[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) › 5.62 # Manava Dharmashastra 5.62 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.62) mātāpitros tu sūtakam sūtakaṃ mātur eva syād upaspṛśya pitā śuciḥ // > (Or while) the impurity on account of a death is common to all (Sapindas), that caused by a birth (falls) on the parents alone; (or) it shall fall on the mother alone, and the father shall become pure by bathing; > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.61) - [Next: 5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.63) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.5.62) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.5.62) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Parāśarasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.parasara.3.24) — Parāśara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.5.62) · Pramāṇa