Adhyaya 33 — Madālasa on the Fruit of Śrāddha Performed on Lunar Days and Nakṣatras
श्रियां प्राप्रोति पञ्चम्यां षष्ठ्यां पूज्यो भवेन्नरः । गणाधिपत्यं सप्तम्यामष्टम्यां वृद्धिमुत्तमाम् ॥
śriyāṃ prāpnoti pañcamyāṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ pūjyo bhavennaraḥ / gaṇādhipatyaṃ saptamyām aṣṭamyāṃ vṛddhim uttamām
En Pañcamī se alcanza la prosperidad; en Ṣaṣṭhī el hombre se vuelve digno de honor. En Saptamī obtiene liderazgo sobre grupos o séquitos, y en Aṣṭamī alcanza un excelente crecimiento y progreso.
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Social standing and leadership are framed as dharmically conditioned—earned through reverent acts rather than mere power, suggesting authority should rest on gratitude and ritual responsibility.
It functions as dharma-upadeśa within the Purāṇa, not as sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita.
Honor (pūjya) and leadership (gaṇādhipatya) reflect an inner ordering: when one aligns with ancestral and cosmic order, one’s outer relations and capacities ‘organize’ naturally.