Manusmriti

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न भोजनार्थं स्वे विप्रः कुलगोत्रे निवेदयेत् । भोजनार्थं हि ते शंसन् वान्ताशीत्युच्यते बुधैः ॥ १०९ ॥

A Brahmana shall not name his family and (Vedic) gotra in order to obtain a meal; for he who boasts of them for the sake of a meal, is called by the wise a foul feeder (vantasin).

english translation

na bhojanArthaM sve vipraH kulagotre nivedayet | bhojanArthaM hi te zaMsan vAntAzItyucyate budhaiH || 109 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript