अक्षय्यममुकस्येति वक्तव्यं विरतौ तथा । एकोद्दिष्टं मे निबोध चेत्थमावत्सरं स्मृतम् ॥ २,५.
It should be said, 'This is inexhaustible for the departed,' and likewise when abstaining; understand that the ekoddiṣṭa (single-offering) is to be performed for a year in this way.
सपिण्डीकरणादूर्ध्वं यानि श्राद्धानि षोडश । एकोद्दिष्टविधानेन चरेद्वा पार्वणादृते ॥ २,५.
After the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, the sixteen śrāddhas should be performed according to the ekoddiṣṭa procedure, except for the parvaṇa (seasonal) rites.
प्रत्यब्दं यो यथा कुर्यात्तथा कुर्यात्स तान्यपि । एकादशे द्वादशेऽह्नि प्रेतो भुङ्क्ते दिनद्वयम् ॥ २,५.
Whatever is done annually should also be done for these rites; on the eleventh and twelfth days, the departed partakes for two days.
योषितः पुरुषस्यापि पिण्डं प्रेतेति निर्वपेत् । सापिण्ड्ये तु कृते तस्य प्रेतशब्दो निवर्तते ॥ २,५.
For a woman, as for a man, the rice-ball should be offered as to the departed; but when sapiṇḍya is performed, the term 'departed' is no longer applied to her.
दीपदानं प्रकर्तव्यमावर्षन्तु गृहाद्बहिः । अन्नं दीपो जलं वस्त्रमन्यद्वादीयते च यत् ॥ २,५.
One should offer lamps during the rainy season, outside the house; food, lamps, water, cloth, and whatever else is given.
तृप्तिदं प्रेतशब्देन सपिण्डीकरणावधि । अब्दकृत्यं मयोक्तन्ते समासाद्विनतासुत ॥ २,५.
That which gives satisfaction, called 'preta' until the completion of the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rite, is the annual duty I have explained to you, O son of Vinatā.
वैवस्वतगृहे यानं यथा तत्तु निबोधमेः । त्रयोदशेऽह्नि श्रवणाकर्मणोनन्तरन्तु सः ॥ २,५.
Hear from me how the journey to the house of Vaivasvata occurs: on the thirteenth day, immediately after the śravaṇa ritual, it takes place.
त्वग्गृहीताहिवत्तार्क्ष्य गृहीतो यमकिङ्करैः । तस्मिन्मार्गे व्रजत्येको गृहीत इव मर्कटः ॥ २,५.
O Tārkṣya, seized like a snake caught by its skin, taken by Yama's attendants, on that path he goes alone, as if captured like a monkey.
वाय्वग्रसारिवद्रूपं देहमन्यत्प्रपद्यते । तत्पिण्डजं पातनार्थमन्यत्तु पितृसम्भवम् ॥ २,५.
He attains another body, like the form of wind or sāriva; one is born from the piṇḍa for the purpose of suffering, and another arises from the ancestors.
तत्प्रमाणवयोऽवस्थासंस्थानां प्रग्भवो यथा । षडशीति सहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः ॥ २,५.
The measure, age, condition, and form of that body are as follows: eighty-six thousand yojanas in extent.
अध्वान्तरालिको ज्ञेयो यममानुषलोकयोः । साधिकार्धक्रोशयुतं योजनानां शतद्वयम् ॥ २,५.
The space between the worlds of Yama and humans should be known as the intervening path; it is two hundred yojanas, plus half a krośa.
चत्वारिं शत्तथा सप्त प्रत्यहं याति तत्र सः । अष्टाचत्वारिंशता च त्रैंशता दिवसैरिति ॥ २,५.
He travels forty-seven yojanas each day there; thus, in forty-eight and thirty days, he completes the journey.
वैवस्वतपुरं याति कृष्यमाणो यमानुगैः । एवं क्रमेण यातब्ये मार्गे पापरतैस्तु यत् ॥ २,५.
He is dragged to the city of Vaivasvata by Yama's followers; in this manner, those devoted to sin must travel the path step by step.
जायते सप्रपञ्चं तच्छृणु त्वमरुणानुज । त्रयोदशदिने दत्तः पाशैर्बद्ध्वातिदारुणैः ॥ २,५.
Listen, O younger brother of Aruṇa, to how he is born along with the world: on the thirteenth day, bound with very cruel ropes, he is given.
यमस्याङ्कुशहस्तो वै भृकुटीकुटिलाननः । दण्डप्रहारसम्भ्रान्तः कृष्यते दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥ २,५.
Yama, holding a goad in his hand, with a face twisted in anger, agitated by blows of the staff, drags him toward the southern direction.
कुशकण्टकवल्मीकशङ्कुपाषाणकर्कशे । तथा प्रदीप्तज्वलने क्वचिच्छ्वभ्रशतोत्कटे ॥ २,५.
Through harsh places of grass, thorns, anthills, spikes, stones, and rough terrain, and also through blazing fires and at times through terrifying swarms of insects.
