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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.73

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.73

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.73)

tad vai yugasahasrāntaṃ brāhmaṃ puṇyam ahar viduḥ  
rātriṃ ca tāvatīm eva te 'horātravido janāḥ //

> Those (only, who) know that the holy day of Brahman, indeed, ends after (the completion of) one thousand ages (of the gods) and that his night lasts as long, (are really) men acquainted with (the length of) days and nights.  
> — 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.1.73) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.73) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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