Shraddah is done for the deceased parents. Does Shraddah is done ever or anywhere for the living?
V. First think over the meaning attached to the term Pitru (deceased parents). Pitru means protector. The Pitru who is living alone is capable of protecting the other. Only the living can guide their children. Rich with experience, they could part with their worldly knowledge for the benefit of children. Only the living parents could protect their issues completely. Once dead the Pitru ceases to be the Pitru for the reason that it is neither a soul nor a body. When the soul when integrated with the body, the resultant being could be a Pitru. Once this soul –body union is broken could there be a Pitru? If on the other hand, if a soul is treated as Pitru then the soul ceases to be eternal or deathless. In that case the issue of soul being senior to one or to another requires to be settled. Further, we may have to visualize a situation where one soul is born after another. In case you do not agree with this situation then there arises no relation between the soul and Pitru. When such rela