प्रदीप्तादित्यतप्ते च दह्यमानः सदंशके । कृष्यते यमदूतैश्च शिवावन्नादभीषणैः ॥ २,५.
Burned by the heat of blazing suns, scorched and pierced, he is dragged by Yama's messengers, fierce as Śiva, with dreadful cries.
प्रयातिः दारुणे मार्गे पापकर्मा यमालये । कलेवरे दह्यमाने महान्तं क्षयमृच्छति ॥ २,५.
On the terrible path, the sinner proceeds to Yama's abode; as his body is burned, he experiences great destruction.
भक्ष्यमाणे तथैवाङ्गे भिद्यमाने च दारुणम् । छिद्यमाने चिरतरं जन्तुर्दुः खमवाप्नुते ॥ २,५.
As his limbs are devoured, and likewise cruelly broken and cut for a long time, the creature attains suffering.
स्वेन कर्मवि पाकेन देहान्तरगतोऽपि सन् । पुराणि षोडशामुष्मन्मार्गे तानि च मे शृणु ॥ २,५.
Even after entering another body, by the ripening of his own actions, there are sixteen ancient cities on that path; hear them from me.
याम्यं सौरिपुरं नगेद्वभवनं गन्धर्वशैलागमौ क्रौञ्चं क्रूरपुरं विचित्रभवनं बह्वापदं दुः खदम् । नानाक्रन्दपुरं सुतप्तभवनं रौद्रं पयोवर्षणं शीताढ्यं बहुभीतिषोडशपुराण्येतान्यदृष्टनि ते ॥ २,५.
Yāmya, Sauri, Nagendra's abode, Gandharva mountain, Krauñca, the cruel city, the wondrous abode, the place of many calamities, the city of suffering, the city of many cries, the intensely heated abode, the fierce, the place of rain, the cold, the city of many fears—these sixteen ancient cities, unseen by you.
तत्र याम्य पुरं गच्छन्पुत्रपुत्रेति च ब्रुवन् । हाहेति क्रन्दते नित्यं स्वकृतं दुष्कृतं स्मरन् ॥ २,५.
There, as he goes to the city of Yama, crying 'son, son,' he always wails 'alas!' remembering his own evil deeds.
अष्टादशोदिने तार्क्ष्य तत्पुर प्राप्नुयादसौ । पुष्पभद्रा नदी यत्र न्यग्रोधः प्रियदर्शनः ॥ २,५.
On the eighteenth day, O Tārkṣya, he reaches that city where the river Puṣpabhadrā flows and a pleasing banyan tree stands.
विश्रामेच्छां करोत्यत्र कारयन्ति न ते भटाः । क्षितौ दत्तं सुतैस्तस्य स्नेहाद्वा कृपया तथा ॥ २,५.
There, if he desires rest, the guards do not permit it; whatever was given on earth by his sons, out of affection or compassion, is provided to him.
मासिकं पिण्डमश्नाति ततः सौरिपुरं व्रजेत् । व्रजन्नेवं प्रलपते मुद्गराहतिपीडितः ॥ २,५.
He eats the monthly offering there, and then proceeds to the city of Sūri; as he goes, afflicted by blows from clubs, he laments thus:
जलाशयो नैव कृतो मया तदा मनुष्यतृप्त्यै पशुपक्षितृप्तय । गोतृप्तिहेतोर्न च गोचरः कृतः शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम् ॥ २,५.
I did not create a reservoir for the satisfaction of humans, nor for the satisfaction of cattle, birds, or animals; nor did I establish pasture for the sake of cows. O body, cross over as you have acted.
तत्र नाम्ना तु राजासौ जङ्गमः कामरूपधृक् । भयात्तद्दर्शनाज्जाताद्भुङ्क्ते पिण्डं स शङ्कितः ॥ २,५.
There, a king by name, moving about and assuming forms at will, appears; out of fear from seeing him, the traveler eats the offering with suspicion.
त्रिपक्षे जलसंयुक्तं क्षितौ दत्तं ततो व्रजेत् । व्रजन्नेवं प्रलपते खड्गाघातप्रपीडितः ॥ २,५.
After three fortnights, having received water and offerings given on earth, he proceeds further; as he goes, tormented by sword-blows, he laments thus:
न नित्यदानं न गवाह्निकं कृतं पुस्तं च दत्तं न हि वेदशास्त्रयोः । पुराणदृष्टो न हि सेवितोऽध्वा शरीर हे निस्तर यत्त्वया कृतम् ॥ २,५.
I did not give daily gifts, nor perform the daily service to cows, nor did I donate sacred texts or study the Vedas and scriptures; I did not serve the path seen in the Purāṇas. O body, cross over as you have acted.
नगेन्द्रनगरं गत्वा भुक्त्वा चान्नं तथाविधम् । मासि द्वितीये यद्दत्तं बान्धवैस्तु ततो व्रजेत् ॥ २,५.
Having reached the city of Nagendra and eaten such food, in the second month, he proceeds further, sustained by what his relatives have given.