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# Manava Dharmashastra 10.130

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 10.130

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [10.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.130)

ete caturṇāṃ varṇānām āpaddharmāḥ prakīrtitāḥ  
yān samyag anutiṣṭhanto vrajanti paramaṃ gatim //

> The duties of the four castes (varna) in times of distress have thus been declared, and if they perform them well, they will reach the most blessed state.  
> — 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.10.130) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.33) — P. V. Kane, English
- [Corporate Life in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.economy.majumdar-1920.c9.s1.53) — R. C. Majumdar, English

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