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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.263

Manubhāṣya 3.263

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.263](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.263)

yatkiṃcidannaṃ madhunā saṃyuktam | trayodaśyāṃ varṣāsu ca maghāsu cādhikamiti | tadā ca tadakṣayameva | ṛtunakṣatratithīnāṃ ca samuccayaḥ | āpastamba-  
vacanāttu varṣāsu trayodaśyaṣṭamīdaśamīṣvapi | maghāsu cāntareṇāvivakṣā | evaṃ ha smāha "maghāsu cādhikamiti" ( āpastamba 2 |

> She brings forth a long-lived son, endowed with fame and intelligence, wealthy, with numerous offspring, good and righteous.—(263)  
>   
> Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):  
> Having eaten the said ball, ‘she brings forth’—gives birth to—‘a son.’  
>   
> ‘Inteligence’—the faculty of grasping things; the child is endowed with this.  
>   
> ‘Suttra,’ ‘goodness,’ is an attribute postulated by the Sāṅkhyas; and its presence is indicated by firmness, courage, and such other qualities—(263).  
>   
> This verse is quoted in Parāśaramādhava (Ācāra, p. 759);—in Aparārka (p. 550);—in Śrāddhakriyākaumudī (p. 215):—and in Gadādharapaddhati (Kāla, p. 553).  
>   
> Comparative notes by various authors  
> (verses 3.262-263)  
> See Comparative notes for Verse 3.262.  
> — 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.3.263) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.263) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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