एवं गृहाश्रमो मूलं धर्मस्तत्र प्रतिष्ठितः
Thus, the householder stage is the root; dharma is established there.
तिथौ पर्वणि ये चैव स्वपितॄंस्तारयन्ति वै
On the lunar day or festival, those who indeed deliver their ancestors.
न यज्ञदानाध्ययनोपवासैस्तीर्थाभिषेकैरपि चाग्निहोत्रैः
Not by sacrifices, charity, study, fasting, ablutions at sacred places, nor by offerings to the fire,
पितरो निर्गतास्तत्र ब्रह्मविष्णुशरीरगाः
The ancestors departed there, those who had entered the bodies of Brahma and Vishnu.
एवं क्रमेण वै तत्र पितृदेवा वसुन्धरे
Thus, in succession, O Earth, the ancestral deities dwelled there.
तत एते न जानन्ति देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः
Then, these gods, with Indra at their head, do not know this.
न च ब्रह्मा विजानाति निःसृतो मम मायया
Nor does Brahma know, who has emerged by my power of illusion.
पुनश्चान्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि पितृयज्ञेषु सुन्दरि १९०.
Again, I shall speak of another matter concerning ancestral sacrifices, O beautiful one.
कृत्वा वै पिण्डसङ्कल्पं दर्भानास्तीर्य भूतले
Having made the intention for the offering, and spread darbha grass upon the ground,
अजीर्णेनाभिपीड्यन्ते भुज्यन्ते न च सुन्दरि
They are afflicted by indigestion, and are not consumed, O beautiful one.
दृष्टाः सोमेन सुश्रोणि देवताजीर्णपीडिताः
They were seen by Soma, O lovely-hipped one, suffering from the indigestion caused by the deities.
सोम उवाच एवं तु भाषमाणस्य सोमस्य तदनन्तरम्
Soma spoke: Thus, after Soma had spoken,
ऊचुस्ते सोममेवापि वाक्यं नः श्रूयतामिति
They said to Soma: Let our words be heard.
श्राद्धे नियोजितास्तैस्तु पितृपिण्डेन तर्पिताः
Those appointed at the śrāddha were satisfied by the ancestral offering.
सोम उवाच सहितास्तत्र गच्छामो यथा श्रेयो भविष्यति
Soma spoke: Together, let us go there, so that what is best may occur.
एवमुक्तास्तु सोमेन पितृदेवास्तदन्तरे
Thus addressed by Soma, the ancestral deities at that moment,
दृष्ट्वा पितामहं देवं प्रणम्य सहसा क्षितौ १९०.
Seeing the divine Pitamaha, they quickly bowed down to the earth.
य एते पितरो देव दुःखिताजीर्णपीडिताः
These ancestors, O god, afflicted by suffering and indigestion,
यथा नश्यंति जीर्णानि तथा कुरु पितामह
Just as things that are digested perish, so do likewise, O Pitamaha.
उवाच वचनं तत्र ब्रह्मा योगीश्वरं प्रति
There, Brahma spoke these words to the lord of yogis.
आगताः शरणं चात्र सोमेन सहिता मम
They have come here for refuge, together with Soma, to me.
ब्रह्मणा चैवमुक्तस्तु ईश्वरः परमेश्वरः
Thus addressed by Brahmā, the Supreme Lord, the Highest Lord,
पश्यते ईश्वरं तत्र योगवेदाङ्गनिर्मितम्
There, he beholds the Lord, fashioned from the limbs of Yoga and the Vedas.
निर्मिता विष्णुना ब्रह्मन् वैष्णव्या मायया च ते
Created by Viṣṇu, O Brahman, through his Vaiṣṇava Māyā, are they.
पिता तु ब्रह्मदैवत्यो मम गात्राद्विनिर्मितः
My father, the divine Brahmā, was fashioned from my own body.
प्रपितामहो रुद्रदेवो मम गात्राद्विनिर्मितः
My great-grandfather, Rudra Deva, was also fashioned from my own body.
ब्राह्मणानां हितार्थाय निर्मिता विष्णुमायया १९०.
For the welfare of the Brāhmaṇas, they were created by Viṣṇu's Māyā.
आगताः शरणं ब्रह्मन्सोमेन सहिता यदि
If, O Brahman, they have come for refuge together with Soma,
शृणु तत्ते प्रवक्ष्यामि ब्रह्मन्लोकपितामह
Listen, O Brahman, Grandfather of the worlds, I shall declare that to you.
श्राद्धे तु प्रथमं तस्य दातव्यं मानुषेषु वा
At a śrāddha, the first portion must be given to him, or among men.