[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) › 3.57 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.57 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.57) śocanti jāmayo yatra vinaśyaty āśu tat kulam na śocanti tu yatraitā vardhate tad dhi sarvadā // > Where the female relations live in grief, the family soon wholly perishes; but that family where they are not unhappy ever prospers. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.56) - [Next: 3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.58) - [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.3.57) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.57) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.57) · Pramāṇa