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Galavasmriti 1

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1.1

The [rite] less than six months [after death] should be performed in the sixth month, or [likewise that] less than a month; / the [rite] of three fortnights should take place in the third fortnight, and likewise the [rite] less than a year in the twelfth [month].

1.2

When the deceased, through the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa rite, has attained the state of an ancestor, / the Pitṛyajña of one who maintains sacred fires proceeds on the new moon day.

1.3

If the sapiṇḍīkaraṇa śrāddha has not been performed at the prescribed time, / one should perform it under [the asterism of] Ārdrā, Hasta, Rohiṇī, or Anurādhā.

1.4

Cremating, shaving, tonsure, climbing a mountain, / and boarding a boat—these the husband of a pregnant woman should avoid.

1.5

Having made new sacred threads, O ruler of the earth, / having offered [oblations] into the fire, and having given [a thread] to the teacher and [offered] to the ancestors, he should then put it on.

1.6

The pārvaṇa [śrāddha is to be performed] in the afternoon, but the vṛddhiśrāddha as well as the agnika [śrāddha] [in the morning].

1.7

If an impurity due to birth should occur during [an impurity due to] a death, and likewise at the end of the night, / the navaśrāddhas are still to be offered at the proper time and according to rule.

1.8

Deficient by three days, by two, or by one, / in the first and subsequent months, one should perform the [rites] such as the ūnābdika.

1.9

At a sacred place, without sacred fires, in times of distress, during the invasion of a country, and during menstruation, / a twice-born may perform a gold-śrāddha; a Śūdra should always perform [it].

1.10

Riding in the same vehicle and eating from the same dish, / when done at a wedding, on the road, or during a journey, do not bring fault upon a Brahmin; / otherwise he incurs fault, and in that case he must undertake the cāndrāyaṇa penance.

1.11

Having fasted for just one night during an eclipse of the moon or the sun, / one is released from the sheath of sins, just like a snake from its slough.

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