Shloka 19
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
तस्य कालानहं वक्ष्ये नित्यनैमित्तिकात्मकान् ।
विधिना येन च नरैः क्रियते तन्निबोध मे ॥
tasya kālān ahaṃ vakṣye nitya-naimittikātmākān /
vidhinā yena ca naraiḥ kriyate tan nibodha me
तस्य नित्यनैमित्तिकयोः सम्यक् कालान् विधिं च यथा नराः कुर्वन्ति, तान् अहं प्रवक्ष्यामि; मत्तः शृणु बोधस्व॥
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FAQs
Dharma is not only intention but also discernment of context: some duties are regular (nitya), others arise from specific triggers (naimittika). The verse frames śrāddha as a disciplined practice integrated with time, event, and rule.
This is āhnika/ācāra (ritual conduct) material, supplementary to pancalakṣaṇa; it reflects Purāṇic pedagogy that combines cosmology with lived dharma.
‘Time’ (kāla) is treated as a sacred organizer of merit: aligning acts with auspicious or mandated temporal nodes mirrors harmonizing the microcosm (householder life) with the macrocosm (cosmic order).