Anushasana Parva

हिन्दी अर्थ

धनार्थी लभते वित्त धर्मार्थी धर्ममाप्तुयात् चाहनेवालेको धर्म प्राप्त होता है

English

senses. Thou art conversant with the Tattwas (and therefore, thoroughly fixed). Thou art he who incessantly shines in beauty. Thou wearest garlands that stretch down from thy neck to the feet. Thou art that Hara who has the Moon for his beautiful eye. Thou art the salt ocean of vast expanse. Thou art the first three Yugas (viz., Krita, Treta, and Dwapara). Thou art he whose appearance is always fraught with advantage to others. Thou art he who has three eyes (in the form of the scriptures, the preceptor, and meditation). Thou art he whose forms are exceedingly subtile (being as thou art the subtile forms of the primal elements). Thou art he whose ears are bored for wearing jewelled Kundalas. Thou art the bearer of matted locks. Thou art the point (in the alphabet) which indicates the nasal sound. Thou art the two dots i.e., Visarga (in the Sanskrit alphabet which indicate the sound of the aspirated H). Thou art possessed of an excellent face. Thou art the shaft that is shot by the warrior for encompassing the destruction of his foe. Thou art all the weapons that are used by warriors. Thou art endued with patience

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबसे उत्तम वह क्‍यों माना गया है? यह मुझे बताइये

English

[Bhishma said:] A kshatriya who knows the dharma of giving should not examine brahmanas; but in the rite for the gods and ancestors examination is called just.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततः सोडन्‍्तर्हितो बाहु: पितुर्मम जनाधिप किया। नरेश्वर! तदनन्तर मेरे पिताकी वह बाँह अदृश्य हो गयी

English

People worship the gods here by divine splendour alone; therefore a man should have it given to all gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जाता मतिर्मे विप्रेन्द्रा: कथथं पूयेयमित्युत

English

But at a funeral rite, great king, the wise should examine brahmanas by family, conduct, age, form, learning and lineage.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रयच्छ द्विजमुख्येभ्य: पावन होतदुत्तमम् भवन्ति पुरुषव्याप्र न हतः परमं विदु:

English

Of these, some defile the row and others purify the row; hear, king, I shall tell of those who are not fit for the row.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजापते: कथयतो यथान्यायं तु तस्य वै

English

A gambler, a killer of an embryo, a consumptive, a herdsman, one outside the form, a servant of others, a usurer, a singer, a seller of everything,

हिन्दी अर्थ

गिरौ हिमवति श्रेष्ठे तदा भूगुकुलोद्वह समागमे भगवतो देव्या सह महात्मन:

English

an arsonist, a poisoner, one who eats at the kunda, a seller of Soma, a sea-voyager, a king's servant, an oil-presser, a forger,

हिन्दी अर्थ

ते महादेवमासीनं देवीं च वरदामुमाम्

English

one who quarrels with his father, he in whose house is an adulterer, one accused, a thief, and one who lives by craft,

हिन्दी अर्थ

वरदायिनी देवी उमाके पास गये अयं॑ समागमो देव देव्या सह तवानघ

English

a festival-maker, a needle-worker, a betrayer of friends, an adulterer, a teacher of those without vows, and one with arrow-back.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न किंचिद् दुर्लभं चैव गवां भक्तस्य भारत

