षण्णां देयास्त्रयः पिण्डा एवं दाता न मुह्यति
Three rice-balls are to be given for six persons; thus, the giver does not become confused.
पितामह्यपि स्वेनैव स्वेनैव प्रपितामही
For the paternal grandmother and the paternal great-grandmother, the offerings are to be made by their own descendants.
अदैवं भोजयेच्छ्राद्धं पिण्डमेकं तु निर्वपेत्
One should offer a śrāddha without invoking deities, and place a single rice-ball.
पार्वणं चेति विज्ञेयं श्राद्धं पञ्चविधं बुधैः
And the śrāddha called pārvaṇa—thus, the wise know five kinds of śrāddha.
निर्वपेर्त्रीन्नरः पिण्डानेकमेव मृते ऽहनि
A man should offer three rice-balls, but only one on the day of death.
पाणिग्रहणमन्त्राभ्यां स्वगोत्राद्भ्रश्यते ततः
By the marriage mantras and the taking of the hand, she is separated from her own lineage.
तत्समं सूतकं याति तथापिण्डोदके ऽपि च
She attains the same impurity, and likewise in the offering of rice-balls and water.
एकत्वं सा व्रजेद्भर्तुः पिण्डे गोत्रे च सूतके
She becomes one with her husband in the rice-ball, the lineage, and in impurity.
अस्थिसंचयनं कार्यं बन्धुभिर्हितबुद्धिभिः
The gathering of bones should be performed by relatives who possess good judgment.
अस्थिसंचयनं प्रोक्तं वर्णानामनुपूर्वशः
The gathering of bones is prescribed according to the order of the castes.
मुच्यते प्रेतलोकात्स स्वर्गलोके महीयते
He is released from the world of the departed and is honored in the world of the gods.
आगच्छन्तु मे पितरो गृह्णन्त्वेताआजाञ्जलीन्
May my ancestors come; may they accept these handfuls of offerings.
गोशृङ्गमात्रमुद्धृत्य जलमध्ये विनिः क्षिपेत्
Taking an amount of water equal to a cow’s horn, one should cast it into the midst of water.
पितॄणां स्थानमाकाशं दक्षिणादिक् तथैव च
The abode of the ancestors is in the sky, and likewise in the southern direction.
तस्मादस्य जलं देयं पितॄणां हितमिच्छता
Therefore, one who desires the welfare of the ancestors should offer them water.
मध्ययोरप्युभाभ्यां च पवित्रं सर्वदा जलम्
Between both, water is always pure for purification.
भाण्डस्थं धरणीस्थं वा पवित्रं सर्वदा जलम्
Water kept in a vessel or placed on the earth is always pure for purification.
असंस्कृतप्रमीतानां स्थले दद्याद्विचक्षणः
A wise person should offer water on the ground for those who died without rites.
उभाभ्यां तर्पणे दद्यादेष धर्मो व्यवस्थितः
For both, one should give offerings during the ritual; this is the established law.
शृणुष्व धैर्यमास्थाय रौद्रा ये नरका यतः
Listen, with courage, to the fierce hells from which they arise.
पच्यन्ते येषु तान्वक्ष्ये भयङ्करफलप्रदान्
I will describe those in which beings are cooked, which bestow terrifying results.
कुम्भघीपाको निरुच्छ्वासः कालसूत्रः प्रमर्दनः
Kumbhīpāka, Nirucchvāsa, Kālasūtra, Pramardana—
मूषावस्था वसाकूपस्तथा वैतरणी नदी
Mūṣāvasthā, Vasākūpa, and the river Vaitaraṇī—
तत्पशूलं तत्पशिला शाल्मलीद्रुम एव च
That Paśūla, that Paśilā, and the Śālmalī tree as well—
स्वमांसभोजनं चैव वह्निज्वालानिवेशनम्
Eating one’s own flesh and dwelling amidst flames—
क्षारोदकं चोष्णतोयं तत्पायः पिण्डभभणम्
Briny water, hot water, that milk, and eating balls of food—
तथा पाशाणवर्णं च कृमिभोजनमेव च
And the stone-colored hell, as well as eating worms—
पुरीषलेपनं चैव पुरीषस्य च भोजनम्
Smearing with excrement and eating excrement—
धूमपानं पाशबन्धं नानाशूलानुलेपनम्
Drinking smoke, binding with ropes, and smearing with various spikes—
बहूनि काष्ठयन्त्राणि कषणं छेदनं तथा
Many wooden devices, grinding, and cutting as well—