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→श्राद्धनियमाः ॥ Rules governing Shraddha: Adding content - to be edited
* What has been given to a Brahmana who lives by trade that is not (useful) in this world and the next (3.181)
* What has been given to a Brahmana who lives by trade that is not (useful) in this world and the next (3.181)
<blockquote>यत्तु वाणिजके दत्तं नेह नामुत्र तद्भवेत् । yattu vāṇijake dattaṁ neha nāmutra tadbhavet ।</blockquote>
<blockquote>यत्तु वाणिजके दत्तं नेह नामुत्र तद्भवेत् । yattu vāṇijake dattaṁ neha nāmutra tadbhavet ।</blockquote>
=== श्राद्धसमयः ॥ Appropriate time for Shraddha ===
The days of the dark half of the month, beginning with the
tenth, but excepting the fourteenth, are recommended for a funeral sacrifice;
(it is) not thus (with) the others. [v.3.276.]
He who performs it on the even (lunar) days and under the
even constellations, gains (the fulfilment of) all his wishes; he who honours
the manes on odd (lunar days) and under odd (constellations), obtains
distinguished offspring. [v.3.277.]
As the second half of the month is preferable to the first
half, even so the afternoon is better for (the performance of) a funeral
sacrifice than the forenoon. [v.3.278.]
Let him, untired, duly perform the (rites) in honour of the
manes in accordance with the prescribed rule, passing the sacred thread over
the right shoulder, proceeding from the left to the right (and) holding Kusa
grass in his hands, up to the end (of the ceremony). [v.3.279.]
Let him not perform a funeral sacrifice at night, because
the (night) is declared to belong to the Rakshasas, nor in the twilight, nor
when the sun has just risen. [v.3.280.]
Let him offer here below a funeral sacrifice, according to
the rule given above, (at least) thrice a year, in winter, in summer, and in
the rainy season, but that which is included among the five great sacrifices,
every day. [v.3.281.]
The burnt-oblation, offered at a sacrifice to the manes,
must not be made in a common fire; a Brahmana who keeps a sacred fire (shall)
not (perform) a funeral sacrifice except on the new-moon day. [v.3.282.]
Even when a Brahmana, after bathing, satisfies the manes
with water, he obtains thereby the whole reward for the performance of the
(daily) Sraddha. [v.3.283.]
They call (the manes of) fathers Vasus, (those of)
grandfathers Rudras, and (those of) great-grandfathers Adityas; thus (speaks)
the eternal Veda. [v.3.284.]
Let him daily partake of the vighasa and daily eat amrita
(ambrosia); but vighasa is what remains from the meal (of Brahmana guests) and
the remainder of a sacrifice (is called) amrita. [v.3.285.]
Thus all the ordinances relating to the five (daily great) sacrifices have
been declared to you; hear now the law for the manner of living fit for
== श्राद्धफलम् ॥ The fruit of Shraddha ==
== श्राद्धफलम् ॥ The fruit of Shraddha ==