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Skandapurana 3.2.40.40.3

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.40.40.3

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3.2.40.40.3

ākāritastato vipraḥ sabhāyāṃ bhayameti cet .. 29 ..
na tasya vākyaṃ śrotavyaṃ nirṇītārthanivāraṇe ..
yasya varjastu kriyate militvā sarva vāḍavaiḥ .. 3.2.40.30 ..
khānapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ kāryaṃ tena vivarjayet ..
tasya kanyā na dātavyā tatsaṃsargī ca tādṛśaḥ .. 31 ..
tato daṃḍaṃ prakurvīta sarvaireva dvijottamaiḥ ..
bhojanaṃ kanyakādānamiti dāśarathermatam .. 32 ..
yatkiṃcitkurute pāpaṃ labdhuṃ sthalamathāpi vā ..
śuṣkārdraṃ vasate cānne tasmādannaṃ pari tyajet .. 33 ..
kurvaṃstatpāpabhāgī syāttasya daṃḍo yathāvidhi ..
nyāyaṃ na paśyate yastu śaktau satyāṃ sadā yataḥ ..34..
pāpabhāgī sa vijñeya iti satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ..
utkocaṃ yastu gṛhṇāti pāpināṃ duṣṭakarmiṇām ..
sakalaṃ ca bhavettasya pāpaṃ naivātra saśayaḥ ..35..
tasyānnaṃ gṛhyate naiva kanyāpi na kadācana ..
hitamācarate yastu putrāṇāmapi vai naraḥ .. 36 ..
sa etānniyamānsarvānpālayennātra saṃśayaḥ ..
evaṃ patraṃ likhitvā tu vāḍavāste praha rṣitāḥ .. 37 ..
prāpte kaliyuge ghore yathā pāpaṃ na kurvate ..
iti jñātvā tu sarve te nyāyadharmaṃ pracakrire .. 38 ..
.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..
kalau prāpte dvijāḥ sarve sthānabhraṣṭā yatastataḥ..
pakṣamutkalaṃ grahīṣyaṃti tathā syuḥ pakṣapātinaḥ .. 39 ..
bhokṣyaṃte mlecchakagrāmānkolāvidhvaṃsibhiḥ kila ..
vedabhraṣṭāśca te viprā bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge.. 3.2.40.40 ..

If a brahmin summoned there feels fear in the assembly, / his word is not to be heard in setting aside a decided matter. / The person who is ostracized by all the brahmins assembled together / must be avoided by everyone in matters of food, drink, and the like. / No daughter should be given to him, and one who associates with him is deemed the same. / Then a fine should be imposed on him by all the excellent twice-born. / Dining together and the giving of a maiden are prohibited—such is the opinion of the son of Daśaratha. / Whatever sin one commits in order to obtain a place or property, / it dwells in dry and wet food; therefore, one should abandon his food. / One who consumes it becomes a sharer in that sin; his fine shall be according to rule. / He who, though having the power, does not uphold justice, / is to be known as a sharer in sin; this is truth, without a doubt. / He who takes a bribe from sinners who perform wicked deeds, / all their sin falls upon him; of this there is no doubt. / His food is never to be accepted, nor ever his daughter. / A man who seeks the welfare of his sons / should observe all these rules; of this there is no doubt. / Having written this deed, those brahmins rejoiced greatly. / Knowing how, when the terrible Kali age arrives, they might not commit sin, / they all established this righteous law.

Vyāsa said:
When the Kali age arrives, all the twice-born will fall from their places here and there; / they will take sides with partiality and become partisans. / They will feed upon the villages of the mlecchas, destroyed by the Kolas; / those brahmins will fall away from the Veda in the Kali age.

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