Adhyaya 30 — Madālasā’s Instruction on Household Duties and Naimittika–Śrāddha Rites
अभिरण्यतामिति ब्रूयाद् ब्रूयुस्ते 'भिरताः स्म ह ।
प्रतिमासं भवेदेतत् कार्यमावात्सरं नरैः ॥
abhiraṇyatām iti brūyād brūyus te 'bhiratāḥ sma ha | pratimāsaṃ bhaved etat kāryam ā vatsaraṃ naraiḥ ||
ਉਹ ਕਹੇ: ‘ਅਭਿਰਣ੍ਯਤਾਮ੍’ (ਆਨੰਦ/ਸਮ੍ਰਿੱਧੀ ਹੋਵੇ)। ਉਹ (ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ) ਕਹਿਣ: ‘ਅਭਿਰਤਾਃ ਸ੍ਮ’ (ਅਸੀਂ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹਾਂ)। ਇਹ ਵਿਧੀ ਪੁਰਸ਼ਾਂ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਹਰ ਮਹੀਨੇ, ਪੂਰੇ ਇੱਕ ਸਾਲ ਤੱਕ ਕਰਨੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ।
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Dharma is sustained by repetition and community validation: the exchange of blessings marks social and ritual completion, while the year-long discipline expresses steady care for the departed.
Ritual-dharma instruction; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
A monthly cadence mirrors lunar time; steady observance symbolically guides the departed through stages, converting grief into regulated offering and remembrance.