Shloka 166
सुधां वै लभते भोक्तुं यो नरो जायते पुनः । सप्तगड़, त्रिगड़ और इन्द्रमार्गमें पितरोंका तर्पण करनेवाला मनुष्य यदि पुनर्जन्म लेता है तो उसे अमृत भोजन मिलता है (अर्थात् वह देवता हो जाता है।)
sudhāṃ vai labhate bhoktuṃ yo naro jāyate punaḥ | saptagaḍe, trigaḍe ca indrāmārge ca pitarāṃ tarpaṇaṃ kurvan manuṣyaḥ yadi punarjanma labhate tarhi tasya amṛtabhojanaṃ bhavati (arthāt sa devatā bhavati) ||
Ajaḍriya said: “That man—if he is born again—attains the privilege of consuming sudhā (nectar). One who offers tarpana, libations to the Pitṛs, along the paths known as Saptagaḍa, Trigaḍa, and Indra’s road—if he should take birth once more—receives food of immortality; in other words, he rises to the status of a god.”
अजड्रिय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Faithful tarpaṇa (libations) to the Pitṛs is presented as a powerful dharmic act whose merit can elevate one’s post-mortem destiny—so much so that even if rebirth occurs, it is in a divine condition symbolized by ‘amṛta’ or ‘sudhā’ as nourishment.
Ajadriya is describing the फल (result) of performing ancestral offerings along specified sacred/celestial routes (Saptagaḍa, Trigaḍa, and Indra’s path), stating that such a performer, if reborn, attains a god-like state marked by access to immortal food.