Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
नीयमानः स्वकं गेहं द्वादशाहं स पश्यति ।
उपभुङ्क्ते तथा दत्तं तोयपिण्डादिकं भुवि ॥
nīyamānaḥ svakaṃ gehaṃ dvādaśāhaṃ sa paśyati /
upabhuṅkte tathā dattaṃ toyapiṇḍādikaṃ bhuvi
وأثناء سوقه قُدُماً، يظل اثني عشر يوماً يشاهد بيته نفسه؛ وعلى الأرض كذلك ينال نصيباً مما يُقدَّم: ماءً، وبيṇḍa، وما شابه ذلك.
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The twelve-day window underscores urgency and importance of timely rites: offerings are portrayed as immediately relevant to the departed’s condition.
Ritual-dharma instruction; not a pañcalakṣaṇa core category.
The ‘twelve days’ signals a transitional phase where the subtle body remains close to familiar loci; rites stabilize passage from household identity to the next juridical/spiritual stage under Yama.