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Sumantudharmasutra 1.7: Smṛticandrikā · Madanapārijāta · Nirṇayasindhu +2

Sumantudharmasūtra (fragments) 1.7

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Sanskrit

1.7

pākābhāve 'dhikāraḥ syād viprādīnāṃ narādhipa | apatnīnāṃ mahābāho videśagamanādibhiḥ || sadā caiva tu śūdrāṇām āmaśrāddhaṃ vidur budhāḥ

In the absence of cooked food, O king, there is entitlement [to an uncooked offering] for brahmins and others, / for those without wives, O mighty-armed one, due to travel abroad and other causes; / and the wise know that for shudras the uncooked ancestral rite is always [prescribed].

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O king, the uncooked śrāddha is for Brahmins and the rest when cooking is impossible, for those without wives, for those abroad and the like, and always for Śūdras: so the wise know.

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