English

of bearing all things. Thou art he whose knowledge has arisen from the cessation of all physical and mental functions, l Thou art he who has become displayed as Truth in consequence of the cessation of all other faculties. Thou art that note which, arising from the region called Gandhara, is exceedingly sweet to the ear. Thou art he who is armed with the mighty bow (called Pinaka). Thou art he who is the understanding and the desires that exist in all creatures, besides being the supreme upholder of all beings. Thou art he from whom all acts flow. Thou art that wind which rises at the time of the universal dissolution and which is capable of churning the entire universe even as the staff in the hands of the dairy-maid churns the milk in the milkpot. Thou art he that is full. Thou art he that sees all things. Thou art the sound that arises from slapping one palm against another. Thou art he the palm of whose hand serves as the dish or plate whence to take his food. Thou art he who is possessed of an adamantine body. Thou art exceedingly great. Thou art of the form of an umbrella. Thou art he who has an excellent umbrella. Thou art well-known to be identical with all creatures. Thou art he who having put forth three feet covered all the universe with two and wanted space for the remaining one. Thou art he whose head is bald. Thou art he whose form is exceedingly ugly and fierce. Thou art he who has undergone infinite modifications and become all things in the universe. Thou art he who bears the well-known badge of Sanyasa, viz., the stick. Thou art he who has a Kunda. Thou art he who is incapable of being attained to by means of acts. Thou art he who is identical with the green-eyed king of beasts (viz., the lion). Thou art of the form of all the points of the compass. Thou art he who is armed with the thunder. Thou art he who has a hundred tongues. Thou art he who has a thousand feet and thousand heads. 2 Thou art the lord and chief of the celestials. Thou art he that is made up of all the gods. Thou art the great Master or preceptor. Thou art he who has a thousand arms. Thou art he who is competent to obtain the fruition of every wish. Thou art he whose protection is sought by every one. Thou art he who is the creator of all the worlds. Thou art he who is the great cleanser of all from every kind of sin, in the form of shrines and sacred waters. Thou art he who has three high Mantras. 3 Thou art the youngest son of Aditi and Kasyapa, (being in the form of the dwarf who is otherwise known by the name of Upendra and who beguiled the Asura Vali of his lordship of the three worlds and restored it to the chief of the celestials). Thou art both black and tawny (being of the form which is known as Hari-Hara). Thou art the maker of

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशेषेण नरेन्द्राणामिह धर्ममवेक्षताम् रखनेवाले नरेशोंके लिये परम उत्तम गोदानका वर्णन किया है

English

Know these here as unfit for the row, the lowest of the twice-born, and those of little mind who give instruction to shudras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूयिष्ठं च नरेन्द्राणां विद्यते न शुभा गति:

English

A one-eyed man defiles sixty, a eunuch a hundred, and a leper as far as he sees, king, when seated in a row.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सर्वे च कथिता धर्मास्त्वया मे कुरुनन्दन ऋषिणा नाचिकेतेन पूर्वमेव निदर्शितम्

English

Know all to be demonic that is eaten with the head wrapped, eaten facing south, or eaten wearing sandals.

हिन्दी अर्थ

और पूजन किया था, वह सब आपने पहले ही कहा और निर्देश किया है

English

What is given with envy and what is devoid of faith, Brahma ordained all that as a share for the lord of asuras.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गौ और सुवर्णकी दक्षिणा बतायी गयी है एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं पितामह यथातथम्

English

Dogs and row-defilers should not look on in any way; therefore one should give in a screened place and scatter sesame.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विषयको यथार्थ रूपसे सुनना चाहता हूँ

English

At the scattering of sesame, flesh-eaters and the hosts of Krodhavasha, yatudhanas and pishachas plunder that offering.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कि हैवं कि फलं चैव कस्माच्च परमुच्यते इसका देवता कौन है? इसके दानका फल कया है? सुवर्ण क्‍यों उत्तम कहलाता है?

English

As far as an unfit man sees those eating in a row, so far he causes the giver of that to fall from the fruit, the fool.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कस्माच्च दक्षिणार्थ तद् यज्ञकर्मसु शस्यते

English

But these, best of the Bharatas, are to be known as row-purifiers; whom I shall now tell, examine those twice-born here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

लिये सुवर्णकी प्रशंसा क्यों की जाती है? परम॑ दक्षिणार्थे च तद् ब्रवीहि पितामह

English

All brahmanas who are bathed in Vedic learning and vows are fit for the row; but those I shall tell are to be known as row-purifiers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

जातरूपसमुत्पत्तिमनुभूतं च यन्‍्मया तस्य दित्सुरहं श्राद्ध गंगाद्वारमुपागमम्

English

A Trinachiketa, a Panchagni, a Trisuparna, a knower of the six limbs, one whose line is a giver of Brahman, a Chhandogya, a singer of the Jyeshtha Sama,

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेके लिये गंगाद्वार तीर्थ (हरद्वार)-में गया

English

one who is obedient to mother and father, a Shrotriya of ten generations, one who approaches his lawful wives in season: a brahmana bathed in Vedic learning and vow purifies the row.

हिन्दी अर्थ

माता मे जाह्नवी चात्र साहाय्यमकरोत् तदा मेरी माता गंगाने भी बड़ी सहायता की

English

A student of the Atharvashiras, a celibate of controlled vow, truthful, dharmic in character and devoted to his own work,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तोयप्रदानात् प्रभृति कार्याण्यहमथारभम्

English

and those who have toiled at ablutions in holy sacred fords and at sacrifices with mantras and have been bathed in the concluding bath.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्य आरम्भ किये दातुं निर्वप्णं सम्यग् यथावदहमार भम्

English

The angerless, the steady, the patient, the self-controlled, masters of senses, and those who are good to all beings: one should invite these to funeral rites. A gift to them is imperishable; they are row-purifiers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विधिवत् पिण्डदान देना आरम्भ किया

English

These others also, great king, are to be known as row-purifiers: ascetics who know the dharma of liberation, yogis of well-practised vows,

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रलम्बाभरणो बाहुरुदतिष्ठद् विशाम्पते प्रतिग्रहीता साक्षान्मे पितेति भरतर्षभ

English

those who, restrained, make the best of the twice-born hear the Itihasa, and those who know commentaries and those devoted to grammar,

हिन्दी अर्थ

नायं वेदेषु विहितो विधिहस्त इति प्रभो

English

those who study the Purana and the law books and, having studied rightly, act by rule,

हिन्दी अर्थ

साक्षान्नेह मनुष्यस्य पिण्डं हि पितरः क्वचित् ततोहं तदनादृत्य पितुर्हस्तनिदर्शनम्

English

one who has lived in his teacher's house, truthful, giver of thousands, chief in all Vedas and all recitations.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो दर्भेषु तत् सर्वमदर्द भरतर्षभ

English

As far as these see in a row, so far they purify; therefore from that purifying of the row he is called a row-purifier.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रीयमाणास्तु मामूचु: प्रीता: सम भरतर्षभ

English

One alone may purify for two and a half krosha: so the knowers of Brahman know, "one whose line is a giver of Brahman".

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्वया हि कुर्वता शास्त्र प्रमाणमिह पार्थिव साक्षात् पितामहो ब्रह्मा गुरवो5थ प्रजापति:

English

One who is no officiant and no teacher, if he goes to the first seat, not permitted by officiants, takes the row's misdeed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तदिदं सम्यगारब्धं त्वयाद्य भरतर्षभ

English

But if a knower of the Veda, free of all row-faults, is not fallen, king, he is a row-purifier indeed.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एवं वयं च धर्मज्ञ सर्वे चास्मत्पितामहा: इतिहासमिमं चापि शूणु राजन् पुरातनम्

English

Therefore with all effort one should examine and invite the twice-born devoted to their own work, self-controlled, of good family and of much learning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पृथ्वीको क्षत्रियोंसे शून्य कर दिया था

English

He for whom funeral rites and offerings are chiefly for friends does not please ancestors and gods and does not go to heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ततो जित्वा महीं कृत्स्नां रामो राजीवलोचन: वाजिमेधं महाराज सर्वकामसमन्वितम्

English

One who makes friendships at funeral rites does not go by the path of the gods; freed from bondage like a fig fruit, the friend of funeral rites falls from the world of heaven.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विपाप्मा च स तेजस्वी तेन क्रतुफलेन च

English

Therefore one doing a funeral rite should not favour a friend; he should give wealth to friends for gathering; one who is thought neither enemy nor friend, that neutral one should be fed at rites for gods and ancestors.

