[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) › 3.147 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.147 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.147 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.147) eṣa vai prathamaḥ kalpaḥ pradāne havyakavyayoḥ anukalpas tv ayaṃ jñeyaḥ sadā sadbhir anuṣṭhitaḥ // > This is the chief rule (to be followed) in offering sacrifices to the gods and manes; know that the virtuous always observe the following subsidiary rule. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.146) - [Next: 3.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.148) - [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.3.147) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.147) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śrāddhadīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhadipa.8.416) — Divyasiṃha Mahāpātra 1640, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.147) · Pramāṇa