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# Manava Dharmashastra 1.91

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.91

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.91)

ekam eva tu śūdrasya prabhuḥ karma samādiśat  
eteṣām eva varṇānāṃ śuśrūṣām anasūyayā //

> One occupation only the lord prescribed to the Sudra, to serve meekly even these (other) three castes.  
> — 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.1.91) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.91) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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