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Chapter 13.24 - Verse 47

Sanskrit Text

अवेदव्रतचारित्रास्त्रिभिर्वर्णैर्युधिष्ठिर मन्त्रवत्परिविष्यन्ते तेष्वधर्मो गवानृतम्

English Translation

That person, belonging to any of the three higher castes, O Yudhishthira, Yudhishthira, who at Shraddhas and on other occasions distributes food with the help of Mantras, to such Brahmanas as do not study the Vedas or who do not observe vows or who have not purified their conduct, forsooth, commits sin.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अ + वेद + व्रत + चारित्र | त्रिभिर् | वर्णैर् | युधिष्ठिर
मन्त्रवत् | परिविष्यन्ते | तद् + अधर्म | गवानृतम्