The Curse ofDaksa1 - Verse 7
Vayu Purana (G. V. Tagare English translation) · 30 · Verse 7
Sanskrit Original
Those (of the Pitrs) who performed sacrifices (and pressed Soma-juice) are the Pitrs called Soma-pithins . Those Pitrs who maintained the sacred fire (while on the earth) are remembered as Barhisad Pitrs. In the scriptures, the decision that seasons are the Pitr-devas is approved. At 8 -f; “°nths °f Madhu and Madhava (Gaitra and Vaisakha) should be known as Rasas (juicy) ; those of Suci ^ ^tTr,?ye " ha ^ A - ha) arC Su?mins (^strous). Those of Nabhas and Nabhasya ( Sravana and Bhadrapada) are cited as jivas; those of Isa and Urja (Asvina and Kartika are ambrosial; those of Saha and Sahasya (Margasirsa and Pausa) are called manyuman (angry) and those of Tafias and Tafiasya (Magha and Phalguna) are terrible and cold. 5
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