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XIV, 21.
LAWFUL AND FORBIDDEN FOOD.
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14. Food given by a hunter who uses the bow must not be rejected.
15. For it is declared in the Veda, 'At a sacrificial session (sattra), which lasted one thousand years, Agastya went out to hunt. He had sacrificial cakes prepared with the meat of beasts and fowls good (to eat).'
16. With reference to this (subject) they quote also some verses proclaimed by Pragâpati, ' Pragapati (the Lord of created beings) has declared that food freely offered and brought (by the giver himself) may be eaten, though (the giver) be a sinful man, provided the gift has not been asked for beforehand.'
17. 'Food offered by a man who has faith must certainly be eaten, even though (the giver) be a thief, but not that given by (a Brâhmana) who sacrifices for many and who initiates many.'
18. “The manes do not eat during fifteen years (the food) of that man who disdains a (freely offered gift), nor does the fire carry his offerings (to the gods).
19. But alms, though offered without asking, must not be accepted from a physician, from a hunter, from a surgeon or a (very) wicked man, from a eunuch, and from a faithless wife.'
20. Fragments of food left by other persons than the teacher must not be eaten,
21. Nor remnants of one's own (meal) and food touched by leavings,
15. Manu V, 22-23. I connect vigñâyate with this Sûtra, instead of with the preceding one, as Krishnapandita does.
16. Vishnu LVII, 11; Manu IV, 248; Âpastamba I, 6, 19, 14. 18. Vishnu LVII, 12; Manu IV, 249; Âpastamba I, 6, 19, 14. 19. Âpastamba I, 6, 19, 15. 20. Vishnu XXVIII, 11.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |