Chapter 20
अध्यायः 20
Pada III — Upodghāta, Chapter 20
Shlokas (23)
+ Add ShlokaSeven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 1
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 1
श्राद्धकल्पे ब्रह्मणपरीक्षा नाम एकोनविंशो ऽध्यायः।। 19।। इत्येते पितरो देवा देवानामपि देवताः। सप्तस्वेते स्थिता नित्यं स्थानेषु पितरो ऽव्ययाः।।
śrāddhakalpe brahmaṇaparīkṣā nāma ekonaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ|| 19|| ityete pitaro devā devānāmapi devatāḥ| saptasvete sthitā nityaṃ sthāneṣu pitaro 'vyayāḥ||
Bṛhaspati said: Thus, these Pitṛs are Devas; they are the deities of even the Devas. These Pitṛs who have no change or decay are always stationed in seven abodes.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 2
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 2
प्रजापतिसुता ह्येते सर्वेषां तु महात्मनाम। आद्यो गणस्तु योगानामनुयोगविवर्द्धनः।।
prajāpatisutā hyete sarveṣāṃ tu mahātmanām| ādyo gaṇastu yogānāmanuyogavivarddhanaḥ||
Bṛhaspati said: They are the sons of Prajāpati. The first group of all these noble-souled ones, is conducive to the regular increase of the Yogic power of the Yogins. The second group is the set of Pitṛs for the Devas; the third group is that of the Dānavas and others. It should be known that the remaining ones belong to the members of the four castes. Thus all of them have been recounted.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 3
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 3
द्वितीयो देवतानां तु तृतीयो दानवादिनाम। शेषास्तु वर्णिंनां ज्ञेया इति सर्वे प्रकीर्त्तिताः।।
dvitīyo devatānāṃ tu tṛtīyo dānavādinām| śeṣāstu varṇiṃnāṃ jñeyā iti sarve prakīrttitāḥ||
Bṛhaspati said: They are the sons of Prajāpati. The first group of all these noble-souled ones, is conducive to the regular increase of the Yogic power of the Yogins. The second group is the set of Pitṛs for the Devas; the third group is that of the Dānavas and others. It should be known that the remaining ones belong to the members of the four castes. Thus all of them have been recounted.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 4
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 4
देवास्छैतान्यजन्ते वै सर्वज्ञानेष्ववस्थितान। आश्रमश्च यजन्त्येनांश्चत्वारस्तु यथाक्रमम।।
devāschaitānyajante vai sarvajñāneṣvavasthitān| āśramaśca yajantyenāṃścatvārastu yathākramam||
Bṛhaspati said: The Devas worship these Pitṛs who abide by all kinds of knowledge. The four Āśramas (stages of life) worship them in the due order.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 5
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 5
सर्वे वर्णा यजन्त्येनांश्चत्वारस्तु यथागमम। तथा संकरजात्यश्च म्लेच्छाश्चापि यजन्ति वै।।
sarve varṇā yajantyenāṃścatvārastu yathāgamam| tathā saṃkarajātyaśca mlecchāścāpi yajanti vai||
Bṛhaspati said: All the four castes worship them in accordance with the scriptures. Similarly, persons of the mixed castes as well as the Barbarians worship them.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 6
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 6
पितृंस्तु यो यजेद्भक्त्या पितरः प्रीणयन्ति ते। पितरः पुष्टिकामस्य प्रजाकामस्य वा पुनः।।
pitṛṃstu yo yajedbhaktyā pitaraḥ prīṇayanti te| pitaraḥ puṣṭikāmasya prajākāmasya vā punaḥ||
Bṛhaspati said: The Pitṛs give delight to him who worships them with great devotion.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 7
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 7
पुष्टिं प्रजां तु स्वर्गं च प्रयच्छन्ति पितामहाः। देवकार्यादपि तथा पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते।।
puṣṭiṃ prajāṃ tu svargaṃ ca prayacchanti pitāmahāḥ| devakāryādapi tathā pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate||
Bṛhaspati said: The Pitṛs give delight to him who worships them with great devotion.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 8
