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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.183

Manubhāṣya 3.183

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.183)

yata eteṣāṃ pitṝṇāmutpattirye ca pitaro yairupacaryāḥ | brāhmaṇena somapāḥ, kṣatriyeṇa haviṣmantaḥ ityādi | tatsarvamapyaśeṣata idānīmucyamānaṃ nibodhata budhyadhvam | niyamairityanuvādaḥ | pūrvameva vihitatvāt “niyatātmā bhavet ” iti | bahuvacanaṃ bahutvānniyamānām |

> Now fully learn from whom all these have their origin and who are to be worshipped, by whom and by what roles.—(193)  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):  
> He from whom these—Pitṛs—‘have their origin,’ and ‘who’—which Pitṛs—‘have to be worshipped by whom,’ i.e., the ‘Somapa’ Manes by Brāhmaṇas, the ‘Haviṣmat’ Pitṛs by Kṣatriyas, and so forth;—all this ‘learn fully,’ as described now.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Rules;’—this is a mere reiterative reference; the rules having been already laid down in the words, ‘one should remain self-controlled, &c., &c.’ The plural number is due to there being a large number of rules.—(193)  
> — 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.3.193.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.183) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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