भृते ऽहनि तु कर्तव्यं प्रतिमासं तु वत्सरम्
On the day of sustenance it should be done, and every month for a year.
पिण्डांश्चगो ऽजविप्रेभ्यो दद्यादग्नौ जले ऽपि वा
He should offer rice-balls to cows, goats, sheep, or into fire, or even in water.
हविष्यान्नेन वै मासं पायसेन तु वत्सरम्
For a month with sacrificial food, and for a year with milk-rice.
ऐणरौरववाराहशाशैर्मांसैर्यथाक्रमम्
With the flesh of antelope, sheep, boar, and hare, in due order.
खड्गामिषं महाकल्पं मधु मुन्यन्नमेव च
The meat of the rhinoceros is supremely fit, as are honey and ascetic food.
यो ददाति गयास्थश्च सर्वमानन्त्यमश्नुते
Whoever gives at Gayā attains all that is infinite.
कल्यां कन्यावेदिनश्च पशून्वै सत्सुतानपि
A virtuous wife, those who announce a maiden, cattle, and even good sons.
ब्रह्मवर्चस्विनः पुत्रान्स्वर्णरूप्ये सकुप्यके
Sons endowed with Brahmanic brilliance, gold and silver in a vessel.
प्रतिपत्प्रभृतिष्वेकां वर्जयित्वा चतुर्दशीम्
Beginning from the first lunar day, omitting only the fourteenth.
स्वर्गं ह्यपत्यमोजश्च शौर्यं क्षेत्रं बलं तथा
Heaven, offspring, strength, heroism, land, and also power.
प्रवृत्तं चक्रतां चैव वाणिज्यप्रभृतीनि च
Prosperity, rulership, and also business and the like.
धनं विद्यां भिषक् सिद्धिं कुप्यङ्गा अप्यजाविकम्
Wealth, knowledge, success in medicine, vessels, and even livelihood.
कृत्तिकादि भरण्यन्तं सकामानाप्नुयादिमान्
From Kṛttikā to Bharaṇī, he attains all desired things.
वसुरुद्रादितिसुताः पितरः श्राद्धदेवताः
The Vasus, Rudras, and Adityas—these sons are the deities of the śrāddha.
आयुः प्रजां धनं विद्यां स्वर्गं मोक्षं सुखानि च
Lifespan, offspring, wealth, knowledge, heaven, liberation, and pleasures—
इत्येवं कथितं किञ्चित्कल्पाध्याये विशेषतः
Thus, a portion has been described here, especially in the chapter on Kalpa.
य इमं चिन्तयेद्विद्वान्कल्पाध्यायं मुनीश्वर
O best of sages, the learned one who contemplates this chapter on Kalpa—
यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या दैवे पित्र्ये च कर्मणि
Whoever listens with devotion to this, regarding both divine and ancestral rites—
धनं विद्यां यशः पुत्रान्परत्र च गतिं पराम्
He attains wealth, knowledge, fame, sons, and the highest path hereafter.
कथयिष्ये समासेन शृणुष्व सुसमाहितः
I shall now briefly explain; listen attentively and with full concentration.
सिद्धरूपप्रबन्धेन मुखं वेदस्य सांप्रतम्
Now, the beginning of the Veda is presented in the form of the Siddha-rūpa arrangement.
स्वौजसः प्रथमा प्रोक्ता सा प्रातिपदिकात्मिका
The first is called svaujasaḥ, which is of the nature of the prātipadika (nominal base).
अर्थावत्प्रातिपदिकं धातुप्रत्ययवार्जितम्
A prātipadika is that which has meaning, and is devoid of verbal root and suffix.
द्वितीया कर्मणि प्रोक्तान्तरान्तरेण संयुते
The second (case) is called karmani (object), when joined with an intervening element.
येन क्रियते तत्करणं सः कर्ता स्यात्करोति यः
He by whom something is done, that is the agent; the one who performs the action.
यस्मै दित्सा धारयेद्वै रोचते संप्रदानकम्
To whom the intention of giving is directed, that is called the recipient.
यतो ऽपैति समादत्ते अपदत्ते च यं यतः
From whom something departs, by whom it is taken, or from whom it is taken away—
ङ्योःसुपः सप्तमी तु स्यात्सा चाधिकरणे भवेत्
When joined with 'ṅi' and 'su', the seventh case arises, and that is used for the locus.
ईप्सितं चानीप्सितं यत्तदपादानकं स्मृतम्
Whatever is desired or undesired, that is known as the apādāna (source or separation).
एतैर्योगे द्वितीया स्यात्कर्मप्रवचनीयकैः
When joined with these, the second case is used with karmapravacanīya particles.