Things proper to be offered as food to deceased ancestors; prohibited things - Verse 16
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 16.16
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Sanskrit Original
श्रद्धासमन्वितैर दत्तं पितृभ्यो नामगोत्रतः यदाहारास तु ते जातास तदाहारत्वम एति तत ।।
śraddhāsamanvitair dattaṃ pitṛbhyo nāmagotrataḥ yadāhārās tu te jātās tadāhāratvam eti tat ||
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What is given with faith to the ancestors, according to name and lineage, becomes their food; thus, the essence of that food is realized.