sāyaṃ tv annasya siddhasya patny a.mantraṃ baliṃ haret) | vaiśvadevaṃ hi nāma-etat sāyaṃ prātar vidhīyate) ||
But the wife shall offer in the evening (a portion) of the dressed food as a Bali-oblation, without (the recitation of) sacred formulas; for that (rite which is called the) Vaisvadeva is prescribed both for the morning and the evening.
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A large company destroys these five (advantages), the respectful treatment (of the invited, the propriety of) place and time, purity and (the selection of) virtuous Brāhmaṇa (guests); he therefore shall not seek (to entertain) a large company.
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Famed is this rite for the dead, called (the sacrifice sacred to the manes (and performed) on the new-moon day; if a man is diligent in (performing) that, (the reward of) the rite for the dead, which is performed according to Smarta rules, reaches him constantly.
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Though a million of men, unacquainted with the i?z'/£as, were to dine at a (funeral sacrifice), yet a single man, learned in the Veda, who is satisfied (with his entertainment), is worth them all as far as the (production of) spiritual merit (is concerned).
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ज्ञानौत्कृष्टाय देयानि) कव्यानि च हवींषि च । न हि हस्ताव् असृग्दिग्धौ रुधिरेण-एव शुध्यतः) ॥
jñāna.utkṛṣṭāya deyāni) kavyāni ca havīṃṣi ca | na hi hastāv asṛgdigdhau rudhireṇa-eva śudhyataḥ) ||
Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred or in the house, i.e. to be performed by householders, not by men of other orders.'
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As many mouthfuls as an ignorant man swallows at a sacrifice to the gods or to the manes, so many red-hot spikes, spears, and iron balls must (the giver of the repast) swallow after death.
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ज्ञाननिष्ठा द्विजाः के चित् तपोनिष्ठास् तथा-अपरे । तपःस्वाध्यायनिष्ठाश् च कर्मनिष्ठास् तथा-अपरे ॥
jñānaniṣṭhā dvijāḥ ke cit taponiṣṭhās tathā-apare | tapaḥ.svādhyāyaniṣṭhāś ca karmaniṣṭhās tathā-apare ||
Some grJ,hma;zas are devoted to (the pursuit of) knowledge, and others to (the performance... of) austerities; some to austerities and to the recitation of the Veda, and others to (the performance of) sacred rites.
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jñānaniṣṭheṣu kavyāni pratiṣṭhāpyāni yatnataḥ | havyāni tu yathānyāyaṃ sarveṣv eva caturṣv api ||
Oblations to the manes ought to be carefully presented to those devoted to knowledge, but offerings to the gods, in accordance with the reason (of the sacred law), to (men of) all the four (abovementioned classes).
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If there is a father ignorant of the sacred texts whose son has learned one whole recension of the Veda and the Angas, and a son ignorant of the sacred texts whose father knows an entire recension of the Veda and the Arigas,
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Know that he whose father knows the Veda, is the more venerable one (of the two); yet the other one is worthy of honour, because respect is due to the Veda (which he has learned).
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न श्राद्धे भोजयेन्) मित्रं धनैः कार्यो) ऽअस्य संग्रहः । नारिं न मित्रं यं विद्यात्) तं श्राद्धे भोजयेद्) द्विजम् ॥
na śrāddhe bhojayen) mitraṃ dhanaiḥ kāryo) 'asya saṃgrahaḥ | nāriṃ na mitraṃ yaṃ vidyāt) taṃ śrāddhe bhojayed) dvijam ||
Let him not entertain a personal friend at a funeral sacrifice; he may gain his affection by (other) valuable gifts; let him feed at a 6raddha a Brāhmaṇa whom he considers neither as a foe nor as a friend.. He who performs funeral sacrifices and offerings to the gods chiefly for the sake of (gaining) friends, reaps after death no reward for 6raddhas and sacrifices.
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That meanest among twice-born men who in his folly contracts friendships through a funeral sacrifice, loses heaven, because he performed a •SYaddha for the sake of friendship.
