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Grhasthashrama (गृहस्थाश्रमः) (view source)
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If he possesses all the required materials as well as the requisite qualifications for performing yajnas, he should worship the Supreme being according to the procedure laid down in the Shrauta and Kalpa sutras. (16)
If he possesses all the required materials as well as the requisite qualifications for performing yajnas, he should worship the Supreme being according to the procedure laid down in the Shrauta and Kalpa sutras. (16)
But verily, Bhagavan, the enjoyer of yajnas is not propitiated to that extent by oblation offered through the fire as through morsels of food offered to Him through the mouths of the brahmanas. (17)
One should, therefore, worship this Inner controller through the brahmanas, deities presiding over the Panchamahayajnas as also through human beings and other creatures, by offering them objects of enjoyment, in the respective order, after feeding the brahmanas. (18)
If sufficiently rich, a dvija (brahmana, kshatriya and vaishya) should perform according to his means, the shraddha ie. Mahalaya in honour of his departed parents as well as their kinsmen and others, in the dark half of bhadrapada. (19)
He should also perform their shraddha at the time of the summer and winter solstices (ayanas), and the vernal and autumnal equinoxes (vishuva), during the division of time called Vyatipata; on the day when a tithi ie. lunar day begins and ends between two sun-rises (technically known as dinakshaya); during the lunar and solar eclipses; on the 12th lunar day, and when the constellations known as Shravana, Dhanishtha and Shata-taraka are on the ascendance; on the 3rd day in the bright half of Vaishakha (ie. on Akshaya tritiya); on the 9th lunar day in the bright half of Karttika (known as Akshaya navami); on the four Ashtakas (8th lunar day in the dark halves) during the seasons called Hemanta and Shishira (ie. on the 8th day in the dark half of the months of Margashirsha, Pausha, Magha and Phalguna); on the 7th day in the bright half of the month of Magha; on the full moon day when the constellation Magha is ascendant (which is in the month of Magha) on days when the constellation associated with the names of other (lunar) months are ascendant on a full moon day, or even when the moon rises one digit less than the full on that day; on any 12th lunar day when the constellations Anuradha, Shravana and the three constellations beginning with the word Uttara (viz. Uttarashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada and Uttara Phalguni) are ascendant; or when the 11th lunar day (of any month) is associated with (any of) these three constellations; (and lastly) on any day when the constellation under which a person was born or the constellation called Shravana is ascendant. (20-23)
== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Dharmas]]
[[Category:Dharmas]]
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