[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) › 3.144 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.144 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.144 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.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. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.143) - [Next: 3.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.145) - [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.3.144) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.144) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.275.p1.2) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.144) · Pramāṇa