Guest guest Posted April 20, 2009 Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 Parasara Smriti part .4 FIFTH CHAPTER This chapter describes the sin related to biting by the animals and the ways to expiate this sin. SAVRATASTU SHUNADASHTO || YASTRIRAATRAMUPAVASET || GHRITAM KUSHODAKAM PEETVA || VRATSHESHAM SAMAPAYET || Meaning- If a dog bites a person during his fast, the person must observe continuous fast for three days and consume nothing except ghee and juices of the grass. When purified, he should complete his original fast. If a dog bites a woman, she may get purified instantly by sighting the moon SIXTH CHAPTER This chapter describes the sin involved in the killing of birds and the ways to expiate it. KRONCH SAARAS HANSAASCHA CHAKRAVAAKAM CHA KUKUTAM || JAALPAADAM CHA SHARBHAM HATVAAHORATRAH SHUCHIH || Meaning- One must observe a day’s fast to get purified from the sin of killing a heron, crane, swan, geese, cock, hen, duck and grasshoppers. Killing of peafowl is even severe sin. One must worship Lord Shankar to get free from the sin of killing a peafowl. SEVENTH CHAPTER This chapter deals with the matter of purifying water bodies. In the opinion of sage Parashar, purification of ponds etc. can be achieved thus. VAAPIKUPTAGESHU DUSHITESHU KATHACHAN || UDDHYATYA VAI KUMBHARAATAM PANCHGYEN SHUDDYATI || Meaning- If a small pond, well or tank has been soiled somehow, take out one hundred pitcher full of water from them and add cow’s dung, urine, milk and curd, ghee and honey to purify the water. EIGHTH CHAPTER This chapter describes the expiation for the sins committed unknowingly. It asserts that such sins should not be hidden because such a practice only adds to the sins. If a cow or an ox dies while tethering or yoking, expiation is necessary because those animals were under the honor and assisting him. Religious polymaths say: SACHAILAM VAGYATAH SNAATVAA KILANVAASAA SAMAAHITAH || KSHATRIYO VAATH VAISHYO VAA TATAH PARSHADMAAVRAJET || Meaning- To expiate for the sin, a Kshatriya and a Vaishya must take a bath fully dressed silently and appear as such before the jury. If the same is suspected, sage Parashar dictates that it must be expiated for leaving the food. NINTH CHAPTER In this chapter, sage Parashar writes about the expiation for the sin of killing a cow. RODHABANDHAN YOKTRAANI GHAATASCHETI CHATURVIDHAM || EKPAADAM CHARET RODHE DWAU PAADAU BANDHANE CHARET || Meaning- If the cow or an ox dies due to forceful enclosure, tethering, yoking and killed deliberately, a sin equal to killing a cow results. One must observe a fast for a quarter of a day if death of the cow is due to forceful enclosure. For the death due to tethering, fast for half a day is required. If yoking is the cause of death, fast for three-quarters of a day and for deliberate killing, fast for a full day. MUNDAN (shaving of head hair) : During the fast for a quarter of a day, removal of bodily hairs is required. For the fast of half day, shaving of the bodily hair, moustache and beard is required. Donation of a bull is required for the fast of three-quarters of a day while donation of two cows is required for a full day fast. DONATION: One must donate a pair of clothes- (dhoti and kurta) to a Brahmin to complete the fast of a quarter day and a saucer of bronze to complete the fast of half day. TENTH CHAPTER The tenth chapter describes the expiation required to wash the sins of having illegal carnal relations with women other than the wife. Sage Parashar, it seems, had known that it would be a characterizing feature of Kali Yuga. Hence, he says AGAMYAA GAMANE CHAIV SHUDDHAU CHAANDRAYANAAM CHARET || Meaning- A man who has relations with other women than his wife, can get purified only by observing Chandrayan Vrata (a fast devoted to the moon). Those Brahmins, who have illegal carnal relations with the women of low caste must observe a fast for three days and three nights continuously. Then, he must get shaven of his head hair including the normal tuft of hair left otherwise. And ultimately, he should observe to Prajapatya Vrata . ELEVENTH CHAPTER Sage Parashar has prohibited the intake of polluted food and cereals of Shudras. Provision of expiating the sins related to these two activities has therefore come into practice. AMEDHYA RETO GOMANSAM CHAANDAALANMATHAAPI VAA || YADI BHUKTAM TU VIPREN KRICHCHHAM CHAANDRAAYANAM CHARET || Meaning- If a Brahmin consumes the food polluted by the flesh of a human being, cow, latrine etc. he should voluntarily observe Chaandrayan Vrata. There is a provision of half of this expiation for the people of Kshatriya and Vaishya classes while a Shudra must observe Praajapatya Vrata to eliminate the sins of eating polluted food. Similarly, regarding intake of Shudra’s cereals, sage Parashar says: SHUDRAANAM SUKTAANNANCH HYABHOJYASYANNMEV CHA || SHANKITAM PRATISHIDDHAANNAM PURVOCHCHHISHTAM TATHAIV CHA || Meaning- A man must expiate for the sins of eating cereals of Shudra, Sutak, downtrodden, of suspicious origin, forbidden otherwise, or defiled food. There is a provision of Krichchha Vrata. Will be Continue on last part 5 with regards dilip Bagavad Gita chapter 6 sloka 5 uddhared âtmanâtmânam nâtmânam avasâdayet âtmaiva hy âtmano bandhur âtmaiva ripur âtmanah 1 of 1 File(s) Parasara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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