Manava Dharmashastra 3.142
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.142
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.142
yatheriṇe bījam uptvā na vaptā labhate phalam
tathānṛce havir dattvā na dātā labhate phalam //
As a husbandman reaps no harvest when he has sown the seed in barren soil, even so the giver of sacrificial food gains no reward if he presented it to a man unacquainted with the Rikas.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
- Kūrmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit