The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 3.1.44

Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 3.1.44

Language: Sanskrit

3.1.44

jñātitve saty api brahmacāriṇaḥ samāvartanaparyantaṃ patitāś ca pracyutadvijātikarmādhikārā udakādidānaṃ na kuryuḥ | brahmacaryottarakālaṃ pūrvamṛtānāṃ sapiṇḍādīnām udakadānam aśaucaṃ ca kuryād eva | yathāha manuḥ |

Even when kinship exists, students of the Veda up to their formal return home, and fallen persons who have forfeited the authority for the rites of the twice-born, shall not make offerings of water and the like. But after the period of Vedic studenthood, one must indeed perform the offering of water and observe ritual impurity for sapiṇḍas and others who died previously. As Manu says:
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