APPEASEMENT OF PITRAS [ANCESTORS] WITH THE OFFERINGS OF NON VEGETARIAN DIET !
REFERENCE :-MAHABHARAT,SHANTI PARV,CHAPTER 29.
Dharmaraj Yudhishthira and Pitamah Bhishma discussion about what food one should offer to Pitras (ancestors) during the Shraddha (ceremony of dead) to keep them satisfied Paragraph reads as follows :-
"Yudhishthir said, "0 thou of great
REFERENCE :-MAHABHARAT,SHANTI PARV,CHAPTER 29.
Dharmaraj Yudhishthira and Pitamah Bhishma discussion about what food one should offer to Pitras (ancestors) during the Shraddha (ceremony of dead) to keep them satisfied Paragraph reads as follows :-
"Yudhishthir said, "0 thou of great
puissance, tell me what that object is which, if dedicated to the
pitras (dead ancestors), become inexhaustible! What Havi, again, (if
offered) lasts for all time? What, indeed, is that which (if presented)
becomes eternal?”
"Bhisma said, Listen to me, 0 Yudhishthira, what those Havis are which persons conversant with the rituals of the Shraddha (the ceremony of dead) regard as suitable in view of Shraddha and what the fruits are that attach to each. With sesame seeds and rice and barley and Masha and water and roots and fruits, if given at Shraddhas, the pitris, 0 king, remain gratified for the period of a month. With fishes offered at Shraddha, the pitras remain gratified for a period of two months. With the muflon they remain gratified for three months and with the hare for four months, with the flesh of the goat for five months, with the bacon (meat of pig) for six months, and with the flesh of birds for seven. With venison obtained from those deer that are called Prishata, they remain gratified for eight months, and with that obtained form the Ruru for nine months, and with the meat of Gavaya for ten months. With the meat of the buffalo their gratification lasts for eleven months. With beef presented at the Shraddha, their gratification, it is said, lasts for a full year. Payesa mixed with ghee is as much acceptable to the pitras as beef. With the meat of Vadhrinasa (a large bull) the gratification of pitras lasts for twelve years. The flesh of rhinoceros, offered to the pitras on anniversaries of the lunar days on which they died, becomes inexhaustible. The potherb called Kalaska, the petals of Kanchana flower, and meat of (red) goat also, thus offered, prove inexhaustible
So but natural if you want to keep your ancestors satisfied forever, you should serve them the meat of red goat.
"Bhisma said, Listen to me, 0 Yudhishthira, what those Havis are which persons conversant with the rituals of the Shraddha (the ceremony of dead) regard as suitable in view of Shraddha and what the fruits are that attach to each. With sesame seeds and rice and barley and Masha and water and roots and fruits, if given at Shraddhas, the pitris, 0 king, remain gratified for the period of a month. With fishes offered at Shraddha, the pitras remain gratified for a period of two months. With the muflon they remain gratified for three months and with the hare for four months, with the flesh of the goat for five months, with the bacon (meat of pig) for six months, and with the flesh of birds for seven. With venison obtained from those deer that are called Prishata, they remain gratified for eight months, and with that obtained form the Ruru for nine months, and with the meat of Gavaya for ten months. With the meat of the buffalo their gratification lasts for eleven months. With beef presented at the Shraddha, their gratification, it is said, lasts for a full year. Payesa mixed with ghee is as much acceptable to the pitras as beef. With the meat of Vadhrinasa (a large bull) the gratification of pitras lasts for twelve years. The flesh of rhinoceros, offered to the pitras on anniversaries of the lunar days on which they died, becomes inexhaustible. The potherb called Kalaska, the petals of Kanchana flower, and meat of (red) goat also, thus offered, prove inexhaustible
So but natural if you want to keep your ancestors satisfied forever, you should serve them the meat of red goat.
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