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 ||
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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.