Chapter 6
शेषं निवेदयामास पित्रे तेन च तद्गुरु: । चोदित: प्रोक्षणायाह दुष्टमेतदकर्मकम् ॥ ८ ॥
Transliteration
śeṣaṁ nivedayām āsa pitre tena ca tad-guruḥ coditaḥ prokṣaṇāyāha duṣṭam etad akarmakam
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
śeṣam — the remnants; nivedayām āsa — he offered; pitre — to his father; tena — by him; ca — also; tat-guruḥ — their priest or spiritual master; coditaḥ — being requested; prokṣaṇāya — for purifying; āha — said; duṣṭam — polluted; etat — all this flesh; akarmakam — not fit to be used for offering in śrāddha..
Translation
“Vikukṣi offered the remnants of the flesh to King Ikṣvāku, who gave it to Vasiṣṭha for purification. But Vasiṣṭha could immediately understand that part of the flesh had already been taken by Vikukṣi, and therefore he said that it was unfit to be used in the śrāddha ceremony.”