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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.100

Manubhāṣya 3.100

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.100)

kṣatriyo brāhmaṇasyādhvanīno'pi prathamabhojanakāla upasthito'pi nātithiḥ ato na tasmai niyamato deyam | evaṃ vaiśyaśūdrābhyāmapi | sakhijñātī ātmasame, nātithī | guruḥ prabhuvadupacaryaḥ | ‘‘nivedya pacanakriyā’’ ityuktam (gautama 5 | 26) |

> In a Brāhmaṇa’s house, the Kṣatriya is not called a ‘guest;’ nor the Vaiśya or the Śūdra, nor his friends or relations, or his Teacher.—(110)  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):  
> Even though a Kṣatriya, during his travelling, happen to arrive at the Brāhmaṇa’s house, at the time of breakfast,—he is not a “guest.” Hence it is not incumbent upon the Brāhmaṇa to offer food to him.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> Similarly with the Vaiśya and the Śūdra.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> The ‘friend’ and the ‘relation’ are one’s equals, not guests.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> The ‘Teacher’ has to be served as the master; as described in the text—‘the act of cooking should be done after having offered to the Teacher’ (Gautama 5-26).—(110).  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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## Translations (1)

- [Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.110.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.100) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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