Shloka 13
अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः
Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement
न च संध्यामुपासीत न च जाप्य॑ प्रवर्तयेत् । न संकिरेत् तदन्नं च ततः पूर्येत ब्राह्मण:
na ca sandhyām upāsīta na ca jāpyam pravartayet | na saṅkīret tad-annaṃ ca tataḥ pūryeta brāhmaṇaḥ ||
Bhīṣma dijo: «El día en que un brāhmaṇa coma el alimento ofrecido en un śrāddha, no debe realizar el culto de la sandhyā, no debe poner en marcha la recitación del japa (como el Gāyatrī), ni debe volver a comer. Observando estas restricciones, la pureza ritual del brāhmaṇa se restablece y se mantiene debidamente».
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
A brāhmaṇa who eats the śrāddha meal should observe specific restraints that day—refraining from sandhyā worship, from initiating mantra-japa (e.g., Gāyatrī), and from eating again—so that ritual purity and propriety connected with the śrāddha are preserved.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma is laying down detailed rules of conduct related to śrāddha observances, specifying what a brāhmaṇa participant should avoid on the day he partakes of the śrāddha offering.