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Viṣṇusmṛti · Chapter 77
77.7
etāṃs tu śrāddhakālān vai kāmyān āha prajāpatiḥ
śrāddham eteṣu yad dattaṃ tad ānantyāya kalpate //
77.8
saṃdhyārātryor na kartavyaṃ śrāddhaṃ khalu vicakṣaṇaiḥ
tayor api ca kartavyaṃ yadi syād rāhudarśanam //
77.9
rāhudarśanadattaṃ hi śrāddham ācandratārakam
guṇavatsarvakāmīyaṃ pitṝṇām upatiṣṭhate //
Original text: Viṣṇusmṛti · Edition: V. Krishnamacharya Viṣṇusmṛti with the commentary of Keśavavaijayantī of Nandapaṇḍita Madras The Adyar Library and Research Centre 2 The Adyar Library Series 93,1-2 · Data entry I. Shima · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0