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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.159

Manubhāṣya 3.159

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.159)

asya pratiṣedhavidheḥ phalamāha | paṃktimarhantīti ‘paṅkayāḥ’, na paṅkayāḥ ‘apaṅkayāḥ’ | daṇḍyādidarśanādrūpasiddhiḥ | tebhyo dāne yaḥ phalodayaḥ phalotpattirbhavati dātuḥ, taṃ sarvamidānīṃ bravīmyavahitā bhavateti |

> I am going to describe fully the results that afterwards accrue to the giver from giving, out of the offering to gods and to Pitṛs, to one who is unworthy of the line.—(169)  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):  
> The author states the result of the prohibitive injunction just put forward.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Paṅktya’ means ‘those who are worthy of the line;—those who are not so, are ‘apaṅktya;’ the ‘yat’ affix being added by virtue of the term ‘paṅkti’ occurring in the ‘daṇḍādi’ group.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> The results that accrue, from giving to such persons, to the giver,—all that I am going to describe; do listen with attention.—(169)  
> — 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.3.169.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.159) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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