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saṃbhojāni sā-abhihitā) paiśācī dakṣiṇā dvijaiḥ | iha-eva-āste) tu sā loke gaur andhā-iva-ekaveśmani ||
A gift (of food) by twice-born men, consumed with (friends and relatives), is said to be offered to the Pisa^as; it remains in this (world) alone like a blind cow in one stable.
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यथा-इरिणे बीजम् उप्त्वा) न वप्ता लभते) फलम् । तथा-अनृचे हविर् दत्त्वा न दाता लभते) फलम् ॥
yathā-iriṇe bījam uptvā) na vaptā labhate) phalam | tathā-an.ṛce havir dattvā na dātā labhate) phalam ||
As a husbandman reaps no harvest when he has sown the seed in barren soil, even so the giver of sacrificial food gains no reward if he presented it to a man unacquainted with the Rikas.
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kāmaṃ śrāddhe 'arcayen) mitraṃ na-abhirūpam api tv arim || dviṣatā hi havir bhuktaṃ bhavati) pretya niṣ.phalam ||
(If no learned Brāhmaṇa be at hand), he may rather honour a (virtuous) friend than an enemy, though the latter may be qualified (by learning and so forth); for sacrificial food, eaten by a foe, bears no reward after death.
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Let him (take) pains (to) feed at a Śraddha an adherent of the J^tg-veda, who has studied one entire (recension of that) Veda, or a follower of the Yajur-veda who has finished one 6akha, or a singer of Samans who (likewise) has completed (the study of an entire recension).
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If one of these three dines, duly honoured, at a funeral sacrifice, the ancestors of him (who gives the feast), as far as the seventh person, will be satisfied for a very long time.
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मातामहं मातुलं च स्वस्रीयं श्वशुरं गुरुम् । दौहित्रं विट्पतिं बन्धुम् ऋत्विग् याज्यौ च भोजयेत्) ॥
mātāmahaṃ mātulaṃ ca svasrīyaṃ śvaśuraṃ gurum | dauhitraṃ viṭpatiṃ bandhum ṛtvig yājyau ca bhojayet) ||
One may also entertain (on such occasions) one's maternal grandfather, a maternal uncle, a sister's son, a father-in-law, one's teacher, a daughter's son, a daughter's husband, a cognate kinsman, one's own officiating priest or a man for whom one offers sacrifices.
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जटिलं च-अनधीयानं दुर्बालं कितवं तथा । याजयन्ति) च ये पूगांस् तांश् च श्राद्धे न भोजयेत्) ॥
jaṭilaṃ ca-anadhīyānaṃ durbālaṃ kitavaṃ tathā | yājayanti) ca ye pūgāṃs tāṃś ca śrāddhe na bhojayet) ||
Let him not entertain at a Śraddha one who wears his hair in braids (a student), one who has not studied (the Veda), one afflicted with a skin-disease, a gambler, nor those who sacrifice for a multitude (of sacrificers).
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Physicians, temple-priests, sellers of meat, and those who subsist -by shop-keeping must be avoided at sacrifices offered to the gods and to the manes.
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A paid servant of a village or of a king, a man with deformed nails or black teeth, one who opposes his teacher, one who has forsaken the sacred fire, and a usurer;
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कुशीलवो ऽअवकीर्णी च वृषलीपतिर् एव च । पौनर्भवश् च काणश् च यस्य च-उपपतिर् गृहे ॥
kuśīlavo 'avakīrṇī ca vṛṣalīpatir eva ca | paunarbhavaś ca kāṇaś ca yasya ca-upapatir gṛhe ||
An actor or singer, one who has broken the vow of studentship, one whose (only or first) wife is a.5udra female, the son of a remarried woman, a one-eyed man, and he in whose house a paramour of his wife (resides);
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He who teaches for a stipulated fee and he who is taught on that condition, he who instructs Śudra pupils and he whose teacher is a Śudra, he who speaks rudely, the son of an adulteress, and the son of a widow,
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An incendiary, a prisoner, he who eats the food given by the son of an adulteress, a seller of Soma, he who undertakes voyages by sea, a bard, an oil-man, a suborner to perjury,
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पित्रा विवदमानश् च कितवो मद्यपस् तथा । पापरोग्य् अभिशस्तश् च दाम्भिको रसविक्रयी ॥
pitrā vivadamānaś ca kitavo madyapas tathā | pāparogy abhiśastaś ca dāmbhiko rasavikrayī ||
He who wrangles or goes to law with his father, the keeper of a gambling-house, a drunkard, he who is afflicted with a disease (in punishment of former) crimes, he who is accused of a mortal sin, a hypocrite, a seller of substances used for flavouring food,
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धनुःशराणां कर्ता च यश् च-अग्रेदिधिषूपतिः । मित्रध्रुग् द्यूतवृत्तिश् च पुत्रआचार्यस् तथा-एव च ॥
dhanuḥ.śarāṇāṃ kartā ca yaś ca-agredidhiṣūpatiḥ | mitradhrug dyūta.vṛttiś ca putra.ācāryas tathā-eva ca ||
A maker of bows and of arrows, he who lasciviously dallies with a brothers widow, the betrayer of a friend, one who subsists by gambling, he who learns (the Veda) from his son,
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भ्रामरी गन्डमाली च श्वित्र्य् अथो पिशुनस् तथा । उन्मत्तो ऽअन्धश् च वर्ज्याः स्युर्) वेदनिन्दक एव च ॥
bhrāmarī ganḍamālī ca śvitry atho piśunas tathā | unmatto 'andhaś ca varjyāḥ syur) vedanindaka eva ca ||
An epileptic man, one who suffers from scrofulous swellings of the glands, one afflicted with white leprosy, an informer, a madman, a blind man, and he who cavils at the Veda must (all) be avoided.
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श्वक्रीडी श्येनजीवी च कन्यादूषक एव च । हिंस्रो वृषलवृत्तिश् च गणानां च-एव याजकः ॥
śvakrīḍī śyenajīvī ca kanyādūṣaka eva ca | hiṃsro vṛṣala.vṛttiś ca gaṇānāṃ ca-eva yājakaḥ ||
A breeder of sporting-dogs, a falconer, one who defiles maidens, he who delights in injuring living creatures, he who gains his subsistence from Śūdras, and he who offers sacrifices to the Ga^as,
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आचारहीनः क्लीबश् च नित्यं याचनकस् तथा । कृषिजीवी श्लीपदी च सद्भिर् निन्दित) एव च ॥
ācāra.hīnaḥ klībaś ca nityaṃ yācanakas tathā | kṛṣijīvī ślīpadī ca sadbhir nindita) eva ca ||
He who does not follow the rule of conduct, a (man destitute of energy like a) eunuch, one who constantly asks (for favours), he who lives by agriirregular compound consisting of agredidhishupati and didhishupati, see
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ब्राह्मणो त्व् अनधीयानस् तृणाग्निर् इव शाम्यति) । [म्ब्राह्मणस् ह्य् अनधीयानस् ] तस्मै हव्यं न दातव्यं) न हि भस्मनि हूयते) ॥
brāhmaṇo tv an.adhīyānas tṛṇāgnir iva śāmyati) | [M.brāhmaṇas hy an.adhīyānas ] tasmai havyaṃ na dātavyaṃ) na hi bhasmani hūyate) ||
As a fire of dry grass is (unable to consume the offerings and is quickly) extinguished, even so (is it with) an unlearned Brāhmaṇa; sacrificial food must not be given to him, since it (would be) offered in ashes.
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I will fully declare what result the giver obtains after death, if he gives food, destined for the gods or manes, to a man who is unworthy to sit in the company.
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अव्रतैर् यद् द्विजैर् भुक्तं) परिवेतृआदिभिस् तथा । अपाङ्क्तेयैर् यद् अन्यैश् च तद् वै रक्षांसि भुञ्जते) ॥
a.vratair yad dvijair bhuktaṃ) parivetṛ.ādibhis tathā | apāṅkteyair yad anyaiś ca tad vai rakṣāṃsi bhuñjate) ||
The Rakshasas, indeed, consume (the food) eaten by Brāhmaṇas who have not fulfilled the vow of studentship, by a Parivettrz and so forth, and by other men not admissible into the company.
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परिवित्तिः परिवेत्ता यया च परिविद्यते) । सर्वे ते नरकं यान्ति) दातृयाजकपञ्चमाः ॥
parivittiḥ parivettā yayā ca parividyate) | sarve te narakaṃ yānti) dātṛyājaka.pañcamāḥ ||
The elder brother who marries after the younger, the younger brother who marries before the elder, the female with whom such a marriage is contracted, he who gives her away, and the sacrificing priest, as the fifth, all fall into hell.
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(Food) given to a seller of Soma becomes ordure, (that given) to a physician pus and blood, but (that presented) to a temple-priest is lost, and (that given) to a usurer finds no place (in the world of the gods).
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yat tu vāṇijake dattaṃ na-iha na-amutra tad bhavet) | bhasmani-iva hutaṃ dravyaṃ tathā paunarbhave dvije ||
What has been given to a Brahma//a who lives by trade that is not (useful) in this world and the next, and (a present) to a Brāhmaṇa born of a remarried woman (resembles) an oblation thrown into ashes.
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But the wise declare that the food which (is offered) to other unholy, inadmissible men, enumerated above, (is turned into) adipose secretions, blood, flesh, marrow, and bone.
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Those men must be considered as the sanctifiers of a company who are most learned in all the Vedas and in all the Angas, and who are the descendants of Śrotriyas.
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triṇāciketaḥ pañca.agnis trisuparṇaḥ ṣaḍaṅgavit | brahmadeyātmasantāno jyeṣṭhasāmaga eva ca || [M.brahmadeyānusantāno ]
A Trma&keta, one who keeps five sacred fires, a Trisupama, one who. is versed in the six Angas, the son of a woman married according to the Brahma rite, one who sings the Gyesh/^asaman, &6. One who knows the meaning of the Veda, and he who expounds it, a student, one who has given a thousand (cows), and a centenarian must be considered as Brāhmaṇas who sanctify a company.
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On the day before the Śraddha-rite is performed, or on the day when it takes place, let him invite with due respect at least three Brāhmaṇas, such as have been mentioned above.
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निमन्त्रितो) द्विजः पित्र्ये नियतात्मा भवेत्) सदा । न च छन्दांस्य् अधीयीत) यस्य श्राद्धं च तद् भवेत्) ॥
nimantrito) dvijaḥ pitrye niyatātmā bhavet) sadā | na ca chandāṃsy adhīyīta) yasya śrāddhaṃ ca tad bhavet) ||
A Brāhmaṇa who has been invited to a (rite) in honour of the manes shall always control himself and not recite the Veda, and he who performs the Śraddha (must act in the same manner).
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But a Brāhmaṇa who, being duly invited to a rite in honour of the gods or of the manes, in any way breaks (the appointment), becomes guilty (of a crime), and (in his next birth) a hog.
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The (various) classes of the manes are declared to be the sons of all those sages, MarL£i and the rest, who are children of Manu, the son of Hira/zyagarbha.
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दैत्यदानवयक्षाणां गन्धर्वौरगरक्षसाम् । सुपर्णकिन्नराणां च स्मृता) बर्हिषदो ऽअत्रिजाः ॥
daitya.dānava.yakṣāṇāṃ gandharva.uraga.rakṣasām | suparṇa.kinnarāṇāṃ ca smṛtā) barhiṣado 'atrijāḥ ||
The Barhishads, born of Atri, are recorded to be (the manes) of the Daityas, Danavas, Yakshas, Gandharvas, Snake-deities, Rakshasas, Suparṇas, and Kiwnaras,
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The Somapas are the sons of Kavi (Bhrigu), the Havishmats the children of Angiras, the Ājyapas the offspring of Pulastya, but the Sukalins (the issue) of Vasish^a.
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अग्निदग्धअनग्निदग्धान् काव्यान् बर्हिषदस् तथा ।[मनग्निदग्धअनग्निदग्धान्] अग्निष्वात्तांश् च सौम्यांश् च विप्राणाम् एव निर्दिशेत्) ॥
agnidagdha.anagnidagdhān kāvyān barhiṣadas tathā |[M.an.agnidagdha.an.agnidagdhān] agniṣvāttāṃś ca saumyāṃś ca viprāṇām eva nirdiśet) ||
One should know that (other classes), the Agnidagdhas, the Anagnidagdhas, the Kavyas, the Barhishads, the Agnishvattas, and the Saumyas, are (the manes) of the Brāhmaṇas alone.
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From the sages sprang the manes, from the manes the gods and the Danavas, but from the gods the whole world, both the movable and the immovable in due order. V 202. Even water offered with faith (to the manes)
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Let him first invite a (Brāhmaṇa) in honour of the gods as a protection for the (offering to the manes); for the Rakshasas destroy a funeral sacrifice which is left without such a protection.
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daiva.ādyantaṃ tad īheta) pitṛ.ādyantaṃ na tad bhavet) | pitṛ.ādyantaṃ tv īhamānaḥ) kṣipraṃ naśyati) sa.anvayaḥ ||
Let him make (the,5raddha) begin and end with (a rite) in honour of the gods; it shall not begin and end with a (rite) to the manes; for he who makes it begin and end with a (rite) in honour of the manes, soon perishes together with his progeny. *
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The (sacrificer) shall make the (invited) Brāhmaṇas, who have duly performed their ablutions, sit down on separate, prepared seats, on which blades of Kusa. grass have been placed.
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teṣām udakam ānīya) sa.pavitrāṃs tilān api | agnau kuryād) anujñāto brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇaiḥ saha ||
Having presented to them water, sesamum grains, and blades of Kuśa grass, the Brāhmaṇa (sacrificer) shall offer (oblations) in the sacred fire, after having received permission (to do so) from (all) the Brāhmaṇa (guests) conjointly.
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अग्निअभावे तु विप्रस्य पाणाव् एव-उपपादयेत्) । यो ह्य् अग्निः स द्विजो विप्रैर् मन्त्रदर्शिभिर् उच्यते) ॥
agni.abhāve tu viprasya pāṇāv eva-upapādayet) | yo hy agniḥ sa dvijo viprair mantradarśibhir ucyate) ||
But if no (sacred) fire (is available), he shall place (the offerings) into the hand of a Brāhmaṇa; for Brāhmaṇas who know the sacred texts declare, What fire is, even such is a Brāhmaṇa.'
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They (also) call those first of twice-born men the ancient deities of the funeral sacrifice, free from anger, easily pleased, employed in making men prosper.
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After he has performed (the oblations) in the fire, (and) the whole series of ceremonies in such a manner that they end in the south, let him sprinkle water with his right hand on the spot (where the cakes are to be placed).
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But having made three cakes out of the remainder of that sacrificial food, he must, concentrating his mind and turning towards the south, place them on (Kara grass) exactly in the same manner in which (he poured out the libations of) water.
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Let him gently pour out the remainder of the water near the cakes, and, with fixed attention, smell those cakes, in the order in which they were placed (on the ground).
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piṇḍebhyas tv alpikāṃ mātrāṃ samādāya)-anupūrvaśaḥ | [M.piṇḍebhyaḥ svalpikāṃ] tān eva viprān āsīnān vidhivat pūrvam āśayet) ||
But taking successively very small portions from the cakes, he shall make those seated Brāhmaṇas eat them, in accordance with the rule, before (their dinner).
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dhriyamāṇe) tu pitari pūrveṣām eva nirvapet) | vipravad vā-api taṃ śrāddhe svakaṃ pitaram āśayet) || [M.śrāddhaṃ ]
But if the (sacrificer s) father is living, he must offer (the cakes) to three remoter (ancestors); or he may also feed his father at the funeral sacrifice as (one of the) Brāhmaṇa (guests).
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Manu has declared that either the grandfather may eat at that 6Yaddha (as a guest), or (the and afterwards, ' Adoration to you, oh manes! ' &c. Before he recites the latter texts, the worshipper must turn round towards the south.
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teṣāṃ dattvā) tu hasteṣu sa.pavitraṃ tila.udakam | tatpiṇḍāgraṃ prayaccheta svadhā-eṣām astv) iti bruvan) || [M.prayacchet tu ]
Having poured water mixed with sesamum, in which a blade of Kusa. grass has been placed, into the hands of the (guests), he shall give (to each) that (above-mentioned) portion of the cake, saying, To those, Svadha! '
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But carrying (the vessel) filled with food with both hands, the (sacrificer) himself shall gently place it before the Brāhmaṇas, meditating on the manes.
