[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) › 3.61 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.61 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.61) yadi hi strī na roceta pumāṃsaṃ na pramodayet apramodāt punaḥ puṃsaḥ prajanaṃ na pravartate // > For if the wife is not radiant with beauty, she will not attract her husband; but if she has no attractions for him, no children will be born. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.60) - [Next: 3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.62) - [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.3.61) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.61) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.46.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.61) · Pramāṇa