[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) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 1.2 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.2 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.2) bhagavan sarvavarṇānāṃ yathāvad anupūrvaśaḥ antaraprabhavānāṃ ca dharmān no vaktum arhasi // > 'Deign, divine one, to declare to us precisely and in due order the sacred laws of each of the (four chief) castes (varna) and of the intermediate ones. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.1.2) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.2) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.2) · Pramāṇa