on By performing the Shraddha the thirteenth day, one reigns supreme over his kinsmen. Forsooth, all the young men in the family of him who performs the Shraddha on the fourteenth day die. Such a man becomes entangled in war. By performing the Shraddha on the day of the new moon, one gets the fruition of every desire.
ज्ञातीनां तु भवेच्छेष्ठः कुर्वञ्छ्राद्धं त्रयोदशीम्। अवश्यं तु युवानोऽस्य प्रमीयन्ते नरा गृहे॥ युद्धभागी भवेन्मर्त्यः कुर्वञ्छ्राद्धं चतुर्दशीम्। अमावास्यां तु निर्वापात् सर्वकामानवाप्नुयात्॥