With the meat of the buffalo they remain pleased for eleven months. With beef presented at the Shraddha, they remain pleased for a full year. Payas mixed with clarified butter is as much as acceptable to the departed Manes as beef. With the meat of the Vadhrinasa the Pitris remained pleased for twelve years.
गव्येन दत्तं श्राद्धे तु संवत्सरमिहोच्यते। यथा गव्यं तथा युक्तं पायसं सर्पिषा सह॥ वाध्रीणसस्य मांसेन तृप्ति दशवार्षिकी॥