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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.230

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.230

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.230)

asraṃ gamayati pretān kopo 'rīn anṛtaṃ śunaḥ  
pādasparśas tu rakṣāṃsi duṣkṛtīn avadhūnanam //

> A tear sends the (food) to the Pretas, anger to his enemies, a falsehood to the dogs, contact with his foot to the Rakshasas, a shaking to the sinners.  
> — 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.3.230) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.230) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.1.229) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Gadādharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.gadadharapaddhati.21.p145) — Gadādhara Rājaguru 1725, Sanskrit
- [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.muhurta.kala.kalasara.18.p148) — Nārāyaṇa Jyotirvit, Sanskrit
- [Kālasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalasara.18.p148) — Gadādhara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit

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