Garuda Purana

कामं चेममभिध्याय क्रियतां पितृपूजनम् पत्नीं सुतांश्च सन्तुष्टाः किं न दद्युः पितामहाः ॥ 89.

Desiring this, perform the rites for the ancestors; if you are satisfied with a wife and sons, why would the forefathers not grant them to you?

इत्यृषिर्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणोऽव्यक्तजन्मनः 89.

Hearing these words of the sage, spoken about Brahma, the one of unmanifest birth—

तुष्टाव च पितॄन्विप्रः स्तवैरेभिरथादृतः 89.

The brahmin then praised the ancestors with these hymns, reverently.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄन् भक्त्या ये वसन्त्यधिदेवतम् 89.

I bow to the ancestors with devotion, those who dwell among the presiding deities.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄन् स्वर्गे ये तर्प्यन्ते महर्षिभिः 89.

I bow to the ancestors in heaven, who are satisfied by the great sages.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄन्स्वर्गे सिद्धाः सन्तर्पयन्ति यान् 89.

I bow to the ancestors in heaven, whom the perfected beings gratify.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄन् भक्त्या येऽर्च्यन्ते गुह्यकैर्दिवि 89.

I bow to the ancestors with devotion, who are worshipped by the celestial beings in the heavens.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄन्मर्त्यैरर्च्यन्ते भुवि ये सदा 89.

I bow to the ancestors who are always worshipped on earth by mortals.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄन्विप्रैरर्च्यन्ते भुवि ये सदा 89.

I bow to the ancestors who are always worshipped on earth by brahmins.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄन्ये वै तर्प्यन्तेऽरण्यवासिभिः 89.

I bow to the ancestors who are indeed gratified by those dwelling in the forest.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄन्विप्रैर्नैष्ठिकैर्धर्मचारिभिः 89.

I bow to the ancestors who are worshipped by brahmins devoted to lifelong vows and righteousness.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄश्राद्धै राजन्यास्तर्पयन्ति यान् 89.

I bow to the ancestors whom the kshatriyas satisfy with śrāddha offerings.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄन्वैश्यैरर्च्यन्ते भुवि ये सदा 89.

I bow to the ancestors who are always worshipped on earth by the vaiśyas.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄश्राद्धे शूद्रैरपि च भक्तितः 89.

I bow to the ancestors who are worshipped with śrāddha by the śūdras also, with devotion.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄश्राद्धे पाताले ये महासुरैः 89.

I bow to the ancestors who, during śrāddha, are in the netherworld and are gratified by the great asuras.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄश्राद्धैरर्च्यन्ते ये रसातले 89.

I bow to the ancestors who are worshipped with śrāddha in Rasātala.

नमस्येऽहं पितॄश्राद्धैः सर्पैः सन्तर्पितान्सदा 89.

I bow to the ancestors who are always satisfied with śrāddha offerings by serpents.

पितॄन्नमस्ये निवसन्ति साक्षाद्ये देवलोकेऽथ महीतले वा 89.

I bow to the ancestors who dwell directly in the world of the gods or on the earth.

पितॄन्नमस्ये परमार्थभूता ये वै विमाने निवसन्त्यमूर्त्ताः 89.

I bow to the ancestors who are of the highest reality, dwelling in celestial vehicles, formless.

पितॄन्नमस्ये दिवि ये च मूर्त्ताः स्वधाभुजः काम्यफलाभिसन्धौ 89.

I bow to the ancestors who dwell in heaven, who are embodied, who partake of svadhā, and who are intent upon the fruits of desire.

तृप्यन्तु तेऽस्मिन्पितरः समस्ता इच्छावतां ये प्रदिशन्ति कामान् 89.

May all those ancestors be satisfied here, who grant desires to those who wish for them.

सोमस्य ये रश्मिषु येऽर्कबिम्बे शुक्ले विमाने च सदा वसन्ति 89.

Those who dwell always in the rays of Soma, in the orb of the sun, and in the shining celestial chariots.

येषां हुतेऽग्नौ हविषा च तृप्तिर्ये भुञ्जते विप्रशरीरसंस्थाः 89.

Those whose satisfaction comes from offerings poured into the sacrificial fire, and who partake of the oblations placed in the bodies of Brahmins.

ये खड्गमांसेन सुरैरभीष्टैः कृष्णैस्तिलैर्दिव्य मनोहरैश्च 89.

Those who are gratified by sword-cut meat, by their desired drinks, by black sesame seeds, and by delightful divine offerings.

कव्यान्यशेषाणि च यान्यभीष्टान्यतीव तेषां मम पूजितानाम् 89.

All the various offerings, whatever desirable things there are, exceedingly so, for those ancestors of mine who have been worshipped.

दिने दिने ये प्रतिगृह्णतेऽर्चां मासान्तपूज्या भुवि येऽष्टकासु 89.

Those who, day by day, accept worship, and who are to be honored at the end of the month, and those who dwell in the bricks upon the earth.

पूज्या द्विजानां कुमुदेन्दुभासो ये क्षत्त्रियाणां ज्वलनार्कवर्णाः 89.

Those who are to be worshipped among Brahmins, shining like the lotus and the moon, and among Kshatriyas, radiant like fire and the sun.

तेऽस्मिन्समस्ता मम पुष्पगन्धधूपाम्बुभोज्यादिनिवेदनेन 89.

May all of them, through the offering of flowers, fragrance, incense, water, food, and other presentations, be satisfied here.

ये देवपूर्वाण्यभितृप्तिहेतोर श्रन्ति कव्यानि शुभाहृतानि 89.

Those who, for the sake of satisfaction, accept the offerings that were first given to the gods, and the auspicious things that have been brought.