Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
भोजयेत् प्रणिपाताद्यैः प्रासाद्य यतमांससः ।
यथैव शुक्लपक्षाद्वै पितॄणामसितः प्रियः ॥
bhojayet praṇipātādyaiḥ prāsādya yatamānasaḥ | yathaiva śuklapakṣādvai pitṝṇāmasitaḥ priyaḥ ||
নমস্কাৰ আদি কৰি তেওঁলোকক সন্তুষ্ট কৰি, সংযতচিত্তে তেওঁলোকক ভোজন কৰাব লাগে। যেনেকৈ শুক্লপক্ষৰ মাজতো পিতৃসকলৰ বাবে কৃষ্ণপক্ষ প্ৰিয়।
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Ritual giving is inseparable from humility: honoring guests through respectful reception is itself part of the offering to the pitṛs.
Ācāra/dharma instruction, with calendrical preference linked to pitṛ rites.
The ‘dark fortnight’ preference points to inwardness and withdrawal: pitṛ rites align with a subtle, ancestral current associated with diminution (kṛṣṇa pakṣa) rather than expansion.