[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) › 3.252 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.252 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.252 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.252) svadhāstv ity eva taṃ brūyur brāhmaṇās tadanantaram svadhākāraḥ parā hy āṣīḥ sarveṣu pitṛkarmasu // > The Brahmana (guests) shall then answer him, 'Let there be Svadha;' for at all rites in honour of the manes the word Svadha is the highest benison. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.251](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.251) - [Next: 3.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.253) - [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.3.252) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.252) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.247.251) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.252) · Pramāṇa