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1. By performing a Srâddha on Sunday he procures everlasting freedom from disease.
2. (By performing a Srâddha) on Monday he becomes beloved[1].
3. (By performing it) on Tuesday (he procures) success in battle.
4. (By performing it) on Wednesday (he enjoys) all his desires.
5. (By performing it) on Thursday (he acquires) such religious knowledge as he desires.
6. (By performing it) on Friday (he acquires) wealth.
7. (By performing it) on Saturday (he procures) longevity.
8. (By performing it under the Nakshatra or constellation) Krittikâs (he gains) heaven.
[LXXVIII. 8-35. M. III, 277; Y. I, 264-267.--36-50. M. III, 276; Y. I, 261-263; Âpast. II, 7, 16, 8-22; Gaut. XV, 4.--52, 53. M. III, 273, 274. Regarding Sûtras 1-7, see the Introduction.
1. Nand. states that the Srâddhas mentioned in this chapter are of the kâmya sort, i.e. 'offered for the gratification of a special desire.'
2. 1 This is Nand.'s interpretation of the term saubhâgyam. It might also be taken in its usual acceptation, as meaning 'happiness.'
8-35. Those names of the twenty-eight Nakshatras or lunar asterisms, which I have included in parentheses, are from Nand.'s Commentary. Most of the objects which are said to be gained by the Srâddhas mentioned in Sûtras 8-35 are connected etymologically, or through their import, with the names of the particular Nakshatras under which they are performed. Thus the term pushti, 'prosperity,' in Sûtra 13, is etymologically connected with Pushya; the term mitra, 'friend,' in 22, is connected with Maitra; the term râgyam, 'royalty,' in 23, is connected with Sâkra, the name of that Nakshatra being derived from Sakra, a name of Indra, the king of the gods, &c.]
9. (By performing it under the constellation) Rohinî (he obtains) progeny.
10. (By performing it under the constellation) Saumya (or Mrigasiras he procures) the superhuman power of a pious Brâhmana.
11. (By performing it under the constellation) Raudra (or Ârdrâ he reaps) the fruit of his labours.
12. (By performing it under the constellation) Punarvasu (he procures) land.
13. (By performing it under the constellation) Pushya (or Tishya he procures) prosperity.
14. (By performing it under the constellation) Sârpa (or Âsleshâs he obtains) beauty.
15. (By performing it under the constellation) Paitrya (or Maghâ he enjoys) all his desires.
16. (By performing it under the constellation) Bhâgya (or Pûrvaphâlgunî) he becomes beloved[1].
17. (By performing it under the constellation) Âryamana (or Uttaraphâlgunî he procures) wealth.
18. (By performing it under the constellation) Hasta (he acquires) superiority among his kindred.
19. (By performing it under the constellation) Tvâshtra (or Kitrâ he procures) handsome sons.
20. (By performing it under the constellation) Svâti (he procures) success in trade.
21. (By performing it under the constellation) Visâkhâs (he acquires) gold.
22. (By performing it under the constellation) Maitra (or Anurâdhâ he procures) friends.
23. (By performing it under the constellation) Sâkra (or Gyeshthâ he procures) royalty.
24. (By performing it' under the constellation) Mûla (he procures good results in) agriculture.
[16. 1 See 2, note. 2]
25. (By performing it under the constellation) Âpya (or Pûrvâshâdhâs he procures) success in sea-voyages.
26. (By performing it under the constellation) Vaisvadeva (or Uttarâshâdhâs he enjoys) all his desires.
27. (By performing it under the constellation) Abhigit (he procures) superiority.[1]
28. (By performing it under the constellation) Sravana (he enjoys) all his desires.
29. (By performing it under the constellation) Vâsava (or Dhanishthâs he procures success in preparing) salt[1].
30. (By performing it under the constellation) Vâruna (or Satabhishâ he obtains) freedom from disease.
31. (By performing it under the constellation) Âga ( or Pûrvabhâdrapadâ he obtains) copper vessels.
32. (By performing it under the constellation) Âhirbudhnya (or Uttarabhâdrapadâ he obtains) a house.
33. (By performing it under the constellation) Paushna (or Revatî he acquires) cows.
34. (By performing it under the constellation) Âsvina (or Asvinî he obtains) a horse.
35. (By performing it under the constellation) Yâmya (or Bharanî he procures) longevity,
36. (By offering it) on the first day of a lunar fortnight (he procures) a house and handsome wives.
[29. 1 Lavanam means either 'salt' or beauty' or 'medicinal herbs and fruits.' (Nand.)]
37. (By offering it) on the second day (he procures) a beautiful daughter (and sons-in-law).
38. (By offering it) on the third day (he enjoys) all his desires.
39. (By offering it) on the fourth day (he procures) cattle.
40. (By offering it) on the fifth day (he procures) handsome sons.
41. (By offering it) on the sixth day (he obtains) success in gaming.
42. (By offering it) on the seventh day (he procures good results in) agriculture.
43. (By offering it) on. the eighth day (he procures success in) trade.
44. (By offering it) on the ninth day (he procures) cattle[1].
45. (By offering it) on the tenth day (he procures) horses.
46. (By offering it) on the eleventh day (he procures) sons endowed with the superhuman power of a pious Brâhmana.
47. (By offering it) on the twelfth day (he procures) gold and silver.
48. (By offering it) on the thirteenth day he becomes beloved.
49. (By offering it) on the fifteenth day (he enjoys) all his desires.
[44. 1 Nand. infers from a passage of Yâgñavalkya (I, 266) that the term 'cattle' here refers to horses and other one-hoofed animals. See, however, the next Sûtra.
48. The term saubhâgyam is stated by Nand. (with reference to Y. I, 2 64) to denote 'superiority among his kindred,' in this Sûtra. But there is no cogent reason for deviating here from that interpretation of the term which he proposes in his Commentary on Sûtras 2 and 16. See above.]
50. For Srâddhas for those who have been killed in battle the fourteenth day is ordained.
51. There are two stanzas on this subject recited by the manes.
52. 'May that excellent man be born to our race, whosoever he may be, who attentively offers a Srâddha in the rainy season[1] on the thirteenth of the dark half,
53. 'With milk profusely mixed with honey; and (he who offers such Srâddhas) during the whole month Kârttika and (in the afternoon) when the shadow of an elephant falls towards the east.'