— better; — a hundred sins; — one should commit; — better; — the slaying of a Brāhmaṇa; — O beloved; — offered to the supreme Brahman; — indeed; — in the food; — not; — one should make; — contempt, slighting
Better to commit a hundred sins, O beloved, better even to slay a Brāhmaṇa, than to show contempt for food offered to the supreme Brahman.