[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Propitiatory rites](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi) › [Śāntikamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt) › 2.6 # Shantikamalakara 2.6 English (machine translation) 2.6 - **Language:** English ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.6) 'One should feed one brahmin with food at each single oblation in the fire oblation; / an above-average \[sacrificer should feed\] one brahmin at every half, or a middling one at a hundred oblations; / or even the lowest should feed one at a thousand oblations. / Otherwise, that realm quickly burns; there is no doubt about this. / Therefore, one who is unable to give a priestly gift or food / should satisfy the foremost preceptors with recitations, obeisances, and hymns of praise.' / In the Skandapurāṇa: / 'Just as the planet, so is the twice-born who knows the rite and is a master of the Vedas; / one should satisfy him with soft garments and the like, and dismiss him when he is satisfied.' - [Previous: 2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.5) - [Next: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.7) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāntikamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara.2.6) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1587, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.santi.santikamalakara~en-mt.2.6) · Pramāṇa