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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.139

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.139

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.139)

yasya mitrapradhānāni śrāddhāni ca havīṃṣi ca  
tasya pretya phalaṃ nāsti śrāddheṣu ca haviḥṣu ca //

> He who performs funeral sacrifices and offerings to the gods chiefly for the sake of (gaining) friends, reaps after death no reward for Sraddhas and sacrifices.  
> — 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.3.139) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.139) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Nṛsiṃhaprasāda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.nrsimhaprasada.p56) — Dalapatirāja 1511, Sanskrit

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