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# Agnipurana 115.72

Agnipurāṇa 115.72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [115.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.115.72)

ekasmin bhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā /  
kimpunarbahubhirbhuktaiḥ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayaṃ //

> When one brahmin is fed, ten million are fed; / what then when many have eaten? That which is given to the ancestors becomes imperishable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [115.72.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.115.72.p1)

:n

> \[Footnote\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [115.72.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.115.72.p2)

1 pretarājetyādiḥ, svapitṝṃstathetyantaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake  
nāsti

> 1 The passage beginning with 'pretarāja' and ending with 'svapitṝṃstathā' is absent in manuscript jha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [115.72.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.115.72.p3)

2 śubhakarmavivarjitā iti jha..

> 2 'Destitute of auspicious deeds' \[śubhakarmavivarjitāḥ\] thus in manuscript jha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [115.72.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.115.72.p4)

3 piṇḍenāneneti ṅa..

> 3 'By this funeral cake' \[piṇḍenānena\] thus in manuscript ṅa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [115.72.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.115.72.p5)

4 vaṭataṭe iti ja..  
:p 8

> 4 'On the bank of the banyan tree' \[vaṭataṭe\] thus in manuscript ja.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.115.72) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.115.72) — Sanskrit

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