[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) › [Shraddhadipa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa) › 8.557 # Shraddhadipa 8.557 Śrāddhadīpa 8.557 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.557](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.8.557) iti marīcivacanena tathākāmāditi ataeva tasya yāvaduktamāśīrbrahmacaryyamatulyatvādityatra phalasaṃskārā ye tu vacanena vyavasthāpitāste dvayorapi phalitvādāvarttante ityuktam tathāca phalasaṃskārajanakānāṃ yajamānānāmakaraṇe kaniṣṭhānāṃ kiñcit saṃskārahānau evaṃ yadi yajamānasya śrāddhakaraṇāśaktau putrādiranyaḥ śrāddhaṃ karoti tadā yajamāna eva pūrvvadine nirāmiṣasakṛdbhojanādīn karoti na tu putrādyaḥ teṣāṃ phalatvābhāvādeveti | na cetarāṅgavad ya eva yajamānasyāśaktau nirāmiṣasakṛdbhojanādīn kariṣyatīti cet phalasaṃskārānāmanyena kṛtānāṃ yajamānayogyatānāpādakatvādetadevoktaṃ ṣaṣṭhe phalaphalisaṃskārāstvanyena kriyamāṇā na yajamānasya yogyatāṃ janayatīti | satre tu ānītasya phala (phali) saṃskārā nānyasya yogyatāsampādanāya kintu saṃskārāṇāṃ saptadaśakarttṛ karaṇasampādanārthamityanyadetat dantadhāvanatāmbulaṃ kṣaurābhyaṅgamabhojanam ratyauṣadhaparānnañca śrāddhakartā vivarjayet - [Previous: 8.556](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.8.556) - [Next: 8.558](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.8.558) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.8.557](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.8.557) · Pramāṇa