[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) › 2.146 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.146 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.146 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.146) utpādakabrahmadātror garīyān brahmadaḥ pitā brahmajanma hi viprasya pretya ceha ca śāśvatam // > Of him who gives natural birth and him who gives (the knowledge of) the Veda, the giver of the Veda is the more venerable father; for the birth for the sake of the Veda (ensures) eternal (rewards) both in this (life) and after death. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.145) - [Next: 2.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.147) - [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.2.146) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.146) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.30.44) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Ācārabhūṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.acarabhusana.14.p1.20) — Tryambaka rāma oka 1794, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.146) · Pramāṇa