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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.3

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.3)

tvam eko hy asya sarvasya vidhānasya svayaṃbhuvaḥ  
acintyasyāprameyasya kāryatattvārthavit prabho //

> 'For thou, O Lord, alone knowest the purport, (i.e.) the rites, and the knowledge of the soul, (taught) in this whole ordinance of the Self-existent (Svayambhu), which is unknowable and unfathomable.'  
> — 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.1.3) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.3.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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