Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
विशिष्टब्राह्मणप्राप्तौ सूर्येन्दुग्रहणे 'यने ।
विषुवे रविसंक्रान्तौ व्यतिपाते च पुत्रक ॥
viśiṣṭa-brāhmaṇa-prāptau sūryendu-grahaṇe 'yane /
viṣuve ravi-saṃkrāntau vyatipāte ca putraka
மகனே! சிறந்த பிராமணர் கிடைத்தால், சூரிய அல்லது சந்திர கிரகணங்களில், அயனாந்தங்களில், விஷுவ காலத்தில், சங்கிராந்தியில், வ்யதீபாதத்தில் (சிராத்தம் செய்யலாம்).
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Ritual efficacy is heightened by both worthy recipients (qualified brāhmaṇas) and liminal cosmic events (eclipses, transitions). The verse teaches discernment: choose times and persons that maximize dharmic impact.
Ācāra/karma-kāṇḍa guidance; tangentially connected to cosmic order (kāla) but not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit.
Eclipses and transitional points represent ‘thresholds’ where ordinary order is suspended; offerings at such times are understood to penetrate subtler planes more strongly, linking ancestors, time, and cosmic regulation.