<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.72 -->

[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) › 2.72

# Manava Dharmashastra 2.72

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.72)

vyatyastapāṇinā kāryam upasaṃgrahaṇaṃ guroḥ  
savyena savyaḥ spraṣṭavyo dakṣiṇena ca dakṣiṇaḥ //

> With crossed hands he must clasp (the feet) of the teacher, and touch the left (foot) with his left (hand), the right (foot) with his right (hand).  
> — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

- [Previous: 2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.71)
- [Next: 2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.73)
- [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.2.72) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.72) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.3.51.26) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.12.22) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.72) · Pramāṇa
