संस्कारश्च भवेद्यस्य मृतस्य परवासरे। षष्टिर्वर्षसहस्राणि कुंभीपाके प्रतिष्ठति
If the funeral rites are performed for someone on the following day after death, he remains in Kumbhipaka hell for sixty thousand years.
अस्पृश्यस्पर्शनादेव उच्छिष्टः पतितो मृतः। सुचिरं नरके स्थित्वा म्लेच्छजातिषु जायते
One who dies polluted by contact with an untouchable, or in a state of impurity, after enduring a long time in hell, is born among the mleccha races.
तथैव बहुकीटेषु जायते सत्त्वजातिषु। तस्मान्न चिरकालेषु जानीयात्पुण्यपातकम्
Likewise, he is born among many kinds of insects and lower beings; therefore, one should quickly discern virtue and vice.
पुण्यात्पुण्यप्रयोगैश्च सर्वेषां मर्त्यवासिनाम्। मरणे या गतिः पुंसां गतिर्भवति तादृशी
By acts of merit and demerit, the destiny at death for all mortals is determined according to their deeds.
पुण्यतीर्थे मृतो यस्तु विष्णोर्नामानि चिंतयन्। पापात्पूतो व्रजेत्स्वर्गं सर्वदोषैर्न लिप्यते
He who dies at a holy place, meditating on the names of Vishnu, purified from sin, goes to heaven and is untouched by all faults.
पितुर्मृतस्य देहं तु वहेद्यस्तु सुतो बली। पदेपदेश्वमेधस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्
If a strong son carries the body of his deceased father, he certainly attains the fruit of performing the Ashvamedha sacrifice at every step.
प्राक्चितौ च पितुर्देहे मुखाग्निं कारयेत्सुतः। विधिना मंत्रपूतेन पश्चाद्देहं दहेत्पुनः
At the cremation ground, the son should place fire in the mouth of the father's body, using mantras as prescribed, and then burn the body completely.
लोभमोहसमायुक्तं पापपुण्यसमावृतम्। दहेयं सर्वगात्राणि दिव्यान्लोकान्स गच्छतु
The body, filled with greed and delusion, covered with both sin and merit, should be burned entirely, so that the soul may reach the divine worlds.
दग्ध्वा च लंघयेत्पुत्रोप्यस्थिसंचयनं प्रति। दशाहे समनुप्राप्ते चार्द्रवस्त्रं परित्यजेत्
After burning the body, the son should cross over to collect the bones, and when the tenth day arrives, he should abandon his wet garments.
छित्वा च लोहितं चेलं वह्नौ चाथ जले क्षिपेत्। ततश्चैकादशाहे च श्राद्धं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः
Having cut the blood-stained cloth, he should cast it into fire or water; then, on the eleventh day, the wise should perform the śrāddha ceremony.
प्रेतस्य देहपुष्ट्यर्थं ब्राह्मणैकं तु भोजयेत्। दानं दद्याच्च विधिवद्वस्त्रं पीठं च पादुकाम्
For the nourishment of the departed's body, one should feed a single Brahmin, and properly give cloth, a seat, and sandals as gifts.
सर्वोपकरणैस्तुल्यं धरादिगजवाजिकम्। कृष्णां गां च प्रदद्यात्तु सर्वपापविमुक्तये
He should give, with all necessary items, including land, elephants, and horses, and a black cow, for complete liberation from all sins.
चतुर्थाहे त्रिपक्षे च षण्मासे चाब्दिके तथा। द्वादश प्रतिमास्यानि श्राद्धान्ये तानि षोडश
On the fourth day, after three fortnights, after six months, and after a year, twelve śrāddha ceremonies are to be performed, making sixteen in total.
यस्यैतानि न संतीह यथाशक्ति च श्रद्धया। पिशाचत्वं स्थिरं तस्य दत्तैः श्राद्धशतैरपि
If a person does not perform these, or does so only to the best of his ability and with faith, he remains as a ghost, even if a hundred śrāddhas are given.
अब्दमंबुघटं दद्यादन्नं चामिषसंयुतं। नित्यानित्यमभावाच्च क्षपन्मासं क्षमापयेत्
He should give a water-pot for the year, and food mixed with meat; due to the impermanence of all things, he should complete the monthly rites.
