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Ancestral Rite Protocols
अन्नप्रकारानशुचीनसाधून्संवीक्षते नो स्पृशंश्वापि दद्यात् / पवित्रपाणिश्च भवेन्न वा हि यः पुमान्न कार्यस्य फलं समश्नुते
annaprakārānaśucīnasādhūnsaṃvīkṣate no spṛśaṃśvāpi dadyāt / pavitrapāṇiśca bhavenna vā hi yaḥ pumānna kāryasya phalaṃ samaśnute
Let him neither look upon nor touch impure and unworthy kinds of food, nor give them even to a dog. Let his hands be pure; otherwise a man does not partake of the fruit of his rite.