By making offerings in honour of the departed Manes Manes under the constellation Jeshthya, with devotion and humility, one acquires sovereignty, O foremost one of Kuru's race.
आधिपत्यं व्रजेन्मयो ज्येष्ठायामपवर्जयन्। नरः कुरुकुलश्रेष्ठ ऋद्धो दमपुरःसरः॥