The gods in person used to accept the libations of butter poured on the fire for them, And the ancestral manes used similarly to accept food that was offered to them in proper time. The Brahmanas, the best of their sects, used to obtain from him all the objects of their desire.
प्रत्यक्षं तस्य हव्यानि प्रतिगृह्णन्ति देवताः॥ कव्यानि पितरः काले सर्वकामान् द्विजोत्तमाः।