pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: पितॄन् पूज्यादितः पश्चाद्देवतास्तर्पयन्ति वै। तस्मात् तान् सर्वयज्ञेन पुरुषः पूजयेत् सदा॥
English: It is seen that people adore the departed Manes first, and please the celestials next by offering them their worship. Hence, one should always adore the departed Manes with every care.
Sanskrit: अन्वाहार्ये महाराज पितॄणां श्राद्धमुच्यते। तस्माद् विशेषविधिना विधिः प्रथमकल्पितः॥
English: It is said, O king, that the Shraddha perforined in honour of the departed Manes is performable afterwards. But this general rule has a special restraint.
Sanskrit: सर्वेष्वहःसु प्रीयन्ते कृते श्राद्धे पितामहाः। प्रवक्ष्यामि तु ते सर्वास्तिथ्यातिथ्यगुणागुणान्॥
English: The (deceased) grandfather become gratified with the Shraddha that may be performed on any day. I shall, however, tell you now what the merits and demerits are of the respective lunar days.
Sanskrit: येष्वहःसु कृतैः श्राद्धैर्यत् फलं प्राप्यतेऽनघ। तत् सर्वे कीर्तयिष्यामि यथावत् तन्निबोध मे॥
English: I shall describe to you, O sinless one, what fruits are attained on what days by performing the Shraddha. Do you listen to me with rapt attention.
Sanskrit: पितॄनगे प्रतिपदि प्राप्नुयात् सुगृहे स्त्रियः। अभिरूपप्रजायिन्यो दर्शनीया बहुप्रजाः॥
English: By worshipping the departed Manes on the first day of the light fortnight, one obtains in his abode beautiful wives capable of producing many children all endued with desirable accomplishments.
Sanskrit: स्त्रियो द्वितीयां जायन्ते तृतीयायां तु वाजिनः। चतुर्थ्यो क्षुद्रपशवो भवन्ति बहवो गृहे॥
English: By performing the Shraddha on the second day of the light fortnight, one gets many daughters. By performing on the third day, one acquires many horses. By performing it on the fourth day, one gets a large herd of smaller arimals in his house.
Sanskrit: पञ्चम्यां बहवः पुत्रा जायन्ते कुर्वतां नृप। कुर्वाणास्तु नराः षष्ठ्यां भवन्ति द्युतिभागिनः॥
English: They, O king, who perform the Shraddha on the fifth day, get many sons. Those men who perform the Shraddha on the sixth day, acquire great splendour.
Sanskrit: कृषिभागी भवेच्छ्राद्धं कुर्वाण: सप्तमी नृप। अष्टम्यां तु प्रकुर्वाणो वाणिज्ये लाभमाप्नुयात्॥
English: By performing it on the seventh day, O king, one wins great fame. By performing it on the eighth day one, secures great profits in commercial pursuits.
Sanskrit: नवम्यां कुर्वतः श्राद्धं भवत्येकशफं बहु। विवर्धन्ते तु दशमी गावः श्राद्धान् विकुर्वतः॥
English: By performing it on the ninth day, one, acquires many animals of uncloven hoofs. By performing it on the tenth day, one acquires many valuable kine.
Sanskrit: कुप्यभागी भवेन्मर्त्यः कुर्वन्नेकादशीं नृप। ब्रह्मवर्चस्विनः पुत्रा जायन्ते तस्य वेश्मनि॥
English: By performing it on the eleventh day one gets valuable cloths and utensils. Such a man also gets many sons all of whom become endued with Brahma splendour.
Sanskrit: द्वादश्यामीहमानस्य नित्यमेव प्रदृश्यते। रजतं बहुवित्तं च सुवर्णं च मनोरमम्॥
English: By performing the Shraddha on the twelfth day, one always sees if he desires various sorts of beautiful silver and gold articles.
Sanskrit: ज्ञातीनां तु भवेच्छेष्ठः कुर्वञ्छ्राद्धं त्रयोदशीम्। अवश्यं तु युवानोऽस्य प्रमीयन्ते नरा गृहे॥ युद्धभागी भवेन्मर्त्यः कुर्वञ्छ्राद्धं चतुर्दशीम्। अमावास्यां तु निर्वापात् सर्वकामानवाप्नुयात्॥
English: on By performing the Shraddha the thirteenth day, one reigns supreme over his kinsmen. Forsooth, all the young men in the family of him who performs the Shraddha on the fourteenth day die. Such a man becomes entangled in war. By performing the Shraddha on the day of the new moon, one gets the fruition of every desire.
