After the celestial messenger had said these words connected with virtue and duty, the celestials who were seated towards the east and the departed Manes also, praising that ranger of the sky, began as follows:
श्रद्दधनेन दूतेन भाषितं धर्मसंहितम्। पूर्वस्थास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे पितरः पूज्य खेचरम्॥