[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) › 4.239 # Manava Dharmashastra 4.239 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 4.239 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.239) nāmutra hi sahāyārthaṃ pitā mātā ca tiṣṭhataḥ na putradāraṃ na jñātir dharmas tiṣṭhati kevalaḥ // > For in the next world neither father, nor mother, nor wife, nor sons, nor relations stay to be his companions; spiritual merit alone remains (with him). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 4.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.238) - [Next: 4.240](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.240) - [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.4.239) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.4.239) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.239) · Pramāṇa