Manusmriti

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यथैरिणे बीजमुप्त्वा न वप्ता लभते फलम् । तथाऽनृचे हविर्दत्त्वा न दाता लभते फलम् ॥ १४२ ॥

sanskrit

As a husbandman reaps no harvest when he has sown the seed in barren soil, even so the giver of sacrificial food gains no reward if he presented it to a man unacquainted with the Rikas.

english translation

yathairiNe bIjamuptvA na vaptA labhate phalam | tathA'nRce havirdattvA na dAtA labhate phalam || 142 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/manusmriti/3/142

यथैरिणे बीजमुप्त्वा न वप्ता लभते फलम् । तथाऽनृचे हविर्दत्त्वा न दाता लभते फलम् ॥ १४२ ॥

sanskrit

As a husbandman reaps no harvest when he has sown the seed in barren soil, even so the giver of sacrificial food gains no reward if he presented it to a man unacquainted with the Rikas.

english translation

yathairiNe bIjamuptvA na vaptA labhate phalam | tathA'nRce havirdattvA na dAtA labhate phalam || 142 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript