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痴测腻蝉补 said:鈥�

1. On hearing about the excellent solar race of 艢谤腻诲诲丑补诲别惫补, the sage 艢补耻苍补办补 respectfully asked 厂奴迟补.

艢补耻苍补办补 said

2. O 厂奴迟补, disciple of 痴测腻蝉补, of long life, obeisance be to you. A divine and pious story has been narrated to us.

3. It has been mentioned by you that 艢谤腻诲诲丑补诲别惫补 is the progenitor of the solar race. I have a doubt therein which I shall mention before you.

4. How did the sun become 艢谤腻诲诲丑补诲别惫补? I wish to hear this. Please clear this doubt with pleasure.

5. O holy lord, please mention the glory and the benefit of 艢谤腻诲诲丑补 rite whereby the manes are pleased and bless the performer with prosperity.

6. I wish to hear this too, namely the creation par excellence of the manes (辫颈迟峁�). O intelligent one, please mention this particularly. Have mercy on me.

厂奴迟补 said:鈥�

7-9. O 艢补耻苍补办补, I shall mention everything concerning the creation of the manes. This was narrated to the intelligent 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补 by 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补. I shall mention it to you. It bestows the benefit of all cherished desires. 叠丑墨峁�m补 the foremost of the virtuous lying on the bed of arrows was requested by 驰耻诲丑颈峁ａ弓丑颈谤补 to whom he spoke thus.

驰耻诲丑颈峁ａ弓丑颈谤补 said:鈥�

10. How is nourishment achieved by a man desirous of nourishment? I wish to hear this. What is it that makes a man free from distress?

厂奴迟补 said:鈥�

11. On hearing the question of 驰耻诲丑颈峁ａ弓丑颈谤补, 叠丑墨峁�m补 the knower of Dharma spoke with pleasure even as every one was listening.

叠丑墨峁�m补 said:鈥�

12. O 驰耻诲丑颈峁ａ弓丑颈谤补, those who perform 艢谤腻诲诲丑补 rites with pleasure delight everyone through them as a result of the favour of the manes.

J3-15. Men desirous of benefits perform 艢谤腻诲诲丑补s, keeping in view, the father, the grandfather and the greatgrandfather in three balls of rice. O 驰耻诲丑颈峁ａ弓丑颈谤补, 峁僥 manes bless the man desirous of piety with piety, desirous of progeny with progeny a ad desirous of nourishment with nourishment.

驰耻诲丑颈峁ａ弓丑颈谤补 said:鈥�

16: Some manes are in the heaven and some are in the hell. The fruit accruing to the living beings is determined by their activity.

17. How do the 艢谤腻诲诲丑补s go to the manes? How those in the hell can derive the benefit?

18. I have heard that even the gods worship the manes. I wish to hear this. Please mention this in detail.

叠丑墨峁�m补 said:鈥�

19. O suppressor of enemies, in this context, I shall narrate an event as I have heard from my father who had left this world.

20. At the time of 艢谤腻诲诲丑补, the ball of rice for my father was kept ready by me. My father split the ground and requested me to offer the same into his hand.

21. Thinking that it was not the procedure enjoined in the Kalpa texts I placed the 笔颈峁囜笉补 on the 碍耻艣补 grass without further thought.

22. 鈥淥 sinless one, O most excellent of the descendants of Bharata, gladdened by me my father spoke in sweet words.

23. O most excellent of men, I only tested you. I have been redeemed by you the knower of sacred rites and a good scholar. I have been blessed with a real heir in you.

24. What the king does by virtuous or authoritative rites, the subjects too emulate, taking them to be backed by precedent.

25. O most excellent of the descendants of Bharata, listen to the eternal virtues of the Vedas. Proof of the Vedic rite has been shown by you-

26. Being delighted I shall grant you excellent boons lovingly. Accept them. They are difficult to obtain in the three worlds.

27. Death will have no hold on you as long as you wish to live. With your permission it may be effective again.

28. What is it that you wish for? I shall grant you an excellent boon. O foremost among the descendants of Bharata, what is in your mind? Mention it鈥�.

29. When he had said this, I saluted him with palms joined in reverence and said鈥斺�淥 bestower of honour, if you are pleased, I am content. I ask you a question. Please answer it.

