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Manava Dharmashastra 3.179

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.179

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Sanskrit

3.179

vedavic cāpi vipro 'sya lobhāt kṛtvā pratigraham
vināśaṃ vrajati kṣipram āmapātram ivāmbhasi //

And if a Brahmana, though learned in the Veda, accepts through covetousness a gift from such (a man), he will quickly perish, like a vessel of unburnt clay in water.
180 (Food) given to a seller of Soma becomes ordure, (that given) to a physician pus and blood, but (that presented) to a temple-priest is lost, and (that given) to a usurer finds no place (in the world of the gods).

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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