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उच्छीर्षके श्रियै कुर्याद्भद्रकाल्यै च पादतः ।
ब्रह्मवास्तोष्पतिभ्यां तु वास्तुमध्ये बलिं हरेत् । । ३.८९[७९ं] । ।
- Near the head (of the bed) he shall make an offering to Sri (fortune), and near the foot (of his bed) to Bhadrakali; in the centre of the house let him place a Bali for Brahman and for Vastoshpati (the lord of the dwelling) conjointly. (Ⅲ)
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विश्वेभ्यश्चैव देवेभ्यो बलिं आकाश उत्क्षिपेत् ।
दिवाचरेभ्यो भूतेभ्यो नक्तंचारिभ्य एव च । । ३.९०[८०ं] । ।
- Let him throw up into the air a Bali for all the gods, and (in the day-time one) for the goblins roaming about by day, (and in the evening one) for the goblins that walk at night. (Ⅲ)
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पृष्ठवास्तुनि कुर्वीत बलिं सर्वात्मभूतये ।
पितृभ्यो बलिशेषं तु सर्वं दक्षिणतो हरेत् । । ३.९१[८१ं] । ।
- In the upper story let him offer a Bali to Sarvatmabhuti; but let him throw what remains (from these offerings) in a southerly direction for the manes. (Ⅲ)
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शूनां च पतितानां च श्वपचां पापरोगिणाम् ।
वयसानां कृमीणां च शनकैर्निर्वपेद्भुवि । । ३.९२[८२ं] । ।
- Let him gently place on the ground (some food) for dogs, outcasts, Kandalas (Svapak), those afflicted with diseases that are punishments of former sins, crows, and insects. (Ⅲ)
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एवं यः सर्वभूतानि ब्राह्मणो नित्यं अर्चति ।
स गच्छति परं स्थानं तेजोमूर्तिः पथा र्जुना । । ३.९३[८३ं] । ।
- That Brahmana who thus daily honours all beings, goes, endowed with a resplendent body, by a straight road to the highest dwelling-place (i.e. Brahman). (Ⅲ)
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कृत्वैतद्बलिकर्मैवं अतिथिं पूर्वं आशयेत् ।
भिक्षां च भिक्षवे दद्याद्विधिवद्ब्रह्मचारिणे । । ३.९४[८४ं] । ।
- Having performed this Bali offering, he shall first feed his guest and, according to the rule, give alms to an ascetic (and) to a student. (Ⅲ)
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यत्पुण्यफलं आप्नोति गां दत्त्वा विधिवद्गुरोः ।
तत्पुण्यफलं आप्नोति भिक्षां दत्त्वा द्विजो गृही । । ३.९५[८५ं] । ।
- A twice-born householder gains, by giving alms, the same reward for his meritorious act which (a student) obtains for presenting, in accordance with the rule, a cow to his teacher. (Ⅲ)
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भिक्षां अप्युदपात्रं वा सत्कृत्य विधिपूर्वकम् ।
वेदतत्त्वार्थविदुषे ब्राह्मणायोपपादयेत् । । ३.९६[८६ं] । ।
- Let him give, in accordance with the rule, to a Brahmana who knows the true meaning of the Veda, even (a small portion of food as) alms, or a pot full of water, having garnished (the food with seasoning, or the pot with flowers and fruit). (Ⅲ)
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नश्यन्ति हव्यकव्यानि नराणां अविजानताम् ।
भस्मीभूतेषु विप्रेषु मोहाद्दत्तानि दातृभिः । । ३.९७[८७ं] । ।
- The oblations to gods and manes, made by men ignorant (of the law of gifts), are lost, if the givers in their folly present (shares of them) to Brahmanas who are mere ashes. (Ⅲ)
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विद्यातपःसमृद्धेषु हुतं विप्रमुखाग्निषु ।
निस्तारयति दुर्गाच्च महतश्चैव किल्बिषात् । । ३.९८[८८ं] । ।
- An offering made in the mouth-fire of Brahmanas rich in sacred learning and austerities, saves from misfortune and from great guilt. (Ⅲ)
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संप्राप्ताय त्वतिथये प्रदद्यादासनोदके ।
अन्नं चैव यथाशक्ति सत्कृत्य विधिपूर्वकम् । । ३.९९[८९ं] । ।
- But let him offer, in accordance with the rule, to a guest who has come (of his own accord) a seat and water, as well as food, garnished (with seasoning), according to his ability. (Ⅲ)
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शिलानप्युञ्छतो नित्यं पञ्चाग्नीनपि जुह्वतः ।
सर्वं सुकृतं आदत्ते ब्राह्मणोऽनर्चितो वसन् । । ३.१००[९०ं] । ।
- A Brahmana who stays unhonoured (in the house), takes away (with him) all the spiritual merit even of a man who subsists by gleaning ears of corn, or offers oblations in five fires. (Ⅲ)
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तृणानि भूमिरुदकं वाक्चतुर्थी च सूनृता ।
एतान्यपि सतां गेहे नोच्छिद्यन्ते कदा चन । । ३.१०१[९१ं] । ।
- Grass, room (for resting), water, and fourthly a kind word; these (things) never fail in the houses of good men. (Ⅲ)
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एकरात्रं तु निवसन्नतिथिर्ब्राह्मणः स्मृतः ।
अनित्यं हि स्थितो यस्मात्तस्मादतिथिरुच्यते । । ३.१०२[९२ं] । ।
- But a Brahmana who stays one night only is declared to be a guest (atithi); for because he stays (sthita) not long (anityam), he is called atithi (a guest). (Ⅲ)
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नैकग्रामीणं अतिथिं विप्रं साङ्गतिकं तथा ।
उपस्थितं गृहे विद्याद्भार्या यत्राग्नयोऽपि वा । । ३.१०३[९३ं] । ।
- One must not consider as a guest a Brahmana who dwells in the same village, nor one who seeks his livelihood by social intercourse, even though he has come to a house where (there is) a wife, and where sacred fires (are kept). (Ⅲ)
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उपासते ये गृहस्थाः परपाकं अबुद्धयः ।
तेन ते प्रेत्य पशुतां व्रजन्त्यन्नादिदायिनः । । ३.१०४[९४ं] । ।
- Those foolish householders who constantly seek (to live on) the food of others, become, in consequence of that (baseness), after death the cattle of those who give them food. (Ⅲ)
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अप्रणोद्योऽतिथिः सायं सूर्योढो गृहमेधिना ।
काले प्राप्तस्त्वकाले वा नास्यानश्नन्गृहे वसेत् । । ३.१०५[९५ं] । ।
- A guest who is sent by the (setting) sun in the evening, must not be driven away by a householder; whether he have come at (supper-) time or at an inopportune moment, he must not stay in the house without entertainment. (Ⅲ)
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न वै स्वयं तदश्नीयादतिथिं यन्न भोजयेत् ।
धन्यं यशस्यं आयुष्यं स्वर्ग्यं वातिथिपूजनम् । । ३.१०६[९६ं] । ।
- Let him not eat any (dainty) food which he does not offer to his guest; the hospitable reception of guests procures wealth, fame, long life, and heavenly bliss. (Ⅲ)
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आसनावसथौ शय्यां अनुव्रज्यां उपासनाम् ।
उत्तमेषूत्तमं कुर्याद्धीने हीनं समे समम् । । ३.१०७[९७ं] । ।
- Let him offer (to his guests) seats, rooms, beds, attendance on departure and honour (while they stay), to the most distinguished in the best form, to the lower ones in a lower form, to equals in an equal manner. (Ⅲ)
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वैश्वदेवे तु निर्वृत्ते यद्यन्योऽतिथिराव्रजेत् ।
तस्याप्यन्नं यथाशक्ति प्रदद्यान्न बलिं हरेत् । । ३.१०८[९८ं] । ।
- But if another guest comes after the Vaisvadeva offering has been finished, (the householder) must give him food according to his ability, (but) not repeat the Bali offering. (Ⅲ)
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न भोजनार्थं स्वे विप्रः कुलगोत्रे निवेदयेत् ।
भोजनार्थं हि ते शंसन्वान्ताशीत्युच्यते बुधैः । । ३.१०९[९९ं] । ।
- A Brahmana shall not name his family and (Vedic) gotra in order to obtain a meal; for he who boasts of them for the sake of a meal, is called by the wise a foul feeder (vantasin). (Ⅲ)
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न ब्राह्मणस्य त्वतिथिर्गृहे राजन्य उच्यते ।
वैश्यशूद्रौ सखा चैव ज्ञातयो गुरुरेव च । । ३.११०[१००ं] । ।
- But a Kshatriya (who comes) to the house of a Brahmana is not called a guest (atithi), nor a Vaisya, nor a Sudra, nor a personal friend, nor a relative, nor the teacher. (Ⅲ)
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यदि त्वतिथिधर्मेण क्षत्रियो गृहं आव्रजेत् ।
भुक्तवत्सु च विप्रेषु कामं तं अपि भोजयेत् । । ३.१११[१०१ं] । ।
- But if a Kshatriya comes to the house of a Brahmana in the manner of a guest, (the house-holder) may feed him according to his desire, after the above-mentioned Brahmanas have eaten. (Ⅲ)
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वैश्यशूद्रावपि प्राप्तौ कुटुम्बेऽतिथिधर्मिणौ ।
भोजयेत्सह भृत्यैस्तावानृशंस्यं प्रयोजयन् । । ३.११२[१०२ं] । ।
- Even a Vaisya and a Sudra who have approached his house in the manner of guests, he may allow to eat with his servants, showing (thereby) his compassionate disposition. (Ⅲ)
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113
इतरानपि सख्यादीन्सम्प्रीत्या गृहं आगतान् ।
प्रकृत्यान्नं यथाशक्ति भोजयेत्सह भार्यया । । ३.११३[१०३ं] । ।
- Even to others, personal friends and so forth, who have come to his house out of affection, he may give food, garnished (with seasoning) according to his ability, (at the same time) with his wife. (Ⅲ)
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सत्क्रियां देशकालौ च शौचं ब्राह्मणसंपदः ।
पञ्चैतान्विस्तरो हन्ति तस्मान्नेहेत विस्तरम् । । ३.१२६[११६ं] । ।
- A large company destroys these five (advantages) the respectful treatment (of the invited, the propriety of) place and time, purity and (the selection of) virtuous Brahmana (guests); he therefore shall not seek (to entertain) a large company. (Ⅲ)
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127
प्रथिता प्रेतकृत्यैषा पित्र्यं नाम विधुक्षये ।
तस्मिन्युक्तस्यैति नित्यं प्रेतकृत्यैव लौकिकी । । ३.१२७[११७ं] । ।
- Famed is this rite for the dead, called (the sacrifice sacred to the manes (and performed) on the new-moon day; if a man is diligent in (performing) that, (the reward of) the rite for the dead, which is performed according to Smarta rules, reaches him constantly. (Ⅲ)
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128
श्रोत्रियायैव देयानि हव्यकव्यानि दातृभिः ।
अर्हत्तमाय विप्राय तस्मै दत्तं महाफलम् । । ३.१२८[११८ं] । ।
- Oblations to the gods and manes must be presented by the givers to a Srotriya alone; what is given to such a most worthy Brahmana yields great reward. (Ⅲ)
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एकैकं अपि विद्वांसं दैवे पित्र्ये च भोजयेत् ।
पुष्कलं फलं आप्नोति नामन्त्रज्ञान्बहूनपि । । ३.१२९[११९ं] । ।
- Let him feed even one learned man at (the sacrifice) to the gods, and one at (the sacrifice) to the manes; (thus) he will gain a rich reward, not (if he entertains) many who are unacquainted with the Veda. (Ⅲ)
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दूरादेव परीक्षेत ब्राह्मणं वेदपारगम् ।
तीर्थं तद्धव्यकव्यानां प्रदाने सोऽतिथिः स्मृतः । । ३.१३०[१२०ं] । ।
- Let him make inquiries even regarding the remote (ancestors of) a Brahmana who has studied an entire (recension of the) Veda; (if descended from a virtuous race) such a man is a worthy recipient of gifts (consisting) of food offered to the gods or to the manes, he is declared (to procure as great rewards as) a guest (atithi). (Ⅲ)
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131
सहस्रं हि सहस्राणां अनृचां यत्र भुञ्जते ।
एकस्तान्मन्त्रवित्प्रीतः सर्वानर्हति धर्मतः । । ३.१३१[१२१ं] । ।
