Then again the three classes of Pitris, viz., the Archishmats, the Varihshads, and the Kravyads, approve of the necessity of Mantras about the dead, and Mantras are regarded as powerful causes.
अर्चिष्मन्तो बर्हिषदः कव्यादाः पितरस्तथा। मृतस्याप्यनुमन्यन्ते मन्त्रान् मन्त्राश्च कारणम्॥