[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) › 3.6 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.6 Manubhāṣya 3.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.6) vakṣyamāṇasya pratiṣedhasya nindārthavādo'yam | 'samṛddhiḥ' sampattiḥ | 'dhanaṃ' vibhavaḥ | mahāntyapi prakṛṣṭānyapi | dhanaviśeṣaṇārthamāha gojāvidhanadhānyataḥ | tṛtīyārthe tasiḥ | gojāvidhanena ca dhānyena ca | dhanagrahaṇaṃ gojādīnāṃ viśeṣaṇārtham | dhanarūpā ye gojādayaḥ | kūṭasaṃpannatā hi dhānyam | 'strīsambandho' vivāhaḥ | strīprāptyarthaṃ sambandhaḥ strīsambandhaḥ | > Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): > This verse is a deprecatory exhortation, supplementary to the Prohibition coming later. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Rich’ denotes prosperity. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Possession’—property. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Though great’—high. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > The possessions are farther specified—‘in the possession of catlle, &c., &c.’ The affix ‘tas’ in ‘gojavidhanadhānyataḥ’ has the force of the Instrumental; the construction being—‘gojāvidhanena-dhānyena.’ The term ‘possession’ has been added for the purpose of qualifying ‘cattle’ etc., the sense being ‘cattle and the rest, which constitute possession.’ > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Grain’ stands for property in the shape of kūṭa (?) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Female-connection’—i.e., Marriage—the compound being construed as ‘the connection for the purpose of obtaining a female mate.’—(6) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.5.4) - [Next: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.7) - [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.3.6.p2) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.6) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.6) · Pramāṇa