[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) › 2.150 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.150 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.150 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.150) brāhmasya janmanaḥ kartā svadharmasya ca śāsitā bālo 'pi vipro vṛddhasya pitā bhavati dharmataḥ // > That Brahmana who is the giver of the birth for the sake of the Veda and the teacher of the prescribed duties becomes by law the father of an aged man, even though he himself be a child. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.149) - [Next: 2.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.151) - [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.2.150) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.150) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.2.p38) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.125.64) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit - [Madanapārijāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaparijata.1.31.p1.12) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.150) · Pramāṇa