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