Shloka 72
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
तत्र यद्वान्धवास्तोयं प्रयच्छन्ति तिलैः सह ।
यच्च पिण्डं प्रयच्छन्ति नीयमानस्तदश्नुते ॥
tatra yadvāndhavāstoyaṃ prayacchanti tilaiḥ saha /
yacca piṇḍaṃ prayacchanti nīyamānastadaśnute
وہاں رشتہ دار تل کے ساتھ جو پانی پیش کرتے ہیں اور جو پِنڈ (پِنڈ دان) دیتے ہیں—موت کے بعد لے جایا جانے والا وہ جیو اسی سے استفادہ کرتا ہے۔
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FAQs
The text asserts a moral-ritual economy: the living bear duties toward the departed, and properly offered śrāddha items are said to tangibly aid the preta’s passage.
Didactic dharma material (ācāra) embedded in Purāṇic narrative; not a primary pañcalakṣaṇa unit.
Sesame-water and piṇḍa symbolize transference of merit/“subtle nourishment” (sūkṣma-bhoga) to the departed, indicating continuity between ritual intention and subtle-body experience.