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Chapter 13.24 - Verse 53

Sanskrit Text

अकल्ककस्य विप्रस्य भैक्षोत्करकृतात्मनः बटवो यस्य भिक्षन्ति तेभ्यो दत्तं महाफलम्

English Translation

By making gifts to such Brahmanas as beg food from the hands of even a poor person of their caste who has just got something from others, one acquires great merit.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अ + कल्कक | विप्रस्य | भैक्ष + उत्कर + कृतात्मन्
कीदृशाः | साधवो | विप्राः | केभ्यो | दत्तं | महत् + फल