Shloka 6
Adhyaya 32 — Rules for Parvana Śrāddha: Foods that Please the Ancestors and Items to Avoid
तथैकादशमासांस्तु औरभ्रं पितृतृप्तिदम् ।
संवत्सरं तथा गव्यं पयः पायसमेव वा ॥
tathaikādaśamāsāṃs tu aurabhraṃ pitṛtṛptidam / saṃvatsaraṃ tathā gavyaṃ payaḥ pāyasam eva vā
তদ্রূপ ঔরভ্র (ভেড়া/মেষ) মাংস এগারো মাস পর্যন্ত পিতৃদের তৃপ্ত করে। আর গোমাতার উৎপন্ন দ্রব্য—দুধ কিংবা দুধে রান্না করা অন্ন (পায়স)—পূর্ণ এক বছর পর্যন্ত (পিতৃদের) তৃপ্ত করে।
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FAQs
Notably, cow-products (milk/pāyasa) are elevated to year-long efficacy, showing that śrāddha need not be meat-centered; nourishing, sattva-leaning offerings are also portrayed as highly meritorious.
Ancillary dharma (ācāra) content, complementing Purāṇic narrative rather than constituting sarga/manvantara genealogical material.
Gavya symbolizes ‘sustaining abundance’ (go as nourishment and dharma). The year measure can indicate completeness/wholeness, implying a more stable, harmonizing offering for the ancestral realm.