[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) › 1.93 # Manava Dharmashastra 1.93 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 1.93 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.93) uttamāṅgodbhavāj brahmaṇaś caiva dhāraṇāt sarvasyaivāsya sargasya dharmato brāhmaṇaḥ prabhuḥ // > As the Brahmana sprang from (Brahman's) mouth, as he was the first-born, and as he possesses the Veda, he is by right the lord of this whole creation. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.92) - [Next: 1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.94) - [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.1.93) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.1.93) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.17) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.93) · Pramāṇa