[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) › 3.91 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.91 Manubhāṣya 3.91 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.91) yadi dāridryātsāyamannadānaṃ na ghaṭate tadā naivaṃ mantavyam—'pradhānamatitherbhojanaṃ, tacca me nāstīti, kimanena madgṛhe praviṣṭeneti' | yato'śaktasya tṛrṇādidānenāpyatithipūjāvidhiḥ syāt | athavā nāyaṃ vidhirbhojana eva paryavasyati, kiṃ tarhi nivatsyataḥ śayanādi dātavyam | tṛṇagrahaṇaṃ staraṇopalakṣaṇārtham | bhūmirāsanaśayanavihārasthānam | sūnṛtā vāk priyahitavacanaṃ, kathāprastāvādi vā | etānyapyannābhāve satāmāgatasyātithe rnocchidyante, kiṃtu dīyante sarvakālam | > Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya): > If, through poverty, one is unable to provide food,—even then one should not entertain such thoughts as these—‘feeding is the chief factor in the honouring of a guest; this is not possible in my case; why then should I let him enter my house?’ Because for one who is incapable of doing anything else, even the providing of ‘grass,’ &c., would constitute the act of ‘honouring the guest.’ Or, the meaning may be that the providing of food alone does not constitute the full compliance with the injunction of ‘honouring the guest;’ one has to provide bedding, &c., also. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Grasses’—stands for bedding. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Place’—i.e., space for sitting, sleeping and moving about. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Kind words’—i.e., words, sweet as well as wholesome; in the form of conversation and stories, &c. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > In the absence of food,’ ‘even these never fail’—i.e., are always provided—‘in the house of good people.’—(101) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.90) - [Next: 3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.92) - [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.3.101.p2) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.91) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.91) · Pramāṇa