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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.169

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.169

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.169)

yo dātur bhavaty ūrdhvaṃ phalodayaḥ  
daive pitrye vā taṃ pravaksyāmy aśeṣataḥ //

> I will fully declare what result the giver obtains after death, if he gives food, destined for the gods or manes, to a man who is unworthy to sit in the company.  
> — 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.3.169) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.169) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.146.168) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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