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Chapter 5.38 - Verse 3

Sanskrit Text

यस्योदकं मधुपर्कं गां च; नमन्त्रवित्प्रतिगृह्णाति गेहे लोभाद्भयादर्थकार्पण्यतो वा; तस्यानर्थं जीवितमाहुरार्याः

English Translation

He, whose water, honey, curds and kine, one versed in the Mantras (Brahmana) does not accept either owing to fear (on the part of the Brahmana) or to unwillingness and miserliness (on the part of the host), lives in vain; which the wise have declared.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यद् + उदक | मधुपर्कं | च | गां | च | न + मन्त्र + विद् | प्रतिगृह्णाति | गेहे
लोभाद् | भयाद् | अर्थ + कार्पण्य | वा | तद् + अनर्थ | जीवितम् | आहुर् | आर्याः