[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) › [Rites for the dead](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha) › [Shraddhacandrika (Divakarabhatta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika) › 2.p2 # Shraddhacandrika (Divakarabhatta) 2.p2 Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa) 2.p2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p2) brahmavaivartte, janmanā brāhmaṇo jñeyaḥ saṃskārairdvija ucyate | vidyayā cāpi vipratvaṃ tribhiḥ śrotriya ucyate || iti | sa eva, yatnena bhojayecchrāddhe bahvṛcaṃ vedapāragam | śākhāntagamathādhvaryuṃ chandogaṃ vā samāptigam || eṣāmanyatamo yasya bhuñjīta śrāddhamarcitaḥ | pitṝṇāṃ tasya tṛptiḥ syācchāśvatī sāptapauruṣī || iti | kaurme— asamānapravarako hyasagotrastathaiva ca | asambandhī ca vijñeyo brāhmaṇaḥ śrāddhasiddhaye || gārur̤e— śrāddheṣu viniyojyāste brāhmaṇā brahmavittamāḥ | ye yonigotramantrāntevāsisambandhavarjitāḥ || śātātapaḥ— bhojayeccātharvāṇaṃ daive pitrye ca karmaṇi | anantamakṣayaṃ caiva phalaṃ tasyeti vai śrutiḥ || brahmavaivartte— viprāngṛhasthānvedārthavido nirabhimāninaḥ | patnīputrasamāyuktān śrāddhakarmaṇi yojayet || iti | atha madhyamāḥ | hemādrau gārgyaḥ, naikagotre havirdadyādyathā kanyā tathā haviḥ | abhāve hyanyagotrāṇāmekagotrāṃstu bhojayet || asamapravarābhāve samānapravarānapi || manuḥ-mātāmahaṃ mātulaṃ ca svastrīyaṃ śvaśuraṃ gurum | dauhitraṃ viṭpatiṃ bandhumṛtvigyājyāṃśca bhojayet || mātsye, bhojayeccāpi dauhitraṃ yatnataḥ śvaśuraṃ gurum | viṭpatiṃ mātulaṃ bandhumṛtvigācāryaśālakān - [Previous: 2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p1) - [Next: 2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2) ## Linked texts (4) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.11) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.21.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.146) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Smṛtīnāṃ Samuccayaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.smrtisamuccaya.2.141) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p2) · Pramāṇa