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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.29

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.29)

hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmāv ṛtānṛte  
yad yasya so 'dadhāt sarge tat tasya svayam āviśat //

> Whatever he assigned to each at the (first) creation, noxiousness or harmlessness, gentleness or ferocity, virtue or sin, truth or falsehood, that clung (afterwards) spontaneously to it.  
> — 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.1.29) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.29) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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