The second ball is eaten by the wife. That has been laid down in the ordinance. How do the Pitris of that man become the eaters thereof?
मध्यमं तु तदा पत्नी भुङ्क्तेऽनुज्ञातमेव हि॥ किमर्थं पितरस्तस्य कव्यमेव च भुञ्जते।