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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.159

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.159

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.159)

ahiṃsayaiva bhūtānāṃ kāryaṃ śreyo 'nuśāsanam  
vāk caiva madhurā ślakṣṇā prayojyā dharmam icchatā //

> Created beings must be instructed in (what concerns) their welfare without giving them pain, and sweet and gentle speech must be used by (a teacher) who desires (to abide by) the sacred law.  
> — 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.2.159) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.159) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka.3.159) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.138.158) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini.1.138.158) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta.1.138.158) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda.11.159) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c24.s1.375) — P. V. Kane, English
- [The History and Culture of the Indian People](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.majumdar-1951-hcip.v4.c100.s68.t13.3) — R. C. Majumdar & A. D. Pusalker, English
- [Education in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.altekar-1934-2.c4.21) — A. S. Altekar, English
- [Ancient Indian Education: An Inquiry into its Origin, Development, and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.keay-1918.c4.116) — F. E. Keay, English

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