Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c8.110

c8.110

The first passage is translated thus by Bühler⁴—‘Now they quote also in a Purâna the following two verses: “The Lord of creatures has declared, that food offered unasked and brought by the giver himself, may be eaten, though (the giver be) a sinner, provided the gift has not been announced beforehand. The manes of the ancestors of that man who spurns such food, do not eat (his oblations) for fifteen years, nor does the fire carry his offerings (to the gods)”.’ These verses occur in Manu iv, 248-9, as Bühler notes, with some variations. I have not so far found them in any Purana, but they are probably somewhere there.