Nakṣatra-Śrāddha (Ancestral Rites Connected with Asterisms) — नक्षत्रश्राद्धम्
कृष्णच्छागस्य मासेन तृप्तिर्भवति शाश्वती / अत्र गाथाः पितृगीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः
kṛṣṇacchāgasya māsena tṛptirbhavati śāśvatī / atra gāthāḥ pitṛgītāḥ kīrtayanti purāvidaḥ
By the flesh of the black goat (kṛṣṇa-chāga) satisfaction becomes everlasting. Here the lore-knowers recount the gāthās—hymns sung by the Pitṛs of old.