Shloka 72
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
तत्र यद्वान्धवास्तोयं प्रयच्छन्ति तिलैः सह ।
यच्च पिण्डं प्रयच्छन्ति नीयमानस्तदश्नुते ॥
tatra yadvāndhavāstoyaṃ prayacchanti tilaiḥ saha /
yacca piṇḍaṃ prayacchanti nīyamānastadaśnute
तत्र बान्धवैस्तिलसंयुक्तं यदुदकं दत्तं यच्च पिण्डं प्रदत्तं तत्सर्वं नीयमानो मृतजीवः भुङ्क्ते।
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FAQs
The text asserts a moral-ritual economy: the living bear duties toward the departed, and properly offered śrāddha items are said to tangibly aid the preta’s passage.
Didactic dharma material (ācāra) embedded in Purāṇic narrative; not a primary pañcalakṣaṇa unit.
Sesame-water and piṇḍa symbolize transference of merit/“subtle nourishment” (sūkṣma-bhoga) to the departed, indicating continuity between ritual intention and subtle-body experience.