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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1884.
nied by the officiating priest to the hermitage of | पदयात जायते पूत्रो जनन्याः परिवेदनम् ।। Kapila. There are three sacred waters there,
तस्य ०....................................॥५॥ the one a well, called Jiana vâpik &, and the other two small tanks, Alpasarovara
पिबेच्च कटु वस्तुनि काथानि विविधानि च । and Bind usardvara. It was by bathing | तस्य०... in the last Bindusar vara and using its
गावभंगो भवेन्मातुः मृत्युरेव न संशयः ।। water for Sraddha purposes that Parasurâma is said to have been purified from the sin of
तस्य०....... his having murdered his mother; and from रात्रौ मूत्रपुरीषाभ्यां भिद्यते मातृकुक्षिगः॥ that day it was fixed that every Hinda, to
तस्य०......... satisfy his mother's spirit, shall perform this
.............॥८॥ ceremony here. On reaching the hermitage
दिवारात्रौ च या माता ऽनंदयति सभतृका ॥ in the morning, the rishya bathes with cocoa- तस्य० ................... .............. ॥९॥ nut in hand in the three sacred waters, with अल्पाहारकृता माता यावत्युवोऽस्ति बालकः॥ certain mantras. Each time he gives some
तस्य०........... dakshiņá, or money, to the Brahmans waiting
................... ॥१०॥ on the shore. His wet clothes at the three संपूर्ण दशमे मासे अत्यन्तं मातृपीडनम् ॥ bathing places he presents to the guru.
तस्य०........... ............ ॥११॥ By the time that the sishya returns from his
अमिनाशे च या देहं विरात्री पोषणेन च ॥ bath, food, currystuffs, mashápúpa, black or gram-cakes, &o., are cooked and ready for
तस्य०.........
............ ॥१५॥ feasting the Sraddha Brahmans, who are माता शिक्षामदा नित्यं पुण्यपुत्रास्यभाजिनी ।। invited early in the morning or the previous
तस्य०.
.................. ॥१३ ।। evening. These are always Marathi Brahmang
क्षुधया विह्वले पुढे तृप्ति माता प्रयच्चति ॥ of the place. The priests or Tirthadhiláris are Gujarati Brahmans, and are considered inferior, तस्य०................................. ॥१४॥ so far as eating with them is concerned. यमद्वारे महापोरे पतिमात्रीश्च शोचनम् ।।
A regular Sráddha ceremony is performed तस्य०..................................॥१५॥ thus :- After feasting the Brahmans, sixteen
अस्मिन्काले मृता ये च गतिरेषां न विद्यते ।। pindas or balls of rice are offered to satisfy the spirit of the mother. This offering of sixteen तस्य०................................. ॥ १६ ॥ pindas is the only difference between the (1). “In the ways of the world' which are mother's gaydand the mother's annualoeremony. beset with difficulties the suffering of preg. When each pinda is offered, a bloka in Anushțubh nancy is most painful; for the alleviation of metre is repeated, describing the pains, the | it Igive (offer) this pinda to my mother. anxieties, &c., of the mother in bearing the son (2). While & son is not born the mother in her womb. I give these sl8kas here with my is very sorry; for the alleviation of it I offer translations:
this pinda to my mother.
(3). Month by month pain, and labourगर्भस्य गमने दुःखं विषमे भूमिवर्त्मनि ॥
pangs while bringing forth were caused by the तस्य निष्क्रमणार्थाय मातुःपिण्डं ददाम्यहम् ॥१॥ son; for their alleviation I offer this pinda यावयुत्रो न भवति तावन्मातुश्च शोचनम् ॥
to my mother.
(4). Month by month, by sexual union, &o. तस्य निष्क्रमणार्थाय०.................. ॥२॥
the child underwent much pain;' for the मासे मासे कृतं कष्टं वेदना प्रसवेसु च ॥
alleviation of it I offer this pinda to my mother, तस्य०
............. ॥३॥
(5). If the son happens to be brought forth
by the leg the pain of the mother is great; for मासे मासे निषेकाचैः शिशुः सन्तप्तदुःखितः॥
the alleviation of it I offer this pinda to my तस्य ०....................... ........... ॥४॥ mother.
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' In contradiction to Rishigarbha the impregnation by Rishis, in which the embryo is said to develop in one day. So it is all the pain of one day in this case.
Which, of course, was a source of very great trouble to the mother, is to be understood.
