[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) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 2.143 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.143 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.143 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.143) agnyādheyaṃ pākayajñān agniṣṭomādikān makhān yaḥ karoti vṛto yasya sa tasya rtvig ihocyate // > He who, being (duly) chosen (for the purpose), performs the Agnyadheya, the Pakayagnas, (and) the (Srauta) sacrifices, such as the Agnishtoma (for another man), is called (his) officiating priest. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.142) - [Next: 2.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.144) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.2.143) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.143) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.4.36.112) — Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.2.p34) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.143) · Pramāṇa