This course of duties followed by men has, O twice-born one, been laid down by Him. It is his ordinance that we should duly perform all the rites laid down regarding the gods and the departed manes.
तेनैषा प्रथिता ब्रह्मन् मर्यादा लोकभाविनी। दैवं पित्र्यं च कर्तव्यमिति तस्यानुशासनम्॥