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guṇāṃś ca sūpa.śākādyān payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ madhu | vinyaset) prayataḥ pūrvaṃ bhūmāv eva samāhitaḥ ||
Let him, being pure and attentive, carefully place on the ground the seasoning (for the rice), such as broths and pot herbs, sweet and sour milk, and honey,
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upanīya) tu tat sarvaṃ śanakaiḥ susamāhitaḥ | pariveṣayeta) prayato guṇān sarvān pracodayan) ||
All this he shall present (to his guests), and, being pure and attentive, successively invite them to partake of each (dish), proclaiming its qualities. ^
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A tear sends the (food) to the Pretas, anger to his enemies, a falsehood to the dogs, contact with his foot to the Rakshasas, a shaking to the sinners.
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स्वाध्यायं श्रावयेत्) पित्र्ये धर्मशास्त्राणि च-एव हि । आख्यानानि-इतिहासांश् च पुराणानि खिलानि च ॥
svādhyāyaṃ śrāvayet) pitrye dharmaśāstrāṇi ca-eva hi | ākhyānāni-itihāsāṃś ca purāṇāni khilāni ca ||
At a (sacrifice in honour) of the manes, he must let (his guests) hear the Veda, the Institutes of the sacred law, legends, tales, Pura^as, and Khilas.
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हर्षयेद्) ब्राह्मणांस् तुष्टो भोजयेच्) च शनैःशनैः । अन्नाद्येन-असकृच् च-एतान् गुणैश् च परिचोदयेत्) ॥
harṣayed) brāhmaṇāṃs tuṣṭo bhojayec) ca śanaiḥ.śanaiḥ | annādyena-asakṛc ca-etān guṇaiś ca paricodayet) ||
Himself being delighted, let him give delight to the Brahma;zas, cause them to partake gradually and slowly (of each dish), and repeatedly invite (them to eat) by (offering) the food and (praising) its qualities.
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vratastham api dauhitraṃ śrāddhe yatnena bhojayet) | kutapaṃ ca.āsanaṃ dadyāt) tilaiś ca vikiren) mahīm ||
Let him eagerly entertain at a funeral sacrifice a daughter's son, though he be a student, and let him place a Nepal blanket on the seat (of each guest), scattering sesamum grains on. the ground.
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There are three means of sanctification, (to be used) at a 6raddha, a daughter's son, a Nepal blanket, and sesamum grains; and they recommend three (other things) for it, cleanliness, suppression of anger, and absence of haste.
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अत्युष्णं सर्वम् अन्नं स्याद्) भुञ्जीरंस्) ते च वाग्यताः । न च द्विजातयो ब्रूयुर्) दात्रा पृष्टा) हविर्गुणान् ॥
atyuṣṇaṃ sarvam annaṃ syād) bhuñjīraṃs) te ca vāgyatāḥ | na ca dvijātayo brūyur) dātrā pṛṣṭā) havirguṇān ||
All the food must be very hot, and the (guests) shall eat in silence; (even though) asked by the giver (of the feast), the Brāhmaṇas shall not proclaim the qualities of the sacrificial food.
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As long as the food remains warm, as long as they eat in silence, as long as the qualities of the food are not proclaimed, so long the manes partake (of it).
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yad veṣṭita.śirā bhuṅkte) yad bhuṅkte) dakṣiṇā.mukhaḥ | sa.upānatkaś ca yad bhuṅkte) tad vai rakṣāṃsi bhuñjate) ||
What (a guest) eats, covering his head, what he eats with his face turned towards the south, what he eats with sandals on (his feet), that the Rakshasas consume.
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होमे प्रदाने भोज्ये च यद् एभिर् अभिवीक्ष्यते) । दैवे हविषि पित्र्ये वा तद् गच्छत्य्) अयथातथम् ॥
home pradāne bhojye ca yad ebhir abhivīkṣyate) | daive haviṣi pitrye vā tad gacchaty) ayathātatham ||
What (any of) these sees at a burnt-oblation, at a (solemn) gift, at a dinner (given to Brāhmaṇas), or at any rite in honour of the gods and manes, that produces not the intended result.
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