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Chapter 13.24 - Verse 43

Sanskrit Text

अथ राजन्यवैश्याभ्यां यद्यश्नीयात्तु केतितः यवीयान्पशुहिंसायां भागार्धं समवाप्नुयात्

English Translation

So also, if he eats elsewhere after having been invited by a Kshatriya or a Vaishya, he falls away from his position and incurs half the sin of the slaughter of an animal on occasion other than those of sacrifices.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अथ | राजन्य + वैश्य | यदि + अश् | तु | केतितः
यवीयान् | पशु + हिंसा | तुल्य + धर्म | भवेत् | स | हि