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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.104

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.104

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.104)

upāsate ye gṛhasthāḥ parapākam abuddhayaḥ  
tena te pretya paśutāṃ vrajanty annādidāyinaḥ //

> Those foolish householders who constantly seek (to live on) the food of others, become, in consequence of that (baseness), after death the cattle of those who give them food.  
> — 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.3.104) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.104) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.1.103) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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