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3.257. The food eaten by hermits in the forest, milk, Soma-juice, meat which is not prepared (with spices), and
salt unprepared by art, are called, on account of their nature, sacrificial food.
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3.258. Having dismissed the (invited) Brahmanas, let him, with a concentrated mind, silent and pure, look
towards the south and ask these blessings of the manes:
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3.259. ’May liberal men abound with us! May (our knowledge of) the Vedas and (our) progeny increase! May
faith not forsake us! May we have much to give (to the needy)!’
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3.260. Having thus offered (the cakes), let him, after (the prayer), cause a cow, a Brahmana, a goat, or the
sacred fire to consume those cakes, or let him throw them into water.
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3.261. Some make the offering of the cakes after (the dinner); some cause (them) to be eaten by birds or throw
them into fire or into water.
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3.262. The (sacrificer’s) first wife, who is faithful and intent on the worship of the manes, may eat the middlemost
cake, (if she be) desirous of bearing a son.
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3.263. (Thus) she will bring forth a son who will be long-lived, famous, intelligent, rich, the father of numerous
offspring, endowed with (the quality of) goodness, and righteous.
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3.264. Having washed his hands and sipped water, let him prepare (food) for his paternal relations and, after
giving it to them with due respect, let him feed his maternal relatives also.
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3.265. But the remnants shall be left (where they lie) until the Brahmanas have been dismissed; afterwards he
shall perform the (daily) domestic Bali-offering; that is a settled (rule of the) sacred law.
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3.266. I will now fully declare what kind of sacrificial food, given to the manes according to the rule, will serve
for a long time or for eternity.
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3.267. The ancestors of men are satisfied for one month with sesamum grains, rice, barley, masha beans, water,
roots, and fruits, which have been given according to the prescribed rule,