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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.158

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.158

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.158)

yathā ṣaṇḍho 'phalaḥ strīṣu yathā gaur gavi cāphalā  
yathā cājñe 'phalaṃ dānaṃ tathā vipro 'nṛco 'phalaḥ //

> As a eunuch is unproductive with women, as a cow with a cow is unprolific, and as a gift made to an ignorant man yields no reward, even so is a Brahmana useless, who (does) not (know) the Rikas.  
> — 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.2.158) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.158) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka.3.158) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.138.157) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini.1.138.157) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.1.138.157) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda.11.158) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.5145) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- [Āgamatattvavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.agamatattvavilasa.5.64) — Raghunātha Tarkavāgīśa 1662, Sanskrit

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