Sanskrit: कृष्णपक्षे दशम्यादौ वर्जयित्वा चतुर्दशीम्। श्राद्धकर्मणि तिथ्यस्तु प्रशस्ता न तथेतराः॥
English: In the dark fortnight, all the days beginning with the tenth, Icaving only the fourteenth day out, are good days for the performance of the Shraddha. Other days of that fortnight are not SO.
Sanskrit: यथा चैवापरः पक्षः पूर्वपक्षाद् विशिष्यते। तथा श्राद्धस्य पूर्वाह्वादपराह्वो विशिष्यते॥
English: Then, again, as the dark fortnight is better than the light one, so the afternoon of the day is better than the forenoon for the Shraddha.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच किंस्विद् दत्तं पितृभ्यो वै भवत्यक्षयमीश्वर। किं हविश्चिररात्राय किमानन्त्याय कल्पते॥
English: Yudhishthira said O you of great power, tell me what that object is which if dedicated to the departed Manes, becomes inexhaustible! What Havi, again, (if offered) lasts for all time? What, indeed, is that which becomes eternal?
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच हवींषि श्राद्धकल्पे तु यानि श्राद्धविदो विदुः। तानि मे शृणु काम्यानि फलं चैव युधिष्ठिर॥
English: Bhishma said Hear me, O Yudhishthira, what those Havis are which persons conversant with the ritual of the Shraddha consider as suitable for the Shraddha and what the fruits are of each.
Sanskrit: तिलैब्रीहियवैरिद्धिर्मूलफलैस्तथा। दत्तेन मासं प्रायन्ते श्राद्धेन पितरो नृप॥
English: With sesame seeds, rice, barley, Masha water, root and fruits, if given at Shraddhas, the departed Manes, O king, remain pleased for a month.
Sanskrit: वर्धमानतिलं श्राद्धमक्षयं मनुरब्रवीत्। सर्वेष्वेव तु भोज्येषु तिलाः प्राधान्यतः स्मृताः॥
English: Manu has said that if a Shraddha is performed with profuse sesame, such Shraddha becomes inexhaustible. Of all sorts of food, sesame seeds are considered as the best.
Sanskrit: द्वौ मासौ तु भवेत्तृप्तिर्मत्स्यैः पितृगणस्य ह। त्रीन्मासानाविकेनाहुश्चतुर्मासं शशेन ह॥
English: With fishes offered at Shraddhas, the departed Manes remain pleased for two months. With mutton they remain pleased for three months and with the flesh of the hare for four.
Sanskrit: आजेन मासान्ग्रीयन्ते पञ्चैव पितरो नृप। वाराहेण तु षण्मासान् सप्त वै शाकुलेन तु॥
English: With the flesh of the goat, o king, they remain pleased for five months, with becon for six months, and with the flesh of birds for seven.
Sanskrit: मासानष्टौ पार्षतेन रौरवेण नव प्रभो। गवयस्य तु मांसेन तृप्तिः पितॄणां माहिषेण तु॥
English: With venison got from those deer that are called Prishata, they remain pleased for eight months, and with that obtained from the Ruru for nine months, and with the meat of the Gavaya for ten months.
Sanskrit: गव्येन दत्तं श्राद्धे तु संवत्सरमिहोच्यते। यथा गव्यं तथा युक्तं पायसं सर्पिषा सह॥ वाध्रीणसस्य मांसेन तृप्ति दशवार्षिकी॥
English: With the meat of the buffalo they remain pleased for eleven months. With beef presented at the Shraddha, they remain pleased for a full year. Payas mixed with clarified butter is as much as acceptable to the departed Manes as beef. With the meat of the Vadhrinasa the Pitris remained pleased for twelve years.
Sanskrit: आनन्याय भवेद्दत्तं खङ्गमांसं पितृक्षये। कालशाकं च लौहं चाप्यानन्त्यं छाग उच्यते।
English: The flesh of the Rhinoceros, offered to the departed Manes on the anniversaries of the lunar days on which they died, becomes endless. The potherb called Kalashaka, the petals of the Kanchana flower, and meat of the goat also, thus offered, prove inexhaustible.
Sanskrit: गाथाश्चाप्यत्र गायन्ति पितृगीता युधिष्ठिर। सनत्कुमारो भगवान् पुरा मय्यभ्यभाषत॥
English: Regarding it, O Yudhishthira, there are some Verses, originally sung by the departed Manes, that are now sung (in the world). Sanatkumara communicated them to me former days.
Sanskrit: अपि नः स्वकुले जायाद् यो नो दद्यात्त्रयोदशीम्। मधासु सर्पिःसंयुक्तं पायसं दक्षिणायने॥
English: He who has taken birth in our race, should give us Payasa mixed with clarified butter on the thirteenth day (of the dark fortnight), under the constellation Magha, during the Sun's southward course.
Sanskrit: आजेन वापि लौहेन मघास्वेव यतव्रतः। हस्तिच्छायासु विधिवत् कर्णव्यजनवीजितम्॥
English: One born in our race, should under the constellation Magha, as if in the observance of a vow, offer the meat of goat or the petals of the Kanchana flower. One should also offer us, with due rites, Payasa mixed with clarified butter, dedicating it on a spot covered by the shadow of an elephant.
Sanskrit: एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा योकोऽपि गयां व्रजेत्। यनासौ प्रथितो लोकेष्वक्षय्यकरणो वटः॥
English: Many sons should be coveted so that even one may go to Gaya, where stands the banian that is celebrated over all the worlds and that makes all offerings made under its branches endless.
Sanskrit: आपो मूलं फलं मांसम्मनं वापि पितृक्षये। यत् किंचिन्मधुसम्मिश्रं तदानन्त्याय कल्पते।॥
English: Even a little of water, roots, fruits, meat, and rice, mixed with honey, if offered on the anniversary of the day of death, becomes endless.
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच कीदृशेभ्यः प्रदातव्यं भवेच्छ्राद्धं पितामह। द्विजेभ्यः कुरुशार्दूल तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि॥
English: Yudhishthira said. You should, O foremnost one of Kuru's race, tell me to what kind of Brahmanas, O grandfather, should the offers made at Shraddhas, be given away.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच ब्राह्मणान् न परीक्षेत क्षत्रियो दानधर्मवित्। दैवे कर्मणि पित्र्ये तु न्यायमाहुः परीक्षणम्॥
English: Bhishma said The Kshatriya who is conversant with the ordinances about gift, should never examine Brahmanas. In all matters, however, relating to the worship of the deities and the departed Manes, an examination has been said to be proper.
Sanskrit: देवताः यूजयन्तीह दैवेनैवेह तेजसा। उपेत्य तस्माद् देवेभ्यः सर्वेभ्यो दापयेन्नरः॥
English: The deities are adored on Earth by men only when they are filled with devotion originating from the celestials themselves. Hence, one should, approaching them, make gifts to all Brahmanas, respecting such gifts as are made to the celestial themselves.
Sanskrit: श्राद्धे त्वथ महाराज परीक्षेद् ब्राह्मणान् बुधः। कुलशीलवयोरूपैर्विद्ययाभिजनेन च॥
English: In Shraddhas, however, O king, the man of intelligence should examine the Brahmanas. Such examination should be about their birth, conduct, age, appearance, and learning.
Sanskrit: तेषामन्ये पङ्क्तिदूषास्तथान्ये पङ्क्तिपावनाः। अपाङ्क्तेयास्तु ये राजन् कीर्तयिष्यामि तान् शृणु॥
English: Amongst the Brahmanas there are some who pollute the line and some who purify it. Listen to me, O king, as I tell you those Brahmanas are that should be excluded from the line.
Sanskrit: श्राद्धं भुक्त्वा त्वधीयीत वृषलीतल्पगश्च यः॥ पुरीषे तस्य ते मासं पितरस्तस्य शेरते। सोमविक्रयिणे विष्ठा भिषजे पूयशोणितम्॥
English: That person who having eaten at a Shraddha does not abstain that day from Vedic studies, or who has known that day a Shudra woman, must know that his departed Manes on account of such deeds of his, have to lie for a month on his own excreta.
Sanskrit: नष्टं देवलके दत्तमप्रतिष्ठं च वाधुषे। यत्तु वाणिजके दत्तं नेह नामुत्र तद् भवेत्॥ भस्मनीव हुतं हव्यं तथा पौनर्भवे द्विजे। ये तु धर्मव्यपेतेषु चारित्रापगतेषु च। हव्यं कव्यं प्रयच्छन्ति तेषां तत्प्रेत्य नश्यति॥
English: The offerings made at Shraddhas if presented to a Brahmana who sells wine, become converted into human excreta; if presented to a Brahmana who practises as a physician, they become converted into puss and blood; if presented to one who lives by setting up an idol, they fail to produce any fruit; if presented to one who lives upon usury, they lead to infamy; if presented to one who is engaged in trade, they become productive of no fruits cither in this world or in the next. If presented to a Brahmana who is born of a widowed mother, they become as fruitless as libations poured on ashes.
Sanskrit: ज्ञानपूर्वं तु ये तेभ्यः प्रयच्छन्त्यल्पबुद्धयः। पुरीषं भुञ्जते तेषां पितरः प्रेत्य निश्चयः॥
English: They who present the Havya and Kavya to such Brahmanas who do not perform the duties ordained for them and who do not observe those rules of good conduct that persons of their order should observe, find such presents productive of no merits hereafter.
Sanskrit: एतानिमान् विजानीयादपाङ्क्तेयान् द्विजाधमान्। शूद्राणामुपदेशं च ये कुर्वन्त्यल्पचेतसः॥
English: That littlewitted man who makes gifts of such articles to such men knowing their dispositions, obliges, by such conduct, his departed Manes to eat human excreta in the next world.
Sanskrit: षष्टिं काणः शतं षण्ढः श्वित्री यावत्प्रपश्यति। पड्क्त्यां समुपविष्टायां तावद् दूषयते नृप॥
English: You should know that these wretched Brahmanas deserve to be excluded from the line. Those Brahmanas also of little energy who are engaged in instructing Shudras belong to the same class.
Sanskrit: यद् वेष्टितशिरा भुङ्क्ते यद् भुङ्क्ते दक्षिणामुखः। सोपानत्कश्च यद् भुङ्क्ते सर्वे विद्यात् तदासुरम्॥
English: A Brahmana who is blind stains sixty individuals of the line, one who is destitute of manly powers stains a hundred; while one who is afflicted with white leprosy stains as many as he looks upon, O king.
Sanskrit: असूयता च यद् दत्तं यच्च श्रद्धाविवर्जितम्। सर्वं तदसुरेन्द्राय ब्रह्मा भागमकल्पयत्॥
English: Whatever offerings made at Shraddhas are eaten by one with his head wrapped round with a cloth, whatever is eaten by one with face southwards, and whatever is eaten with shoes or sandals on, all goes to please the Asuras.
Sanskrit: श्वानश्च पतिदूषाश्च नावेक्षेरन् कथंचन। तस्मात् परिसृते दद्यात् तिलांश्चान्ववकीरयेत्॥
English: Whatever, again is given with malice, and whatever is given without respect, have been ordained by Brahman himself as the portion of the king of Asuras (viz., Bali.)
Sanskrit: तिलैर्विरहितं श्राद्धं कृतं क्रोधवशेन च। यातुधानाः पिशाचाश्च विप्रलुम्पन्ति तद्धविः॥
English: Dogs, and such Brahmanas as are polluters of lines, should not be suffered to look upon the offerings made at Shraddhas performed at a place that is properly hedged around or concealed from the view. That spot should also be covered with sesame seeds.
Sanskrit: अपाक्तो यावतः पाङ्क्तान् भुजानानुपश्यति। तावत्फलाद् भ्रंशयति दातारं तस्य बालिशम्॥
English: That Shraddha which is done without sesame seeds, or that which is done by a person in anger, has its Havi robbed by Rakshasas and Pishachas.
Sanskrit: इमे तु भरतश्रेष्ठ विज्ञेयाः पङ्क्तिपावनाः। ये त्वतस्तान् प्रवक्ष्यामि परीक्षस्वेह तान् द्विजान्।।२४
English: According to the number of Brahmanas seen by one who deserves to be excluded from the line, is the loss of merit he causes of the foolish perforiner of the Shraddha who invites him to the feast.
Sanskrit: अथर्वशिरसोऽध्येता ब्रह्मचारी यतव्रतः। सत्यवादी धर्मशीलः स्वकर्मनिरतश्च सः॥ ये च पुण्येषु तीर्थेषु अभिषेककृतश्रमाः। मखेषु च समन्त्रेषु भवन्त्यवभृथप्लुताः॥ अक्रोधना ह्यचपलाः क्षान्ता दान्ता जितेन्द्रियाः। सर्वभूतहिता ये च श्राद्धेष्वेतान् निमन्त्रयेत्॥ एतेषु दत्तमक्षय्यमेते वै पङ्क्तिपावनाः। इमे परे महाभागा विज्ञेयाः पङ्क्तिपावनाः॥
English: He who reads the Atharvashiras, who is given to the observance of Brahmacharya practices, and who is steady in the observance of righteous vows, who is truthful and of pure conduct, and who duly satisfies the duties laid down for his order, they also who have undergone fatigue and labour for bathing in the sacred waters, who have done the final bath after celebrating sacrifices sacrifices with proper Mantras, who are freed from anger, who are not restless, who are endued with forgiveness, who are self controlled masters of their senses, and they who are devoted to the behoof of all creatures, these should be invited to Shraddhas. arent HTATET EN: Partaga:1
Sanskrit: ये चेतिहासं प्रयता: श्रावयन्ति द्विजोत्तमान्॥
English: Anything given to these, becomes endless. These, indeed, are purifiers of lines. There are others also, highly blessed, who should be considered as purifiers of the line.
Sanskrit: ये च भाष्यविदः केचिद् ये च व्याकरणे रताः। अधीयते पुराणं ये धर्मशास्त्राण्यथापि च॥
English: They are are Yatis and those who are conversant with the religion of Emancipation, and they who are devoted to Yoga and they who properly observe excellent vows, and they who, with collected mind, recite (sacred) histories to fcremost of Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: अधीत्य च यथान्यायं विधिवत् तय कारिणः। उपपन्नो गुरुकुले सत्यवादी सहस्रशः॥ अग्र्याः सर्वेषु वेदेषु सर्वप्रवचनेषु च। यावदेते प्रपश्यन्ति पड्क्त्यास्तावत्पुनन्त्युत॥
English: They who conversant with commentaries, they also who are given to grammatical studies, they who study the Puranas and they who study, the Dharmashastras, and having studied them act up to the standard laid down in them, he who has lived in the house of his preceptor, he who if truthful in speech, he who is a giver of thousands, they that are foremost in Vedic lore and (in the knowledge of) the scriptural and are philosophical aphorisms, these purity the lines as far they look at it.
Sanskrit: ततो हि पावनात्पङ्क्त्याः पङ्क्तिपावन उच्यते। क्रोशादर्घतृतीयाच्च पावयेदेक एव हि॥ ब्रह्मदेयानुसंतान इति ब्रह्मविदो विदुः। अनृत्विगनुपाध्यायः स चेदग्रासनं व्रजेत्॥
English: And because they purity all who sit in the line, therefore are they called purifiers of lines. Utterers of Brahma say that even a single person who happens to be the descendant of ancestors who were teachers of the Veda and who is himself a Vedic teacher, purifies full seven miles around him.
Sanskrit: ऋत्विग्भिरभ्यनुज्ञातः पङ्क्त्या हरति दुष्कृतम्। अथ चेद् वेदवित् सर्वैःपङ्क्तिदोषैर्विवर्जितः॥
English: If he who is not a Ritvik and that is not a Vedic teacher takes the foremost seat in a Shraddha, with even the permission of the other Ritviks there present, he is said to take the sins of all who may be sitting in the line.
Sanskrit: न च स्यात् पतितो राजन् पङ्क्तिपावन एव सः। तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन परीक्ष्यामन्त्रयेद् द्विजान्॥
English: If, on the other hand, he happens to be conversant with the Vedas and freed from all those faults which are considered as capable of polluting the line, he shall not, o king, be considered as fallen, Such a man would then be really a purifier of the line.
Sanskrit: स्वकर्मनिरतानन्यान् कुले जातान् बहुश्रुतान्। यस्य मित्रप्रधानानि श्राद्धानि च हवींषि च॥
English: For these reasons, O king, you should properly examine the Brahinanas before inviting them to Shraddhas. You should invite only such among them as are devoted to the duties laid down for their order, and as are born in good families, and as are gifted with great learning.
Sanskrit: यस्य मित्रप्रधानानि श्राद्धानि च हवींषि च। न प्रीणन्ति पितॄन् देवान् स्वर्गं च न स गच्छति।।४१
English: He who performs Shraddhas for feeding only his friends and whose Havi does not please the celestials and the departed Manes, fails to ascend to Heaven.
Sanskrit: यश्च श्राद्ध कुरुते सङ्गत्तानि न देवयानेन पथा स याति। स वै मुक्तः पिप्पलं बन्धनाद् वा स्वर्गाल्लोकाच्च्यवते श्राद्धमित्रः॥ तस्मान्मित्रं श्राद्धकृन्नाद्रियेत दद्यान्मित्रेभ्यः संग्रहार्थं धनानि। यन्मन्यते नैव शत्रु न मित्रं तं मध्यस्थं भोजयेद्धव्यकव्य॥
English: He who collects his friends and relatives only on the occasion of the Shraddha he performs, fails to proceed (after death) by the celestial path. The man who converts the Shraddha he performs, into an occasion for only collecting his friends, never succeeds in ascending to Heaven. The man who converts the Shraddha into an occasion for treating his friends, becomes alienated from Heaven even like a bird dissociated from the perch when the chain tying it breaks.
Sanskrit: न चावता प्राप्नुयाद् बीजभागम्। न चेह नामुत्र फलं ददाति॥
English: Therefore, he who performs a Shraddha should not honour his friends. He may make gifts of riches to them on other occasions by collecting them together. The Havi and the Kavi offered at Shraddhas should be served to them who are neither friends nor enemies but are only indifferent or neutral.
Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणो हनधीयानस्तृणाग्निरिव शाम्यति। तस्मै श्राद्धं न दातव्यं न हि भस्मनि हूयते॥
English: As seed sown on a barren soil does not sprout forth, or as one who has not sown does not get a share of the produce, so that Shraddha the offerings in which are eaten by an unworthy person, yields no fruit either in this : world or in the next.
Sanskrit: सम्भोजनी नाम पिशाचदक्षिणा सा नैव देवान् न पितृनुपैति। इहैव सा भ्राम्यति हीनपुण्या शालान्तरे गौरिव नष्टवत्सा॥
English: That Brahmana who is destitute of Vedic study, is like a fire made by burning grass or straw; and becomes soon put out even like such a fire. The offerings inade at Shraddhas should not be given to him even as libations should not be poured on the ashes of the sacrificial fire.
Sanskrit: यथाग्नौ शान्ते घृतमाजुहोति तन्नैव देवान् न पितृनुपैति। तथा दत्तं नर्तने गायने च यां चानृते दक्षिणामावृणोति॥
English: When the offerings made at Shraddhas are exchanged by the performers with one another, they become Pishacha presents. Such offerings please neither the gods nor the departed Manes, Instead of reaching the other world, they wander about even here like a cow which has lost her calf wandering about within the fold.
Sanskrit: उभौ हिनस्ति न भुनक्ति चैषा या चानृते दक्षिणा दीयते वै। आघातिनी गर्हितैषा पतन्ती तेषां प्रेतान् पातयेद् देवयानात्॥
English: As those libations of clarified butter that are poured upon the extinguished ashes of a sacrificial fire never reach either the gods or the departed Manes, similarly a gift that is inade to a dancer or a singer or a Dakshina presented to a lying or deceitful person, yields no merit.
