[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) › [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler) › 3.18 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.18 The Laws of Manu 3.18 - **Language:** English ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.18) The manes and the gods will not eat the (offerings) of that man who performs the rites in honour of the gods, of the manes, and of guests chiefly with a (Sudra wife's) assistance, and such (a man) will not go to heaven. - [Previous: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.17) - [Next: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.19) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3) ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.18) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.18) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.18) · Pramāṇa