Verse 3.223

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

तेषां दत्त्वा तु हस्तेषु सपवित्रं तिलौदकम् ।
तत्पिण्डाग्रं प्रयच्छेत स्वधैषामस्त्विति ब्रुवन् ॥ २२३ ॥

teṣāṃ dattvā tu hasteṣu sapavitraṃ tilaudakam |
tatpiṇḍāgraṃ prayaccheta svadhaiṣāmastviti bruvan || 223 ||

Having poured into their hands water and sesamum along with kuśa blades, he should offer the top portion of the ball, saying “May this be svadhā to these.”—(223)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

It has been said above (219) that—‘he shall make them eat very small portions of the balls;’ and the present text lays down the time for this feeding—and the place (from which the portion is to be drawn). The portion is to be taken from the top of the ball; and this portion of the ball should be offered after the Kuśa-blades and water and sesamum have been offered.

‘Saying—May this be svadhā to these.’ The pronoun ‘these’ stands for the individual names; the construction being—‘having pronounced the names of the particular ancestor, he should say, May this be svadhā to him.’ In this sense, the Dative should be used in connection with the term ‘svadhā,’—the right form being—‘svadhā Devadattaya astu,’ ‘svadhā Yajñadattāya astu,’ ‘may this be svadhā to Devadatta,’ ‘may this be svadhā to Yajñadatta,’ and so forth.

By explaining our text thus, we do not run counter to other scriptural injunctions.—(223)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in Hemādri (Śrāddha, p. 1476).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

Matsya-purāṇa—(Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi-Śrāddha, p. 2476).—(Reproduces Manu.)