[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) › 1.34 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.34 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.34 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.34) ahaṃ prajāḥ sisṛkṣus tu tapas taptvā suduścaram patīn prajānām asṛjaṃ maharṣīn ādito daśa // > Then I, desiring to produce created beings, performed very difficult austerities, and (thereby) called into existence ten great sages, lords of created beings, > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.33) - [Next: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.35) - [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.1.34) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.34) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.8) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Caturvargacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.caturvargacintamani.6.p27) — Hemādri, Sanskrit - [Ṣoḍaśamahādānavidhi (Hemādri)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.dana.mahadana.sodasamahadanavidhi-hemadri.6.p27) — Hemādri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.34) · Pramāṇa