Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
श्राद्धार्हद्रव्यसम्प्राप्तौ तथा दुःस्वप्नदर्शने ।
जन्मर्क्षग्रहपीडासु श्राद्धं कुर्वोत चेच्छया ॥
śrāddhārha-dravya-samprāptau tathā duḥsvapna-darśane /
janmarkṣa-graha-pīḍāsu śrāddhaṃ kurvīta cecchayā
श्राद्धयोग्यद्रव्यलाभे तथा पापस्वप्नदर्शने, जन्मनक्षत्रग्रहपीडायां च, इच्छया श्राद्धं कर्तुं शक्यते॥
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Śrāddha functions not only as obligation but also as remedial piety: when life shows signs of disorder (omens, afflictions), one restores harmony through ancestral propitiation and generosity.
Ācāra/prāyaścitta-adjacent instruction (though not explicit penance). Not a pancalakṣaṇa category.
Dreams and graha-afflictions are read as disturbances in subtle causality; feeding the Pitṛs is a way of ‘re-threading’ one’s karmic lineage, invoking ancestral blessings to stabilize fate.