Buddha goes to the earth and teaches the Daityas to contempt the Vedas; his sceptical doctrines; his prohibition of animal sacrifices - Verse 38
Vishnu Purana (GRETIL; M. M. Pathak critical edition) · 3 · Verse 18.38
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Sanskrit Original
यस तु संत्यज्य गार्हस्थ्यं वानप्रस्थो न जायते परिव्राड वापि मैत्रेय स नग्नः पापकृन नरः ।।
yas tu saṃtyajya gārhasthyaṃ vānaprastho na jāyate parivrāḍ vāpi maitreya sa nagnaḥ pāpakṛn naraḥ ||
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One who renounces household life does not become a hermit, nor does he become a wandering ascetic; he who is naked is a sinful man, O Maitreya.