Adhyaya 30 — Madālasā’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।
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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.