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    Viṣṇu Smṛti

    Chapter 21

    Viṣṇu

    Vi_21

    athāśaucavyapagame susnātaḥ suprakṣālitapāṇipādaḥ svācāntas tv evaṃvidhān eva brāhmaṇān yathāśakti udaṅmukhān gandhamālyavastrālaṃkārādibhiḥ pūjitān bhojayet // Vi_21.1 //

    ekavanmantrān ūhed ekoddiṣṭe // Vi_21.2 //

    ucchiṣṭasaṃnidhāv ekam eva tannāmagotrābhyāṃ piṇḍaṃ nirvapet // Vi_21.3 //

    bhuktavatsu brāhmaṇeṣu dakṣiṇayābhipūjiteṣu pretanāmagotrābhyāṃ dattākṣayyodakaḥ caturaṅgulapṛthvīḥ tāvadantarāḥ tāvadadhaḥkhātāḥ vitastyāyatāḥ tisraḥ karṣūḥ kuryāt // Vi_21.4 //

    karṣūsamīpe cāgnitrayam upasamādhāya paristīrya tatraikaikasmin āhutitrayaṃ juhuyāt // Vi_21.5 //

    somāya pitṛmate svadhā namaḥ // Vi_21.6 //

    agnaye kavyavāhanāya svathā namaḥ // Vi_21.7 //

    yamāyāṅgirase svadhā namaḥ // Vi_21.8 //

    sthānatraye ca prāgvat piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ kuryāt // Vi_21.9 //

    annadadhighṛtamadhumāṃsaiḥ karṣūtrayaṃ pūrayitvā etat ta iti japet // Vi_21.10 //

    evaṃ mṛtāhe pratimāsaṃ kuryāt // Vi_21.11 //

    saṃvatsarānte pretāya tatpitre tatpitāmahāya tatprapitāmahāya ca brāhmaṇān devapūrvān bhojayet // Vi_21.12 //

    atrāgnaukaraṇam āvāhanaṃ pādyaṃ ca kuryāt // Vi_21.13 //

    saṃsṛjatu tvā pṛthivī samānī ca iti ca pretapādyapātre pitṛpādyapātratraye yojayet // Vi_21.14 //

    ucchiṣṭasaṃnidhau piṇḍacatuṣṭayaṃ kuryāt // Vi_21.15 //

    brāhmaṇāṃś ca svācāntān dattadakṣiṇāṃś cānuvrajya visarjayet // Vi_21.16 //

    tataḥ pretapiṇḍaṃ pādyapātrodakavat piṇḍatraye nidadhyāt // Vi_21.17 //

    karṣūtrayasaṃnikrṣe 'py evam eva // Vi_21.18 //

    sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ māsikārthavat dvādaśāhaṃ śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā trayodaśe 'hni vā kuryāt // Vi_21.19 //

    mantravarjaṃ hi śūdrāṇāṃ dvādaśe 'hni // Vi_21.20 //

    saṃvatsarābhyantare yady adhimāso bhavet, tadā māsikārthe dinam ekaṃ vardhayet // Vi_21.21 //

    sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ strīṇāṃ kāryam evaṃ tathā bhavet /

    yāvaj jīvaṃ tathā kuryāc chrāddhaṃ tu prativatsaram || Vi_21.22 ||

    arvāk sapiṇḍīkaraṇaṃ yasya saṃvatsarāt kṛtaṃ /

    tasyāpy annaṃ sodakumbhaṃ dadyād varṣaṃ dvijanmane || Vi_21.23 ||