Shiva Purana

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दातव्यं भिक्षवे चान्नं ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने ॥ कुटुंबं पीडयित्वापि ह्यात्मनो भूतिमिच्छता ॥ ३१॥

Even by putting one’s family to inconvenience and trouble one should give food to a mendicant brahmin of noble soul, if one wishes for one’s prosperity.

english translation

dAtavyaM bhikSave cAnnaM brAhmaNAya mahAtmane ॥ kuTuMbaM pIDayitvApi hyAtmano bhUtimicchatA ॥ 31॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript