[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) › 3.172 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.172 Manubhāṣya 3.172 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.172) ye'sminnapaṃktyadānaphala pradarśanaprakaraṇe paṭhitāḥ andhādayastebhyo'nye stenādayaḥ pratikāṇḍoddiṣṭāsteṣu yathoddiṣṭeṣu bhojiteṣu dāturimānyupatiṣṭhante, medo'sṛṅmāṃ sādīni | tādṛśajātau jāyate yatraitadāhāro bhavati, kṛmikravyādgṛdhrādijātāviti | manīṣiṇo vedavido vadanti | sarvasyāyamarthaḥ | apaṃktyeṣu bhojiteṣu śrāddhādhikāro na kṛto bhavatyakaraṇe ca vidhyatikramadoṣo'vaśyaṃbhāvī, niyatvātsya vidheḥ | > Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): > A few unfit persons,—such as the blind, and the rest—have been specifically mentioned in the foregoing verses, describing the evil results of giving food to those unworthy of company; apart from these, there are others, the ‘thief,’ and the rest, mentioned in the several contexts; when these are fed, the following things accrue to the giver: viz., fat, blood, flesh, &c. That is, he becomes born as creatures who feed on these things; i.e., such creatures us insects and such carnivorous animals as vultures, and the like. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > “The wise”—those learned in the Veda say this. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > The upshot of the whole is as follows:—If one feeds such persons as are unworthy of company, the duty of performing the Śrāddha is not accomplished; and its nonperformance leads inevitably to the sin of disobeying an injunction;—specially, as the injunction of Śrāddha is absolutely obligatory.—(182) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.171) - [Next: 3.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.173) - [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.3.182.p2) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.172) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.172) · Pramāṇa