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## Trivarna Achar:
**36.1**
**Taking food after praising the giver is considered a fault.** This fault arises because it involves the vices of savoring the taste, humility, etc. || 100 ||
**Vanipak-Dosha:** It is a Vanipak-Dosha to take food after telling the giver that giving to the needy, the blind, the lame, the crippled, the Brahmins who eat honey and other delicacies, the Papadis who live by initiation, and the crows, brings merit. || 101 ||
**Meaning:** If a giver asks a Sadhu, "Maharaj, does giving food to a dog, feeding the blind, the lame, the crippled, and other suffering beings, feeding Brahmins who eat honey and other delicacies, feeding Papadis who live by initiation, and feeding crows bring merit?" The Sadhu replies, "Yes, it does." This is called Vanipak-Dosha. The implication is that taking food after flattering the giver is a Vanipak-Dosha, because it reveals humility in the Sadhu. || 101 ||
**Jeevanak-Dosha:** Taking food after stating one's caste purity, family purity, austerity, and craft is a fault called Jeevanak-Dosha. This involves hiding the power of semen, humility, etc., and is therefore a fault. || 102 ||
**Krodha-Dosha and Lobha-Dosha:**
Taking food after getting angry is considered Krodha-Dosha. Taking food after showing greed is considered Lobha-Dosha. || 103 ||
**Purva-Stuti and Patha-Stuti Dosha:**
Praising the giver before taking food, saying, "You are like Indra, like the Moon," etc., is a Purva-Stuti Dosha. Praising the giver after taking food is a Patha-Stuti Dosha. || 104 ||
**Meaning:** Praising the giver before receiving the donation, saying, "You are a great giver, you are a Yaso-dhar, your fame is heard everywhere in the world," is a Purva-Stuti Dosha. Taking food after saying, "You were a great giver before, how did you forget to give now?" is also a Purva-Stuti Dosha. Praising the giver after receiving the donation, saying, "You are famous in the world, you are a great giver, we have heard of your fame," is a Patha-Stuti Dosha. Such actions are a fault in the conduct of a Namacharya. They also reveal stinginess, and therefore are both faults. || 104 ||