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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.140

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.140

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.140)

yaḥ saṃgatāni kurute mohāc chrāddhena mānavaḥ  
sa svargāc cyavate lokāc chrāddhamitro dvijādhamaḥ //

> That meanest among twice-born men who in his folly contracts friendships through a funeral sacrifice, loses heaven, because he performed a Sraddha for the sake of friendship.  
> — 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.3.140) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.140) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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