Shloka 10
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
यास्तु गात्राम्बुकणिकाः पतन्ति धरणीतले ।
ताभिराप्यायनं तेषां ये देवत्वं कुले गताः ॥
yās tu gātrāmbukaṇikāḥ patanti dharaṇītale / tābhir āpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye devatvaṃ kule gatāḥ
కానీ శరీరంనుండి భూమి ఉపరితలంపై పడే సూక్ష్మ జలబిందువుల వల్ల దేవభావాన్ని పొందిన కులజనులకు పోషణ కలుగుతుంది।
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FAQs
The text universalizes responsibility toward one’s lineage: even minute bodily remnants are imagined as participating in a network of obligation and benefit across planes of rebirth.
Again chiefly Dharma/Ācāra; it complements Purāṇic genealogical thinking (vaṃśa) by tying family continuity to ritual maintenance.
Droplets (bindu) function symbolically as ‘seed-units’ of vitality; the verse hints that subtle essences, not only formal offerings, sustain beings in higher lokas.