The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 3.1.91

3.1.91

kṛtam udakadānaṃ yais tān kṛtodakān snātān samyag udakād uttīrṇān mṛduśādvale navodgatatṛṇacayāvṛtabhūbhāge samyak sthitān putrādīn kulavṛddhāḥ purātanair itihāsair vakṣyamāṇair apavadeyuḥ śokanirasanasamarthair vacobhir bodhayeyuḥ || 7 ||

"When they have offered the water"—those by whom the offering of water has been made; bathed, properly emerged from the water, and well seated upon soft green turf—on a piece of ground covered with freshly sprouted clumps of grass—the elders of the family should dissuade those sons and others with the ancient narratives about to be related; they should enlighten them with words capable of dispelling grief. // 7