Shloka 16
आत्मदर्शन-उपदेशः (Ātma-darśana Upadeśa) — Mind, Senses, and the All-pervading Self
पित्र्ये राग्यहनी मास: प्रविभागस्तयो: पुनः । शुक्लो5ह: कर्मचेष्टायां कृष्ण: स्पप्नाय शर्वरी,मनुष्योंके एक मासमें पितरोंका एक दिन-रात होता है। शुक्लपक्ष उनके काम-काज करनेके लिये दिन है और कृष्णपक्ष उनके विश्रामके लिये रात है
pitrye rātryahani māsaḥ pravibhāgas tayoḥ punaḥ | śuklo 'haḥ karmaceṣṭāyāṃ kṛṣṇaḥ svapnāya śarvarī ||
Vyāsa explains the different measure of time for the ancestral realm: what humans count as one month is, for the Pitṛs, a complete day and night. The bright fortnight is their ‘day,’ the time for activity and the performance of their functions; the dark fortnight is their ‘night,’ the time of rest and sleep. The teaching situates human ritual life within a larger moral cosmos, implying that one’s conduct and offerings are synchronized with an unseen order and should be performed with regularity and reverence.
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