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कामं श्राद्धेऽर्चयेन् मित्रं नाभिरूपमपि त्वरिम् । द्विषता हि हविर्भुक्तं भवति प्रेत्य निष्फलम् ॥ १४४ ॥
(If no learned Brahmana be at hand), he may rather honour a (virtuous) friend than an enemy, though the latter may be qualified (by learning and so forth); for sacrificial food, eaten by a foe, bears no reward after death.
english translation
kAmaM zrAddhe'rcayen mitraM nAbhirUpamapi tvarim | dviSatA hi havirbhuktaM bhavati pretya niSphalam || 144 ||
hk transliteration by SanscriptManusmriti
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कामं श्राद्धेऽर्चयेन् मित्रं नाभिरूपमपि त्वरिम् । द्विषता हि हविर्भुक्तं भवति प्रेत्य निष्फलम् ॥ १४४ ॥
(If no learned Brahmana be at hand), he may rather honour a (virtuous) friend than an enemy, though the latter may be qualified (by learning and so forth); for sacrificial food, eaten by a foe, bears no reward after death.
english translation
kAmaM zrAddhe'rcayen mitraM nAbhirUpamapi tvarim | dviSatA hi havirbhuktaM bhavati pretya niSphalam || 144 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript