[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › [Manubhashya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) › 3.1.8 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.1.8 Manubhāṣya 3.1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.1.8) ṣaṭtriṃśadabdāḥ samāhṛtāḥ 'ṣaṭtriṃśadabdaṃ,' tatrabhavaṃ ṣāṭtriṃśadābdikam | evaṃ traivedikam | tadardhaparimāṇaṃ tadardhikam | evaṃ pādikaṃ grahaṇāntikamiti | sarvatra "ata ini ṭhanāviti" (pā0 sū0 5 | 30) yogavibhāgātsamāsaḥ | pītaḥ pheno vā'neneti vigrahe vṛṣalyā iti ṣaṣṭhīsamāsaḥ ( pā0 sū0 2 | 134), svārthe kaḥ | kṛṣijīvī svayaṃkṛtayā kṛṣyā jīvati, sati copāyāntare asvaya̍ṃkṛtayā'pi | ślīpadī ekaḥ pādo mahān yasya | sadbhininditaḥ durbhagaḥ, vinā'pi doṣeṇa satāṃ dveṣyaḥ | > From all this it becomes established that one should not marry immediately after learning the Veda, until he has learnt what is contained in the Veda; and the words of the text have to be construed thus—‘Having learnt—i.e., after learning has been finished—one should continue to be firm in the vows of studentship (i.e., ‘of continence’). The cessation of continence having become permissible (after the Veda has been learnt), its maintenance is reiterated with a view to indicate that the other vows and restraints—such as the avoidance of honey, meat and the rest—may be withdrawn. The conclusion thus comes to be that, so long as the Veda is being learnt, the Boy should keep all his vows of studentship,—but when the learning of the Veda has been completed, and he continues his studies further for under standing what is contained in the Veda, he should abstain only from intercourse with women. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.1.7) - [Next: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.2) - [Up: 3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.1) ## Translations (1) - [Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.2.p9) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.1) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.1.8) · Pramāṇa