[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) › [Vows and festivals](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata) › [Autumnal worship of Durgā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava) › [Navaratrapradipa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.navaratrapradipa) › 115\_232 # Navaratrapradipa 115\_232 Navarātrapradīpa 115\_232 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [115\_232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.navaratrapradipa.115_232) pratipatsaiva vijñeyā yā bhavedāparāhṇikī . daivaṃ karma tathā jñeyaṃ pitryaṃ ca manurabravīt . itivacanenā'parāhṇavyāpinyāmapi pratipadi daitrakarmavidhānāt . na ca smṛteḥ śrutirbalīyasīti vācyam . tasyāḥ ‘tasmādaparāhṇe dadāti” itividhiśeṣatvena svārthā'vi dhāyakatvāt . tadyathā “nivītaṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ prācīnāvītaṃ pitṛṇāmupavītaṃ devānāmupavyayate devalakṣmameva tatkurute” ityasminvākye manuṣyapitṛsambandhinī nivītaprācīnāvīte devasambandhena vidhīyamānasyopavītasya stutyarthamanucitatvena nindyate . tathā ‘pūrvāhṇo vai devānā madhyandinaṃ manuṣyāṇāmaparāhnaḥ pitṛṇāṃ tasmādaparāhne dadāti” ityetadapi pitṛyajñārthaṃ vidhīyamānasyā'parāhnasya stutyarthaṃ devamanuṣyasambandhinau pūrvāhnamadhyandinānucitatvena nindyete iti . yadapi gauḍanibandheṣu-- > for by the statement: "That alone is to be known as the first lunar day which pertains to the afternoon; / Manu declared that divine rites and rites for the ancestors are to be understood thus," a divine rite is enjoined even on a first lunar day that spans the afternoon. Nor should it be said that Vedic revelation is stronger than traditional smrti; for that \[Vedic text\], being subordinate to the injunction "Therefore one gives in the afternoon," does not enjoin its own literal meaning. Just as in the statement, "The nivīta belongs to men, the prācīnāvīta to the ancestors, and the upavīta to the gods; he puts it on over the shoulder, he makes it the very mark of the gods," the nivīta and prācīnāvīta pertaining to men and ancestors are censured as improper for the sake of praising the upavīta which is enjoined in connection with the gods; similarly, in "The forenoon indeed belongs to the gods, midday to men, and the afternoon to the ancestors; therefore one gives in the afternoon," the forenoon and midday pertaining to gods and men are likewise censured as improper for the sake of praising the afternoon which is enjoined for the ancestor sacrifice. As for what is found in the Gauḍa compendia: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 115\_231](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.navaratrapradipa.115_231) - [Next: 115\_233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.navaratrapradipa.115_233) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.navaratrapradipa~en-mt.115_232) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kālanirṇaya (Kālamādhavīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.kalamadhaviya.4.p21) — Mādhava, Sanskrit - [Kālasarvasva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.utkala.kalasarvasva.5.172) — Kṛṣṇanātha 1750, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.navaratrapradipa.115_232](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.navaratrapradipa.115_232) · Pramāṇa