Shloka 16
Nārāyaṇopadeśa to Mārkaṇḍeya (Cosmic Self-Identification and Yuga Doctrine) | नारायणोपदेशः
यः सप्त वर्षाणि जुहोति तार्क्ष्य हव्यं त्वग्नौी नियत: साधुशील: । सप्तावरान् सप्त पूर्वान् पुनाति पितामहानात्मना कर्मभि: स्वै:,ताक्ष्य! जो सदाचारी पुरुष संयम--नियमका पालन करते हुए सात वर्षोतक अम्निमें आहुति देता है, वह अपने सत्कर्मोंद्वारा अपने साथ ही सात पीढ़ीतककी भावी संतानोंको और सात पीढ़ी पूर्वतकके पितामहोंको भी पवित्र कर देता है
yaḥ sapta varṣāṇi juhoti tārkṣya havyaṃ tv agnau niyataḥ sādhuśīlaḥ | saptāvarān sapta pūrvān punāti pitāmahān ātmanā karmabhiḥ svaiḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O Tārkṣya, the man of good conduct who, with self-restraint and regular observance, offers oblations into the sacred fire for seven years—by the merit of his own righteous deeds he purifies not only himself but also seven generations of his descendants and seven generations of his forefathers, up to the grandsires.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच