How does Gau Daan help with Pitru Dosha?

Pitru Dosha — the ancestral affliction caused by unsatisfied or troubled ancestors — can be significantly alleviated through Gau Daan performed with a proper Sankalp directing the merit to the specific ancestors. The Garuda Purana teaches that ancestors for whom Gau Daan is performed receive a celestial cow in the afterlife, which provides them nourishment and divine grace, reducing the distress that causes Pitru Dosha in their descendants’ lives.