Manusmriti

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प्रतिग्रहाद् याजनाद् वा तथैवाध्यापनादपि । प्रतिग्रहः प्रत्यवरः प्रेत्य विप्रस्य गर्हितः ॥ १०९ ॥

sanskrit

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.

english translation

pratigrahAd yAjanAd vA tathaivAdhyApanAdapi | pratigrahaH pratyavaraH pretya viprasya garhitaH || 109 ||

hk transliteration