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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.18

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.18)

daivapitryātitheyāni tatpradhānāni yasya tu  
nāśnanti pitṛdevās tan na ca svargaṃ sa gacchati //

> The manes and the gods will not eat the (offerings) of that man who performs the rites in honour of the gods, of the manes, and of guests chiefly with a (Sudra wife's) assistance, and such (a man) will not go to heaven.  
> — 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.3.18) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.18) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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