The Sun, the Moon, the Wind, the Water, the Earth, the Sky and the points of the compass, all enter the body of the Brahmana and take what the Brahmana eats. In that house where Brahmanas do not eat, the departed manes refuse to eat.
आदित्यश्चन्द्रमा वायुरापो भूरम्बरं दिशः॥ सर्वे ब्राह्मणमाविश्य सदानमुपभुञ्जते। न तस्याश्नन्ति पितरो यस्य विप्रा न भुञ्जते॥