[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Harivamsha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) › 12.39 # Harivamsha 12.39 Harivaṃśa 12.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.12.39) śrāddhe ca ye pradāsyanti trīn piṇḍān nāmagotrataḥ sarvatra vartamānāṃs tān pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ bhāvayiṣyanti satataṃ śrāddhadānena pūjitāḥ // > ‘And those who offer the three rice-balls in an ancestral offering according to name and lineage, / wherever they may be, the ancestors with the grandfathers, / honored by the gift of the ancestral offering, will constantly bless them.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.12.38) - [Next: 12.39x241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.12.39x241) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.12.39) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.9.32) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.12.39) · Pramāṇa