Pindas
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 01 Mar 2010 13:01 and updated at 01 Mar 2010 13:01
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
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Mbh.12.345.22891 | Having first spread some blades of Kusa grass, the deities and the Pitris who were their children placed three Pindas thereon and in this way worshipped each other. |
Mbh.12.345.22892 | I wish to know, however, the reason why the Pitris in days of yore acquired the name of Pindas' |
Mbh.12.345.22897 | Regarding the three balls of mud that the puissant Lord had shaken off from his tusks as Pindas, he then, with sesame seeds of oily kernel that arose from the heat of his own body, himself performed the rite of dedication, sitting with face turned towards the East. |
Mbh.12.345.22906 | I am the father, the grandfather, and the great grandfather, and I should be regarded as residing in these three Pindas. |
Mbh.12.345.22913 | Having said these words, that God of gods, Vrishakapi by name, offered those Pindas, O learned Brahmana, on the breast of the Varaha mountains, with elaborate rites. |
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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice. |
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