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# Manava Dharmashastra 2.9

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 2.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.9)

śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmam anutiṣṭhan hi mānavaḥ  
iha kīrtim avāpnoti pretya cānuttamaṃ sukham //

> For that man who obeys the law prescribed in the revealed texts and in the sacred tradition, gains fame in this (world) and after death unsurpassable bliss.  
> — 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.2.9) — Georg Bühler 1886, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.2.9) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.1.42) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit

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