कुरु त्वं प्रेतकृत्यानि पितु: पूतस्य सर्वश: । मदङ्गस्पर्शनेनाङ्ग लोकान्यास्यति सुप्रजा: ॥ २२ ॥
kuru tvam preta-krtyani pituh putasya sarvasah mad-anga-sparsanenanga lokan yasyati suprajah
- kuru
- perform
- tvam
- you
- preta-krtyani
- the ritualistic ceremony performed after death
- pituh
- of your father
- putasya
- already purified
- sarvasah
- in all respects
- mat-anga
- My body
- sparsanena
- by touching
- anga
- My dear child
- lokan
- to planes
- yasyati
- he will be elevated
- su-prajah
- to become a devotee-citizen.
My dear child, your father has already been purified just by the touch of My body at the time of his death. Nonetheless, the duty of a son is to perform the sraddha ritualistic ceremony after his father’s death so that his father may be promoted to a planeary system where he may become a good citizen and devotee.