History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.164

v5.c73.t1.164

⁹⁶⁰ तस्मात्साकमेधैर्यजमान. हृदावस्तरीणां स्वस्तिमाशास्त इत्याशासीत। यत्पितृयज्ञेन यजते देवानेव तदन्ववस्यति। 2...अथर्तवः पितरः प्रजापतिं पितरं पितृयज्ञेनायजन्त। त एतं लोकमजयन् यस्मिन्नृतवः। यत्पितृयज्ञेन यजते एतमेव लोकं जयति यस्मिन्नृतवः। ऋतूनामेव सायुज्यमुपैति। तै ब्रा. I 4 10.8 The word पितृयज्ञ here and in तै सं III. 2 2 3, मै. सं. 1.10 17 (यदैव पितृयज्ञस्तेनैवास्य पितरोऽभीष्टाः प्रीता भवन्ति) means a sacrifice (*Continued on the next page*) (*Continued from the last page*) offered to the manes, while it is doubtful whether in Ṛg X. 16. 10 the word पितृयज्ञ means the same thing But as the verse that immediately follows (Ṛg. X. 16 11) mentions pitṛs in the plural, it looks as if the meaning of पितृयज्ञ being well known was used in a secondary sense in Ṛg. X. 16.10.