Ramayana

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अष्टका पितृदैवत्यमित्ययं प्रसृतो जनः । अन्नस्योपद्रवं पश्य मृतो हि किमशिष्यति ॥ २-१०८-१४

sanskrit

People perform ashtaka ceremony for the spirits of ancestors and offer them food. Look at the amount of food being wasted. Will the dead (ever) eat food? ॥ 2-108-14॥

english translation

aSTakA pitRdaivatyamityayaM prasRto janaH । annasyopadravaM pazya mRto hi kimaziSyati ॥ 2-108-14

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/ramayana/ayodhya-kanda/108/14

अष्टका पितृदैवत्यमित्ययं प्रसृतो जनः । अन्नस्योपद्रवं पश्य मृतो हि किमशिष्यति ॥ २-१०८-१४

sanskrit

People perform ashtaka ceremony for the spirits of ancestors and offer them food. Look at the amount of food being wasted. Will the dead (ever) eat food? ॥ 2-108-14॥

english translation

aSTakA pitRdaivatyamityayaM prasRto janaH । annasyopadravaM pazya mRto hi kimaziSyati ॥ 2-108-14

hk transliteration by Sanscript