[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) › 2.163 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.163 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.163 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.163) sukhaṃ hy avamataḥ śete sukhaṃ ca pratibudhyate sukhaṃ carati loke 'sminn avamantā vinaśyati // > For he who is scorned (nevertheless may) sleep with an easy mind, awake with an easy mind, and with an easy mind walk here among men; but the scorner utterly perishes. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.162) - [Next: 2.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.164) - [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.2.163) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.163) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.sannyasa.samnyasaupanisadah.4.171) — Sanskrit - [Nāradaparivrājakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.sannyasa.naradaparivrajaka.2.41) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.163) · Pramāṇa