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Chapter 13.90 - Verse 46

Sanskrit Text

वैखानसानां वचनमृषीणां श्रूयते नृप दूरादेव परीक्षेत ब्राह्मणान्वेदपारगान् प्रियान्वा यदि वा द्वेष्यांस्तेषु तच्छ्राद्धमावपेत्

English Translation

Those men should never be fed on occasions of Shraddhas who speak ill of Brahmanas in course of conversation in the midst of conclaves. If Brahmanas, O king, be vilified, they would destroy three generations of the calumniator.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

वैखानसानां | वचनम् | ऋषीणां | श्रूयते | नृप
दूराद् | एव | परीक्षेत | ब्राह्मणान् | वेदपारगान्
प्रियान् | वा | यदि | वा | द्विष् + तद् | तद् + श्राद्ध | आवपेत्