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एषामन्यतमो यस्य भुञ्जीत श्राद्धमर्चितः । पितॄणां तस्य तृप्तिः स्यात्शाश्वती साप्तपौरुषी ॥ १४६ ॥

If one of these three dines, duly honoured, at a funeral sacrifice, the ancestors of him (who gives the feast), as far as the seventh person, will be satisfied for a very long time.

english translation

eSAmanyatamo yasya bhuJjIta zrAddhamarcitaH | pitRRNAM tasya tRptiH syAtzAzvatI sAptapauruSI || 146 ||

147

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एष वै प्रथमः कल्पः प्रदाने हव्यकव्ययोः । अनुकल्पस्त्वयं ज्ञेयः सदा सद्भिरनुष्ठितः ॥ १४७ ॥

This is the chief rule (to be followed) in offering sacrifices to the gods and manes; know that the virtuous always observe the following subsidiary rule.

english translation

eSa vai prathamaH kalpaH pradAne havyakavyayoH | anukalpastvayaM jJeyaH sadA sadbhiranuSThitaH || 147 ||

148

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मातामहं मातुलं च स्वस्रीयं श्वशुरं गुरुम् । दौहित्रं विट्पतिं बन्धुं ऋत्विग् याज्यौ च भोजयेत् ॥ १४८ ॥

One may also entertain (on such occasions) one’s maternal grandfather, a maternal uncle, a sister’s son, a father-in-law, one’s teacher, a daughter’s son, a daughter’s husband, a cognate kinsman, one’s own officiating priest or a man for whom one offers sacrifices.

english translation

mAtAmahaM mAtulaM ca svasrIyaM zvazuraM gurum | dauhitraM viTpatiM bandhuM Rtvig yAjyau ca bhojayet || 148 ||

149

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न ब्राह्मणं परीक्षेत दैवे कर्मणि धर्मवित् । पित्र्ये कर्मणि तु प्राप्ते परीक्षेत प्रयत्नतः ॥ १४९ ॥

For a rite sacred to the gods, he who knows the law will not make (too close) inquiries regarding an (invited) Brahmana; but when one performs a ceremony in honour of the manes, one must carefully examine (the qualities and parentage of the guest).

english translation

na brAhmaNaM parIkSeta daive karmaNi dharmavit | pitrye karmaNi tu prApte parIkSeta prayatnataH || 149 ||

150

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ये स्तेनपतितक्लीबा ये च नास्तिकवृत्तयः । तान् हव्यकव्ययोर्विप्राननर्हान् मनुरब्रवीत् ॥ १५० ॥

Manu has declared that those Brahmanas who are thieves, outcasts, eunuchs, or atheists are unworthy (to partake) of oblations to the gods and manes.

english translation