[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) › 3.172 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.172 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.172 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.172) parivittiḥ parivettā yayā ca parividyate sarve te narakaṃ yānti dātṛyājakapañcamāḥ // > The elder brother who marries after the younger, the younger brother who marries before the elder, the female with whom such a marriage is contracted, he who gives her away, and the sacrificing priest, as the fifth, all fall into hell. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.171) - [Next: 3.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.173) - [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.3.172) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.172) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.172) · Pramāṇa