[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) › 3.109 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.109 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.109 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.109) na bhojanārthaṃ sve vipraḥ kulagotre nivedayet bhojanārthaṃ hi te śaṃsan vāntāśīty ucyate budhaiḥ // > A Brahmana shall not name his family and (Vedic) gotra in order to obtain a meal; for he who boasts of them for the sake of a meal, is called by the wise a foul feeder (vantasin). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.108) - [Next: 3.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.110) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.109) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.109) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.1.108) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.109) · Pramāṇa