धर्मारण्यं मतङ्गस्य वाप्यां पिण्डादिकृद्भवेत् 84.
In the forest of Dharma or at the pond of Mataṅga, one should perform piṇḍa and related rites.
राजसूयाश्वमेधाभ्यां फलं स्याद्ब्रह्मतीर्थके 84.
At the Brahma tīrtha, the fruit equals that of the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices.
कूपोदकेन तत्कार्य्यं पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम् 84.
By using water from a well, the offering made to the ancestors becomes imperishable.
कृत्वा श्राद्धादिकं पिण्डं मध्ये वै यूपकूपयोः 84.
Having performed śrāddha and piṇḍa between the two sacrificial wells,
तेषां सेवनमात्रेण पितरो मोक्षगामिनः 84.
By merely serving them, the ancestors become destined for liberation.
फल्गुतीर्थे चतुर्थेऽहनि स्नात्वा देवादितर्पणम् 84.
At Phalgu Tirtha, on the fourth day, after bathing, one should offer oblations beginning with the gods.
पिण्डान्देहिमुखे व्यासे पंचाग्नौ च पदत्रये 84.
One should offer piṇḍas at the mouth of the Vyāsa, at the five fires, and at the three steps.
श्राद्धं तु नवदेवत्यं कुर्य्याद्द्वादशदैवतम् 84.
Indeed, one should perform the śrāddha for nine deities or for twelve deities.
अत्र मातुः पृथक् श्राद्धमन्यत्र पतिना सह 84.
Here, the śrāddha for the mother is done separately; elsewhere, it is performed together with the husband.
रुद्रपादं नरः स्पृष्ट्वा न चेहावर्त्तते पुनः 84.
Having touched the feet of Rudra, a man does not return here again.
स तत्फलमवाप्नोति कृत्वा श्राद्धं गयाशिरे 84.
He attains that result by performing śrāddha at the summit of Gayā.
पितरो यान्ति देवत्वं नात्र कार्य्या विचारणा 84.
The ancestors attain divinity; about this, there should be no doubt.
अल्पेन तपसा तत्र महापुण्यमवाप्नुयात् 84.
With little austerity there, one may obtain great merit.
नरकस्था दिवं यान्ति स्वर्गस्था मोक्षमाप्नुयुः 84.
Those in hell go to heaven; those in heaven attain liberation.
पिण्डान्दद्यात्पितॄणां च सकलं तारयेत्कुलम् 84.
By offering piṇḍas to the ancestors, one saves the entire lineage.
एकस्मिन् भोजिते विप्र कोटिर्भवति भोजिताः 84.
When a single brāhmaṇa is fed, it is as if a crore have been fed.
अक्षयान्लभते लोकान्कुलानामुद्धरेच्छतम् 84.
He attains inexhaustible worlds and uplifts a hundred families.
यजेत वाश्वमेधेन नीलं वा वृषमुत्सृजेत् 84.
Or one may perform an Aśvamedha sacrifice, or release a blue bull.
मम नाम्ना गयाशीर्षे पिण्डनिर्वपणं कुरु 84.
In my name, perform the offering of piṇḍas at the summit of Gayā.
श्रुत्वा वणिग्गयाशीर्ष प्रेतराजाय पिण्डकम् 84.
Hearing this, the merchant offered a piṇḍa at Gayāśīrṣa to the Lord of the Dead.
सर्वे मुक्ता विशालोऽपि सपुत्रोऽभुच्च पिंडदः 84.
All were liberated, even Viśāla; and the giver of the piṇḍa became endowed with sons.
कथं पुत्रादयः स्युर्मे विप्राश्चोतुर्विशालकम् 84.
How shall I have sons and brāhmaṇas, O Viśālaka?
विशालोऽथ गयाशीर्ष पिण्डदोऽभूच्च पुत्रवान् 84.
Viśāla then, at Gayāśīrṣa, became a giver of offerings and obtained a son.
के यूयं तेषु चैवैकः सितः प्रोचे विशालकम् 84.
Who are you all? Among them, one who was pale spoke to Viśāla.
मम पुत्र पिता रक्तो ब्रह्महा पापकृत्परम् 84.
My son, my father, was attached to violence, a slayer of a Brahmin, and foremost in evil deeds.
अवीचिं नरकं प्राप्तौ मुक्तौ जातौ च पिण्डदः 84.
He reached the hell Avīci, but, being liberated, became a recipient of offerings.
कृतकृत्यो विशालोऽपि राज्यं कृत्वा दिवं ययौ 84.
Viśāla, having accomplished his duties and ruled the kingdom, ascended to heaven.
ये चाप्यकृतचूडास्तु ये च गर्भाद्विनिस्सृताः 84.
And those who have not undergone the cūḍā ceremony, and those expelled from the womb—
भूमौ दत्तेन तृप्यन्तु तृप्ता यान्तु परां गतिम् 84.
May they be satisfied by what is given on earth, and, being content, attain the highest state.
माता पितामही चैव तथैव प्रपितामही 84.
Mother, paternal grandmother, and likewise great-grandmother—