Anushasana Parva 90.31
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Anushasana Parva Chapter 90 · Verse 31
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Sanskrit Original
सम्भोजनी नाम पिशाचदक्षिणा सा नैव देवान् न पितृनुपैति। इहैव सा भ्राम्यति हीनपुण्या शालान्तरे गौरिव नष्टवत्सा॥
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That Brahmana who is destitute of Vedic study, is like a fire made by burning grass or straw; and becomes soon put out even like such a fire. The offerings inade at Shraddhas should not be given to him even as libations should not be poured on the ashes of the sacrificial fire.