Of all kinds of food, sesame seeds are regarded as the best. Manu has said that if a Sraddha is performed with a copious measure of sesame, such Sraddha becomes inexhaustible. With sesame seeds and rice and barley and Masha and water and roots and fruits, if given at Sraddhas, the Pitris, O king, remain gratified for the period of a month. "'Bhishma said, "Listen to me, O Yudhishthira, what those Havis are which persons conversant with the ritual of the Sraddha regard as suitable in view of the Sraddha and what the fruits are that attach to each. "'Yudhishthira said, "O thou of great puissance, tell me what that object is which, if dedicated to the Pitris, becomes inexhaustible! What Havi, again, (if offered) lasts for all time? What, indeed, is that which (if presented) becomes eternal? Mahabharata Anushasna Parva (Dana Dharma Parva) Chapter 88
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