[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) › 3.163 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.163 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.163 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.163) srotasāṃ bhedako yaś ca teṣāṃ cāvaraṇe rataḥ gṛhasaṃveśako dūto vṛkṣāropaka eva ca // > He who diverts water-courses, and he who delights in obstructing them, an architect, a messenger, and he who plants trees (for money), > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.162) - [Next: 3.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.164) - [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.3.163) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.163) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.163) · Pramāṇa