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The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 3.1.24

Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 3.1.24

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3.1.24

na vipraṃ sveṣu tiṣṭhatsu mṛtaṃ śūdreṇa hārayet |
asvargyā hy āhutiḥ sā syāc chūdrasaṃparkadūṣitā ||
(MDh 5.104)

"When his own [kinsmen] are present, one should not have a dead Brahmin carried by a Shudra;
for that offering would not lead to heaven, being defiled by contact with a Shudra." (MDh 5.104)

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