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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.81

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.81

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.81)

catuṣpāt sakalo dharmaḥ satyaṃ caiva kṛte yuge  
nādharmeṇāgamaḥ kaś cin manuṣyān //

> In the Krita age Dharma is four-footed and entire, and (so is) Truth; nor does any gain accrue to men by unrighteousness.  
> — 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.1.81) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.81) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.224.22) — Sanskrit

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