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XXI, 2. FUNERAL OBLATIONS. 8";
53. It is (further) said to be immaterial, passing
all thought, and immutable. Knowing the self of
man to be such, you must not grieve (for the
destruction of his body).
XXL
1. Now then x, (on the day) after the impurity is
over, let him bathe duly (during the recitation of
Mantras), wash his hands and feet duly, and sip
water duly, (and having invited some Brahma/zas),
as many as possible, who must cleanse themselves
in the same way and turn their faces towards the
north, let him bestow presents of perfumes, gar-
lands, clothes and other things (a lamp, frankincense,
and the like) upon them, and hospitably entertain
them.
2. At the Ekoddish/a (or Nraddha for one
recently deceased) let him alter the Mantras * 1 so as
to refer to (the) one person (deceased)2.
XXL i-n. Ajv. IV, 7; Par. Ill, io, 48-53; 3ankh. IV, 2;
M. Ill, 247 ; Y. Ill, 250, 251, 255. — 12-23. -Sahkh. IV, 3; V, 9;
Y. I, 252-254. Regarding the parallel passages of the KaAzaka
Grz'hya-sutra, see the Introduction.
1. 1 ‘Having said, in the previous Chapter (XX, 30), that “the
obsequies should be performed,” he now goes on to describe that
part of the obsequies which has not yet been expounded, viz. the
“ first Yraddha.” ’ (Nand.)
2. 1 The Mantras here referred to are those contained in the
description of the Parva/za and other ordinary Yraddhas in Chapter
LXXIII. Thus, the Mantra, ‘This is your (share), ye manes’
(LXXIII, 12,13), has to be altered into, ‘ This is thy (share), father ; ’
and so on. Devapala, in his Commentary on the KazTzaka Grz’hya-
sutra, gives an accurate statement of all the modifications which
the ordinary Mantras have to undergo at the Ekoddish/a.—2Nand.
states that not only the Mantras, but the whole ritual should be
modified. The nature of the latter modifications is stated by X ag-
navalkya loc. cit. and by Yankhayana loc. cit.
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53. It is (further) said to be immaterial, passing
all thought, and immutable. Knowing the self of
man to be such, you must not grieve (for the
destruction of his body).
XXL
1. Now then x, (on the day) after the impurity is
over, let him bathe duly (during the recitation of
Mantras), wash his hands and feet duly, and sip
water duly, (and having invited some Brahma/zas),
as many as possible, who must cleanse themselves
in the same way and turn their faces towards the
north, let him bestow presents of perfumes, gar-
lands, clothes and other things (a lamp, frankincense,
and the like) upon them, and hospitably entertain
them.
2. At the Ekoddish/a (or Nraddha for one
recently deceased) let him alter the Mantras * 1 so as
to refer to (the) one person (deceased)2.
XXL i-n. Ajv. IV, 7; Par. Ill, io, 48-53; 3ankh. IV, 2;
M. Ill, 247 ; Y. Ill, 250, 251, 255. — 12-23. -Sahkh. IV, 3; V, 9;
Y. I, 252-254. Regarding the parallel passages of the KaAzaka
Grz'hya-sutra, see the Introduction.
1. 1 ‘Having said, in the previous Chapter (XX, 30), that “the
obsequies should be performed,” he now goes on to describe that
part of the obsequies which has not yet been expounded, viz. the
“ first Yraddha.” ’ (Nand.)
2. 1 The Mantras here referred to are those contained in the
description of the Parva/za and other ordinary Yraddhas in Chapter
LXXIII. Thus, the Mantra, ‘This is your (share), ye manes’
(LXXIII, 12,13), has to be altered into, ‘ This is thy (share), father ; ’
and so on. Devapala, in his Commentary on the KazTzaka Grz’hya-
sutra, gives an accurate statement of all the modifications which
the ordinary Mantras have to undergo at the Ekoddish/a.—2Nand.
states that not only the Mantras, but the whole ritual should be
modified. The nature of the latter modifications is stated by X ag-
navalkya loc. cit. and by Yankhayana loc. cit.
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