Pitṛ-Śrāddha Vidhi: Rājata-dāna, Kṛṣṇājina, and Vedi/Garta Construction
Ancestral Rite Protocols
इन्द्रादीनां च नेतारो दशमारीचयोस्तथा / सप्तर्षीणां पितॄणां च तान्नमस्यामि कामदान्
indrādīnāṃ ca netāro daśamārīcayostathā / saptarṣīṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tānnamasyāmi kāmadān
I bow to the leaders such as Indra, to the ten Maricis, and to the Pitṛs of the Seven Ṛṣis—those who bestow the fulfillment of desires.