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Mahābhārata • Parva 13 (Anuśāsanaparva) • Adhyāya 24

Anuśāsanaparva Adhyāya 24

अनुशासनपर्व • अध्यायः 24

Anuśāsanaparva Adhyāya 24 of the classical Mahābhārata with 102 verses.

Total: 102 Verses • Citations: MBh 13.24.1–102 • 250 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 4 (Verses 30 shown)
श्राद्धकाले च दैवे च धर्मे चापि पितामह । इच्छामीह त्वयाख्यातं विहितं यत्सुरर्षिभिः ॥
English Translation
Yudhishthira said I wish you, O grandfather to tell me what the ordinances about the rites for the deities and the departed manes on occasions of Shraddhas.
दैवं पूर्वाह्णिके कुर्यादपराह्णे तु पैतृकम् । मङ्गलाचारसंपन्नः कृतशौचः प्रयत्नवान् ॥
English Translation
Bhishma said Having purified oneself and then performed the well known auspicious rites, one should carefully perform all acts relating to the Pitris in the afternoon.
मनुष्याणां तु मध्याह्ने प्रदद्यादुपपत्तितः । कालहीनं तु यद्दानं तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः ॥
English Translation
What is given to men should be given in the midday with love and regard. That gifts which is made untimely is taken by Rakshasas.
लङ्घितं चावलीढं च कलिपूर्वं च यत्कृतम् । रजस्वलाभिर्दृष्टं च तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः ॥
English Translation
Gifts of articles that have been leapt over by any one, or been licked or sucked, or are not given peacefully, or have been seen by women who are impure for being in their season do not produce any merit. Such gifts are considered as the portions of Rakshasas.
अवघुष्टं च यद्भुक्तमव्रतेन च भारत । परामृष्टं शुना चैव तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः ॥
English Translation
Gifts of articles that have been announced before many people or from which a part has been eaten by a Shudra or, that have been seen or licked by a dog, form portions of Rakshasas.
केशकीटावपतितं क्षुतं श्वभिरवेक्षितम् । रुदितं चावधूतं च तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः ॥
English Translation
Food which is mixed with hair or in which there are worms, or which has been spoiled with spittle or saliva or which has been looked at by a dog or into which teardrops have fallen or which has been trodden upon, should be known as forming the part of Rakshasas.
निरोंकारेण यद्भुक्तं सशस्त्रेण च भारत । दुरात्मना च यद्भुक्तं तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः ॥
English Translation
Food that has been eaten by a person incompetent to utter the syllable Om, or that has been eaten by a person bearing arms, O Bharata, or that has been caten by a wicked person, should be known as due to Rakshasas.
परोच्छिष्टं च यद्भुक्तं परिभुक्तं च यद्भवेत् । दैवे पित्र्ये च सततं तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः ॥
English Translation
The food that is caten by a person from which a part has already been extent by another, or which is eaten without a part thereof having been offered to gods and guests and children, is appropriated by Rakshasas. Such impure food, if offered to the deities and Pitris is never accepted by them but is appropriated by Rakshasas.
गर्हितं निन्दितं चैव परिविष्टं समन्युना । दैवं वाप्यथ वा पैत्र्यं तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः ॥
मन्त्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं यच्छ्राद्धं परिविष्यते । त्रिभिर्वर्णैर्नरश्रेष्ठ तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः ॥
English Translation
The food that is offered by the three twice born classes in Shraddhas in which Mantras are either not uttered or uttered incorrectly and in which the ordinances laid down in the scriptures are not duly performed, if given to guests and other people, is appropriated by Rakshasas.
आज्याहुतिं विना चैव यत्किंचित्परिविष्यते । दुराचारैश्च यद्भुक्तं तं भागं रक्षसां विदुः ॥
English Translation
The food that is given to guests without having been previously dedicated to the deities or the Pitris with the help of libations on the sacred fire, or which has been sullied on account of a part thereof having been eaten by a person who is wicked or of irreligious conduct, should be known as being due to Rakshasas.
ये भागा रक्षसां प्रोक्तास्त उक्ता भरतर्षभ । अत ऊर्ध्वं विसर्गस्य परीक्षां ब्राह्मणे शृणु ॥
English Translation
I have described to you the dues of the Rakshasas. Listen now to me as I put down the rules for determining the Brahmana who is worthy of gifts.
यावन्तः पतिता विप्रा जडोन्मत्तास्तथैव च । दैवे वाप्यथ वा पित्र्ये राजन्नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥
English Translation
All Brahmanas that have been outcasted, as also Brahmanas who are idiots and insane, do not deserve to be invited to Shraddhas in which offerings are made to either the deities or the departed manes.
श्वित्री कुष्ठी च क्लीबश्च तथा यक्ष्महतश्च यः । अपस्मारी च यश्चान्धो राजन्नार्हन्ति सत्कृतिम् ॥
English Translation
That Brahmanas who is afflicted with leucoderina, or he who is shorn of generative power, or he who has got leprosy, or he who has got phthisis, or he who suffers from epilepsy, or he who is blind, should not O king, be invited.
चिकित्सका देवलका वृथानियमधारिणः । सोमविक्रयिणश्चैव श्राद्धे नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥
English Translation
Those Brahinana who practise as physicians, those who get regular pay for adoring the images of gods established by the rich or live upon the service of the gods, those who observe vows from pride or other false motives and those who sell Soma wine, do not deserve to be invited.
गायना नर्तकाश्चैव प्लवका वादकास्तथा । कथका योधकाश्चैव राजन्नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥
English Translation
Those Brahmanas who are by profession, vocalists, or dancers or players or instrumental musicians, or reciters of sacred books, or warriors and athletes, should not, O king be invited.
होतारो वृषलानां च वृषलाध्यापकास्तथा । तथा वृषलशिष्याश्च राजन्नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥
English Translation
Those Brahmanas who pour libations on the sacred fire for Shudras or who are preceptors of Shudras, or who are servant of Shudra masters, should not be invited.
अनुयोक्ता च यो विप्रो अनुयुक्तश्च भारत । नार्हतस्तावपि श्राद्धं ब्रह्मविक्रयिणौ हि तौ ॥
English Translation
That Brahmana who is paid for his services as a preceptor or who attends as a pupil upon the lectures of some preceptor for an allowance paid to him, does not deserve to be invited, for both of thein are considered as sellers of Vedic learning.
अग्रणीर्यः कृतः पूर्वं वर्णावरपरिग्रहः । ब्राह्मणः सर्वविद्योऽपि राजन्नार्हति केतनम् ॥
English Translation
That Brahmana who has been once induced to accept the gift of food in a Shraddha at the very beginning, as also he who has married a Shudra wife, even if gifted with every sort of knowledge, should not be invited.
अनग्नयश्च ये विप्रा मृतनिर्यातकाश्च ये । स्तेनाश्च पतिताश्चैव राजन्नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥
English Translation
Those Brahmanas who have no domestic fire, and they who attend upon corpses, they who are thieves, and they who have otherwise degraded themselves, do not o king, deserve to be invited.
अपरिज्ञातपूर्वाश्च गणपूर्वाश्च भारत । पुत्रिकापूर्वपुत्राश्च श्राद्धे नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥
English Translation
Those Brahmanas whose antecedents are not known or are vile, and they who are Putrika-putras, should not, O king, be invited on occasions of Shraddhas.
ऋणकर्ता च यो राजन्यश्च वार्धुषिको द्विजः । प्राणिविक्रयवृत्तिश्च राजन्नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥
English Translation
That Brahmana who gives loans of money, or he who lives upon the interest of the loans given by him, or he who lives by the sale of living creatures, should not, O king, be invited.
स्त्रीपूर्वाः काण्डपृष्ठाश्च यावन्तो भरतर्षभ । अजपा ब्राह्मणाश्चैव श्राद्धे नार्हन्ति केतनम् ॥
English Translation
Persons who are henpecked or they who live by becoming the paramours of unchaste women, or they who do not perform their morning and evening prayers, should not, O king, be invited to Shraddhas.
श्राद्धे दैवे च निर्दिष्टा ब्राह्मणा भरतर्षभ । दातुः प्रतिग्रहीतुश्च शृणुष्वानुग्रहं पुनः ॥
English Translation
Listen now to me as I say who the Brahmava is who has been ordained for acts done in honour of the gods and the departed manes. Indeed, I shall tell you what those merits are on account of which one may become a giver or a recipient of gifts in Shraddhas.
चीर्णव्रता गुणैर्युक्ता भवेयुर्येऽपि कर्षकाः । सावित्रीज्ञाः क्रियावन्तस्ते राजन्केतनक्षमाः ॥
English Translation
Those Brahmanas who perform the rites and ceremonies laid down in the scriptures, or they who are possessed of merit, or they who know well the Gayatri, or they who perform the ordinary duties of Brahmanas, even if they happen to take lo agriculture for a living, are capable, O king, of being invited to Shraddhas.
क्षात्रधर्मिणमप्याजौ केतयेत्कुलजं द्विजम् । न त्वेव वणिजं तात श्राद्धेषु परिकल्पयेत् ॥
English Translation
If a Brahmana happens to be well born, he should be invited to Shraddhas notwithstanding his taking up arms for fighting the battles of others. That Brahmana however O son, who happens lo drive a trade for a living should be discarded.
अग्निहोत्री च यो विप्रो ग्रामवासी च यो भवेत् । अस्तेनश्चातिथिज्ञश्च स राजन्केतनक्षमः ॥
English Translation
That Brahmana who pours libations every day on the sacred fire, or who lives in a fixed habitation, who is not a thief and who performs the duties of hospitality to guests arrived at his house, should O king, be invited to Shraddhas.
सावित्रीं जपते यस्तु त्रिकालं भरतर्षभ । भिक्षावृत्तिः क्रियावांश्च स राजन्केतनक्षमः ॥
English Translation
That Brahmana, O chief of Bharata's race, who recites the Savitri morning, noon and night or who lives upon charity begging as much as is necessary, who is observant of the rites and ceremonies laid down in the scriptures for persons of his order, should, O king, be invited to Shraddhas.
उदितास्तमितो यश्च तथैवास्तमितोदितः । अहिंस्रश्चाल्पदोषश्च स राजन्केतनक्षमः ॥
English Translation
That Brahmana who having acquired riches in the morning becomes poor in the afternoon, or who poor in the morning becomes rich in the evening, or who is shorn of inalice or is stained by a minor faulty should, O king, be invited to Shraddhas.
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