[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) › 3.212 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.212 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.212 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.212) agnyabhāve tu viprasya pāṇāv evopapādayet yo hy agniḥ sa dvijo viprair mantradarśibhir ucyate // > But if no (sacred) fire (is available), he shall place (the offerings) into the hand of a Brahmana; for Brahmanas who know the sacred texts declare, 'What fire is, even such is a Brahmana.' > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.211](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.211) - [Next: 3.213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.213) - [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.3.212) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.212) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.1.211) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Śrāddhacandrikā (Divākarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p64) — Divākarabhaṭṭa 1655, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.212) · Pramāṇa