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agryo muktimatāṃ prayogasamaye mantreṣu pṛṣṭhaṃ gataḥ pākāgāragatastu pācakamanastoṣāya vācaspatiḥ /
uccāyāṃ nirato rato'rthakagaṇe piṇḍeṣu dattādaro nānāśrāddhagaṇaikacālitamanā bhaddoṭṭamo rājate //

Foremost among those endowed with liberation at the time of practical rites, but having retreated when it comes to mantras; / but in the kitchen, a Vācaspati in delighting the cook's mind; / intent on gathering leftovers, delighted in gifts of money, attentive to the funeral rice-balls, / with a mind set solely on various groups of śrāddha ceremonies—the eminent Bhaddo shines forth.