[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 12.93 # Manava Dharmashastra 12.93 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.93 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.93) etad dhi janmasāphalyaṃ brāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ prāpyaitat kṛtakṛtyo hi dvijo bhavati nānyathā // > For that secures the attainment of the object of existence, especially in the case of a Brahmana, because by attaining that, not otherwise, a twice-born man has gained all his ends. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 12.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.92) - [Next: 12.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.94) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.12.93) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.27.p245) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.93) · Pramāṇa