Manusmriti

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हत्वा लोकानपीमांस्त्रीनश्नन्नपि यतस्ततः । ऋग्वेदं धारयन् विप्रो नैनः प्राप्नोति किं चन ॥ २६१ ॥

sanskrit

A Brahmana who retains in his memory the Rig-veda is not stained by guilt, though he may have destroyed these three worlds, though he may eat the food of anybody.

english translation

hatvA lokAnapImAMstrInaznannapi yatastataH | RgvedaM dhArayan vipro nainaH prApnoti kiM cana || 261 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript