[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) › 4.235 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.235 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.235 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.235) yo 'rcitaṃ pratigṛhṇāti dadāty arcitam eva vā tāv ubhau gacchataḥ svargaṃ narakaṃ tu viparyaye // > Both he who respectfully receives (a gift), and he who respectfully bestows it, go to heaven; in the contrary case (they both fall) into hell. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.234](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.234) - [Next: 4.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.236) - [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.4.235) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.235) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.235](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.235) · Pramāṇa