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Manava Dharmashastra 10.109

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.109

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Sanskrit

10.109

pratigrahād yājanād vā tathaivādhyāpanād api
pratigrahaḥ pratyavaraḥ pretya viprasya garhitaḥ //

On (comparing) the acceptance (of gifts from low men), sacrificing (for them), and teaching (them), the acceptance of gifts is the meanest (of those acts) and (most) reprehensible for a Brahmana (on account of its results) in the next life.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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