Śrāddha-kalpa: Dāna-phala, Medhya/Amedhya Dravya, and Uparāga
Eclipse) Observances (श्राद्धकल्पः—दानफल-मेध्यामेध्य-उपरागविधिः
दानानि व्रतचर्याश्च भवन्ति सफलानि वै / क्रियां यः कुरुते मोहादनासम्येह नास्तिकः
dānāni vratacaryāśca bhavanti saphalāni vai / kriyāṃ yaḥ kurute mohādanāsamyeha nāstikaḥ
Gifts of charity and the observance of vows indeed become fruitful. But one who, out of delusion, performs rites at an improper time is, on this path of dharma, like a nāstika (one who denies the sacred order).