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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.89

Manubhāṣya 3.89

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.89)

samprāptāya svayamupasthitāya, na tu nimantritāya | na hi nimantrito'tithirbhavati | prāptideśaṃ ca vakṣyati ( agre 103 ślo0 ) “bhāryā yatrāgnayo'pi vā” iti | āsanodake dadyāt | pādadhāvanopayogi prathamamudakaṃ tata āsanam bhojanaṃ ca | yathāśakti saṃskṛlyetyannaviśeṣaṇam | saviśeṣamannaṃ saṃskṛtya dadyādbhojayet | vidhipūrvakam vidhiḥ pūrvo yasmindāne tadevamucyate | vidhiḥ śāstraṃ tatpūrvaṃ nimittaṃ pramāṇamityarthaḥ |

> Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):  
> ‘That has happened to come’—i.e., who has come of his own accord, and has not been invited; one who has been invited is not a ‘guest.’ The proper place where the guest is to arrive shall be described later on—‘where the wife and the Fires are, &c., &c.’ (103).  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Water and seat he should offer;’—first of all he should offer water for the washing of his feet, and then the seat; ‘and also food.’  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘Prepared to the best of his ability;’—this qualifies ‘food.’ The meaning is that he should prepare the food with special care and then offer it—feed him with it.  
> — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

> ‘According to rule’—i.e., that offering which is preceded—supported—by injunction; i.e., that which is sanctioned by scripture.—(99)  
> — 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.3.99.p2) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.89) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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