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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.14.43
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 43
- api svit parya-bhuṅkthās tvaṁ
- sambhojyān vṛddha-bālakān
- jugupsitaṁ karma kiñcit
- kṛtavān na yad akṣamam
apiif it were so that svitif it were so that — if it were so that; paryaby leaving aside — by leaving aside; bhuṅkthāḥhave dined — have dined; tvamyourself — yourself; sambhojyāndeserving to dine together — deserving to dine together; vṛddhathe old men — the old men; bālakānboys — boys; jugupsitamabominable — abominable; karmaaction — action; kiñcitsomething — something; kṛtavānyou must have done — you must have done; nanot — not; yatthat which — that which; akṣamamunpardonable — unpardonable.
Have you not taken care of old men and boys who deserve to dine with you? Have you left them and taken your meals alone? Have you committed some unpardonable mistake which is considered to be abominable?
It is the duty of a householder to feed first of all the children, the old members of the family, the brāhmaṇas and the invalids. Besides that, an ideal householder is required to call for any unknown hungry man to come and dine before he himself goes to take his meals. He is required to call for such a hungry man thrice on the road. The neglect of this prescribed duty of a householder, especially in the matter of the old men and children, is unpardonable.