Shloka 8
Adhyaya 31 — Naimittika and Related Śrāddha Rites: Sapiṇḍīkaraṇa, Eligibility, Timing, and Procedure
अन्नप्रकीरणं यत्तु मनुष्यैः क्रियते भुवि ।
तेन तृप्तिमुपायान्ति ये पिशाचत्वमागताः ॥
annaprakīraṇaṃ yat tu manuṣyaiḥ kriyate bhuvi / tena tṛptim upāyānti ye piśācatvam āgatāḥ
Anumang pagkalat ng pagkain na ginagawa ng mga tao sa ibabaw ng lupa—sa pamamagitan niyon, ang mga nahulog sa kalagayang piśāca ay nagkakamit ng kasiyahan.
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FAQs
Ritual acts and even seemingly minor household actions (like scattering food) are portrayed as carrying karmic reach: they can become channels of relief for departed kin who have taken difficult births.
Primarily aligns with Dharma/Ācāra instruction (not one of the five core lakṣaṇas), though it supports Manvantara-style social order by prescribing rites that sustain ancestral continuity.
Food symbolizes prāṇa-support; its ‘dispersion’ indicates that grace can operate through residual, indirect means—suggesting a subtle economy where intention and rite redistribute vitality across realms.