[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) › 3.173 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.173 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.173 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.173) bhrātur mṛtasya bhāryāyāṃ yo 'nurajyeta kāmataḥ dharmeṇāpi niyuktāyāṃ sa jñeyo didhiṣūpatiḥ // > He who lasciviously dallies with the widow of a deceased brother, though she be appointed (to bear a child by him) in accordance with the sacred law, must be known to be a Didhishupati. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.172) - [Next: 3.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.174) - [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.3.173) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.173) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.146.171) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.173) · Pramāṇa