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Chapter 13.87 - Verse 18

Sanskrit Text

कृष्णपक्षे दशम्यादौ वर्जयित्वा चतुर्दशीम् श्राद्धकर्मणि तिथ्यः स्युः प्रशस्ता तथेतराः

English Translation

In the dark fortnight, all the days beginning with the tenth, Icaving only the fourteenth day out, are good days for the performance of the Shraddha. Other days of that fortnight are not SO.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कृष्ण + पक्ष | दशमी + आदि | वर्जयित्वा | चतुर्दशीम्
श्राद्ध + कर्मन् | तिथ्यः | स्युः | प्रशस्ता | न | तथा + इतर