Agni Purana — Ayurveda, Shloka 33
Bala-graha-hara Bāla-tantram (बालग्रहहर बालतन्त्रम्) — Pediatric protection and graha-affliction management
बलिः पूर्वे ऽथ मध्याह्ने कुल्मापाद्यैस्तिलादिभिः यातना तु द्वितीये ऽब्दे यातनं रोदनादिकम्
baliḥ pūrve 'tha madhyāhne kulmāpādyaistilādibhiḥ yātanā tu dvitīye 'bde yātanaṃ rodanādikam
ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਬਲੀ ਦੇਣੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ; ਫਿਰ ਦੁਪਹਿਰ ਵੇਲੇ ਕੁਲਮਾਸ਼ ਆਦਿ ਭੋਜਨ ਅਤੇ ਤਿਲ ਆਦਿ ਅਰਪਿਤ ਕਰਨੇ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਹਨ। ਪਰ ਯਾਤਨਾ ਦਾ ਸਮਾਂ ਦੂਜੇ ਸਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਉਹ ਯਾਤਨਾ ਰੋਣਾ ਆਦਿ ਕਲੇਸ਼-ਰੂਪ ਹੈ।
Lord Agni (teaching the rites and their karmic implications)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","secondary_vidya":"Vrata","practical_application":"Śrāddha/pitṛ-kriyā sequencing: perform bali first, then midday offerings with kulmāṣa and sesame; note the doctrine of a second-year ‘yātanā’ period marked by weeping-like suffering, guiding remedial rites and remembrance.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"Procedure","entry_title":"Śrāddha sequence: bali first, madhyāhna kulmāṣa–tila offerings; second-year yātanā note","lookup_keywords":["śrāddha vidhi","bali pūrva","madhyāhna","kulmāṣa tila","dvitīya abda yātanā"],"quick_summary":"The verse gives an order for ancestral offerings—bali first, then midday food with sesame—and adds a calendrical belief about intensified suffering in the second year, informing continued śrāddha/śānti observance."}
Concept: Pitṛ-ṛṇa (debt to ancestors) discharged through correctly timed and ordered offerings; remembrance extends beyond the first year.
Application: Householders maintain śrāddha discipline (order and timing) and continue observances into subsequent years, especially around the second-year marker mentioned.
Khanda Section: Śrāddha-vidhi / Pitṛ-kriyā (Funerary rites and ancestral offerings)
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A śrāddha setting: bali offered first, then at midday kulmāṣa dishes and sesame preparations arranged; family in solemn posture, with pitṛs implied as subtle recipients.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, household śrāddha scene with banana-leaf offerings, sesame bowls, kulmāṣa dish, priest guiding sequence, subdued ochres and reds, calm solemn faces, stylized pitṛ silhouettes in the background.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting, gold-leaf on lamps and vessels, priest and yajamāna seated, offering plates with tila and kulmāṣa, ornate frame, reverential mood.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore style, clear step-order depiction: ‘bali first’ then ‘madhyāhna offerings’, neatly arranged items, gentle colors, instructional clarity with traditional elegance.","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, midday light in a courtyard, detailed food bowls and sesame, family and priest in refined garments, quiet mourning atmosphere, fine architectural details."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"devotional","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow","voice_tone":"contemplative"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: pūrve 'tha → pūrve atha; dvitīye 'bde → dvitīye abde; kulmāpādyaistilādibhiḥ → kulmāpa-ādyaiḥ tila-ādibhiḥ (kulmāpa reading uncertain).
Related Themes: Agni Purana pitṛ-kriyā/śrāddha sections (adjacent procedural lists for piṇḍa, tarpaṇa, bali, anna, tila)
FAQs
It specifies sequencing and timing in Śrāddha practice: perform the bali first, and make the principal food offerings at midday using items like kulmāṣa and sesame.
It combines procedural ritual detail (what to offer and when) with a doctrinal note on yātanā (karmic suffering), showing how the text integrates liturgy, ethics, and afterlife theory.
Correctly timed bali and offerings are presented as spiritually consequential acts connected to alleviating or understanding post-death distress, framed here through the notion of yātanā (suffering) and its manifestations like lamentation.