हिन्दी अर्थ

स तु क्रतुवरेणेष्टवा महात्मा दक्षिणावता पावन यत् परं नृणामुग्रे कर्मणि वर्तताम्

English

As seed sown in barren soil does not sprout and the sower does not get a share of seed, so a funeral rite eaten by the unworthy gives fruit neither here nor hereafter.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इत्युक्ता वेदशास्त्रज्ञास्तमूचुस्ते महर्षय:

English

A brahmana who does not study dies out like a straw fire; the funeral rite should not be given to him, for it is not poured in ash.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूयश्व विप्रर्षिगणा: प्रष्टव्या: पावनं प्रति ततो वसिष्ठ देवर्षिमगस्त्यमथ काश्यपम्

English

The fee called "sambhojani" is a fee for pishachas; it goes neither to gods nor to ancestors; it wanders here with merit exhausted, like a cow that has lost her calf between houses.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रत्रूत पावनं कि मे भवेदिति तपोधना: पापकृत् पूयते मर्त्य इति भार्गव शुश्रुम

English

As ghee is offered in extinguished fire, it goes neither to gods nor ancestors; so what is given to a dancer or singer, and the fee that is taken by one without the Rik.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुवर्णमिति विख्यातं तद् ददत् सिद्धिमेष्यसि

English

It hurts both and does not feed; the fee given to one without the Rik is a slaying, a blamed thing that falls; it would make the dead fall from the path of the gods.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शृणु राम यथोत्पन्नं सुवर्णमनलप्रभम् सुवर्ण यच्च यस्माच्च यथा च गुणवत्तमम्

English

Those who constantly follow the agreement of the sages, resolved, knowing all dharma: the gods know them as brahmanas.

हिन्दी अर्थ

कुण्जराश्व मृगा नागा महिषाश्चासुरा इति

English

Sages devoted to study, devoted to knowledge, devoted to austerity and devoted to action are to be known, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

इडा गाव: पय: सोमो भूमिरित्येव च स्मृति: सुवर्णमे भ्यो विप्रर्षे रत्नं परममुत्तमम्

English

Offerings for ancestors are to be established with those devoted to knowledge, Bharata; there brahmanas who do not blame are the best.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मनुष्याश्न पिशाचाश्नव प्रयता धारयन्ति तत्

English

But those who blame in conversations should not be fed at funeral rites; blamed brahmanas, king, would destroy a family of three generations.

हिन्दी अर्थ

भूमेगोंभ्यो5थ रत्नेभ्यस्तद् विद्धि मनुजर्षभ सबसे पवित्र माना गया है; इस बातको भलीभाँति जान लो

English

The word of the Vaikhanasa sages is heard, king: one should examine from afar brahmanas who have crossed the Veda, whether dear or hated; to them one should offer that funeral rite.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विशिष्यते सुवर्णस्य दानं परमकं॑ विभो

English

One man who would feed a thousand thousand without the Rik: one who knows mantra, pleased, deserves all of them, Bharata.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अमोघतेजास्त्वं देव देवी चेयमुमा तथा

English

the Brahmana's rod. l Thou art armed with the hundred-killer, the noose, and the dart. Thou art he that took his birth within the primeval lotus.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेजस्तेजसि संयुक्तमात्मयोनित्वमागतम् अत्यन्त संतप्त कर दिया था

English

[Yudhishthira said:] What is to be avoided at funeral rites, and roots and fruits, and what kind of grain is to be avoided? Tell me, grandfather.

हिन्दी अर्थ

रुद्रस्य तेज: प्रस्कन्नमग्नौ निपतितं च यत्

English

[Bhishma said:] Hear from me, lord of men, how the funeral rite arose, in what time, of what nature, and who resolved it.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एतावदुक्त्वा मण्डूकस्त्वरितो जलमाविशत् मेढक तुरंत ही जलमें घुस गया

English

Svayambhuva Atri, Kauravya, the supreme sage of great power; in his line, great king, was Dattatreya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रविष्ट हो गये। वे वहाँ अच्छी तरह सोना चाहते थे

English

Dattatreya's son was the ascetic Nimi, and Nimi had a son, glorious, named Shrimat, enveloped in prosperity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवा भृगुकुलश्रेष्ठ प्रीत्या सत्यपराक्रमा: वाचं चोच्चारयिष्यध्वमुच्चैरव्यज्जिताक्षराम्

English

At the end of a thousand years, having done hard austerity, he met his end, his mind seized by the law of time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अभिव्यक्ति नहीं होगी

English

Nimi, having done the purifications by the rule seen, was filled with fierce torment, devoted to grief for his son.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अश्वत्थान्नि:सृतश्चाग्नि: शमीगर्भमुपाविशत् निकलकर शमीके भीतर जा बैठे

English

Then the very wise one, having made offerings on the fourteenth, counting that grief, awoke in the night.

