Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
श्राद्धार्हद्रव्यसम्प्राप्तौ तथा दुःस्वप्नदर्शने ।
जन्मर्क्षग्रहपीडासु श्राद्धं कुर्वोत चेच्छया ॥
śrāddhārha-dravya-samprāptau tathā duḥsvapna-darśane /
janmarkṣa-graha-pīḍāsu śrāddhaṃ kurvīta cecchayā
শ্ৰাদ্ধ-যোগ্য সামগ্ৰী লাভ হ’লে, তদ্ৰূপ পাপস্বপ্ন দেখা দিলে, বা জন্মনক্ষত্ৰ অথবা গ্ৰহপীড়া হ’লে—ইচ্ছামতে শ্ৰাদ্ধ কৰিব পাৰি।
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Śrāddha functions not only as obligation but also as remedial piety: when life shows signs of disorder (omens, afflictions), one restores harmony through ancestral propitiation and generosity.
Ācāra/prāyaścitta-adjacent instruction (though not explicit penance). Not a pancalakṣaṇa category.
Dreams and graha-afflictions are read as disturbances in subtle causality; feeding the Pitṛs is a way of ‘re-threading’ one’s karmic lineage, invoking ancestral blessings to stabilize fate.