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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.233

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.233

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.233)

imaṃ lokaṃ mātṛbhaktyā pitṛbhaktyā tu madhyamam  
guruśuśrūṣayā tv evaṃ brahmalokaṃ samaśnute //

> By honouring his mother he gains this (nether) world, by honouring his father the middle sphere, but by obedience to his teacher the world of Brahman.  
> — 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.2.233) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.233) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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