Vayu Purana

नावाहनं न दिग्बन्धो न दोषो दृष्टिसम्भवः। न कारुण्येन कर्त्तव्यं तीर्थश्राद्धं विचक्षणैः ।। ४८.

There is no invocation, no binding of directions, no fault arising from sight; the learned should not perform the tīrtha śrāddha out of compassion.

पिण्डासनं पिण्डदानं पुनः प्रत्यवनेजनम्। दक्षिणा चान्नसङ्कल्पं तीर्थश्राद्धेष्वयंविधिः ।। ४८.

The seat for the offering, the giving of the rice-ball, and again the cleansing; the prescribed donation and food intention—this is the procedure for tīrtha śrāddha.

अस्मत्कुले मृता ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। आवाहयिष्ये तान्सर्वान्दर्भपृष्ठे तिलोदकैः ।। ४८.

Those who have died in my lineage, for whom no path is known, I shall invoke all of them with sesame water upon the darbha grass.

बन्धुवर्गकुले ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। आवाहयिष्ये तान्त्सर्वान् दर्भपृष्ठे तिलोदकैः ।। ४८.

Those in the family of relatives, for whom no path is known, I shall invoke all of them with sesame water upon the darbha grass.

इत्येतैर्मन्त्रैः सजलैस्तिलैर्दर्भेषु ध्यानवान्। आवाह्याभ्यर्च्य तेभ्यश्च पिण्डान्दद्याद्यथाक्रमम् ।। ४८.

With these mantras, with water and sesame seeds, meditating upon the darbha grass, having invoked and worshipped them, one should give rice-balls to them in proper order.

अस्मत्कुले मृता ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have died in my lineage, for whom no path is known, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

मातामहकुले ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those in the maternal grandfather's lineage, for whom no path is known, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

बन्धुवर्गकुले ये च गतिर्येषां न विद्यते। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those in the family of relatives, for whom no path is known, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

अजातदन्ता ये केचिद्ये च गर्भे प्रपीडिताः । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have not yet grown teeth, and those afflicted in the womb, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

अग्निदग्धाश्च ये केचिन्नाग्निदग्धास्तथा परे। विद्युच्चोरहता ये च तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have been burned by fire, and those who have not been burned, and others; for those struck by lightning or killed by thieves, I give this rice-ball.

दावदाहे मृता ये च सिंहव्याग्रहताश्च ये। दंष्ट्रिभिः श्रृङ्गिभिर्वापि तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who died in a forest fire, and those killed by lions or tigers, or by fanged or horned creatures, I give this rice-ball.

उद्बन्धनमृता ये च विषशस्त्रहताश्च ये। आत्मापघातिनो ये च तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who died by hanging, and those killed by poison or weapons, and those who took their own lives, I give this rice-ball.

अरण्ये वर्त्मनि वने क्षुधया तृषया हताः। भूतप्रेतपिशाचाद्यैस्तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who perished in the forest, on the path, or in the woods, killed by hunger or thirst, or by spirits, ghosts, or demons, I give this rice-ball.

रौरवे चान्धतामिस्रे कालसूत्रे च ये गताः। तेषामुद्धरणार्ताय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have gone to Raurava, Andhatamisra, or Kālasūtra, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

असिपत्रवने घोरे कुम्भीपाकेषु ये गताः। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who have gone to the dreadful Asipatravana or Kumbhīpāka, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

अनेकयातनासंस्थाः प्रेतलोकञ्च ये गताः। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who dwell in many tortures, and those who have gone to the realm of the departed, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

अनेकयातनासंस्था ये नीता यमकिङ्करैः। तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who dwell in many tortures, who have been taken by the servants of Yama, for their upliftment, I give this rice-ball.

नरकेषु समस्तेषु यातनासु च ये स्थिताः । तेषामुद्धरणार्थाय इमं पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For the sake of rescuing those who dwell in all hells and in torments, I offer this rice-ball.

पशुयोनि गता येच पक्षिकीटसरीसृपाः। अथवा वृक्षयोनिस्थास्तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

And for those who have entered animal births, or are birds, insects, reptiles, or even those abiding in the womb of trees, I offer this rice-ball.

जात्यन्तरसहस्रेषु भ्रमन्तः स्वेन कर्म्मणा। मानुष्यं दुर्ल्लभं येषां तेभ्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For those who, due to their own actions, wander through thousands of other births and for whom human birth is difficult to attain, I offer this rice-ball.

दिव्यन्तरिक्षभूमिष्ठाः पितरो बान्धवादयः। मृता असंस्कृता ये च तेब्यः पिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ।। ४८.

For ancestors, relatives, and others who dwell in divine, atmospheric, or earthly realms, and for those who have died without proper rites, I offer this rice-ball.

ये केचित्प्रेतरूपेण वर्त्तन्ते पितरो मम। ते सर्व्वे तृप्तिमायान्तु पिण्डेनानेन सर्व्वदा ।। ४८.

May all my ancestors who exist in the form of departed spirits always attain satisfaction through this rice-ball.

येऽबान्धवा बान्धवा वा येऽन्यजन्मनि बान्धवाः। तेषां पिण्डो मया दत्तो ह्यक्षय्यमुपतिष्ठताम् ।। ४८.

Whether they are relatives or not, or were relatives in another birth, may the rice-ball I have given remain inexhaustible for them.

पितृवंशे मृता ये च मातृवंशे च ये मृताः। गुरुश्वशुरबन्धूनां ये चान्ये बान्धवा मृताः ।। ४८.

For those who have died in my paternal line, in my maternal line, and among the teachers, fathers-in-law, and other relatives, both close and distant, who have died—

ये मे कुले लुप्तपिण्डाः पुत्रदारविवर्जिताः। क्रियालोपगता ये च जात्यन्धाः पङ्गवस्तथा ।। ४८.

For those in my lineage who are deprived of rice-balls, lacking sons or wives, who have lost the proper rites, or who are born blind or crippled—

विरूपा आमगर्भाश्च ज्ञाताज्ञाताः कुले मम। तेषां पिण्डो मया दत्तो ह्यक्षय्यमुपतिष्ठताम् ।। ४८.

For those who are deformed, stillborn, known or unknown in my family, may the rice-ball I have given remain inexhaustible for them.

आ ब्रह्मणो ये पितृवंशजाता मातुस्तथा वंशभवा मदीयाः। कुलद्वये ये मम दासभूता भृत्या स्तथैवाश्रितसेवकाश्च ।। ४८.

For all those born in the ancestral line up to Brahma, and likewise those born in my mother's line, and for those in both families who were my servants, attendants, or dependents—

मित्राणि शिष्याः पशवश्च वृक्षा दृष्टा ह्यदृष्टाश्च कृतोपकाराः। जन्मान्तरे ये मम सङ्गताश्च तेभ्यः स्वधा पिण्डमहं ददामि ।। ४८.

For friends, students, cattle, trees—whether seen or unseen, those who have rendered service, and those who were associated with me in another birth—I offer this rice-ball with the invocation of svadhā.

एतैश्च सर्व्वमन्त्रैस्तु स्त्रीलिङ्गान्तं समूह्य च। पिण्डान्दद्याद्यथापूर्व्वं स्त्रीणां मात्रादिकक्रमात् ।। ४८.

With all these mantras, gathering up to the feminine forms, one should offer rice-balls as before, in the order beginning with the mother for women.