Manusmriti
एषामन्यतमो यस्य भुञ्जीत श्राद्धमर्चितः । पितॄणां तस्य तृप्तिः स्यात्शाश्वती साप्तपौरुषी ॥ १४६ ॥
If one of these three dines, duly honoured, at a funeral sacrifice, the ancestors of him (who gives the feast), as far as the seventh person, will be satisfied for a very long time.
english translation
eSAmanyatamo yasya bhuJjIta zrAddhamarcitaH | pitRRNAM tasya tRptiH syAtzAzvatI sAptapauruSI || 146 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscriptएषामन्यतमो यस्य भुञ्जीत श्राद्धमर्चितः । पितॄणां तस्य तृप्तिः स्यात्शाश्वती साप्तपौरुषी ॥ १४६ ॥
If one of these three dines, duly honoured, at a funeral sacrifice, the ancestors of him (who gives the feast), as far as the seventh person, will be satisfied for a very long time.
english translation
eSAmanyatamo yasya bhuJjIta zrAddhamarcitaH | pitRRNAM tasya tRptiH syAtzAzvatI sAptapauruSI || 146 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript