[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) › [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) › [Mitakshara (Rijumitakshara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara) › 1.10.50 # The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.10.50 Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 1.10.50 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.50) yady ekaṃ bhojyayec chrāddhe daivaṃ tatra kathaṃ bhavet | annaṃ pātre samuddhṛtya sarvasya prakṛtasya ca || devatāyatane kṛtvā tataḥ śrāddhaṃ pravartayet | prāsyed annaṃ tad agnau tu dadyād vā brahmacāriṇe || iti || (VaDh 11.30–31) 1.227 || > "If he should feed only one Brahmin in an ancestral rite, how would the divine rite be accomplished there? > Taking up food in a vessel from all that has been prepared, > and placing it in a shrine of a deity, he should then proceed with the ancestral rite. > He should cast that food into the fire, or give it to a celibate student (brahmacārin)." > (VaDh 11.30–31) // 1.227 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.49) - [Next: 1.10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.51) - [Up: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara~en-mt.1.10.50) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.228) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.50) · Pramāṇa