Note 20 — Chapter IX · MATILALL AND HIS FRIENDS.
G. D. (George Devereux) Oswell translation
The fear that a Hindoo feels lest he shall have no one to offer the customary libations to his manes and those of his ancestors is expressed in Sakuntala. King Dushyanta says:—
No son remains in King Dushyanta’s place To offer sacred homage to the dead Of Purus’ noble line: my ancestors Must drink these glistening tears the last libation A childless man can ever hope to make them.
Sir M. Monier-William’s Translation.