Adhyaya 109

हिन्दी अर्थ

इति श्री महापुराणे वायुप्रीक्तें उपोदधातपादे कश्यपीयप्रजासगों नाम सप्तषष्टितमोज्ध्याय: क्चिरण करें दिति की बातें सुतकर सहसनेत्र पुरन्दर ने हाथ जोड़कर निवेदन किया, है मातः ! आपकी जंसी

English

o Narada, listen. I shall recount the (procedure of) pilgrimage to Gaya which yields salvation. Redemption for those who perform Sraddha has been sung by Brahma earlier. If one makes preparations for going to Gaya, 1 one should duly perform Sraddha and circumambulate the vil¬ lage, dressed only in loin cloth like a pilgrim. He shou t en go to the next village and partake of the remainder of the Srad- Verses 2-5 deal with preliminaries before starting onpilgrimage to Gaya.

हिन्दी अर्थ

आज्ञा है वैसा ही होगा। इसमें तनिक भी सन्देह मत करो, जेसी आपकी इच्छा है वसा ही मैं कडूंगा। ये तुम्हारे महात्मा पुत्रगण देव तुल्य हैं, यही नहीं देवताओं से भी सम्माननीय हैं, देबताओं के साथ ये भी यज्ञ में भाग पाने के अधिकारी होंगे ।१३०-१३३। (सुत ने कहा) ऋषिवन्द ! यही कारण है कि वे मरुत् गण

English

He whose hands and feet are controlled, the mind is restraiiied and who possesses learning, penance and fame, attains the fruit of the pilgrimage to the holy centre. After performing the Tarpana of Devas and others and after performing the Sraddha in accordance with the injunc¬ tions, one should recite the Vedic passage belonging to one's own branch but need not perform Arghyapradana (offering of Arghya) and Avahana (invocation). With all purity, he should perform the Sraddha for those who are Sapindas (haying the similar Pindas i.e. near kinsmen) on the Pretaparvata. The intelligent pilgrim should face the southern direction and wear the sacred thread as Pra- cinaviti (from the right shoulder across the chest and passed un¬ der the left arm.)

हिन्दी अर्थ

दिति के पुत्र होकर भी अमर माने गुये । इस प्रकार का निश्चय कर वे तंपस्वी माता पृत्र परम हर्षित हुए, दिति अपने निवासस्थान को और इन्द्र स्व्गंलोक को प्रस्थित हुए । जो कोई मरुत्गणों के मंगलकारी जन्म बत्तान्त को सुनता है अथवा पढ़ता है उसे दीर्घायु की प्राप्ति होती है और वह कभी अनावृष्टि के काश्ण कष्ट नहीं अनुभव करता ।१३४०१३६। . सत्यसंघाः पराक्वान्ताः फ़रा सायाविनश्व ते । महाबला अयज्वानो ह्मब्रह्मण्याश्व दानवाः ।। कीत्यंमानानमया सर्वान्प्राधान्येन निबोधत ३३ द्विमूर्धा शहकुकर्णश्न तथा शडकुनिरामयः शइकुकर्णो महाविश्वों गवेध्ठिदुन्दुभिस्तथा ४

English

"The fire with Kavyabala (?), Soma, Yama, Aryama, the Pitf-god, like Agnisvattas, the Barhisads and the Somapas may (please) come; you are the deities of the Pitrs. O blessed deities, my Pitrs are protected by you. Those kindred relations born in the family are to be offered the ball of rice. I Verses6-7 deal with the 1st dayof the Yatra. Va.P.prescribcs only bath in Phalgu, Sraddha and recitation of one's Veda. TSS. ( ) prescribes visit to Pretasila and Sraddha on that very day after Sraddha at Phalgu. The rites on the 2nd day: Visit to Pretaparvata, bath in Brahma- kuytfa Sraddha, offering of Piitfas first to one's paternal anscetors ( w. 23-

हिन्दी अर्थ

विक्षोब्यश्र सुकेतुश्व सुवीर्यः सुहृदस्तथा । इन्द्रजिद्विश्वजिच्चेव तथा सुरविमर्दनः

English

After saying this and performing Acamana, the pil¬ grim should perform Pranayama with effort, in order to obtain Brahmaloka which is devoid of Pmaravrtti (a return to Sam- sara'again). After performing the Sraddha duly in this manner, he, should invoke the Pitrs and worship them with the mantras. Then he should offer the balls of rice. In the holy centre, on the Pretas'ila etc. the place must first be washed with Pancagavya separately while their mantras are being recited. Then the deities must be worshipped with offerings of Caru soaked in ghee. So long as the gingelly seeds are taken by the pilgrim in the holy rites of the Pitrs, Asuras run off from the place of holy rites like deer afraid of lion. The Sraddha of the mother 1 should be performed sep¬ arately during the Astakas (i.e. the 8th day of the three months on which the Pitrs are to be propitiated), during the Vrddhi (increase) days and on the day of the death at Gaya. On other occasions the Sraddha should be performed along with that of her husband (i.e. one's father).

हिन्दी अर्थ

कश्यप की सन्ततियों की सृष्टि सूत ने कहा-ऋषिव॒ुन्द ! अब इसके उपराब्त मैं दनु के पुत्रों का वत्तात्त कह रहा हूँ सुनिये । वे दनु के पुत्र अपने वंश में परम विख्यात एवं महान् असुर थे १। उनमें सब का प्रधान विप्रचित्ति था, उनकी संख्या सैकड़ों की थी । जो सब फे सब परमपराक्रमी थे। उन सभी को वरदान मिले हुए थे, वे सब के सब परम तपस्वी थे । इतना होने पर भी वे दृढप्रतिश्ञ थे, परमविक्रमशील थे, क्र थे, मायावी

English

During Vrddhi Sraddha, that of the mother should be performed first. But at Gaya that of the father should be performed first. The Sraddha is begun with the offerings of Padya at the outset and the proper laying of the Kusa grass with the tips pointing to the south to the father etc. The remaining part of the Sraddha is to be performed as mentioned in the res¬ pective Grhya Sutras. In the case of Sapindas, the Darbha grass is duly spread and the water with gingelly seeds is offered once and the Sraddha is performed on their southern side. The water libation is offered with the sacred water of the Pitrs holding it in the hollow of one's palms. He should then offer the Aksayya (inexhaustible) Pinda with a fistful of powdered fried grain. The other kinsmen are then to be invoked in the Ku£a grass by means of the waters with gingelly seeds.

हिन्दी अर्थ

थे महाबलवान् थे, यज्ञादि में उनकी निष्ठा नहीं थी, ब्राह्मण धर्म के विरोधी थे। उन्हें दानव नाम से लोग जानते हैं। उन सर्बों में जो प्रधात-प्रधान दानव हो गये हैं, उनका मैं वर्णन कर रहा हूँ, सुनिये ।२-३। द्विमूर्घा, शंकुकर्ण, शडकुनिरामय, शंकुकर्ण, महाविश्व, गवेष्ठि, दुन्दुभि, अजामुख, ऐश्वर्यशाली दिल, वामनस, मरीचि, रक्षक, महागाग्यं, अज्िराव॒त, विक्षोम्य, सुकेतु, सुवीयं, सुहृद, इख्द्रजितूु, विध्वजित् सुरविम्दंत एक

English

The special Sraddha for one's mother is prescribed during the A?takas and in Vrddhi Sraddha. May all those Devas, sages. Pi tj-s and human beings, mothers and maternal grandfathers and others beginning with Brahma and ending with a blade of grass, be propitiated by this water libation. May this be the water libation along withgingelly seeds to all those crores of past (members of) families, residing in the seven continents beginning with Brahma and ending with the earth.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सुक्ष्मश्चव निचन्द्रश्न ऊर्गनाभों महागिरिः । असिलोमा सुकेशभ्र सदश्च बलको दश ६ इति पुत्रा दनोवँशे प्रधाना: परिकीतिता: तेघामपरिसंख्येय॑ पुत्रपोत्रा्यनन्तकम्् ३१३

English

A ball of rice has been offered by me to all these: father, grandfather, great-grandfather, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, maternal grandfather, his father and his grandfather. May that Pinda be of everlasting benefit, At Gayasiras the Pinda offered is of the size of a first or that of the green emblic myrobalan fruit or that of the leaf of the Sami tree. The devotee shall uplift seven Gotras and a hundred families. The Gotras—seven in number—are those of the father, mother, one's wife (before marriage), one's sister (after marriage), one's daughter (after marriage), and those of the father's sisters and mother's sisters. The hundred and one families are as follows: father and his twentyfour ancestors, mother and her twenty ancestors, wife and her sixteen ancestors, twelve ancestors of the sister's husband, eleven an¬ cestors of the son-in-law, seven ancestors of the husband of the sister of one's father and eight ancestors of the husband of mother's sister. There is no invocation in a TirthaSraddha nor is screen erected shutting off the quarters. There is no defect due to the viewing of others. Clever people should not perform the Tirtha- iraddha out of pity.

हिन्दी अर्थ

एकाक्ष ऋषभो३रिष्ट: प्रलम्बनरकावपि । इन्द्रबाधनकेशी च समेरुः शंबोध्थ धेनुकः

English

This following is the procedure in the Tirtha Sraddhas'. providing seat of the Pintfas, offering of the Pintfas, Avane- jaria (ritualistic sprinkling with the Darbha grass), monetary gifts and the Annasarhkalpa (ritualistic expression of one's inten¬ tion in preparing food). Mantra: "I invoke all those members of our family who are dead and who have no other way of salvation. I shall I invoke all those persons in the family of our kinsmen who are dead and who have no other way of salvation. I shall invoke them on the Darbha grass with water libations along with gingelly seeds".

हिन्दी अर्थ

गवेष्ठिभ्र गवाक्षश्र तालकेतुश्न वीयबान् । एते मनुष्यधर्मास्तु दनोः पुत्रा मया स्मृताः देत्यदानवसंधर्षे जाता भीसपराक्षमा: । सिहिकायासथोत्पन्ना विप्रचित्तिसुतास्त्विमे

English

Thus the pilgrim should meditate on the Darbhas, repeat these mantras with the offering of water libations along with gingelly seeds, invoke and worship the Pitrs and offer the Pindas in due order. f< I am offering this Pinda in order to uplift those per¬ sons of our family who are dead and who have no other means of salvation. I am offering this Pinda in order to emancipate those persons of our maternal grandfather's family who are dead and who have no other means of salvation.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सेंहिकेया इति ख्याताशभ्रतुर्दश महासुरा: । शतगालश्र बलवान्त्यासः शाम्बस्तथेव च १८ + अनुलोमः शुचिश्चेव वातापिश्न सितांशुकः । हरकल्पः कालनाभो मोमश्व नरकस्तथा

English

I am offering this Pinda for the uplift of those persons belonging to the family of our kinsmen who are dead and who have no other means of salvation. I am offering this Pinda for the uplift of those persons who (died) before cutting teeth and those who were afflicted even while in the womb. I am offering this Pinda to those persons who were duly cremated and who were not those who were struck dead by lightning or by robbers.

हिन्दी अर्थ

घतराष्ट, सूथ॑, चन्द्र, इन्द्र, ताविनू, सूक्ष्म, निचन्द्र, ऊर्णनाभ, महागिरि असिलोमा, सुकेश, सद, बलक, शतमायु, शम्बर, शरभ और शलभ ये प्रमुख दाननगण कहे गये हैं। सूर्य और चन्द्रमा ये दोगों पहले असुरों के

English

I am offering this Pinda to those who died in the forest fire, to those who were killed by lions and tigers and those who were slain by horned and fanged (beasts of prey). I am offering to those who died by getting hanged, who were killed by poison or by weapons and those who have committed suicide. Iam offering this Pinda for the upliftment of those persons who have fallen into the hells called Raurava, Andha- tamisra and Kalasutra.

हिन्दी अर्थ

सबों के पुत्र पौत्रादि की संख्या असंख्य है, अनन्त हैं । दिति और दलु के पृत्र गणों का, जो सब भसूर नाम से विख्यात हैं, परिचय कह चुका । स्वेभानु (राहु) दिति का पुत्र कहा गया है, अनुभानु दनु का पुत्र होने के कारण दानव कहा गया है !१३-१४। ये उपर्यक्त बंश परम्परागत दनु के पुत्र स्मरण किये जाते हैं । एकाक्ष, ऋषभ, अरिष्ट, पलम्ब, नरक, इन्द्रवाधन केश्ी, मेरु, दांव, धेनुक, गवेष्ठि, गवाक्ष, पराक्रमी तालकेतु-

English

Iam offering this Pinda for the emancipation of those I am offering this Pinda to those who are born in the animal wombs or as birds, worms, insects or reptiles or even as I am offering the Pinda to those Pitrs who are stationed in heaven, firmament or on the earth and to those kinsmen etc. who have not been cremated duly after death.

हिन्दी अर्थ

ये दनु के पुत्र मनुष्यों के धर्मकम का आचरण करने वाले हैं--ऐसा मैं जानता हू । विप्रचित्ति के भयानक पराक्रमशाली चौदह पुत्र देत्यों और दानवों के संघ में सिहिका के संयोग से उत्पन्न हुये थे, इस कारणवश वे चौदहों महान अधुर सेहिकेय के नाम से प्रसिद्ध हुए । जिनके नाम शतगाल, बलवान न्यास, शाम्ब, अनुलोम, शुचि, वातापि, सितांशुक, हर, कल्प, कालनाभ, भौम और नरक; इनमें सब से ज्येष्ठ पुत्र का नाम

English

May all those Pitrs of mine be propitiated through this Pinda for ever, those Pitrs who exist in the form of ghosts. This Pinda has been offered by me to those who may or may not have been my kinsmen in this birth but who were my kinsmen in the other births. May it be of everlasting benefit This Pinda has been offered by me to all those who are dead in my father's family, to those who are dead in my mother's family, to those kinsmen, elders, fathers-in-law or other relatives who are dead, to such of those in my family as had neither sons nor wives and hence had been deprived of Pinda offerings, to those who had been defaulters in the holy rites, to those who were born blind, to those who had been lame, to those who had hideous forms, to those who had been prema¬ turely born, to all persons of my family known and unknown. To all those the Pinda has been offered by me. May it be of everlasting benefit in reaching unto them.

हिन्दी अर्थ

+ एतदरधंस्थाने इदमर्ध ख. ग. घ. डः. पुस्तकेषु 'इल्बला नमुचिस्चंव वातापी दसुधाजकः” इति ।

English

I am offering this Pinda with Svadha to all these: Those who are born in my father's family ever since the days of god Brahma; those who are born in my mother's family; those who had been my servants in both these families; to those attendants and dependents, to the friends, disciples, animals, trees, birds seen or not seen, those who had rendered help unto me; those who had been in contact with me in my previous births". With these Mantras the pilgrim should offer the Pindas to the women too, beginning with mother. In that case he should make necessary changes in the substantives and adjec¬ tives making them conform to the feminine gender. Whether in one's own Gotra or in the other man's Gotra, the offering of the Pindas, the performance of Sraddhas and the water libation is futile if done separately.

हिन्दी अर्थ

राहुज्येष्ठस्तु तेषां वे चन्द्रसुयप्रतर्द न: । इत्येते सिहिकापुत्रा देवेरषि दुरासदाः २० दारुणाभिजना:ः क्रूराः सर्वे ब्रह्मद्विषश्व ते । दशान्यानि सहस्नाणि सहिकेयो गणः स्पृतः १२१९ निहतो जामदस्त्येन भाग॑वेण बलीयसा । स्वभनिस्तु प्रभा कन्बा पुलोम्नोइथ शचो सुता उपनादवीयमस्यथावि शर्मिष्ठा वाषपंणी । पुलोमा कालिका चेव वश्वानरसुते उमभे ।!२३

English

He should put the gingelly seeds in the vessel of Pindas and fill it with holy water. He should perform the Parisecana rite thrice for all the Pindas and conclude the rite by prostra¬ ting himself (before them). After ritualistically dismissing the Pitrs, he should per¬ form Acamana and express these words to Suras as witnesses. O Lord Gadadhara, I have come to Gaya for the performance of the rites of the Pitrs. 1 O Lord, you alone are the witness thereof. I have become free from the threefold indebtedness".

हिन्दी अर्थ

वेश्वानरसुते होते पुलोमाकालिके उभे । उभे हापि तु ते कन्ये मारीचस्य परिप्रहे

English

O Narada, the offering of Pindas in all the places should be like this alone. Beginning with the Preta mountain, he should do it in all the holy spots in due order. Thereafter, O celestial sage, he should throw powdered fried grains mixed with gingelly seeds on the Pretaparvata, anticlockwise and facing the south.

हिन्दी अर्थ

पौलोमा: कालकेयाश्र दानवाः सुमहाबला: । अवध्या देवतानां ते निह॒ताः सव्यप्ताचिना (२७ मयस्य जाता ये पुत्रा: सर्वे वीर॒पराक्रमा: । सायावी दुन्दुभिश्चेव वृषश्च महिषस्तथा २८ बालिको वज्ञ्कर्ण श्र कन्या मनन्‍्दोदरी तथा। देत्यानां दानवानां च सर्गं एष प्रकीतित: राहु था, जो चन्द्रमा और सूयं को कष्ट देने वाला था। ये सिंहिका के पुत्रणगण देवताओं से भी अजेय थे और वे सब के सब परम दारुण चित्तवतिवाले, क्र, तथा ब्राह्मण देषी थे । इनके अतिरिक्त अन्य दस सहस्र राक्षसों का समूह था, जो सेहिकेय नाम से स्मरण किया जाता था । १५-२१॥ उसका संहार बलवान भूगु वंशो-ड्ूब जामदग््य परशुराम ने किया था। स्वर्भानु की कन्या का नाम प्रभा था, पुलोमा की पुत्री सूची थी। मय की

English

To request the supreme deity of Gaya to stand witness to one's visit may appear funny to some, but that denotes the living faith of the pilgrim in Gadadhara. Mantra: "May all those Pitrs of mine be propitiated by means of these powdered fried grains mixed with gingelly seeds, those Pitrs who exist in the form of ghosts. May all the mobile and immobile beings begin¬ ning with Brahma and ending with a blade of grass be propitia¬ ted by means of the libation offered by me. O Narada, his Pitrs shall be released from ghosthood. Thanks to his great¬ ness, this ghosthood will never recur in his family.