, for *śuṣma*, for the non-terrible (*aghora*), for *jīva*, for *rasa*; *svadhā* to you, O pitṛs, obeisance to you; these are yours, O pitṛs! these are ours; we are your living (descendants), may we be alive here'! He then recites the verses¹¹²⁰ Ṛg. X. 57. 3-5. Having thus worshipped them he then (*apasavyam*) with the palm of the hand turned upwards moves the piṇḍas with the mantra¹¹²¹ 'paretana' which means 'O fathers who love soma drink!