[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Agniveshyagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya) › 3.2.4.4 # Agniveshyagrihyasutra 3.2.4.4 Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra 3.2.4.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.3.2.4.4) etaddhasma vai tadvidvāṃsaḥ pūrva ṛṣaya evamaṣṭakyamapūpaṃ catuśśarāvamevamakalpayaṃstena vaite pitṝnatarpayaṃsta enāṃstṛptāḥ prajayā paśubhiratarpayaṃstato ha pitṛbhirmitramakurvata mitraṃ hyeṣāṃ sarvāṇi bhūtānyāsan \ > Knowing this indeed, the ancient seers thus prepared the cake for the Aṣṭakā in four dishes; thereby they gratified the ancestors; being gratified, they gratified them with offspring and cattle; from that, they made friends with the ancestors, for all beings were their friends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.3.2.4.3) - [Next: 3.2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.3.2.4.5) - [Up: 3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.3.2.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya~en-mt.3.2.4.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.3.2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.3.2.4.4) · Pramāṇa