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Manava Dharmashastra 3.72

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.72

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Sanskrit

3.72

devatātithibhṛtyānāṃ pitṝṇām ātmanaś ca yaḥ
na nirvapati pañcānām ucchvasan na sa jīvati //

But he who does not feed these five, the gods, his guests, those whom he is bound to maintain, the manes, and himself, lives not, though he breathes.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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