[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) › 2.1 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.1 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.1) vidvadbhiḥ sevitaḥ sadbhir nityam adveṣarāgibhiḥ hṛdayenābhyanujñāto yo dharmas taṃ nibodhata // > Learn that sacred law which is followed by men learned (in the Veda) and assented to in their hearts by the virtuous, who are ever exempt from hatred and inordinate affection. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.119) - [Next: 2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.2) - [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.2.1) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.1.1) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.21.p3) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.1.38) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.1) · Pramāṇa