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# Manava Dharmashastra 4.21

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.21)

ṛṣiyajñaṃ devayajñaṃ bhūtayajñaṃ ca sarvadā  
nṛyajñaṃ pitṛyajñaṃ ca yathāśakti na hāpayet //

> Let him never, if he is able (to perform them), neglect the sacrifices to the sages, to the gods, to the Bhutas, to men, and to the manes.  
> — 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.4.21) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.21) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.7.p21) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

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