SB 7.10.22
TEXT 22
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TEXT
कुरु त्वं प्रेतकृत्यानि पितुः पूतस्य सर्वशः ।
मदङ्गस्पर्शनेनाङ्ग लोकान्यास्यति सुप्रजाः ॥ २२ ॥ kuru tvam preta-krtyani
pituh putasya sarvasah
mad-aṅga-sparsanenaṅga
lokan yasyati suprajah
kuru-perform; tvam-you; preta-krtyani-the ritualistic ceremony performed after death; pituh-of your father; putasya-already purified; sarvasah-in all respects; mat-aṅga-My body; sparsanena-by touching; aṅga-My dear child; lokan-to planets; yasyati-he will be elevated; su-prajah-to become a devotee-citizen.
TRANSLATION
My dear child, your father has already been purified just by the touch of My body at the time of his death. Nonetheless, the duty of a son is to perform the sraddha ritualistic ceremony after his father's death so that his father may be promoted to a planetary system where he may become a good citizen and devotee.
PURPORT
In this regard, Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that although Hiranyakasipu was already purified, he had to take birth on a higher planetary system to become a devotee again. Prahlada Maharaja was advised to perform the ritualistic ceremony as a matter of etiquette, for the Supreme Personality of Godhead under no circumstances wants to stop the regulative principles. Madhva Muni also instructs:
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