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XX, 32.
him (after death) like associates, what does it matter to a man whether his relatives mourn over him or no ?
32. But as long as his relatives remain impure, the departed spirit finds no rest, and returns to visit (his relatives), whose duty it is to offer up to him the funeral ball of rice and the water libation.
33. Till the Sapindîkarana' has been performed, the dead man remains a disembodied spirit (and is afflicted with hunger and thirst). Give rice and a jar with water to the man who has passed into the abode of disembodied spirits.
34. Having passed into the abode of the manes (after the performance of the Sapindîkarana) he enjoys in the shape of celestial food his portion of the Sraddha (funeral oblation); offer the Sraddha, therefore, to him who has passed into the abode of the manes.
35. Whether he has become a god, or stays in hell, or has entered the body of an animal, or of a human being, he will receive the Sraddha offered to him by his relatives.
36. The dead person and the performer of the Sraddha are sure to be benefitted by its performance. Perform the Sraddha always, therefore, abandoning bootless grief.
37. This is the duty which should be constantly discharged towards a dead person by his kinsmen ; by mourning a man will neither benefit the dead nor himself.
38. Having seen that no help is to be had from this world, and that his relations are dying (one after
33. See XXI, 12.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |