Pitru Paksha 2025: What is Panchbali Karma, which 5 places and 5 organisms are mentioned in it

Panchbali Shraddha performed during Pitru Paksha is such a karma, without which Shraddha is not considered complete. With this, the soul of the ancestors gets satisfied and attains salvation. Therefore, this karma is important in the ancestral side.

Panchbali Shraddha in Pitru Paksha provides satisfaction to the ancestors, gods as well as all beings and gathering welfare. In this karma, food is kept for 5 organisms at 5 places. Let us know about it.

It is said that, on the ancestral side, our ancestors come in the form of cow, dog, crow, chest etc. and accept the food offered by their families. Therefore, food prepared for fathers is offered to organisms and Brahmins, which is called Panchbali Shraddha Karma.

In Panchbali Shraddha, the first cow sacrificial (food for cow in the west direction), the second dog sacrifice (for the dog), the third Kak Bali (for the crow), the fourth Dewadhi Bali (for the deity or Brahmin) and the fifth piplikadi sacrifice (for the chilli and insects) are kept for food.

Panchbali Shraddha means offering food or food to 5 types of organisms. It consists of crow, cow, dog, ants and Brahmins. It is believed that only when these creatures and gods are satisfied, there is happiness and peace in the family and planets are removed.

The Brahmin is considered a representative of the deity or ancestors, the crow is considered an ancestral messenger, the dog is considered to be the abode of the gods in the cow, and the microorganisms are considered as the form of the ancestors.