[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.p75 # Shraddhacandrika (Divakarabhatta) 2.p75 Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa) 2.p75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p75) usanā, bhojanaṃ tu na niḥśeṣaṃ kuryātprājñaḥ kathañcana | anyatra dadhnaḥ kṣīrādvā kṣaudrātsaktubhya eva ca || vṛddhaśātātapaḥapekṣitaṃ yācitavyaṃ śrāddhārthamupakalpitam | na yācate dvijo mūḍhaḥ sa bhavetpitṛghātakaḥ || yatta - śrāddhe dvijo naiva dadyānna yācennaiva dāpayet | iti vacastadayācitadravyaviṣayam | pracetāḥbhuñjāneṣu tu vipreṣu ṛgyajuḥ sāmalakṣaṇam | japedabhimukho bhūtvā pitryaṃ caiva viśeṣataḥ || bhojanottarakṛtyamāhāśvalāyanaḥ- tṛptān jñātvā madhumatīḥ śrāvayedakṣamamīmadanteti ca sampannaṃ pṛccheti | atha piṇḍadānam | tatkālamāhāśvalāyanaḥ, bhuktavatsvanācānteṣu piṇḍānnidadhyādācānteṣveke iti | sarvaśrāddheṣu bhojanottarameveti granthakṛtaḥ | taddeśamāha— yājñavalkyaḥ, sarvamannamupādāya satilaṃ dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ | ucchiṣṭasannidhau piṇḍāndadyādvai pitṛyajñavat || ucchiṣṭasannidhilakṣaṇamuktamatriṇā— pitṛṇāmāsanasthānādagratastriṣvaratniṣu | ucchiṣṭasannidhānaṃ tannocchiṣṭāsanasannidhau || sārdhadvāviṃśatyaṅgulātmako'ratniḥ | atra viśeṣamāha— devalaḥ, upālipte śucau deśe sthānaṃ kurvīta saikatam | maṇḍalaṃ caturasraṃ vā dakṣiṇāvanataṃ mahat || sthānaṃ vediḥ | idaṃ ca vedikaraṇaṃ yeṣāṃ sūtre vediruktā tānpratyeva | itarānprati— mātsye, sūpalipte mahīpṛṣṭhe gośakṛnmūtravāriṇā | piṇḍāndadyāditiśeṣaḥ | atra mahīpṛṣṭhādhāratvavidhānādvajravaiḍūryapravālāśmadāruśuktyādiracite sthale piṇḍadānaṃ na kāryamiti maharṣitātparyam | asāvucchiṣṭasannidhirūpaḥ piṇḍadānadeśastvanagneḥ sāgniratvagnisamīpe piṇḍāndadyāditi | (1)taditikartavyatāmāhāśvalāyanaḥ— - [Previous: 2.p74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p74) - [Next: 2.p76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p76) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2) ## Linked texts (4) - [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.17.45) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.242) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.18.p3) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.45.p87) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p75) · Pramāṇa