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Chapter 13.24 - Verse 45

Sanskrit Text

आशौचो ब्राह्मणो राजन्योऽश्नीयाद्ब्राह्मणादिषु ज्ञानपूर्वमथो लोभात्तस्याधर्मो गवानृतम्

English Translation

That Brahmana, O king, who eats on occasions of similar acts performed by persons belonging to three higher castes, at a time when he is impure on account of either a birth or a death among his cognates, and knowing that he is impure or through temptation, commits the same sin.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

आ + शौच | ब्राह्मणो | राजन् | यो | ऽश्नीयाद् | ब्राह्मण + आदि
न | व्याहरति | यद् | युक्तं | तद् + अधर्म | गवानृतम्