[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) › 3.17 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.17 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.17) śūdrāṃ śayanam āropya brāhmaṇo yāty adhogatim janayitvā sutaṃ tasyāṃ brāhmaṇyād eva hīyate // > A Brahmana who takes a Sudra wife to his bed, will (after death) sink into hell; if he begets a child by her, he will lose the rank of a Brahmana. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.16) - [Next: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.18) - [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.3.17) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.17) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.17) · Pramāṇa