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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.165

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.165

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.165)

ācārahīnaḥ klībaś ca nityaṃ yācanakas tathā  
kṛṣijīvī ślīpadī ca sadbhir nindita eva ca //

> He who does not follow the rule of conduct, a (man destitute of energy like a) eunuch, one who constantly asks (for favours), he who lives by agriculture, a club-footed man, and he who is censured by virtuous men,  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.165) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.165) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.146.164) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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