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# Harivamsha 13.12

Harivaṃśa 13.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa.13.12)

tasmāc chrāddhāni deyāni yogināṃ dvijasattama  
eṣa vai prathamaḥ kalpaḥ somapānāṃ anuttamaḥ //

> Therefore, ancestral offerings should be given to yogins, O best of the twice-born; / this is the supreme, first rule concerning the Soma-drinkers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa~en-mt.13.12) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.1.58.44) — Sanskrit

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