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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.65

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.65

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.65)

ahorātre vibhajate sūryo mānuṣadaivike  
rātriḥ svapnāya bhūtānāṃ ceṣṭāyai karmaṇām ahaḥ //

> The sun divides days and nights, both human and divine, the night (being intended) for the repose of created beings and the day for exertion.  
> — 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.1.65) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.65) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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