CHAPTER XII.

An Account of the Eleventh-day Rite.

1. Garuda said: O Lord of the Holy Ones, tell me about the eleventh-day rite also, and, O Ruler of the universe, explain the ceremony of the dedication of the bull.

2. The Blessed Lord said: In the early morning on the eleventh day one should go to a water-reservoir, and perform diligently all the funeral ceremonies.

3. He should invite Brahmins, well-read in Vedas and S'astras, and bowing their heads, with hands folded together, pray for the release of the departed.

4. Even a preceptor should become purified by bathing, and performing the Sandhya and other ceremonies ; one should do the eleventh-day ceremony, as prescribed.

5. One should perform the tenth-day S'raddha in the family name, without mantras; and on the eleventh day, offer a rice-ball to the departed, with mantras.

6-10. One should make a golden image of Visnu, a silver one of Brahma, a copper one of Rudra, and an iron one of Yama, O Bird.

To the west there should be a pot filled with Ganges water for Visnu; and upon it one should place Visnu, clad in yellow robes.

To the east there should be a pot of milk and water for Brahma; and there one should place Brahma, clad in white robes.

To the north there should be a pot of honey and clarified butter for Rudra, and there one should place Rudra, clad in red robes.

To the south there should be a pot of rain-water for Yama; and upon it one should place Yama, clad in black robes.

11-13. The son, having made a circle in the middle, and placed therein kus'a-grass, facing southward, with the sacred thread over the right shoulder , should make the water-offering.

He should make water-offering, with Vaidic mantras, to Visnu, to the creator , to S'iva and to Justice, perform the offering to the fire and then the eleventh-day S'raddha,

And he should next make a gift of a cow for the helping along of his forefathers: "this cow is given by me. May it please Thee, O Madhava."

12-15. His clothes, his ornaments, his conveyances,--these, which he has used,--a brass vessel filled with clarified butter, the seven grains which he liked,

Sesamum and the rest, the eight great gifts: if one does not offer these in his last days, they should be brought to his bedside and he should have them given.

16. Having washed the feet of a Brahmin he should honour him with cloths and other things, and give him cooked food, sweetmeats, flour-cakes and milk.

17-.19. Then the son should place upon the bed a golden image, and having worshiped it, give the bed as prescribed, for the sake of the dead.

"This bed is given by me to you, O Brahmin, for the sake of the departed, with the image of the departed, and the other things."