[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) › 59.2-3 # Nirnayasindhu 59.2-3 Nirṇayasindhu 59.2-3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [59.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.59.2-3) " ūhamāha viṣṇuḥ-“mātāmahānāmapyevaṃ śrāddhaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ | mantrohena yathānyāyaṃ śeṣāṇāṃ mantravarjitam ||” yathānyāyamivi yatra bahuvacanāntaḥ pitṛśabdastatra sarvapitṛvācitvānnohaḥ || tatrāpi - 'śundhantāṃ pitaraḥ' ityatroha eva | sarvapitṛvācitve uttaramantradvayavaiyarthyāt || bahuvacanaṃ tu nohyate || prakṛtāvasamarthatvātpāśānitivat ṛgante ca nohaṃḥ tasmādṛcaṃ nohediti niṣedhāt || ekoddiṣṭepyevam || pretaikoddiṣṭe tu 'ekavanmantrānūhetaikoddiṣṭe' iti viṣṇukterūhaḥ || atra bahuvacanasyāpyūho vacanāt || vṛddhyādau tu viśeṣaṃ vakṣyāmaḥ || śeṣāṇāmiti pitṛvya|dyekoddiṣṭe āvāhanādimantravarjya kāryamiti kalpataruḥ || ūhayogyapitṛpadavān mantra eva tatra na prayojyaḥ || na tūhaḥ || nāpi pitṛpadarahitaḥ prayojya iti śūlapāṇiḥ || arthāntaraṃ coktaṃ prāk bahvṛcakārikāpi- "arghyapradānamantre tu mātrādipadamāvapet | śundhantāmiti pitrādau mātrādipadamāvapet ||” mātṛśrāddhe piṇḍadāne 'ye ca tvāmatrānu' ityatra noha iti vṛddhikṛt || tathā-“mātuḥ śrāddhepyanūhena kuryātpiṇḍānumantraṇam | daśādānamupasthānaṃ tadvatkāryamiti sthitiḥ || pravāhamapyanūhena tadvatprāśanamiṣyate ||” tathā-“ āyantunastilosīti uśantastveti yāni tu | anūhyaḥ pitṛśabdotra pitṛsāmānyavācakaḥ ||” āpastambānāṃ tu vakṣyate hemādrau mārkaṇḍeyaḥ-'snātaḥ snātān samāhūtān svāgatenārcayetpṛthak ||' kālikāyāṃ nāradīye-“prāyaścittaviśuddhātmā tebhyo'nujñāṃ pragṛhya ca | dadyādvai brahmadaṇḍārthaṃ hiraṇyaṃ kuśameva ca ||” tatraiva saṃgrahe-“tithivārādikaṃ jñātvā saṅkalpya ca yathāvidhi | prācīnāvītinā kāryaṃ sarvaṃ saṃkalapanādikam || sambandhaṃ prathamaṃ brūyānnāmagotre tathaiva ca | vasvādirūpatāṃ cāpi svapitṝṇāmanukramāt - [Previous: 59.3-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.59.3-3) - [Next: 59.3-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.59.3-4) - [Up: 59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.59) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.59.2-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.59.2-3) · Pramāṇa