ये चान्ये पूर्वजाः स्वर्गे ये चान्ये नरकौकसः । ये च तिर्यक्त्वमापन्ना ये च भूतादिसंस्थिताः
ye cānye pūrvajāḥ svarge ye cānye narakaukasaḥ | ye ca tiryaktvamāpannā ye ca bhūtādisaṃsthitāḥ
وكذلك أولئك الأسلاف الآخرون الذين في السماء، وأولئك القاطنون في الجحيم؛ والذين سقطوا في ولادة الحيوان، والذين يقيمون بين الكائنات كالأرواح ونحوها—
Unspecified (continuation of śrāddha context)
Tirtha: Dharmakūpa (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A teacher-narrator enumerates the many destinies of ancestors—heavenly, hellish, animal, and spirit-realms—setting a solemn tone before prescribing rites at a sacred well.
Śrāddha is envisioned as a compassionate act whose benefit can reach ancestors in many states of existence.
The surrounding passage points to Dharmakṣetra/Dharmakūpa as the ritual locus, though this verse lists realms rather than a site.
It prepares the scope of śrāddha’s recipients—ancestors in heaven, hell, animal births, and spirit-like conditions.