Rules of offering religious gifts Vydsa said : - Verse 57
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 26 · Verse 57
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स्वगायुर्भूतिकामेन तथा पापोपशान्तये। मुमुक्षुणा च दातव्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यस्तथान्वहम।।
svagāyurbhūtikāmena tathā pāpopaśāntaye| mumukṣuṇā ca dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyastathānvaham||
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If out of delusion, any sinful soul prevents the gift from being given to the Brahmanas, fire-god or the Devas, shall be reborn as an animal.