[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) › 3.56 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.56 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.56) yatra nāryas tu pūjyante ramante tatra devatāḥ yatraitās tu na pūjyante sarvās tatrāphalāḥ kriyāḥ // > Where women are honoured, there the gods are pleased; but where they are not honoured, no sacred rite yields rewards. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.55) - [Next: 3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.57) - [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.3.56) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.56) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vallālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.13.62) — Ānandabhaṭṭa 1510, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.56) · Pramāṇa