[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) › 3.170 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.170 Manubhāṣya 3.170 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.170) tasyāṃ jātau jāyate yatra viṣṭhā'sya bhojanaṃ bhavati | evaṃ bhiṣaje | naṣṭaṃ niṣphalaṃ udvegakaraṃ vā | naṣṭaṃ hi dravyaṃ udvegaṃ janayati | avidyamānā pratiṣṭhā sthitiryasya tadapratiṣṭham | nānārūpaiḥ śabdairevaṃvidhasya dānasya naiṣphalyaṃ kartuśca doṣasambandhaḥ pratipādyate | naṣṭamapratiṣṭhamiti nānayorapi bhedāśaṅkā kāryā, kāryābhedāt | > Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): > The sense is that the man becomes born in that species of creatures where ordure is eaten. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > Similarly, with the physician. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Becomes lost’—i.e., fruitless; or source of anxiety; anything that is ‘lost’ becomes a source of anxiety. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > That which has no place, no existence at all, is called ‘apratiṣṭham.’ > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > Various forms of expression have been used here to show the fruitlessness of the gift and also the evils attaching to the giver. The terms ‘lost’ and ‘without place’ should not be regarded as synonymous, as there is a distinct difference in their effects.—(180) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.169) - [Next: 3.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.171) - [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.3.180.p2) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.170) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.170) · Pramāṇa