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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.188

Manubhāṣya 3.188

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.188)

havirbhuja eva haviṣmantaḥ | kavirbhṛguḥ | 'kāvyaṃ vadantyuśanasamiti' smaranti bhārgavam | yathaitā devatā ṛṣīṇāṃ putrā evaṃ tvadīyāścāpi pitaro devatārūpā eveti mā'vamaṃsthāḥ |

> Somapas are the sons of Kavi; Haviṣmats are the sons of Aṅgiras; Ājyapās are the sons of Pulastya, and Sukālins, of Vaśiṣṭha.—(198)  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):  
> The Havirbhujs are here spoken of as ‘Haviṣmats.’  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Kavi’ is Bhrgu. They say that ‘Uśanas is called Kāvya, as also Bhārgava.’  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Just as these gods are the sons of sages, so your Pitṛs also are god-like in their nature; hence you should not disregard them,’—\[such is the purport of these verses\].—(198)  
> — 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.3.198.p1) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.188) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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