[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) › 3.72 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.72 The Laws of Manu 3.72 - **Language:** English ### [3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.72) But he who does not feed these five, the gods, his guests, those whom he is bound to maintain, the manes, and himself, lives not, though he breathes. - [Previous: 3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.71) - [Next: 3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.73) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3) ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.72) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.4.1.2) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.72) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.72) · Pramāṇa