श्राद्ध के नियम

thumb|shraddh karm mean pooja karate brahman

• dainik panch yajnoan mean pitri yajn ko khas bataya gaya hai. isamean tarpan aur samay-samay par pindadan bhi sammilit hai. poore pitripaksh bhar tarpan adi karana chahie.
• is dauran koee any shubh kary ya naya kary athava pooja-path anushthan sambandhi naya kam nahian kiya jata. sath hi shraddh niyamoan ka vishesh palan karana chahie. parantu nity karm tatha devataoan ki nity pooja jo pahale se hoti a rahi hai, usako band nahian karana chahie.
• pitripaksh sootak nahian haian, balki pitaroan ki pooja ka vishesh paksh hai. pitri kary ke lie dopahar ka samay achchha samajha jata hai. kyoanki pitaroan ke lie madhyahn hi bhojan ka samay hai.
• pitaroan ko pind dakshin ki or mukh karake dakshin ki or dhal vali bhoomi par baith kar die jate haian.
• bhojan adi mean brahmanoan ki sankhya visham honi chahie. jaise ek, tin adi. grihasootr mean likha hai ki shraddh mean bulae ge brahman pavitr aur ved ko janane vale hi hone chahie. sath hi yah ullekh bhi hai ki shraddh ka bhojan karane vala jo vipr us din dubara bhojan karata hai, vah ki de-makodoan ki yoni mean utpann hota hai. manusmriti ke tisare adhyay mean likha hai-

'yathorine bijamriptva n vapta labhate phalamh.
tathaanuche havirdattva n data labhate phalamh..'

arthath jis prakar oosar mean bij bokar bone vala phal nahian pata, usi prakar ved vihin vyakti ko havi dene vala koee labh nahian pata hai.

• manusmriti ke anusar pita adi ke lie tin pind banane chahie. parvan mean matamah adi ke lie bhi tin pind banae jate haian. pind bel ke akar ke hone chahie. pind dan ke bad brahman bhoj karana chahie.
• shraddh ke pashchath grih bali ki jani chahie. is avasar par bandhu-baandhav tatha jati valoan ko bhi bhojan karane ka vidhan hai. gay ka doodh aur doodh se bane padarth khir adi shraddh ke samay khilana achchha hai.
• pitri lok aur pret lok bhuvarlok ke hisse haian aur bhoo-lok ka prabhav in tak pahuanchata hai. pind se bache hue ann ke samarpan mean tin pidhiyoan ke oopar arthath chauthi, paanchavi aur chhathi pidhiyaan adan-pradan kar ek-doosare par prabhav dal sakate haian. inako sapind kahate haian. isake oopar ki tin pidhiyaan keval samarpan ka jal hi pa sakati haian. isako samanodak kahate haian. das pidhi ke bad sagotr kahe jate haian. das pidhi ke oopar ke logoan par tarpan athava pind dan ko koee prabhav nahian p d sakata. kyoanki itane samay mean sadharanataya ek manushy svarg mean gaya hua mana ja sakata hai.

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