[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) › 3.217 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.217 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.217 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.217) ācamyodakparāvṛtya trir āyamya śanair asūn ṣaḍ ṛtūṃś ca namaskuryāt pitṝn eva ca mantravat // > Having (next) sipped water, turned round (towards the north), and thrice slowly suppressed his breath, (the sacrificer) who knows the sacred texts shall worship (the guardian deities of) the six seasons and the manes. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.216) - [Next: 3.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.218) - [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.3.217) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.217) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.1.216) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.22.52) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.62.3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.217) · Pramāṇa