[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) › 3.142 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.142 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.142 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.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. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.141) - [Next: 3.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.143) - [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.3.142) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.142) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.50.5) — Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.21.26) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.142) · Pramāṇa