Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
पितरस्तु तयोर् मासं तस्मिन् रेतसि शेरते ।
गत्वा च योषितं श्राद्धे यो भुङ्क्ते यश्च गच्छति ॥
pitarastu tayormāsaṃ tasmin retasi śerate | gatvā ca yoṣitaṃ śrāddhe yo bhuṅkte yaśca gacchati ||
その二人(男と女)の祖霊は、その精液の中に一か月のあいだ横たわるという。さらにシュラーダ(śrāddha)に関しては、女のもとへ赴いて(性交し)、その後に食し、そしてその状態のまま立ち去る者は、いずれも関与している(次の詩句で明らかにされる)。
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The text uses strong bodily imagery to deter indulgence: personal acts are said to rebound upon one’s lineage, stressing responsibility toward ancestors and descendants.
Ācāra/dharma passage; it is prescriptive and consequence-oriented rather than cosmological or genealogical.
The ‘month’ motif echoes cycles of bodily/ritual time; the pitṛs are symbolically bound to the performer’s bodily state, implying that ritual purity is not merely external but psycho-physical.