- Though a million of men, unaquainted with the Rikas, were to dine at a (funeral sacrifice), yet a single man, learned in the Veda, who is satisfied (with his entertainment), is worth them all as far as the (production of) spiritual merit (is concerned). (Ⅲ)
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132
ज्ञानोत्कृष्टाय देयानि कव्यानि च हवींषि च ।
न हि हस्तावसृग्दिग्धौ रुधिरेणैव शुध्यतः । । ३.१३२[१२२ं] । ।
- Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge; for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood. (Ⅲ)
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यावतो ग्रसते ग्रासान्हव्यकव्येष्वमन्त्रवित् ।
तावतो ग्रसते प्रेतो दीप्तशूलर्ष्ट्ययोगुडान् । । ३.१३३[१२३ं] । ।
- As many mouthfuls as an ignorant man swallows at a sacrifice to the gods or to the manes, so many red-hot spikes, spears, and iron balls must (the giver of the repast) swallow after death. (Ⅲ)
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ज्ञाननिष्ठा द्विजाः के चित्तपोनिष्ठास्तथापरे ।
तपःस्वाध्यायनिष्ठाश्च कर्मनिष्ठास्तथापरे । । ३.१३४[१२४ं] । ।
- Some Brahmanas are devoted to (the pursuit of) knowledge, and others to (the performance of) austerities; some to austerities and to the recitation of the Veda, and others to (the performance of) sacred rites. (Ⅲ)
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ज्ञाननिष्ठेषु कव्यानि प्रतिष्ठाप्यानि यत्नतः ।
हव्यानि तु यथान्यायं सर्वेष्वेव चतुर्ष्वपि । । ३.१३५[१२५ं] । ।
- Oblations to the manes ought to be carefully presented to those devoted to knowledge, but offerings to the gods, in accordance with the reason (of the sacred law), to (men of) all the four (above-mentioned classes). (Ⅲ)
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अश्रोत्रियः पिता यस्य पुत्रः स्याद्वेदपारगः ।
अश्रोत्रियो वा पुत्रः स्यात्पिता स्याद्वेदपारगः । । ३.१३६[१२६ं] । ।
- If there is a father ignorant of the sacred texts whose son has learned one whole recension of the Veda and the Angas, and a son ignorant of the sacred texts whose father knows an entire recension of the Veda and the Angas, (Ⅲ)
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ज्यायांसं अनयोर्विद्याद्यस्य स्याच्छ्रोत्रियः पिता ।
मन्त्रसंपूजनार्थं तु सत्कारं इतरोऽर्हति । । ३.१३७[१२७ं] । ।
- Know that he whose father knows the Veda, is the more venerable one (of the two); yet the other one is worthy of honour, because respect is due to the Veda (which he has learned). (Ⅲ)
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न श्राद्धे भोजयेन्मित्रं धनैः कार्योऽस्य संग्रहः ।
नारिं न मित्रं यं विद्यात्तं श्राद्धे भोजयेद्द्विजम् । । ३.१३८[१२८ं] । ।
- Let him not entertain a personal friend at a funeral sacrifice; he may gain his affection by (other) valuable gifts; let him feed at a Sraddha a Brahmana whom he considers neither as a foe nor as a friend. (Ⅲ)
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यस्य मित्रप्रधानानि श्राद्धानि च हवींषि च ।
तस्य प्रेत्य फलं नास्ति श्राद्धेषु च हविःषु च । । ३.१३९[१२९ं] । ।
- He who performs funeral sacrifices and offerings to the gods chiefly for the sake of (gaining) friends, reaps after death no reward for Sraddhas and sacrifices. (Ⅲ)
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यः संगतानि कुरुते मोहाच्छ्राद्धेन मानवः ।
स स्वर्गाच्च्यवते लोकाच्छ्राद्धमित्रो द्विजाधमः । । ३.१४०[१३०ं] । ।
- That meanest among twice-born men who in his folly contracts friendships through a funeral sacrifice, loses heaven, because he performed a Sraddha for the sake of friendship. (Ⅲ)
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संभोजानि साभिहिता पैशाची दक्षिणा द्विजैः ।
इहैवास्ते तु सा लोके गौरन्धेवैकवेश्मनि । । ३.१४१[१३१ं] । ।
