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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.30

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.30)

yathā rtuliṅgāny ṛtavaḥ svayam eva rtuparyaye  
svāni svāny abhipadyante tathā karmāṇi dehinaḥ //

> As at the change of the seasons each season of its own accord assumes its distinctive marks, even so corporeal beings (resume in new births) their (appointed) course of action.  
> — 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.1.30) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.30) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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