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# Manava Dharmashastra 10.91

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.91

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.91)

bhojanābhyañjanād dānād yad anyat kurute tilaiḥ  
kṛmibhūtaḥ śvaviṣṭhāyāṃ pitṛbhiḥ saha majjati //

> If he applies sesamum to any other purpose but food, anointing, and charitable gifts, he will be born (again) as a worm and, together with his ancestors, be plunged into the ordure of dogs.  
> — 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.10.91) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.16.207.43) — Sanskrit
- [Gṛhastharatnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.grhastharatnakara.28.p12) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit

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