If these verses describing the merit of the gifts of earth be recited on the occasion of a Shraddha, neither Rakshasas nor Asuras can succeed in getting any share of the offering made in it.
य इदं श्रावयेच्छ्राद्धे भूमिदानस्य सम्भवम्। न तस्य रक्षसां भागो नासुराणां भवत्युत॥