That man, whose food, given with a cheerful heart, is taken by a is taken by a thousand Brahmanas, has never to take birth in an intermediate order.
यस्य ह्यन्नमुपाश्नन्ति ब्राह्मणानां शतं दशं। हृष्टेन मनसा दत्तं न स तिर्यग्गतिर्भवेत्॥