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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.77

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.77

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.77)

tribhya eva tu vedebhyaḥ pādaṃ pādam adūduhat  
tad ity ṛco 'syāḥ sāvitryāḥ parameṣṭhī prajāpatiḥ //

> Moreover from the three Vedas Pragapati, who dwells in the highest heaven (Parameshthin), milked out (as it were) that Rik-verse, sacred to Savitri (Savitri), which begins with the word tad, one foot from each.  
> — 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.2.77) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.77) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p647) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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