[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) › 2.99 # Manava Dharmashastra 2.99 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.99 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.99) indriyāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ yady ekaṃ kṣaratīndriyam tenāsya kṣarati prajñā dṛteḥ pādād ivodakam // > But when one among all the organs slips away (from control), thereby (man's) wisdom slips away from him, even as the water (flows) through the one (open) foot of a (water-carrier's) skin. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.98) - [Next: 2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.100) - [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.2.99) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.99) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit - [Manuṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!govindaraja.1.1.40) — Govindarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.99) · Pramāṇa