[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) › 3.252 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.252 Manubhāṣya 3.252 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.252) ādyantayoḥ piṇḍayoreṣā pratipattiḥ | madhyamaṃ tu tatasteṣāṃ piṇḍānāṃ yo madhyamaḥ yā na kāmārthamūḍhā | patireva mayā paricaraṇīyo manasā'pi vyabhicāro na kartavya iti yasyā niyamaḥ sā pativratā patibhaktā | pitṛpūjane śrāddhādikarmaṇi tatparā śraddhāvatī | prayatnena tadārādhanādau pravartate | > Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): > The modes of disposal mentioned above apply to the first and the last balls; but the middlemost of the balls the lawful wife, desiring a son, should eat; i.e., the wife who has not been married merely for the sake of pleasure. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Devoted to her husband;’—one who makes it her vow that—‘I shall serve my husband alone, even in my mind I shall never entertain even a thought of faithlessness to him.’ > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Intent upon’—with full faith in—‘the worshipping’—the śrāddha and other rites—‘of the Pitṛs.’ That is, she betakes herself with great care to the performance of these. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.251) - [Next: 3.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.253) - [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.3.262.p2) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.252) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.252) · Pramāṇa