Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
तैश्च संयतिभिर्भाव्यं यश्च श्राद्धं करिष्यति ।
श्राद्धं दत्त्वा च भुक्त्वा च मैथुनं योऽनुगच्छति ॥
taiśca saṃyatibhirbhāvyaṃ yaśca śrāddhaṃ kariṣyati | śrāddhaṃ dattvā ca bhuktvā ca maithunaṃ yo 'nugacchati ||
সেই ব্ৰাহ্মণসকল আৰু শ্ৰাদ্ধকৰ্তা—উভয়ে সংযমী থাকিব। যিয়ে শ্ৰাদ্ধ দি ভোজন কৰি পাছত মৈথুন কৰে, সি (পৰৱৰ্তী শ্লোকত কোৱা) দোষৰ ভাগী হয়।
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The rite demands a temporary sacral discipline: sense-restraint protects the intention of honoring the ancestors and prevents the performer from collapsing the ritual mood into ordinary gratification.
Ācāra/dharma instruction; it regulates the performer’s conduct around pitṛ rites.
Śrāddha is treated as a ‘liminal’ time where personal energies are redirected toward subtle offerings; sexual activity is depicted as diverting or contaminating that redirected current.