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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.138

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.138

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.138)

na śrāddhe bhojayen mitraṃ dhanaiḥ kāryo 'sya saṃgrahaḥ  
nāriṃ na mitraṃ yaṃ vidyāt taṃ śrāddhe bhojayed dvijam //

> Let him not entertain a personal friend at a funeral sacrifice; he may gain his affection by (other) valuable gifts; let him feed at a Sraddha a Brahmana whom he considers neither as a foe nor as a friend.  
> — 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.3.138) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.138) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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