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Manava Dharmashastra 5.144

Manvarthamuktāvalī 5.144

Language
Sanskrit

5.144

varaṃ vidvadbrāhmaṇābhāve guṇavanmitraṃ bhojayennatu vidvāṃsamapi śatrum| yataḥ śatruṇāra śrāddhaṃ bhuktaṃ paraloke niṣphalaṃ bhavati| yathoktapātrāsaṃbhave mitrapratiprasavārthamidam 144 “śrotriyāyaiva deyāni” (a0 3 ślo0 128) ityanena chandomātrādhyāyini śrotriyaśabdaprayogāttadāśrayaṇamāvaśyakamuktam, idānīṃ tvadhikaphalārthaṃ mantrabrāhmaṇātmakakṛtsnaśākhādhyāyini śrotriye dānamāha—