Hearing these words of the God of Fire, the departed Manes became comforted it is for this reason also that in making offerings at Shraddhas a share is first offered to the God of Fire, O king.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु पितरस्ततस्ते विज्वराऽभवन्। एतस्मात् कारणाच्चान्गेः प्राक् तावद् दीयते नृप।।११