[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) › 54.2-2 # Nirnayasindhu 54.2-2 Nirṇayasindhu 54.2-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [54.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2-2) " dharmārthaṃ śrāddhakaraṇe phalamāha candrikāyāṃ śātātapaḥ-"prītyā śrāddhaṃ tu kartavyaṃ sarveṣāṃ varṇiliṅginām | evaṃ kurvannaraḥ samyaṅmahatīṃ śriyamāpnuyāt ||” gayāyāmapi tatraiva brahmavaivarte-"ātmajo vāthavānyopi gayāśīrṣe yadā tadā | yannāmnā pātayetpiṇḍaṃ tannayedbrahma śāśvatam ||" etacca yadā phalabhūmāthinā dvitrirvā kriyate tadā pretaśilāśrāddhavarjyaṃ kuryāt, tasya pretatvavimokṣārthatvāt tasya ca jātatvāditi kecit vastutastu-saṃnyāsiśrāddhavadatrāpi sarvaṃ kāryam | sāṅgedhikārāditi yuktaṃ pratīmaḥ || saṃnya stapitrādistu pituḥ pitrādibhyaḥ sarvaśrāddheṣu dadyādityaktaṃ prāk || vakṣyate ca jīvatpitṛkaśrāddhe atra strīśūdrāṇāṃ śrāddhaṃ mantravarjyaṃ tūṣṇīṃ bhavati | “strīṇāmamantrakaṃ śrāddhaṃ tathā śūdrāsutasya ca | prāgdvijāśva vratādeśātte ca kuryustathaiva tat” iti hemādrau marīcivacanātsiddham “ayameva vidhiḥ proktaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ mantravarjitaḥ || amantrasya tu śūdrasya vipro mantreṇa gṛhyate” iti brāhmokteśca || gṛhyate saṃbaddhyate | asya śrāddhapra karaṇe pāṭhepi paribhāṣātvānna prakaraṇena saṃkoco yuktaḥ || tena śūdrasya snānadānādāvapi vipreṇa mantrapāṭhaḥ kāryaḥ amantraśceti viśeṣāṇāt striyā apīti śūlapāṇiḥ yattu tenoktaṃ mantrajanyāniyamādṛṣṭasiddhistu namaskāreṇa | 'anumatosya namaskāro mantraḥ' iti gautamokteriti | tanna | dṛṣṭadvāraiva hi tatprāptirna svātantryeṇa | anyathā nakhaviprūtepyavaghātajanyādṛṣṭārthaṃ sopi kriyeteti kiṃcidetat || tena 'pitṛṇāṃ nāmagotrataḥ' ityādau yatra dvijānāmapi nāmamantra uktaḥ tatra pratiprasavamātrārthaṃ yuktam | na tilāvapanādāvapi atra kecit | vaikamantro viprasya, paurāṇastu śūdraiḥ paṭhanīyaḥ | “ na hi vedeṣvadhikāraḥ kvacicchūdrasya vidyate | purāṇeṣvadhikāro me darśito brāhmaṇairiha” iti tatraiva pādmokterityāhuḥ gauḍā apyevam || tanna | ‘nādhyetavyamidaṃ śāstraṃ vṛṣalasya tu sannidhau' iti kaurme purāṇaniṣedhena vedasya dūrāpāstatvāt | “adhyetavyaṃ brāhmaṇena vaiśyena kṣatriyeṇa ca | śrotavyameva śūdreṇa nādhyetavyaṃ kadācana || śrautaṃ smārttaṃ ca vai dharma proktamasminnṛpottama tasmācchūdrairvinā vipra na śrotavyaṃ kadācana" - [Previous: 54.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2.3) - [Next: 54.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2-3) - [Up: 54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śūdrācāraśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudracarasiromani.1.p45) — Kṛṣṇaśeṣa 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.54.2-2) · Pramāṇa