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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.148

Manubhāṣya 3.148

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.148)

agārasya gṛhasya dagdhā | garaṃ dadātīti | pradarśanārthaṃ ca garagrahaṇaṃ viṣādīnāmapi | kuṇḍasya annamaśnāti | evaṃ golakasya | pradarśanārthatvāt kuṇḍasya | somaṃ vikrīṇīte | oṣadhiḥ somastaṃ yo vikrīṇīte, yāgārthamauṣadhārthaṃ vā | anye tu somasādhanān jyotiṣṭomākhyāyāgānāhuḥ | teṣāṃ ca vikrayo yadyapi na saṃbhavati, amūrtatvāt kriyāyāstathāpyaviduṣāmevaṃvidhasyācārasya darśanādayaṃ pratiṣedhaḥ | dṛśyante hyavidvāṃsa evaṃ vadanto 'yanmayā sukṛtaṃ kṛtaṃ tatte'stviti' | 'sukṛtaṃ' sukṛtaiḥ sādhitaṃ dharmam | tathā ca 'yāṃ ca rātrīmajāyethā yāṃ ca pretāsi tadubhayamantareṇeṣṭāpūrttaṃ te lokaṃ sukṛtamāyuḥ prajāṃ vṛñjīya yadi me'druhyuriti' | yathaiva śapathā evaṃ dānavikrayāvapi vācā yaḥ karoti sa varjyate | akāryaṃtā cāta eva īdṛśānāṃ śapathadānavikrayādīnāṃ vācā kriyamāṇānāmanumīyate | samudra udadhistaṃ yo yāti | vandī stutipāṭhakaḥ | tailikaḥ tilādīnāṃ bījānāṃ peṣṭā | kūṭakārakaḥ sākṣyeṣvanṛtavādī |

> The house-burner, the poisoner, one who eats the food of an adulteress’ son, the seller of Soma, the sea-voyager, the bard, the dealer in oils, and the perjuror.—(158)  
> — 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.3.158.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.148) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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