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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.28

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.28)

yaṃ tu karmaṇi yasmin sa nyayuṅkta prathamaṃ prabhuḥ  
sa tad eva svayaṃ bheje sṛjyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ //

> But to whatever course of action the Lord at first appointed each (kind of beings), that alone it has spontaneously adopted in each succeeding creation.  
> — 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.1.28) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.28) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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