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235. There are three means of sanctification, (to be used) at a Sraddha, a daughter's son, a Nepal blanket, and sesamum grains; and they recommend three (other things) for it, cleanliness, suppression of anger, and absence of haste.
236. All the food must be very hot, and the (guests) shall eat in silence; (even though) asked by the giver (of the feast), the Brâhmanas shall not proclaim the qualities of the sacrificial food.
237. As long as the food remains warm, as long as they eat in silence, as long as the qualities of the food are not proclaimed, so long the manes partake (of it).
238. What (a guest) eats, covering his head, what he eats with his face turned towards the south, what he eats with sandals on (his feet), that the Rakshasas consume.
239. A Kândala, a village pig, a cock, a dog, a menstruating woman, and a eunuch must not look at the Brâhmanas while they eat.
240. What (any of) these sees at a burnt-oblation, at a (solemn) gift, at a dinner (given to Brâhmanas), or at any rite in honour of the gods and manes, that produces not the intended result.
241. A boar makes (the rite) useless by inhaling the smell (of the offerings), a cock by the air of his wings, a dog by throwing his eye (on them), a lowcaste man by touching (them).
242. If a lame man, a one-eyed man, one deficient 235. Vas. XI, 35-36.
236. Vi. LXXXI, 11, 20. 237. Vi. LXXXI, 30; Vas. XI, 32. 238. Vi. LXXXI, 13-14. 239. Ap. II, 17, 20; Gaut. XV, 24. 241. 'A low-caste man,' i.e. 'a Sadra.' 242. Vi. LXXXI, 15-16. According to Medh., Gov., and Kull.,
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