गौरीं वाप्युद्वहेद्भार्यां नालं वा वृषमुत्सृजेत्
Or who does not marry a fair wife, or does not release a bull.
दातॄणां चैव यत्पुण्यं निखिलेन प्रवीहि मे
And the merit of the givers—tell me all of it in full.
पितृक्षये हि तत्पुत्र तस्मात्तत्राक्षयं स्मृतम्
For when the ancestors are diminished, O son, therefore that is called inexhaustible.
फलं वृषस्य वक्ष्यामि गदतो मे निबोधत
I will declare the fruit of the bull; listen as I speak.
वृषोत्स्रष्टा पुनात्येव दशातीतान्दशावरान्
The one who offers a bull purifies ten ancestors above and ten below.
वृषोत्सर्ग्गत्पितॄणां तु ह्यक्षयं समुदाहृतम्
The offering of a bull to the ancestors is indeed declared to be inexhaustible.
सर्वं तदक्षयं तस्य पितॄणां नात्र संशयः
All that is inexhaustible for his ancestors—of this there is no doubt.
मधुकुल्याः पितॄंस्तस्य ह्यक्षयाश्च भवन्ति वै
The ancestors who partake of honey and grains from him also become inexhaustible.
तृप्तिस्तु या पितॄणां वै सा वृषेणेह कल्पते
The satisfaction that comes to the ancestors is indeed produced here by the bull.
मधु वामधुमिश्रं वा सर्वमेवाक्षयं भवेत्
Honey, or honey mixed with butter, all of it becomes inexhaustible.
दैवेकर्मणि पित्र्ये च श्रूयते वै परीक्षणम्
In divine and ancestral rites, examination is indeed spoken of.
ये च भाषाविदः केचिद्ये च व्याकरणे रताः
Those who are learned in language, and those who delight in grammar,
त्रिणाचिकेतः पञ्चाग्निः स सौपर्णः षडङ्गवित्
He who knows the three Nachiketas fires, the five fires, the Sauparṇa, and the six limbs,
पुण्येषु यश्च तीर्थेषु कृतस्नानः कृतव्रतः
And he who has bathed and taken vows at holy places,
ये च सत्यव्रता नित्यं स्वधर्मनिरताश्च ये
And those who always observe vows of truth and are devoted to their own duty,
एतेभ्यो दत्तमक्षय्यमेते वै पङ्क्तिपावनाः
Gifts given to these are inexhaustible; these indeed are purifiers of the line.
त्रयो ऽपि पूजितास्तेन ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
By honoring them, the three—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara—are also worshipped.
पवित्राणां पवित्रं च मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम्
They are the purity of the pure, the auspiciousness of the auspicious.
अपाङ्क्तेयान्प्रवक्ष्यमि गदतो मे निबोधत
I will now declare the unfit for the line; listen as I speak.
ग्रामप्रेष्यो वार्धुषिको ह्यापणो वणिजस्तथा
A village messenger, a barber, a shopkeeper, and a merchant,
काण्डपृष्ठो ऽथ कुण्डाशी मधुपः सोमविक्रयी
One who carries bundles, one who eats from a pit, a honey-gatherer, a seller of soma,
पित्रा विवदमानश्च यस्य चोपपतिर्गृहे
One who quarrels with his father, and one whose wife has another man in the house,
स्तवकः सूपकारश्च यश्च मित्राणि निन्दति
One who is a flatterer, a cook, and who speaks ill of friends,
उन्मत्तो ऽप्यथ षण्ढश्च भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पगः
Even if insane, or a eunuch, a killer of a fetus, or one who violates the teacher’s bed,
विक्रीणाति च यो ब्रह्मव्रतानि नियमांस्तथा
And whoever sells vows of Brahmacharya or disciplines,
यच्चवाणिजके दत्तं नेह नामुत्र संभवेत्
Whatever is given to a merchant does not yield fruit here or hereafter.
तथा पाणविके वै च कारुके धर्मवर्जिते
Likewise, to a gambler, or to an artisan devoid of righteousness,
अन्यत्रास्य समाधानं न वणिकूछ्राद्धमर्हति
Elsewhere is its resolution; a merchant does not deserve the śrāddha offering.
षष्टिं काणः शतं षण्ढः श्वित्री पञ्चशतान्यपि
A one-eyed man for sixty, a eunuch for a hundred, a leper even for five hundred,
भ्रश्येद्धि स फलात्तस्मात्प्रदाता यस्तु बालिशः
He surely falls from the result; therefore, the giver who is ignorant,