O Tarkshya, the virtuous man who continually offers oblations to the sacred fire for seven years sanctifies by his this action his seven generations upwards and downwards,
यः सप्त वर्षाणि जुहोति तार्क्ष्य हव्यं त्वग्नौ नियतः साधुशीलः। सप्तावरान् सप्त पूर्वान् पुनाति पितामहानात्मना कर्मभिः स्वैः॥