[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904) › c5.s1.442.2 # An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.442.2 An Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.442.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s1.442.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.442.2) and who are truly deserving of honour and worship. \*Vaiśampāyana\* said: Thus questioned by \*Yudhiṣṭhira\*, \*Bhīṣma\* explained those high mysteries. \*Bhīṣma\* said: \*Vyāsa\* explained them to me in days of yore; it is a mystery to the very gods; \*Yama\*, by vows and yoga, had acquired the knowledge thereof as the fruit of his penances; what pleases each god, etc. (α). The scale of sinfulness in the giver is this: 1 \[territorial\] chief = 10 courtezans; 1 courtezan = 10 drinkers of alcohol; 1 drinker = 10 oilmen; 1 oilman = 10 butchers; a king is reckoned to be half more \[sinful as a giver\] than these all; hence, one should not accept gifts from such. In the \*śrāddha\* ritual the mysteries of D., P., and R. have been declared. Once a celestial messenger, sent by the \*Aśvins\*, came to the court of \*Indra\* (where men, P., and D. assembled together), and, remaining invisible, asked \*Indra\* why sexual intercourse is interdicted to the man who performs a \*śrāddha\* and to him who eats a \*śrāddha\*, and to whom each of the three rice-balls offered separately at a \*śrāddha\* should be sacrificed. D. (seated towards the east) and P. applauded him. P. said: lest the P. of that man should have to lie for a whole month on his vital seed; the first rice-ball \> the water \> the moon \> the other gods and P.; the second should be eaten by the spouse; P. confer a son on him who is desirous of a son; the third is thrown into the fire; P. grant all wishes. The \*ṛtvij\* at a \*śrāddha\* becomes the P. - [Previous: c5.s1.442.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.442.1) - [Next: c5.s1.442.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.442.3) - [Up: c5.s1.442](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.442) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.442.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sorensen-1904.c5.s1.442.2) · Pramāṇa