[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c20.46 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.46 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.46 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.46) ²⁴⁹ ननु च करुणया दानमदृष्टायैव। नेति ब्रूमः। न तत्र दानधर्मः। किं तर्हि करुणाभ्यासात्परोपकाराद्वा। तत्र यथा। हितोपदेशादावनुग्राह्यस्य विधिर्जात्यादि नापेक्षते तद्वत्करुणया दाने। तथा च शिष्टा नैवंविधे दाने वेदतत्त्वार्थविदुषे ब्राह्मणायेत्येतदनुरुध्यन्ते। अत एवाब्राह्मणा अपि दैन्यमापन्नाः परेण दत्तं गृह्णना न ब्राह्मणवृत्तिं प्रतिग्रहमभ्रिता भवन्ति। मेधातिथि on मनु IV. 5. The words वेदतत्त्वार्थ० quoted here are from मनु III. 96. The Par. M. (I part 1 p. 189) quotes a verse from the Mahābhārata, पङ्ग्वन्धबधिरा मूका व्याधिनोपहताश्च ये । भर्तव्यास्ते महाराज न तु देयः प्रतिग्रहः ॥.' The idea is that प्रतिग्रह is a privilege, while charity to the poor and the diseased is due to \*dayā\* (compassion). - [Previous: v2.c20.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.45) - [Next: v2.c20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.47) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.5) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.46) · Pramāṇa