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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.187

Manubhāṣya 3.187

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.187)

uktārthaḥ prāgevāyaṃ ślokaḥ | somaṃ pibanti jyotiṣṭomādiṣvevatā indrādayaḥ | havirbhujaścarupuroḍāśādidevatāḥ | ājyapā ādhārāvājyabhāgaprayājādidevatāḥ | sukālinaḥ | kālayanti apavarjayanti karmeti 'sukālinaḥ' | karmāpavargahomadevatā "ayāścāgnesyanabhiśastītyādi" vihitāḥ |

> Those by name Somapās are the Pitṛs of Brāhmaṇas; the Havirbhujs are the Pitṛs of Kṣatriyas; those by name Ājyapas, of Vaiśyas; and of Śūdras, Sukālins.—(197)  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):  
> What this verse means has been explained before.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> The ‘Somapās’ are those that drink Soma; i.e., Indra and other deities of the Jyotiṣṭoma and other sacrifices.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Havirbhujs’—are the deities for cooked rice, cake, &c.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Ājyapas’—are the deities for the libations called ‘Āghāra,’ ‘Ājyabhāga,’ ‘Pragāju,’ and so forth.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Sukālins’—are those who complete, accomplish, sacrificial rites. The deities conducive to the accomplishment of sacrificial rites are those prescribed in such Mantras as ‘Ayāścāgnesyanabhiśasti, &c., &e.’—(197)  
> — 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.3.197.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.187) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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