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# Manava Dharmashastra 12.94

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.94

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.12.94)

pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ vedaś cakṣuḥ sanātanam  
aśakyaṃ cāprameyaṃ ca vedaśāstram iti sthitiḥ //

> The Veda is the eternal eye of the manes, gods, and men; the Veda-ordinance (is) both beyond the sphere of (human) power, and beyond the sphere of (human) comprehension; that is a certain fact.  
> — 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.12.94) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

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