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Shloka 22

Adhyaya 30Madālasā’s Instruction on Household Duties and Naimittika–Śrāddha Rites

पूजयेयुर्यथान्यायं श्राद्धैर्नैमित्तिकैरपि ।

सर्वाभावे स्त्रियः कुर्युः स्वभर्तॄणाममन्त्रकम् ॥

pūjayeyur yathānyāyaṃ śrāddhair naimittikair api |

sarvābhāve striyaḥ kuryuḥ svabhartṝṇām amantrakam ||

नियमेनैव तान् सम्मानयेत् नैमित्तिकैः श्राद्धैरपि। सर्वेष्वभावे स्त्रियः पतिभ्यः अमन्त्रकं कर्म कुर्युः।

पूजयेयुःshould worship / honor
पूजयेयुः:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootपूज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative stem pūjay-)
यथा-न्यायम्according to rule
यथा-न्यायम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रिया-विशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) + न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण
श्राद्धैःwith śrāddha rites
श्राद्धैः:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootश्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन
नैमित्तिकैःoccasional / for a specific occasion
नैमित्तिकैः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootनैमित्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying śrāddhaiḥ)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)
सर्व-अभावेin the absence of all (male relatives)
सर्व-अभावे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Condition-locative)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (in total absence)
स्त्रियःwomen
स्त्रियः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन
कुर्युःshould do / perform
कुर्युः:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
स्व-भर्तॄणाम्of their own husbands
स्व-भर्तॄणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (of their own husbands)
अ-मन्त्रकम्without mantras
अ-मन्त्रकम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ (नञ्) + मन्त्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष; विशेषण (qualifying an implied rite/śrāddha)
Didactic ritual instruction (speaker not explicit in excerpt)

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DharmaPitri PujaŚrāddha-vidhiNaimittika ritesRitual fallback rules

FAQs

Dharma prioritizes care for the departed over procedural rigidity: when standard agents are unavailable, the rite is permitted in a simplified, non-mantric form so that remembrance and offering do not lapse.

Ancillary dharma/ācāra instruction.

Amantraka performance underscores that intention, offering, and relational duty can sustain ritual efficacy even when Vedic recitation is not possible—highlighting an inner continuity beneath outer form.