[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) › 3.256 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.256 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.256 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.256) darbhāḥ pavitraṃ pūrvāhṇo haviṣyāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ pavitraṃ yac ca pūrvoktaṃ vijñeyā havyasaṃpadaḥ // > Know that Kusa grass, purificatory (texts), the morning, sacrificial viands of all kinds, and those means of purification, mentioned above, are blessings at a sacrifice to the gods. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.255) - [Next: 3.257](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.257) - [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.3.256) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.256) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.6.247.255) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.256) · Pramāṇa