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# Manava Dharmashastra 12.102

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.102

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.102)

vedaśāstrārthatattvajño yatra tatrāśrame vasan  
ihaiva loke tiṣṭhan sa brahmabhūyāya kalpate //

> In whatever order (a man) who knows the true meaning of the Veda-science may dwell, he becomes even while abiding in this world, fit for the union with Brahman.  
> — 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.12.102) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.18.1.102) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ṛgvedānukramaṇī (Mādhava)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.madhava.75.21) — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit

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