Shloka 36
Adhyaya 32 — Rules for Parvana Śrāddha: Foods that Please the Ancestors and Items to Avoid
तस्मात् सम्पूजयेत् भक्त्या स्वपितॄन् पुत्र मानवः । कामानभीप्सन् सकलान् पापाच्चात्मविमोचनम् ॥
tasmāt sampūjayet bhaktyā svapitṝn putra mānavaḥ / kāmān abhīpsan sakalān pāpāc cātma-vimocanam
Kaya nga, anak ko, dapat sambahin ng tao ang sarili niyang mga ninuno nang may debosyon—kung ninanais niya ang katuparan ng lahat ng hangarin at ang pagkalaya ng sarili mula sa kasalanan.
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FAQs
The verse links devotion to ancestors with both worldly well-being and moral purification, presenting dharma as integrative: prosperity and inner cleansing arise from honoring relational obligations.
Outside pancalakṣaṇa; it is normative dharma teaching (ācāra) embedded in the Purāṇic narrative frame.
‘Pitṛ-pūjā’ can be read as reverence toward the causal chain that produced one’s embodied life. Purification here signifies loosening egoic severance from lineage and accepting interdependence.