[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) › 3.131 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.131 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.131 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.131) sahasraṃ hi sahasrāṇām anṛcāṃ yatra bhuñjate ekas tān mantravit prītaḥ sarvān arhati dharmataḥ // > Though a million of men, unaquainted with the Rikas, were to dine at a (funeral sacrifice), yet a single man, learned in the Veda, who is satisfied (with his entertainment), is worth them all as far as the (production of) spiritual merit (is concerned). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.130) - [Next: 3.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.132) - [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.3.131) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.131) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.131) · Pramāṇa