[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) › 4.227 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.227 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.227 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.227) dānadharmaṃ niṣeveta nityam aiṣṭikapaurtikam parituṣṭena bhāvena pātram āsādya śaktitaḥ // > Let him always practise, according to his ability, with a cheerful heart, the duty of liberality, both by sacrifices and by charitable works, if he finds a worthy recipient (for his gifts.) > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.226](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.226) - [Next: 4.228](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.228) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.4.227) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.227) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.8.1.3) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Dānakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.danakalpataru.2.p139) — Lakṣmīdhara, Sanskrit - [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.4.1-24) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Śūdradharmatattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sudradharma.sudradharmatattva.4.1-24) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1591, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.227) · Pramāṇa