Shloka 52
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
पृष्टैस्तृप्तैश्च तृप्ताः स्थ तृप्ताः स्म इति वादिभिः ।
अनुज्ञातो नरस्त्वन्नं प्रकिरेत् भुवि सर्वतः ॥
pṛṣṭaistṛptaiśca tṛptāḥ stha tṛptāḥ sma iti vādibhiḥ / anujñāto narastvannaṃ prakiret bhuvi sarvataḥ
पृष्टाः सन्तुष्टाः “तृप्ताः स्मः” इति वदन्ति। तेषां अनुमतिं लब्ध्वा ततः पुरुषः सर्वतः भूमौ अन्नं विकिरेत्॥
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FAQs
One acts only after consent (anujñā): even ritual ‘leftovers’ are handled with procedure, reflecting restraint and respect for the rite’s participants.
Ācāra/dharma instruction; not pañcalakṣaṇa.
Scattering food can be viewed as extending the rite’s merit outward—acknowledging unseen beings and the ecological/cosmic field that supports the ritual act.