Shloka 16
अत्रेः तपोबलप्रकाशः तथा च्यवनस्य सोमाधिकारः
Atri’s Illumination by Tapas; Cyavana and Soma-Entitlement
जिसके घर किसीकी मृत्यु हुई हो, उसके यहाँ मरणाशौचके तीसरे दिन अन्न ग्रहण करनेवाला ब्राह्मण बारह दिनोंतक त्रिकाल स्नान करनेसे शुद्ध होता है ।।
dvādaśāhe vyatīte tu kṛtaśauco viśeṣataḥ | brāhmaṇebhyo havir dattvā mucyate tena pāpmanā ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Apabila tempoh dua belas hari telah berlalu, orang yang telah menyempurnakan upacara penyucian (śauca) dengan sempurna menjadi suci secara khusus. Dengan mempersembahkan havis—persembahan makanan suci—kepada para brāhmaṇa, dia dilepaskan daripada noda dosa yang terkait dengan kekotoran akibat kematian.”
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
After completing the prescribed twelve-day purification connected with death-impurity, one should finalize purification and give a sanctified offering (havis) to Brahmins; this completes the expiatory process and removes the remaining taint.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he outlines the concluding step after a twelve-day observance: special purification and a ritualized gift/feeding of Brahmins with havis, by which the person becomes free from the impurity-associated fault.