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सम्भोजानि साऽभिहिता पैशाची दक्षिणा द्विजैः । इहैवास्ते तु सा लोके गौरन्धेवैकवेश्मनि ॥ १४१ ॥

A gift (of food) by twice-born men, consumed with (friends and relatives), is said to be offered to the Pisakas; it remains in this (world) alone like a blind cow in one stable.

english translation

sambhojAni sA'bhihitA paizAcI dakSiNA dvijaiH | ihaivAste tu sA loke gaurandhevaikavezmani || 141 ||

142

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यथैरिणे बीजमुप्त्वा न वप्ता लभते फलम् । तथाऽनृचे हविर्दत्त्वा न दाता लभते फलम् ॥ १४२ ॥

As a husbandman reaps no harvest when he has sown the seed in barren soil, even so the giver of sacrificial food gains no reward if he presented it to a man unacquainted with the Rikas.

english translation

yathairiNe bIjamuptvA na vaptA labhate phalam | tathA'nRce havirdattvA na dAtA labhate phalam || 142 ||

143

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दातॄन् प्रतिग्रहीतॄंश्च कुरुते फलभागिनः । विदुषे दक्षिणां दत्त्वा विधिवत् प्रेत्य चैह च ॥ १४३ ॥

But a present made in accordance with the rules to a learned man, makes the giver and the recipient partakers of rewards both in this (life) and after death.

english translation

dAtRRn pratigrahItRRMzca kurute phalabhAginaH | viduSe dakSiNAM dattvA vidhivat pretya caiha ca || 143 ||

144

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कामं श्राद्धेऽर्चयेन् मित्रं नाभिरूपमपि त्वरिम् । द्विषता हि हविर्भुक्तं भवति प्रेत्य निष्फलम् ॥ १४४ ॥

(If no learned Brahmana be at hand), he may rather honour a (virtuous) friend than an enemy, though the latter may be qualified (by learning and so forth); for sacrificial food, eaten by a foe, bears no reward after death.

english translation

kAmaM zrAddhe'rcayen mitraM nAbhirUpamapi tvarim | dviSatA hi havirbhuktaM bhavati pretya niSphalam || 144 ||

145

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यत्नेन भोजयेत्श्राद्धे बह्वृचं वेदपारगम् । शाखान्तगमथाध्वर्युं छन्दोगं तु समाप्तिकम् ॥ १४५ ॥

Let him (take) pains (to) feed at a Sraddha an adherent of the Rig-veda who has studied one entire (recension of that) Veda, or a follower of the Yagur-veda who has finished one Sakha, or a singer of Samans who (likewise) has completed (the study of an entire recension).

english translation

yatnena bhojayetzrAddhe bahvRcaM vedapAragam | zAkhAntagamathAdhvaryuM chandogaM tu samAptikam || 145 ||