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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.127

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.127

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.127)

prathitā pretakṛtyaiṣā pitryaṃ nāma vidhukṣaye  
tasmin yuktasyaiti nityaṃ pretakṛtyaiva laukikī //

> Famed is this rite for the dead, called (the sacrifice sacred to the manes (and performed) on the new-moon day; if a man is diligent in (performing) that, (the reward of) the rite for the dead, which is performed according to Smarta rules, reaches him constantly.  
> — 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.3.127) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.127) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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