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Chapter 13.90
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Sanskrit Text
यथाग्नौ
शान्ते
घृतमाजुहोति;
तन्नैव
देवान्न
पितॄनुपैति
।
तथा
दत्तं
नर्तने
गायने
च;
यां
चानृचे
दक्षिणामावृणोति
॥
English Translation
When the offerings made at Shraddhas are exchanged by the performers with one another, they become Pishacha presents. Such offerings please neither the gods nor the departed Manes, Instead of reaching the other world, they wander about even here like a cow which has lost her calf wandering about within the fold.
Padaccheda (Word Analysis)
यथा + अग्नि | शान्ते | घृतम् | आजुहोति | तद् + न + एव | देव + न | पितॄन् | उपैति
तथा | दत्तं | नर्तने | गायने | च | यां | च + अन् + ऋच् | दक्षिणाम् | आवृणोति
तथा | दत्तं | नर्तने | गायने | च | यां | च + अन् + ऋच् | दक्षिणाम् | आवृणोति