Shloka 47
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
सोमाय वै पितृमते स्वाहेत्यन्या तथा भवेत् । यमाय प्रेतपतये स्वाहेति त्रितयाहुतिः ॥
somāya vai pitṛmate svāhety anyā tathā bhavet / yamāya pretapataye svāheti tritayāhutiḥ
อาหุติถัดไปคือ ‘สวาหา แด่โสม ผู้ร่วมกับปิตฤ’ และอาหุติที่สามคือ ‘สวาหา แด่ยมะ เจ้าแห่งผู้ล่วงลับ (เปรตปติ)’.
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FAQs
The rite acknowledges cosmic administrators of lineage and death—Soma and Yama—showing that household dharma is integrated with a broader moral-cosmic governance, not merely private devotion.
Ācāra (ritual instruction) embedded in Purāṇic discourse; not pancalakṣaṇa narrative.
Soma represents nourishment, continuity, and ancestral linkage; Yama represents law, restraint, and the boundary of life. The sequence ritually harmonizes continuity (Pitṛ/Soma) with mortality and order (Yama).