Adhyaya 32 — Rules for Parvana Śrāddha: Foods that Please the Ancestors and Items to Avoid
तथैकादशमासांस्तु औरभ्रं पितृतृप्तिदम् ।
संवत्सरं तथा गव्यं पयः पायसमेव वा ॥
tathaikādaśamāsāṃs tu aurabhraṃ pitṛtṛptidam / saṃvatsaraṃ tathā gavyaṃ payaḥ pāyasam eva vā
Cũng vậy, thịt aurabhra (cừu/đực giống) làm thỏa mãn các Pitṛ trong mười một tháng. Và các thực phẩm từ bò—sữa, hoặc cơm nấu với sữa (pāyasa)—(làm thỏa mãn) trọn một năm.
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Notably, cow-products (milk/pāyasa) are elevated to year-long efficacy, showing that śrāddha need not be meat-centered; nourishing, sattva-leaning offerings are also portrayed as highly meritorious.
Ancillary dharma (ācāra) content, complementing Purāṇic narrative rather than constituting sarga/manvantara genealogical material.
Gavya symbolizes ‘sustaining abundance’ (go as nourishment and dharma). The year measure can indicate completeness/wholeness, implying a more stable, harmonizing offering for the ancestral realm.