Sanskrit: ऋषीणां समये नित्यं ये चरन्ति युधिष्ठिर। निश्चिताः सर्वधर्मज्ञास्तान् देवा ब्राह्मणान् विदुः॥४९
English: The present that is given to a lying or deceitful person destroys both the giver and the receiver without benefiting them in any way. Such a present is destructive and highly censurable. The Pitris of the person making it have to fall down form the celestial path.
Sanskrit: स्वाध्यायनिष्ठा ऋषयो ज्ञाननिष्ठास्तथैव च। तपोनिष्ठाश्च बोद्धव्याः कर्मनिष्ठाश्च भारत॥
English: The gods know thein to he Brahmanas who always walk, O Yudhishthira, within the limits set up by the Rishis who know all duties, and who have a firm faith in their efficacy.
Sanskrit: कव्यानि ज्ञाननिष्ठेभ्यः प्रतिष्ठाप्यानि भारत। तत्र ये ब्राह्मणान् केचिन्न निन्दन्ति हि ते नराः॥
English: Those Brahmanas who are given to Vedic study, to knowledge, to penances, and to acts, O Bharata, should be known as Rishis.
Sanskrit: ये तु निन्दन्ति जल्पेषु न ताञ्छ्राद्धेषु भोजयेत्। ब्राह्मणा निन्दिता राजन् हन्युस्त्रैपुरुषं कुलम्॥
English: The offerings made at Shraddhas, should be given to those who are devoted to knowledge. Indeed, they are to be considered as men who never speak ill of the Brahmanas.
Sanskrit: वैखानसानां वचनमृषीणां श्रूयते नृप। दूरादेव परीक्षेत ब्राह्मणान् वेदपारगान्॥
English: Those men should never be fed on occasions of Shraddhas who speak ill of Brahmanas in course of conversation in the midst of conclaves. If Brahmanas, O king, be vilified, they would destroy three generations of the calumniator.
Sanskrit: प्रियो वा यदि वा द्वेष्यस्तेषां तु श्राद्धमावपेत्। यः सहस्रं सहस्राणां भोजयेदनृतान् नरः। एकस्तान्मन्त्रवित् प्रीतः सर्वानर्हति भारत॥
English: This is saying, O king, of the Vaikhanasa Rishis. Brahmanas knowing the Vedas should be examined from a distance. Whether one likes them or not, one should give to such Brahmanas the offerings made at Shraddhas. That man who feeds thousands upon thousands of unworthy Brahmanas acquires merit that is attainable by feeding even one Brahmana if the latter happens to be endued with a knowledge of the Vedas, o Bharata!
Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर उवाच केन संकल्पितं श्राद्धं कस्मिन् काले किमात्मकम्। भृग्वगिरसिके काले मुनिना कतरेण वा॥
English: Yudhishthira said By whom was the Shraddha first conceived and at what time? What also is its substance? In the time when the world was inhabited by only the descendants of Bhrigu and Angirasa who was the Muni who established the Shraddha?
Sanskrit: कानि श्राद्धानि वानि कानि मूलफलानि च। धान्यजात्यश्च का वास्तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह॥
English: What deeds should not be done at Shraddha? What are those Shraddhas in which fruits and roots are to be offered? What kinds also of paddy should be avoided in Shraddhas? Tell me all this, O grandfather.
Sanskrit: भीष्म उवाच यथा श्राद्धं सम्प्रवृत्तं यस्मिन् काले यदात्मकम्। येन संकल्पितं चैव तन्मे शृणु जनाधिप॥
English: Bhishma said Listen to me, O kine, as I tell you how the Shraddha was introduced, the time of such introduction, the essence of the rite, and the ascetic who conceived it.
Sanskrit: स्वायम्भुवोऽत्रिः कौरव्य परमर्षिः प्रतापवान्। तस्य वंशे महाराज दत्तात्रेय इति स्मृतः॥
English: Form the SelfCreate Brahman sprang Atri, O you of Kuru's race. In Atri's family was born a Muni named Dattatreya.
Sanskrit: दत्तात्रेयस्य पुत्रोऽभून्निमि म तपोधनः। निमेश्चाप्यभवत् पुत्रः श्रीमान्नाम श्रिया वृतः॥
English: Dattatreya got a son named Nimi having asceticism for wealth. Nimi got a son named Shrimat who was gifted with great beauty of person.