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The five portions

पंचबलि

10 lines · about 1 min to say · Gita Press, Nitya Karma Puja Prakash; AWGP, Karmakand Bhaskar

Recorded for Kalava. In the app each line lights as it is said.

The five portions

The cow

सौरभेय्यः सर्वहिताः पवित्राः पुण्यराशयः।

saurabheyyaḥ sarvahitāḥ pavitrāḥ puṇyarāśayaḥ.

The cows, Surabhi's daughters, kind to all, pure, full of merit —

प्रतिगृह्णन्तु मे ग्रासं गावस्त्रैलोक्यमातरः॥

pratigr̥hṇantu me grāsaṁ gāvastrailokyamātaraḥ.

may they take my mouthful, the cows, mothers of the three worlds.

The dog

द्वौ श्वानौ श्यामशबलौ वैवस्वतकुलोद्भवौ।

dvau śvānau śyāmaśabalau vaivasvatakulodbhavau.

The two dogs of Yama's house, the dark one and the spotted one —

ताभ्यामन्नं प्रयच्छामि स्यातामेतावहिंसकौ॥

tābhyāmannaṁ prayacchāmi syātāmetāvahiṁsakau.

to them I give this food; may they harm no one.

The crow

ऐन्द्रवारुणवायव्या याम्या वै नैर्ऋतास्तथा।

aindravāruṇavāyavyā yāmyā vai nairr̥tāstathā.

Crows of the east and the west, of the north-west, the south and the south-west —

वायसाः प्रतिगृह्णन्तु भूमौ पिण्डं मयोज्झितम्॥

vāyasāḥ pratigr̥hṇantu bhūmau piṇḍaṁ mayojjhitam.

may the crows take this share I set down on the ground.

The devas and all beings

देवा मनुष्याः पशवो वयांसि सिद्धाः सयक्षोरगदैत्यसङ्घाः।

devā manuṣyāḥ paśavo vayāṁsi siddhāḥ sayakṣoragadaityasaṅghāḥ.

Devas, people, animals and birds, siddhas, yakshas, nagas and the hosts of daityas,

प्रेताः पिशाचास्तरवः समस्ता ये चान्नमिच्छन्ति मया प्रदत्तम्॥

pretāḥ piśācāstaravaḥ samastā ye cānnamicchanti mayā pradattam.

pretas and pishachas, and all the trees — whoever wants the food I give.

The ants

पिपीलिकाः कीटपतङ्गकाद्या बुभुक्षिताः कर्मनिबन्धबद्धाः।

pipīlikāḥ kīṭapataṅgakādyā bubhukṣitāḥ karmanibandhabaddhāḥ.

Ants, insects, moths and the rest, hungry, bound by their own karma —

तेषां हि तृप्त्यर्थमिदं मयान्नं तेभ्यो विसृष्टं सुखिनो भवन्तु॥

teṣāṁ hi tr̥ptyarthamidaṁ mayānnaṁ tebhyo visr̥ṣṭaṁ sukhino bhavantu.

for their fill I set this food out for them; may they be content.