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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.43

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.43)

teṣāṃ satatam ajñānāṃ vṛṣalāgnyupasevinām  
padā mastakam ākramya dātā durgāṇi saṃtaret //

> Treading with his foot on the heads of those fools who worship a fire (kindled at the expense) of a Sudra, the giver (of the wealth) shall always pass over his miseries (in the next world).  
> — 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.11.43) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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