Gifts of water with sesame seeds are considered by the departed Manes as yielding eternal gratification to them. The grandfathers all become highly pleased with gifts of lamps and Krishara.
तिलोदकं सदा श्राद्धे मन्यन्ते पितरोऽक्षयम्। दीपे च कृसरे चैव तुष्यन्तेऽस्य पितामहाः॥