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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.34

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.34)

kṣatriyo bāhuvīryeṇa tared āpadam ātmanaḥ  
dhanena vaiśyaśūdrau tu japahomair dvijottamaḥ //

> A Kshatriya shall pass through misfortunes which have befallen him by the strength of his arms, a Vaisya and a Sudra by their wealth, the chief of the twice-born by muttered prayers and burnt-oblations.  
> — 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.11.34) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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