Manava Dharmashastra 12.104
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.104
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- Sanskrit
12.104
tapo vidyā ca viprasya niḥśreyasakaraṃ param
tapasā kilbiṣaṃ hanti vidyayāmṛtam aśnute //
Austerity and sacred learning are the best means by which a Brahmana secures supreme bliss; by austerities he destroys guilt, by sacred learning he obtains the cessation of (births and) deaths.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Linked texts (2)
- Kṛtyakalpataru — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedānukramaṇī (Mādhava) — Veṅkaṭamādhava, Sanskrit