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 ||
और उन (तीनों) से भिन्न एक चौथा, जो पुत्र द्वारा ‘लेप’ रूप में भुक्त अन्न को खाता है, सम्बन्ध की दुर्बलता के कारण क्षीण भोग को भी प्राप्त करता है।
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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.