Yudhishthira said You have described to me, you of righteous soul, the duties of the four castes. Do you, similarly, O king, describe to me now all the ordinances regarding the Shraddha.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य धर्मात्मन् धर्माः प्रोक्ता यथा त्वया। तथैव मे श्राद्धविधिं कृत्स्नं प्रब्रूहि पार्थिव॥