सपिंडीकरणश्राद्धं गते संवत्सरे बुधः। पार्वणस्य विधानेन कारयेद्द्विजसत्तमः
When a year has passed, the wise should perform the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa śrāddha according to the rules of the full-moon rite, O best of twice-born.
पितुरब्दमशौचं स्यान्मातुः षण्मासमेव च। त्रिमासं तु स्त्रियश्चैव तदर्द्धं भ्रातृपुत्रयोः
The impurity period for a father is one year, for a mother six months, for a woman three months, and for a brother or son half that time.
सपिंडानामशौचं स्याद्यावद्गेहे स तिष्ठति। पुत्रस्य यन्निषिद्धं तु शृणु तात वदाम्यहम्
The impurity for sapiṇḍas lasts as long as he remains in the house; now hear, dear one, what is forbidden for the son.
ब्रह्मचारी सदाचारी न गच्छेच्च स्त्रियं क्वचित्। सप्तघट्याः परं चैव नवघट्याश्च पूर्वतः
A student devoted to celibacy and good conduct should never approach a woman; after the seventh ghaṭī and before the ninth, he should not go.
स कालः कुतपो ज्ञेयः पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम्। श्राद्धे त्रीणि पवित्राणि दौहित्रं कुतपस्तिलाः
That time is to be known as kutapa, when offerings to the ancestors become inexhaustible; at a śrāddha, three things are pure: the daughter's son, kutapa time, and sesame seeds.
त्रीणि चात्र प्रशंसंति सत्यमक्रोधमत्वराम्। सायं संध्यां परान्नं च पुनर्भोजनमैथुनम्
Here three things are praised: truthfulness, absence of anger, and lack of haste; evening twilight, food from another, eating again, and sexual union are to be avoided.
दानं प्रतिग्रहं चैव श्राद्धं कृत्वा विवर्जयेत्। अकर्तव्यशतं कृत्वा श्राद्धं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः
One should avoid giving and receiving gifts, and performing śrāddha at improper times; but a wise person may perform śrāddha even after committing a hundred forbidden acts.
तच्च कर्तव्यतामेति स्वयमुक्तं विरिंचिना। शृणु पुत्र पुरावृत्तं बहूनां च वदाम्यहम्
That becomes a duty, as declared by Brahmā himself; listen, my son, I will tell you of ancient events and of many others.
गुरोर्गोहननं कृत्वा ददुः श्राद्धं ययुर्दिवम्। तेषां च कीर्त्तनादेव श्राद्धं भवति चाक्षयम्
Having killed their teacher’s favorite cow, they performed śrāddha and ascended to heaven; even by recounting their story, the śrāddha becomes inexhaustible.
वसिष्ठस्य मुनेः शिष्या ब्राह्मणास्सप्त सुव्रताः। पितृश्राद्धे समायाते होमधेनुं गुरोः प्रियाम्
The seven virtuous Brahmin disciples of sage Vasiṣṭha, when the ancestral rite approached, desired their teacher’s beloved sacrificial cow.
प्रार्थयित्वा गृहं नीत्वा सप्तभिर्भ्रातृभिर्मुदा। गव्यार्थं पितृयज्ञे तां धेनुं हत्वा विमृश्य च
After requesting and joyfully taking her home with their seven brothers, they killed the cow for the ancestral sacrifice, reflecting on the act.
ददुर्मांसं च विप्रे च शेषं विप्रांस्त्वभोजयन्। समाप्य पितृकर्माणि वत्सं संगृह्यते द्विजाः
They gave the meat to a Brahmin and fed the remainder to other Brahmins; having completed the ancestral rites, they took the calf, O twice-born.
गुरौ समर्पयामासुर्धेनुर्व्याघ्रेण भक्षिता। ततस्तपोर्बलादेव ज्ञात्वा तेषां च कारणम्
They returned the cow, which had been eaten by a tiger, to their teacher; by the power of his austerity, he understood the reason for their act.
स शशाप ततः शिष्यांश्चाडालाश्च भविष्यथ। वेपमानास्ततो विप्राः कृतांजलिपुटाः स्थिताः
Then he cursed his disciples, saying, 'You shall become outcastes'; the Brahmins, trembling, stood with joined palms.
धेनोर्मांसंप्रदातारः पितृकृत्ये सदानघ। अकर्तव्यसहस्राणि महांति पातकानि च
Those who give cow’s flesh in the ancestral rite, O sinless one, commit thousands of forbidden acts and great sins.