Shloka 1
अलोभोपाख्यानम् — शुनःसख-यातुधानी-संवादः
The Allegory of Non-Greed: Śunaḥsakha and the Yātudhānī
ऑऔपनआक्ाा बछ। अर: द्विनवतितमो< ध्याय: पितर और देवताओंका श्राद्धान्नले अजीर्ण होकर ब्रद्माजीके पास जाना और अग्निके द्वारा अजीर्णका निवारण
bhīṣma uvāca | tathā nimau pravṛtte tu sarva eva maharṣayaḥ | pitṛyajñaṃ tu kurvanti vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā ||
ビーシュマは言った。「ユディシュティラよ、ニミ王がこのならわしをかくして最初に起こしたのち、以後すべての大聖仙たちは、聖典に定められた作法に従って祖霊への供犠（pitṛ-yajña）を行うようになった。この教えの倫理的な要は、勝手な個人の好みによるのではなく、秩序正しく整えられた儀礼を通して、先祖への感謝と責務を保ち続けることにある。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
That pitṛ-yajña (ancestral offerings) should be performed in accordance with scriptural injunction (vidhi), and that exemplary beginnings by a righteous figure (here, Nimi) can establish a dharmic practice that others follow.
Bhishma explains to Yudhishthira that once Nimi initiated the practice of śrāddha/pitṛ-yajña, the great sages subsequently undertook the ancestral rite as well, performing it according to the prescribed ritual rules.