Shloka 49
Dietary Rules & Purification — Dietary Rules, Purification (Śauca), and the Duties of the Householder and Forest-Dweller
ततः पितृत्वमापन्ने दर्शपूर्णादिभिः सुभैः प्रीणनं तस्य कर्त्तव्यं यथा श्रुतिनिदर्शनात्
tataḥ pitṛtvamāpanne darśapūrṇādibhiḥ subhaiḥ prīṇanaṃ tasya karttavyaṃ yathā śrutinidarśanāt
પછી જ્યારે તે પિતૃત્વને પ્રાપ્ત થાય, ત્યારે શ્રુતિના નિર્દેશ અનુસાર દર્શ-પૂર્ણમાસ વગેરે શુભ અનુષ્ઠાનો દ્વારા તેનું પ્રીણન (તર્પણ) કરવું જોઈએ।
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FAQs
Dharma is presented as continuity: obligations do not end with death; once the deceased is regarded as pitṛ, regular, calendrically anchored rites sustain gratitude, lineage responsibility, and social-religious stability.
As with many Purāṇas, this is an instructional (ācāra/dharma) layer supplementing the pancalakṣaṇa; it is not a genealogical or cosmological section but a normative ritual guideline grounded in śruti.
Darśa–pūrṇamāsa cycles symbolize time’s sacred rhythm: aligning ancestral propitiation with lunar order expresses that the family’s invisible bonds are harmonized with cosmic periodicity.