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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.189

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.189

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.189)

nimantritān hi pitara upatiṣṭhanti tān dvijān  
vāyuvac cānugacchanti tathāsīnān upāsate //

> For the manes attend the invited Brahmanas, follow them (when they walk) like the wind, and sit near them when they are seated.  
> — 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.3.189) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.189) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.5.146.187) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Matsyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.16.18) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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