Manava Dharmashastra 3.144
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.144
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- Sanskrit
3.144
kāmaṃ śrāddhe 'rcayen mitraṃ nābhirūpam api tv arim
dviṣatā hi havir bhuktaṃ bhavati pretya niṣphalam //
(If no learned Brahmana be at hand), he may rather honour a (virtuous) friend than an enemy, though the latter may be qualified (by learning and so forth); for sacrificial food, eaten by a foe, bears no reward after death.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Śabdakalpadruma — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit