Manava Dharmashastra 4.111
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.111
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- Sanskrit
4.111
yāvad ekānudiṣṭasya gandho lepaś ca tiṣṭhati
viprasya viduṣo dehe tāvad brahma na kīrtayet //
As long as the smell and the stains of the (food given) in honour of one ancestor remain on the body of a learned Brahmana, so long he must not recite the Veda.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit