Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 31, Shloka 50
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
यद्यदिष्टतमं तेषां तत्तदन्नमसत्वरम् ।
अक्रुध्यंśca naro dadyāt sambhavena pralobhayan ॥
yadyadiṣṭacatamaṃ teṣāṃ tattadannamasatvaram / akrudhyaṃśca naro dadyāt sambhavena pralobhayan
ومهما كان ما يشتهيه كلّ واحدٍ منهم أشدّ الشهوة، فذلك الطعام بعينه ينبغي أن يقدّمه—من غير تعجّل. وعلى الرجل أن يعطي بلا غضب، وأن يشجّعهم فقط بما هو ممكن ومتوفر.
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FAQs
The giver’s inner state matters: generosity must be free of irritation and hurry. Dharma is fulfilled by capacity (sambhava) without performative excess or resentment.
Ācāra/dharma instruction; not directly pañcalakṣaṇa.
Unhurried giving and absence of anger prevent ‘rajas’ from contaminating the rite; the offering becomes sattvic and thus more ‘reachable’ to pitṛs in the ritual imagination.