Institutes of VIshnu 80

2331.

1. Sesamum, rice, barley, beans, water, roots, fruits, vegetables, S yâmâka grain, millet, wild rice, kidney-beans, and wheat satisfy (the manes) for a month;

2. The flesh of fishes (excepting those species that are forbidden), for two months;

3. The flesh of the common deer, for three months;

4. The flesh of sheep, for four months;

5. The flesh of birds (of those kinds that may be eaten), for five months;

6. The flesh of goats, for six months;

7. The flesh of the spotted deer, for seven months;

8. The flesh of the spotted antelope, for eight months;

9. Beef, for nine months;

10. Buffalo's meat, for ten months;

11. The meat of a hornless goat, for eleven months;

12. The milk of a cow, or preparations from it, for a year.

13. On this subject there exists a stanza, which the manes utter:

14. '(The pot-herb) Kâla s âka (sacred basil), (the prawn) Mahâ s alka, and the flesh of the (crane called) Vârdhrî n asa, (and of) a rhinoceros having no horn, is food which we always accept.'

 

 

The Insitutes of Vishnu CHAPTER EIGHTY EIGHT

Divisions 2346-2370

 

INSTITUTES OF VISHNU 81

2346.

1. He must not place the food upon a chair.

2. He must not touch it with his foot.

3. He must not sneeze upon it.

4. He must drive the Yâtudhânas away by means of sesamum or mustard-seeds.

5. Let him perform the S râddha in an enclosed place.

6. He must not look at a woman in her courses;

7. Nor at a dog; 8. Nor at a tame pig;

9. Nor at a tame cock.

10. Let him strive to perform the S râddha in sight of a goat.

11. The Brâhma n as must eat in silence.

12. They must not eat with their heads covered

13. Nor with shoes on their feet;

14. Nor with their feet placed upon a stool.

15. Let not men with a limb too little, or with a limb too much, look at a S râddha;

16. Nor Sûdras; 17. Nor outcasts.

18. If at the time of a S râddha a Brâhma n a or an ascetic (has come to his house), he must feed him, if (the invited) Brâhma n as permit it.

19. The Brâhma n as must not declare the qualities of the sacrificial dishes, even though asked to do so by their host.

20. As long as the dishes remain warm, as long as (the Brâhma n as) eat in silence, as long as the qualities of the sacrificial food are not declared by them, so long the manes enjoy it.

21. Having brought together (the remainder of) all the sorts of substantial food and (of the vegetables and) the like, he must sprinkle it with water, and place it before the Brâhma n as, who have taken their meal, strewing it on the ground.

22. The leavings (that have remained in the dishes) and what has been strewn (in the manner just mentioned) upon the blades of Kusa grass (spread on the ground) is the share of such (Brâhma n as) as have died before they were initiated, and of husbands who have deserted wives descended from good families.

23. What has dropped on the ground from the dishes, at a sacrifice addressed to the manes, they declare to be the share of servants, provided they be not dishonest or depraved.

 

The Insitutes of Vishnu CHAPTER EIGHTY NINE

Divisions 2371-2400