- A gift (of food) by twice-born men, consumed with (friends and relatives), is said to be offered to the Pisakas; it remains in this (world) alone like a blind cow in one stable. (Ⅲ)
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142
यथेरिणे बीजं उप्त्वा न वप्ता लभते फलम् ।
तथानृचे हविर्दत्त्वा न दाता लभते फलम् । । ३.१४२[१३२ं] । ।
- As a husbandman reaps no harvest when he has sown the seed in barren soil, even so the giver of sacrificial food gains no reward if he presented it to a man unacquainted with the Rikas. (Ⅲ)
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143
दातॄन्प्रतिग्रहीतॄंश्च कुरुते फलभागिनः ।
विदुषे दक्षिणां दत्त्वा विधिवत्प्रेत्य चेह च । । ३.१४३[१३३ं] । ।
- But a present made in accordance with the rules to a learned man, makes the giver and the recipient partakers of rewards both in this (life) and after death. (Ⅲ)
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144
कामं श्राद्धेऽर्चयेन्मित्रं नाभिरूपं अपि त्वरिम् ।
द्विषता हि हविर्भुक्तं भवति प्रेत्य निष्फलम् । । ३.१४४[१३४ं] । ।
- (If no learned Brahmana be at hand), he may rather honour a (virtuous) friend than an enemy, though the latter may be qualified (by learning and so forth); for sacrificial food, eaten by a foe, bears no reward after death. (Ⅲ)
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145
यत्नेन भोजयेच्छ्राद्धे बह्वृचं वेदपारगम् ।
शाखान्तगं अथाध्वर्युं छन्दोगं तु समाप्तिकम् । । ३.१४५[१३५ं] । ।
- Let him (take) pains (to) feed at a Sraddha an adherent of the Rig-veda who has studied one entire (recension of that) Veda, or a follower of the Yagur-veda who has finished one Sakha, or a singer of Samans who (likewise) has completed (the study of an entire recension). (Ⅲ)
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146
एषां अन्यतमो यस्य भुञ्जीत श्राद्धं अर्चितः ।
पितॄणां तस्य तृप्तिः स्याच्छाश्वती साप्तपौरुषी । । ३.१४६[१३६ं] । ।
- If one of these three dines, duly honoured, at a funeral sacrifice, the ancestors of him (who gives the feast), as far as the seventh person, will be satisfied for a very long time. (Ⅲ)
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3.
147
एष वै प्रथमः कल्पः प्रदाने हव्यकव्ययोः ।
अनुकल्पस्त्वयं ज्ञेयः सदा सद्भिरनुष्ठितः । । ३.१४७[१३७ं] । ।
- This is the chief rule (to be followed) in offering sacrifices to the gods and manes; know that the virtuous always observe the following subsidiary rule. (Ⅲ)
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148
मातामहं मातुलं च स्वस्रीयं श्वशुरं गुरुम् ।
दौहित्रं विट्पतिं बन्धुं ऋत्विग्याज्यौ च भोजयेत् । । ३.१४८[१३८ं] । ।
- One may also entertain (on such occasions) one's maternal grandfather, a maternal uncle, a sister's son, a father-in-law, one's teacher, a daughter's son, a daughter's husband, a cognate kinsman, one's own officiating priest or a man for whom one offers sacrifices. (Ⅲ)
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149
न ब्राह्मणं परीक्षेत दैवे कर्मणि धर्मवित् ।
पित्र्ये कर्मणि तु प्राप्ते परीक्षेत प्रयत्नतः । । ३.१४९[१३९ं] । ।
- For a rite sacred to the gods, he who knows the law will not make (too close) inquiries regarding an (invited) Brahmana; but when one performs a ceremony in honour of the manes, one must carefully examine (the qualities and parentage of the guest). (Ⅲ)
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150
ये स्तेनपतितक्लीबा ये च नास्तिकवृत्तयः ।
तान्हव्यकव्ययोर्विप्राननर्हान्मनुरब्रवीत् । । ३.१५०[१४०ं] । ।
- Manu has declared that those Brahmanas who are thieves, outcasts, eunuchs, or atheists are unworthy (to partake) of oblations to the gods and manes. (Ⅲ)
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