Shloka 1
प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting
Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका १ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ५५ श्लोक हैं) ऑपन--माज बछ। अकाल एकनवतितमो<ध्याय: शोकातुर निमिका पुत्रके निमित्त पिण्डदान तथा श्राद्धके विषयमे निमिको महर्षि अत्रिका उपदेश
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kena saṅkalpitaṃ śrāddhaṃ kasmin kāle kim-ātmakam | bhṛgv-aṅgirasike kāle muninā katareṇa vā |
由提湿提罗说道：“祖父啊，施罗陀（śrāddha）之礼最初由谁发愿而立制？它兴起于何时，其本质为何？若其开端在婆利古（Bhṛgu）与安祇罗（Aṅgiras）之世，是哪一位牟尼使之显扬于世？又请告我：施罗陀之中，哪些行为、哪些果与根、以及哪些谷类当当避而不用？”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames śrāddha as a dharmic obligation grounded in tradition: Yudhiṣṭhira seeks authoritative origins, proper timing, essential nature, and purity-based exclusions, implying that ancestral rites must be performed with correct intention (saṅkalpa) and disciplined observance.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira asks an elder authority (contextually Bhīṣma) to explain how śrāddha began, which sage promulgated it, what it essentially is, and what actions and foods are prohibited in its performance.