Of the Sadacharas or perpetual obligation of a householder - Verse 70
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 11.70
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Sanskrit Original
तस्माद अतिथिपूजायां यतेत सततं नरः स केवलम अघं भुङ्क्ते यो भुङ्क्ते त्व अतिथिं विना ।।
tasmād atithipūjāyāṃ yateta satataṃ naraḥ sa kevalam aghaṃ bhuṅkte yo bhuṅkte tv atithiṃ vinā ||
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Therefore, a person should constantly strive to honor guests; he who eats without honoring a guest only consumes sin.