Shloka 19
अलोभोपाख्यानम् — शुनःसख-यातुधानी-संवादः
The Allegory of Non-Greed: Śunaḥsakha and the Yātudhānī
जो चितकबरे रंगके बैलोंसे जुती गाड़ीपर बैठकर नदीके जलको पार कर रहा हो, उसके पितर इस समय मानो नावपर बैठकर उससे जलांजलि पानेकी इच्छा रखते हैं ।।
yaś citrakabare raṅgake bailaiḥ yutāṁ gāḍīṁ āruhya nadī-jalaṁ pārayan bhavati, tasya pitaras tadā nāvam āruhya iva tasmat jalāñjaliṁ prāptum icchanti. sadā nāvi jalatāḥ ajñāḥ prayacchanti samāhitāḥ. māsārthe kṛṣṇapakṣasya kuryān nirvapaṇāni vai.
ビーシュマは言う。斑の牛を飾り整えて繋いだ車に乗り、川を渡る者がいるなら、その時その者の祖霊は、まるで舟に座しているかのように、水の供えを受けんと望む。ゆえに心を一つにして、常に祖霊（ピトリ）へ掬水の供え（ジャラーンジャリ、jalāñjali）を捧げよ。とりわけ月の黒分（クリシュナ・パクシャ、kṛṣṇa-pakṣa）には、定められた祖先供養（ニルヴァパナ、nirvapaṇa／シュラーダッダに関わる儀）を必ず行うべきである。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
One should not neglect ongoing obligations to the ancestors: offer water (tarpana/jalāñjali) with a focused mind, and observe the appropriate lunar timing—especially the dark fortnight—for ancestral rites (nirvapaṇa/śrāddha-related offerings).
Bhishma is instructing on ancestral rites. He uses a vivid image: as a person crosses a river on a bullock-cart, the Pitṛs are imagined as if seated in a boat nearby, eagerly awaiting the water-offering from him—underscoring immediacy and duty.