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भुक्तवत्स्वथ विप्रेषु स्वेषु भृत्येषु चैव हि । भुञ्जीयातां ततः पश्चादवशिष्टं तु दम्पती ॥ ११६ ॥
After the Brahmanas, the kinsmen, and the servants have dined, the householder and his wife may afterwards eat what remains.
english translation
देवान् ऋषीन् मनुष्यांश्च पितॄन् गृह्याश्च देवताः । पूजयित्वा ततः पश्चाद् गृहस्थः शेषभुग् भवेत् ॥ ११७ ॥
Having honoured the gods, the sages, men, the manes, and the guardian deities of the house, the householder shall eat afterwards what remains.
english translation
अघं स केवलं भुङ्क्ते यः पचत्यात्मकारणात् । यज्ञशिष्टाशनं ह्येतत् सतामन्नं विधीयते ॥ ११८ ॥
He who prepares food for himself (alone), eats nothing but sin; for it is ordained that the food which remains after (the performance of) the sacrifices shall be the meal of virtuous men.
english translation
राजर्त्विग्स्नातकगुरून् प्रियश्वशुरमातुलान् । अर्हयेन् मधुपर्केण परिसंवत्सरात् पुनः ॥ ११९ ॥
Let him honour with the honey-mixture a king, an officiating priest, a Snataka, the teacher, a son-in-law, a father-in-law, and a maternal uncle, (if they come) again after a full year (has elapsed since their last visit).
english translation
राजा च श्रोत्रियश्चैव यज्ञकर्मण्युपस्थितौ । मधुपर्केण सम्पूज्यौ न त्वयज्ञ इति स्थितिः ॥ १२० ॥
A king and a Srotriya, who come on the performance of a sacrifice, must be honoured with the honeymixture, but not if no sacrifice is being performed; that is a settled rule.
english translation