Anushasana Parva 92.5
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 92 · Verse 5
Sanskrit Original
तेऽब्रुवन् सोममासाद्य पितरोऽजीर्णपीडिताः। नेवापान्नेन पीड्यामः श्रेयो नोऽत्र विधीयताम्॥ तान् सोमः प्रत्युवाचाथ श्रेयश्चेदीप्सितं सुराः। स्वयम्भूसदनं यात स वः श्रेयोऽभिधास्यति॥ ते सोमवचनाद् देवाः पितृभिः सह भारत। मेरुशृङ्गे समासीनं पितामहमुपागमन्॥
Approaching Soma they said, Alas, great is our misery on account of the food that is offered to us at Shraddhas. Do you ordain what is necessary for our comfort? Soma answered to them, saying, if, you gods, you are desirous of acquiring comfort do you then go to the abode of the Self Create, Even he will do what is for your behoofAt these words of Soma, the celestials and the departed Manes then went, O Bharata, to the Grandfather where he was seated on the summit of the mountains of Meru.