etad uktaṃ dvijātīnāṃ bhakṣyābhakṣyam aśeṣataḥ / māṃsasyātaḥ pravakṣyāmi vidhiṃ bhakṣaṇavarjane // prokṣitaṃ bhakṣayen māṃsaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca kāmyayā / yathāvidhi niyuktas tu prāṇānām eva cātyaye //
Thus has the food, allowed and forbidden to twice-born men, been fully described; I will now propound the rules for eating and avoiding meat. One may eat meat when it has been sprinkled with water, while Mantras were recited, when Brahmanas desire (one's doing it), when one is engaged (in the performance of a rite) according to the law, and when one's life is in danger.