[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) › 2.147 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.147 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.147 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.147) kāmān mātā pitā cainaṃ yad utpādayato mithaḥ saṃbhūtiṃ tasya tāṃ vidyād yad yonāv abhijāyate // > Let him consider that (he received) a (mere animal) existence, when his parents begat him through mutual affection, and when he was born from the womb (of his mother). > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.146) - [Next: 2.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.148) - [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.2.147) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.147) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.30.45) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.2.p37) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.147) · Pramāṇa