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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.277

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.277

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.277](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.277)

yukṣu kurvan dinarkṣeṣu sarvān kāmān samaśnute  
ayukṣu tu pitṝn sarvān prajāṃ prāpnoti puṣkalām //

> He who performs it on the even (lunar) days and under the even constellations, gains (the fulfilment of) all his wishes; he who honours the manes on odd (lunar days) and under odd (constellations), obtains distinguished offspring.  
> — 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.3.277) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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