Shloka 67
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
श्राद्धे तु समनुप्राप्ते मध्यमं पिण्डमात्मना ।
भक्षयेथाः फणिश्रेष्ठ ! शुचिः प्रयतमांसनः ॥
śrāddhe tu samanuprāpte madhyamaṃ piṇḍam ātmanā | bhakṣayethāḥ phaṇiśreṣṭha! śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ ||
«Wenn die Gelegenheit zur śrāddha kommt, sollst du selbst den mittleren piṇḍa (den Toten-Reisball) essen, o Bester der Haubenträger—rein und mit gezügeltem Geist.»
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FAQs
Ritual acts are not depicted as mechanical; śuci (purity) and prayata-mānasa (disciplined mind) are prerequisites, stressing inner disposition alongside outer rite.
Not a cosmological lakṣaṇa; it is dharma-upadeśa embedded in Ānucarita—Purāṇas frequently interleave ritual guidance within stories.
The ‘middle piṇḍa’ can be read symbolically as the madhya (central) channel/center: transformation occurs when the practitioner internalizes the offering—turning rite into inner assimilation.