[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) › 2.40 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.40 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.40) naitair apūtair vidhivad āpady api hi karhi cit brāhmān yaunāṃś ca saṃbandhān nācared // > With such men, if they have not been purified according to the rule, let no Brahmana ever, even in times of distress, form a connexion either through the Veda or by marriage. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.39) - [Next: 2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.41) - [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.2.40) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.40) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p380) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.27.p68) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.40) · Pramāṇa