[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) › 2.8 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.8 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.8) sarvaṃ tu samavekṣyedaṃ nikhilaṃ jñānacakṣuṣā śrutiprāmāṇyato vidvān svadharme niviśeta vai // > But a learned man after fully scrutinising all this with the eye of knowledge, should, in accordance with the authority of the revealed texts, be intent on (the performance of) his duties. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.9) - [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.2.8) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.8) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Daśavidhahetunirūpaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vaikhanasa!tatparyacintamani.dasavidhahetunirupana.146.26) — Śrīnivāsamakhin, Sanskrit - [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.1.41) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.8) · Pramāṇa