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XCIII, 12,
PIOUS GIFTS.
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4. (What is given) to one who has mastered the whole Veda, produces infinite fruit.
5. A domestic priest may claim gifts from his. own employer (but from no one else).
6. And so may a sister, a daughter and sons-inlaw (or other connections claim gifts from their brother, father, &c., but not from a stranger). .
7. One who knows his duty must not give even water to a twice-born man who acts like a cat, or to a Brâhmana who acts like a crane, or to one who has not studied the Veda.
8. One who constantly hoists the flag of religion, and who is avaricious, crafty, deceitful, pitiless, and a calumniator of everybody, such a man is said to act like a cat.
9. One who hangs his head, who is bent upon injuring others and upon his own gain, artful, and falsely demure, such a man is said to act like a crane.
10. Those who act like cranes in this world, and those who act like cats, fall into the hell called) Andhatâmisral on account of their wickedness.
11. If a man has committed an offence and does penance for it, he must not do so under pretext of performing an act of piety, covering his crime under a (fictitious) vow, and imposing on women and Sudras.
12. A Brâhmana who acts thus, is despised in the next life and in this by those who know the Veda, and the penance performed by him under such false pretence goes to the (demons called) Rakshasas.
10. See XLIII, 3.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |