Aṣṭakā-Śrāddha Vidhi and Dāna-Praśaṃsā
Observances in the Dark Fortnight and Praise of Giving
सर्वेषु पुरुषा यान्ति निपातमिव धेनवः / मासांते प्रतिगच्छेयुरष्टकासु ह्यपूजिताः
sarveṣu puruṣā yānti nipātamiva dhenavaḥ / māsāṃte pratigaccheyuraṣṭakāsu hyapūjitāḥ
All men go to downfall, like cows that collapse; at the month’s end, those who remain unhonoring on the Aṣṭakā days return again to sorrow.