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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.114

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.114

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.114)

vidyā brāhmaṇam etyāha 'smi rakṣa mām  
asūyakāya māṃ mādās tathā syāṃ vīryavattamā //

> Sacred Learning approached a Brahmana and said to him: 'I am thy treasure, preserve me, deliver me not to a scorner; so (preserved) I shall become supremely strong.'  
> — 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.2.114) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.114) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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