Such men never meet with destruction. Indeed, they succeed in acquiring great ends. Those particular offerings in sacrifices with which one pleases the Brahmanas, go to please both the departed manes and the deities. The Brahmana is the cause of that sacrifice whence all created things have originated.
न च प्रेत्य विनश्यन्ति गच्छन्ति च परां गतिम्। येन येनैव हविषा ब्राह्मणांस्तर्पयेन्नरः॥ तेन तेनैव प्रीयन्ते पितरो देवतास्तथा। ब्राह्मणादेव तद् भूतं प्रभवन्ति यतः प्रजाः॥