Mahabharata · Chapter 13.190
salilasyāñjaliṃ pūrṇamakṣatāśca dhṛtottarāḥ /
somasyottiṣṭhamānasya tajjalaṃ cākṣatāṃśca tān //
sthito hyabhimukho martyaḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ baliṃ haret /
agnikāryaṃ kṛtaṃ tena hutāścāsyāgnayastrayaḥ //
vanaspatiṃ ca yo hanyādamāvāsyāmabuddhimān /
api hyekena patreṇa lipyate brahmahatyayā //
dantakāṣṭhaṃ tu yaḥ khādedamāvāsyāmabuddhimān /
hiṃsitaścandramā**** pitaraścodvijanti ca //
havyaṃ na tasya devāśca pratigṛhṇanti parvasu /
kupyante pitaraścāsya kule vaṃśo'sya hīyate //
śrīruvāca /
prakīrṇaṃ bhājanaṃ yatra bhinnabhāṇḍamathāsanam /
yoṣitaścaiva hanyante kaśmalopahate gṛhe //
devatāḥ pitaraścaiva utsave parvaṇīṣu vā /
nirāśāḥ pratigacchanti kaśmalopahatādgṛhāt //
aṅgirā uvāca /
yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ dadyāddīpaṃ karañjake /
suvarcalāmūlahastaḥ prajā tasya vivardhate //
gārgya uvāca /
ātīthyaṃ satataṃ kuryāddīpaṃ dadyātpratiśraye /
varjayāno divāsvāpaṃ na ca māṃsāni bhakṣayet //
gobrāhmaṇaṃ na hiṃsyācca puṣkarāṇi ca kīrtayet /
eta śreṣṭhatamo dharmaḥ sarahasyo mahāphalaḥ //
api kratuśatairiṣṭvā kṣayaṃ gacchati taddhaviḥ /
na tu kṣīyanti te dharmāḥ śraddadhānaiḥ prayojitāḥ //
idaṃ ca paramaṃ guhyaṃ sarahasyaṃ nibodhata /
śrāddhakalpe ca daive ca tairthike parvaṇīṣu ca //
rajasvalā ca yā nārī śvitrikā'putrikā ca yā / etābhiścakṣuṣā dṛṣṭaṃ havirnāśnanti devatāḥ /
pitaraśca na tuṣyanti varṣāṇyapi trayodaśa //
śuklavāsāḥ śucirbhūtvā brāhmaṇānsvasti vācayet /
kīrtayedbhārataṃ caiva tathā syādakṣayaṃ haviḥ //
dhaumya uvāca /
bhinnabhāṇḍaṃ ca khaṭvāṃ ca kukkuṭaṃ śunakaṃ tathā /
apraśastāni sarvāṇi yaśca vṛkṣo gṛheruhaḥ //
bhinnabhāṇḍe kaliṃ prāhuḥ khaṭvāyāṃ tu dhanakṣayaḥ / kukkuṭe śunake caiva havirnāśnanti devatāḥ /
vṛkṣamūle dhruvaṃ satvaṃ tasmādvṛkṣaṃ na ropayet //
jamadagniruvāca /
yo yajedaśvamedhena vājapeyaśatena ha /
avākśirā vā lambeta satraṃ vā sphītamāharet //
na yasya hṛdayaṃ śuddhaṃ narakaṃ sa dhruvaṃ vrajet /
tulyaṃ yajñaśca satyaṃ ca hṛdayasya ca śuddhatā //
śuddhena manasā dattvā saktuprasthaṃ dvijātaye / brahmalokamanuprāptaḥ paryāptaṃ tannidarśanam // ] //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0