[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) › 3.220 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.220 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.220 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.220) dhriyamāṇe tu pitari pūrveṣām eva nirvapet vipravad vāpi taṃ svakaṃ pitaram āśayet // > But if the (sacrificer's) father is living, he must offer (the cakes) to three remoter (ancestors); or he may also feed his father at the funeral sacrifice as (one of the) Brahmana (guests). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.219) - [Next: 3.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.221) - [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.3.220) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.220) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.1.218) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.220) · Pramāṇa