धान्यांस्तिलांश्च विविधान् शर्करा विविधास्तथा
Various grains and sesame seeds, and likewise various kinds of sugar.
अन्यत्र फलमूलेभ्यः पानकेभ्यस्तथैव च
Apart from fruits and roots, and likewise from beverages.
न पादेन स्पृशेदन्नं न चैतदवधूनयेत्
He should not touch the food with his foot, nor should he shake it.
यातुधाना विलुम्पन्ति जल्पता चोपपादितम्
Yatudhanas steal food that is prepared while talking.
तद्रूपाः पितरस्तत्र समायान्ति बुभुक्षवः
In that form, the ancestors come there, hungry.
न चायसेन पात्रेण न चैवाश्रद्धया पुनः
Not in an iron vessel, nor again with lack of faith.
दत्तमक्षयतां याति खड्गेन च विशेषतः
What is given becomes inexhaustible, especially if given with a sword.
स याति नरकं घोरं भोक्ता चैव पुरोधसः
He who eats the sacrificial food, and the priest as well, go to a terrible hell.
याचिता दापिता दाता नरकान् यान्ति दारुणान्
Those who beg, those who cause to be given, and those who give, all go to dreadful hells.
तावद्धि पितरो ऽश्नन्ति यावन्नोक्ता हविर्गुणाः
The ancestors partake only as long as the qualities of the oblation are not spoken.
बहूनां पश्यतां सो ऽज्ञः पङ्क्त्या हरति किल्बिषम्
That ignorant person, while many are watching, takes food in the row and incurs sin.
न मांसं प्रतिषेधेत न चान्यस्यान्नमीक्षयेत्
He should neither forbid meat nor look at another's food.
स प्रेत्य पशुतां याति संभवानेकविंशतिम्
After death, he attains the state of an animal, and this occurs twenty-one times.
इतिहासपुराणानि श्राद्धकल्पांश्च शोभनान्
The histories, the Purāṇas, and the auspicious rites for ancestor offerings,
पृष्ट्वा तृप्ताः स्थ इत्येवं तृप्तानाचामयेत् ततः
Having asked, 'Are you satisfied?' thus, he should offer food to those who are satisfied.
स्वधास्त्विति च तं ब्रूयुर्ब्राह्मणास्तदनन्तरम्
Then, immediately after, the Brāhmaṇas should say, 'May the offering be yours.'
यथा ब्रूयुस्तथा कुर्यादनुज्ञातस्तु वै द्विजैः
As the Brāhmaṇas instruct, so he should act, having received their permission.
संपन्नमित्यभ्युदये दैवे रोचत इत्यपि
He should say, 'It is accomplished,' or, 'May the divine favor be upon it.'
दक्षिणां दिशमाकाङ् क्षन्याचेतेमान् वरान् पितॄन्
Facing the southern direction, he should wish for these excellent ancestors.
श्रद्धा च नो मा व्यगमद् बहुदेयं च नोस्त्त्विति
He should say, 'May our faith not fail, may our offerings be abundant.'
मध्यमं तु ततः पिण्डमद्यात् पत्नी सुतार्थिनी
Then the wife who desires a son should eat the middle portion of the offering.
पश्चात् स्वयं च पत्नीभिः शेषमन्नं समाचरेत्
Afterwards, he himself, together with his wives, should consume the remaining food.
ब्रह्मचारी भवेतां तु दम्पती रजनीं तु ताम्
The husband and wife should observe celibacy for that night.
महारौरवमासाद्य कीटयोनिं व्रजेत् पुनः
Having reached the great hell, he enters the form of an insect again.
स्वाध्यायं च तथाध्वानं कर्ता भोक्ता च वर्जयेत्
He should avoid both study and travel, as well as acting as performer or consumer.
महापातिकिभिस्तुल्या यान्ति ते नरकान् बहून्
They go to many hells, equal to those who commit great sins.
आमेन वर्तयेन्नित्यमुदासीनो ऽथ तत्त्ववित्
One who knows the truth should always conduct himself with detachment.
तेनाग्नौ करणं कुर्यात् पिण्डांस्तेनैव निर्वपेत्
With that, he should make the offering in the fire and place the balls of food accordingly.
व्यपेतकल्पषो नित्यं योगिनां वर्तते पदम्
The state free from all defects always exists for yogis.
आराधितो भवेदीशस्तेन सम्यक् सनातनः
By that, the eternal Lord is properly worshipped.