Apastambadharmasutra 2.3.7.17
Āpastambadharmasūtra 2.3.7.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.3.7.17
[asamudetaś ced atithir [bruvāṇa [āgacched āsanam udakam annaṃ śrotriyāya [dadāmi-ity eva [dadyāt / evam asya [samṛddhaṃ [bhavati //
If an unlearned person who pretends to be [paragraph continues] (worthy of the appellation) 'guest' comes to him, he shall give him a seat, water, and food, (thinking) 'I give it to a learned Brâhmana.' Thus (the merit) of his (gift) becomes (as) great (as if a learned Brâhmana had received it).
Translations (1)
- The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2) — Georg Bühler 1879, English
Commentaries (1)
- Ujjvalā — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator), Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra (ed. Kāśīnāthaśāstrī Āgāśe, Ānandāśrama 1907, with Mahādeva's Vaijayantī) — Sanskrit
- Kalpaḥ — Sanskrit
- Smṛticandrikā — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Hiraṇyakeśidharmasūtra — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit