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Viṣṇusmṛti · Chapter 19
19.22
brāhmaṇānāṃ prasādena divi tiṣṭhanti devatāḥ
brāhmaṇābhihitaṃ vākyaṃ na mithyā jāyate kvacit //
19.23
yad brāhmaṇās tuṣṭatamā vadanti tad devatāḥ pratyabhinandayanti
tuṣṭeṣu tuṣṭāḥ satataṃ bhavanti pratyakṣadeveṣu parokṣadevāḥ //
19.24
duḥkhānvitānāṃ mṛtabāndhavānām āśvāsanaṃ kuryur adīnasattvāḥ
vākyais tu yair bhūmi tavābhidhāsye vākyāny ahaṃ tāni mano 'bhirāme //
Original text: Viṣṇusmṛti · Edition: V. Krishnamacharya Viṣṇusmṛti with the commentary of Keśavavaijayantī of Nandapaṇḍita Madras The Adyar Library and Research Centre 2 The Adyar Library Series 93,1-2 · Data entry I. Shima · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0