[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) › 1.33 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.33 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.33) tapas taptvāsṛjad yaṃ tu sa svayaṃ puruṣo virāṭ taṃ māṃ vittāsya sarvasya sraṣṭāraṃ dvijasattamāḥ // > But know me, O most holy among the twice-born, to be the creator of this whole (world), whom that male, Virag, himself produced, having performed austerities. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.32) - [Next: 1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.34) - [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.1.33) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.33) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.33) · Pramāṇa