That deity being pleased, O you of great intelligence gratifies in return the other deities and the Pitris also with them. It has bean laid down that the second riceball should be eaten by the wife.
शशी प्रीणयते देवान् पितश्चैव महामते॥ भुङ्क्ते तु पत्नी यं चैषामनुज्ञाता तु मध्यमम्।