Bṛhaspati said:: The following should be discarded in the Śrāddha rite:—the cooked rice and other eatables when they fall on seats aṇḍ are sat upon, that which is kicked by the foot, that which is seen by impure mobile beings, dried and stale things, that which is burnt too much, that which is licked by fire, that which is spoiled by sandy particles, worms, pebbles and hairs, the oil cake and pounded particles of gingelly seeds, barley etc; the foodstuffs got ready but apparently too saltish; the things that are seen and defiled by dogs or taken up by persons with defects and particles (of flour etc.) shaken off by the clothes should be avoided in the Śrāddha rite.