Shloka 24
Adhyaya 32 — Rules for Parvana Śrāddha: Foods that Please the Ancestors and Items to Avoid
पतितैर्मलिनैश्चैव न पुष्णाति पितामहान् ।
वर्जनीयं तथा श्राद्धे तथोदक्याश्च दर्शनम् ॥
patitair malinaiś caiva na puṣṇāti pitāmahān / varjanīyaṃ tathā śrāddhe tathodakyāś ca darśanam
Por el trato con los caídos (patita) y los impuros, no se nutre a los Pitṛs (antepasados). Por ello, en un śrāddha deben evitarse tales personas; asimismo, debe evitarse la vista o presencia de una mujer en estado udakyā (periodo menstrual/ritual).
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FAQs
The rite is framed as a ‘nourishment’ (puṣṭi) channel for ancestors; ethical and ritual discipline is presented as the condition for efficacy. The emphasis is on guarding the sanctity of the act, not on hostility toward persons.
This is ācāra-dharma material (ritual norms), ancillary to pancalakṣaṇa. It is best indexed as ‘Smṛti-like injunctions in Purāṇa: Pitṛkarman’.
‘Patita’ and ‘malina’ symbolize inner disorder; ‘udakyā’ indicates cyclical bodily liminality. Esoterically, the teaching points to maintaining a stable, sattvic field for sankalpa so the offering can ‘reach’ (become subtle food for) the pitṛs.