deities who deserve shares of the offerings made at
Sraddhas. Those names at Vala, Dhriti, Vipapa,
Punyakrit, Pavana, Parshni, Kshemak, Divysanu, Vivaswat,
Viryavat, Hrimat, Kirtimat, Krita, Jitatman, Munivirya,
Diptaroman, Bhayankara, Anukarman, Pratia, Pradatri,
Ansumat, Sailabha, Parama krodhi, Dhiroshni, Bhupati,
Sraja, Vajrin, and Vari,—these are the
eternal Viswedevas. There are others also whose
names are Vidyutvarchas, Somavarchas, and Suryasri.
Others also are numbered amongst them, viz.,
Somapa, Suryasavitra, Dattatman, Pundariyaka, Ushninabha,
Nabhoda, Viswayu, Dipti, Chamuhara, Suresa, Vyomari,
Sankara Bhava, Isa, Kartri, Kriti, Daksha, Bhuvana,
Divya, Karmakrit, Ganita Panchavirya, Aditya, Rasmimat,
Saptakrit, Somavachas, Viswakrit, Kavi, Anugoptri,
Sugoptri, Naptri, and Iswara:—these highly
blessed ones are numbered as the Viswedevas.
They are eternal and conversant with all that occurs
in Time. The species of paddy which should not
be offered at Sraddhas are those called Kodrava, and
Pulka. Assafoetida also, among articles used in
cooking, should not be offered, as also onions and
garlic, the produce of the Moringa pterygosperma,
Bauhinia Variegata, the meat of animals slain with
envenomed shafts all varieties of Sucuribita Pepo,
Sucuribita lagenaria, and black salt. The other
articles that should not be offered at Sraddhas are
the flesh of the domesticated hog, the meat of all
animals not slaughtered at sacrifices, Nigella sativa,
salt of the variety called Vid, the potherb that is
called Sitapaki, all sprouts (like those of the bamboo),
and also the Trapa bispinosa. All kinds of salt
should be excluded from the offerings made at Sraddhas,
and also the fruits of the Eugenia Jamblana.
All articles, again, upon which any one has spat or
upon which tears have fallen should not be offered
at Sraddhas. Among offerings made to the Pitris
or with the Havya and Kavya offered to the deities,
the potherb called Sudarsana (Menispermum tomentosum,
Rox) should not be included. Havi mixed with this
is not acceptable to Pitris. From the place where
the Sraddha is being performed, the Chandala and the
Swapacha should be excluded, as also all who wear
clothes steeped in yellow, and persons affected with
leprosy, or one who has been excasted (for transgressions),
or one who is guilty of Brahmanicide, or a Brahmana
of mixed descent or one who is the relative of an
excasted man. These all should be excluded by
persons possessed of wisdom from the place where a
Sraddha is being performed,’ Having said these
words in days of old unto the Rishi Nimi of his own
race, the illustrious Atri possessed of wealth of
penances then went back to the Grandsire’s assembly
in Heaven.’”