[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Atri Smriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri) › 5.41 # Atri Smriti 5.41 Atrismṛti (Atrisaṃhitā) 5.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.41) keśādi dūṣite tīre na kuryāttilatarpaṇam jalamadhye jalaṃ deyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ jalamicchatām ghanasthāne na dātavyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ nopagacchati > One should not make a sesame-water libation on a bank defiled by hair and the like; / water should be offered in the midst of water for the ancestors who desire water; / it must not be given on dry ground; it does not reach the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.40) - [Next: 5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.42) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri~en-mt.5.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri.5.41) · Pramāṇa