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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 67.43

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 67.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [67.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.67.43)

aghaṃ sa kevalaṃ bhuṅkte yaḥ pacaty ātmakāraṇāt  
yajñaśiṣṭāśanaṃ hy etat satām annaṃ vidhīyate //

> He who cooks food for himself only, cats nothing but sin: for that alone is considered as fit food for the virtuous, which is left, after the (customary) oblations have been offered.  
> — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.67.43) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

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