यन्न पश्यन्ति ते भोज्यं श्वानः कुक्कुटसूकराः
That food which is not seen by dogs, cocks, or pigs,
सर्वकर्मकरा ये च सर्वभक्षाश्च ये नराः
And by those who do all kinds of work, and by men who eat everything,
एते पश्यन्ति यच्छ्राद्धं तच्छ्राद्धं राक्षसं विदुः
Whatever śrāddha is seen by these, that śrāddha is known as demonic.
हृतं यदा तु त्रैलोक्यं शक्रस्यार्थे त्रिविक्रमे
When the three worlds were taken for the sake of Śakra in the stride of Viṣṇu,
वर्जनीया बुधैरेते पितृयज्ञेषु सुन्दरि
These are to be avoided by the wise in ancestral rites, O beautiful one.
पितॄंस्तत्राह्वयेद्भूमे मन्त्रेण विधिपूर्वकम्
There, one should invoke the ancestors on earth with the proper mantra and procedure.
पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः
The father, the grandfather, and likewise the great-grandfather,
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवीर्निर्वापस्य च धारिणीः १९०.
Having bowed with the head to the goddesses and to the holders of the offering,
एवं दत्तेन प्रीयन्ते पितरश्च न संशयः
In this way, the ancestors are pleased by the offering; there is no doubt.
त्रयस्तत्र वरारोहे देवगात्राद्विनिस्सृताः
Three there, O lovely one, have arisen from the body of the gods.
देवतासुरगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः
The gods, demons, gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas, and serpents,
पितृयज्ञं विशालाक्षि ये कुर्वन्ति विदो जनाः
Those wise people, O wide-eyed one, who perform the ancestral rite,
ददन्ते पितरस्तस्य आरोग्यं नात्र संशयः
The ancestors grant him health; there is no doubt about this.
तिर्यग्भ्यश्च विमुच्यन्ते प्रेतभावेन मानवाः
Men are released from animals and from the state of departed spirits.
पूजकः पितृदेवानां सर्वकालं गृहाश्रमे
One who worships the ancestors and gods at all times in the householder stage,
अक्षय्यं तस्य मन्यन्ते पितरः श्राद्धतर्पिताः
His ancestors, satisfied by the śrāddha offerings, regard his merit as inexhaustible.
सात्विकं शुक्लपन्थानमेते यान्ति विदो जनाः
Those learned ones who follow the sattvic, pure path, attain it.
अज्ञानतमसारूढा निकृतिज्ञाः शठास्तथा १९०.
Those who are steeped in ignorance and darkness, who are deceitful and cunning,
कल्पान्तं पच्यमानापि त्रायन्ते येन मानवाः
Even when being tormented until the end of the age, people are rescued by him.
मुंचन्ति जलबिन्दूंश्च अमां प्राप्य जलाशये
They release drops of water, having reached the water-reservoir without flesh.
ये वै श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वन्ति तर्पयित्वा द्विजातयः
Those who perform śrāddha, having satisfied the twice-born,
निरयात्तेऽपि मुच्यन्ते तृप्तिर्भवति चाक्षया
Even if they are in hell, they are released, and their satisfaction becomes inexhaustible.
विप्राणां वचनं कृत्वा यथाशक्त्या च दक्षिणा
Having followed the words of the Brahmins and given gifts according to ability,
देयो नीलो वृषस्तत्र नरकार्त्तिविनाशनः
A black bull should be given there, which destroys the sufferings of hell.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि पितरस्तेन तर्पिताः
By this, the ancestors are satisfied for sixty thousand years.
उद्धृतो यदि सुश्रोणि पंकः शृङ्गेण तेन च
If, O beautiful one, the mud is lifted by its horn,
तानुद्धृत्य वरारोहे सोमलोकं स गच्छति
Having lifted them, O lovely one, he goes to the realm of Soma.
षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि षष्टिवर्षशतानि च १९०.
For sixty thousand years and sixty hundred years.
एष धर्मो गृहस्थानां पुत्र पौत्रसमन्विताः
This is the dharma of householders, accompanied by sons and grandsons.
पिपीलिकादिभूतानि जङ्गमाश्च विहङ्गमाः
Creatures such as ants and others, as well as moving beings and birds,