[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 19.6 # Matsyapurana 19.6 Matsyapurāṇa 19.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.6) prāṇinaḥ prīṇayantyete tadāhāratvamāgatān devo yadi pitā jātaḥ śubhakarmānuyogataḥ // > Agniṣvatta, &c., are appointed as rulers of deceased ancestors. They transport the offerings made to the ancestors even though they have been reborn in the meanwhile under another name, clan, place and time. The Pitṛis carry the ball of food offered in the form of nectar if the deceased ancestor has become a Deva through his good karma. If he is reborn as a Daitya, the offering reaches him in the form of worldly enjoyment. If taking birth as a beast, he gets it in the form of grass; those in the body of serpents get it in the form of air; those in form of Yakṣa get it as wine; those in the body of the Râkṣasa get it in the form of flesh; those in the body of dânavas get it in the form of mâyâ (delusion or glamour), those in the form of ghosts get it as blood and water; and those who are born as human beings get it in the form of grain and water and other multifarious objects of enjoyments.—5-9. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.5) - [Next: 19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.7) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.19.p3) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.19.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.19.6) · Pramāṇa