[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) › 3.72 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.72 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.72) devatātithibhṛtyānāṃ pitṝṇām ātmanaś ca yaḥ na nirvapati pañcānām ucchvasan na sa jīvati // > But he who does not feed these five, the gods, his guests, those whom he is bound to maintain, the manes, and himself, lives not, though he breathes. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.71) - [Next: 3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.73) - [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.3.72) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.72) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.4.1.2) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.72) · Pramāṇa