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कृष्णपक्षे दशम्यादौ वर्जयित्वा चतुर्दशीम् । श्राद्धे प्रशस्तास्तिथयो यथैता न तथैतराः ॥ २७६ ॥
sanskrit
The days of the dark half of the month, beginning with the tenth, but excepting the fourteenth, are recommended for a funeral sacrifice; (it is) not thus (with) the others.
english translation
kRSNapakSe dazamyAdau varjayitvA caturdazIm | zrAddhe prazastAstithayo yathaitA na tathaitarAH || 276 ||
hk transliteration
युक्षु कुर्वन् दिनर्क्षेषु सर्वान् कामान् समश्नुते । अयुक्षु तु पितॄन् सर्वान् प्रजां प्राप्नोति पुष्कलाम् ॥ २७७ ॥
sanskrit
He who performs it on the even (lunar) days and under the even constellations, gains (the fulfilment of) all his wishes; he who honours the manes on odd (lunar days) and under odd (constellations), obtains distinguished offspring.
english translation
yukSu kurvan dinarkSeSu sarvAn kAmAn samaznute | ayukSu tu pitRRn sarvAn prajAM prApnoti puSkalAm || 277 ||
hk transliteration
यथा चैवापरः पक्षः पूर्वपक्षाद् विशिष्यते । तथा श्राद्धस्य पूर्वाह्णादपराह्णो विशिष्यते ॥ २७८ ॥
sanskrit
As the second half of the month is preferable to the first half, even so the afternoon is better for (the performance of) a funeral sacrifice than the forenoon.
english translation
yathA caivAparaH pakSaH pUrvapakSAd viziSyate | tathA zrAddhasya pUrvAhNAdaparAhNo viziSyate || 278 ||
hk transliteration
प्राचीनावीतिना सम्यगपसव्यमतन्द्रिणा । पित्र्यमानिधनात् कार्यं विधिवद् दर्भपाणिना ॥ २७९ ॥
sanskrit
Let him, untired, duly perform the (rites) in honour of the manes in accordance with the prescribed rule, passing the sacred thread over the right shoulder, proceeding from the left to the right (and) holding Kusa grass in his hands, up to the end (of the ceremony).
english translation
prAcInAvItinA samyagapasavyamatandriNA | pitryamAnidhanAt kAryaM vidhivad darbhapANinA || 279 ||
hk transliteration
रात्रौ श्राद्धं न कुर्वीत राक्षसी कीर्तिता हि सा । सन्ध्ययोरुभयोश्चैव सूर्ये चैवाचिरौदिते ॥ २८० ॥
sanskrit
Let him not perform a funeral sacrifice at night, because the (night) is declared to belong to the Rakshasas, nor in the twilight, nor when the sun has just risen.
english translation
rAtrau zrAddhaM na kurvIta rAkSasI kIrtitA hi sA | sandhyayorubhayozcaiva sUrye caivAciraudite || 280 ||
hk transliteration
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कृष्णपक्षे दशम्यादौ वर्जयित्वा चतुर्दशीम् । श्राद्धे प्रशस्तास्तिथयो यथैता न तथैतराः ॥ २७६ ॥
sanskrit
The days of the dark half of the month, beginning with the tenth, but excepting the fourteenth, are recommended for a funeral sacrifice; (it is) not thus (with) the others.
english translation
kRSNapakSe dazamyAdau varjayitvA caturdazIm | zrAddhe prazastAstithayo yathaitA na tathaitarAH || 276 ||
hk transliteration
युक्षु कुर्वन् दिनर्क्षेषु सर्वान् कामान् समश्नुते । अयुक्षु तु पितॄन् सर्वान् प्रजां प्राप्नोति पुष्कलाम् ॥ २७७ ॥
sanskrit
He who performs it on the even (lunar) days and under the even constellations, gains (the fulfilment of) all his wishes; he who honours the manes on odd (lunar days) and under odd (constellations), obtains distinguished offspring.
english translation
yukSu kurvan dinarkSeSu sarvAn kAmAn samaznute | ayukSu tu pitRRn sarvAn prajAM prApnoti puSkalAm || 277 ||
hk transliteration
यथा चैवापरः पक्षः पूर्वपक्षाद् विशिष्यते । तथा श्राद्धस्य पूर्वाह्णादपराह्णो विशिष्यते ॥ २७८ ॥
sanskrit
As the second half of the month is preferable to the first half, even so the afternoon is better for (the performance of) a funeral sacrifice than the forenoon.
english translation
yathA caivAparaH pakSaH pUrvapakSAd viziSyate | tathA zrAddhasya pUrvAhNAdaparAhNo viziSyate || 278 ||
hk transliteration
प्राचीनावीतिना सम्यगपसव्यमतन्द्रिणा । पित्र्यमानिधनात् कार्यं विधिवद् दर्भपाणिना ॥ २७९ ॥
sanskrit
Let him, untired, duly perform the (rites) in honour of the manes in accordance with the prescribed rule, passing the sacred thread over the right shoulder, proceeding from the left to the right (and) holding Kusa grass in his hands, up to the end (of the ceremony).
english translation
prAcInAvItinA samyagapasavyamatandriNA | pitryamAnidhanAt kAryaM vidhivad darbhapANinA || 279 ||
hk transliteration
रात्रौ श्राद्धं न कुर्वीत राक्षसी कीर्तिता हि सा । सन्ध्ययोरुभयोश्चैव सूर्ये चैवाचिरौदिते ॥ २८० ॥
sanskrit
Let him not perform a funeral sacrifice at night, because the (night) is declared to belong to the Rakshasas, nor in the twilight, nor when the sun has just risen.
english translation
rAtrau zrAddhaM na kurvIta rAkSasI kIrtitA hi sA | sandhyayorubhayozcaiva sUrye caivAciraudite || 280 ||
hk transliteration