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# Manava Dharmashastra 11.52

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 11.52

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.11.52)

evaṃ karmaviśeṣeṇa jāyante sadvigarhitāḥ  
jaḍamūkāndhabadhirā vikṛtākṛtayas tathā //

> The stealer of a lamp will become blind; he who extinguishes it will become one-eyed; injury (to sentient beings) is punished by general sickliness; an adulterer (will have) swellings (in his limbs).  
> — 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.11.52) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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