[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.p97.2 # Shraddhacandrika (Divakarabhatta) 2.p97.2 Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa) 2.p97.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.p97.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p97.2) iti mātsyāt | pradakṣiṇamanuvrajya bhuñjīta pitṛsevitam | iti yājñavalkyavākyācca | nanvayaṃ bhojanavidhiṃruta rāgaprāptabhojanānuvādena śrāddhaśeṣavidhiḥ | tatra bhojanasya rāgatāe nityamaprāpternityavacchravaṇābhāvānna śrāddhaśeṣavidhirvaktuṃ śakyaḥ | ataḥ payovrataṃ brāhmaṇasyetivatprakaraṇācchrāddhāṅgatvena bhojanakriyaiva vidhīyate | itarathātrāpi vratānuvādena payasa eva vidhiḥ syāt | bhojanaṃ ca yadā brāhmaṇaiḥ śeṣamannamabhimataṃ tadā, śeṣābhāvāllupyate nyāyāt, tathāpi śrāddhakartustaddine upavāse devalavacanena doṣaśravaṇātpākāntaramutpādya kāryameva aśeṣanāśe ājyena sviṣṭakṛdyāga iva | tatra bhojanakālamāha— jātūkaṇryaḥ, ahanyeva tu bhoktavyaṃ kṛte śrāddhe dvijanmabhiḥ | anyathā hyāsuṃraṃ śrāddhaṃ parapāke ca sevite || athāsagotraśrāddhe śeṣānnaṃ na bhoktavyamityāha - jābāliḥ, viprastvanyagṛhe śrāddhaśiṣṭānnabhojanaṃ caret | prājāpatyaṃ viśuddhiḥ syāt jñātigotre na doṣakṛt || sa eva - śvaśurasya gurorvāpi mātulasya mahātmanaḥ | jyeṣṭhabhrātuśca putrasya brahmaniṣṭhasya yoginaḥ || eteṣāṃ śrāddhaśiṣṭānnaṃ bhuktvā doṣo na vidyate | iti | śrāddhadine upavāsaniṣedhamāha-devalaḥ, śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā tu yo vipro na bhuṅkte'tha kadācana | devā havyaṃ na gṛhṇanti kavyāni pitarastathā || iti | nityopavāsaprāptau vyāsaḥ, upavāso yadā nityaḥ śrāddhaṃ naimittikaṃ bhavet | upavāsaṃ tadā kuryādāghrāya pitṛsevitam || iti | atra nitya ityavivakṣitam anuvādyaviśeṣaṇatvāt | ataḥ kāmyopavāse'pyāghreyameva | atha śrāddhadātṛbhoktorniyamaḥ | - [Previous: 2.p97.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p97.1) - [Next: 2.p97.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p97.3) - [Up: 2.p97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p97) ## Linked texts (1) - [Devalasmṛti (fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.6.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p97.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p97.2) · Pramāṇa