[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) › 3.126 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.126 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.126 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.126) satkriyāṃ deśakālau ca śaucaṃ brāhmaṇasaṃpadaḥ pañcaitān vistaro hanti tasmān neheta vistaram // > A large company destroys these five (advantages) the respectful treatment (of the invited, the propriety of) place and time, purity and (the selection of) virtuous Brahmana (guests); he therefore shall not seek (to entertain) a large company. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.125) - [Next: 3.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.127) - [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.3.126) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.126) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.21.p61) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.18.p62) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit - [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p62) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit - [Śrāddhadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.8.411) — Divyasiṃha Mahāpātra 1640, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.126) · Pramāṇa