[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) › 3.119 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.119 Manubhāṣya 3.119 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.119) yaduktamarhattamāyeti taddarśayati | vidvāṃsamekamapi bhojayan puṣkalaṃ phalamāpnoti | vidvattā ca vyākhyātā vedārthavedanaṃ, yata āha nāmantrajñān bahūnapi | mantragrahaṇaṃ vedopalakṣaṇārtham | asambhave pañcānāṃ vedaviduṣāmekaikamapi vidvāṃsaṃ bhojayediti vidhyarthaḥ | puṣkalaṃ puṣṭaṃ vipulam | 116 || > By feeding at least one learned brāhmaṇa each at the rite performed in honour of the gods and that performed in honour of the ancestors,—one obtains a full reward; and not by feeding even many men ignorant of the Veda.’—(129) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): > What has been said above in regard to the ‘most deserving Brāhmaṇa’ is further explained. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘By feeding at least one learned Brāhmaṇa, one obtains a full reward;—what is meant by ‘learning’ has already been explained; it consists in knowing the Veda and its meaning; that this is so, is also shown by what follows in the text: ‘not by feeding even many men ignorant of the Veda;’ the term ‘mantra’ here stands for the Veda. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > In the absence of five Brāhmaṇas learned in the Veda, one should feed at least one;—such is the meaning of the present injunction. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Full’—great, large.—(129) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.118) - [Next: 3.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.120) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3) ## Translations (1) - [Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.129.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.119) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.119) · Pramāṇa