[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) › 2.128 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.128 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.128 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.128) avācyo dīkṣito nāmnā yavīyān api yo bhavet bhobhavatpūrvakaṃ tv enam abhibhāṣeta dharmavit // > He who has been initiated (to perform a Srauta sacrifice) must not be addressed by his name, even though he be a younger man; he who knows the sacred law must use in speaking to such (a man the particle) bhoh and (the pronoun) bhavat (your worship). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.127) - [Next: 2.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.129) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.2.128) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.128) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.128) · Pramāṇa