Manu 3.131
सहस्रं हि सहस्राणाम् अनृचां यत्र भुञ्जते) । एकस् तान् मन्त्रवित् प्रीतः सर्वान् अर्हति) धर्मतः ॥
sahasraṃ hi sahasrāṇām an.ṛcāṃ yatra bhuñjate) | ekas tān mantravit prītaḥ sarvān arhati) dharmataḥ ||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Though a million of men, unacquainted with the i?z'/£as, were to dine at a (funeral sacrifice), yet a single man, learned in the Veda, who is satisfied (with his entertainment), is worth them all as far as the (production of) spiritual merit (is concerned).
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.