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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.106

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.106

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.106)

na vai svayaṃ tad aśnīyād atithiṃ yan na bhojayet  
dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ vātithipūjanam //

> Let him not eat any (dainty) food which he does not offer to his guest; the hospitable reception of guests procures wealth, fame, long life, and heavenly bliss.  
> — 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.3.106) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.106) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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