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# Manava Dharmashastra 3.65

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.65

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.65)

ayājyayājanaiś caiva nāstikyena ca karmaṇām  
kulāny āśu vinaśyanti yāni hīnāni mantrataḥ //

> By sacrificing for men unworthy to offer sacrifices and by denying (the future rewards for good) works, families, deficient in the (knowledge of the) Veda, quickly perish.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.65) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.65) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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