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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.237

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.237

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.237)

triṣv eteṣv itikṛtyaṃ hi puruṣasya samāpyate  
eṣa dharmaḥ paraḥ sākṣād upadharmo 'nya ucyate //

> By (honouring) these three all that ought to be done by man, is accomplished; that is clearly the highest duty, every other (act) is a subordinate duty.  
> — 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.2.237) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.237) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

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