Shloka 13
अलोभोपाख्यानम् — शुनःसख-यातुधानी-संवादः
The Allegory of Non-Greed: Śunaḥsakha and the Yātudhānī
रक्षांसि चापवर्तन्ते स्थिते देवे हुताशने । पूर्व पिण्डं पितुर्दद्यात् ततो दद्यात् पितामहे,अग्निदेवके विराजमान रहनेपर राक्षस वहाँसे भाग जाते हैं। सबसे पहले पिताको पिण्ड देना चाहिये, फिर पितामहको
rakṣāṃsi cāpavartante sthite deve hutāśane | pūrvaṃ piṇḍaṃ pitur dadyāt tato dadyāt pitāmahe ||
Bhīṣma dit : «Lorsque le Feu divin, Agni, est dûment établi et flamboyant, les esprits malfaisants se retirent et prennent la fuite. Dans le rite des piṇḍas, on doit d’abord offrir la piṇḍa au père, puis seulement au grand-père, afin de garder l’ordre juste du devoir envers les ancêtres et de la bienséance rituelle.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches correct ritual order and dharmic propriety in ancestral offerings: establish Agni properly to remove obstructive forces, and offer piṇḍa first to the father, then to the grandfather, honoring hierarchy and sequence in pitṛ-dharma.
Bhishma is instructing on śrāddha-related conduct. He states that when the Fire-deity is present and the rite is properly set, harmful beings retreat, and he prescribes the sequence of offering piṇḍas—first to the father and then to the grandfather.