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# Manava Dharmashastra 10.103

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.103

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.103)

nādhyāpanād yājanād vā garhitād vā pratigrahāt  
doṣo bhavati viprāṇāṃ jvalanāmbusamā hi te //

> By teaching, by sacrificing for, and by accepting gifts from despicable (men) Brahmanas (in distress) commit not sin; for they (are as pure) as fire and water.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.10.103) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Smṛtiratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.smrtiratnakara.2.p114.3) — Veṅkaṭanātha, Sanskrit
- [Smṛtiratnākara (Viṭṭhalanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtiratnakara-vitthala.2.p114.3) — Viṭṭhalanātha, Sanskrit

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