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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.25

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.25)

tapo vācaṃ ratiṃ caiva kāmaṃ ca krodham eva ca  
sṛṣṭiṃ sasarja caivemāṃ sraṣṭum icchann imāḥ prajāḥ //

> Austerity, speech, pleasure, desire, and anger, this whole creation he likewise produced, as he desired to call these beings into existence.  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.1.25) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.25) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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