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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.144

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.144

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.144)

ya āvṛṇoty avitathaṃ brahmaṇā śravaṇāv ubhau  
sa mātā sa pitā jñeyas taṃ na druhyet kadā cana //

> That (man) who truthfully fills both his ears with the Veda, (the pupil) shall consider as his father and mother; he must never offend him.  
> — 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.2.144) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.144) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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