Hence an ignorant (man) should be afraid of accepting any presents; for by reason of a very small (gift) even a fool sinks (into hell) as a cow into a morass.
न वार्यपि प्रयच्छेत् तु बैडालव्रतिके द्विजे । न बकव्रतिके पापे नावेदविदि धर्मवित् ॥ १९२ ॥
(A man) who knows the law should not offer even water to a Brahmana who acts like a cat, nor to a Brahmana who acts like a heron, nor to one who is unacquainted with the Veda.
त्रिष्वप्येतेषु दत्तं हि विधिनाऽप्यर्जितं धनम् । दातुर्भवत्यनर्थाय परत्रादातुरेव च ॥ १९३ ॥
For property, though earned in accordance with prescribed rules, which is given to these three (persons), causes in the next world misery both to the giver and to the recipient.
(A man) who, ever covetous, displays the flag of virtue, (who is) a hypocrite, a deceiver of the people, intent on doing injury, (and) a detractor (from the merits) of all men, one must know to be one who acts like a cat.