[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) › 3.53 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.53 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.53) ārṣe gomithunaṃ śulkaṃ ke cid āhur mṛṣaiva tat alpo 'py evaṃ mahān vāpi // > Some call the cow and the bull (given) at an Arsha wedding 'a gratuity;' (but) that is wrong, since (the acceptance of) a fee, be it small or great, is a sale (of the daughter). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.52) - [Next: 3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.54) - [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.3.53) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.53) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.45.20) — Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.31.p219) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.33.p1.20) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.53) · Pramāṇa