ये समाना इति द्वाभ्यामेतज्ज्ञेयं सपिंडनम्
This sapiṇḍana (joining of offerings) is to be understood in two cases: when they are declared to be the same.
दर्शे वै क्रियते यत्तु तत्पार्वणमुदाहृतम् गोभ्यश्च क्रियते श्राद्धं तद्गोष्ठश्राद्धमुच्यते
That which is performed on the new moon is called pārvaṇa; and the śrāddha performed for cows is called goṣṭha-śrāddha.
बहूनां विदुषां संपत्सुखार्थं पितृतृप्तये शुद्यर्थमिति तत्प्रोक्तं वैनतेय मनीषिभिः
For the prosperity and happiness of many learned ones, and for the satisfaction of the ancestors, it is prescribed for purification, O son of Vinatā, by the wise.
निषेककाले सोमे च सीमतोन्नयने तथा
At the time of conception, at the soma rite, and at the simantonnayana (hair-parting ceremony),
क्रियते देवमुद्दिश्य सप्तम्यादिषु यत्नतः तद्यत्नार्थमिति प्रोक्तं प्रदिशेच्च न संशयः
Whatever is performed with care for the gods on the seventh day and other occasions, that is called yatnārtha (for effort), and should be offered in the prescribed direction, without doubt.
शरीरोपचये श्राद्धमश्ववृद्ध्यर्थमेव च
Śrāddha is performed for bodily growth and also for the increase of horses.
सर्वेषामेव श्राद्धानां श्रेष्ठं सांवत्सरं मतम् 1.183.
Of all śrāddhas, the annual (sāṃvatsara) is considered the best.
मृतेऽहनि पुनर्यस्तु न कुर्याच्छ्राद्धमादरात्
If, on the day of death, one does not perform śrāddha with respect,
नाहं तस्य खगश्रेष्ठ पूजां गृह्णामि नो हरिः
O best of birds, neither I nor Hari accept his worship.
तस्माद्यत्नेन कर्तव्यं वर्षेवर्षे मृतेऽहनि
Therefore, it must be performed with effort every year on the day of death.
भोजको यस्तु वै श्राद्धं न करोति खगाधिप
O lord of birds, he who, being the host, does not perform śrāddha—
स याति नरकं घोरं तामिस्रं नाम नामतः
He goes to the dreadful hell called Tāmisra, by name.
अनूरुरुवाच न जानाति दिनं यस्तु न मासं विबुधाधिप श्राद्धं करोतु वै ताभ्यां विधिवद्वत्सरात्मकम्
Anūruru said: He who does not know the day or the month, O lord of the wise, should perform śrāddha according to the proper rule, based on the year.
यथा कुर्यात्खगश्रेष्ठ शृणु कृत्स्नं समासतः
O best of birds, listen in brief to how it should be performed in its entirety.
तेन कार्यममायां च श्राद्धं सांवत्सरं खग
Therefore, O bird, one should perform the annual śrāddha and other prescribed rites.
विशेषतो भोजनेन यो मां पूज्यते सदा 1.183.
Especially, whoever always worships me with food—
ममेष्टाः पितरो नित्यं गावो विप्राश्च सुव्रत
My beloved ancestors are always cows and Brāhmaṇas, O virtuous one.
इति श्रीभविष्ये महापुराणे ब्राह्मे पर्वणि सप्तमीकल्पे सौरधर्मे श्राद्धविधिकथनं नाम त्र्यशीत्युत्तरशततमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-third chapter, named 'The Description of the Śrāddha Rite in the Sauradharma on the Seventh Day,' in the Brahma Parvan of the glorious Bhaviṣya Mahāpurāṇa.
ब्राह्मणधर्मविधिवर्णनम् प्रख्याते प्रत्ययेनैव प्रश्नपूर्वं प्रतिग्रहः
Description of the duties of a Brāhmaṇa: Acceptance of gifts is permitted only after inquiry and with certainty.
वेद विक्रयनिर्दिष्टं स्त्रिया चावर्जितं धनम्
Wealth obtained by selling the Veda, or acquired by a woman, is prescribed as unacceptable.
अनुयोगेन यो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय प्रतिग्रहम्
If someone gives a gift to a Brāhmaṇa after being asked, it is considered an acceptance.
वेदाक्षराणि यावंति नियुज्यन्तेर्थकारणात्
As many syllables as there are in the Veda, they are to be employed for the sake of meaning.
वैश्वदेवेन यो हीन आदित्यस्य च कर्मणः
Whoever is deficient in the Vaiśvadeva or Āditya rites—
येषामध्ययनं नास्ति ये च केचिदनग्नयः
Those who do not study, and those who are without sacred fires—
अकृत्वा वैश्वदेवं तु यो भुङ्क्ते सोऽबुधः खग
Whoever eats without performing the Vaiśvadeva rite, O bird, is ignorant.
प्रियो वा यदि वा द्वेष्यो मूर्खः पंडित एव च
Whether dear or disliked, foolish or learned—
नैकग्रामीणमतिथिं विप्रसांगतिकं तथा
One should not consider as a guest a Brāhmaṇa who is from the same village or who is a companion.
अचिंत्यः स तु वै नाम्ना वैश्वदेव उपागतः 1.184.
But one who comes for Vaiśvadeva by name is not to be disregarded.
यावच्च प्राप्नुयादन्नं कृताशीः स्नातको द्विजः
As long as he obtains food, a twice-born who has bathed and received blessings may eat.
ग्रासमात्रा भवेद्भिक्षा चतुष्कालं चतुर्गुणम्
The proper alms should be the measure of a mouthful, four times a day.