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Fourth Pâda: 30. This is said in Smriti also

The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja · 1 passage

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That for those as well who know Brahman, as for others, the eating of food of any kind is lawful only in case of extreme need, Smriti also declares, 'He who being in danger of his life eats food from anywhere is stained by sin no more than the lotus leaf by water.'

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file hin/sbe48/sbe48477.htm.

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