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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.94

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.94

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.94)

na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati  
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate //

> Desire is never extinguished by the enjoyment of desired objects; it only grows stronger like a fire (fed) with clarified butter.  
> — 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.2.94) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (7)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.94) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthamuktāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!kulluka.3.94) — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Manvarthacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!raghavananda.11.94) — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-manuvakyalankarini) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- [Mānavāryabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!manavaryabhasya) — Sanskrit
- [Manvāśrayānusāriṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja-bhatta) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (5)

- [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v1.c9.s4.25) — M. Winternitz, English
- [Geschichte der indischen Litteratur](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1905.v1.c9.s4.22) — M. Winternitz, German
- [Indian Philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.radhakrishnan-1923.v1.c9.s36.44) — S. Radhakrishnan, English
- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.3241) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit
- [Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣads: Hindu Scriptures on Asceticism and Renunciation](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.olivelle-1992.c6.s9.78) — Patrick Olivelle, English

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