{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbe07/sbe07080.htm","path":"hin/sbe07/sbe07080.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe07/sbe07080.htm","text":"1. By performing a Sr\u00e2ddha on Sunday he procures everlasting freedom from disease.\n2. (By performing a Sr\u00e2ddha) on Monday he becomes beloved[1].\n3. (By performing it) on Tuesday (he procures) success in battle.\n4. (By performing it) on Wednesday (he enjoys) all his desires.\n5. (By performing it) on Thursday (he acquires) such religious knowledge as he desires.\n6. (By performing it) on Friday (he acquires) wealth.\n7. (By performing it) on Saturday (he procures) longevity.\n8. (By performing it under the Nakshatra or constellation) Krittik\u00e2s (he gains) heaven.\n[LXXVIII. 8-35. M. III, 277; Y. I, 264-267.--36-50. M. III, 276; Y. I, 261-263; \u00c2past. II, 7, 16, 8-22; Gaut. XV, 4.--52, 53. M. III, 273, 274. Regarding S\u00fbtras 1-7, see the Introduction.\n1. Nand. states that the Sr\u00e2ddhas mentioned in this chapter are of the k\u00e2mya sort, i.e. 'offered for the gratification of a special desire.'\n2. 1 This is Nand.'s interpretation of the term saubh\u00e2gyam. It might also be taken in its usual acceptation, as meaning 'happiness.'\n8-35. 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 Sr\u00e2ddhas mentioned in S\u00fbtras 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 S\u00fbtra 13, is etymologically connected with Pushya; the term mitra, 'friend,' in 22, is connected with Maitra; the term r\u00e2gyam, 'royalty,' in 23, is connected with S\u00e2kra, the name of that Nakshatra being derived from Sakra, a name of Indra, the king of the gods, &c.]\n9. (By performing it under the constellation) Rohin\u00ee (he obtains) progeny.\n10. (By performing it under the constellation) Saumya (or Mrigasiras he procures) the superhuman power of a pious Br\u00e2hmana.\n11. (By performing it under the constellation) Raudra (or \u00c2rdr\u00e2 he reaps) the fruit of his labours.\n12. (By performing it under the constellation) Punarvasu (he procures) land.\n13. (By performing it under the constellation) Pushya (or Tishya he procures) prosperity.\n14. (By performing it under the constellation) S\u00e2rpa (or \u00c2slesh\u00e2s he obtains) beauty.\n15. (By performing it under the constellation) Paitrya (or Magh\u00e2 he enjoys) all his desires.\n16. (By performing it under the constellation) Bh\u00e2gya (or P\u00fbrvaph\u00e2lgun\u00ee) he becomes beloved[1].\n17. (By performing it under the constellation) \u00c2ryamana (or Uttaraph\u00e2lgun\u00ee he procures) wealth.\n18. (By performing it under the constellation) Hasta (he acquires) superiority among his kindred.\n19. (By performing it under the constellation) Tv\u00e2shtra (or Kitr\u00e2 he procures) handsome sons.\n20. (By performing it under the constellation) Sv\u00e2ti (he procures) success in trade.\n21. (By performing it under the constellation) Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2s (he acquires) gold.\n22. (By performing it under the constellation) Maitra (or Anur\u00e2dh\u00e2 he procures) friends.\n23. (By performing it under the constellation) S\u00e2kra (or Gyeshth\u00e2 he procures) royalty.\n24. (By performing it' under the constellation) M\u00fbla (he procures good results in) agriculture.\n[16. 1 See 2, note. 2]\n25. (By performing it under the constellation) \u00c2pya (or P\u00fbrv\u00e2sh\u00e2dh\u00e2s he procures) success in sea-voyages.\n26. (By performing it under the constellation) Vaisvadeva (or Uttar\u00e2sh\u00e2dh\u00e2s he enjoys) all his desires.\n27. (By performing it under the constellation) Abhigit (he procures) superiority.[1]\n28. (By performing it under the constellation) Sravana (he enjoys) all his desires.\n29. (By performing it under the constellation) V\u00e2sava (or Dhanishth\u00e2s he procures success in preparing) salt[1].\n30. (By performing it under the constellation) V\u00e2runa (or Satabhish\u00e2 he obtains) freedom from disease.\n31. (By performing it under the constellation) \u00c2ga ( or P\u00fbrvabh\u00e2drapad\u00e2 he obtains) copper vessels.\n32. (By performing it under the constellation) \u00c2hirbudhnya (or Uttarabh\u00e2drapad\u00e2 he obtains) a house.\n33. (By performing it under the constellation) Paushna (or Revat\u00ee he acquires) cows.\n34. (By performing it under the constellation) \u00c2svina (or Asvin\u00ee he obtains) a horse.\n35. (By performing it under the constellation) Y\u00e2mya (or Bharan\u00ee he procures) longevity,\n36. (By offering it) on the first day of a lunar fortnight (he procures) a house and handsome wives.\n[29. 1 Lavanam means either 'salt' or beauty' or 'medicinal herbs and fruits.' (Nand.)]\n37. (By offering it) on the second day (he procures) a beautiful daughter (and sons-in-law).\n38. (By offering it) on the third day (he enjoys) all his desires.\n39. (By offering it) on the fourth day (he procures) cattle.\n40. (By offering it) on the fifth day (he procures) handsome sons.\n41. (By offering it) on the sixth day (he obtains) success in gaming.\n42. (By offering it) on the seventh day (he procures good results in) agriculture.\n43. (By offering it) on. the eighth day (he procures success in) trade.\n44. (By offering it) on the ninth day (he procures) cattle[1].\n45. (By offering it) on the tenth day (he procures) horses.\n46. (By offering it) on the eleventh day (he procures) sons endowed with the superhuman power of a pious Br\u00e2hmana.\n47. (By offering it) on the twelfth day (he procures) gold and silver.\n48. (By offering it) on the thirteenth day he becomes beloved.\n49. (By offering it) on the fifteenth day (he enjoys) all his desires.\n[44. 1 Nand. infers from a passage of Y\u00e2g\u00f1avalkya (I, 266) that the term 'cattle' here refers to horses and other one-hoofed animals. See, however, the next S\u00fbtra.\n48. The term saubh\u00e2gyam is stated by Nand. (with reference to Y. I, 2 64) to denote 'superiority among his kindred,' in this S\u00fbtra. But there is no cogent reason for deviating here from that interpretation of the term which he proposes in his Commentary on S\u00fbtras 2 and 16. See above.]\n50. For Sr\u00e2ddhas for those who have been killed in battle the fourteenth day is ordained.\n51. There are two stanzas on this subject recited by the manes.\n52. 'May that excellent man be born to our race, whosoever he may be, who attentively offers a Sr\u00e2ddha in the rainy season[1] on the thirteenth of the dark half,\n53. 'With milk profusely mixed with honey; and (he who offers such Sr\u00e2ddhas) during the whole month K\u00e2rttika and (in the afternoon) when the shadow of an elephant falls towards the east.'","title":"LXXVIII.","type":"page"}