Shloka 2
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
तेषामन्यश्चतुर्थो यः पुत्रलेपभुजान्नभुक् ।
सोऽपि सम्बन्धतो हीनमुपभोगं प्रपद्यते ॥
teṣām anyaś caturtho yaḥ putralepabhujānna-bhuk | so 'pi sambandhato hīnam upabhogaṃ prapadyate ||
And a fourth, distinct from those three, who eats the food partaken of as ‘lepa’ (remnant) by the son, also attains enjoyment, but diminished because the kinship is weaker.
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FAQs
Benefit follows relational closeness and ritual precision; the verse reinforces careful performance and clear lineage-intent in śrāddha as an ethic of responsibility.
Didactic dharma material; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
It suggests a ‘signal attenuation’ model of ritual efficacy: intention and offering transmit most strongly to the nearest ancestral nodes, and more weakly to distant ones.