Shloka 2
श्राद्ध-योग्य द्रव्य, निषेध, तथा गयाश्राद्ध-माहात्म्य (Śrāddha Materials, Prohibitions, and the Glory of Gayā)
औरभ्रगव्यैश् च तथा मासवृद्ध्या पितामहाः प्रयान्ति तृप्तिं मांसैस् तु नित्यं वार्ध्रीणसाम् इषैः
aurabhragavyaiś ca tathā māsavṛddhyā pitāmahāḥ prayānti tṛptiṃ māṃsais tu nityaṃ vārdhrīṇasām iṣaiḥ
ດ້ວຍເຄື່ອງບູຊາທີ່ປຸງຈາກເນື້ອ aurabhra ແລະ gavya, ພ້ອມທັງພິທີເພີ່ມພູນປະຈຳເດືອນ, ບັນພະບຸລຸດຜູ້ເປັນປິຕາມະຫະຍ່ອມໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມອິ່ມເອີມ; ແລະດ້ວຍອາຫຸຕິທີ່ກຳນົດໃຫ້ແກ່ vārdhrīṇasa ພວກທ່ານກໍພໍໃຈຢູ່ເສມອ້ອມ.
Sage Parāśara (in instruction to Maitreya)
FAQs
This verse states that specific prescribed offerings (including particular food/meat oblations and monthly rites) directly lead to the satisfaction of the ancestors, showing Śrāddha as a dharmic mechanism for sustaining ancestral welfare and lineage continuity.
Parāśara frames efficacy in terms of tṛpti (satisfaction): when rites are performed according to rule (including māsa-vṛddhi and designated oblations), the Pitṛs ‘attain satisfaction,’ indicating a structured, law-governed ritual economy within dharma.
In the Vishnu Purana, dharma and cosmic order ultimately rest on Vishnu’s sovereignty; thus, the verse’s ritual prescriptions function within a Vishnu-grounded universe where righteous action maintains harmony between the living and the ancestral realm.