[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) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 67.40 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 67.40 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 67.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [67.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.40) adattvā yas tu etebhyaḥ pūrvaṃ bhuṅkte 'vicakṣaṇaḥ bhuñjāno na sa jānāti śvagṛdhrair jagdhim ātmanaḥ // > The foolish man who eats first himself, without having offered food to those (persons that have been mentioned), is not aware that he will himself be food (after death) for dogs and vultures. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 67.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.39) - [Next: 67.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.41) - [Up: 67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.67.40) — Julius Jolly 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.40) · Pramāṇa