30. He said to me鈥斺�淭ell me. If you wish I shall grant it to you鈥�. When I asked him again the king told me.

Santanu said:鈥�

31. O dear, listen. I shall explain your question factually. The entire 鈥�笔颈迟峁沰补濒辫补鈥� has been heard by me from 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补.

32. O dear, what you ask me now I had asked the sage 惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补. He, the knower of sacred rites, replied to me.

33. O king listen. Once as I looked up into the sky, I saw a great aerial chariot coming over the mountain.

34-35. I saw in the aerial chariot a great blazing mass of splendour as brilliant as glowing coal and very pleasing to the mind having nothing to excel. it. I saw a man of the size of a thumb lying therein. He was very brilliant as if fire had been placed over fire.

36. I bowed to him. With my head bent down, I asked the holy lord. 鈥淥 holy lord, how may we know you?鈥�

37. The pious soul told me 鈥測ou have not that penance and austerity, O sage, whereby you may know me, the son of 叠谤补丑尘腻.

38. I am 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补. What can I do for you? The other sons of 叠谤补丑尘腻 are younger to me.

39. My seven brothers are invincible and their families are established. But we pursue the rites of ascetics restraining the 膧迟尘补苍 in the 膧迟尘补苍.

40. Even as I was born I became famous as 碍耻尘腻谤补. O sage, hence I am called 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补 (the eternal bachelor).

41. Since you have piously performed penance with a desire for my vision I have appeared before you. Welfare be to you. What wish of yours shall I carry out?鈥�

42. When he said this I told him鈥斺�淥 holy lord, listen. Please narrate factually the original creation of the 笔颈迟峁泂.

43. When requested thus he said to me. Listen to everything factually. O dear one, I shall explain to you the auspicious creation of the 笔颈迟峁泂 truthfully.

厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补 said:鈥�

44. Formerly 叠谤补丑尘腻 created the gods and said to them, 鈥淲orship me鈥�. But they who sought benefits eschewed him and worshipped the 膧迟尘补苍.

45-46. They were cursed by 叠谤补丑尘腻 thus. You will be deluded and become senseless鈥�. Hence unable to know any thing and being insensible they bowed to 笔颈迟腻尘补丑补 and said 鈥淧lease bless us.鈥� Being requested thus he said to them for the sake of expiation.

47. 鈥淎sk your sons. You will then attain perfect knowledge鈥�. Urged thus the senseless ones asked their sons boldly.

48-50. They were asked to perform expiatory rites. O sinless one, the gods were thus addressed by the sons. 鈥淟et the sons be approached.鈥� The gods who had been cursed by 叠谤补丑尘腻 told him that the sons had gone away. Then 叠谤补丑尘腻 told the gods thus 鈥淥 gods, listen, You are not 叠谤补丑尘补惫腻诲颈苍蝉, the believers in Brahma鈥檚 cult.

51 Hence what has been mentioned by the sons, the most excellent of the perfectly wise shall be followed without hesitation and not otherwise.

52. O dwellers of heaven, let the gods and the 笔颈迟峁泂 worship one another with great delight. This will confer the cherished desires.鈥�

53. 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补 said:鈥擮 great sage, then their doubts were cleared. With delight they became the mutual bestowers of happiness at the instance of 叠谤补丑尘腻.

54. Then the gods said 鈥淪ince you addressed us as sons you will undoubtedly become 笔颈迟峁泂.

55. In the 艢谤腻诲诲丑补 of the 笔颈迟峁泂, undoubtedly the performer will propitiate Soma who being delighted and enhanced by the offering shall gladden the worlds.

56-58. They will delight the ocean, the mountain and the forest, all consisting of the mobile and immobile beings. Those who desire nourishment and perform 艢谤腻诲诲丑补 rites are given nourishment by the 笔颈迟峁泂 who are propitiated. Those who give three 笔颈峁囜笉补s in the 艢谤腻诲诲丑补 mentioning the names and Gotras delight the 笔颈迟峁泂 wherever they be and are looked after by them.

59-60. Let these words be truthful. Whether gods or 笔颈迟峁泂 we are father and sons successively. Thus the 笔颈迟峁泂 who became sons virtuously were famous in the world as mutual beneficiaries.