[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) › 1.82 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.82 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.82 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.82) itareṣv āgamād dharmaḥ pādaśas tv avaropitaḥ caurikānṛtamāyābhir dharmaś cāpaiti pādaśaḥ // > In the other (three ages), by reason of (unjust) gains (agama), Dharma is deprived successively of one foot, and through (the prevalence of) theft, falsehood, and fraud the merit (gained by men) is diminished by one fourth (in each). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.81) - [Next: 1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.83) - [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.1.82) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.82) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.224.23) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.82) · Pramāṇa