Than that food which such a person takes after having fed the guests with its first portion. Each mouthful that the Brahmana eats after having fed the guests produces the fruit of giving away one thousand kine. Whatever sins might have been committed by him in his childhood are all destroyed.
दत्त्वा यस्त्वतिथिभ्यो वै भुङ्क्ते तेनैव नित्यशः। यावतो ह्यन्धसः पिण्डानश्नाति सततं द्विजः॥ तावतां गोसहस्राणां फलं प्राप्नोति दायकः। यदेनो यौवनकृतं तत् सर्वं नश्यतेध्रुवम्॥