[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) › 3.63 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.63 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.63 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.63) kuvivāhaiḥ kriyālopair vedānadhyayanena ca kulāny akulatāṃ yānti brāhmaṇātikrameṇa ca // > By low marriages, by omitting (the performance of) sacred rites, by neglecting the study of the Veda, and by irreverence towards Brahmanas, (great) families sink low. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.62) - [Next: 3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.64) - [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.3.63) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.63) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.55.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.39.1.1) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.63) · Pramāṇa