[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Decisions and rulings](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya) › [Nirnayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu) › 2.4.9 # Nirnayasindhu 2.4.9 Nirṇayasindhu 2.4.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.9) darśaśeṣaḥ | yathā vakṣyati-'pitṛyajñaḥ svakālavidhānādanaṅgaṃ syāt ' iti | 'taṃ ca yadahaścandramasaṃ na paśyati pañcadaśyāṃ pratipadi vā tadahaḥ kurute | yadahastayoḥ saṃdhiratadaharītyarthaḥ ' iti || rāmāṇḍāropyāha- 'piṇḍapitṛyajñastu parvasaṃdhimadahorātrāparāhra ' iti ataḥ parvasaṃdhidine pitṛyajñaḥ || śatapathaśrutirapi - "yadaivaiṣa nāpurastānna paścāddṛśyatetha pitṛbhyo dadāti " iti || parvasandhidine hi pūrvataḥ paścādvā candro na dṛśyata evetyarthaḥ satyāṣāḍhopi pitṛyajñaṃ prakramya 'dṛśyamāne tūṣoṣya śvobhūte yajate' ityāha || hemādristu amāvāsyāśabdastithivacana eva | pūrvoktāpastambasūtre yaduktaṃ na paśyanti iti tatra kṣayobhipretaḥ | ataścaturdaśyāṃ candramasaśca kṣīṇatvāttadyuktadarśa pitṛyajñaḥ ' pitṛyajñaṃ tu nirvartya vipraścandreścedagnimān ' iti manūkteḥ || "yaduktaṃ yadahastveva darśanaṃ naiti candramāḥ tatkṣayāpekṣayā jñeyaṃ kṣīṇe rājani cetyapi ||" iti | yaduktaṃ 'dṛśyamānepi taccaturdaśyapekṣayā' iti ca kātyāyanokteḥ | 'dṛśyamānepyeke' iti gobhilokteḥ || "tasyāṃ sandhyāgataḥ somo mṛṇālamiva dṛśyate| aparāhne kṣayastasyāṃ piṇḍānāṃ karaṇaṃ dhruvam||" iti hārītokteścācandrakṣayakālaścoktaḥ kātyāyanena- "aṣṭameṃśe caturdaśyāḥkṣīṇī bhavati caṃdramāḥ amāvāsyāṣṭameṃśe tu punaḥ kila bhavedaṇuḥ||" iti || tena pūrvedyureva pitṛyajña ityucivān sampūrṇe darśaṃ ca viśeṣamāha-laugākṣiḥ-“pakṣāntaṃ karma nirvartya vaiśvadevaṃ ca sāgnikaḥ - [Previous: 2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.8) - [Next: 2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.10) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4) ## Linked texts (2) - [Laugākṣismṛti (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.laugaksismrti*fragments.1.1) — Sanskrit - [Kālanirṇaya (Kālamādhavīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.kalamadhaviya.14.p9) — Mādhava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.2.4.9) · Pramāṇa