[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) › 3.51 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.51 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.51 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.51) na kanyāyāḥ pitā vidvān gṛhṇīyāc chulkam aṇv api gṛhṇañ śulkaṃ hi lobhena syān naro 'patyavikrayī // > No father who knows (the law) must take even the smallest gratuity for his daughter; for a man who, through avarice, takes a gratuity, is a seller of his offspring. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.50) - [Next: 3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.52) - [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.3.51) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.51) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.51) · Pramāṇa