Vedavyasasmriti 159

159

kṣatriyo dvādaśonaṃ tat krītvā vaiśyo'pi dharmmataḥ .
dvijo jagdhvā vṛthāmāṃsamabhyarccya pitṛdevatāḥ .. 3.57 ..

a kṣatriya [may eat it], and a vaiśya too having lawfully purchased it at a lesser fraction. / A twice-born who eats meat in vain, without honoring the ancestors and deities,