[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) › 3.77 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.77 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 3.77 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.77) yathā vāyuṃ samāśritya tathā gṛhastham āśritya // > As all living creatures subsist by receiving support from air, even so (the members of) all orders subsist by receiving support from the householder. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.76) - [Next: 3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.78) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.3.77) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Manubhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.77) — Medhātithi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.77) · Pramāṇa