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Manava Dharmashastra 11.9

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.9

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Sanskrit

11.9

śaktaḥ parajane dātā svajane duḥkhajīvini
madhvāpāto viṣāsvādaḥ sa dharmapratirūpakaḥ //

(If) an opulent man (is) liberal towards strangers, while his family lives in distress, that counterfeit virtue will first make him taste the sweets (of fame, but afterwards) make him swallow the poison (of punishment in hell).

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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