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Updated: May 22, 2025
Na is the nom. sing. of Nri, implying man. One of the Vernacular translations takes valena as signifying child and para-sraddha as meaning the first or adya sraddha. This noise refers to that of chewing or sucking or licking, etc. It is an ugly habit with some people.
By adoring the Pitris on the first day of the lighted fortnight, one obtains in one's abode beautiful spouses capable of producing many children all possessed of desirable accomplishments. By performing the Sraddha on the second day of the lighted fortnight one gets many daughters. By performing it on the third day, one acquires many steeds.
Rajamasha is a kind of bean. It is the Vinga sinensis, syn. Dilicheos sinensis Linn. There may be akama and sakama acts, i.e., acts without desires of fruit and acts with desires of fruit. A Sraddha with Tila or sesame should never be done without desire for fruit. When a residential house is given away unto such a Brahmana and the receiver resides in it, the giver reaps the reward indicated.
It does not refer to the hospitable shelter to such a Brahmana given by one in one's own house. There is in Sraddhas a Rajavarana or royal fee payable to the owner of the earth on which the Sraddha is performed. Tasyam is explained by the commentator as kritayam. Kinasa is either one who tills the soil with the aid of bulls or one who slays cattle.
Thou art a qualified guest, therefore do I desire to perform a sraddha. Tarry thou a little. And Utanka replied, 'Yes, I will tarry, and beg that the clean provisions that are ready may be soon brought in. And the king having signified his assent, entertained Utanka duly. And Utanka seeing that the food placed before him had hair in it, and also that it was cold, thought it unclean.
By performing the Sraddha under the constellation of the prior Bhadrapada one acquires large property in goats and sheep; while by doing it under the later Bhadrapada one acquires thousands of kine. By performing the Sraddha under the constellation Revati one acquires much wealth in utensils of white brass and copper.
A Sraddha that is performed with the aid of a priest that hath no learning may be regarded as dead. And a sacrifice in which there are no gifts to Brahmanas is dead. The Yaksha asked, 'What constitutes the way? What, hath been spoken of as water? What, as food? And what, as poison?
By doing it under the prior Phalgunis, the doer of it becomes endued with good fortune. By doing the Sraddha under the later Phalgunis one attains to many children; while by performing it under Hasta, one attains to the fruition of one's wishes. By performing it under the constellation Chitra one obtains children endued with great beauty.
By doing it under Aswini one acquires many steeds, while under Bharani one attains to longevity. Listening to these ordinances about the Sraddha, king Sasavindu acted accordingly, and succeeded in easily subjugating and ruling the whole earth.""
Listen now to the mysteries of charity as expounded in the sruti and the smritis! A man that performs a sraddha in the conjunction called Gajacchaya at a place that is fanned by the leaves of the Aswattha tree enjoys the fruits thereof, O Yudhishthira, for a hundred thousand kalpas.
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