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).
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit