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# Viramitrodaya 239

Vīramitrodaya 239

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.viramitrodaya.239)

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evañca--  
makare vartamāne tu grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ /  
durlabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu gaṅgāyāṃ piṇḍapātanam //  
iti hemādridhṛtabrahmavaivartavacanaṃ tadgaṅgāyāṃ grahaṇaviṣayam /  
kārṣṇājiniḥ--  
vivāhavratacūḍāsu varṣamarddhaṃ tadarddhakam /  
piṇḍadānaṃ mṛdā snānaṃ na kuryāttilatarpaṇama //  
vṛddhimātre tathānyatra piṇḍadānanirākriyā /  
kṛtā gargādibhirmukhyairmāsamekaṃ tu karmiṇām //  
idaṃ ca sapiṇḍānāmapi /  
tathā ca--  
jyotiḥparāśaraḥ--  
vivāhe vihite māsāṃstyajeyurdvādaśaiva hi /  
sapiṇḍāḥ piṇḍanirvāpe mauñjībandhe ṣaḍeva hi //  
asyāpavādastatraiva--  
mahālaye gayāśrāddhe mātāpitroḥ kṣaye 'hani /  
yasya kasyāpi marttyasya sapiṇḍīkaraṇe tathā //  
kṛtodvāho 'pi kurvīta piṇḍanirvapaṇa sadā /  
nanu ukteṣu vākyeṣu na piṇḍadānaniṣedhasambhavaḥ /  
kimayaṃ pratiṣedho vā syātparyudāso vā /  
nādyaḥ /  
śāstraprāptasya piṇḍadānasya niṣedhe"natau paśau karoti"iti vadvikalpāpatteḥ /  
na dvitīyaḥ /  
tattacchrāddhavidhyekavākyatvābhāvāt /  
atra hi anekāni śrāddhāni ekasmin vākye upādāya piṇḍadānaniṣedhaḥ śṛyamāṇo na tattacchrāddhaprakaraṇe paṭhita iti vaktuṃ śakyate /  
ataśca yathaiva"na tau paśau karoti"ityatrāṅgavidherasannidhānātparyudāsāsambhavastathaivātra smṛtyantaravihitatattacchrāddhavidhīnāmasannidhānānna paryudāsasambhavaḥ /  
ataḥ kathamuktaśrāddheṣu piṇḍadānanivṛttiriti cet, na /  
ayanadvitaye śrāddhaṃ viṣuvadvitaye tathā /  
ityādivākyeṣu smṛtyantaravihitaśrāddhānuvādena na piṇḍadānaṃ paryudatyate yenoktadoṣāvakāśaḥ syāt kintu apūrvakarmotpattiḥ kriyate /  
smṛtyantaratvācca na vihitasya vidhānaṃ doṣāya /  
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## Linked texts (1)

- [Kārṣṇājinismṛti (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.karsnajinismrti*fragments.1.10) — Sanskrit

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