Shloka 33
Tithi-vicara
Determination of Tithi for Fasts, Parana, and Pitri Rites
रविसंक्रातिकादीनां नावेद्यं विद्यते तव । सौतिरुवाच । द्वे शुक्ले द्वे तथा कृष्णे युगाद्याः कवयो विदुः ॥ ३३ ॥
ravisaṃkrātikādīnāṃ nāvedyaṃ vidyate tava | sautiruvāca | dve śukle dve tathā kṛṣṇe yugādyāḥ kavayo viduḥ || 33 ||
“ເຈົ້າບໍ່ຮູ້ເລື່ອງສັງກຣານຕິຂອງພຣະອາທິດ (saṅkrānti) ແລະເລື່ອງປະຕິທິນອື່ນໆ.” ສູຕະກ່າວວ່າ: “ນັກປັນຍາຮູ້ວ່າ ຈຸດເລີ່ມຂອງຍຸກມີສີ່—ສອງໃນຝ່າຍຂຶ້ນ (ສຸກລະ) ແລະສອງໃນຝ່າຍແຮມ (ກຣິສນະ).”
Suta (Sauti)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It stresses that correct sacred observance depends on knowing time-divisions such as saṅkrānti and pakṣa; ignorance of calendrical dharma leads to improper performance of rites.
Bhakti practices (vratas, pūjā, tīrtha-yātrā) are traditionally aligned with proper sacred timing; the verse implies devotion should be disciplined by dharmic time-knowledge rather than done carelessly.
It points to calendrical/astronomical reckoning used in pañcāṅga—especially saṅkrānti and pakṣa classification—closely connected with Jyotiṣa Vedāṅga for fixing ritual timings.