After the celestial preceptor had said this the highly blessed celestials, with the Maruts, and the highly blessed Rishis questioned the departed Manes saying, You Pitris with what acts of human beings, who are generally gifted with little understandings, do you become pleased? What gifts made in course of such rites as are performed for improving the position of deceased persons in the other world become inexhaustible in efficacy?
भूतिकामेन म]न सत्यमेतद् ब्रवीमि ते। ततः सर्वा महाभाग देवताः समरुद्गणाः॥ ऋषयश्च महाभागाः पृच्छन्ति स्म पितूंस्ततः। पितरः केन तुष्यन्ति मर्त्यानामल्पचेतसाम्॥ अक्षयं च कथं दानं भवेच्चैवोर्ध्वदेहिकम्।