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 8
देवतानां हि पितरः पूर्वमाप्यायनं स्मृताः। न हि योगगतिः सूक्ष्मा पितॄणां ज्ञायते नरैः।।
devatānāṃ hi pitaraḥ pūrvamāpyāyanaṃ smṛtāḥ| na hi yogagatiḥ sūkṣmā pitṝṇāṃ jñāyate naraiḥ||
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Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 9
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 9
तपसा हि प्रसिद्धेन किं पुनर्मांसचक्षुषा। सर्वेषां राजतं पात्रमथ वा रजतान्वितम।।
tapasā hi prasiddhena kiṃ punarmāṃsacakṣuṣā| sarveṣāṃ rājataṃ pātramatha vā rajatānvitam||
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Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 10
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 10
पावनं ह्युत्तमं प्रोक्तं देवानां पितृभिः सह। येषां दास्यन्ति पिण्डांस्त्रीन्बान्धवा नामगोत्रतः।।
pāvanaṃ hyuttamaṃ proktaṃ devānāṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha| yeṣāṃ dāsyanti piṇḍāṃstrīnbāndhavā nāmagotrataḥ||
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Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 11
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 11
भूमौ कुशोत्तरायां च अपसव्यविधानतः। सर्वत्र वर्त्तमानास्ते पिण्डाः प्रीणन्ति वै पितॄन।।
bhūmau kuśottarāyāṃ ca apasavyavidhānataḥ| sarvatra varttamānāste piṇḍāḥ prīṇanti vai pitṝn||
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Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 12
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 12
यदाहारो भवेज्जन्तुराहारः सो ऽस्य जायते। यथा गोष्ठे प्रनष्टां वै वत्सो विन्दति मातरम।।
yadāhāro bhavejjanturāhāraḥ so 'sya jāyate| yathā goṣṭhe pranaṣṭāṃ vai vatso vindati mātaram||
Bṛhaspati said: The food offered to the Pitṛs becomes his own food.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 13
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 13
तथा तं नयते मन्त्रो जन्तुर्यत्रावतिष्ठति। नामगोत्रं च मन्त्रं च दत्तमन्नं नयन्ति तम।।
tathā taṃ nayate mantro janturyatrāvatiṣṭhati| nāmagotraṃ ca mantraṃ ca dattamannaṃ nayanti tam||
Bṛhaspati said: The food offered to the Pitṛs becomes his own food.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 14
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 14
अपि योनिशतं प्राप्तांस्तृप्तिस्ताननुगच्छति। एवमेषा स्थिता सत्ता ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः।।
api yoniśataṃ prāptāṃstṛptistānanugacchati| evameṣā sthitā sattā brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ||
Bṛhaspati said: Satisfaction follows them even if they were to take a hundred births.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 15
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 15
पितॄणमादिसर्गेतु लोकानामक्षयार्थिनाम। इत्येते पितरश्चैव लोका दुहितरस्तथा।।
pitṝṇamādisargetu lokānāmakṣayārthinām| ityete pitaraścaiva lokā duhitarastathā||
Bṛhaspati said: Satisfaction follows them even if they were to take a hundred births.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 16
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 16
दौहित्रा यजमानश्च प्रोक्ताश्चैव मयानघ। कीर्त्तिताः पितरस्ते वै तव पुत्र यथाक्रमम।।
dauhitrā yajamānaśca proktāścaiva mayānagha| kīrttitāḥ pitaraste vai tava putra yathākramam||
Bṛhaspati said: Satisfaction follows them even if they were to take a hundred births.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 17
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 17
अहो दिव्यस्त्वया तात पितृसर्गस्तु कीर्तितः। लोका दुहितरश्चैव दोहित्राश्च श्रुतास्तथा।।
aho divyastvayā tāta pitṛsargastu kīrtitaḥ| lokā duhitaraścaiva dohitrāśca śrutāstathā||
Śamyu said: “The divine creation of the Pitṛs has been recounted by you, O dear father. Their worlds, their daughters and their grandsons have been heard.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 18
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 18
दानानि सह शौचेन कीर्त्तितानि फलानि च। अक्षय्यत्वं द्विजांश्चैव सर्वमेतदुदाहृतम। अद्यप्रभृति कर्त्तास्मि सर्वमेतद्यथातथम।।
dānāni saha śaucena kīrttitāni phalāni ca| akṣayyatvaṃ dvijāṃścaiva sarvametadudāhṛtam| adyaprabhṛti karttāsmi sarvametadyathātatham||
Śamyu said: The charitable gifts and their benefits have been glorified along with the purificatory rites. The state of its being of everlasting benefit has been cited. The Brāhmaṇas have been mentioned. From today onwards I shall perform these duly”.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 19
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 19
इत्येतदङ्गिराः पूर्वमृषीणामुक्तवान्प्रभुः। पृष्टश्च संशयान्सर्वानृषीनाह नृसंसदि।।
ityetadaṅgirāḥ pūrvamṛṣīṇāmuktavānprabhuḥ| pṛṣṭaśca saṃśayānsarvānṛṣīnāha nṛsaṃsadi||
Bṛhaspati said: “Thus said the holy lord Aṅgiras to the sages. On being asked to clear their doubts he said to the sages in the assembly of men formerly in the extensive Satra (sacrifice) lasting a thousand years. In that Satra the Sadaspati (the Presiding Lord) was Brahmā the lord of Devas. Five thousand years have elapsed since then. In. this connection verses have been sung by the sages who expounded the Brahman.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 20
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 20
सत्रे तु वितते पूर्वं तथा वर्षसहस्रके। यस्मिन्सदस्पतिस्नातो ब्रह्मा सीद्देवताप्रभुः।।
satre tu vitate pūrvaṃ tathā varṣasahasrake| yasminsadaspatisnāto brahmā sīddevatāprabhuḥ||
Bṛhaspati said: “Thus said the holy lord Aṅgiras to the sages. On being asked to clear their doubts he said to the sages in the assembly of men formerly in the extensive Satra (sacrifice) lasting a thousand years. In that Satra the Sadaspati (the Presiding Lord) was Brahmā the lord of Devas. Five thousand years have elapsed since then. In. this connection verses have been sung by the sages who expounded the Brahman.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 21
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 21
गतानि तत्र वर्षाणां पञ्चाशच्च शतानि वै। श्लोकाश्चात्र पुरा गीता ऋषिभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः।।
gatāni tatra varṣāṇāṃ pañcāśacca śatāni vai| ślokāścātra purā gītā ṛṣibhirbrahmavādibhiḥ||
Bṛhaspati said: “Thus said the holy lord Aṅgiras to the sages. On being asked to clear their doubts he said to the sages in the assembly of men formerly in the extensive Satra (sacrifice) lasting a thousand years. In that Satra the Sadaspati (the Presiding Lord) was Brahmā the lord of Devas. Five thousand years have elapsed since then. In. this connection verses have been sung by the sages who expounded the Brahman.
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 22
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 22
दीक्षितस्य पुरा सत्रे ब्रह्ममः परमात्मनः। तत्रैव दत्तमन्नाग्रं पितॄणामक्षयर्थिनाम। लोकानां च हितार्थाय ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना।।
dīkṣitasya purā satre brahmamaḥ paramātmanaḥ| tatraiva dattamannāgraṃ pitṝṇāmakṣayarthinām| lokānāṃ ca hitārthāya brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā||
Bṛhaspati said: Formerly, in the Sattra, Brahmā the great soul took the initiation. There itself excellent food was given to the Pitṛs who seek everlasting benefit of the worlds.”
Seven classes of Pitṛs and the rites of propitiating them - Verse 23
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 20 · Verse 23
एवं बृहस्पतिः पूर्वं पृष्टः पुत्रेण धीमता। प्रोवाच पितृसर्गं तु यश्चैव समुदाहृत।।
evaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ pūrvaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ putreṇa dhīmatā| provāca pitṛsargaṃ tu yaścaiva samudāhṛta||
Sūta said: “On being asked formerly by his intelligent son, Bṛhaspati thus recounted the creation of the Pitṛs. It has been cited now by me.”