शेषं निवेदयामास पित्रे तेन च तद्गुरु: । चोदित: प्रोक्षणायाह दुष्टमेतदकर्मकम् ॥ ८ ॥
sesam nivedayam asa pitre tena ca tad-guruh coditah proksanayaha dustam etad akarmakam
- sesam
- the remnants
- nivedayam asa
- he offered
- pitre
- to his father
- tena
- by him
- ca
- also
- tat-guruh
- their priest or spiritual master
- coditah
- being requested
- proksanaya
- for purifying
- aha
- said
- dustam
- polluted
- etat
- all this flesh
- akarmakam
- not fit to be used for offering in sraddha.
Vikuksi offered the remnants of the flesh to King Iksvaku, who gave it to Vasistha for purification. But Vasistha could immediately understand that part of the flesh had already been taken by Vikuksi, and therefore he said that it was unfit to be used in the sraddha ceremony.