प्रियेण किल दत्तं हि पितृलोकेषु राघव। अक्षयं भवतीत्याहुर्भावांश्चैव पितुः प्रियः॥
priyeṇa kila dattaṃ hi pitṛlokeṣu rāghava| akṣayaṃ bhavatītyāhurbhāvāṃścaiva pituḥ priyaḥ||
English Meaning
O Rāghava, anything offered to the (manes of the) ancestors by a beloved descendant, conduces to their eternal behoof; and you the favourite of our father.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)