[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) › 3.22 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.22 Manubhāṣya 3.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.22) dharmādanapeto dharmyaḥ śāstravihita ityarthaḥ | yasya ca vivāhasya yau guṇadoṣau iṣṭāniṣṭaphalahetutvād guṇadoṣau | prasave'patyajanmani | guṇā guṇāḥ aguṇā doṣāḥ | voḍhureva svarganarakādilakṣaṇau guṇadoṣau, tatprayojanamarthātsvargādikam yā īdṛśā eva bhavanti | gatārthamapi bhūyaḥ pratipattaye kathayanti | > Which (of these) is lawful for which caste, what are the good and bad points of each, the good and bad effects of each upon the offspring,—all this I shall explain to you.—(22) > > Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): > ‘Lawful’—that which is not fallen from the law; i.e., prescribed by the scriptures. > > ‘What are the good and bad points of each form’—i.e., which points in each are conducive to desirable and which to undesirable results. > > ‘Offspring’—i.e., in the birth of children. > > ‘Good effects’—good qualities. ‘Bad effects’—defects. In reality, the ‘good and bad effects,’ in the form of Heaven and Hell, pertain to the bridegroom; but here they stand for that which brings about these effects. > > Though this is already implied in what has gone before (in the first line), yet it is mentioned again for the purpose of making the idea clearer.—(22) > > This verse is quoted in Madanapārijāta (p. 155) as introducing the enumeration of the different forms of marriage. > > Comparative notes by various authors > Āpastamba (2. 12. 4).—‘As the marriage so the offspring.’ > > Baudhāyana (1. 11. 17).—‘It is well known that the offspring is in keeping with the form of marriage.’ > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.21) - [Next: 3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.23) - [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.3.22) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.22) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.22) · Pramāṇa