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Manusmriti: The Laws of Manu |
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106.
Vamadeva, who well knew right and wrong, did not sully himself when,
tormented (by hunger), he desired to eat the flesh of a dog in order
to save his life. 107.
Bharadvaja, a performer of great austerities, accepted many cows
from the carpenter Bribu, when he was starving together with his
sons in a lonely forest. 108.
Visvamitra, who well knew what is right or wrong, approached, when
he was tormented by hunger, (to eat) the haunch of a dog, receiving
it the hands of a Kandala. 109.
On (comparing) the acceptance (of gifts from low men), sacrificing
(for them), and teaching (them), the acceptance of gifts is the
meanest (of those acts) and (most) reprehensible for a Brahmana (on
account of its results) in the next life. 110.
(For) assisting in sacrifices and teaching are (two acts) always
performed for men who have received the sacraments; but the
acceptance of gifts takes place even in (case the giver is) a Sudra
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