He said to him, O Nimi, this rite that you have conceived, is a sacrifice in honour of the departed Manes. Do not fear, O you, having asceticism for wealth. Formerly the Grandfather Brahman himself laid it down.
निमे संकल्पिस्तेऽयं पितृयज्ञस्तपोधन। मा ते भूद् भीः पूर्वदृष्टो धर्मार्थं ब्रह्मणां स्वयम्॥