History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.392

v5.c72.392

The Mit on Yāj. III. 20 (first half) states an exception to the above rules about āśauca-sannipāta When a person's mother dies and then, while the period of āśauca for the mother's death is not over, the father dies, it does not follow that the āśauca for the father comes to an end with the end of the āśauca for the mother, but the son has to observe the full period of ⁶⁶⁰ the āśauca for father's death Similarly, if the father died first and then, while the period of āśauca for the father was not over, the mother died, it does not follow that the āśauca for the mother's death comes to an end with the end of the first period of āśauca for the father, but the son after observing the period of the father's āśauca has to observe āśauca for the mother for one pakṣiṇī in addition It may be remarked that Aparārka construes this verse differently by stating that if the father dies during the period of āśauca for the death of the mother, then the general rule applies, viz that purification follows at the end of the āśauca for the mother If, while an āśauca on death is being undergone, an āśauca on birth arises, the father of the child born is able to perform the rites of Jātakarma and the like, because he is to be deemed to be purified for the nonce, according to Prajāpati.⁶⁶¹