हिन्दी अर्थ

शशाप शुकममग्निस्तु वाग्विहीनो भविष्यसि

English

As he woke, his self covered by grief, his mind withdrew from the object and his understanding spread wide.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तन्ूनं त्रिषु लोकेषु न किज्चिच्छेषयिष्यति वरं प्रयच्छ लोकेश त्रैलोक्यहितकाम्यया

English

Thou art he who is endued with a vast womb. Thou art he who has the Vedas in his womb. Thou art he who takes his rise from that infinite waste of waters which succeeds the dissolution of the universe. Thou art he who is endued with rays of effulgent light. Thou art the creator of the Vedas. Thou art he who studies the Vedas. Thou art he who is conversant with the meaning of the Vedas. Thou art devoted to Brahman. Thou art the refuge of all persons devoted to Brahman. Thou art of infinite forms. Thou art the bearer of innumerable bodies. Thou art endued with irresistible prowess. 2 Thou art the soul or nature that transcends the three universal attributes (of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas). Thou art the lord of all Jivas. Thou art endued with the speed of the wind. Thou art possessed of the fleetness of the mind. Thou art always smeared with sandal-paste. Thou art the end of the stalk of the primeval lotus. 3 Thou art he who brought the celestial cow Surabhi down from a superior station to an inferior one by denouncing a curse upon her. 4 Thou art that Brahma who was unable to see thy end. Thou art adorned with a large wreath of Karnikara flowers. Thou art adorned with a diadem of blue gems. Thou art the wielder of the bow called Pinaka. Thou art the master of that knowledge which treats of Brahman. 5 Thou art he who has subjugated his senses by the aid of thy knowledge of Brahman. Thou art he who bearest Ganga on thy head. 6 Thou art the husband of Uma, the daughter of Himavat. Thou art mighty (in consequence of thy having assumed the form of the vast Boar for raising the submerged Earth). Thou art he who protects the universe by assuming diverse incarnations. Thou art worthy of adoration. Thou art that primeval Being with the equine head who recited the Vedas with a thundering voice. Thou art he whose grace is very great. Thou art the

हिन्दी अर्थ

हितकी इच्छासे हमें वर दीजिये

English

great subjugator. Thou art he who has slain all his foes (in the form of passions). Thou art both white and tawny (being as thou art half male and half female), l Thou art possessed of a body whose complexion is like that of gold. 2 Thou art he that is of the form of pure joy, (being, as thou art, above the five sheathes which the Jiva consists of, viz., the Anna-may a, the Prana-maya, the Mano-maya, the Vijnana-maya, and the Ananda-maya ones). Thou art of a restrained soul. Thou art the foundation upon which rests that Ignorance which is called Pradhana and which, consisting of the three attributes of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas is the cause whence the universe has sprung. Thou art he whose faces are turned to every direction. 3 Thou art he who has three eyes (in the forms of the Sun, the Moon, and Fire). Thou art he who is superior to all creatures (in consequence of thy righteousness whose measure is the greatest). Thou art the soul of all mobile beings. Thou art of the form of the subtile soul (which is incapable of being perceived). Thou art the giver of immortality in the form of Emancipation as the fruit of all acts of righteousness achieved by creatures without the desire of fruits. 4 Thou art the preceptor of even those that are the gods of the gods. Thou art Vasu, the son of Aditi. Thou art he who is endued with innumerable rays of light, who brings forth the universe, and who is of the form of that Soma which is drunk in sacrifices. Thou art Vyasa, the author of the Puranas and other sacred histories. Thou art the

हिन्दी अर्थ

त्रैलोक्यसारौ हि युवां लोक॑ संतापयिष्यथ: नहि ते पृथिवी देवी न च द्यौर्न दिवं विभो

English

On the new moon, greatly wise one, having brought honoured brahmanas, he himself made all the seats right-turning.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तेज:प्रभावनिर्दग्धं॑ तस्मात् सर्वमिदं जगत्

English

Then he brought seven brahmanas together for the meal; the lord gave them food without salt, shyamaka grain.

