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## Translation:
**Varnikaachar** (Varnikaachar) is the practice of observing mourning rituals. Therefore, the father's previous mourning period (Ashouch) obstructs the mother's subsequent mourning period (Ashouch), but the mother's previous mourning period does not obstruct the father's subsequent mourning period. This is why the mother's mourning period ends on the day the father's mourning period ends, but the father's mourning period does not end on the day the mother's mourning period ends. || 77.5
One should perform the first Shraddha for the father on the tenth day after his death. After that, one should perform the first Shraddha for the mother and then perform sixteen Shraddhas for her. After that, one should perform all the Shraddhas for the father. || 78 ||
If the son hears of the death of both his mother and father on the same day, even if he is far away, he should observe the mourning period for both equally. || 79 ||
If a member of one's family goes to a distant land and no news of them is received, then if they are in the early stage of life (Tarunavastha), one should wait for twenty-eight years, if they are in the middle stage of life, one should wait for fifteen years, and if they are in the later stage of life (after the middle stage), one should wait for twelve years. After that, one should perform the funeral rites according to the prescribed procedures. One should perform the Shraddha and observe atonement for six years according to one's capacity. If the deceased returns after the funeral rites have been performed, one should bathe them with ghee and medicinal substances, perform all the birth rites, and perform a new Yajnopaveet ceremony. If they were previously married and their former wife is still alive, then one should remarry them to her. || 80-84 ||
**Shuddhik Din Rogiko Snaanvidhi** (The bathing ritual for a sick person on the day of purification): If a sick person arises, the healthy person should bathe ten times and then touch the sick person, thereby attaining purification. || 85 ||