Shloka 4
Adhyaya 33 — Madālasa on the Fruit of Śrāddha Performed on Lunar Days and Nakṣatras
द्वादश्यां जयलाभञ्च प्राप्रोति पितृपूजकः ।
प्रजां मेधां पशुं वृद्धिं स्वातन्त्र्यं पुष्टमुत्तमाम् ॥
dvādaśyāṃ jayalābhaṃ ca prāpnoti pitṛpūjakaḥ | prajāṃ medhāṃ paśuṃ vṛddhiṃ svātantryaṃ puṣṭim uttamām ||
যে ব্যক্তি দ্বাদশী তিথিতে শ্রাদ্ধ করে পিতৃদের পূজা করে, সে বিজয় ও লাভ লাভ করে; সে সন্তান, বুদ্ধি, পশু-ধন, বৃদ্ধি-সমৃদ্ধি, স্বাতন্ত্র্য এবং উৎকৃষ্ট পুষ্টি-শক্তি প্রাপ্ত হয়।
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FAQs
The verse frames ancestral rites as a dharmic investment: honoring one’s lineage sustains social continuity (prajā), personal capacity (medhā), and material stability (paśu, vṛddhi), implying that gratitude and obligation toward forebears are integral to gṛhastha-dharma.
Primarily under 'Vṛtti/Dharma' material typical of Purāṇas (often adjacent to Ācāra-khaṇḍa). It is not sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa in content; rather it is prescriptive dharma describing ritual and its fruits.
Dvādaśī is traditionally linked with restraint and sattva; offering to Pitṛs then symbolizes aligning personal agency (svātantrya) with inherited obligations, producing 'victory' as inner mastery and outer success.