हिन्दी अर्थ

धैयदिव निगृह्लीष्व तेजो ज्वलितमुत्तमम् ऊर्ध्वरेता: समभवत् तत: प्रभूति चापि सः

English

Then kusha grass with tips to the south was placed on the seats and at the feet of the brahmanas who ate the food.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवानथाब्रवीत् तत्र स्त्रीभावात् परुषं वच:

English

Having made the kusha grass with tips to the south, very restrained and pure, he gave the rice-ball to the glorious one, uttering name and gotra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

तस्मात् सर्वे सुरा यूयमनपत्या भविष्यथ तस्मात् प्रजा व: खगमा: सर्वेषां न भविष्यति

English

Having done that, that best of sages, afterward tormented by great remorse over the mixture of dharma by himself, reflected:

हिन्दी अर्थ

है; अत: तुम सब लोगोंके भी संतान नहीं होगी”

English

"What was done by me that was not done by sages before? How would brahmanas not burn me by a curse?"

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवा देव्यास्तथा शापादनपत्यास्ततो5भवन् हुआ। अन्य सब देवता देवीके शापसे संतानहीन हो गये

English

Then he thought of the founder of his line; and Atri, the ascetic, came at his mere thought.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रस्कन्न॑ तु ततस्तस्मात् किंचित्तत्रापतद् भुवि

English

Seeing him so, wasted by grief for his son, the imperishable Atri greatly comforted him with welcome words:

हिन्दी अर्थ

ऋषीणां चाश्रमाश्वचैव बभूवुरसुरैर्ह्ता:

English

"This sacrifice for the ancestors, Nimi, was resolved by you, ascetic; do not be afraid; this dharma was seen before and ordained by Brahma himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

प्रजग्मु: शरण देवं ब्रह्माणमजरं विभुम् सुरानृषींश्व क्लिश्राति वधस्तस्य विधीयताम्

English

This dharma was ordained by the Self-born and resolved by you; who else but the Self-born would bring this funeral rite?

हिन्दी अर्थ

परित्रायस्व नो देव न हा॒न्या गतिरस्ति न:

English

I shall tell you more of this excellent rule of the funeral rite, son, ordained by the Self-born; hear it from me.

हिन्दी अर्थ

उससे रक्षा करें; क्योंकि हमारे लिये दूसरी कोई गति नहीं है हन्यतां तारक: क्षिप्रं सुरर्षिगणबाधिता

English

First, ascetic, having made the fire-rite with mantras, always to Aryaman, Soma and Varuna.

हिन्दी अर्थ

विहितं पूर्वमेवात्र मया वै व्येतु वो ज्वर:

English

The Vishvedevas who always walk with the ancestors have shares resolved for them by the Self-born himself.

हिन्दी अर्थ

है। अतः तुम्हारी मानसिक चिन्ता दूर हो जानी चाहिए देवैर्न शक्‍्यते हन्तुं स कथं प्रशमं व्रजेत्

English

And here the earth, bearer of the offering, is to be praised as Vaishnavi, Kashyapi and also imperishable.

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवता उसे नहीं मार सकते। ऐसी दशामें वह कैसे शान्त हो सकता है?

English

And at the bringing of water, the lord Varuna is to be praised; then Agni and Soma, sinless one, are to be nourished here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वध्य: स्यामिति जग्राह वरं त्वत्त: पितामह राक्षसोंमेंसे किसीके हाथसे भी मारा न जाऊँ

English

The ancestors were made gods by the Self-born, heat-drinkers, greatly fortunate, and their shares are ordained.

हिन्दी अर्थ

न भविष्यति वोपत्यमिति सर्वे जगत्पते

English

Honoured by the funeral rite, they are freed from stain; the seven-fold line of the ancestors was seen before by the Self-born.

हिन्दी अर्थ

मानुषानथ गन्धर्वान् नागानथ च पक्षिण: यतो वो भयमुत्पन्नं ये चान्ये सुरशत्रव:

English

The Vishvedevas who have fire as mouth were counted earlier; I shall tell the names of those great souls worthy of shares.

