[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) › 3.168 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.168 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.168 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.168) anadhīyānas tṛṇāgnir iva śāmyati tasmai havyaṃ na dātavyaṃ na hi bhasmani hūyate // > As a fire of dry grass is (unable to consume the offerings and is quickly) extinguished, even so (is it with) an unlearned Brahmana; sacrificial food must not be given to him, since it (would be) offered in ashes. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.167) - [Next: 3.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.169) - [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.3.168) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.168) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.146.167) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.168) · Pramāṇa