[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) › 3.155 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.155 Manubhāṣya 3.155 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.155) ācāro gṛhābhyāgatānām pūjādiprayuktilaukikasamācāraḥ, tena varjitaḥ | klībo'lpasattvaḥ, bhagnotsāhaḥ kartavyeṣu | yācanakaḥ sadaiva yo yācate, yaśca yācñayā parānudvejayati | vastusvabhāvo'yaṃ yācñayā yācyamānodvejanam | 'nandyādibhyo yuḥ' (pāṇini 3| > One devoid of right conduct, the man without vigour, the constant beggar, he who lives by agriculture, one suffering from elephantiasis, and he who is spoken ill of by good men.—(165) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): > ‘Right conduct’ stands here for the ordinary acts of courtesy, such as offering worship to persons coming to one’s house, and so forth;—he who is devoid of this. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Without vigour’—i.e., with very little energy; who has lost all enthusiasm for doing his duties. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Constant beggar’—one who is always begging, he who teases people by his begging; it is in the very nature of things that begging should displease the person bagged from. The term ‘yācanakaḥ’ is formed with the ‘yu’ affix, according to Pāṇini 3.1.134, and then the reflexive ‘ka’ added to it. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.154) - [Next: 3.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.156) - [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.3.165.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.155) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.155) · Pramāṇa