हिन्दी अर्थ

वधार्थ देवशत्रूणां गंगायां जनयिष्यति तस्माद् वो भयहृद् देवा: समुत्पत्स्यति पावकि:

English

Saha, Kriti, Vipapma, Punyakrit, Pavana, Gramani, Kshema, Samuha and Divyasanu,

हिन्दी अर्थ

तारकस्य वधोपाय: कथितो वै मयानघा:

English

Vivasvan, Viryavan, Hriman, Kirtiman, Krita, Vipurva, Somapurva and Suryashri by name,

हिन्दी अर्थ

देवताओ! तारकासुरके वधका यह उपाय मैंने बता दिया बलान्यतिबल प्राप्य दुर्बलानि भवन्ति वै

English

Somapa, Suryasavitra, Dattatma, Pushkariyaka, Ushninabha, Nabheda, Vishvayu and Dipti,

हिन्दी अर्थ

संकल्पाभिरुचि: काम: सनातनतमो5भवत्

English

Chamuhara, Suvesha, Vyomari, Shankara, Bhava, Isha, Karta, Kriti, Daksha, Bhuvana and Divyakarmakrit,

हिन्दी अर्थ

स वो मनोगतं काम॑ देव: सम्पादयिष्यति जग्मु: संसिद्धसंकल्पा: पर्येषन्तो विभावसुम्

English

Ganita, Panchaviryas, Aditya, Rashmiman, Saptakrit, Somavarchas, Vishvakrit and Kavi,

हिन्दी अर्थ

करनेके लिये वहाँसे चले गये

English

Anugopta, Sugopta, Napta, Ishvara, Jitatma, Munivirya, Diptaloma and Bhayankara,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कांक्षन्तो दर्शन बल्लेः सर्वे तद्तमानसा: उवाच देवान् मण्डूको रसातलतलोत्थित:

English

Atikarma, Pratita, Pradata, Amshuman, Shailabha, Paramakrodhin, Dhiroshnin and Bhupati,

हिन्दी अर्थ

संतापादिह सम्प्राप्त: पावकप्रभवादहम्

English

Sraji, Vajrin and Vari: these are the eternal Vishvedevas, praised, greatly fortunate, within the course of Time.

हिन्दी अर्थ

हैं। हमलोग उन्हींके तेजसे संतप्त हो रहे हैं तत्रैवमधिगच्छध्वं कार्य वो यदि वल्लिना

English

Grains unfit for funeral rites are kodrava and pulaka; among goods asafoetida, among vegetables onion and garlic,

हिन्दी अर्थ

कार्य हो तो वहीं जाकर उनसे मिलिये

English

onion, saubhanjana, grinjana and the like; pumpkin, gourd and black salt,

हिन्दी अर्थ

शशाप स तमासाद्य न रसान् वेत्स्यसीति वै

English

village pork, anything unsprinkled, black cumin, bida salt, cold-cooked things, sprouts and the like are to be avoided, and water-chestnuts here.

हिन्दी अर्थ

अग्निने अपने-आपको प्रकट नहीं किया यत्तच्छूणु महाबाहो गदतो मम सर्वश:

English

One should avoid all salt and jambu fruits; sneezing and weeping should be avoided at funeral rites.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सरस्वती बहुविधां यूयमुच्चारयिष्यथ

English

At the offering, the rite for gods and ancestors, the sight of a corpse is blamed; ancestors and gods do not welcome that offering.

हिन्दी अर्थ

गतासूनपि संशुष्कान् भूमि: संधारयिष्यति इत्युक्त्वा तांस्ततो देवा: पुनरेव महीमिमाम्

English

A Chandala and a dog-cooker are to be avoided when the offering is at hand; also one in ochre robes, a leper, a fallen man or a killer of a brahmana.

हिन्दी अर्थ

किंतु वे अग्निदेवको कहीं उपलब्ध न कर सके

English

A man of mixed birth, a brahmin kinsman and one fallen: these are to be avoided by the wise when the offering is at hand."

हिन्दी अर्थ

शशाप ज्वलन: सर्वान् द्विरदान् क्रोधमूर्च्छित: प्रविवेश शमीगर्भमथ वह्नि: सुषुप्सया

English

Having so spoken to the sage of his line, the blessed ascetic Atri went to the divine assembly of the grandfather.