[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) › 3.42 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.42 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.42 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.42) aninditaiḥ strīvivāhair anindyā bhavati prajā ninditair ninditā nṝṇāṃ tasmān nindyān vivarjayet // > In the blameless marriages blameless children are born to men, in blamable (marriages) blamable (offspring); one should therefore avoid the blamable (forms of marriage). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.41) - [Next: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.43) - [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.3.42) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.42) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.124.p43) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.124.p43) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Dānakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri.danakhanda.134.p37) — Hemādri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.42) · Pramāṇa