[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) › 2.247 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.247 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.247 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.247) ācārye tu khalu prete guruputre guṇānvite gurudāre sapiṇḍe vā guruvad vṛttim ācaret // > (A perpetual student) must, if his teacher dies, serve his son (provided he be) endowed with good qualities, or his widow, or his Sapinda, in the same manner as the teacher. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.246](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.246) - [Next: 2.248](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.248) - [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.2.247) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.247) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.247](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.247) · Pramāṇa