न दद्यादामिषं श्राद्धे न चाद्याद्धर्मतत्त्ववित् । मुन्यन्नै: स्यात्परा प्रीतिर्यथा न पशुहिंसया ॥ ७ ॥
na dadyad amisam sraddhe na cadyad dharma-tattvavit muny-annaih syat para pritir yatha na pasu-himsaya
- na
- never
- dadyat
- should offer
- amisam
- meat, fish, eggs and so on
- sraddhe
- in the performance of the sraddha ceremony
- na
- nor
- ca
- also
- adyat
- one should eat personally
- dharma-tattva-vit
- one who is actually learned in regard to religious activities
- muni-annaih
- by preparations made with ghee for saintly persons
- syat
- should be
- para
- first-class
- pritih
- satisfaction
- yatha
- for the forefathers and the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- na
- not
- pasu-himsaya
- by killing animals unnecessarily
A person fully aware of religious principles should never offer anything like meat, eggs or fish in the sraddha ceremony, and even if one is a ksatriya, he himself should not eat such things. When suitable food prepared with ghee is offered to saintly persons, the function is pleasing to the forefathers and the Supreme Lord, who are never pleased when animals are killed in the name of sacrifice.